Eberron:Adventure/2019-08-23

Backgrounds

• Vinster works for Ghallanda
• Private Jon Perkins was a spy in the war
• Robert Normalman is a small-town average guy, accountant, boring life, routine
• Deuxlette is a sex toilet, owners died, possessed by a ghost
• Peacock Cry is a pirate kenku, thief, mission to restore creativity to the kenku

Doing It

• At a party in the Skyway, Sharn’s highest and richest district
  • Robert got some haggis
  • Vinster is health-inspecting
  • Everyone else is hanging out at the party
• Robert is stressed cuz can’t find his way out
  • Vinster tries to calm him down, points to door
  • Robert starts to leave
  • Guards are ushering everyone out of the party!
    • The party ends up getting grouped up in the mass of exiting party-goers…
    • Night, light rain
    • Duex sits in the corner & toilets (lol?)
    • Guards point us towards a bridge
  • Vinster asks the rolling toilet if it’s a warforged
    • Solitics for sex
    • No.
• We noticed a hunched figure on the bridge!
  • Turns towards us
  • Is a brawny humanoid, average height, short blade in one hand, bag in another
    • Blade is matte
    • Peacock recognizes coating is Blade-Black, underworld mixture to help conceal weapon
    • Wide & toothy grin as he LEAPS OVER THE SIDE OF THE FUCKING BRIDGE INTO NOTHING
  • Guards are gone, not responding to Vinster shouting for them
  • Can’t see anyone in the dark abyss
• Corpse was left behind
  • Wooden chit good for 1 free drink at the Rat’s Paw, blade
  • Jon tells he was killed by a single off-center stab to the heart
    • Seems professional
  • Human, wound is in the shape of a plus sign (odd)
  • Robert notes the plus
• Bunch of guards led by a dwarf appear
  • “ANYTHING TO SAY BEFORE WE HAUL YOU OFF”
  • Young guard asks sgt, says he thought he saw a man fall off the Skyway
• Sgt sighs, doesn’t want to deal w/ paperwork
  • 24 hours to solve the murder or GTFO Sharn
  • Tells young guard to haul body to House Orien
  • Other guards (aside from the young guard, Kavill) leave
• Robert vomits from stress, doesn’t have solving a murder in his schedule
  • Kavill tries to convince him not to leave
  • Vinster tries to console Robert (nat 1), makes it worse
  • Robert crying and vomitting
  • Deux … does some weird hypnosis shit and calms Robert down
• Kavill grabs body, we notice he’s an Oriens courier (not an heir)
  • Sgt is Aimos, dwarf and corrupt
  • Kavill says everyone is corrupt :(
  • Robert is shocked by this
  • Jon helps Kavill w/ carrying the body
• Hauling body to Houe Oriens Azure courrier station
  • Kavill saw weird-shaped short sword
• Attendant ushers us to a conference room
  • Will fetch Shala d’Orien
  • Refreshments available
  • Peacock steals some of the silverware, unbenownst to us
  • Well-dressed woman enters the room & sits at the head of the table
    • Courrier was Tares Grakken, 7y veteran
    • Vinster asks about what Grakken was carrying, she can’t tell us much
    • Destination was unknown, Tares was given destination on pickup (so only he knew)
    • May have associates at Rat’s Ankles / Bear’s Claws (or something) in lower Dura
      • Was a drunk
    • Vinster asks about client, since he’s also dragonmarked she gives us client info
      • Asks for information we find in return
      • Client was Lobana Petrevina, pick up message from her estate in Azure district
• Shala leaves, group does introductions
  • Peacock isn’t very articulate, writes Normalman a note explaining what kenku are
    • Bird folk, legend that they were robbed of their wings (+ creativity thus their ability to think on their own) by some ancient curse
    • Steals things, admits this
    • “Cannot speak normal, mimic.”
  • Warforged is terse
    • Gives us its name,
  • Jon Perkins
    • Was a soldier in the Cyrian army
  • Henry Kavill
    • Wants to help people make Sharn safe
  • 1 hour has passed, 23 remain!
    • Deuxlette stops being a toilet
• We talk about our leads
  • Peacock has the token for the Rat’s Paw, could be it!
  • The client is nearby
    • We think we’ll head there first
• Walled mansion, manacured grounds, lots of decorative trees
  • Guard at the front gate
  • We explain the situation, guard lets us in!
• Manor is decorated in a tasteful white & silver decor
  • More guards
  • We’re waiting around
  • Returns, lets us know the Madam will see us & brings to sitting room
• Robert examines the fancy chairs
  • Brand new!
  • Everything is brand-new!
  • Peacock looks for stuff worth stealing
    • Sees paintings, plates, etc on the walls – art is most valuable stuff
• Short human woman enters, greets us coldly
  • Explains to her what’s going on, seems disinterested
  • Not sure why a nyone would intercept her messagre
  • Moved from Sigilstar in Thrane
    • Yuri is her deceased husband
    • Believe her
    • Came to enjoy the art scene
  • Hired courrier to deliver letter to sister in Flamekeep
    • Think she may be lying (nat 20 insight)
    • Sister is Alexia, follower of the Silver Flame (voice gets weird)
    • Has lived here for a long time
  • Peacock asks if she has enemies – of course not!
  • She is an artist !
  • Vinster asks her to let House Ghallanda know if she thinks of anything that may be useful
  • We depart the manor, another hour is down
• Outside, Vinster suggests she may have been lying about the letter to her sister
  • Kavill suggests that A GAME IS AFOOT
  • Robert doesn’t like games.
  • Kavill shows us to the Rat’s Paw
• Raw’s Paw
  • Rough folks, halfling eyes us
  • Someone playing a lute & smoking
  • Old bartender
  • Furniture is battered and worn
  • Floor is sticky
  • Vinster gets ale
  • Deux gets Mystery Rotgut
    • Oh god it’s VERY strong
    • Pure grain alcohol
  • Peacock talks to the lute-player
    • Puts fingers up to throat, says his name is Smokey Joe in a very garbled voice
    • Offer a tune for 1c, Peacock pays him
  • Halflings still watching us intently
    • Kavill is uncomfortable w/ that
    • We should talk to bartender about the courrier though
  • Robert Normalman talks to bartender
    • Asks him about Tarres
    • Gets shifty, looks at the halflings
    • Can tell us where Tarres’ house was: middle Dura, bazar, had an apt there, gives us address
    • Vinster jumps in and order Robert a beer
    • Vinster & Peacock convince him to drink
      • It’s gross and he doesn’t like it
  • Halfling approaches Robert and tells him to stop asking questions about Tarres
    • Hostile.
    • Bald, tattoo, billy club
      • Recognizes it as a Boromar clan mark
    • Vinster asks him what the problem is
      • His boss has a problem w/ us asking questions
    • Halflings start moving towards us as shit starts escalating
      • Vinster goads the Boromar guy, seems to have a problem w/ them
• Deux pulls a knife
  • Peacock steps outside
  • Halfling threatens Robert
  • Kavill pulls his sword & identifies himself as a guard
    • They laugh at him
  • Tries to smack Robert, Kavill intercepts
• BAR FIGHT!
  • Robert runs in the corner & hides
  • Peacock busts in through a window and sneak attacks a surprised Boromar thug!
  • Deux crits a Boromar with their rapier, lops off a finger and enter his heart
    • Deftly catches severed finger w/ toilet hole so ghost can eat it ….. ?
  • Robert touches himself, heals 8 HP :o
  • Kavill knocks another thug out
  • Jon crits with his longbow, killing another thug!
  • Kavill goes down, was getting dogpiled by the thugs
  • Vinster slays a thug
  • Robert shoots fire !
  • Vinster shouts at the last thug to throw down his club and surrender
• Loot: 25g
  • Peacock steals it all
  • Robert notices, but is busy tending to Kavill
  • Kavill goes to fetch the watch
• Thug is named Dan
  • Hired by the Boromar, they heard some folks were investigating
  • Were sent here, figuring we’d show up
  • Was frequented by The Target
  • “Mondo” is the boss, has a resturant in Middle Dura
    • Gives us the address
  • Paying 5g a head for the thugs
• Smokey Joe the Bard is packing up to go
  • Vinster gives him 2s to stay and play more
  • Other patrons relax now, seem happier w/out all the skullduggery
• Kavill returns with the Sharn guard
  • They haul the corpses out
  • Guards take the last thug out in chains