we'll wait a bit for golurk then start
you still have a mystery to solve
the mystery of the persona
we art they, or they art we?
we really gotta stop with the persona references
i say this knowing that i have made most of them
we'll just overload the system
the train has already left the station, drufle
it takes trains a mile to stop
ya'll jumping through several hoops to get to there, streak
its his character he can do what he likes
also I have a plan to draw him out
it's guaranteed to work
discuss it at session start so i can log it
heck ill just
Session...uh
drufle
i am so behind on logs
oi...
Session 9 start
okay now you can talk
right so I think the best thing to do here
is to just be polite and write him a note
and leave it on his door
or something
I dunno, I feel like he's more gone than you're thinking.
V( ' 3')V
can we go over the basics again?
casino lady wants his head. we want his brain
the guy can abjure the fuck out of any scrying we could do
or someone can
Thira has 'hired' you to find Jeffrey and bring him to her.
so what does that leave us with?
He's about 20k in debt to her.
Thira suggested getting his attention somehow. He's an information gatherer, being a diviner and all, so it might be quite easy to get him to notice you.
Assuming he'd want to contact you anyway.
Divination spells aren't working on him, so those won't work, either.
and its likely that if he knows of us, he knows where we've just been
so he wouldnt WANT to contact us
unless something else has made him desperate, but we don't know that
we have a job for him
that might get his attention
yeah but how? shout from a minaret?
I was going to suggest buying a dog and tracking him by scent
or learning an appropriate spell
Spells aren't gonna help, he resists divination.
Any spell that would help us find him would be divination.
Uh, no.
Neither of my companions have scent.
be a dog
autobots, dog out
I'll have to look up my wild shape powers.
if you do buy a dog i have a certain special token ready
I can use up to Beast Shape II now.
that has Scent, yes?
become the Dire Doggy
Well, I can be any animal at all between Tiny and Large.
Great Dane
or a chihuahua
But yeah, it's basically guaranteed that I can become something with scent.
Whether that's actually of any use, I don't know.
we have his house
shouldn't be too hard
that we have all just traipsed through
go in there and get some socks
I think you guys are overvaluing scent a wee bit.
and I didn't touch a lot
its our only lead, Manu
How long has it been since he left his house?
other than asking around more
I suppose Thira would have mentioned, he's been gone about a month.
ah
there's an issue there
Yeah, scent is useless then.
Sorry, Doge.
I have no use for you now.
If the trail is colder than 14 hours gone, I cannot track it.
not today, Doge
Doge no
shoo
The base DC for tracking by scent is 10, +2 for every hour the scent is cold.
So that would be
a couple thousand, probably
Not even a god could scent this.
My survival is +17, even with a nat 20 I can only manage a 37.
14 hours gone means the DC is 38 and I can't do anything about it.
So we can't use scent or divination.
how do you get a diviner's attention?
How exactly do we track him?
would he know if we tried to divine him?
Depends.
Usually the answer is no, unless they're particularly good at divination.
In which case they can potentially notice you watching.
Or detect the spell.
well if he's as good as supposedly is
then he might notice?
can we intentionally botch it?
if he's not then he wasn't worth our time
If he's the best diviner in town, he would easily notice anyone trying to scry on him.
The problem is that I'm not sure he could actually tell who is doing the scrying.
ah
we can try asking around more
figure out what he was up to
if he's been gone for months then
he might not even be in town
We could hope he keeps Detect Scrying prepared.
If he casts that and succeeds on an opposed caster check, he actually gets to see us.
if he was in town, then thira would know and would have told us
He's almost certainly, like, really far.
time to commit another crime
to the house
to use the scrolls he left
to take his scroll of Find Person, of course
That's not a scrying spell!
No, it's just ordinary divination.
it would let us track them if it worked but it won't
scrying is an actual surveillance camera spell
Also, need I remind you that Locate Creature has a very small range?
For a divination spell, at least.
well, he has a house mapnow
so get to searching!
fine, I won't commit a crime then
oh
are we doing a crime anyways?
Harika Atesh looks through the bookshelves
you guys aren't in here yet
let me open the door
boop
door unlocked
"Nice house, considering how long it's supposedly been untouched."
"Probably not untoched"
"Lock tampered before I got here"
what do my bird eyes see?
This sure is a house, isn't it?
There's not much to see that you didn't see before.
i like that he has a reception desk
This is the storefront portion of his establishment.
There's some fancy crystal balls and stuff lying around.
None of them actually magical though.
Oh.
Dangit, I was wondering if we could use a crystal ball to see him.
The backroom still contains the living area, including his journal logging the whereabouts of various people.
Thira Ecil is in there, with very little information on her.
"Nothing here..."
I bet Thira is some kind of outsider or something
You now recognise some of the other names as some of the casino guards you met.
They were wearing name badges probably.
well, might as well copy these notes
"why would the region's best diviner not be able to get info on one of this town's most recognizable socialites?"
"Probably the Antimagic Field, yeah."
You note that the guards seem to keep to a weekly rota, rotating spots with a lot of consistency.
"Or Nondetection, whatever she's using."
"How many people do you think he's covered in that book?"
Taka makes a copy of the notes.
"Uhh"
"Many"
"This cannot be healthy"
"Probably not particularly legal, either."
The notes date back a ways, but the most recent entries are focused on the casino.
"But not much policing here"
"Not see any police, evemn"
"Good point. I wonder what he was so interested in the casino for?"
"Debt"
"Knew they were after him"
"That or found something"
"Casino seem shady"
"Is shday"
"Well it's a casino, they're always shady."
"They don't have casinos where I'm from"
"I would imagine not. The open ocean doesn't usually have much room for sprawling gambling tables."
Harika Atesh casts spark on the fireplace
The room is now nice and cosy in it's lighting.
Takaanu grew up on some weird ocean village, right?
sorry I thought you thought he was some kind of ridiculous tengu penguin
a tenguin
that would've been an amazing idea
I'm sorry I am not
I'll try that next time
"It seems like there's little more information to be found here."
Golurk has arrived so feel free to catch him up.
They're doing crimes again.
We broke into Jeff's house again.
we didn't actually figure out much
That's basically it.
We're out of ways to actually find Jeff, so uh.
Streak can I lift up the carpet
at this point any legal objections people had have just vanished
Sure.
You note the floor is way less dusty under there.
Someone should really sweep up.
Well obviously, it's under a rug!
Can't get dust on something that's covered.
"Carpet door? Really?"
"Only in fiction"
"Too obvious"
"Clearly we should start pulling books off the shelves."
"Might as- oh"
"You beat me too it"
"I wasn't gonna say it..."
"Thinking it"
Manu Palila starts looking over some of the books on this shelf.
I check out the fireplace
You pull all manner of books off the shelf, many on divination, of course. There's some yoga books for some reason.
The fireplace is lit.
Harika lit it just moments ago.
You find a fiction novel by one 'Putrine Pimplerear'...
Gotta do the Zelda chime.
Some kind of wizard nonsense.
Fuzzy Sculptor, new hit book
first of a series
"I guess it's fine that we're doing this since we're investigating..."
Lux, to catch you up. You're trying to find the undetectable Jeffrey, or lure him to you.
well I'm just about at the point where I'd haul off and break some pots. anyone have better ideas?
You've found a log book detailing all the casino guard patrol routes, and a mostly empty page on Thira Ecil.
I check under the bed.
Takaanu climbs up the chimney
There's some boots and a cloak that have been kicked under there lazily.
why would you light the fire
yeah
Manu Palila pokes his head in the very conspicuous pots.
oh, i cast detect magic and check out the surroundings
I'm glad one of us is sensibe
The only magical items in this room are the scrolls on the ground, near the log book.
I have no fancy magical powers
None of the rest of us can do that!
Wait, can I...
I honestly forget what cantrips I have.
Honestly, there's not much else in here. He clearly took a lot of things with him.
Wow, I do actually have Detect Magic prepared.
"No other magical residue here. I guess he could've used magic to hide other auras too."
"If there's anything else here, it's too well-hidden for us to find."
Takaanu has lost interest in this place
"We should abscond."
Takaanu is already gone
"gaaah, I hate this! I need to move!"
"Well that was unproductive."
"augh, I didn't want to have to do this, but we're gonna have to bring him to us"
"Outside town"
"Doesn't want to be seen"
"Good idea, Harika, but do you have any idea of how to do that?"
"I have a limited skillset man. I was gonna have us stage a play"
"telling the tale of the great heroes who saved a town from earthquakes"
"Good idea if he here..."
I will present the option here to also ask an NPC for help.
You actually have the pieces to this puzzle, all I can do now is give you more...
Are there any new places we can check out in this place?
Who would we even ask? The bartender?
I swear if the wizard is hiding IN the casino...
or if he's one of the guards
or if he's Thira
Pretty sure she's not that dumb.
i thought we asked the bartender
its not a matter of wits, its a matter of her not being able to scry him
hey streak can I use prestidgitation to make my voice louder?
You know, actually.
The best place to hide from divination magic would be a location with a large permanent antimagic field.
I believe that would be beyond the limits of that spell.
alright
oh NOW you agree, manu
How about we check the neighbors
You could inspect the casino area more closely if you like.
There's a difference between "she's holding him there secretly" and "he's hiding there without her knowing about it".
I'd say we check it at a time when its less crowded
but its a bloody casino
some of you do that, I will walk around town and just _ask_ people if they've seen him
you have the Charisma for it
We can go back to the casino and play more terrible blackjack, that'd be great.
I don't have a map for the outside of the casino, so we'll just pretend.
what about this alley with the barrels?
will that do?
It's quite a large building, of course. Guards patrol the outside.
we have the guard's patterns
we can easily avoid them
You do.
It's early afternoon at the moment, so it's actually quieter than usual.
Busy time is at night.
(also i dont even really want to think about the implications of thira somehow having access to enough magic to make a permanent antimagic field)
(that is mildly terrifying, yes)
She's quite wealthy you know.
(I swear she's some kind of outsider)
Like, adventurer wealthy?
I guess Jeff does owe her 20k.
maybe she was an adventurer once
retired to ply a vice trade
I'm just saying, that's gotta require like a level 15+ caster.
because who would expect her to be a cleric
Anyway.
Sneaking around the casino.
Do we have notes we can reread?
people keep forgetting about them though
Harika asks around town. Most people haven't seen him in some time, if they've heard of him at all. You find some people thinking they've seen him around recently, but they're not too sure.
Vague as heck, really.
"this is sooo frustrating!"
But if he has been seen 'recently' you gather that he's still in town.
Do we know where he was last seen.
"so yeah guys he IS probably in town, apparently"
Harika is asking around in the area near his store and the casino.
If he is in fact in town, we can make our job very easy.
shall I go further down? and ask around the
Are we sneaking around outside? Anyone looking inside at all?
The casino is open, still, so you can go inside freely.
he does not want to be inside
Harika, that is indeed a Beautiful Fountain.
Seems the wizard kings here thought it would brighten the place up a bit.
i'll start again in this district
The water has gone murky, though, and the sculpture in the center has not been cleaned in some time.
AUGH
oh!
"jeez, where's the sanitation bureau when you need 'em?"
(guys keep doing your thing)
We're just kinda staring at a casino at the moment.
not sure what we're looking for beyond a Persona
So Taka and Manu are looking around outside.
Let's burn his house down
If you could both roll a Wisdom check for me..
wow lux that's a heel turn and a half
I'm not sure what skill this would be
Well, in any case, Manu thinks the guard patrol notes would come in handy here.
we were already using them???
but okay
You can take some time to study them, if you want.
As predicated, the notes are very accurate. You see guards moving and checking areas around the outside of the casino to the minute stated.
Thira really does run a tight ship here.
"Well, at least we know that he actually is a good diviner."
"Good sign so far"
"Where hiding, though?"
"Hard to tell without magic; do you see any gaps in the schedule? Any blind spots the patrols might have?"
What roll would that be...
I don't want to just slap perception on everything...
actually wait that doesn't make sense
Manu can attempt this as well.
You can also just use a general Int roll if you want.
Taka thinks about how he would hide here.
Studying the routes now and ahead of time, he does in fact find a blind spot in the patrol.
A small alley one building over from the casino's main building.
"Not sure how to feel..."
"Get others, then check"
"There, that alley. Could we, er, you sneak into there and see if he's there?"
"Um"
"Sneak yes. Not sure if he want to help, though"
Gather the group or send Taka in?
I can literally climb over everything
I think we should gather to group to watch Takaanu go in.
If things go south, we need to be together.
Manu Palila goes and pulls Harika away from her janitorial stint.
You interrupt Harika and Tembo spraying down a fountain?
Sure.
We have better things to do!
"So, what have we found out?"
i WAS gonna do that
but we're doing this now
"Guard not there, but in field"
"Might be somewhere that Jeff is hiding out, right under the lady boss' nose."
"So we..."
Manu Palila motions to Harika, Lux, and himself.
"I thought that too, but didn't want to say anything because of how dumb it sounded"
"Are going to watch Takaanu find his way into that alleyway."
"I won't lie, it's kind of a dumb plan, but we don't have a lot of options."
"Besides, sometimes the dumbest places to hide are the best places."
"well good luck down there"
over the building I go
to the alley
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oh, my jump updated...
actually it should have updated ages ago
damn it, character sheet
You make your way into the alley unnoticed. It's quite dirty.
Of note, there is a grate here that leads down, as well as a bunch of garbage.
by the power of the eagle eyes
I see
things
I can't believe he's hiding in the sewers like a turtle
anything here of interest other than the grate?
You could tear into this garbage.
Turns out Jeff is actually just Master Splinter in disguise.
do I want to tear open the garbage?
I feel like I don't
I'm just
going to leave it
I have a sense of smell to protect
if my perception didn't get anything of interest from them then opening them isn't worth it
down the grate I go then
Oh man, we're having our requisite sewer level.
Watch out for oozes.
You try to open the grate. It's actually quite loose.
And given that we're now in a sewer...
Ahem.
It's not as bad as you expected.
It's dark of course, but that's not an issue for you.
my eyes cut through the darkness
It smells suspiciously like wizard.
is he racing someone down here
this is where the rat races take place
You find some pizza.
Will you eat it?
Takaanu has no idea what a pizza is so he'll leave it alone
Does pizza exist in pathfinder?
don't do it, you'll get fined for illegal anachronism use
"I wonder what he found over there."
"he is taking some time, yeah"
"Terrible smells, for sure."
You make your way down a tunnel.
After a short sneakwalk, you spy another grate leading back up.
up I go?
Takaanu tries to push the grate to the side
welp
it might not be used
Sorry, had some setup I forgot to do.
Anyway...
(fully expecting a sleep spell)
"Oh hello"
"Sorry for barging in"
"Have job"
Hello, it's me, your friendly neighborhood bird monk.
have the bird roll diplomacy, see what happens
We should all be there though
you guys only sent the bird
we didn't think to pack a radio on him
That would require us all making the checks to get past the guards, and I do not trust us to do that.
was fun guys
I honestly expected me to do worst
I have no ranks
and a 7 cha
"...Ah. You're one of the ones Thira sent to nab me."
I'm just glad it was more than 0
"Thira has stinky casino"
"Listen, bub, back off. I know ALL the spells there are."
"Don't want to be in there"
"Also you don't"
"That is a bad lie"
"...So you called my bluff. Impressive."
"And the casino DOES stink."
"If you weren't sent to capture me I might like you."
Jeffrey: "He's so smart, none of my tricks are working!"
is that a sideways gargoyle
You know, it occurs to me that I could totally just turn into a mouse and sneak past all the guards.
"Good time to make a run for it"
"Please do our job though"
"Look, I was gonna pay her back, but then she started sending goons, getting all intimidating."
In retrospect I'm not sure why we didn't do that.
Also we would leave Lux behind, we can't leave him alone!
"No...no, I ain't leaving the city. She'll know. That jerk's got connections."
What would I need to roll
"Her fingers are in all the pies around here."
"That's the expression, right?"
I can just mousify Kahena and Akamai too, if I really felt like it.
Takaanu thinks for a moment
I'll go. Streak, can I enter this area in d3 minutes?
do I have the crystal chunk?
I distract the guards with a Mount spell
I imagine it's in the bag.
...
Takaanu pulls out the crystal
"Need help with thing like this"
"Woah."
"That things all messed up."
"Bigger one in town underground"
(i dont think we have the manpower or magic power to go guns blazing on this casino)
"...Look, you want my help? You help me first."
"Don't turn me in, help me get Thira off my back."
"Wasn't going to turn in anywahs"
"Thira is strange person"
Takaanu thinks for a moment
"Must reconvene with my group to discuss this"
To be fair, we're already not turning him in.
That's a very easy job.
"I need my debt cleared. Not sure how to go about that. I was gonna try blackmail."
"Since I can't magically spy on this hellhole, I thought I'd try it the old fashioned way."
"Thira is strange. Having access to a field this strong, for something as mundane as a casino?"
"What the heck, as they say."
"I think that's what they say."
"How you get debt?"
"It is large"
"I needed a magical component for some research I was doing. Thira has connections, so she helped me out."
"The research didn't pan out, and the component was ruined. And I didn't keep the reciept, so I couldn't return it."
"Honestly? 20000 gold is pocket change to that woman, I don't get why she's this set on getting it back."
"Pah!"
"I'd talk it out with her but I'm pretty sure she's gonna kill me."
"Hmmm"
"I will get counsel on this matter"
"Many moving parts to consider"
"Fine. Don't give my position away when you leave."
"And don't eat the pizza down there. It's very toxic."
"I will avoid eating the pizza then"
(Takaanu is very confused)
Aww, he's interested in your wellbeing.
What a nice weird wizard.
I think he just doesn't want me to eat his pizza
It's toxiiiiiiiic.
honest...
"Will return when information is gained"
Takaanu drops back down into the hole
the thing is now we have to parse everything jeff said through taka's speech pattern
Good thing there weren't any sewer mutants
how sensible is it with all prepositions removed?
Takaanu brings a written document of his findings
"wow your handwriting's good"
"well hot dang, guys, he found the perp!"
"Best not speak of it with Thira listening"
The calligraphy is astonishing.
"It's remarkable how well he can write with wing hands."
"Have talons"
Harika Atesh weeps
"Yeah, like I said, wing hands."
"so he wants us to clear his debt? can we just... pay thira out our own pockets?"
"with 20,000? unlikely"
"debt might not just be money"
"Thira have reputation to keep"
So can I suggest faking his death now.
its an idea you can put forth
thira did want him alive though
I would like this to not end in a fight
but I'm having trouble figuring out a way around that
I'm mostly expecting that Thira could curbstomp us so it would be wise not to annoy her.
You might want to consider if Jeremy would go along with a fake death plan.
That's what his friends call him.
Maybe jerome wouldn't like that huh
Jirard would be against this plan.
But hey he can start a new life
Jerry knows that it wouldn't be enough
Thira would likely check
also any magical duping we try, would be dispelled as soon as we crossed the threshold
I feel like Jason has better ideas than us.
Jackopher declares this joke to be over.
pfffft
Yeah, Harika has a good point.
I'm not suggesting magical means, just a way to get a dead body to burn down along with Jamantha's house
but what about scrying?
at this point I think its possible that Pesonas can't actually stop it
he's just using the anti-mag field
Thira knows what we were up to in his house. she has constant surveillance on the place
Thira's a reasonable woman, you should just ask nicely.
that is a lie and you know it
that would be such a bad idea
Maybe let the person with a positive charisma mod try, if we need to.
Harika is the only one with a chance at that
Hm...
Jeff suggested we try blackmail, any ideas towards that?
Should we try and dig up some dirt on her?
we have little information on her
even the diviner couldn't get anything
also she would probably notice
"that would require us to get inside the casino again and find out what, if anything, she's hiding"
Yeah, but he was just using magic. We have a lady with basic social skills.
We reveal she's actually two halflings stacked on top of each other
Her reputation will be ruined
you want me to go back in
Little do you know, half the population is actually two halflings.
I wonder if I have any interesting 4th level spells that can help here...
Half of this party, even.
does that make it half or 2/3s
Can we talk to jeff bezos
the real owner of Spear Wielding Marketplace, Amazon dot com
3/4 of us can reasonably sneak into his hiding place.
I'm not sure how Lux would get in.
you'd make a lot of noise, is the issue
...can he fit in the frac bag
no living creatures in the bag please
there's no air in the bag
i should have gotten invisibility
Streak's probably not going to let us use the splitting bags as long-distance transporation
Yeah, it doesn't look like I have a lot of spells to help here.
Turns out I do have Scrying though, which is nice.
Anyways, your options seem to be Talk to Thira, Talk to Jeff again, Burn Down a House
Find 20000 gold
I would rather not burn down a house
20000 gold is no easy feat
until the higher levels
you find a flyer for a talent show, the prize, 20000 gold
We have to join some kind of grand tournament.
Beat up all the other entrants in a season-long combat.
that makes up for 2 sessions of no fights
a fair balance
They are not worth nearly that much.
pretend that they can talk
I like how that was your first objection
It's the more relevant objection!
Also they're tied to my soul and all that.
Let's drop a beat and let Harika's dancing do the work
are we...talking to Thira?
maybe she has a job we can do
you should all know that I suggested we dress up for the casino so we could do this the FIRST TIME WE WERE THERE
We already did a weird circus gig at the casino!
I think if the gm revealed that Thira is LE, which she probably is, we would be a lot more hesitant to talk to her
we don't have detect evil
unfortunately
I mean, I'm hesitant to talk to her anyway.
I really don't want to talk to her
but we're in a bind
there's no way we're getting 20000 gold without assistance
I want to talk to her just to see what Telling The Truth actuall does for us
do not reveal where Pesonas actually is though
Do you want to just tell her we found Jeff?
That sounds like a bad idea.
we kind of have to in order to negotiate, which is an issue
because what Lux said
I feel like we aren't in a position to negotiate.
and I'm the only one who can fight without magic or weapons
Especially considering our only advantage is a guy that we distinctly need alive.
a guy who she definitely wants dead
or at least tortured
what if we could get another of the spell component?
let's go back down and talk to the guy.
I think talking to Jeff is our best choice here.
if anyone can do it, we can
ill just buy potions of invisibility
yeah, lets see if we can manage this
HUHP
Harika Atesh turns into a marmoset
Harika and I can just animal our way in.
can you animal you're way out?
*your
If Lux buys a potion, that will work fine.
I have a lot of uses of Wild Shape per day.
Don't know about Harika, though.
its a spell for Harika, right?
why rodents, just be birds
actually wait
Harika is limited isn't she
wait
yeah sure go ahead
that'll work
Mine lasts for 7 hours.
I'll be fine.
Wild Shape has a longer duration.
anything more than a few rounds is enough
Also Harika will have to turn hers off, I can talk and cast spells in animal form.
(i'll turn mine off anyway though)
"Geez, that's a lot of you. At least you left the giant animals behind."
"well! you were certainly a hard man to find!"
"Have ideas to fix issue"
"Question: What was the component you used?"
wwait a minute we did!
they're running around town unsupervised!!
they're intelligent its fine
"It's basically one of a kind, so if you're eyeing to get another, that's a no-go."
"Would like to keep that to myself anyway."
"Unfortunate. Other idea is negotiate with Thira"
"Oh, well, there goes that plan."
"Mind if you'll let us adventurer's know?"
"I have research to protect, so I think not..."
"It's not really interesting to a non-divinist anyway."
"Talking to Thira will be tricky. She basically wants to make an example out of me. If you could offer her something in place of that or the money, it could work."
"Perhaps she'd accept something else in trade? Information, maybe?"
"I do have a lot of information. Would hate to give any of it to her...but...if I have to..."
"do you have any leads on what the field is for? it can't just be for the gambling operation"
"Thira has a lot of balls in the air, as they say. Could be she's doing some research of her own."
"Have feeling that this crop up later. Not enough resources to push it now though..."
"I have frustratingly little information on her, but it's clear she has an interesting past."
"well, can't fault a person just for research"
"Well, let's see if we can't wrangle up a secret or two to hand over to her."
"By the way, could you let me peek at that crystal again...?"
Takaanu tilts his head to the side
well alright
Takaanu shows him the crystal again
"Is small piece of whole"
"Yes"
"Big, nearly immovable"
"I can study it for you. Not here though, can't use any magic here."
"But what's odd..."
"That thing seems unaffected by it."
"I noticed when you showed me before, but now I'm sure of it."
"...Hey, don't let Thira see that thing, okay?"
"Understood"
Takaanu tucks the crystal away once more
"Look, um, I want to help, if just for my own curiosity, but we gotta ensure my safety first."
"Perfectly understandable."
"Information trade looks like best option"
"20000 gold would be hard to find for us"
Jeff goes to the corner, tears a page from one of his books, and scribbles something down.
"I wonder what's generating the antimagic field..."
"It can't be just something permanently cast, I don't think that's possible."
"Okay, this is a bit of dirt on one of the high mages here. I propose you take this to her, and tell her there's more where that came from."
"Alright"
Takaanu files the paper away
You read it. Apparently someone's having an affair. How awful.
how quaint
I propose we keep an eye on Thira after this
"You could tell her you know where I am, but you want to ensure my safety. Maybe negotiate a trade."
"If both parties willing, trade can happen"
(also lux is technically right, you cant actually make antimagic field permanent so it's either a super magic item or houseruling)
"Sounds like we might have ourselves a deal, then."
"Let's see how this goes."
Harika, warm up those hips
you're gonna need to make some diplo rolls
Kiss her straight on the lips
The hips don't lie, except for when they do to protect a potential work partner.
"I am sorry you got wrapped up in all of this. If it's any comfort, she probably expected me to try and talk you out of turning me in."
"You're probably safe."
"Can fight without weapons if I have to"
"i hope youre right, my man"
"...But I sure ain't. Bah. Sometimes magic is a pain in the butt."
"I should have been a janitor."
"Such a simple life."
"Always a life at sea"
"Possibly option"
"Magic is so great, though! Except for all the times it doesn't work."
"life has a way of kicking you up the ass even if you try lliving low"
"speakin from experience here"
"You'd better get going. Good luck."
Takaanu bows
"yeah, I gotta get a shower"
"don't know what that iiiiiiis"
Harika Atesh monkifies again
Manu Palila probably smells terrible now
"Common sense says don't eat anything in the sewer"
pizza is a local delicacy probably
Pizza was invented by dwarves, long ago. It is an ancient dish, only found underground.
Why people don't just make it above ground is not known.
I was gonna suggest it was a type of subterranean mushroom
if dwarves are italian, i guess the elves are french?
that would be a weird looking shroom
it'd be a very normal shroom
there's plenty worse
what about the bleeding tooth fungus huh
yeah i was just gonna say
after a nice shower we show up back here
are we wearing suits again
I was hoping for sleep time
almost there
half an hour to go
If you're anglin' for sleep you can if you want.
I was kinda wanting to wrap it up soon myself
I hope this can be done in less than an hour
get in, talk, get out, sleep
Do we want to leave the climactic TALK for next time?
If only, Taka.
Sure, okay.
I am ok with allowing the friends to sleep.
The next session should be quite interesting.
alright, get some sleep guys
Before we go, though.
Quick question.
I hope this one wasn't too dull.
Did everyone remember to do their +2 to a physical stat for level 7?
did we get mythic rank from visiting the sewer
just fell deep into puzzle syndrome
No,because you didn't eat the pizza.
I got a +2 Enhancement bonus on Dex so yeah, looks like I did it
Did Lux and Harika remember?
Honestly I was hoping you would solve the puzzle quicker but apparently you all thought the solution was too stupid to be an option :b
I didn't think it was stupid
I just didn't want to sneak into the casino
we have solved your diviner puzzle
and possibly fight guards
or maybe just so out of left field
when you said "you guys have all the puzzle pieces now, i'm just giving you extra info"
i was like "i still have no idea what we're supposed to be doing"
that was the point I thought of it
i was denying the reality of the patrol schedule information
the calls are coming from inside the house
or at least something absurd
i thought the patrol schedule was just flavor
turns out it wasn't flavor at all
it was the main course
speaking of flavour, I still want to clean that fountain
I'm still here for a few hours
I like the image of Tembo power-hosing a fountain clean.
personally I was
just gonna prestidigitate it
but tembowash is better
you could both do it
a bonding excersise
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