Session 56: Book Heist and the Aftermath Report
General Summary
1st of Anarire 1524 Continued Once they have settled in and come down for lunch the group thinks about having a break from their goals for a moment to refine some things before continuing on with their goals. Fargrim wants to look more into cooking, Lily promised that Xeldarix would go to the temple soon and Karl wants to organise the books he got from the pyramid. They agree to take a break and touch base with one another regularly in case they need to do something. Lily takes Xeldarix upstairs to try on her armour from hell, Karl is doing book work and Fargrim goes out to touch base and sign up with a guild.
Over dinner the group discusses going into the sewers at some point in the future. They also share plans about their week ahead. Xeldarix remembers she is Grandma and a debate over her age begins before everyone goes to bed. 2nd of Anarire 1524 Fargrim is up for an early start for his first day of training. Meanwhile Karl and Lily both head to the mage guild. Xeldarix and Uqaviel are following Lily. Lily heads down to see Sunnis with Xeldarix and Uqaviel, while Karl heads up to see Sam and copy a spell. He has to rescue Sam from Deiz who is upsetting June with her advances on her mentor. In the end Karl sends Deiz down to Lily to distract her.
After work Fargrim heads to the temple of Avani to check and see how Phobe is doing. She is doing well. She asks for cake, shows him her new doll and tells him all about her drawings. She is very excited to learn he is looking to cook. Afterward he heads to the mage guild to look into commissioning some sneaky boats that are in no way Elven. There he meets up with Lily and Karl. Karl just finished copying a spell and Lily was looking into arranging an alchemy lab at the guild after she and Xeldarix spent some time with Sunnis. Fargrim seems to have upset June with some of his comments about Elves. Fargrim and Lily head back to the manor while Karl quickly drops off the books from the pyramid with the other Masters before he himself returns to the manor. Over dinner the group talks a bit about their day. Karl and Lily reassure him in their own way that he didn’t screw anything up with June and that there are ways he can make things better with her. Fargrim tells the group a bit more about seeing Phobe. Lily tells the group she’ll go see “Fulda” tonight at the watch to see if she can get any information about the black market. After dinner Karl and Fargrim head up to their rooms. Lily heads out to see “Fulda”
Lily manages to convince Galloway to let her talk to “Fulda”. Throughout the interview “Fulda” is her usual, arrogant self. However, they are communicating with Lily secretly while putting on the show for Galloway. There Lily learns the location and how to get in contact with a fence. Afterwards Lily returns to the manor. 3rd of Anarire 1524 Once again Fargrim has an early start to his day. Karl stays home to continue his studies and Lily takes Xeldarix to see Sunnis once again.
After work Fargrim goes to the mage guild to do a bit of reading before heading to the manor for dinner. Over dinner the group discusses a few topics. Karl reports that Erin is doing better. Her arm fell off and another one regrew very quickly. They discuss some of the pirate generals and how there is a high chance they’ll need to kill the minotaur general. Lily will be heading down to see the fence tonight and checks to see if there is anything the group wants her to keep an eye out for. Afterwards Karl heads up to his room and Fargrim goes to bed while Lily is out shopping.
When Lily returns she goes up to see Karl. She tells him about the fence and the Jacket of Useful Items that she picked up. He had a variety of magical items, potions, poisons and even a bag of holding bigger then the haversack Karl has. Karl tries to pull out the fruit from the pyramid he took but he only finds rotten mush. After checking to see what Karl was working on if Lily had forgotten any of the magical items they found in the pyramid she leaves. Karl reminds Lily that he would like to go with her to the sewers the next time she goes. After agreeing she bids him goodnight.
Lily and Fargrim have a secret meeting in the basement to discuss Karl’s strange behaviour. Fargrim stays in the basement while Lily goes up to sneak into Karl’s room. However, Karl is up rather late and goes to leave, Lily knocks on the door. She gives an excuse about wanting to know about how Karl sculpts his spells around his allies, which he gives a mini lecture on while setting up alarms. Meanwhile Fargrim had gotten worried and ended up sneaking into Karl’s room once he noticed Lily was with Karl. However, the book doesn’t seem to be in Karl’s room or the haversack. Afterwards he sneaks back down to the basement to wait for Lily. Lily pretends to go to bed and after half an hour finally manages to sneak into Karl’s room. She looks around the room and eventually tries to see if there is anything under Karl’s pillow when she doesn’t have much luck. There she discovers the book. Turning into her imp form, she carefully slides the book out and replacing it with Karl’s spellbook. Finally having the book, Lily heads downstairs. They agree the book must have something about it if Karl would hide it under his pillow. Fargrim gets his things and leaves for the temple. Lily heads up to bed. A few minutes later when Fargrim has left the attunement range with the book, Karl wakes up in a panic. He rushes to Lily and they both search the house for the book or signs of a burglary. Finding nothing, Karl is forced to go back to bed without his book. Fargrim meanwhile passes the book off to a safe person and gets some rest there. 4th of Anarire 1524 In the morning Fargrim is the first one up and at his training. Meanwhile Karl and Lily wake later than usual. Karl asks about Lily maybe using a spell to help look for the book. Lily makes her excuses that she would prefer to do that later in the day. Karl accepts it reluctantly. Lily takes Xeldarix to her temple for the day and Karl ends up meeting with the priestess of Avani that is still in town, growing more concerned with this cult. Realising the danger this puts Xeldarix in as the priestess mentions calling in backup to deal with this cult. Karl arranges to meet with Nura and attempts to kill her by dropping her a large height above the city while turned into an eagle. Realising something is wrong, she commands him to land. Karl turns into himself and misty steps away. Nura uses stoneskin on herself to survive the impact. They fight, but Karl knocks her out. But not before Nura asks Karl why he even bothered to reach out to her, which seems to knock something loose in Karl psyche. He seems to realise what he was doing and instead heals her, admitting when she wakes something is wrong with him and he is sorry. He needs help. After a short discussion, they head to the temple of Xeldarix to talk to Lily about this problem. Nura is very unhappy about the cult and she doesn’t seem happier after talking with Lily. She wants Karl to be restrained and prevented from continuing to try and hurt her, but acknowledges at the moment he is not responsible completely for his own actions. Karl reveals he can still feel the book urging him to do things. That he still has the dark tendencies the book gave him, but he has his good ones too. He’s on a knife’s edge, staring down into the abyss, ready to fall on either side at any given moment. Nura gives Lily Karl’s wand and focus before taking him to the manor. Fargrim heads to the guild to do more reading before heading back to the manor for dinner. Nura and Karl walk back to the manor, Lily and Xeldarix finish up with their temple before heading out to do a few more errands before heading back to the manor. Once everyone is back at the manor, a discussion is had with and about Karl. He’s had his materials taken from him and now he only has his spellbook so he may scribe while waiting. Karl explains that something is wrong and how he feels more tempted to do things like murder and that he can still feel the book’s influence. Fargrim tries Greater Restoration and Remove Curse but to no effect. Fargrim messages Saryea about the book and Karl. There was a minor miscommunication and when Saryea arrives she is naturally very unhappy. However, she is completely on Karl’s side and is unhappy to hear about the options presented to prevent Karl from possibly doing something he would regret. Steve is messaged to request the bangles that restrained Erin after she attacked the guild. Nura makes it known she doesn’t wish Karl harm, but given his actions today she will only be happy when she knows she will not have to watch her back for him to come after her again. Steve when he arrives, is unhappy about the situation, but does show the group about how to use the item since he seems to be Karl’s suggestion. Afterward Fargrim leaves to go speak with High Paladin Salma. She has not read the book but is researching it. She will continue to look into the matter. At the end of the day Karl has the bangles put onto him, sending him to sleep for the night. Xeldarix stays with him and Saryea sleeps in a chair nearby to keep watch over him. 5th of Anarire 1524 Karl goes to the forge to work with his family, Fargrim learns to bake a cake and Lily takes Xeldarix to see Sunnis to continue their work there. At the end of the day Fargrim, with the rest of the group take Phobe her cake and visit the temple of Xeldarix. Afterwards they head back to have dinner. Fargrim goes to the library to read and Karl is escorted by Xeldarix and his sister to buy supplies for his scribing. Lily goes to get some gems appraised and goes to see Galloway to buy back the sword Xeldarix left as a deposit for the temple. The temple is now fully paid off. Afterwards she goes down to the sewers where she runs into a man with four creatures that are brains with arms and legs. One of which is eating the man of someone who isn’t moving on the ground. After a fight, Lily just manages to walk away after having asked her sword several times for help with the haste spell. On the man controlling the strange creatures Lily found:
- A key made of an unusual material.
- 13g
- A thin brass key
- A multicoloured stone disk
- A gem
- Playing cards
- 14g
- 15c
- Flute
- Deck of tarot cards
- A copper spoon
- Gambling dice
Notes
| Name | XP | Running Total | Level at End of Session |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fargrim | 825 | 104,935 | 12 |
| Karl | 825 | 104,935 | 12 |
| Lily | 825 | 104,935 | 12 |
