Session 54: Shieldsmeet

General Summary

Session 08 JUL 2020: Seebo buys a bunch of scrolls! This makes him very happy, and he spends the day in his tavern room copying scrolls into his spellbook. Fizzy spends a bit of time outside his door, strumming “What Might Have Been” on her lute. Then, with a wistful look, she shuffles away, downstairs, dragging her lute behind her.   Det finds a place with games of chance, and strikes it rich at the arm wrestling tables!   Valette checks out the tavern scene: she finds the Suds n’ Sails, the Salty Jack’s and the Purple Pony. She wants to pursue her Bardic profession, but doesn’t want to cause a fuss by hustling another Bard from “their corner.” After negotiating a graceful entrance into another Bard’s performance, she tells some tales, spring some songs, and puts on a good show.   Fizzy, Lorin, and Lily go on a shopping spree! While walking through the market, we come across some carnival games, and Fizzy wrestles a bear named Butch! She wins a silver bear statue, a free beer token (works like Chuck E. Cheese token), and an entry into the next night’s prize drawing!   During shopping, Fizzy finds a juicy Shield of Arrow-catching, Lily contracts for a CON-boosting item, and Fizzy buys magic teleporting gems.   The Bard instruments are ready!   Much money-making fanfare ensues, and the final lottery of the festival draws near.   Detalosi gets a new mission from Kelemvor:   The hour grows late when the familiar feeling of weightlessness comforts you as you find the peace of night descend around you many of the revelers have drunkenly stumbled into their beds. The music drifts off sounding farther and farther away. You see yourself once again at the crisp between the mortal plane and the fugue plane, the realm of Kelemvor. Following the new familiar path that delves deeper into the grey landscape your are drawn to the smoky crystal spire. There you feel Kelemvor's presence around you but this time he is not alone you feel another presence, the goddess Mystra dark haired and beautiful. She looks to Kelemvor and then to you. Kelemvor seems to hold her gaze a moment longer then slowly begins to speak to you. Quietly and with deliberation. Mystra brings news to me which I have sensed myself someone has used terrible magic to rend the weave and change history which now seems to have come to fruition. His tone becomes more urgent as he turns to meet your gaze "100 souls were surrendered to the demon lord Asmodeus recently, this I cannot stand for. You Detalosi will work with your friends to undo this injustice Mystra informs me your companions have within their possession a temporal anchor. I task you with finding it, and wielding it to return order and justice to these souls. As you watch Kelemvor it strikes you that this is the first time you have seen him in human form. His silver hair and black eyes are slightly unnerving as is his presence but you notice the same mask upon you is remarkably similar to his. "Go complete this task and be one with the Doomguides." As you turn to once more head back along the grey path you notice Kelemvor's hand reach for Mystra's as they leave the chamber. Leaving you too your thoughts as you feel yourself pulled once more to consciousness.     The temporal focus is Fizzy’s dice and Seebo’s matching book!