Toston Lotor - Gold Dragon(Hugh Crosmun) [HP: 96/119 (12 con increase hp); AC:39/26/33- CMD 30 Sunday October 11th, 2020 11:46:47 PM
Toston says, "Well technically we still own Shale House which is in Wolf Territory and we are still figuring out just what that means for our tenants at this time. Our tenants are our friends and part of what set events in motion here was the threatening of our friends by the Rakshasha, just throwing that out there. It looks like We, The Tide, though are considering relocating to this building outside of your jurisdictions as my companion so eloquently pointed out. Still though we would appreciate it if you would not hassle our friends if we decide to keep Shale House as Landlords and not sell it and relocate our tenants here with us or purchase a building nearby outside of your jurisdiction that is on par with Shale House for our tenants. We are still discussing logistics but we take our friendships very seriously as you can see." He smiles.
He continues, "Now back to these shapeshifting slave masters and predators, they obstensibly have other "plantations" elsewhere. I'm not sure if these "plantations" are limited to the Wold or could possibly extend to other planes as Rakshasha are technically speaking outsiders. I was thinking we would cast Speaks with Dead on some of the remains of the Rakshasha from our most recent encounter in order to see if we could determine if this Temple was their sole remaining operation in what they considered the Dirt City "Plantation" or if there are other Rakshasha still hidden among us here as well. Now I think we can all agree that letting shapeshifting outsiders torture, murder and eat the citizens of Dirt City is wrong. I'm not accusing anyone of having any dealings with the Rakshasha or being aware of what they were up to, but we, The Tide, are going to ensure that there are no more Rakshasha operations targetting Dirt City and we would appreciate the help of the Office of The Prince and The Houses in ensuring that. If any of you have any information about possible other "Plantation" related operations We, The Tide, would appreciate it if you could share that information with us. We are going to follow up on the information we have from here and the other places these Rakshasha were operating we already shut down in order to ensure they are gone from Dirt City once and for all. Hypothetically speaking we would not be happy if we later learned from our own investigation into the Rakshasha that some people knew things they didn't share and ended up prolonging their operations in Dirt City. I think we can all agree though that having these predators operate in the city is bad for your businesses and I look forward to cooperating with you fine folks to ensure this threat has been truly eliminated."
Sharpe - [AC 27/18/22 - CMD 30; HP 100/100] - [Charles] d20+14=31 ; Monday October 12th, 2020 6:00:00 AM
(Perception - 31) As the others are talking, Sharpe watch the faces of the crowd for looks of surprise or more importantly those who do no look surprised at the Rakshasa revelation.
Gaffer (Courtney HP: 96/103 AC:30(25)(T:21/FF:17) CMD:24 WS 5/5 SB 7/7 LL 8/12) d20+20=37 ; Monday October 12th, 2020 10:42:24 AM
Gaffer turns to a Hawk so that he can fly up and perch on the temple walls above the entrance way, watching the crowd for their tail from earlier today, to see if they stuck around to listen. (Perception: 37)
The Crowd at the Gate. (DM SteveK) Monday October 12th, 2020 11:04:55 AM
Hmerrin, in a simple, no-nonsense story, lays out what has been happening vis-a-vis burning a city block, carnivorous slaving, the Farm and the Temple. Desdichado backs him up, and Silverleaf nods his own agreement. The crowd gasps and hangs on every word, and the crowd is so large that Sharpe can't focus on any one person for long enough to see any surprise out of the ordinary. (ooc: Sharpe will have to designate one person and do a Sense Motive check to get that information.)
Toston goes into further detail, doing a caveat on Shale House (which has a couple Houses visibly sharpen their arguments on Wolf Clients) and talking about planes, speaking with the dead, and a potentially greater Rakshasa influence and conspiracy. As a whole, the crowd gets a glazed look, all this really going over most heads, even the Prince's Captain of the Guard and most of the House representatives. The end of his speech, however, gets back to things that the Houses, Prince, and common people can understand: information, patronage, and threats of what will happen if you don't...
Gaffer turns into a Hawk (with audible gasps from many in the crowd) and perches to look for their tails earlier. Either they are hiding well in the great crowd of people or they aren't there at all; but Gaffer can't find the Tails.
Most of the crowd, being non-House people of the Moontown, Grubbertown, or the Backstab Quarter keep quiet, though there is a sussurus of conversation below the level to hear. Our heroes have been in Dirt City long enough to recognize people who are interested in the outcome but don't want to attract attention... attention that too often comes with pain.
The House Reps all start trying talking at once, The Tide's status, Galafar's House status, Rakshasa, who should get any rewards and treasure... And it takes a minute or two for the Prince's Guard Captain to diplomatically settle things down to where the Reps are more or less in a listening mood.
The Keys Rep slides into the opening with oiled ease. "There are several items to discuss, and no one wants to deal with the details while shouting in front of a crowd. Will the Tide invite the Houses inside so we may discuss civily?" While the Knives don't think an invitation is necessary (since their contract wit the Prince allows them to investigate any disturbance), and the Wolves think THEY should be the ones asked (since Toston affirmed the Tide is in fact tenants of the Wolves), the other four Houses and the Prince's Captain shout down the objections.
Then they wait to see what The Tide has to say.
Sarge [AC 21; HP 70/70] (Kathy) Monday October 12th, 2020 12:10:21 PM
"Nope," Sarge says. Her voice is cheerful but firm. "We're not letting you in to case the joint, 'cause of how we weren't born yesterday. There's all kinds of inns and taverns nearby where we can meet."
Desdichado(Ryan) [HP: 72/102; AC:22/10/20 - CMD 23] Monday October 12th, 2020 3:22:13 PM
"I'd rather not have a rat infestation immediately in my new home," adds Desdicado. "Let's go with Sarge's suggestion. "
Hmerrin (MikeK)(HP 51/126 AC:31 T:18 FF:24 CMD:31) Monday October 12th, 2020 5:54:01 PM
Hmerrin opens his mouth to agree to let everybody in, but Sarge quickly refuses, citing some pretty obvious reasons.
The youthful fighter stands there with his mouth open for a moment or two, as his brain catches up.
He finally closes his mouth, takes on a innocent expression, and mentally notes to let the old people take it from here.
Toston Lotor - Gold Dragon(Hugh Crosmun) [HP: 96/119 (12 con increase hp); AC:39/26/33- CMD 30 Tuesday October 13th, 2020 1:29:57 AM
Toston says, "A nearby inn works for me. Let's head there and hash this all out."
Sharpe - [AC 27/18/22 - CMD 30; HP 100/100] - [Charles] Tuesday October 13th, 2020 4:25:12 AM
Sharpe whispers to Eisenhorn, "maybe shifty should stay here encase there are any unwanted vistors, i'll warn Silverleaf unless we think some of us should stay behind?"
Eisenhorn (David) [AC 13/13/10; HP 98/98; CMD 17] Tuesday October 13th, 2020 4:49:27 AM
"I think I can stay here make sure that no one tries anything funny. Won't be able to hold anyone off for long but if you tell me what inn you are going to I can get myself there in a second." he then uses Silent Image to create a giant banner just overhead saying " Tide Inc. Opening Soon." he then turns to his familiar "Shifty make trumpet noises".
Gaffer (Courtney HP: 96/103 AC:30(25)(T:21/FF:17) CMD:24 WS 5/5 SB 7/7 LL 8/12) Tuesday October 13th, 2020 10:07:27 AM
As the majority of the tide change locations, Gaffer flies along to the building the move too. He circles it once to check for exits before perching on the roof and keeping watch.
The Tent at the Gate. (DM SteveK) Tuesday October 13th, 2020 2:19:20 PM
The Tide quickly (Hmerrin less quickly than most) reject the invitation into Galafar's House/ Temple of Ga'al/ The Tide's new place; and suggests a neutral tavern to talk to the Six Houses plus Prince team. This, of course, starts fresh arguing among the Houses as to what nearby tavern would be 'neutral'. After all, the place where this very public discourse is happening is in front of a fortified manor near the conjunction of Moontown, The Backstab Quarter, Grubbertown, and the Scrum. No one discussing owns the area which means there is no where large enough for all parties involved.
This takes a few more minutes before the Prince's Captain again comes up with a solution: they will set up a large tent right here in front of Galafar's House. More argument and compromise occurs while the tent is sent for and being set up. Eventually, the Prince's man has a tent large enough for the seven Tide Heroes, three members of each House, and two members of the Prince's household and Wardd's Temple. Each group brings thier own food and drink.
WIth a wry smile, the Prince's Captain then turns to the Tide and whispers. "OK, I've burned a lot of favors and political capital to keep the Houses from killing each other in an area away from the eyes of everyone in Dirt City. I hope your information and conditions are worth it. This is either going to be a new era of cooperation not seen since Violet and Arturo, or a bloodbath of vendettas, both inside the Houses and Dirt City itself."
It looks like, once again, the Heroes have the initiative...
Desdichado(Ryan) [HP: 72/102; AC:22/10/20 - CMD 23] d20+22=32 ; Tuesday October 13th, 2020 5:43:55 PM
Once everyone is in the tent, Desdichado says “I’m finding it difficult to understand what ‘all the topics’ we need to discuss are. Hmerrin here just told you everything that’s been happening over the past few weeks. You have a problem in your Houses: some of you are rakshasa in disguise. We now have territory that is outside of your control from which we will be continuing the fight against them – with our without your help.”
After quieting down, Desdichado keeps his attention on the House representatives. If any of them try to downplay the talk of rakshasas, or accuse the Tide of being untrustworthy about that part, he keeps his attention on the first to do so. (Sense motive: 32)
Sarge [AC 21; HP 70/70] (Kathy) Tuesday October 13th, 2020 11:40:37 PM
"Look, all you Houses are constantly jostling around, looking for the upper hand," Sarge says. "And believe me when I say we want no part of that. We wanna stay out of it. And we're thinking of making this place a refuge for people who also wanna stay out of it. We aren't trying to challenge you, or anything like that; we just wanna make a safe place.
"And like Dez said, we wanna make sure the Rakshasas are really gone. Some of 'em may have infiltrated some of your Houses. I know that ain't a comfortable thought, but it's no use pretending otherwise. You want our help with it, we're happy to help. If you don't want our help--well, we still gotta make sure they're gone."
Toston Lotor - Gold Dragon(Hugh Crosmun) [HP: 96/119 (12 con increase hp); AC:39/26/33- CMD 30 Wednesday October 14th, 2020 5:25:52 AM
Toston clears his throat "I know there are various intrigues going on in Dirt City with the various houses jockeying amongst each other, forming aliances and trying to gain power and prestige. I've been here for a while now. I've fought undead, fake ghosts, and people trafficking in arms to the Sahuagin among other things. I've fought and defeated the would-be upstart House of Silver, I've defended Dirt City and the rest of the Wold during the Sargrass invasion. I've gone on various adventures. Over the course of this time I've had run ins with the various houses, some pleasant, some unpleasant. Yes, Shale House is in Wolves territory but never have we called on you for anything."
The gnome takes out the tokens or markers the tide has accumulated (OOC: I think we only ever had tokens from the cloaks and the keys, but if anyone else remembers maybe Hmerrin did we ever get any other marker or token from another house).
"We got these from the keys and the cloaks (OOC: and any other tokens I'm forgetting). We never had cause to use these and I don't want to use these now, but look, whatever The Golden Eyes signifies that is leading the Rakshasha it is bigger than us."
He points to Hmerrin's fancy cloak and says, "That cloak signifies Hmmerin is recognized as a friend of the prince. I was there too, but I was much more wary so I never got recognized"
Toston says, "We found documentation at the operation we shut down at the arena that led us to the 'farm.' After we shut 'the farm' down permanently we found our way to the Temple we're now camped outside of. I'm willing to share what evidence we have with you if you need more proof. (OOC: assuming we can send for the documents from the arena/the farm). This fight with the Rakshasha's was not one that we went looking for. It came to our door and went after our friends and we finally found a means to fight back in a meaningful way. I'm not sure how deep the Rakshasha's have infliltrated or were all their "farms" are as I've said previously. To them we are nothing more than 'meat'. Sarge and Des joined us after they received a vision of ruin from their deity involving Dirt City. I'm pretty sure the Rakshashas are the doom that was envisioned. As I've previously stated I think it is within all our interests to work together. I'm willing to answer whatever questions you have about the Rakshashas. I'm hoping that you all will join The Tide in our battle against them. We want to make sure we've removed any trace of their operations from Dirt City."
Sharpe - [AC 27/18/22 - CMD 30; HP 100/100] - [Charles] Wednesday October 14th, 2020 10:49:57 AM
"I second what the lady said. We are trying to help the people of this city, as should you."
Eisenhorn (David) [AC 13/13/10; HP 98/98; CMD 17] Wednesday October 14th, 2020 11:18:48 AM
Seeing that the rest of the Tide has the negotiations with the Houses well in hand he moves back to the temple to investigate the bodies in depth taking notes on their phisionomy. He also scours the temple for any books or additional information regarding the Rakshasa's operations.
Hmerrin (MikeK)(HP 51/126 AC:31 T:18 FF:24 CMD:31) Wednesday October 14th, 2020 11:33:20 AM
Hmerrin nods at what seems to be the appropriate times in everybody's say.
The young fighter has nothing to add, and he's not sure if his friends have a plan on where they're going with this.
So, he keeps quiet and tries to look competent.
The Tent at the Gate. (DM SteveK) Wednesday October 14th, 2020 2:09:16 PM
Desdichado seems to find it difficult that the people with the power in Dirt City, the City of Thieves, don't just take a Paladin at his word. He again starkly lays out the facts; Rakshasa, in the Houses, and in Dirt City. And the Houses are not going to interfere as the Tide purges the Rakshasa from ... everywhere.
Sarge states her opinion that the discussion is more because of the jostling of the Houses. She brings straight out that The Tide isn't only not going to be involved in the jostling, but to even focus on those others in Dirt City who also want out of the jostling! The Rakshasa? Yeah, that's just what Desdichado says.
Toston adds to Sarge's statements; bringing the various representatives back to reminders of work the Tide have done for years; the goodwill they have with several Houses, even Hmerrin's cloak demonstrating the Prince's Thanks. Why, the Tide isn't some do-gooder team sweeping in from Plateau City, they are locals! And he lays his evidence of Rakshasa in a persuasive manner to the Houses.
Sharpe seconds what Sarge said.
Eisenhorn considers to withdraw back to the Temple, but that raises objections from all the House Reps and the Guard Captain. Basically, they want to deal with all The Tide equally, and will be suspicious if one of them (i.e. E) goes away. If Eisenhorn still wants to go to the Temple, he can, but he may sour the discussion...
Hmerrin has had his say, and tries to look competent.
............
While the House Reps seem to be a generally suspicious lot, very jealous of perceived rights, and opportunistic for increasing their Houses own power while reducing that of each of their competitor Houses: they also seem to resonate with what Sarge and Toston have said.
First, that there are Rakshasa in Dirt City and prevalent enough to have claimed to have infiltrated all Houses is hard to swallow. The Houses don't want to admit a weakness, but getting a couple of the bodies to show off and Silverleaf giving his own testimony and how his cult of Ga'al was infiltrated makes the Reps start to look around and wonder. The Chief Cloak finally speaks what they are all thinking. "OK, Tide, you have helped in the past and not upset the balance of Dirt City; so we trust you if not each other. The Cloaks are going to do some interrogating and purging as soon as we are done here." And the other Houses are quick to emulate that sentiment. No one invites (or allows) the Tide to go into their House, and none jump on the 'everyone ally with the Tide' bandwagon, but they will fight the Rakshasa their way.
Then there is The Tide's statement of not Neutrality, but non-political activity. This takes more discussion. While true no House controls the middle of Dirt City, all have 'activity' there and WANT to control the area. It takes the Temple of Wardd and Prince's Captain together to convince the Houses that having the Tide here ensures no House will control the area to get to be a super House, "and besides, Wardd's Luck is fickle", muses the priest of Wardd. "When the ox dung hits the winnowing fan, it may be real nice to have the Tide sitting right here for any one of you." Cloaks, Keys, and Wolves are the first to agree, and with a majority, the Prince's Captain calls it a deal. "Take this back to your Houses, and I to the Prince. Expect a Council of Thieves soon to ratify what we speak of here today."
Silverleaf reiterates his deeding Galafar's Manor-turned-Temple to the Tide, and reinforces that there may be more records for the Tide to learn who in Dirt City was a Rakshasa or at least on their payroll. This makes the House Reps (and the Guard Captain) cast suspicious looks once more; but at least they are acknowledging the threat.
Gaffer (Courtney HP: 96/103 AC:30(25)(T:21/FF:17) CMD:24 WS 5/5 SB 7/7 LL 8/12) Wednesday October 14th, 2020 8:50:50 PM
Gaffer can't help but feel surprised by how smoothly everything seems to have gone and suddenly feels at a bit of a loss. No longer in Hawkform, he will set about cleaning up the temple. Moving any remaining bodies to the courtyard and checking on each of the side rooms for any personal belongings of those who used to occupy them, gathering what he can out in the coutyard area, though not directly with the bodies.
Sarge [AC 21; HP 70/70] (Kathy) Wednesday October 14th, 2020 10:34:54 PM
"Well, let us know if you change your minds about wantin' help," Sarge says. "These guys can be pretty rough customers. But we've still got some cleanin' up to do, so if there's nothing else....."
Unless there's more to discuss, Sarge leaves the meeting and returns to the former temple to help with cleanup.
Desdichado(Ryan) [HP: 72/102; AC:22/10/20 - CMD 23] Wednesday October 14th, 2020 11:54:20 PM
As an aside to the others (hopefully out of hearing for anyone non-Tide), Desdichado says, "Why is the Prince's guard captain so quickly aiding our cause? Makes me think either got something to hide in all this, or the Prince is currently on shaky ground."
Toston Lotor - Gold Dragon(Hugh Crosmun) [HP: 96/119 (12 con increase hp); AC:39/26/33- CMD 30 Thursday October 15th, 2020 1:48:45 AM
Toston says, "Technically we saved the prince's bacon once by exposing a plot within his midst to give weapons to the Sahuagin in exchange for outlawed elemental gems. Hmerrin, Gaffer and I were there. Later he invited us to the Castle to speak with us and 3 of our number oficially agreed to a deal where we stay out of House business and they stay out of ours. That is where Hmerrin's fancy cloak came from as I misremembered my adventures. Other folks who went off on their own since were with us for both adventures but Eisenhorne, Sharpe, Des and Sarge - you guys are all right."
He asks, "Anyone got a way to keep those corpse's fresh?"
To Sarge he says, "I hope you didn't take me as being to presumpsious of your spells with respect to speaks with dead but I think between that, Silverleaf's tax records and our existing documentation we should be able to continue our own investigations into where the Rakshasha's still are."
To Eisenhorne and Hmerrin he says, "Can one of you that still have a mental connection to Nissa let her know I'm okay? Also tell her to remain on high alert until we figure out what other operations the Rakshasha's may have in Dirt City but there is hope that the Prince and Houses are dealing with the Rakshashas in their own way?"
He then says, "Now my friends let's have a drink. I'd like to offer a toast to the fact that we're all still standing and it seems like we've eked out a neutral zone inside Dirt City were we have oversight, for lack of a better word, and not one of the houses. I think that might be the best we can hope for with respect to Dirt City. It isn't exactly ideal but it is what it is." He pauses.
He then continues,"I'd also like to also offer a toast to the Tide; for all the heroes and adventurers who have adventured with us from our humble beginnings as associates of the Crescent Moons Trading Company from before we were officially the Tide until now: Wil, Ashley, Ethani, Var, Lornak, Broom, Asteria, Avin, Telanthrel, Roy, Alizar, Dušan, Hmerrin, Gaffer, Sarge, Des, Eisenhorne, Sharpe and myself; Not all of us were here for all our adventures but I think this, our current incarnation, is the most powerful The Tide has ever been - To us, and to our past, present and potential future colleagues wherever they may be."
Eisenhorn (David) [AC 13/13/10; HP 98/98; CMD 17] Thursday October 15th, 2020 5:45:56 AM
Seeing the message broadcast clearly enough that even one as socially inept as him can understand it, Eisenhorn decides to stay. At Toston's request Eisenhorn proceeds to let Nissa know that Toston is fine, and to remain vigilant.
Listentning to the conversation Eisenhorn asks "So wait... if we are not under any house and are politically neutral I have a lot of questions and he starts off carefully examining their new rights and responsibilties with the Prince's captain and the other house members." he then begins barraging the various representatives with his questions on the TIde's new status in the city
" Can we set our own laws for the area?
Who has the authority to police our area? Do we have to do it? If so, are we allowed to hire help to do this?
Are we allowed to expel other house members from the area if they were to perform activities which the Tide do not find acceptable in the center of town?
Do we have the authority to levy taxes or tarrifs in the area that we are responsible for?
Who abjudicates disputes in the area under our control? Should we reffer everyone to the Prince or do we have to appoint a member of the Tide as the responsible magister for the area?
Can we give construction permits in the area under our control? Can we allow for the construction of new places of worship?
If the Tide members die, would a new person joining the Tide automatically receive custody of the central area?
If any of the Houses deliberately try to push us out of this area do we have any recourse other than fighting them? Alternatively if we were to join with a House to allow them access to the Area what is stopping us? Who enforces our Neutrality?
Is the Tide responsible for providing any public services in the area under our control?
Is the Prince now our lawful liege? Does the Prince provide any funding to assist us in managing and developing the area? "
Back to the Temple. (DM SteveK) Thursday October 15th, 2020 11:42:34 AM
Gaffer, Sarge, Desdichado, and Toston seems to agree that the Reps and Captain take the information and discussions back to their principles, and pretty much wrap up the meeting.
Desdichado is suspicious of the Guard Captain, but Toston, Hmerrin, or Gaffer can give him the inside skinny on the Prince of Thieves. The Prince isn't the undisputed ruler of Dirt City; challenges happen all the time; mostly not in the public eye. Prince must demonstrate an ability to control the Houses, and is expected to demonstrate that ability pretty quickly after ascending to the position. One way to maintain the balance of power is to agree with the majority of Houses in most disputes.
Eisenhorn does his telepathy thing, and Nissa relays her thanks. He also has some questions for the Guard Captain as more specifics to what they can and can't do. The Captain scratches his head a little at the other questions. "Hey, look, you Tide guys said you DIDN"T want to set up a new House, so how come you are asking all these House questions? The Tide isn't under any House and are politically neutral. The Tide, you yourselves and your property, which doesn't include any other area of Dirt City. You don't set laws, take bribes (i'm sorry, taxes), or build a power base. Set all the laws you want for Galafar's House. The Prince has the Knives police the non-House areas, but I'm sure they will stop that if you ask..."
For the question about what is stopping the Tide from allying with other Houses makes the Captain scratch his head more. "You SURE you aren't setting up a House? Maybe you wanna talk to your friends before asking these questions, ya know? Here's the big scoop for you. You try to set up like a House, and all six will unite to kill you dead, dead, dead. You really don't know what you are up against, do you?" The Captain shakes his head and goes away.
Toston feels it is time to consolidate and celebrate, and the gnome has a point. The Tide knows pretty definitively that Golden Eyes closed the Rakshasa's Gate in Dirt City, that they disrupted the alliance between the priests of Ga'al and the Rakshasa, and in the past 3 days have killed six more rakshasa!
It looks like it is time to consolidate and celebrate!
Desdichado(Ryan) [HP: 72/102; AC:22/10/20 - CMD 23] Thursday October 15th, 2020 7:35:51 PM
As the Captain walks away, Desdichado leans toward Eisenhorn and says "Let's not provoke the evil henchman, okay, E?" then winks goodnaturedly.
As the crowd moves away, and the Tide is left with themselves, Desdichado suddenly feels very tired from all the activity from the past few days.
"It's good to know we're making progress" he says, "let's enjoy our time for now and discuss our next steps in the morning."
Sarge [AC 21; HP 70/70] (Kathy) Thursday October 15th, 2020 10:26:37 PM
In answer to questions, Sarge says, "I can Gentle Repose 'em to keep 'em for a while, but I can't do that until tomorrow 'cause I don't have any prepared right now.
"I don't mind speaking to 'em, but here's a thought. If the Houses are so keen on rooting out the Rakshasas themselves, maybe they can question the dead. I mean, if we do it, and tell the Houses what we learn, why would they believe us? I think it's better to let them do it themselves. I'll keep the corpses fresh, though, if that's what we want. Is that what we want?"
Toston Lotor - Gold Dragon(Hugh Crosmun) [HP: 96/119 (12 con increase hp); AC:39/26/33- CMD 30 Friday October 16th, 2020 2:01:45 AM
Toston says, "How much do we trust the houses? The Rakshasha threatened our friends and loved ones. I'm not sure I trust them to 100% clean up the loose ends. Can we split the difference and give them the tiger and the stag but keep 'Galafar' to question ourselves? That way they can learn what they need to hopefully and we can learn what we need to hopefully."
Toston says to Eisenhorne,"Those are all good questions. It sounds like some of the actions mentioned are not viable but apparently we can potentially tell the knives to keep out of the non-house areas. That might be the best we can do. Honestly if there are other non-house areas around here I think we sell Shale house and move our tenants. We would then have 2 pieces of property in the neutral zone."
Sharpe - [AC 27/18/22 - CMD 30; HP 100/100] - [Charles] Friday October 16th, 2020 4:17:06 AM
"I'm up for some celebrating, but with all the luck we have had lately i need to make an offering to Wardd, E, do any of the magic items have limited charges?"
Hmerrin (MikeK)(HP 51/126 AC:31 T:18 FF:24 CMD:31) Friday October 16th, 2020 7:35:02 AM
Hmerrin agrees with Dez.
Time to clean up, figure out what loot they have in this complex, re-equip, and get some sleep.
To Sarge - "Let's keep them and do the Speak with Dead thing ourselves. Then, we'll burn the bodies."
Gaffer (Courtney HP: 96/103 AC:30(25)(T:21/FF:17) CMD:24 WS 5/5 SB 7/7 LL 8/12) Friday October 16th, 2020 9:15:58 AM
"We could Speak with Dead on Galafar, and then depending what they tell us, invite the houses round and have everyone listen toTiger or Stag?"
Gaffer is wearied but Sarge has already healed most of his wounds, and after the last couple weeks he doesn't feel right sitting around. He moves up to the rooves of the coutyard walls to judge weather he could make a line of garden patches atop them, and maybe a pidgeon coup against the wall of the main building.
(Knowing the size of the courtyard and the size of the huge oak tree, Gaffer only says the below if the tree could fit inside the courtyard without blocking any of the doors.)
Back on the ground with the others, "How would you all feel with replacing the statue in the courtyard with the Oak Tree behind Shale House, if we are moving our friends here, it makes more sense to place it somewhere nearby?"
[OOC: The Liveoak spell says you create a command phrase, can anyone activate the Oak by saying the right words? Or only the spell caster?]
Celebrating in the Temple. (DM SteveK) Friday October 16th, 2020 2:27:16 PM
The Tide consider the current political situation, and conclude it is a step in the right direction.
Sarge casts Gentle Repose on the Rakshasa bodies. Their is some discussion on who should do the Speak with Dead spells; whether they should give some bodies to the various Houses, whether they could do it at a temple with everyone listening, or do it themselves and tell the Houses what they found. That decision, with the GP spell, can keep a day or two.
Silverleaf doesn’t stick around. With a pack and a quarterstaff, he shakes the dust of Dirt City from his shoes and walks towards the west...
Gaffer wants to move his oak tree from the back of Shale House to the courtyard of Galafar’s House; now renamed Tide House. It can easily fit after smashing the Ga’al statue.
More work is done on clearing Tide House, stacking bodies for later use, piling treasures, and checking out the house. As predicted, the place is larger than first fought over, with several stairs and passages blocked up by rubble and stone. In fact, the Tide could pretty much design their own two or even three story structure without altering the outside walls or roof...
And wealth the Tide have in plenty... .........
All heroes gain enough experience to get to 317,000xp. All heroes are 13th level!!
Cashing in the magic items found, all heroes gain enough wealth to be at 137,000 gp for WBL.
Combat and role-playing have awarded Hmerrin, Toston, Sarge, Sharpe, Gaffer, Desdichado, and Eisenhorn. Each hero gets One (1) HERO POINT! .......
Been a fun module, and I’m turning over the DM seat to DanK starting Monday!
Desdichado(Ryan) [HP: 72/102; AC:22/10/20 - CMD 23] Sunday October 18th, 2020 4:04:39 PM
As the group clears out Tide House, Desdichado reflects on his time in Dirt City, and thinks on ways he can put his new wealth to good use.
(OOC: Thanks, Steve - this was a really fun module!)
Toston Lotor - Gold Dragon(Hugh Crosmun) [HP: 96/119 (12 con increase hp); AC:39/26/33- CMD 30 Monday October 19th, 2020 4:23:12 AM
Toston also tries to think how best to use his new wealth. He wonders if he should finally set a date for the wedding with Nissa. They even have Tide House, it should make an awesome venue.
Eisenhorn (David) [AC 13/13/10; HP 98/98; CMD 17] Monday October 19th, 2020 5:02:42 AM
After the celebrations are done, Eisenhorn spends some time with the dead rakshasa examining them in detail and taking notes on their physiology and characteristics trying to note every detail of their behaviour from the fight they just had. Hoping that he might compile all of this knowledge into a useful book at some point.
He also examines the available space in their newfound HQ to try and figure out the best place to set up a comprehensive library.
Eisenhorn (David) [AC 13/13/10; HP 94/107; CMD 17] d6=5 ; Monday October 19th, 2020 6:45:08 AM
(OOC: Seeing as we have some downtime I'd also like to roll through health and adding my scrolls to my spell book. Health Roll: 5 )
After doing the rounds at the temple Eisenhorn spends some time working through some of the spell ideas he's had hoping that the hints provided by his colleagues will help him to finally crack them.
Add Spells, using Read Magic to Decipher:
Eagle's Splendor - DC: 17 (Spellcraft is 22 so autopass) Dimensional Anchor - DC: 19 (Spellcraft is 22 so autopass) Elemental Body I - DC: 19 (Spellcraft is 22 so autopass) Elemental Body II - DC: 20 (Spellcraft is 22 so autopass) Elemental Body III - DC: 21 (Spellcraft is 22 so autopass)
Gaffer (Courtney HP: 96/103 AC:30(25)(T:21/FF:17) CMD:24 WS 5/5 SB 7/7 LL 8/12) Monday October 19th, 2020 8:24:33 AM
Looking at the gold they have managed to gather through this, Gaffer thinks a trip to the city below is in order.
Hmerrin (MikeK)(HP 51/126 AC:31 T:18 FF:24 CMD:31) Monday October 19th, 2020 10:51:30 AM
Hmerrin gets busy opening blocked passageways, and thoroughly exploring the newly designated Tide House.
After that, he gets word to the WLA that he'd like to meet up for some training and information trading.
And after that, its a trip to the Catacombs....
Toston Lotor - Gold Dragon(Hugh Crosmun) [HP: 96/119 (12 con increase hp); AC:39/26/33- CMD 30 Monday October 19th, 2020 11:30:17 AM
Toston also goes to the WLA, he needs some training as well.
Sharpe - [AC 27/18/22 - CMD 30; HP 100/100] - [Charles] Monday October 19th, 2020 2:27:53 PM
Sharpe heads to the Temple of Wardd speaks to the clerics there about a getting breakfast delivered there so he can spend time with the vagrants each morning, he then head down under the temple and places Soul Soap in on of the holes for magical items.
He then considers what best to do with his new found wealth, he too may need a trip to the catacombs.
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