Session 27: The Absolute Majesty II
General Summary
The session began on BriskWind 3, 2597 a bit before midday on The Sarcan, a clipper leaving from port in Skormp along the Silandos River. While the party did their own separate things on the trip, they did encounter a person who looked startlingly like Rodan Spice named Norandit. Rodan Spice didn't care too much though they did discuss using the other man's body parts as a pseudo-ransom to Rodan Spice's father as part of Atticus' ransom scheme. When they reached the sea, they were asked if they wished to go the fast route or the safe route. While the party was split, they flipped a coin to make the decision. The coin decided on the fast route and so the clipper took off into the sea in deeper waters.
During the second to last evening of their voyage, Alena Birch and Tork were keeping watch when a seaweed covered and feral green dragon attacked the ship. Its breath weapon wiped out the crew (though afterwards they realized two of the crew had gone overboard). With this, the party burst into action to kill the beast. Tork worked on getting in combat range and attacking with melee, Rodan Spice fired a bow from a distance, Atticus attempted to use magic to confuse the beast, Alena Birch fired with her bow and guiding bolt, Wren used a combination of druidic magic and a flaming sword to attack, and Kale took his starry form to attack. The battle was fierce and both Rodan Spice and Tork went down before Alena Birch fired a guiding bolt directly into the creature's mouth and out the back of its head. The creature then fell back into the watery depths below and the members of the party who were down were revived.
After recovering some of their health, the party surveyed their vessel. Outside of a cracked mast, the ship was in good condition (minus the damage to the deck from the dragon's breath weapon). Rodan Spice assumed the role of Captain while Atticus assumed the role of first mate and Kale navigation officer. The entire party took shifts in controlling the vessel and with Atticus' intentionality on the direction, they made it to the edges of the Ancient Forest of Apuln by the next morning. From there, the party put down anchor 50 yards from shore, leaving their boat with Bull the Oxen floating while they made landfall. With their newly christened "The Absolute Majesty II" behind them, they followed Kale into the woods.
Wren began making friends with the wildlife starting with a marsupial, trading goodberries for knowledge. They told her of smoke from the center of the forest and angry shouts. The creature promised to spread the word and to bring more information in exchange for more food. With this, the party made camp for the night and went through their watch rotation. The next day's travel mirrored the first and watches were had yet again. On the first watch shift, Kale immediately saw eyes in the forest and heard a voice in his head saying his father wanted to speak with him. Once Alena Birch awoke for the next shift, he said he had to go talk to someone and walked off into the woods.
Kale found himself escorted to a tent surrounded by tree stumps and scorched earth. His father asked Kale to kill his uncle Barkly and gave him eight copper nails and a copper hammer to accomplish the job. During the conversation, Athelas' disdain for Kale was not masked by his nice pretenses and his scorn was evident even as Kale called out Athelas' hypocrisy. When Athelas revealed that a barrier had been erected around the HeartGrove of the Nwyfre Coven, he also revealed Kale's mother Dewlily was the one who led the splinter of the tribe to protect Barkly and the other elder trees. Kale agreed to talk with his mother and try to gain entrance to the HeartGrove. He returned to his companions and told them what happened with his father as well as his intent to not kill Barkly for his father.
The next morning the group made for the Coven and Kale went up to the barrier. His mother Dewlily came through it and had a conversation with him after hugging him and being glad to see him. She told how she wanted to let him in, but they just couldn't risk it currently. She told him about the strangeness that had been occupying Barkly and how Kale's name seemed to make it worse. She apologized profusely before going back through the barrier.
At this, Athelas returned swearing. He went ahead and said there was another dangerous way through the RootWarren Aquifer. The group agreed that evening to make their way down the well, through the Aquifer, and up the well inside the HeartGrove. With this, the party began their descent into the well at dusk on BriskWind 13, 2597, ending the session.Recording in Progress
When I Was a Young Warthog
So Anywho, I Bought Some Land, Nothing too Crazy, 10 Acres
Having it Farmed
A Real Deal
Rock Farm
Always Something You Can Plant
That's Not My Brother I Assume
It's Just Genetic
Kinda Sent a Ransom Letter to Your Father For You
All of This Was to Ransom You
Which Of Your Body Parts Would Your Father Recognize
If That Guy Looks Like You, We Can Chop Off One Of His Body Parts
I Am Capable of Assuming Command of this Vessel
Parrot: Yeah, Pretty Much
Cute Aggression: Bite It
I Only Bite Assholes
I've Got to Get This Voice Back Now That There Isn't Chinese In My Mouth
Tork Had Beef Once
Not Beef of Cattle
Drowning, A Pretty Serious Thing
We Can Switch This Conversation to Celestial
What Happens to MerPeople If They Enter Salt Water?
"25 on 7"
We Should Make All Our Big Decisions This Way Going Forward
Tork Will Not Be Paying for Any Damages
That's Not How Boats Work
Life Insurance Policy on Rodan Spice
If Life Insurance Isn't a Thing, I'm Going to Create It
Is He Not Friendly?
Too Early for this Shit
Wonder If That Is Rodan's Brother...
That Was Far Easier Than I Expected - Rodan 18 Seconds Before Being Knocked Unconscious and Bleeding Out
Just Beat It
Mostly Pride Breaks
Hold On a Second
I Call That Scale
Lot of Nat 20s Today
Weighted Dice
I'm Going to Have to Take Command
Rodan, I Need You On That Helm
I'm Going to Take the Helm: No Idea Where I'm Driving
Safe Way
We've All Almost Died Once Or Twice
If We Went the Safe Way, We Wouldn't Have a Boat
I've Touched a Steering Wheel Before
Which Way to Point the Boat
I'm Just Going to Go Left, More Left
Falling Off the Face of the Earth
The Poles Are Where the Cannister Ends
Tork Prefers the Safe Way in the Beginning
Dragon, Worth It
First Officer, Can You Take the Helm for a Few Minutes
8 Bodies, But 10 Crew
Putting on a Captain's Outfit
All Pizza Party Fund - 484gp
Navigation Officer Kale: Figure Out Where We're Going
Need to Figure Out What to Name Our Vessel
Human Meat's Not That Great
Kale, You Can Eat Human Meat, Now That's Okay
A Ceremonial End
Pointed in the Intended Direction
Thy Who Fucks Themselves Cannot be Fucked By Others
Long as We Don't Hit Turbulence
Sea Turbulence
Land Ho
The Captain is Dead, Long Live the New Captain, ATTICUS
Would Have Been Cool to Make Dragon's Body Our Anchor
Haven't Tried Dragon Meat Yet
Always a Chance I Could Become a Dragon
Hey Get Off of Me
Disrobe in Front of Everyone
"Stop Trying to See My Weiner"
I Guess Cameel and Bull and Ship Are Waiting on the Ship?
Tork Saw Rodan's Package for Nothing
The Other Druids: You People
Tons of Trees
The Captain's Journal
Anyone Want Brandy?
Part Time Gmail Service in Our Coven
Anyone Else Weirded Out by These Trees... Watching, Judging
Male Tree is Attracted to Tork.. Sassafras
Tork Has a Husband
Trees Are Extremely Polygamous
What Does the Poly Mean?
Trees Don't Take No For An Answer
No Consent for Trees
Poly-Weapons
Distracted Trees
These Trees Love Tork
One of Those Marsupials
This is a Good Berry
Sad, The Burning of Trees
Third Berry Down
Berry Machine
If a Tree Falls in the Forest, They Make a Hell of a Sound, They Never Shut Up
Did Some of the Senior Druids Set the Trees on Fire Themselves? Hypocrites.
Tork Tells Ghost Stories
Ghosts Are Real
Tork Doesn't Believe in Ghosts
Mermaids and Ghosts Are Real
The Dragon Technically Almost Killed You
The Dinosaurs Weren't Real
Kale is Killing Just a Few
Sabre Tooth Tigers Are Definitely Druids
Poly Means Many, But I Am Only One
I Turned Into a Parrot for Myself
So Kale is Poly?
Does Rodan Spice Know How to Write?
Is Rodan Spice Poly?
Rodan Spice is Whatever You Want Rodan Spice to Be
Wait, You're Married Now? When Did That Happen?
You Can't Start Dating People And Call Them Your Husband
Tork and Zirk Definitely Fucking Married Minus the Married Part
Kale Has the Exact Dimensions of Rodan Spice's Weiner
Just Crank It
He Wants Me to Kill Uncle Barkley
Culling the Trees from Barkley's Influence
Who is Right? Uncle Barkley or Your Father?
Trees
Trees, Maybe 1/16th of a Person, Half a Halfling
1/32 of a Person at Least
If They Can Speak Full Sentences, 1/32 of a Person
1/32 of a Genocide
Nail Your Uncle
I Don't Plan on Doing It
Let's Go Crucify Your Uncle
Feels Like Home
Weird Not Having Trees Talk
Uncle Barkley, I've Come!
I Say We Crucify Your Father With These Nails
Not Extreme Enough
Suddenly a Tree Hugger
I Just Think Your Father is a Dick
I Don't Go Around Nailing Every Tree I See
Wren, She's King of Into Animals, and Trees Are Animals
Respectfully, I Would
Your Dad is a Dick
I Can Count the Reasons I Have to Live on One Hand, So I'm Good with Whatever
Flip a Coin
Druids Don't Believe in Protection
During the second to last evening of their voyage, Alena Birch and Tork were keeping watch when a seaweed covered and feral green dragon attacked the ship. Its breath weapon wiped out the crew (though afterwards they realized two of the crew had gone overboard). With this, the party burst into action to kill the beast. Tork worked on getting in combat range and attacking with melee, Rodan Spice fired a bow from a distance, Atticus attempted to use magic to confuse the beast, Alena Birch fired with her bow and guiding bolt, Wren used a combination of druidic magic and a flaming sword to attack, and Kale took his starry form to attack. The battle was fierce and both Rodan Spice and Tork went down before Alena Birch fired a guiding bolt directly into the creature's mouth and out the back of its head. The creature then fell back into the watery depths below and the members of the party who were down were revived.
After recovering some of their health, the party surveyed their vessel. Outside of a cracked mast, the ship was in good condition (minus the damage to the deck from the dragon's breath weapon). Rodan Spice assumed the role of Captain while Atticus assumed the role of first mate and Kale navigation officer. The entire party took shifts in controlling the vessel and with Atticus' intentionality on the direction, they made it to the edges of the Ancient Forest of Apuln by the next morning. From there, the party put down anchor 50 yards from shore, leaving their boat with Bull the Oxen floating while they made landfall. With their newly christened "The Absolute Majesty II" behind them, they followed Kale into the woods.
Wren began making friends with the wildlife starting with a marsupial, trading goodberries for knowledge. They told her of smoke from the center of the forest and angry shouts. The creature promised to spread the word and to bring more information in exchange for more food. With this, the party made camp for the night and went through their watch rotation. The next day's travel mirrored the first and watches were had yet again. On the first watch shift, Kale immediately saw eyes in the forest and heard a voice in his head saying his father wanted to speak with him. Once Alena Birch awoke for the next shift, he said he had to go talk to someone and walked off into the woods.
Kale found himself escorted to a tent surrounded by tree stumps and scorched earth. His father asked Kale to kill his uncle Barkly and gave him eight copper nails and a copper hammer to accomplish the job. During the conversation, Athelas' disdain for Kale was not masked by his nice pretenses and his scorn was evident even as Kale called out Athelas' hypocrisy. When Athelas revealed that a barrier had been erected around the HeartGrove of the Nwyfre Coven, he also revealed Kale's mother Dewlily was the one who led the splinter of the tribe to protect Barkly and the other elder trees. Kale agreed to talk with his mother and try to gain entrance to the HeartGrove. He returned to his companions and told them what happened with his father as well as his intent to not kill Barkly for his father.
The next morning the group made for the Coven and Kale went up to the barrier. His mother Dewlily came through it and had a conversation with him after hugging him and being glad to see him. She told how she wanted to let him in, but they just couldn't risk it currently. She told him about the strangeness that had been occupying Barkly and how Kale's name seemed to make it worse. She apologized profusely before going back through the barrier.
At this, Athelas returned swearing. He went ahead and said there was another dangerous way through the RootWarren Aquifer. The group agreed that evening to make their way down the well, through the Aquifer, and up the well inside the HeartGrove. With this, the party began their descent into the well at dusk on BriskWind 13, 2597, ending the session.
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Report Date
27 Jul 2023
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