Session 41: Sigil - Dinner, Shopping, and a Bounty on Our Heads

 

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Finishing off the first day in Sigil

Dinner and Down Time at the Gymnasium

The Orchard Garden Inn, in NICE section of town. Meal is the most luxurious meal we’ve seen. Not best in town, but amazing! Chuck is behaving himself. At the end of the meal - gelatin desserts to cleanse the palette. They give Stormy Smoking Mountain the bill - 80gp. She’s got the gold and pays .   Rowan expects payment—35gp/day for his tout services. Thoradin son of Thorlum pulls it out of the group treasury. 2 moonstones for 3 days to hire Rowan. He’ll take us to the Grand Gymnasium.   Heading there. We see beings of ALL kinds. A group of youngsters following a group with sticks and banners. One tries to take something from Rashid Fen Rey. He catches the boy and sends him off with a coin.

Amateurs!

— Cita Sarez

  Cernan Aelar tries to sense fiends and spores. Every 12th being has fiend heritage. Truly a melting pot here. No spores.     As we approach the Gymnasium, it’s HUGE. It dwarfs the cathedral of Alador - City. Stormy wants hot springs and a masseuse. The home of the Transcendent Order (aka the Ciphers)—one must act without thinking, or you’ve lost the moment and it is gone.   A giant bathhouse. The place to go for downtime. Gardens and palm trees. Attendants serve us. Very comfy! We all get massages. Stormy learns what kumquats are. Extravagant relaxation! Landis will get an oil bath. He SHINES! Chuck never has done this - he’s having fun! Stormy has to tell Chuck to stop chasing the attendants. She has them take care of her weapons. Rowan arranged for a special price of 40gp total for us. Cita thinks this is odd!   SHORT REST!  

Self care is a thing!

— DM

 

The Grand Bazaar - SHOPPING!

 

Stormy’s List

** 4 gp for my Ranger companion went to Sigil and all they bought me was a crummy tunic.
** Fell tattoo for psychic protection? We walk by Fell’s parlor.
** Bag of holding for Chuck - 612 gp for chuck’s pack. (Will need some cash from the pool.) She gives him 1 moonstone to start the horde (he’ll have to collect up his other stuff from his stashes).
** Pen/journal that takes pictures and transcribes words - cost: 35 gp (stormy can pay for it.) Penbrooms Parchment and Warehouse stationery store. The group will have to haul Stormy and Rashid out of this place.
** Weapons and armor
** Fanclub for Occulus?   We see: Dabus - tall monks that float. Everyone gives them wide berth. They have power and oversee the city construction. They speak in rebus/pictograms. They do the will of The Lady.  

Stormy’s, Cita's, and Rashid's Tattoo Requests

Going into Fell’s place. He’s a Dabu. Rowan whispers he’s not a Dabu anymore. Fell speaks normally and is on the ground. There are skins with tattoos. “Rowan says you have a challenge for me.” Stormy is weirded out. But tells him what she would like. The sigil/tattoo would be 14K gp for resistance to psychic damage - not require attunement slot. Permanently part of Stormy.     Cita wants a tattoo of a dagger that can be called to be a real one.   Rashid asks Fell, if he can get a rune of magic which is blank. He just wants the rune. Fell looks at Rashid’s arm, dips pens into pots. Tattoos - it takes a while. (We go shopping while we wait.) Rashid’s tatoo 150gp   Urchins keep trying to steal from us. Stormy gives Chuck permission to lightly singe them.   (Paper shop:) Cernan wants to make/buy a map of Sigil. (Major buildings never have vanished, but anything else could move.) Can’t get one that auto updates. Rowan carries w/ him many types of keys for thing. Rowan will help Cernan make the map.

Most portals are 2 way.

Seems like everything is from the outlands, but somethings are not. People try to avoid places like Mechanus. You could get stuck. Most people go through a gate town. 12 layer of the abyss - 12 trees (pilgrimage of demons).

  Great Bazaar is so colorful!
Cita wants 20 lbs of daggers (20 daggers) - will get them the next day.    

Learn about Hubai

Rowan takes her to a largish tent, incense. Talk to the person about Hubai - a yanti (snake person).

Cita brings out Hubai. Gives her a treat. She is an excellent specimine of a grass viper. (General snake care.) Snake language? Yanti describes care and that the pocket dimension puts Hubai in stasis. He milks Hubai’s poison and tastes it.

Injection poison. DC 14, 2d6 damage + poisoned effect.

snake treats + 3 vials to collect poison and storage vials. Will set her up. 100gp.

Cita can wear her around your neck.

Poison antidote: generic, 200gp each dose. Gets you out of poison condition. Cita buys one.

 

Rashid's Fancy Clothes Mission

We will go somewhere beyond the market. The Lady’s Ward: where the rich folks live. Rowan takes us to a gate (gates everywhere).

 

Fight! Thugs Fail Attempt to Get Price For Our Heads from KASUMI the Tabaxi

Slummy dark area, on edge of Hive. A gentleman stops Rowan. Trouble - there’s a price on our heads. He recognizes us. Rashid casts blindness on the leader. Nothing special about the guys that surround us except the leader. (But these guys hit HARDER than regular thugs should!)

Thoradin wails on several attackers.

Cernan gets hit bad.

Rashid gets hit bad, but casts errupting earth. Hits the 3 bad guys hard. First to take down!

** 16 a miss. 17 a hit.

Cernan attacks and hits.

Rowan kicks the guy.

Blind guy opens his eyes and looks at Rashid.

Stormy attacks the formerly blind guy.

Cita uses her grandfather’s sword (+3) and takes one out.

Thoradin takes out one.

Stormy evades!

Cernan is down!

(just note big things from here)

Rashid casts firebolt. He believes the leader’s head will burst into flames. But misses.

Monk leader: (hit by Rowan!) He starts beating on Thoradin. 3 hit.

Cita pulls Cernan away and pours a greater healing potion into him.

Their weapons are hitting harder than they should.

Rashid casts firebolt and imagines the leader’s head explode in fire. And it does! Woot! Monk is gone.

Cernan gets up and hits!

Stormy and Chuck hit one of the guys! She shouts, “Who sent you!”

Cita takes one out.

Thoradin intimidates him! The guy drops the weapon. Thoradin grabs him to keep him from bolting. Kasumi, some cat. Smells like us. Some prime. She especially wants Cernan - twice as much for him. Black and grey. He trips and falls as he runs.

LOOT: not much special (+1 short sword, +1 armor, +1 long sword, 820 gp between the main guys). On monk: bracers of defense, amulet of health, dragon hide belt (which Chuck hates), fine gold gold with fire opal (2500 gp), 2 bracers solid gold (250 gp ea)

Landis will put things back. It looks better than the area around it. He could stay and fix it all.

  We’ll go rest! Rowan takes us to a much nicer part of town, by a huge statue of a horse. A few gates in the statue itself. Triptic Nic Ipona is the name of the horse statue.   Blue Toad Inn - clean. Not fancy. Stay there for 2gp/night for each person (14 gp/night). Pay ahead an extra night. Tavern. Long rest. Rowan will meet us in the morning. Inn is homey.   Chuck takes sleeping by Stormy as a duty. (She’s not used to sleeping without a dragon.) In the Tavern Chuck brags about how he helps.   Make a list of what we want. And what we MIGHT keep -> let DM know what this would be (on our person).  

The next Day

We tell Rowan if he hears anything about Kasumi we’ll make it worth his while.  

Rashid's New Duds

He takes us to a clothier. If she will accept Rashid, then he’ll get a great outfit. Glimmer Thread. “Finch, who is that?” behind us - a lady. She looks down at Rashid. “These garments much be gone! They can’t exist in my place! Put them in the 12th level of the abyss!” Thoradin pours an ale and he pulls out a pipe. A helper offers him the lady’s finest. Lizanthra Mung is the owner of the shop. Stormy is taking pictures of what’s happening. The helpers are layering heavylooking but light clothes on Rashid. 180 gp Rashid takes off the tattoo bandages. The chameleon paint that changes color. Iridesenct filigree, if you turn it just right you can see. in the center if the rune of magic that isn’t “there”.  

Indarin Research and Meeting Bryce

We tell Rowan about Indarin. He won’t take us to the hall of records and what not. The true knowledge is how to get to a place. “Follow me!”   We end up in the merchant ward. A big building with bronze double doors - walks right past it to a small blue door. An old adventurer’s guild. “Traverson’s Reposistory of Knowledge”.   Ornate desk and behind is a pudgy bulbous thing - Jabard. Behind him is a wheel and a aisle with chickens and crystal balls. Random nick-nacks. He tries to dismiss us. Rowan tells us to offer garnish. Cita offers 5gp.   Perhaps we’d like to make a donation. Common donation for finding a gate is 120 gp. Thoradin gives him 115gp and Stormy gives 5gp.   He does some weird thing with eggs and a rat. "Siny hasn't bawked for quite a while!", Jabard exclaims. Cracks and egg. Inside is a little box. Luck that you have some to me and our house of knowledge. Indarin in common and Indarin in the language of Indarin. Tiny scroll. “Contents removed, see Bryce”.   He yells at Bryce. “You can’t keep stealing the information out of the database.” Bryce is in his study.   Bowl shaped library, circular rows. Middle area w/ railing. A huge lizard with big teeth. What action does Thoradin take? We talk with him. “This is a good one!”