[Day 26 and 27 – The Elf Job: Conclusion]
[This game uses the Pathfinder 1E roleplaying game. Game sessions happen once a week. This session happened November 28, 2022.]
[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
Marativy – female ratfolk 8th level Ninja
Zitch Grimreaper – male ratfolk 8th level Witch with a donkey rat (capybara) familiar
Roscuro – male ratfolk 8th level Monk
Swamprover – female grippli 7th level Wizard
Hrefna – female changeling 7th level Omdura
Via Roll20
Templeton von Trapp – male ratfolk 8th level Summoner (Synthesist)
NPCs
Gridik Stormstride – male blue kobold 6th level Wizard (Invoker)
Ariphi – female tiefling 7th level Rogue
Autumn
Day 26 (continues)
[Rewind to follow the part of the Ratpack that Dimension Doored south to Cavalcade with Agustille’s head.]
Roscuro explained to Swamprover what happened after her failed attempt to Dimension Door out of the Ardoc compound with Augustille [see last session]. The grippli cast Prestidigitation on Roscuro and Ariphi to remove the blood stains all over their clothes so the group could walk through Cavalcade without the locals calling the guards on them. During this time, Roscuro asked Zitch if some healing or a Restoration spell would revive the troll head and jumpstart any regeneration. Zitch answered stating that the troll’s regeneration would start with the largest piece, meaning the body still back in the Ardoc building, not the head. Roscuro was greatly disappointed in this.
The four teammates [Ariphi, Roscuro, Swamprover, and Zitch] discussed the situation and decided to take the troll head to the Therassic Spire anyways to see if the wizards there could do anything with it.
Zitch used his telepathy amulet to make contact with Templeton and the other team. After Zitch reported that Team: Teleport’s status and plan to take the head to the Spire anyway, Templeton reported that Winston had shown up!
This was good news, but Roscuro was concerned that Winston might be a cat’s paw for Leroux. Roscuro asked that Winston be checked with Detect Magic to determine if he was under the influence of magic still. Templeton cast Detect Magic on Winston and only observed auras from some magic items Winston was carrying. For good measure, Templeton cast Protection from Evil on Winston, which would block any compulsion spells for its duration.
Roscuro and his team hopped down from the rooftop they were hiding out on and walked through Cavalcade to the Spire. Ariphi broke a set of lockpicks doing it, but picked the lock on the front door of the Spire, letting in the team. The team went up the stairs to the left and then took the elevator up to the sixth floor, where it stopped. Roscuro handed Swamprover the token Elaneiros had provided and using that she was able to raise the elevator two more floors to the top.
Elaneiros was eager to see what the team brought him, but clearly disappointed to receive only the head of the Augur Oracle. Roscuro explained that there had been complications, including a harpy. He also reported in detail how Augustille was being held. The information on the harpy was a surprise to Elaneiros, who stated the rest of the Ardoc family had probably not known about it either. Both sides agreed that the results were unfortunate and did not complete the contract. Roscuro stated the group would now work on “doing the other thing” [steal the record of Augustille’s Prophecy] and the team left the Spire.
Roscuro made a mental note to have Hrefna find out if Augustille was actually dead using Commune the next morning.
Back over at The Molten Bunny [the tavern they had stopped in], the other team and Winston spent the afternoon drinking and catching Winston up on things.
Both teams took roundabout paths back to the Grange, avoiding any guards or Ardoc constructs they saw along the way.
Day 27
Morning
Hrefna cast Commune. The results were:
- Is Augustille dead?: No
- Does the Ardoc family know who infiltrated their compound yesterday?: No
- Is the Ardoc family looking for the ones who infiltrated their compound yesterday?: Yes
- Does the rest of the Ardoc family know Berkanin had Augustille?: No
- Is Leroux looking for Winston?: Yes
- Does Leroux know if the Rat Pack is in Kaer Maga?: Yes
- Is Leroux still in Kaer Maga?: Yes
Some of the answers were good news and some were not. The fact that the Ardoc family did not know of the Ratpacks’ involvement in the attack on their compound was good. That Leroux knew the Ratpack was in Kaer Maga and that he was looking for Winston were unwelcome pieces of information.
The adventurers discussed the situation and what to do next. The best bet seemed to be to go talk to the Augers and see if it was possible to barter what they knew about Augustille’s situation for access to the prophecy. Roscuro and Hrefna would go talk with the leader of the Augur Temple. As a backup, Templeton and Marativy would also go, but before Roscuro and Hrefna approached the temple, Templeton would cast Invisibility on Marativy and she would attempt to sneak into the temple with Roscuro and Hrefna and snoop around for the prophecy.
End of Session
Rat Whispers
[I finished editing Book III of my OD&D clone! I need to fix some typos in Books I and II and make some adjustments to the Naval Combat section after a playtest, which should complete primary writing on the rules. It’s looking like my cover art person will not be able to come through due to his dayjob and family obligations, so I need a new source for the cover art, but I’m still excited to be nearly done writing my own set of rules for OD&D.]
[Obviously, writing up my session notes has resumed. I will be able to enter at least on session a week and will do my best to get in more as time allows.]
Ratpack
Book 1: Shards of Sin Landing Page – Links to all Book 1 sessions
Book 2: Curse of the Lady’s Light Landing Page – Links to all Book 2 sessions
Book 3: The Asylum Stone Landing Page – Links to all Book 3 sessions
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