Post by David on May 23, 2013 14:22:55 GMT -5
Sage’s two servants, Aziz and Jameela, both of whom also speak Tauresh’s language, take the party (Alysanna, Sparlock, and Tauresh) around town to see the sights of Greyhawk with Rose. They run into Cyric, who Rose knows, and he joins the tour. They end up around the Green Griffon. After some shopping, they head to the wharf district.
Along the way a member of the town watch (Nathan) harasses the group for being foreigners, asking them for papers (are we in Arizona?). Rose drops her mom’s name, and he lets them move on.
They continue to the wharf district, looking for Dawn, the fishwife. Even though it’s only 4:00 pm, the streets are strangely empty. They hear a man scream in the distance. The group rushes off to help. They reach a warehouse with a ravaged man in front. He tells them “Beware of the stalker!” before he dies. The door has been smashed open.
Before going in, Cyric activates his empathy and senses tension and violent thoughts inside the warehouse. They head in. Before them stands what looks like a humanoid bipedal rat-like creature. Alyssana sees the creature and fires an arrow. It bounces off him.
Tauresh moves to attack. Cyric creates a phantasmal ogre that steps from the dark to attack the lycanthrope. Rose and Sparlock also run up to attack. No one seems to be able to hurt it, until Cyric’s “ogre” does damage to it. Alyssana starts shooting silver arrows at it. Rose creates a makeshift sling.
Sparlock manages to pick up the lycanthrope but gets taken out for his trouble. Alyssana, who noticed that there are silver weapons in a nearby rack. She grabs a silver dagger and silver short sword. Tauresh casts shillelagh and is able to do real damage. The ogre drops him with more illusionary damage. Alyssana kills it with the silver dagger.
They find a nifty Rhenee belt buckle with runes on it. Inside the buckle is a deck of cards. Also inside are 3 gems.
They return to town to Clerksburg. They run into Madame Chayalla, a Rhenee fortune-teller. She offers to read their fortunes. They pass her by and continue on to find an alchemist, which they are told is in the Garden district. They run into a merchant selling healing salves. He’s a bit like a used car salesman, but they manage to negotiate a deal and continue on.
On their way to the temple district, they run into a merchant selling alchemical concoctions. As they’re talking to him, a large man with a pike slams into Sparlock and knocks him to the ground. Alyssana grabs him and gets stabbed for her trouble. A fight ensues, which ends up with the rude man being beat unconscious.
In the confusion of the fight, Cyric’s money pouch was stolen. He tries to catch the culprit with an illusionary pit, but the thief leaps over it and gets away. The only information they can get from the crowd is that the man is Piotr the Pickpocket. The group waits for his compatriot to come conscious to question him. He is insolent, so Rose knocks him unconscious (it's pretty humiliating for a large bully of a man to be dropped by a nine year old girl...!). The group then takes the bully to Sage.
The High Priestess finds out that the bully wasn’t working for the thief, but he knows of him. He’s a mid-level thief in the guild and the bully, Dar, knows where the thief lives. Sage agrees to tag along invisibly to act as backup assistance. The group arrives at Piotr's flat deep in the Black Quarter, but he’s not home.
Alyssana checks out the house but gets herself hurt in the process. She manages to get inside and finds a loose floorboard. It sets off a trap and an alarm. She finds:
27 sp
strange buckler shield
black cloak
As she’s looking around, a man comes home. “What’s going on here?!” He’s big, burly, and armed with a war mattock. Cyric blows a whistle. The man attacks and stuns Cyric. Tauresh and Rose attack. The man calls for help. Sparlock and Alyssana hear the commotion and join the combat. Sparlock knocks him unconsious.
Just then, a man in ring mail and armed with a spear runs up the stairs. They meet him, and Sparlock goes down with the first hit. Tauresh casts aid on Sparlock to bring him back into the fight. He backs away and tries to parlay, but then they start fighting again. The first guy gets back up but both get knocked out again. They bring the bodies inside and contemplate what to do next.
They strip them and tie them up, while Alyssana continues searching. Rose goes out into the street with her mother watching over her invisibly. Alyssana finds:
scroll
leather collar with cat face
Cyric takes some of one of the guys’ money to help pay Sage back for her healing. Unfortunately, Sage figures out what he did (a non-Lawful act) and orders him to return the money. Since he needed her help to do so, he will end up being quested later.
Eeps: 200 ea
Along the way a member of the town watch (Nathan) harasses the group for being foreigners, asking them for papers (are we in Arizona?). Rose drops her mom’s name, and he lets them move on.
They continue to the wharf district, looking for Dawn, the fishwife. Even though it’s only 4:00 pm, the streets are strangely empty. They hear a man scream in the distance. The group rushes off to help. They reach a warehouse with a ravaged man in front. He tells them “Beware of the stalker!” before he dies. The door has been smashed open.
Before going in, Cyric activates his empathy and senses tension and violent thoughts inside the warehouse. They head in. Before them stands what looks like a humanoid bipedal rat-like creature. Alyssana sees the creature and fires an arrow. It bounces off him.
Tauresh moves to attack. Cyric creates a phantasmal ogre that steps from the dark to attack the lycanthrope. Rose and Sparlock also run up to attack. No one seems to be able to hurt it, until Cyric’s “ogre” does damage to it. Alyssana starts shooting silver arrows at it. Rose creates a makeshift sling.
Sparlock manages to pick up the lycanthrope but gets taken out for his trouble. Alyssana, who noticed that there are silver weapons in a nearby rack. She grabs a silver dagger and silver short sword. Tauresh casts shillelagh and is able to do real damage. The ogre drops him with more illusionary damage. Alyssana kills it with the silver dagger.
They find a nifty Rhenee belt buckle with runes on it. Inside the buckle is a deck of cards. Also inside are 3 gems.
They return to town to Clerksburg. They run into Madame Chayalla, a Rhenee fortune-teller. She offers to read their fortunes. They pass her by and continue on to find an alchemist, which they are told is in the Garden district. They run into a merchant selling healing salves. He’s a bit like a used car salesman, but they manage to negotiate a deal and continue on.
On their way to the temple district, they run into a merchant selling alchemical concoctions. As they’re talking to him, a large man with a pike slams into Sparlock and knocks him to the ground. Alyssana grabs him and gets stabbed for her trouble. A fight ensues, which ends up with the rude man being beat unconscious.
In the confusion of the fight, Cyric’s money pouch was stolen. He tries to catch the culprit with an illusionary pit, but the thief leaps over it and gets away. The only information they can get from the crowd is that the man is Piotr the Pickpocket. The group waits for his compatriot to come conscious to question him. He is insolent, so Rose knocks him unconscious (it's pretty humiliating for a large bully of a man to be dropped by a nine year old girl...!). The group then takes the bully to Sage.
The High Priestess finds out that the bully wasn’t working for the thief, but he knows of him. He’s a mid-level thief in the guild and the bully, Dar, knows where the thief lives. Sage agrees to tag along invisibly to act as backup assistance. The group arrives at Piotr's flat deep in the Black Quarter, but he’s not home.
Alyssana checks out the house but gets herself hurt in the process. She manages to get inside and finds a loose floorboard. It sets off a trap and an alarm. She finds:
27 sp
strange buckler shield
black cloak
As she’s looking around, a man comes home. “What’s going on here?!” He’s big, burly, and armed with a war mattock. Cyric blows a whistle. The man attacks and stuns Cyric. Tauresh and Rose attack. The man calls for help. Sparlock and Alyssana hear the commotion and join the combat. Sparlock knocks him unconsious.
Just then, a man in ring mail and armed with a spear runs up the stairs. They meet him, and Sparlock goes down with the first hit. Tauresh casts aid on Sparlock to bring him back into the fight. He backs away and tries to parlay, but then they start fighting again. The first guy gets back up but both get knocked out again. They bring the bodies inside and contemplate what to do next.
They strip them and tie them up, while Alyssana continues searching. Rose goes out into the street with her mother watching over her invisibly. Alyssana finds:
scroll
leather collar with cat face
Cyric takes some of one of the guys’ money to help pay Sage back for her healing. Unfortunately, Sage figures out what he did (a non-Lawful act) and orders him to return the money. Since he needed her help to do so, he will end up being quested later.
Eeps: 200 ea