Difference between revisions of "Into the Borderlands"

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After being paid for their previous mission, everyone in Kurzik's group went out to the festival. Stom, Pete, Melctz and Shmo took their turn running an arm-wrestling booth for the temple of Perasin. Thoren and Cedic came over to try their luck, with Thoren defeating Melctz and Cedic nearly breaking Pete's arm. The group then met back at the Red Dragon Inn, where Simry was talking with Thomlin and another member of his troupe, Norville. Morithelwen also returned with Meriel and was introduced to the party. The group went their separate ways during the course of the evening, and again the next morning.

Seeking a new mission

Kurzik went to the temple of Severn, where he spoke to Koltar. They discussed the completed mission, then Kurzik asked for information about Dekh and leads on a new mission. Koltar suggested he speak to someone at the temple of Sedric. Meanwhile, Meriel went looking for employment at the Chamber of Commerce, hoping to secure work as a translator. She spoke to the secretary, Judson, who mentioned several positions, but when Meriel mentioned Cypress' name as a referral, he closed up shop and scurried off, much to the mage's dismay.

Pleh Detnaw returned to class at Tarkus Academy, where he spoke briefly with one of his abjuration classmates, Korey. Korey expressed an interest in joining an adventuring group, and Pleh attempted to discourage him from joining Kurzik's group, as he claimed his talents were wasted. Korey was undeterred, and Pleh suggested he speak to Kurzik.

Cypress returned to the RDI with Lucille and three others. One was Melio, whom Skellion recognized as his contact with the Thieves' Guild of Nazivonema. He came over to meet with Fleur, and introduced the other as Lavitas, who would be inspecting her sister Fauna's equipment to see what could be sold. He also mentioned that his last companion, Arnje, was looking to hire adventurers, and he would steer him their way if they intended to continue working together, but he warned her not to approach Arnje until he had prepared the way.

Just as Cypress, Lavitas and Fleur left the main room, Meriel returned looking for Cypress. She spoke to Brianna who offered to go to her temple and inquire about jobs within the city and quickly took her leave. Landra, the daytime barkeep, also tried to ease Meriel's concerns with minimal success. Melio, hearing her in high dudgeon, went up and filled Cypress in. The Halfling suspected a connection with the mysterious communications from the Council of Merchants and went down to try and calm the mage. Cypress promised to look into matters for all concerned and departed as well.

Brianna visited the temple of Helandra, where she spoke to one of the priests, a Halfling named Pharias Brend, about the issue with Cypress and possible employment for Meriel. Meriel wrote a letter to Fleur's mother, Odette Differouskaya, to be picked up by her in Willowbridge, and Fleur repaid her by paying for her room and board for the day. Meanwhile, Kurzik and his three companions met Sloj and Xotznoxl at the arm-wrestling booth. Kurzik asked them what they knew about Sedric, and learned of his importance to the city.

Brianna and Skellion returned to the RDI and joined Meriel and Fleur at their table. Morithelwen arrived soon after along with Rei, a priestess of fire that was helping with her divination class. Mori told those at the table of Rei's involvement with the bonfire taking place the following night, and they discussed the various forms of entertainment surrounding the event. The Dwarves and genasi arrived and sat at a separate table while Xotznoxl joined the others. Xotz showed everyone some chalk that he'd purchased from a booth Simry had shown him that actually was flavored -- although he didn't like some that was green, which he put on the table and Skellion pocketed.

Brianna inquired if Meriel had had any luck on the job front and indicated that she had some information she'd tell her later. Meanwhile, Skellion, being antsy with the lack of activity, darted over to Lucille and Arnje, where Lucille told him to go to the guild and see Melio for a job. Skellion abruptly departed and asked Lucille to let Brianna know where he had gone.

Simry and Stom arrived, and Stom proudly displayed a packet with the Battle Snack he had earned. The subject of finding a new adventure was revisited, and Fleur said that Cypress had mentioned he might have a mission. Xotznoxl told Simry that Kurzik wanted to talk to her about something. Simry excused herself and Stom followed her over to the Dwarves' table while the others continued to chat. Brianna told Meriel about some ideas for making money, including the possibility of scribing magical scrolls.

Putting out feelers

After a brief interruption by Swiftfoot, Kurzik told Simry of his meeting with Koltar. They discussed the shortcomings of the other party members, and decided they would see what missions were available before recruiting new members. Meanwhile, Stom told Xotz that missions had come up, and he relayed the information to the others, who had been discussing Cypress. Brianna joined them and accompanied Simry and Thoren to Sedric's temple for leads. Meriel departed as well to pursue Brianna's leads. Stom and Xotznoxl left for Perasin's temple and Kurzik, Zemetreseni, and Cedic headed out in search of a smithy so they might pay homage to Vulcan.

The trio arrived at Sedric's temple and spoke with an acolyte, Sparrow, and a newly-returned priest, Keladryn. Sparrow suggested adventures in the swamps as they tended to pay well, but Simry and Brianna seemed uncertain so the Halfling suggested retrieving a yak -- the mount of a friend of Keladryn's named Molbo -- which was in Semmarch. Keladryn tried to determine how much experience the group had and learned that these were the folks who were involved with the Council of Merchants mission to Pallinnore. When Thoren mentioned interest in an underground mission, Sparrow suggested looking into the Drow outpost in the Ruisti Forest, but Thoren, Simry and Keladryn all agreed that this group, despite its makeup, wouldn't fit for an information-gathering mission. Working as caravan guards was also suggested, but it met with little favor, so the idea of retrieving the yak topped the list, so the group went to Perasin's temple to speak with Molbo.

Meriel arrived at The Arcanist, the magic shop to which Brianna referred her, and spoke to its owner, Andiklor. After some give and take, she spent some time scribing a scroll with the magic missile spell. It met with his approval, and he gave her material for another, with the understanding that she would return these if she didn't write any scrolls before leaving the city. She agreed and headed to Tarkus Academy.

Keladryn and company headed to Perasin's temple and spoke with Great Priest Molbo. He told them about the giff, the toll-takers that guard the bridge into Hanaellan that carry fire sticks. Sparrow told them that he had heard that the RDI there had reopened. Molbo and the group each went to discuss the matter with their fellows. Once Stom and Xotz were filled in, the group returned to the RDI. They arrived to find Fleur had nearly passed out from drinking and joined her.

As Simry took a look at the announcement board, Brianna spoke with Lucille and Harold, who told her that she should go speak with folks at her temple regarding Cypress. Lucille also encouraged her to seriously consider Arnje's mission lead and Brianna suggested they all talk after supper that evening before departing. Meanwhile, Simry noted an owl flying around outside the inn and a man attempting to calm it. She, and later Stom, went outside and the man, Korey Mekell, told them he was an abjurer who was interested in taking Pleh's place. Stom and Simry advised him to speak with the others.

The two genasi and Kurzik arrived at dinnertime and Korey expressed his interest in joining the group. Kurzik warned that he keep his familiar, the owl, away from the genasi and that there had been no adventure plans made yet. Meriel and Brianna also returned, and the latter told the group that she had an adventure lead in the same area as the yak mission, showing them a parchment with some information on it, but was interrupted by the arrival of a soot-covered Skellion. With the core group now gathered, they decided to continue their discussion in one of the RDI's conference rooms.

Recruiting again

Once downstairs, they discussed what they were looking for in new group members as they ate, and then the interviewing process began. The two Dwarves, the two genasi, Simry, Stom, Fleur and Xotznoxl spoke to Meriel first, then Korey. Simry noticed Rei sitting at a table with a friend named Chad, and she if she would be interested in adventuring. Rei agreed to talk to them, and eventually Chad did as well.

When the group returned to the main room two hours later, they had decided that Korey and Chad would not be joining them, but that Meriel and Rei were strong candidates. Chad was quite disappointed that he would not be able to, as he put it, protect Rei, which worried Thoren a bit. Also, the group decided that further inquiries still needed to be made, as they were still deficient in certain areas. The group mostly returned to the common room, where they listened to Orcasis, a band of orcs from Arin. They told Meriel they hadn't yet decided whether to allow her to joined the group.

The next morning, Meriel stayed upstairs to scribe another scroll for The Arcanist. Simry came downstairs to find Sloj, who told her he would be willing to stay one more day while they decided their course. Rosilyn then told her that the Council had taken back the mules they had been loaned. Meanwhile, Brianna sent a message to Lucille requesting a meeting as soon as possible.

After breakfast, Sloj went back to the temple of Sedric. Meanwhile, Brianna and Fleur went to Tarkus Academy to try and recruit another mage; Simry and Meriel went to The Arcanist; Stom, Xotz, Skellion, Thoren and Zeme went to find Chad to test his mettle at the temple of Perasin; and Kurzik and Cedic went exploring...

Cast of characters

Below is a list of characters who were involved at one point or another in this adventure:

• Brianna - run by Lou McLeary
• Cedic - run by Vinny Beckles
• Fleur - run by Phil Vlasak
• Kurzik - run by Rob Pires
• Meriel - run by Kim Friedman
• Rei - run by Shelley Proulx
• Simry - run by Korin Trytko
• Skellion - run by Lou McLeary
• Sloj - NPC
• Stom - run by Shelley Proulx
• Thoren - run by Vinny Beckles
• Xotznoxl - NPC
• Zemetreseni - run by Rob Pires

Adventure timeline