A4 - Tracking the Puppets

The early morning explosion rocked The Spirit’s Inn tavern; few patrons were up to be pelted by shards of window glass. The owners fortunate to be behind the bar stocking the shelves. Except for Ignacio still in bed…sleeping off too much catnip [Denny was sick and thus absent]. Then there was Kluh up in his 1^st floor room, cut by the glass. All gathered their senses to rush outside where they found the immediate area littered with bodies. Other merchants entering the street wondering what happened.

Four Halfling bodies near the front-door, a lone gnome, 2 dark-cloaked figures just behind the gnome, 2 more figures opposite the gnome. And a yapping dog standing over a fallen elder woman just outside the scorched fireball pattern.

Izzy already knelling beside the rock-gnome who seemed to be at the fireball center. Dried waste on his boots, worn cloak now tattered, obviously hadn’t changed for awhile. No-one noticing the dark elf lifting the pouch and stuffing it into her waistband (after removing one of the gems for herself). That’s when she began casting Detect Magic and walking the fireball area.

A3 - Guild Work

Adrik tried to convince the guild, “I’m just relocating my blacksmith shop. Not a new one. 50 gold starting fees?! That’s outrageous! Whatda mean the monthly dues are 10gp?!” Argue all he wanted, the guild had him by the balls. He’d chosen to attach his shop on the backside of their newly acquired tavern…”The Spirits In” tavern. And the guild recognized the tavern located in the richer part of town, which means higher taxes and dues. Besides, the already established blacksmith shop (Steam & Steel) around the corner demanded “competition tariff”. Adventuring wasn’t just a side job, it was becoming THE means of paying the mounting bills.

At least his attached forge created opportunities, “You can order what ‘ales’ you at the inside bar while you wait for me to hone your blades and repair your armor.” A nice little 2-for-1 arrangement that was actually drawing customers to both businesses. Which is probably why the local competition tried to sabotage them.

A2 - Signing up with Guilds

Good session last night.

Here is a quick summary for the players absent

The party inspected their recently acquired tavern "The Trollskull manor".  All of the furniture and dinnerware were still present.

The party also discovered that a Poltergeist was living on the stage with a lute.

In time they discovered it was the restless spirit of Jbrandi that was satisfied when he could entertain patrons by playing on his lute.

They used this as their draw for customers.  A loan from the local neighborhood chamber of commerce and the tavern was up and running.

They renamed the tavern but I can't remember what they called it.

Durzog (Darrick) was recruited by the Emerald Enclave and sent on a mission to stop some scarecrows killing livestock.  They found there were 3 scarecrows and were able to kill them with Izzy being the star of the fight with her spells being able to ignore the damage resistance the scarecrows have to physical weapons.

Ignacio (Denny) was recruited by the Harpers and sent to the opera to meet his contact.  The opera was about the war with Tiamet with an extremely emotional scene about the death of the heroic Gnome Jbrandi.   Kluh was very emotional about this scene for the rest of the night.

The Harpers sent Ignacio to find a talking horse who was spying on the Zhentarim.   He learned that the sun elf that the half-orc Yarga was guarding was a Zhentarim that was seeking out Xanathar hideouts.

Kluh (Angela) was recruited by the Lords Alliance and sent on a mission to guard some deep gnomes that were cleaning up the waste and garbage on the street.  Starting in the dock ward they noticed 3 garish ships that are supposedly a carnival in the harbor.  The party also noticed the familiar drow watching their actions.

After a few days of guarding the street cleaners they were attacked by 2 Carrion crawlers.   A lengthy fight led to a win by the party with both Kluh and Durzog being poisoned. 

A rival tavern opened in the neighborhood.  It is owned by Emmek Frewn.

Izzy (Carl) discovered the Emmek planned to hire 4 halflings to sabotage your tavern as he was wanting to buy it but was tricked by Volo and lost his opportunity.

Izzy planned to add a laxative to Emmek's water supply and  while doing this was confronted by the 2 drow watching her.   The drow recruited Izzy into Bragen Dae'rthe which had her take a handkerchief from a noble and hand it to a tiefling child.  She was successful in this.