A cat, an eye and a mohawk walk into a bar (S9 - 28/04/2024) Red Lion 25gp a night here warm and welcoming receptionist ah, travelers welcome to the red lion hotel name is Elara female human Jupiter Jones passes Baz disguises himself Jupiter Jones pays no mind to the party Baz ask Elara if the Ironhelm dwarves are here there might be a couple here Herton and Baz jokes about wating for them at the tavern an older man pops his head out of the office where Jupiter Jones left name is Kosta Stravros owner of the establishment berates Elara for letting ruffians in Elara mentions the party is here to see the dwarves Kosta wants the party away and goes bacck in his office Elara suggests the party to come back in 1h after the bathhouse Quake leaves Iris behind a curtain Bathhouse Quake pays entry Quake buys obnoxiously smelly perfumes keeps one gives one to Paracelsus let me guess, do you want me to reproduce it ? after 1h 2 dwarves can be seen entering the Red Lion to go eat party comes back in Elara asks why the party wants to see the dwarves we are 3rd party that need to deal with them Elara mentions that the party sounds like regular ppl that meet the dwarves every months can be seen in the tavern they have a mohawk Elara escorts the party to the private dining room where the dwarves are I have some visitors to see you Reginald party is allowed in Reginald male monocle trenchcoat tools and trinkets eating with his own spork rotund Elouise female robes mechanical trinket long brown hair to the knees rotund more welcoming Elouise invites the party to discuss over the meal to the demand of Reginald Baz cuts to the chase Baz talks about River's request Reginald asks Elara to close the door when she leaves Reginald puts the food to the side and studies the paperwork Baz, Quake and Herton argue in favor of the deal Reginald mentions that might be a problem there is a prior agreement with the "Queen of Thieves" every month the Queen asks for a protection tribute 15% of what is mined party mentions the very good offer Reginald is very tempted but the protection racket is the issue whatever the deal is they must garantee safety for Elouise the next delivery is in 2 weeks party needs to prove with actions more than words runs a protection for a night shift party agrees Paracelsus assumes the subject is closed and changes subject Quake's eyepatch Reginald is annoyed at Paracelsus ramblling like that excuses are formulated by Quake on Paracelsus' behalf Reginald's monovole is an eyepatch Paracelsus starts to ramble again about the craftsmanship brass leather smoked glass very fancy.... Quake cuts him again the deal is struck and everyone presents themselves the dwarves will contact the party when the detail on their part is done Emberwood Paracelsus goes to the Watchtower continuing to check on the patients and their state gets shooed away after being given samples all the guards survived after treatment no more info was able to be assertained from the potions lots of unknown ingredients Quake goes to see the mohawk guys to the Skull and Sword hoping they are maybe with the Queen of Thieves rest of the party (but Paracelsus) follows fairly rough bar every oatron is armed and armored half-orc bar keeper comes to the party you know the rules, no killing, no broken windows Baz acquiesces and asks for a good specialty to drink party sits at a table and listens to the conversations in the bar table above talking about the amesthyst academy archmage died with the meteor strange that no successor was appointed table left listen i know a guy black ivory could get them a way in the city there is a smuggler's tunnel Baz pulls out leftovers from the meal he packed someone comes to the table hey got enough to share ? Baz asks what is the good word he is pointed to someone to speak to to know more Baz ask if he has seen some of the queen's men around man streches his palm Baz offers some of the Red Lion's silverware most of the tables around go in the closed room when the group leave Baz "tips" him the house appreciates he goes back to the bar keeper they are the couple running the bar after a while the mohawk crew steps out of their private room party steps in the room how do i know you ? name is Mel, Blackjack Mel looks like a fixer to the Queen Mel asks what the paryt can do for him Baz tells him he is good as a smuggler Herton is having trouble closing the door properly Mel asks if it just the 4 here there is also an apothecary that wanders a lot Mel if you wish to live don't try to place that leash on :p the party tried to no avail if the party does well they will be given their own territory to plunder in the city apparently they divided themselves the city Mel asks for a name party has no group name Mel then asks for everyone's name Quake said to call Quest and Quake Twins Herton fumbles the name Larry Mel gives a second chance Herton gives his real name Baz gives his name Mel asks about the apothecary Baz gives Paracelsus' name Mel asks the party if they know the meaning of recieving the Queen of Diamonds playing card Baz knows it is a summon by the Queen of Thieves effective immediatly Mel thinks about the tryout mission there si somethin the Quuen wants there is a sector in the city "friends" at the silver order are planning to rescue an item scepter of XXXX buried bellow the chapel of Saint Brenna 1000gp bounty no intel on the date a group fo adventurers that found some letters boitered about it while drinking they are no drinking anymore still suspects that there is not a lot of time next day meds are strawberry flavored Paracelsus hands over a new bottle of bad rose perfume to Quake the city towards the chapel normal pace party starts seeing floating building pieces as if a building expoded and is in a freeze frame the debris looks simliar to the amethyst toward in that frozen in time style it falls when touched moving forward Herton sees familiar faces the mohawk guys Herton points them out to Paracelsus oh i see them they seem to be mugging pilgrims Baz sneaks on the roof for a vantage point some are a mother and a kid and twins Quake comes forward they try to make the party pay the toll t pass Herton tries to negotiate fill later Paracelsus analyses Leon the leader 65hp 14 CON he did not like that fighting script Baz a female phantom mimics Baz's motions and casts bane Leon Blaze Zara climbs down in the fray Tox takes hostages the mother Herton dodges Spike fails to grapple Baz asks what Baz did to them Quest casts faerie fire Leon Blaze Zara Leon i think this is worth it pulls out a purple dagger misses Herton and Quake crits Paracelsus Quake grasping ghost Tox Tox fails to kill the mother Zara misses Paracelsus Paracelsus infects Leon saving throw failed he has shivers to drop Blaze burning hands Paracelsus and misses Quest Baz dissengages Spike runs to Tox finishes Tox runs back to Spike and taps the shoulder Herton cleanly cuts the head of Zara END OF SESSION, NEXT IS SPIKE