[Day 68 – Return to Magnimar, selling of the loot, and payment of shares.]
[This game uses the Pathfinder 1E roleplaying game. Game sessions happen once a week. This session happened December 20, 2021.]
[SPOILERS! If you are likely to adventure through the Shattered Star Adventure Path from Paizo, this campaign will be spoilers all the way down.]
Player Characters
Via Roll20
Roscuro – male ratfolk 8th level Monk
Hrefna – female changeling 7th level Omdura
Swamprover – female grippli 7th level Wizard
Marativy – female ratfolk 8th level Ninja
Templeton von Trapp – male ratfolk 8th level Summoner (Synthesist)
Zitch Grimreaper – male ratfolk 8th level Witch with a donkey rat (capybara) familiar
NPCs
Gridik Stormstride – male blue kobold 6th level Wizard (Invoker)
Ariphi – female tiefling 7th level Rogue
Mel Sharples – male halfling Cook (Expert of unknown level)
Alice Hyatt – female halfling Bodyguard (Warrior of unknown level)
Flo’ Castleberry – female gnome Bodyguard (Warrior of unknown level)
Autumn
Day 68
Morning
The Ratpack packed up their campsite, having finished their second [and final] expedition to the Lady’s Light and the dungeons underneath. They said their goodbyes to their troglodyte friends in the nearby caves and to the merchants from House Kalmeralm negotiating with the troglodytes for a trade enclave. Then, with castings of Mass Ant Haul and Nature's Path, the Ratpack and company hauled their loot and remaining supplies to the pick-up point just north of the peninsula.
Noon
The Ratpack met up with the Fortune Found and spent some time loading their loot, remaining supplies, and themselves aboard the ship. Once complete, the ship set sail along the stretch of coast separating the peninsula from Magnimar.
During this trip, Hrefna cast Comprehend Languages and read the book taken from the room with the marble slabs [see last session]. It was titled Dreams and Desires and explored the link between enchantment magic and dreams. After a quick skim of the book, Hrefna shared what she learned with the rest of the Ratpack.
Late Afternoon
The Fortune Found docked at Magnimar and the Ratpack paid Mel and his bodyguards. The adventures then loaded up a hired cart on the dock with the crates of loot from the ship. They drove the cart up into the Naos District, to Frederick’s shop. On the way, Roscuro opined, “Wish we knew an artificer. They’d pay a lot for the golem heads.” Marativy asked, “You mean like the Golemworks in town?” Roscuro had never heard of the Golemworks before and after Marativy and Zitch explained what it was, the group decided to sell the wreckage of the Thassilonian Sentinels to the Golemworks instead of Frederick, expecting to get a better price.
At Frederick’s shop, Frederick greeted the group warmly and they hauled out all the items recovered from the Lady’s Light for Frederick to look over. Over tea, Roscuro answered Frederick’s questions about the items and discussed what other objects remained in the dungeon while Frederick and his assistant cataloged the items. Frederick even looked over the wreckage of the sentinel heads, but agreed that the Golemworks would pay a better price than he could for them.
Frederick finally announced that he would pay the adventurers 43,000 gp for the collection of items, which was significantly more than he had available and it would take some time to realize the full value of the items in cash. The Ratpack negotiated for three rings of sustenance now and 15,500 gp in cash once the items sold, deposited in their account at the bank. Frederick drew up the contract and everyone signed it.
As part of the conversation during the evaluation, Roscuro had mentioned the goblin trader they had run into and the group’s interest in a flying carpet. Frederick mentioned that he knew of a seller with a flying carpet and could set up a meeting in a couple days. Roscuro was interested in talking and at least learning what one would cost and asked Frederick to arrange the meeting. [Note: We never got around to this meeting, mostly because we looked up the costs of flying carpets and they were prohibitive. We assumed that's what we learned at the meeting and let it go.]
With the exchange complete, the Ratpack headed to the Alabaster District and Heidmarch Manor, the Pathfinder Society lodge of Magnimar. There they sold the Orb of Consumption [as the adventurers believed they would be least likely to use the thing] and the hydra head [as a trophy - this was a good idea as it got us significant prestige in the Society]. As it was approaching evening and they still had one more stop, the Ratpack arranged to give the full report on their expedition the next day.
They then hurried the much lightened cart over to the Golemworks in the Capital District, right at the edge of the Irespan. The Ratpack showed the wreckage of the two sentinel heads they had retrieved and the large collection of parts from the exploded third head. The Ratpack conceded that the heads would have been worth more intact and were happy to accept 750 gp for the lot.
Evening
After returning the rented cart, the Ratpack went to the Blue Rodent in Underbridge and rented a private room for a celebration and to officially split the shares for the expedition. A full share worked out to be 10,743 (including coin, gems, and the value received from sold loot), with Swamprover and Roscuro taking 8243 gp and a ring of sustenance each. [Roscuro took a ring on Gridik’s behalf, planning to trade it to the kobold wizard for a crafted magic item, ensuring all the Ratpack’s spellcasters would have one.] Third shares paid out to Gridik and Ariphi and were 3580 gp. Hrefna took 1080 gp and the last ring of sustenance as her third of a share payment.
Days 69 through 99
The Ratpack made a full report to the Pathfinder Society and received much Fame and Prestige as a result. They spent the next month in Magnimar crafting magic items, gathering new spells and gear, and otherwise preparing for the next leg of their journey.
Hrefna got involved with monster fighting in Magnimar’s arena and turned a small profit at it.
End of Session
End of Book 2
Rat Whispers
[This is the last session report for Book 2 of the Shattered Star Adventure Path. There was a Session 49, but it was all the magic item crafting and shopping for spells and supplies, so I lumped it in here. We did all that “now” so we wouldn’t need to remember what we were planning to do when we resume the Adventure Path. That won’t be for a while as we have switched back to the Delvers Guild campaign to give The Other GM time to work up Book 3. He, like the rest of us, was not impressed with some of the writing in this book and wants time to re-write sections of the next book that are clunky when involving a party that is mostly size Small and all have darkvision. He also had concerns we were out-leveling the books, which I disagree with, but he’s the GM. We’ll see how it goes.]
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