Into the Gray

Wash explains that the [[Orb|orbs]] make you invincible. It’s not a pain-free experience. What’s important is that if you keep this on or around your person, you will be instantly brought back no matter what. #items

I can pick up [[Cook’s Utensils]] (1gp). I also decide to pick up parchment (3 pieces, 1sp each) and a pen (2cp, no ink), I also follow Twinkletoe’s example and get a small piece of charcoal (1sp). As well as pick up a flask (2cp) for carrying wine.  #costs #shopping #items

I also ask about where I can find a cooks outfit. They’ve equipped me with one to wear for work, I have to talk to a boss. They’ve told me I can buy the uniform (7sp).  #items #cooking

- Picks up new armor now that she’s flush with cash - Chain shirt (50gp) #costs #items - Looks for a park or a field - Asks the people at the armory about where to find that - Some places are open and communal - Learns where she’s allowed to go, it’s not super close and is late enough in the day she will lose dinner time - Sells leather armor for 1gp at the smithy (not Kokorun) #income

- Breakfast at Flank n Shank - We talk about going to Wizcon  - I ask Elzira about his book #items - Gendry founded 450~ years ago ^e409be - Incomplete section about Gendry’s relation to the war - Post-war recovery: Need for agriculture - Built up paths and trade routes - I mention the festival to see who wants to come - Elzira wants to know if there’s a theme, like the history of Gendry - Star muses about sneaking into Hedivka’s house

Fire component 3gp (already removed). #items #costs

Kai is excited to look through the artifacts. Everyone has agreed to let him sell things elsewhere on the black market. #items #consequences

I pick up a [[bedroll]] and a [[healer’s kit]] before we head out. I gift my old quarterstaff to one of my friends at the restaurant.  #items

1cp string (Star buys this, I buy string for my personal store and so does Twinkletoes) #items

He gives us each something that he calls [[Nature’s Medicine]]. It’s 5 servings and says it’ll cure whatever ails us. #items

We hold out daggers and it appears they will be happy to eat those as well. We add 4 daggers to the pile (2 Star, 1 me, 1 Arachne), 1 handaxe (Elzara). #items #costs

I take a tooth in hopes of using it as an offering of good faith to any dragon we meet in the future. #items

I carefully lean forward to see if I can see what else might shoot arrows. To the right looks like a kind of lounge. Maybe an entrance to people might commune. There are dusty chairs and tables, maybe a little coffee table. On the right side, on the wall, it says “Please do not use except in cases of emergency,” and below is some smaller text I cannot read. I see a [[gem]] on a shelf. #items

Star starts yelling at me about the situation. He asks for the stone. I ask if I’d get it back. He said he’d give it to Elzara. I choose to give it to Elzara directly, who takes it. #items

Star picks the magic door with the backup lock. There are traces of magic but nothing functional. He pulls out six cores from the robots (10lbs each) and stashes them. #items

I show off my staff extension to Wash and pull out the bracers, and Star mentions that he’s been looking for some of those. #items

He opens them up and finds different fancy weapons - two longswords (1 Star, 1 Wash), a warhammer (Elzara), a collection of 20 arrows (Star), a dagger (Star), a shortsword (Twinkletoes), and a mace (Arachne). #items

I find two rubies and a bevy of buttons. Six buttons each side. I pocket the rubies. #items

Kai then gives us our payout. We each receive 100gp. He asks whether we brought anything back from our search. #items #income

He keeps looking around and finds little trinket toys. There are some cards Star will want to keep. #items

RETCON: Star made a copy key and has given it to Elzara. #items

Inside is some kind of gun. There is an object with a cylindrical barrel. It is large and weighs about 15lbs. It takes 2 hands to operate it. There is a convenient trigger that was pulled on. #items

- Me: Lightweight cooking gear, +2 bonus to cooking, lifts my entire pack by 20 lbs #items - Elzara: Exoskeleton +5 Speed, +1 STR (20lbs) - Must be active, up to 10min, must be recharged - Star: Slippers of Spider Climbing - Elzira: Immovable Rod - Wash: Teleport - 1 up, 2 knocked over, 3 doubles distance, potential bonus attack - Arachne:  Necklace of Prayer Beads: 2 Bless, 3 Cure Wounds/Lesser Restoration, 1 Greater Restoration - Twinkletoes: Goggles of Night: Bonus! Detect Magic (1hr per day, requires attunement)

It’s a fairly large crystal, wider than Arachne’s hand by a few inches. It has six sides. Each side is perfectly flat. #items

I refill my kit for 1.5gp. I attempt to persuade them to take my used polished Chef’s Utensils and with a great persuasion roll and they accept it for 1/2 gp, so I get 1gp. #items #income

Something about when things feel wrong, something is off. But not a physical problem. That’s the kind of thing this can help with. Meta note: When I gave it to Elzara it had a very positive fix/side effect. #clues #boons #items

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

I buy: 1 ink vial → 10gp 5 sheets of parchment → 5sp (1ea) 1lb leather → 1gp Leatherworking tools → 5gp #items #costs

Twinkletoes and I go on a hunt for catnip. Twinkletoes buys 1,000 servings of catnip. She also picks up 10 small pouches. #items

There are two buttons on the claw. I push the one on the left. It makes the claw extends outward. The one on the right closes the claw. It extends 20ft. It makes some noise but not a lot. #items

Thursday! We breakfast and separate from Wash to head to the house. I want to run to the market for a monocle or magnifying glass. The magnifying glass costs 100gp and I bring it with me, I wear my fine clothes. If the funk robots are in good shape I might be able to resell them. #items #costs #shopping

Arachne gives Wash the broken pottery. #items

Fishing tackle 1gp Net 1gp Rope 1gp (10lbs) Keg of Beer 5gp #items #costs

Arachne pops up as an octopus attempting to hold two orbs and a pen. On her way up there was a rumbling for about 5-10 seconds happening in the water. It resonated her entire body. #items #clues #encounters/sea

Wash gifts Twinkletoes the shrinking potion and Elzara the bigger potion. They each get three. #items

Wash, Star, and Elzara are working on the top portions of exoskeletons to make them into two full ones. #items