Session 5: Marks
General Summary
The session began with the party at the Salty Sea Snake Tavern in Gorsac immediately following the events of Session 4: An Absolute Majesty (this would be midday on Ijx, Solis 7, 2597. Knowing their priorities for the day, the party decided by going about different tasks. Rodan Spice and Kale started off by going down to a pier outside the tavern to look for a rowboat. They found a couple that were suitable (The Green Goddess & The Fish's Last Respite). They ended up getting the fisherman owner of The Fish's Last Respite to rent them the boat for 24 hours under the table when Rodan Spice claimed he wanted to make love to Kale in it without getting caught by Kale's wife who would kill Rodan Spice. With the boat secured they headed back to the tavern. While this was happening, Alena Birch and Tork walked past the guards in front of Mervin Delse's estate around 2PM and observed a guard change. They decided to head back in 8 hours to determine if guards change every 8 or 12 hours.
The party regrouped in the Salty Sea Snake Tavern where they worked on their plan for the heist. After much conversation, they decided to go briefly shopping. In the market, Tork sought out and bought a Calendar 2597. He opted for the more expensive version which contained what the elven seller described as "Collected Wisdom". The wisdom for the day he purchased it (Ijx, Solis 7, 2597) was
Once back at the Salty Sea Snake Tavern, more planning ensued, Tork won an arm wrestling contest and proceeded to go out and buy four more Water Walking Spells from Durga's Discount Spells while Rodan Spice went out and used his paints to do some decorating of their rented rowboat. At 10PM Tork and Alena Birch went out to survey the guards for a change, but were briefly recognized and told to wander elsewhere. Tork went back to the tavern while Alena Birch ducked into an alley and obsreved the guard change.
After more planning, Kale being told by Rodan Spice to give Tork the scroll of divine intervention from Durga's Discount Spells but actually giving him the scroll of Mark without anyone's knowledge, it was agreed Tork would cause a distraction while everyone else heisted. At 2AM the party took shots and went their seperate ways, agreeing 2:30AM, Tork would give a signal and they would all go.
Rowboat crew managed with some good stealth checks to make it down to the rented rowboat which Rodan had painted over with
Tork used two of his water walking spells which after nearly a minute he determined worked, but inside a nearby building. Upon breaking into it (attracting the Delse Estate Guard's attention), he determined two massive four foot diameter barrels had grown legs and the smell of various alcohols was on the air. One of the guards came over and attacked the barrels after some convincing from Tork. Around this time, the other guard from the Delse Estate joined while Tork pretended to be passed out on the ground. Tork used his remaining two spells to animate two more of the barrels, but unforunately one was on the second floor, and crashed down killing a guard named Troy. The other guard and Tork together destroyed the remaining barrel before Tork was taken by the guard to the townsguard for questioning. On the way Tork used what he thought was divine intervention but actually was Mark. A guy named Mark came up, regular dude, who was convinced he knew Tork for a long time. The guard wasn't having it and took both of them to the townsguard's guardhall in the Docks District who put them in a cell together to "Sober up" with their items in a chest outside it.
The rest of the group, upon hearing yelling, broke in by picking the backdoor on Mervin Delse's estate. Once inside they went through the kitchen to the Dining Room/Sitting Room. Searching the room, the only thing of interest they found was a large book (2'x3') securely locked and with writing on the cover none of them could understand. They then went back to the library where they didn't find anything else of value. While in the library they did however return the stolen "Travel Plans" placing them on the ground to look as if they had fallen naturally (after copying the infromation into one of Alena's journals). Rodan Spice attempted to pick the lock on the book but found it beyond him at this point in time.
The group then ventured up to the second floor of Mervin Delse's estate. In this area they looked though four room (two empty guestrooms, one occupied guestroom with a sleeping cook, and one chamber pot room) before Alena Birch located a magic of conjuration emminating from the room at the end of the hallway. Within this room the group discovered a locked chest and locked strongbox under the bed. Rodan Spice picked the lock on the chest and found a brass flagon with unfamiliar writing wrapped in a scarf. Alena Birch informed him it likely contained some trapped creature but she was unsure of exactly what it was. Alena Birch picked the lock on the strongbox (to everyone's surprise) and inside they found 7,000gp. At this discovery, Rodan Spice said it no longer made sense to cover their tracks for an extra 500gp and that they should take everything. The others agreed and they took the brass flagon and 7,000gp. The group then went into the remaining room, a small study. In here Alena Birch copied down random entries from a massive 200 page ledger on the desk going back 5 years and containing various cargo manifests. They also located a secret locked compartment on the top of the desk, which when picked had the Secret Ledger of Mervin Delse inside contianing a single page. This ledger was taken entirely and party snuck their way back out through the first floor (electing to also keep the large book from the sitting room). They exited the house in the rear, returned their rowboat to its moor, and made their way back to the Midal Inn where they secured their room for only 20gp (as it was nearly 4AM). Although worried about Tork, they elected to go to sleep and hope he made it back or was at the Salty Sea Snake Tavern. This ended session 5.
The party regrouped in the Salty Sea Snake Tavern where they worked on their plan for the heist. After much conversation, they decided to go briefly shopping. In the market, Tork sought out and bought a Calendar 2597. He opted for the more expensive version which contained what the elven seller described as "Collected Wisdom". The wisdom for the day he purchased it (Ijx, Solis 7, 2597) was
A copper saved is a copper earned, but a copper thrown in a well, that is a wish spell!. He proceeded to tell everyone else in the market about this remarkable wisdom. Alena Birch purchased two loosely-leather-bound notebooks and a box of eight sticks of charcoal to be used in the heist. Rodan Spice sought out and bought a some assorted fine paints and brushes. On their journey back to the Salty Sea Snake Tavern Kale had his ankle grabbed by an old woman with spindly fingers who agreed to read his fortune and future, what the stars had to tell, in exchange for a favor (this occured in the religious district). Kale eventually agreed and drew an 8 of hearts from the deck she laid out before him. He was told it meant he was between two things, perhaps the stars and home. His future is in the stars, but before he can go to the stars, he must go home. She said goodbye to him by name before he left to catch up with the rest of the party.
Once back at the Salty Sea Snake Tavern, more planning ensued, Tork won an arm wrestling contest and proceeded to go out and buy four more Water Walking Spells from Durga's Discount Spells while Rodan Spice went out and used his paints to do some decorating of their rented rowboat. At 10PM Tork and Alena Birch went out to survey the guards for a change, but were briefly recognized and told to wander elsewhere. Tork went back to the tavern while Alena Birch ducked into an alley and obsreved the guard change.
After more planning, Kale being told by Rodan Spice to give Tork the scroll of divine intervention from Durga's Discount Spells but actually giving him the scroll of Mark without anyone's knowledge, it was agreed Tork would cause a distraction while everyone else heisted. At 2AM the party took shots and went their seperate ways, agreeing 2:30AM, Tork would give a signal and they would all go.
Rowboat crew managed with some good stealth checks to make it down to the rented rowboat which Rodan had painted over with
The "Absolute" Majestyin passable script. The words were in white while "Absolute" was in gold, all on a blue background and with a clipart-esque picture of a boat. They rowed their way over to the back of Mervin Delse's estate, tied their boat to the ladder and waited.
Tork used two of his water walking spells which after nearly a minute he determined worked, but inside a nearby building. Upon breaking into it (attracting the Delse Estate Guard's attention), he determined two massive four foot diameter barrels had grown legs and the smell of various alcohols was on the air. One of the guards came over and attacked the barrels after some convincing from Tork. Around this time, the other guard from the Delse Estate joined while Tork pretended to be passed out on the ground. Tork used his remaining two spells to animate two more of the barrels, but unforunately one was on the second floor, and crashed down killing a guard named Troy. The other guard and Tork together destroyed the remaining barrel before Tork was taken by the guard to the townsguard for questioning. On the way Tork used what he thought was divine intervention but actually was Mark. A guy named Mark came up, regular dude, who was convinced he knew Tork for a long time. The guard wasn't having it and took both of them to the townsguard's guardhall in the Docks District who put them in a cell together to "Sober up" with their items in a chest outside it.
The rest of the group, upon hearing yelling, broke in by picking the backdoor on Mervin Delse's estate. Once inside they went through the kitchen to the Dining Room/Sitting Room. Searching the room, the only thing of interest they found was a large book (2'x3') securely locked and with writing on the cover none of them could understand. They then went back to the library where they didn't find anything else of value. While in the library they did however return the stolen "Travel Plans" placing them on the ground to look as if they had fallen naturally (after copying the infromation into one of Alena's journals). Rodan Spice attempted to pick the lock on the book but found it beyond him at this point in time.
The group then ventured up to the second floor of Mervin Delse's estate. In this area they looked though four room (two empty guestrooms, one occupied guestroom with a sleeping cook, and one chamber pot room) before Alena Birch located a magic of conjuration emminating from the room at the end of the hallway. Within this room the group discovered a locked chest and locked strongbox under the bed. Rodan Spice picked the lock on the chest and found a brass flagon with unfamiliar writing wrapped in a scarf. Alena Birch informed him it likely contained some trapped creature but she was unsure of exactly what it was. Alena Birch picked the lock on the strongbox (to everyone's surprise) and inside they found 7,000gp. At this discovery, Rodan Spice said it no longer made sense to cover their tracks for an extra 500gp and that they should take everything. The others agreed and they took the brass flagon and 7,000gp. The group then went into the remaining room, a small study. In here Alena Birch copied down random entries from a massive 200 page ledger on the desk going back 5 years and containing various cargo manifests. They also located a secret locked compartment on the top of the desk, which when picked had the Secret Ledger of Mervin Delse inside contianing a single page. This ledger was taken entirely and party snuck their way back out through the first floor (electing to also keep the large book from the sitting room). They exited the house in the rear, returned their rowboat to its moor, and made their way back to the Midal Inn where they secured their room for only 20gp (as it was nearly 4AM). Although worried about Tork, they elected to go to sleep and hope he made it back or was at the Salty Sea Snake Tavern. This ended session 5.
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18 Jan 2023
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