LP D&D: Your Reward is the Satisfaction of a Job Well Done
Between sessions, Ludovik and Rich’s longstanding rivalry came to a head, and Ludovik decided to leave. Thankfully, the group was able to work things out like adults, and the separation happened pretty cleanly. To this day, I don’t really get what was going on between them, but I guess everything worked itself out in the end, so whatever. I’m just glad the saga didn’t turn into the kind of clusterfuck people on /tg/ like to talk about.
At the beginning of the session, Rap was playing around with a voice changer for whatever reason. Apparently, one of the presets sounded enough like me that nobody could tell the difference. Am I truly a unique person, with my own wants and needs, or am I some sort of construct off an assembly line, an excitation in the Kim field no different than any other? Is there some hidden land of Kims deep in the woods, where we could find solace from the often terrifying and confusing non-Kim world, free to swear like sailors, nurse our wounds, and watch Neil Breen movies long into the night?
...Uh, that took a weird turn. Content under the break.
Merrow thanks the party for saving his life
Hier is arrested
Graham lays hands on Esmeralda
Nudge nudge, wink wink
Coy attempts to locate the body of the gnoll shaman, but is unable to
Coy retrieves a handful of the coins the sisters use to communicate
Escrima and Graham try and retrieve some lost equipment
The ship and estate are on fire, so the gang decides to bounce
They make it back home without incident
Lucas wants barkeep to get him the strongest drink on the multiverse
Coy goes to say hi to Akim
Akim thinks the explosions are the hypest
Coy wishes him a happy birthday
Akim thinks her hugs are better now
The players think about that too much
Graham hangs out with Frederick, his squire
He breaks the news of Osric’s death
Graham declares himself “duke”
Fred reminds him that “those of the fairer sex” aren’t in the line of succession
Graham suggests they consider his uncle, then
The alcohol is strong, and everyone is completely smashed
Except Coy, since she was away for the first round
“Did I ever tell you about the time I rescued Esmeralda from a dragon?”
Coy orders a round of coffee for the party so they can sober up
And then orders a round for herself
She’s a little buzzed, but not like the others
“Coy, I love you, I don’t care what your hair looks like, I don’t care if you cut your hair, you’re a beautiful butterfly... creature...”
Greg has a personal crisis
He starts his routine in the pond
GregnLucas ERP in the pond
Coy pulls them out so they don’t drown
Connie has an epic battle with the stairs, and loses
The next morning afternoon, the party wakes up, and is hungover
Except Graham, because paladin or something
Thankfully, Rocky keeps potions of restoration in the attic
Coy stays in “bed” for some short rests
There’s some mail
One letter is from Rolen
He says that the hallucinations he’d been having have gotten to be too much, and he is heading to mithril hall to search for his ex //Honestly, the most disappointing thing about the whole OOC situation was that we never got to figure out what that stomach spider bullshit was going to go
One is for Coy
That will she altered turns up. Apparently she’s owed some inheritance. The attorneys want her to drop in //During the vampire subplot, Coy found some victims dead in their apartment. She also found their will, and wrote herself in
One is from the sheriff’s office, for Lucas
They are grateful for our help
They’ve found out what happened to his brother
Lucas runs off to check it out
Graham gets a letter from Merrow
It’s about Hier’s trial
Hey Coy, what’s that in your pocket? //Coy stole a pendant off a noble later revealed to be Merrow a couple sessions back for no particular reason
Is that Merrow’s?
Coy says she’ll commit seppuku before telling
It might be a good idea to get it back to him somehow
Connie gets a letter too
It’s from her parents, Ida & Ingo Cooper
It’s been circulating for a while
Ingo has died. Ida wants her to come to the funeral. It’s in Neverwinter
Apparently, they’re waiting for her to get there
Lucas goes to Castle Waterdeep
On the broom
He’s broken a law, is he stupid?
But I saved the ci-
WATERDEEP IS A CITY OF LAWS, NOT OF MEN
Lucas tries to rules-lawyer his way out of a 500 gp fine
WATERDEEP IS A CITY OF LAWS, NOT OF MEN
Saving cops isn’t worth edgyLucas’ time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WRrAeQqVs8
The gang catches up to him
Graham asks for a copy of the paperwork
Coy tries to steal the money back
Despite a poor sleight of hand roll, she gets 800 gp
Graham and Lucas have a brief heart-to-heart
They’re the only original party members left
Coy totally didn’t steal that money back
She becomes inspired again
She gets pissed at Lucas for fucking up pronouns
Before they get to the sheriff’s office, they pass by the attorney’s office
Coy decides to pop in
She says something offensive to the gnomes that work there about their tiny baby arms
Coy signs some paperwork, and obtains a winery estate, and a house.
Winery is in Baldur’s Gate
House is in Waterdeep
They arrive at the castle
Vigo is happy to see the gang
He has a report on Lucas’ brother.
He was wounded in the raid of Mossstone
He was later redeployed to the front lines again
Apparently the sisters’ army has sacked Athkatla
Lucas wants a flying license
It’s 1000 gp
Gotta take tests and stuff
Lucas no longer wants a flying license
The gang remembers that they only have like 5kgp, and decide to confront Rockseeker about it
Rocky congratulates us of our victory
But he reminds us that they remain a threat
He predicts that they will throw everything they have against the city soon
Connie tells Rocky about the coins //Soldiers in the Sisters’ army carry coins that their superiors communicate through
Apparently, they’re stones of sending
Rocky says they’re short range only. Lame!
He says he can reset them to work for the party, so that’s cool
He tells us that we’re to participate in the trial of Lord Hier, and shouldn’t leave town yet
Lucas wants cash
Rocky is reluctant to pay up
He points us towards Merrow
Lucas breaks the news of Gandalf’s death to the party
Lucas says that he killed him
Necromancy, torture, I had to do it, pushed into lava
Angered with their lack of compensation, the gang decides to go see Merrow
Of course we have an appointment! Who do you take us for?!
Someone who doesn’t have an appointment, duh
Graham just tells the guards who we are
The guards are “a little bit pissed off, having to like, do things”
Merrow’s assistant says he’s busy, and we should wait a while
The anteroom is pretty nice, though, so it’s okay
Coffee and pastries are served
He wants a DEAL
Connie gets promoted to LORD OF WATERDEEP HOLY SHIT
Representing Athkatla, of course
You know, since she’s been a lord from there for like two weeks
Merrow offers us 500 gp
He wants Graham to serve as a judge during Hier’s trial
Merrow assures Lucas that the matter of Beydale will be addressed soon
Kim reminds the party about the black shield of blackness //A suspicious magic item from before my time.
It’s a +3 shield! Holy cow!
PVP!
Coy is brandishing her sword, and accidentally makes a swing at Lucas
It goes straight through Lucas’ leg
He pulls it out, spraying leg viscera all over the ground
Lucas cures wounds
He’s not giving the sword back
Shopping ensues
As per usual, the party gets in a fight with a shopkeeper for not having good enough wares //We should’ve waited until Connie could go the the dark assembly the Waterdeep city council meeting to pass a “more expensive stuff” bill
Max wants to learn minor illusion, and JP says it’s gonna be tough
Connie goes to get her clothes fixed.
It’s gonna be a week
The gang visits Coy’s new house
It’s a little bit of a wreck
The bed’s still gross
Coy wants to set Akim up there with a tutor/nanny
He’s looking for Julie Andrews
Or Dick Van Dyke
Probably that guy
She spends a few days looking for a suitable caretaker
Coy leaves him in Waterdeep with Rich, the tutor
Akim is ecstatic about the house
He gets his own room!
He can store all his toys
Like his ragdoll, and, uh,
That’s kind of it, actually
It’s name is “Alfie”
Coy thinks about getting him some new toys
“Will you be my mom, Coy”
Coy gives him a noncommittal answer
Rich the tutor gets 7 gp per month
Coy decides to take the displacer cub with her to train
Akim is devastated
Constanza sends a letter back to her folks detailing her situation
She also summons Paz, the slithering metal gear reference //It’s a tsuchinoko
During the ritual, she has a vision of her parents finding her as a baby, and also some commotion
Lucas and Graham resume shopping
Lucas orders a suit of medium armor with Graham’s help
They head to a jeweler next, to look for a decent wedding/engagement/whatever ring for LucasnGreg
Coy gets some daggers/throwing knives
Graham goes looking for a bag of holding
A shady street vendor approaches him
It’s 1kgp
It’s covered in blood
Graham doesn’t want to know where he got it from
He buys it, and the guy runs off
Coy goes to sell the shield
The shopkeeper isn’t buying that the shield is magical
Coy offers to demonstrate it
The shopkeeper is convinced, and pays 300 gp
Lucas wants some Lupe venom
Escrima is gatekeeping her “precious fluids”
They get half a vial of venom
Graham attunes to the shield
Lucas tests out sending to talk to everyone he knows
He gets no reply from his parents
He recalls that Baldur’s Gate uses anti-magic materials in prisons. Oh no!
His brother and his buddy are okay, though
Lucas teaches Coy minor illusion, in exchange for more draconic later
Coy gives Akim a hand crossbow. It’s giant and dangerous
The warehouse roof is finished //We wanted to have the roof of Lupe’s hangar open on the off chance we could use her for something
As are the other orders we placed
Summons for Hier’s trial arrives
Items are recovered from Rolen’s room
Connie is to be at peaktop aerie at midnight for confirmation as a lady of waterdeep
Connie asks the whole party to accompany her
Merrow arrives in a carriage to take the party to the aerie
Merrow reminds the party that only the lords are supposed to speak
But they can appoint an assistant that can whisper to the lord
She appoints Graham
Apparently, Rocky is a lord. This surprises nobody
A lord asks where Catarina is
A nat 20 convinces them that she’s not full of crap //In-universe, “Catarina” is a kingdom in a children’s book Connie used to like. “Constanza de Catarina” is not actually her given name. She just made it up because it sounded cool and foreign.
They seem to like that the party saved Amswater
All except one lord vote to confirm
What a bitch!
Connie suggests they move to retake Beydale
Some lords agree
Rockseeker throws some shade over the sisters of dawn incident
If the army secures Esmeralton, they’ll move for Beydale
Other topics of discussion include
Increase the number of garbage collectors
A motion to increase taxes on magic shops gets shot down
50k soldiers are to be drafted to the war in the south
Merrow talks about Hier’s trial
Meetings are monthly, but not mandatory
The party gets some winter clothes
During the week, Escrima handled Lupe. She seems trained!
Greg is grateful for Connie’s assistance at the council meeting
He’s also disappointed that Lucas is gonna have to leave again
Lucas suggests that he try and pick up bard-ing
The gang gets a message from Narcovi saying that they couldn’t find crazy eyes’ body
Jake had moving stuff to do, so the session was called there.
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