Session 13: Chamith's Big Train Adventure

Saturday, June 23, 2018


 * RECAP of Stargazers Convo we overheard: Why are these guys here? Our changeling friend was supposed to kill them. We need to go to Goradra Gapand go to ????? beforehand. Lady Jana is going to Sharn.

On the Train

 * We walk up marble staircase, get onto platform where train is. Lightning elemental/crew car = 1st, House Orien cars, dining car, galley; baggage cars where Rhavi is.
 * Orien car 2nd floor (only 2fl one) has beds.
 * Large orc woman (Skaldi) running up to Vesun, calls him Master; she’ll be working for him. He goes off (James isn’t there).
 * Mogan nat 1s doing a wheelie and falls down.
 * Sarienne encounters an older half-elf (paunchy, merchant?) in the dining car, named Ficus. Mogan and Cornerio go to the dining car. “Dirty water fish balls” (Mogan is from Sharn), Cornerio asks if that’s a food or a punishment.
 * In the middle of each table there’s a purple crystal to press. Mogan presses it, Skali comes and is irritated at them asking for Sharn delicacies. Half-elf chats w/Cornerio a bit. They order quail “legs n’ eggs” and snails; Vik eats the snails whole.
 * Dinner is called in the dining car. There’s half-elf merchant, a goblin smoking a pipe in a cap, dwarf with bandaged hand, human lady wizard from Stargazers (Lady Jana Ir’tain) (!). Sarienne goes in, sits down; the rest back the fuck up and block servers. Jana is reading a book, goes to 1st class car.
 * Sarienne tails her to a sleeping compartment - room for 4.
 * Vikrit sneaks up with Tork’s help - uses the Magic Geiger Counter. Turns light purple -
 * Hazel de Sivis knocks on the Orien door (extremely fancy gnome noblewoman) looking for Davide…
 * Vikrit uses Alarm on the door (silent). Password is Rhavad’eth. Mogan is installing a deadbolt (irritating everyone trying to sleep).
 * Cornerio goes on a DREAM ADVENTURE (Figaro is very mad at him and says he’s going to ruin him, because he got cursed forever as a result of us telling his boss on him). “It seems like we both have things to be mad about, me getting you cursed forever, you ruining this cool lucid dream I’m having…”

Introducing Rio; Vikrit &amp; Mogen Are Bad Friends

 * We wake up in Passage! Cornerio is no longer in control of his body! Introducing… Rio!
 * House Orien crates have been knocked over in the baggage car. Sarienne finds a rod and investigates. Vikrit feeds Rhavi.
 * Vesun is wrapped up to disguise him. Rio makes friends with the flirting tubby half-elf merchant.
 * Sarienne finds one of her cousins (who we thought was dead - amputated leg; the other died, this is her only family left). People told him we killed Gul; he was working in Mogan’s position. Another gnoll who looks like Gul showed up as boss again; he was fired and not allowed in there. Sarienne gives him a shitload of gold.
 * Vikrit looks for Karassa (to ask about new gnoll).
 * Rio is on a date with Ficus (the half-elf). He convinces him to go see Vikrit’s dino.
 * Tork done identifying: Rod of Silence - Any 3rd level spell or below can be silent. Also finds false bottom - yellow nunchucks (staticky). Small gray tarnished bugle. SECOND false bottom: small quiver with white arrows, huge metal armor (dark gray &amp; spiked) - half plate. Tork takes everything but the armor.
 * Mogan goes to the bar and gets a round. Talking with people about her train-stealing exploits, then shows off fancy cloak to try to win people over, female bugbear really wants to buy it off, threatens her… M uses shocking grasp gloves on her (possibly killing her?). Throws 30 gold onto the counter to “smooth things over”.
 * Rio and Ficus go to see Vik’s dino, gets a warning bite, tries to release him and fails.
 * Vik finds Karassa hunting and talks with her about stuff going on; he is a shitty friend, doesn’t even ask how she is and needles about religion/House Tharashk and she’s disappointed but agrees to send a letter re: what’s going on with gnoll.

Back on Board - Mischief Time

 * Everyone’s back on the train.
 * Cornerio takes the lightning nunchucks. Mogan uses the Geiger Counter on the items: Arrows = Enchantment; nunchucks (shock) = Evocation, horn = Conjuration.
 * We leave Passage. Sarienne breaks the lock on Rhavi’s cage and Vik takes him out to train him.
 * Sarienne and Rio look around for Jana; Ficus tries to stop them and assumes Sarienne has won his heart. They get back; Lady de Civis comes by again and doesn’t believe them this time’ goes to get conductor. Rio says something about “Lord Ficus” and Sarienne grapples him (realizing something is going on). They throw him in a room, he breaks the window glass and jumps out the window (falling down to the walkway and climbing up the train).
 * Vikrit sees it, the others notice Rio climbing up. Sarienne climbs up after him. Vik puts Rhavi back in the cage and nat20s to tie the door shut. Cornerio keeps running toward the crew car in front, tapping beetle horn against the windows of the Galley Car. S pursues. Vikrit starts going around the outside of the baggage car, tells the beleaguered halfling waitress he “saw a bird and was hungry” and broke the window. Vesun disguises himself as Davide.
 * Cornerio runs out to dining car. Sarienne lands right behind him. Vik comes into the Orien car. Skaldi and the gnome noble (Hazel) are going into the next car; Cornerio screams and Sarienne grapples him (covering his mouth and muffling him). He breaks free and yells for help; S hides on top of the train and jumps down after the dining car. The 2 come back out, Skaldi starts climbing up. Mogen convinces her Davide is sick and she leaves (saying something about a wedding) - she passes Skaldi dragging Cornerio and acts annoyed.

Crisis Temporarily Averted

 * Everyone is back in the car. S saw Jana walking around with a wand (probably in response to banging). We take Cornerio’s weapons. Magic Geiger Counter only detects his items. Rio convinces Mogen that he’s under Jana’s control, Rio gets lashed to the staircase, Mogen boards up the window.
 * The party keeps watch on Cornerio. He goes back to sleep. In the dream, he loses chess against Figaro, finds a brain in a jar (whom he names Gregaro) that “wants to team up with him” because Figaro did this to him, after drinking the water it’s suspended in it can talk psychically tohim. He can get out if he frees himself from this temple. (Stuff like food festival where people are eating human limbs of their own)
 * Cornerio makes it back to his body (with the brain?!) - jolts awake with Vikrit watching him, weapon drawn, and they pull into the station.