We traveled to a tower and found some mean dudes. COMBAT!! After a grueling combat, we succeed! We rest for the evening.
Kaldur lays out the plan. He gives us some supplies, and we prepare for our journey.
We travel to a tower. We find some dudes, at least one of whom is a kyton. We engage in COMBAT!
Harvey successfully escorted all the hobgoblins and orcs to shore. His heroic actions inspired a new paladin follower.
Mummrah stayed behind to help out the wounded on the boats.
The rest of the party teleported back to Rime. Gartug went home to rest (and get some important alone time). Taliah returned to her lab. Sheila G and Chuck get ready for an exciting slumber party at her temple.
Withatwist was hanging out in the collective hotel room, and is attacked by a dark tapestry-corrupted deep badger. He manages to defeat it, and drags its corpse around town showing it off.
Taliah got some mail from the Guild of Alchemists, inquiring about her selling alchemical items while not in the guild.
Harvey teleports back to Rime.
Our struggle against the giant squid wolf tentacle lady continues! After some more punches and lightning bolts, we win!
Stackor, Harvey, and Oliver teleport back to Rime, to aid the merfolk with the Cthulu cults!
Stackor sends with Sheila G, about the boat plans.
The next day, SG teleports to the flagship. We discuss the plan of action with the captain: there are 3 boats, modified whalers with harpoons and armed sailors. They will drop chains into the water, each of which will have dwarves with underwater crossbows and an excessive number of daggers. Additionally, there are merfolk forces hiding in a school of dolphins, with water elementals. The plan is for us to focus on any of the big scary things, and let the merfolk and dwarves handle the standard cultists. All boats will approach, and we will assault.
We have an EPIC MYTHIC COMBAT! We win!
Gadafthree wanders back to the Order of Barred Doors to catch-up.
Kaldur and Oliver step to Kaldur’s office, where Kaldur informs him that, due to the previous actions of Oliver, their patron obtained the Deck of Many Things. In thanks, Oliver is being given a Shadow Deck of Many Things. Kaldur also informs Oliver of one of Calcifer’s weaknesses: his soul is embedded within his daemonic body. There are a handful of weapons that target souls; doing this to Calcifer will end him.
While the rest of us are held in psychic stupors, SG and Falinious head to her new towers. They get to the tower, explore a bit, and discover that there are many layers of contingent magical effects that, like, respond to the proper household members. They seem to be malfunctioning currently.
PARTY SHIFT!
We decide to pursue the Mantles of the Heroes, next time on SEVENTH ANCILLARY Z!
SG meets up with Stackor, and discusses some next steps. SG is insistent that Kaldur Black be stopped from getting a Mantle. Stackor is seemingly indifferent. They consult Harvey. Harvey “agrees” to stop Kaldur from getting power. More discussion happens; Stackor tries to convince SG to join the Mantle quest and postpone her inheritance quest. More debate ensues.