24 September 2022
[[Ishtar]] drinks from the jug of long rest. [[Coyra]] goes down another hallway that appears with a chest at the end. [[Gammy]] finds a magical green gem. [[Jaezred]] finds a corpse of an adventurer and loots it. Tal gets lifted up and then steps off the pillar. He gets to the jug, drinks from it, and gets a long rest. [[Camden]] is trying to find his way up to Level 4. [[Ishtar]] falls down a hole and finds a chest. [[Coyra]] falls down a hole, finds a door, tries to open it, and starts getting drowned in sand. A wall appears, trapping [[Gammy]] separate from the party. [[Jaezred]] tries to help [[Gammy]], but can’t do anything about the wall. Tal Sends [[Brigadesh]] a message and gets a reply. Tal tells everyone that we’re looking for a key, and then has Teekl scout around to figure out where everyone is. [[Camden]] is shopping for a Dispel Magic scroll. [[Ishtar]] meets up with [[Pip]] in the underlevel. [[Jaezred]] gets mind-controlled by a statue and walks into a chest-mimic. Another statue pops up and paralyzes Tal. [[Camden]] is getting a lecture from the shopkeeper on the gates between the levels in [[Jern]]. The mimic grapples [[Jaezred]]. [[Coyra]] picks up the rope that [[Pip]] shot up to the main level and tries to tie it around the paralysis statue, but get’s paralyzed (and then breaks free). [[Gammy]] comes over to help [[Pip]] and [[Ishtar]] get out of their hole, but a magic glyph appears a the entrance. [[Pip]] Enlarges [[Gammy]] and tries to climb out of the hole. The Glyph creates a big spider that bites [[Pip]] and then vanishes. Tal has Teekl attack the mimic and then he manages to save against the paralysis. [[Ishtar]] and [[Pip]] get out of the hole. [[Jaezred]] passes the key he found in the vault to Tal (hoping that having a Good person hold it might cause something to happen, based on [[Brigadesh]]’s message) and it feels warm to him. [[Pip]] determines that a nearby chest is another mimic. Tal picks up some papers, determines that there’s something arcane on them, and brings them to [[Jaezred]]. [[Jaezred]] doesn’t know what’s going on with the papers. He takes the key from Tal and passes it to [[Ishtar]]. A door appears in front of [[Ishtar]] and he opens it to reveal [[Jern]]. Everyone gets out, but Tal waits behind, hoping that [[Ishtar]] will be able to help get the bow out of his hand to leave it behind. It doesn’t work, so everyone leaves. [[Limmos]] shows up, opens the door, casts Remove Curse on Tal, and they kick the bow into the vault.
[[Limmos]] wants to throw a party to celebrate locking up the bow, but the rest of the party wants to continue the mission to destroy the arrow. [[Coyra]] mentions Sasso, and [[Limmos]] gets very concerned about that. She tells us more about Sasso (leader of the order of the scales). His brother is the Spirit Naga who is somewhere else in Vecrum. Sasso normally only appears in times of need, but the Well Coin (which [[Pip]] picked up in the vault) can be used to summon him via The Well of Wishes in the depths of Bimoranto. [[Limmos]] offers individualized rewards to everyone, then takes us back down to Level 3. Along the way we find [[Camden]].
Party hangs out at an inn. [[Camden]] identifies the party’s items. Tal Sends Sasso a message. [[Pip]] “comes out” as Fey.
[[Limmos]] shows up. Gives Tal diamonds. Tells [[Ishtar]] that the High Priestess of Juiblex is on Level 5, hiding inside a personal private dimension. The party goes to the shop [[Camden]] found, and the shopkeep offers a scroll of Demiplane for 5000gp. He drops the price to 2500gp when he hears that [[Ishtar]] is asking for it. When told we couldn’t pay that, he offers a magically-binding contract to [[Ishtar]] that [[Ishtar]] will eventually repay the cost, or lose his reputation.
The plan is to wait until the right time to go down into the undercaverns and meet Sasso to go down to the underwater castle. Sasso joins us at the entrance to the tunnels on Level 1. He gives us each a potion of disease immunity (8 hour duration) and a potion of water breathing (1 hour duration).
Tal’s emporium gets burned down.
Sending to [[Brigadesh]]: How’re things? Mixed here. Killed [[Kalina]] and [[Belaena]]. Aboleth mind controlling people in the city. It chased us into a LEVEL 5 vault. Any advice?
Reply from [[Brigadesh]]: still riding. acolytes wounded. things looking good. vault should provide a key, or talk to high cleric. be careful. predjudice aginst evil.
Sending to Sasso: We need to deal with the aberration. Can you help? [[Coyra]] is super in love with you, btw. [[Jaezred]] says hi. We’re on Level 3.
Reply from Sasso: underwater castle has the weapon you need. caution. it is what it seeks. I can protect you from the diseases of the water. at sundown.