Into the Gray

Session Summary

We caught up on the day’s events during which Wash informed us about a criminal warehouse where artifacts might be found. We decided to try to stealthily raid the factory, and after some unsuccessful attempts at picking the lock, we used a crowbar to break it open. As soon as we entered, we were met with a group of sword-wielding enemies, and we engaged in a battle, with some members of our party dealing some significant damage but negotiated a way out for the swordsmen and learn they believe our attack was paid for by Rajul. After defeating our enemies, we found some magical items, including a strange orb and tablet-like magic devices, which we took with us. We also found several robots and a box of shiny cards. Another box had fine linens, and one contained a bottle of 200-year-old wine. One box had rotted food with magic cast on it.

Log

We catch up on the day’s events. Wash has been busy. He asks if we want to raid a factory for artifacts. We think it’s a criminal warehouse.

Wash has masks and we decide to try and stealth in.

We approach and there are no windows. Star attempts to pick the lock. He is not successful.

We decide to try a crowbar. Elzara and Wash both work together. They are able to snap off the lock and immediately after they do, a voice inside says “Whoever’s out there better be gone by the time I check, if you know what’s good for you!”

We do not know what is good for us and roll in.

INITIATIVE

#encounters/swordsmen

Pharèl → Quarterstaff → HIT → 7 bludgeoning → “And you’ll surrender to us, if you know what’s good for YOU!”

Elzara → Warhammer x2 → MISS

Elzira → Quarterstaff → MISS

Wash → Shortsword → HIT→ 11 damage

Swordy Bois → All rush over → Attack Wash (2 attacks each x2) → 27 damage → Attack me (2 attacks each x4) → 30 damage → Attack Elzara → 14 damage

Twinkletoes → Crossbow → HIT? 11 piercing → Where we’d expect the arrow to stick, it bounces off and through the tear, we can see part of a metal frame similar to the metal frame that Elzara has → Bardic Inspiration on Elzira

Star → Longbow → HIT → 15+12 sneak+piercing

Arachne → Enters → BEACON OF HOPE 1 → Mass Healing Word 8 HP

Pharèl → Fey Step → 4 Fire Damage → Quarterstaff → HIT → 8 bludgeoning → Run away!

Elzara → Switches places with Arachne → Warhammer → HIT x2 → 9+7 bludgeoning → DEATH (after some deliberation)

Elzira → Fireball!!! 16 Dex DC → 28 fire damage → Takes 3 of them down

Wash → Misty Step to the top of a shelf → Baja Blast x2 → 9 force → Takes one down

Swordy Bois → One says “I, uh, I believe my friends we’ve had a little bit of a misunderstanding and I’m thinking we could talk the rest of this out…”

Wash tells them to throw down their arms then and return to the center of the room. “Men, I think we all know we’re outmatched, you should do as you’re told.”

As they shuffle back, Wash checks with the morality crew before deciding to kill them all.

Wash asks for the keys. He says he doesn’t have the keys, but the doors can be broken into. “Do you know who might have hired us to come attack you?” he follows up.

“I’m not sure… I’m worried I’ll give you an answer and you’re gonna kill me.”

“I’m more likely to kill you if you don’t tell me.”

“That’s fair… it’d be, uh, I believe that the Rajul sent you here. Did a little raid on their place fairly recently and this is payback for that.”

He tries to negotiate about favorable reports.

Wash suggests they all need to leave tonight because they would not survive their next meeting with their boss. They are to leave the correct evidence.

The guy pulls out a device designed to rip off door handles. Elzira takes it.

Elzira goes to try and open a door as the rest of the soldiers flee. The main guy stays behind to do some kind of set up.

Elzira successfully forces open up the doors.

Arachne casts Detect Magic and starts looking around. (Nat20!)

Wash warns us to be quick, we may have already made too much noise and who knows what the survivors will do.

Wash isn’t seeing his symbols.

So far most of what we’re finding seems “above board.”

Arachne sees some boring stuff. The top-portion exo skeletons were protection and a lot of strength that helped them hit hard and fast. They are heavier and less effecient than what Elzara found.

There is a box on the left that has magical items. Arachne, Elzira, and I all fail to open it. Elzara smashes it open.

Arachne sees an orb and she snatches it. There is some kind of tablet-like magic devices- these have buttons on the bottom, one side that looks like a display and the other a weird notched circular item on it. We also find five funk robots. Several of us take them (myself, Star, Elzira, Twinkletoes). There is a cool claw that Elzara takes for me.

Twinkletoes opens a chest with a ton of stuffed animals (toys).

There’s another box lined with cards. Each is in a glass frame. These are shiny cards.

The next box reeks terribly. Inside looks like rotted food. To me as a budding chef and survival dude, it looks like it was a casserole, maybe a chicken noodle casserole. It looks like there was magic cast on the casserole.

On the other side, one box has fine linens.

Another box has one bottle of a really old, 200 year old wine.

The final box has what looks to be an old well-used but fairly well-taken care of tea-set.

Wash grabs the men’s swords on the way out. (15 total shortswords)

The guy doing the set up work, within 10 minutes thanks us for avoiding a total wipe out.