OttD session 18: welcome to the jungle

General Summary

Thulmir is the only absent player.
The session begins with Tornac having visions of a previous life. He sees himself fighting alongside three others, Lucan Pavalur, Griffon, and a druid known as "mcfly" Notably, the Lucan Pavalur from his visions is a half-elf, but the one the party has met is a human. Otherwise, they appear to be the same person. He awakens from these visions chained to a hospital bed, and has a brief encounter with a follower of oliddamara. The priest accuses Tornac of being The Drunken Surgeon, but is eventually persuaded otherwise and sends Tornac on his way.
Back at the temple of Istus, Lucan Pavalur is still having his seizure. Thulmir attempts to assist and is knocked out for his trouble. Vun Roade attempts to assist, but also fails. The town guard is summoned, but does not do much better. Eventually Tornac arrives, takes his spear back from Penguin, and then "solves" the problem by punching Lucan Pavalur in the face and knocking him unconscious.
The party talks with Tornac for a bit, and are discussing future plans. Penguin gives them another envelope from Sconce, simply labelled "for when shit goes down". Its instructions are frustratingly vague; he asks the party to learn to see the world as he did and learn what is really going on in the world. They eventually decide, at Penguin's suggestion, to go exploring the planes again. Their reasoning being that if they do not know where they are going, then neither do the assassins that the Dukes of Air would surely send their way. Adoven Woodsoul returns to the group during this conversation, having finished his report on his previous mission, and agrees to come with them. The party spends some time bringing Tornac and Adoven Woodsoul up to speed on events of the previous session, and then Ophelia arrives with payment from the gold that was taken off of the pyramid. All present party members receive 2,800 gold each.
When they prepare to head out, they realize that they need a way to transport the unconscious Thulmir. Penguin offers a solution in the form of a small iron flask, which he says is infused with dark magic and is "contraband basically everywhere". He says the flask is extremely expensive. After some negotiation, Tornac agrees to abandon Bhaal and serve Penguin instead in exchange for the flask. The flask essentially functions as a pokeball, and Tornac proceeds to imprison Thulmir within it.
Now flush with cash, the party first takes a long rest and then goes shopping. Tornac acquires bracers of defense. Adoven Woodsoul considers an ioun stone to boost his charisma, but cannot afford the 5K asking price. Vun Roade upgrades his current plate armor to some enchanted +1 plate armor.
The party then proceeds through an unmarked door. They arrive at an abandoned shack in the middle of a deep jungle. The party concludes that they are either on Prime Material Plane, Arborea, or The Beastlands. They cannot spend long contemplating this state of affairs, however, as they are attacked by a small pack of displacer beasts. The remainder of the session is spent in combat, after which Adoven Woodsoul ends the session by billowing his cape dramatically.

Character(s) interacted with

Penguin, Ophelia, Lucan Pavalur

Notes

Pre-game music: "gate of steiner":

Report Date

09 Oct 2019

Primary Location

Sigil