Session 30: He's the Type of Guy who You Don't Understand How Good He Is Until He Is Gone and Some Way Worse Guy Shows Up
General Summary
The session begins with the party reaching the Absolute Majesty II around sunset on the evening of BriskWind 16, 2597. Once there they all sleep for the night (after Rodan changes into his Captain's outfit). The next morning they take off on their journey towards the Ancient Forest of Silan. Alena Birch feels assured from her goddess Artemis that she is going in the correct direction. While she is doing this, Tork is swimming in the nude before climbing back aboard. Kale can't stop staring at him when he climbs back aboard and a quick conversation about how many people on the boat can marry Tork and Zirk ensues (Alena Birch, Oberon, and Rodan Spice). After this Tork puts clothes back on and cleans up Bull the Oxen's sick from the cargo hold.
The next evening (after a full day of sailing with Kale assisting with the wind part of the day) the group takes shifts driving the boat during the evening. During Rodan Spice's shift (which he volunteered for!) he awakes the crew as he notices a boat following them. As it attempts to come alongside, a tidal wave from Kale and a wind gust from Wren takes out a good portion of the armed assailants. With Rodan Spice's command for them to cease their aggression, they break off pursuit. Around 9AM the following morning the party arrives at two guard towers and a heavily armed frigate guarding the entrance to the Heaven's Dew river. They pull aside the boat and after telling them their destination and the intended duration of their stay, they pay 75gp and are allowed passage and protection in the Fisk Empire. As they pulled away Oberon and Tork went fishing. Tork was pulled into the water and turned into a giant shark only to face down another shark. After a couple minutes of back and forth, the other shark revealed itself to be Kale and they both got back in the boat.
After another few days of travel, the party arrived at a small hamlet and put down anchor a bit off shore. Rodan Spice noticed an incoming bird that ended up being Muninn. He brought three sending stones intended for Atticus but was unaware of where Atticus was (via Wren's speak with animals). Using one of the stones they learned that it was connected with Atticus's beggar network and they had uncollected reports (as well as checking in about their payment situation). In the course of the conversation, the information came up from Kale that Krot (the purple minotaur, pronounced Court) was still alive as well was Kwort (the necromancer, pronounced Crot) much to Tork's dismay. He said Atticus definitely knew as well and assumed everyone was aware but not saying anything. With this disturbing information, they went ashore.
Rodan Spice paid a simple man with curly brown hair to watch the Absolute Majesty II while they were gone. He gave him and is wife Sally, small child Little Timmy, and another 5 children 5 gp to watch the ship and 15gp upon their return for watching it successfully. With this, they set out for the forest. It had a sparse collection of small animals, but not nearly the diversity of life they found in the Ancient Forest of Apuln.
After camping for the night, they came to ruins midday the following day. Large petrified wooden pillars stretched dozens of feet into the sky while seemingly random petrified wooden homes dotted the circle they formed. After some investigation, Kale took to the sky above to observe it and determined the buildings were laid out as if it were a star chart. The party waited until nighttime and then noticed a 40' diameter white circle slowly moving on the ground. After investigation Oberon and Kale determined that it was representing a now no-longer extant moon. Eventually Kale stepped into the circular light and two of the encircling pillars of the ruins raised into the air and settled back down only five feet apart from one another to the east. Deciding to keep watch, the party separated into shifts and during the second shift, as the sun rose, the Bolt of Sol constellations of the building began pulsing with the tip of the bolt staying illuminated. The entire party arose and quickly moved to this building.
Inside they found a rectangular prism box in the middle of the floor with five doorways on a single side of it. Wren cast light on it and rays of light went into each of the doors until magical darkness encompassed them. A sudden lurch occurred and they felt a sensation of falling for about 45 seconds. When light returned, no longer daylight, but instead a blue-green luminescence, they were in a 1 mile diameter cavern with a ceiling several hundred feet in the air. The rest of the ground was sprinkled with petrified wooden buildings similar to the one they emerged from with the exception of a 300' ziggurat rising out of the center of the ground made from the same petrified wood. Upon ascending it, the party came to a portico with the phrase "Follow the Paths of the Stars" and an outline of the constellation of the Bolt of Sol. Wren cast light again, revealing a set of zig-zag stairs below. The party descended into darkness before coming to a stone door 70 steps below. On it was a constellation of the Diving Bird, and with effort, the door was eventually opened. As it did, a torrent of water poured out.
The session will end on the morning of BriskWind 22, 2597 in the Ziggurat in the Ruins of Silan with the cold water rushing out the door of the Diving Bird.
When do you start?
Normally I'm Fully Raunch
An Electric Fence for Mice
The Fence Bites
A Man Named Bobby
Boy Ain't Right
Do I Look Like I Know What JPEG Is?
I Don't Consent
Imagine Training an AI On Us?
Driving the Boat
Kale Just Sleeps Like This
Sleeping Naked on a Boat is Risky
Tork is the Ass Bandit
Full Sailing It
Promotion to First Officer Kale
Oberon Goes Off Faith
Faith: Not Knowing Very Much Stuff
Tork: Out & Proud with How Little He Knows
Tork Doesn't Know How Little He Knows
Oh Shi(t)p!
Threw Away My Old Dirty Clothes
Tork Swims In the Nude
Kale Is Staring... Everywhere
We're Just Acquaintances
Are We Sure Kale Isn't Captain
The Winds Don't Steer the Boat
THAT IS WHAT A CAPTAIN DOES
I Can Marry Tork and Zirk
He Barely Knows You
Alena Will Be Tork's Best Man
Sea Sick Bull
Cast Tidal Wave... In the Boat
Swab the Cargo Hold Tork
Cameel Can't Get Sea Sick
Ration As Bait
Oberon Singing Songs While
Death in the
Magnetism With Your Deity
Kale, Recruitment HR
Rodan Finally Volunteered to Take a Shift
What I Do For Boats
Who Comes Up On You At Night?
I Killed a Man
Those Were Just Warning Shots
Incredible Performance From a Crew As Captain... My First
All Down Hill From Here
We Also Need Cannons and/or Ballista
How Many Can This Baby Fit?
Wren Is a Morning Person
Captain, We're About to Penetrate the Heaven's Dew
Any Experience Commanding a Boat? I Don't Either.
Come A-Breast
They Have Cannons, We Better Do What They Say
I Could Do The Maneuver
Do You Have Boat Experience
Dick Wagering Contest
There Was A Crew, They All Died
This Is the Whole Reason for the Pizza Party Fund
You Me to Maneuver Us Off
Steer Away From That Boat
Fishing With Tork
Tork Would Love the Company of Oberon
This Random!?
Do You Hold Onto Your Pole
We Sharks
Is Tork a Were-Shark
No One Knows What Tork Is
Sometimes He's a Minotaur, Sometimes He's Gay
Being Gay is a Race Now
Polymorph Into Being Gay
Giant Shark Fight!
Shork
Rodan Is Not About to Help That Shark
Is Tork a Druid?
Kale Might Be Turning Him From Gay Into Druid
Shark Tales
Anyone Want to Teach Me a New Language
Oberon Met An Ancient Dragon One Time
Shadow Wizard Money Gang
Drop Anchor
New Sending Stone, Who Dis?
You're the Captain?
Rodan Spice is In Possession of the Sending Stone
"Where is Atticus? We have reports waiting for him. Advise us tomorrow if you are receiving and paying in his stead?"
Which scam?
Should Have Gone to the Bank While In Skormp
Who is This Atticus You Speak Of?
Former or Current Party Member Atticus
Effectively the Business Officer of the Ship
Who Is Closest to Atticus?
Charles Atticus Fitzgerald III
We Had a Really Strong Business Relationship
I Think He Was Just Afraid of Me the Most
Rodan the Backup
Are They Lying?
Munnin Is Unable to Understand the Complex Emotions of Humans
He's Lost at Best
What is Worst? Death or Being in the Mage's Death?
Krot is Still Alive
What Are You Peek-an-ing at
That Guy Is Going to Be Coming After Us
What a Right
Kale, I'm Disappointed
You Guys Need to Open Your Eyes Up Once in a While
Minotaur Is Alive & the Necromancer Is Alive
Saying Things No One Hears That Are Extremely Important is Kind of My Thing
Sally & The Children
It Feels Good to Help the Little People
I'm Really Getting Into Stealing from the Rich
Little Timmy & the Very Pregnant Sally
No Command Over Land
Did You Leave Bull
Mage Hands On Kale
Large Animal Trapped in the Hull of Our Ship
We Have An Oxen Named Bull in the Ship
Why Did We Bring Bull?
Let's Sell Bull for Meat
These Are Ruins, and We're In Silan
You Be Ransomed Currently...
What Kind of Company Do You Keep in this Party?
Good or Bad Atticus Gone?
He Helped Me Take Care of My Dad
Business Man and a Scholar
Return of Parrot Kale: Daddy
So Many Star Charts
Will It Be Different in the Dark?
I'm Detecting Something... *Let out a fart*
A Little More Than a Fart Comes Out
Kale DOES NOT Have Heightened Smell
DON'T LOOK AT ME
That's a Circle All Right...
Oberon Will Fly Into the Air
There Once Was a Moon in the Sky
Following the Path of the Moon
IF a Moon Existed
ThE eAsT
Guess We're No Longer Allowed to Keep Secrets
Cursed to See Everything
Lots of Doors
I Will Touch It
Wait, Let Me Check for Traps!
Alright, You Can Touch It
I Roll a Religion Check With My Non-Belief
Rodan Assumes Everyone Else Can See
Bring Atticus Back Setting
Sky Kids Two Situation
Climbing the Ladder
Moon!
Search Inside of Himself
Ziggurat - Pyramid with Steps: Still Not Wheelchair Accessible
Discovering the Hidden City
Indiana Jones into Uncharted
Crimson Ninroot and Blackreach
Hit "X" to Progress the Plot
Like a Gazebo
I Haven't Frozen Once
I've Been Checked Out Since Jan. 1
Death Saving Throw After Power Loss
Follow the Paths of the Stars
Rodan Got Free Stuff, Glad Atticus Isn't Coming Back
Making a Pact With the Urinal
Just Taking a Long Piss Right Now
Monocle of Night
They Really Like This Reading Material
Diving Bird
Tork, Can I Have Some Help
Yes, I Have a Bird That Only Wren Can Talk To
If GOD Knew We Were Going to Have a Bird
Kale Gives the Door the Bird
Everyone Helps Pull the Door
Munnin Unlocked the Door
Cold Water
Ziggurat in the Ruins of Silan
Oberon Does Not Have a Potion of Water-breathing
Have to Sea...
It's Not That We Don't Like Oberon, We Just Liked Atticus More
The next evening (after a full day of sailing with Kale assisting with the wind part of the day) the group takes shifts driving the boat during the evening. During Rodan Spice's shift (which he volunteered for!) he awakes the crew as he notices a boat following them. As it attempts to come alongside, a tidal wave from Kale and a wind gust from Wren takes out a good portion of the armed assailants. With Rodan Spice's command for them to cease their aggression, they break off pursuit. Around 9AM the following morning the party arrives at two guard towers and a heavily armed frigate guarding the entrance to the Heaven's Dew river. They pull aside the boat and after telling them their destination and the intended duration of their stay, they pay 75gp and are allowed passage and protection in the Fisk Empire. As they pulled away Oberon and Tork went fishing. Tork was pulled into the water and turned into a giant shark only to face down another shark. After a couple minutes of back and forth, the other shark revealed itself to be Kale and they both got back in the boat.
After another few days of travel, the party arrived at a small hamlet and put down anchor a bit off shore. Rodan Spice noticed an incoming bird that ended up being Muninn. He brought three sending stones intended for Atticus but was unaware of where Atticus was (via Wren's speak with animals). Using one of the stones they learned that it was connected with Atticus's beggar network and they had uncollected reports (as well as checking in about their payment situation). In the course of the conversation, the information came up from Kale that Krot (the purple minotaur, pronounced Court) was still alive as well was Kwort (the necromancer, pronounced Crot) much to Tork's dismay. He said Atticus definitely knew as well and assumed everyone was aware but not saying anything. With this disturbing information, they went ashore.
Rodan Spice paid a simple man with curly brown hair to watch the Absolute Majesty II while they were gone. He gave him and is wife Sally, small child Little Timmy, and another 5 children 5 gp to watch the ship and 15gp upon their return for watching it successfully. With this, they set out for the forest. It had a sparse collection of small animals, but not nearly the diversity of life they found in the Ancient Forest of Apuln.
After camping for the night, they came to ruins midday the following day. Large petrified wooden pillars stretched dozens of feet into the sky while seemingly random petrified wooden homes dotted the circle they formed. After some investigation, Kale took to the sky above to observe it and determined the buildings were laid out as if it were a star chart. The party waited until nighttime and then noticed a 40' diameter white circle slowly moving on the ground. After investigation Oberon and Kale determined that it was representing a now no-longer extant moon. Eventually Kale stepped into the circular light and two of the encircling pillars of the ruins raised into the air and settled back down only five feet apart from one another to the east. Deciding to keep watch, the party separated into shifts and during the second shift, as the sun rose, the Bolt of Sol constellations of the building began pulsing with the tip of the bolt staying illuminated. The entire party arose and quickly moved to this building.
Inside they found a rectangular prism box in the middle of the floor with five doorways on a single side of it. Wren cast light on it and rays of light went into each of the doors until magical darkness encompassed them. A sudden lurch occurred and they felt a sensation of falling for about 45 seconds. When light returned, no longer daylight, but instead a blue-green luminescence, they were in a 1 mile diameter cavern with a ceiling several hundred feet in the air. The rest of the ground was sprinkled with petrified wooden buildings similar to the one they emerged from with the exception of a 300' ziggurat rising out of the center of the ground made from the same petrified wood. Upon ascending it, the party came to a portico with the phrase "Follow the Paths of the Stars" and an outline of the constellation of the Bolt of Sol. Wren cast light again, revealing a set of zig-zag stairs below. The party descended into darkness before coming to a stone door 70 steps below. On it was a constellation of the Diving Bird, and with effort, the door was eventually opened. As it did, a torrent of water poured out.
The session will end on the morning of BriskWind 22, 2597 in the Ziggurat in the Ruins of Silan with the cold water rushing out the door of the Diving Bird.
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Report Date
17 Aug 2023
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