Into the Gray

Session Summary

In town, we seek out relevant activities and train our new level skills. Thanks to his time with Henderson, Elzira can now become a mouse for 1 hour using Polymorph, but must remain a mouse the entire time. Arachne, Twinkletoes, and Pharèl discover the power pooling beneath a hidden door in the bottom floor of the New Dawn warehouse in Perfrind. Pharèl earns +1 History checks and +1 INT checks when researching forges. Pharèl rents the Alhodgy's Smithing forge for Elzara at 4gp and she makes him a set of bracers, giving him +1 AC when he wears them.

Log

We are in town for a few weeks. I run around look for a forge.

Pharèl gets +1 to History, and +1 to INT checks specifically regarding forging stuff if that comes up. #boons

Elzira talks with Henderson and gets a 4th Level Spell, can Polymorph into a mouse and must stay a mouse for the full hour. #boons

Arachne volunteers to go recharge the Teleporter back in the New Dawn Warehouse. She wants to use Detect Magic to try and follow the power in the walls to find batteries or a power source. Everything leads down to the last room below. Underneath that room is a pool of energy. She describes it as “seeds that grow up.” Twinkletoes and I join.

Arachne borrows my dagger and stabs the floor trying to get underneath. It is very clear that it's not a good strategy. I look around for a trap door or some kind of access underneath the floor. I notice on the right side, a sealed cutout in the shape of a trap door. There is no obvious way to open it. Arachne casts Thaumaturgy and the piece of metal bursts open into the room. It leads down to a dark tunnel with a ladder that goes down.

Arachne looks for danger and sees wavery lights. She is excited and we all head over. Underneath are four glowing containers that align with where the interplanar creatures were held. There is a clear tube in the center where the storage liquid was kept. The outer tube faintly glows. It is highly concentrated magic. At the bottom is a metallic material sparking with magic. She can see the magic flowing away in different tubes.

I go looking for a forge by asking for the inn. "There is a forge in the commercial district. It's over (pointing on a map) here. This is Alhodgy's Forge. Alhodgy Smithing or something." I tip the innkeeper with 1sp as a thank you. #relationships

We head over to where the smithy was. There is a sign that says "Alhodgy's Smithing" on it. There is smoke rising. The banging of a hammer comes from within. We decide to wait and be polite while he finishes the project. We come back and knock on the door.

He says we can use it in the wee hours, he allows us to rent it for 4gp, which I pay upfront. We learn he mostly works on commission only. #items #costs

Purse: 242gp 5sp 8cp

Elzara is able to make me bracers. #items

Elzira's note comes back 5 days later than he expected. #letters

Star finds out that Trin is known as puppy town. He lost Find Familiar and wants a new bird. Trin is about 4 days of travel away.

While in town listening around: "while you're spending eating time in bars and whatnot you hear of a phantom thief who leaves nothing but a song and a magic floating ball having robbed someone in Trin" #clues This is almost certainly the Disco Thief! I recal finding the disco ball while in the 2022-01-08 The Bunker where we found a flag with the crests of an old smuggler ring. #rumors

I heard the story on the 24th and then it lasted through the 26th and it sounded like a recent event.

THU 4th day of Threet when we return

World meta: 1st-7th = Monday-Sunday