#he got so excited volo showed up to HIS tavern and tried to make a special dish

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Waterdeep Tadfool Heist - A Familiar Detour

The next two sessions of Ari and Gale's solo 5e campaign went about as expected. Not completely off the rails but they're still haven't even reached the second encounter. Highlights include:

Ari getting way too into character as they enter a seedy dive bar, and Gale rolling low on his performance check, panicking, and awkwardly ordering dinner after Ari orders some drinks in order to talk to the bartender

Gale needlessly performing magic just because he can (trying to keep his mug clean from the sticky bar surface), and then poofing away the evening's special of mystery gray gelatinous seafood dish

His suspiciously empty plate being noticed by the waitress who thinks he's starving and she takes pity on him deciding to bring him a second serving "on the house"

Gale rolling a 7 on his persuasion check to convince the waitress that no he doesn't need seconds, and in his fumbling asking to meet the chef

Ari abandons him to his fate, because he's cramping her style. She proceeds to actually advance the plot (somewhat)

Gale meets the dice determined NPC Chef: Ol' Crabby

I would die for Ol' Crabby you don't understand

Ol' Crabby is a towering, extremely tidy avant-garde firbolg chef. He has tattoos of various sea creatures, predominantly crabs, covering his hands, and has a special affinity for crabs, both as ingredients and as "friends".

Gale nearly blunders another deception check trying to be enthusiastic about Ol' Crabby's cooking, but manages to stick the landing and actually wheedle some information out of him

This does not distract Ol' Crabby from creating a new dish on the spot, inspired by Gale, that is somehow flavorless yet overwhelming

They finally escape the bar, and remember that Tara needs rescuing, but encounter more gang war stuff on the way

Ari pretends to be a gang leader, rolls insanely high on her deception check, derailing her and Gale having to fight off nine thugs simultaneously

They finally find Tara and the drunken dock workers, Ari rolls stupidly high again, and convinces the drunks they stole her precious housecat (Tara is not amused)

Finally the party is back together and headed to the plot