%% date:: [[2023-05-09]] %% # [[088_20230509 Or should we just build a boat]] ![[twc-088.png]] ## Session Summary > [!tldr] [[088_20230509 Or should we just build a boat]] > Dax killed off the last of the displacer beasts, and we learned that the blink dog, Arcos, came from the Feywild. We convinced him to join us (eventually). > > We came across a caravan of Crownsguard who told us that two hill giants had beset the Wuyun Gates and killed or severely wounded many of them. The Hill Giants took the key to the gates and were refusing to leave. Wally healed one of them. > > We got to Trostenwald and to an inn called the Sea Beast's Tooth, where an old ex-sailor named Noah told us the story of how he was a first mate on a ship that sought the Dragon Isle for riches and ended up capsizing when a Sea Beast attacked it. He may have been saved by a golden dragon, and then nursed back to health by Pearl of the Beach. > > We were approached by the Captain of the Crownsguard, Biralle, who offered us a job: 500 gp now (plus 500 gp upon completion) to get back the key and get the giants to leave the Gate. We accepted. > > Xenia and Milla had a drinking contest, which Milla won handily. ^summary %% ## Video <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Im8MF8QKqPA" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [Video](https://youtu.be/Im8MF8QKqPA) 00:00:00 Banter 00:02:40 Recap 00:05:03 Round 4 - Dax's turn - HDYWTDT 00:08:14 Getting a blink dog pet 00:31:08 Heading to Trostenwald, meeting Crownsguard 00:50:15 Conspiracy theorising 01:00:00 We're building a boat 01:02:53 The Sea Beast's Tooth 01:19:36 Noah's story 01:41:27 Biralle Evenwind 01:51:40 Wally wants to sleep with his horse 01:55:10 Arcos blinks in 01:58:10 Break, and we lose Sjoerd :( 01:59:05 Drinking contest 02:12:05 Wally talks to Biralle 02:24:30 Tiny Private Hut Sanctum 02:30:41 Tyler dooms us before we plan 02:38:05 Xenia whips out his knobbly wand 02:39:10 Sending to Music and Floyd 02:43:15 End %% --- ## Recap ![[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/087_20230502 Bryce got Sweat Lodged up#^summary]] --- ## Log We start off in combat, Round 4: ![[1683059190412 - Combat#Round 4]] I cast *Speak with animals* on the Blink dog but it isn't really warming up to me. It seems to recognise Milla's scent. Wally rolls a nat 20 to soothe it. It was from [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/The Feywild|The Feywild]] and is trying to get back. Its elder sibling and father were killed by the displacer beasts. Its name is [[Arcos]]. It seems excited to go to the ocean. We convince it to join us! It's been on this plane on its own for a while. [[Find Arcos a home]] The landscape is beautiful as we get towards [[Trostenwald]]. We see grassy planes and grain fields. As we get closer, I see two horses and a cart being pulled along the road. At the back are a group of [[The Crownsguard|Crownsguard]] - six or seven at the back and some riding the horses. One of them driving the cart has a bandaged wrist. Another has a bandage around his head and eye. They were beset by [[Fire River Hill Giants|hill giants]] that attacked the gate, stole the gate key (one of them was wearing it as a trinket), and killed the gate master. The gate will be closed for some time until they receive reinforcements. [[Retake Wuyun gates]] [[Sergeant Lucae Kreel]]. Wally said they should speak to [[Watchmaster Bryce Feelid|Bryce]] about what happened to them. They said they're on their way to [[Alfield]], then [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Zadash|Zadash]]. One of them, [[Legasia]], is a half-orc female who was thrown some distance after tackling one of the hill giants. Her leg has been amputated. She has a bandage over one eye and is sitting in a stupor. She's the one that is hurt the most. Wally heals her and she can see in her eye. They have problems with hobgoblin bandits but nothing like giants. There have been [[Investigate underground rumbling|earthquakes]] in the last ten days as far as the gate. Maybe something near [[Mount Mentiri]], but that's some distance away. Join Crownsguard at [[The Sea Beast's Tooth]] - send them Lucae's thanks (male) and they may shout us. #sending [[Olyffer Gravesteel]] > Felt tremors near Nogvurot 4 days ago. Near Zadash, tremors preceded rifts in the ground where undead came out. Be prepared. [[Scoburn Hammerhold]] may help.` ^2fd4a1 Response: > That's worrying news. I shall prepare. For zombies. ^9eca73 We get to [[Trostenwald]]. There's a lake [[Ustaloch]]. It's a small place. Mostly grain fields and some vineyards. We come into [[The North Ward]]. There are one or two shops, closing up for the evening. there's a tavern that says [[Sea Beast's Tooth]]. It's a two-storey tavern. It has an incongruously nautical theme: old-fashioned floats on the walls, model ships. Behind the war, mounted on the wall is an ivory tusk that looks flatter. Crownsguard are saying that their primary duty is to retrieve the key and get the gate open again. Names of the alcohol. [[Baumbauch]], [[Husseldorf]], [[Von Brandt]]. Behind the bar is a dark-skinned, five 'o clock shadow. He has a hook for his left hand. Baumbauch is a bit hoppy, wheaty, cloudy. Someone tells us to try the Hasseldorf instead. "Baumbauch are thieves!" But it seems like that's just what they say to tourists. [[Noah Varcona]]. He's the owner and innkeeper. He settled down here but he spent some time in [[The Menagerie Coast]]. Wally asks them if it's possible to sail down to Nicodranas and he says yes, it's been done, but it's a bit foolhardy. But there are challenges: - make our way through the basin - find our way past the lagoon without being speared or eaten alive - go south - find our way past the reef We could even go to [[Rosohna]] if we want. It's not the most sensible way though. Xenia asks him if he has a good boat and everyone goes quiet. Noah drags his hook nervously down the wood. 12 years ago, he was first mate on a ship. Everyone else has heard this 100 times before. They were sailing off when his captain, a crazy man who was sailing to [[Dragon Isle]] because he'd heard of ships sinking to the sea filled with treasure and never to return. ^a0d4ac Dark clouds on the horizon, waves and wind picked up. Compass spinning and spinning in all directions. Ship tossed hither and thither. The Storm King would have been impressed. Main sail was ripped through and it fell. [[Sea beast]], shark bigger than the inn, filled with grim teeth. He smashed its tooth. He saw a golden flash against the sky and [[Aygonath|a golden dragon]] formed in the clouds, glorious and hideous. It arched towards the beast that was coming for it. He awoke on a hut on a beach with sunlight peeking through. There was an ancient weatherbeaten face. It was [[Pearl of the Beach]]. She tended to him. Sometimes he was in a delirious nightmare. He was hallucinating. She passed through a stone wall at the back of her hut but he didn't see anything there. She could do nothing for his hand but healed the rest of him. She gave him the bit of wood he's stroking as a reminder of how it nearly took his life. He loves the sea but she betrayed him. Head south of Nicodranas, then north towards [[Twinward Isles]] and we'll find it. ^00ebf2 [[Vosna]] is the name of his offsider who is always reading. We can't tell what the tooth belonged to. It's real though. [[Dragon Isle]] was said to be a floating island but they didn't believe it. [[The Plank King]] is the Pirate King. Noah doesn't think Dragon Isle was a pirate's hideout. [[Simon Earth]] at [[Natural Remedies]] in [[The Loch Ward]] might know something about breathing underwater. There's [[The North Ward]], [[The Hill Ward]] (west). Trostenwald is made up of three wards. [[Husseldorf]] one is darker and like Belgian beer. Baumbauch (*tree stomach*) is cloudy, wheat bear. Husseldorf is sweeter. [[Nestled Nook]] is another inn in Trostenwald. The Captain stands up and approaches us. She's an elf. Young adult. Earnest, proper. [[Biralle Evenwind]]. Captain of the Wuyen Gate. There was a half orc in bandages that she's particularly worried about. She wants to ask us for help. They were accosted in the middle of the night, unprepared. [[The Righteous Brand]] usually do the patrol on top of the gate and they have heavier weapons, but they'd cleared out because of "everything going on" (probably the war). It's been peaceful most of the year and they'd let their guard down. In the night, the Crownsguard felt the tremors-- they thought it was [[Investigate underground rumbling|an earthquake]], but it was a rhythmic tremor. There were two [[Fire River Hill Giants|hill giants]] that besieged them. She's a bit shaken. They grabbed guards off the top of the wall and flung them into the hillside. Arrows seemed to do barely any damage to them. [[The Gatemaster]] was killed. The key was taken. It's surprisingly large. Two people need to take it. The leader, bigger of the two, threaded it through a large rope like a trophy around its neck. they've settled by the gate. The smaller one is about 16 feet. The larger one is about 17, 18 feet tall. The gate is 20 feet high. They're eating everything they can. The stench is unbearable. She's willing to hire us, though not for much. A lot of the gold is at the gate house. She can give us 500 gp. 500 gp more if we clear the gates. It would take several hours to get there. Xenia and Milla are having a drinking contest. - Round 1: Milla wins - Round 2: Xenia wins - Round 3: Draw - Round 4: Xenia wins - Round 5: Milla wins with a nat 20! - Round 6: Milla wins with another nat 20! Milla wins!! *Lesser restoration* on Xenia. The tiefling declines... my hand is itchy. Wally talks to Biralle to ask about the giants. She says they're not the most coherent. They think one is a chief. The other they're not sure about. Their names are [[Guzag]] (the chief) and the other is [[Lolk]] (not sure if it's an insult or a name). The gate is about 20 feet wide. It can be opened with a series of mechanisms that can be turned by four people or a couple oxen that usually do this. 25 feet tall wall on either side that go to the mountains. 5 feet deep. They had some weapons there, two ballistas on top used to be there but they went with the Righteous Brand. Wally asks her if she needs the wall intact afterwards. She gets a bit suspicious. She just wants the giants dispatched one way or another, the key returned, the wall standing. They will petition the king to build it higher. The wall is an important defense to the south. The longer the caravan builds, the higher the chances that smuggling and thieves will occur. We need to meet her at breakfast and she can give us the gold. She can also give us some weapons if we need them. #sending [[Floyd Hemsworth]]: > What are your intentions regarding Wally? Do you actually worship Raei now or are you just trying to get into another of my friends' pants? ^9db5c2 Response: > I am trying my best with Raei. I think I won't dignify the rest. ^c64a1d I cast *Goodberry* before we rest. [[Music]] has reached [[Deastok]] at the foot of the mountains and she has a challenging few days ahead making their way through the mountains. ^030c91