Session 089: Dream Stone Manifestations Report

The party does some shopping, manifests reality in a dreamworld, and they go to see a black dragon

General Summary

 
08/16/2025
Wild Cards
 

Redfall 24, 2023 KC,early afternoon

  Volcanic Dragon Lair, Unknown Location   Recap
En route to the City in the Mist to Aid Bast. The party alerted Vecna to their presence after they explored the Floating Keep of Tharros Near Outding. He has made Calliope Galanodel a "Dream Seed" and has been pulling them into the Dreams so he can obtain the Bast's Brass Orb and Lost Library of Cagliostro that Sas W.T. Rayce has in her possession. He kidnapped many, including Paradox, Nissa Silverfrond NPC, and Yggdra so they need to save them and stop him as he plans on returning to the Material Plane from his hidden dimension on the edges of the Plane of Dreams.  
 
 
   

Summary

The party emerged from their battle with the Dragon through the mystical Mist of Concantonation, guided by the Cosmic Cat Guide of Ultharr whose galaxy-filled form shimmered as it acknowledged their victory. The Celestial feline and its companions used their telekinetic abilities to help carry the treasure that wouldn't fit in the party's magical storage, floating bundles of coins through the strange realm where time moved unpredictably. After what felt like both moments and hours, they found themselves seamlessly transported back to their ship docked in town, feeling refreshed as if they had enjoyed a full night's rest.   Morning brought plans for spending their newfound wealth, with Shadow eager to upgrade her rapier and the party discussing commissioning Work from the renowned Sprocket Brothers. Their first stop was Berecha and Akatat's Scriptoria, a two-story building filled with the musty scent of ancient parchment. The elderly Tiefling proprietor, scarred from his adventuring days, nervously activated protective wards before retrieving spell components from the back room with the help of a green Imp. Shadow purchased a decorative Silver vial with golden topper for her summoning magic, while Bastion inquired about rare scrolls, though the coveted Tenser's Transformation remained elusive.   The party spent the day organizing their affairs around town, with Barlo purchasing weapon chests to organize his Portable Hole and Calliope acquiring religious supplies. At the Port Authority, they converted thousands of Gold pieces into precious gems for easier transport, learning they could exchange up to 100,000 Gold worth per week. A mysterious discovery emerged when they realized each party member possessed an identical strange Obsidian dagger with no memory of how they acquired them - Bastion's examination revealed fragmented memories of timeline convergence that left more questions than answers.   Their business was interrupted by a letter from Ellas Lantaththar, their land steward, reporting construction delays due to civil war and spreading blights from a corrupted forest. The warring factions had formed an uneasy truce to combat the Plant Creatures, believed to be the Work of a powerful Feywild Hag. Despite the setbacks, their settlement was progressing with new buildings and infrastructure, though the community was being renamed from Riverskeep to Riverskept to avoid Confusion.   As evening approached, Shadow summoned the Celestial cat by thinking of it, and the magnificent creature appeared on their ship's railing. Without Ceremony, it led them back into the mist, where they witnessed strange phenomena including a massive dark presence moving overhead and brief glimpses of their Draconic forms. The mist eventually opened to reveal Ultharr itself - a hillside realm with ancient stonework trails leading to an inn called The Exposition, surrounded by cats of every breed using their psychic powers to turn book pages.   Inside the inn, which was impossibly larger than its exterior suggested, the Celestial cat explained their connection to Paradox and the dire consequences should the party fail against Vecna. The cats taught them to manifest dreamscape anchor stones - simple objects that would protect them in the coming battle and allow telepathic communication. Sas successfully created an Agate with mossy veins, while others struggled initially with their manifestations, some creating dull approximations of their intended stones.   During their downtime in the vast library, each party member pursued different activities. Bastion deciphered an ancient spellbook containing the rare "Trap the Soul" spell and other powerful magic, while Calliope created a stunning mural that impressed the watching cats. Shadow read a mystery novel about missing manuscripts, and Sas studied herbalism, learning to create potions of Animal Friendship. The cats showed less hostility toward the party, particularly Barlo, recognizing their heroic rescue of their companion.   After a second attempt with encouragement and inspiration, Calliope manifested a perfect Sapphire and Barlo created a purple-black yarn ball, completing the set of anchor stones that now floated around each party member's head. The Celestial cat then proposed their next challenge - facing Irgish the Illustrious, a Black Dragon whose defeat would provide crucial power for their upcoming confrontation with Vecna. Unlike the Red Dragon who had cheated his way to strength, this ancient Dragon had earned his fearsome reputation through centuries of terrorizing local communities.   The cat led them through the mist once more to a damp, algae-covered cave reeking of mildew and decay. Steps led down into dark water with a platform visible in the center, while the sound of something massive moving in the depths confirmed the Dragon's presence. The party positioned themselves at the entrance to the lair, undetected but ready to face their next great challenge in their preparation for the ultimate battle against the dream-manipulating Vecna.  

Scenes

Return to Town via Mist

The party travels through the mystical mist with Cats of Ultharr, returning to their ship in town after defeating the Red Dragon.
  • The Cosmic Cat Guide acknowledges the party's victory over the Dragon and rescue of Sas
  • Cats use telekinetic abilities to help carry coins and treasure
  • Party travels through the Mist of Concantonation where time moves strangely
  • Cats transport the party back to their ship in town
  • Party receives the effects of a long rest during the journey
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    Redfall 25, 2023 KC, Morning

      The Mists of Concatenation then The Audacity in Thornwinds on Æwrûn
     

    Morning Shopping and Planning

    The party discusses their plans for upgrading equipment and spending their newfound wealth from the Dragon hoard.
  • Shadow wants to upgrade her rapier with sockets
  • Discussion about the Sprocket Brothers and their magical item Crafting services
  • Party considers upgrading Armor and weapons
  • Planning to contact the Sprocket Brothers for equipment upgrades
  • Discussion of costs and payment methods for magical enhancements

    • Shopping at Berecha and Akatat's Scriptoria

    The party visits a magical shop run by an elderly Tiefling to purchase spell components and scrolls.
  • Party investigates where to find spell scrolls and magical components
  • Shadow purchases a Silver vial with golden topper for Summon Elemental spell
  • Bastion requests a tiny Silver cage for spell components
  • Berecha the Tiefling shopkeeper activates protection spells when going to the back room
  • A green Imp brings out a small Silver cage for Shadow
  • Bastion inquires about Tenser's Transformation scroll but it's not available
  • Party purchases paper and inks for spell transcription
  • Shopkeeper offers to contact sources for rare scrolls
  • Discussion about Spell Scroll Creation costs and time requirements
  • Shopkeeper recommends Gillips extraordinary jewels for Gem purchases
  • Party learns about Port Authority services for converting Gold to gems

    • Equipment and Supply Management

    Party members organize their gear and purchase various supplies around town.
  • Barlo organizes his Portable Hole, purchasing weapon chests and Armor stands
  • Calliope purchases a prayer wheel and holy water for spell components
  • Shadow buys hot peppers for spell components
  • Party discusses selling Dragon parts and other loot from previous adventures
  • Party converts Gold pieces into gems for easier transport using Port Authority services
  • Discussion about building costs and property management in their settlement

    • Discovery of Mysterious Obsidian Daggers

    The party discovers that each member possesses a strange black Obsidian dagger with unclear origins.
  • Barlo finds a strange Obsidian dagger in his inventory and asks Bastion to examine it
  • Bastion rolls a 22 intelligence check and experiences strange memories about timeline convergence
  • The party realizes that all members (Bastion, Barlo, Calliope, and Sas) have identical Obsidian daggers
  • No one remembers how they acquired these daggers or why they all have them

    • Character Advancement and Abilities

    Party members discuss their new 14th level abilities and character improvements.
  • Sas gains 'Unbreakable Majesty' ability that requires attackers to make Charisma saves
  • The ability makes Sas immune to being Blinded, Deafened, Frightened, or Poisoned
  • Critical hits against Sas now count as normal hits unless she's Incapacitated
  • Bastion gains the ability to add intelligence modifier to damage when Blade Song is active
  • Discussion about updating character sheets with new abilities

    • Letter from Elias Lanthanthar

    The party receives an update letter about their lands and construction progress.
  • Party receives letter from Elias Lanthanthar at the Port Authority
  • Letter reports construction delays due to civil war and Blight problems
  • Blights spreading from dark forest, believed caused by Feywild Hag
  • Warring factions have formed truce to fight common Blight enemy
  • Druids helping with construction but diverted to fight blights
  • Properties cleared and leased for farmland to generate income
  • Community being renamed from Riverskeep to Riverskept
  • Various buildings constructed: housing, general store, guild hall, armory, fishery, lumber mill, Iron mine
  • Party receives 5 Platinum pieces
  • Question about keeping or destroying Teleportation Circle in basement

    • Financial Transactions and Equipment Upgrades

    Party members handle financial transactions and equipment purchases.
  • Discussion about contacting Sprocket Brothers for equipment
  • Party uses Port Authority to transfer funds
  • Shadow pays remaining balance for three-gem Armor
  • Bastion converts 5,000 Gold pieces into gemstones for easier transport
  • Sas converts 4,000 Gold pieces into emeralds
  • Party discusses selling Dragon wings and other parts from their recent Dragon kill
  • Discussion about stronghold construction costs and planning

    • Evening Rest and Recap

    The party settles in for the evening while the DM provides a comprehensive recap of their ongoing adventures and current situation.
  • The party's crew takes shifts watching the ship while getting downtime
  • DM recaps the party's ultimate goal to reach the City in the Mist with the orb and coin related to Bast
  • Explanation of Vecna's Dream interference and the party's need to prepare for battle
  • Discussion of Cats of Ultharr as allies and the Potion that protects from Vecna's Dreams for seven more days
  • Reminder that Vecna has kidnapped Grognak and other individuals including two adventurers (Nissa and Iggwilv)

    • Redfall 26, 2023 KC, Morning

      The Mists of Concatenation then The Audacity in Thornwinds on Æwrûn
     

    Summoning the Celestial Cat

    The party calls upon the Celestial cat to transport them to Ultharr to continue their training.
  • Shadow thinks about the Celestial cat to summon it
  • The Celestial cat appears on the ship's railing and communicates telepathically
  • The cat confirms the party is ready to go to Ultharr
  • The party seamlessly transitions from the ship into the mist without realizing it

    • Journey Through the Mist

    The party travels through the mystical mist guided by the Celestial cat, experiencing strange phenomena and visions.
  • The party sees glowing eyes of various cats wandering through the mist
  • A heavy, dark mass moves through the mist above them, causing Fear
  • A cat touches Sas, confirming she is the real Sas and not the Doppelganger
  • Sas receives a vision of a green Dragon with spores and mushrooms growing through its scales
  • Artie briefly transforms to have a feline appearance before returning to Owlbear form

    • Arrival at Ultharr

    The mist opens to reveal the mystical realm of Ultharr with its distinctive landscape and feline inhabitants.
  • The mist opens to reveal a hillside with solid ground instead of just mist
  • The party sees old stonework forming a trail leading forward
  • An old two-floor inn called 'The Exposition' appears to the right of the trail
  • The trail continues up the hill toward walls and buildings
  • Cats of various types and sizes are everywhere, but only house cat varieties - no jaguars, panthers, or Tabaxi
  • The Celestial cat leads the party toward the inn

    • Arrival at The Exposition Inn

    The party follows the Celestial Cat to a magical inn called The Exposition, which is larger on the inside and filled with Books and cats using Telekinesis.
  • The Celestial Cat leads the party to an inn called The Exposition
  • The party enters the building which is larger on the inside
  • They observe cats using Telekinesis to turn pages of Books
  • The cats show less animosity toward the party, particularly Barlo
  • The Celestial Cat explains the history of Cats of Ultharr and their connection to Paradox
  • The cat explains that Paradox has made it clear that if the party fails against Vecna, all realities will be lost

    • Dream Stone Manifestation Training

    The Celestial cat teaches the party to manifest Dream stones that will help them in the upcoming battle against Vecna.
  • The Celestial cat instructs the party to think of and manifest a simple stone
  • Sas successfully manifests an Agate stone with mossy green and black veins
  • Barlo manifests a simple gray pebble that appears briefly then disappears
  • Bastion creates a dull red Ruby with galaxy-like interior
  • Shadow attempts a heart-shaped white stone with blue sparkles but it appears bean-shaped and dull
  • Calliope tries to create a blue Sapphire but only manages a dull blue blob that disappears
  • The cat explains the stones will help them communicate telepathically and prevent Vecna from ejecting them from the dreamscape
  • Successfully manifested stones float around the characters' heads and can be made Invisible
  • The three successful manifesters can now communicate telepathically with each other

    • Downtime Activities in The Exposition Inn

    The party spends time in the cats' library engaging in various activities while waiting to retry stone manifestation.
  • Bastion deciphers Nesner's spellbook, discovering the ancient spell 'Trap the Soul' and other high-level spells including Simulacrum, Dream, Modify Memory, and Contingency
  • Calliope creates a perfect motivational mural on the wall, impressing the cats
  • Shadow reads 'Shadows in the Library' by Elara Thorne, a mystery novel about a missing manuscript
  • Sas studies 'Mystic Flowers: A Guide to Herbs and Their Enchanting Properties' and learns herbalism knowledge including how to make potions of Animal Friendship
  • Barlo organizes his Portable Hole and examines a strange Obsidian dagger
  • The party discovers they all possess mysterious Obsidian daggers that appeared due to timeline convergence

    • Second Stone Manifestation Attempt

    Barlo and Calliope make another attempt to manifest their dreamscape anchor stones with encouragement from their companions.
  • Calliope receives bardic inspiration from another party member
  • Calliope successfully manifests a perfect Sapphire that circles her head
  • Barlo, with inspiration and encouragement, manifests a perfect purple-black yarn ball
  • All party members now have their dreamscape anchor stones
  • The Celestial cat explains the stones will help them maintain power in the battle against Vecna

    • Preparation for Black Dragon Encounter

    The Celestial cat proposes the party face a Black Dragon to gain power before confronting Vecna.
  • The cat explains that defeating different chromatic dragons releases energy that will help against Vecna
  • The party has faced white, red, and blue dragons but not yet a Black Dragon
  • The cat describes a black dragon named Irgish the Illustrious who terrorizes local communities
  • The party agrees to face the Black Dragon challenge
  • The Celestial cat leads them through the mist to a large, wet cave filled with mildew and Algae
  • The party arrives at the Swampy Black Dragon Lair lair and can hear the creature but remain undetected
  • The session ends with the party positioned to begin combat with the Black Dragon
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    Session Conclusion

      The party is about to enter the lair of a Black Dragon, based on the request of the Cats of Ultharr.   Experience & Leveling
    t Milestone Experience: 5,000 | Total: 145,000 (Next Goal: 165,000) t     Current Location The Party was left at the "entrance" of the Black Dragon's Black Dragon.
     

    Rewards Granted


       
      
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t Milestone Experience: 5,000 ea. | Total: 145,000 (Next Goal: 165,000) t
     

    Missions/Quests Completed

       

    Created Content


    2023

    10 (Redfall)

    • Redfall 24-26, 2023 KC
      • The Wild Cards return to Thornwinds to handle some things, get some news, and go to face an evil black dragon.
     
    — Timeline of The Mighty Menagerie
       

    Locations

       

    Items of Note

       

    Factions

     

    Misc

     

    Related Reports

    NPCs

    Ellas Lantaththar

    The party's hired assistant who manages their lands and construction projects while they travel. He provides detailed reports on progress, challenges, and financial matters related to their property development including construction delays due to civil war and Blight problems.  

    Green Imp

    A small green Imp that assists Berecha in the shop, flying out from the back room to deliver items like the Silver cage. It communicates with the shopkeeper through glances and returns to the back after completing tasks.  

    Berecha

    An ancient male Tiefling shopkeeper, older than most tieflings with various scars. He was once an adventurer and now runs Berecha and Akatat's Scriptorium dealing in scrolls and magical components. He appears anxious when customers enter and has protection spells on his shop.  

    Sprocket Brothers (Balabar Sprocket & Dipple Sprocket)

    Magical item crafters mentioned by the party as gnomes who create magical equipment and have a catalog of items available for purchase and upgrade. They Work on commission basis and have connections with the Port Authority.  

    Cats of Ultharr

    Mystical cats with telekinetic abilities who assist the party by carrying treasure and guiding them through the mist. They have psychic powers and can manipulate objects without touching them. They operate as a hive mind and are helping the party prepare for their battle against Vecna due to their connection with Paradox.  

    Cosmic Cat Guide

    A mystical cat from the Cats of Ultharr with a galaxy visible inside its being. It has psychic abilities and serves as a guide, acknowledging the party's victory over the Dragon and offering to help them learn tricks of the dreamscape. Communicates telepathically and has control over the pathways through the mist between realities.  

    Elara Thorne

    A renowned scholar and novelist mentioned as the author of 'Shadows in the Library: The Case of the Missing Manuscript.' Raised in the shadow of an ancient library, she dedicates her life to uncovering forgotten tales and weaving thrilling narratives that merge reality with arcane lore.  

    Thalia Greenleaf

    A renowned herbalist and Druid mentioned as the author of 'Mystic Flowers: A Guide to Herbs and Property.' Known for her decades of experience in botany and magic, with unrivaled knowledge of the symbiotic relationship between flora and the arcane.  

    Irgish the Illustrious

    An adult black Dragon who terrorizes local communities from his cave lair. Described as more vile than other chromatic dragons, he rarely leaves his lair except to cause terror. Unlike the Red Dragon Almaden who cheated his way to power, Dragongoth earned his strength legitimately.  

    Locations

    Berecha and Akatat's Scriptorium

    A two-story building with stone walls and leaded glass windows, filled with the smell of mold and damp parchment. Run by an elderly Tiefling who sells scrolls, spell components, and magical supplies. Protected by magical wards and served by green imps.  

    Port Authority

    A facility where the party handles financial transactions, receives mail, and conducts business with various merchants and services. They can convert up to 100,000 Gold pieces worth of gems per week.  

    Riverskept

    The party's lands undergoing construction and development, with various buildings being erected including housing, a general store, guild hall, armory, fishery, lumber mill, and Iron mine. The community is being renamed from Riverskeep to Rivers-Capt due to Confusion with the reconstructed keep being called Wild Card Keep.  

    Ultharr

    A mystical realm accessed through the mist, featuring a hillside with stone trails, walls, and buildings. Home to the Cats of Ultharr, where various breeds of house cats live and practice their telekinetic abilities. The realm appears when the mist opens to reveal solid ground instead of just mist.  

    The Exposition Inn

    A magical two-story inn located before a hillside in Ultharr, larger on the inside than outside. Filled with Books, cats using Telekinesis, and furnished with couches and chairs. The building has various hallways and wall cutouts, with cats resting on piles of Books throughout. Serves as a vast library where cats read using their telekinetic powers.  

    The Lair of the Black Dragon, Irgish the Illustrious

    A large, wet cave filled with mildew, mold, and Algae. The lair of the black Dragon Irgish the Illustrious, featuring steps leading into water and a platform in the middle. The environment is damp and foreboding, typical of a black Dragon's amphibious habitat. The party arrives here positioned to begin combat with the black Dragon.  

    The Mists of Concatenation

    A Weird realm between all realities and planes, where the Cats of Ultharr reside. Time moves strangely here and there are few landmarks except for glowing feline eyes in the mist. The Cosmic Cat Guidet has control over the pathways through it.  

    The Audacity

    The party's vessel docked in town where they return after their adventure. The Flying Ship serves as their base of operations and storage for their equipment and treasure. The Cosmic Cat Guidet appears on the ship's railing before transporting the party away.  

    Magic Spells

    Trap the Soul

    An ancient 8th-level spell discovered in Nesner's spellbook that is no longer found in modern spellbooks. The spell is used for trapping souls and is connected to the Creation of Crystal Jars of Trapping that the party had previously encountered.  

    Simulacrum

    A seventh-level spell that Bastion transcribes from Nesner's spellbook while in the library. Part of his ongoing effort to learn new magic from the ancient spellbook he's been deciphering.  

    Summon Elemental

    A spell that Shadow is preparing to cast, requiring a Silver vial with golden stopper as a material component, which she purchased from Berecha's shop.  

    Force Shape Change

    A fifth-level spell for clerics, druids, paladins, rangers, and wizards that forces shape changers or creatures not in their true form to return to their original state on a failed constitution saving throw, dealing bludgeoning damage.... this might be a homebrew after all  

    Tenser's Transformation

    A sixth-level spell that Bastion was seeking but was not available at Berecha's shop. The shopkeeper offered to contact sources who might have this rare Spell Scroll.  

    Items

    Gem stone

    Various precious stones including emeralds and other gems that party members converted their Gold into for easier transport. Bastion converted 5,000 Gold worth and Sas converted 4,000 Gold worth into emeralds.  

    Dream Stone

    Magical stones manifested by the party members in the dreamscape.
    • Sas created an Agate with mossy green and black veins.
    • Bastion made a Ruby with a galaxy inside.
    • Shadow formed a white heart-shaped stone with blue sparkles.
    • Calliope manifested a perfect Sapphire.
    • Barlo created a purple-black yarn ball.
    These stones float around their heads, can be made Invisible, enable telepathic communication, and prevent Vecna from ejecting them from the dreamscape.  

    Spellbook of Nezznar

    An ancient spellbook, once belonging to Nezznar that Bastion successfully deciphered, containing the rare spell 'Trap the Soul' (8th level) and instructions for creating soul-trapping jars. Also contains various spells from 1st to 7th level including Simulacrum, Dream, Modify Memory, Contingency, Charmed person, Hallucinatory Terrain, Polymorph, Sickening Radiance, Skill Empowerment, Steel Wind Strike, and Teleportation Circle.  

    Mystic Flowers: A Guide to Herbs and Their Enchanting Properties

    A deep green leather-bound book embossed with Silver vines and shimmering flowers, written by Thalia Greenleaf. Contains aged, yellowed pages with intricate illustrations of herbs and floral diagrams. Includes a Silver bookmark shaped like a blossom. The book teaches herbalism and potion-making, including how to create potions of Animal Friendship.  

    Shadows in the Library: The Case of the Missing Manuscript

    A dusty, leather-bound mystery novel by Lara Thorne with ornate Gold lettering and frayed edges. Features a faded illustration of libraries shrouded in shadow on the cover. The story follows librarian Clara Rowan investigating a missing manuscript that may hold the key to a long-lost curse.  

    Portable Hole

    A magical storage device used by the party to carry their equipment and treasure. They were trying to fit as much of the Dragon's hoard as possible into it along with their other storage containers.  

    Dragon Treasure Hoard

    Coins and wealth looted from the defeated Red Dragon. The Cats of Ultharr helped carry the treasure that the party couldn't fit in their portable storage, using their telekinetic abilities to transport bundles of coins.  

    Chests

    Storage chests purchased by Barlo to organize weapons in his Portable Hole. Each chest holds 12 cubic feet or 300 pounds of gear and can be locked with a key for 10 Gold pieces.  

    Dragon Wings & other collected beast parts

    Large Dragon wings worth $13,000 that the party harvested from their recent Dragon kill. Part of the valuable Dragon parts they're looking to sell at market. Abomination Heart: A rare and valuable heart from an abomination creature worth $3,000, part of the party's collection of monster parts to be sold. Wyvern Stinger: A valuable component harvested from a Wyvern that the party is keeping among their Dragon parts collection for potential sale or use.  

    Mysterious Black Obsidian Dagger

    Mysterious Obsidian daggers that each party member possesses with no memory of acquiring them. Bastion's examination revealed strange memories about timeline convergence, suggesting these items may be connected to temporal magic or reality-altering events.  

    Spell Transcription Materials

    Paper and inks needed for transcribing spells into spellbooks, costing 50 Gold pieces per spell level and taking 2 hours per spell level to complete. Bastion got a Small Silver Cage. Sas spent 25 gp each on a Prayer wheel & holy water. Calliope spent 10 sp on 5 hot peppers. and Shadow got a Silver Vial with Golden Topper. A decorative Silver vial with a cork center and Gold filler around the top, purchased by Shadow for use in summoning elemental spells. Has an ornate golden stopper design and costs for Summon Elemental spell components.

    Notes

    Transcripts  
      
    All right. There was actually a lot that happened last session, which was like two months ago.
    Is everybody ready? You're. Ready? Okay. I reconnected the mic to. That. Sounded fun at the beginning. And then the end sounded like it went off a cliff. It'll be fine since. It's okay. It's fine. So last session, you guys were following a cosmic cat, which was part of the woo! Cats of authority. Hey, the cat looks like, you could see, like, the galaxy inside of his, pretty much his.
    His whole being. You followed him through what it was called the mist of con content concatenation. I can't say that word right now. But this is like a, kind of a Weird realm in between all realities and planes. Kind of just in between the folds. And, this seems to be where the cats of all fa dwell in the second.
    Or something. I'm not sure if it's capturing anything. Now I'm getting a little worried. I will say, As you guys were following the cats.
    You guys started kind of being able to connect with them, having these mystical, kind of connections with, You guys saw visions? It was like they were kind of pulling memories out and that these were shared with all of your, compatriots and the other cats. There was memories that Bastian had, that his time with grog.
    There was, Barlow saw some visions of his father that was, on the Flying Ship. Audacity. Looks like you guys had seen that. These how your parents and everything had kind of traveled together in that ship. And the way back with, looks like they had, fought some thing over at the, the ziggurat.
    Where you guys at first down the ship, you guys were pretty much seeing the incident that had left that ship behind. Each one of you guys also kind of, had a, a cat come out of the mist. And as they kind of came to you, there was a kind of a vision of you, almost like a Dragon form of your characters that were Dragon selves.
    And I don't think I shared the one of us telling a joke. You you have had it yet. Because as you guys were having these, memories and connections and everything else, it was one person that whose mind could not be opened up. And it was sadness. And you guys end up finding out. That's because that wasn't SAS.
    It was actually a Doppelganger. Not just any Doppelganger, but the brother of via, the Doppelganger that is currently via Earth. I'm sorry. Her real name is FIRA. She's currently also, back out there, and, you guys had, the cats kind of helped you guys, go find to where the real SAS was being held. And what you guys found out was, as you guys left the portal room, the one that was going to the first, the first layer of hell, the Nine Hells, as you guys left there, right at the last minute, SAS was kidnaped by the orphan that had escaped, and he had replaced SAS with the Doppelganger, who he
    was working with. And, he had taken SAS to a Red Dragon. And not just any Red Dragon. This was the Dragon that had attacked you guys. Way back when on campus, when you guys were first going to help, Calliope at school about, that it seems that that Red Dragon was a little upset of its loss that day.
    And you guys found a contract that it seems that he had gone to one of the moons where they have a, a unique situation where dragons fight to the death so they can take over. They can gain power quickly. And, this might even be like where Barlow had brought up in the past about how, McLane had talked about dragons on the moon.
    You guys had, fought the Dragon. You guys even fought the Doppelganger who? The DM had kind of planned on letting him get away. But you guys had killed him and the job, Barlow. And then you guys, killed the, Hawthorne and the, I think just killed the Red Dwarf on. No. Did he get away?
    Should I tell? But I know you guys killed the Red Dragon. From there, there was a lot of looting. A lot of wealth. And, a couple unique items. A ring that makes one of your fingers disappear when it's worn on that ring. A ring which had a little floating Gem. There was a broken wand of wonder.
    And then there was a very unique book. It looks like a religious Dragon text about, Seems like, the dragons have their own religion that talks about their their, Creation. The stories. You just had the contract, had dissected the Dragon for many parts.
    And I think that's pretty much the bulk of it. And then, of course, you guys remembered that to help bring sass back to life, she was Unconscious. At that point, I don't remember if I. I don't think I had it happen, where the cats are going to come back. So we'll kind of pick it up where the cats are coming in.
    The cats, though, would have came in, And picking up from shadow thoughts about how she wanted to go take care of some, town stuff before you guys did anything else. So we'll say that the, the mystical cat does say, I see you guys have, vanquished the Dragon and, retrieved your friend. We were going to help you guys learn some, some tricks of the dreamscape, but I do have, I can tell that there's things you guys would like to do back in town first, so we can take you through the mist there.
    If you would like. Or if there's some guests. Yeah, that'd be fantastic. What we'll say is I'll even be nice to you guys. You can start kind of get a collecting all your stuff, trying to fit what you can into the, the the box and the, the portable before, we'll see if there's any coins or anything that you could not pick up.
    Some of the cats will come out of the mist, and you see that they have, like, a, kind of like a psychic ability. Like a telekinetic ability. So you see them kind of like, kind of picking up, like bundles of some of the coins and kind of having a float near them, and they kind of follow you as they kind of Lead you guys through some more of the mist.
    Once again, you're not sure how long you kind of walk it through the mist. You, time is kind of odd here. You're not sure if it's kind of moving forward or backwards or what it's doing. You, get a little lost because it's not like there's really any, landmarks, for the most part, as you guys walk through here outside of seeing, like, little feline eyes kind of just glowing in various spots of the mist around you, and there's a point where they kind of walk you out.
    And you guys, we will have it set up where they will go ahead and be nice and drop you right off on top of your ship. Give us one second, guys. Like we did Miss Coins. Veronica, we got some minis. So these, you know, maybe. Ten for bet. I will stay in chat for you. Okay? Okay.
    It's 9:00, babies. Not tonight. The night. Yeah, that's what everybody got, right near 11. Lots of money. Very go. But. Oh, yes. Yes, we already built that out. Yeah. Because you were you you were even amazed that you thought that was for the, that was the total moneys. There was one thing I noticed. I remember, and I found the note about it.
    So Sam had asked about doppelgangers, blood. And I actually, I remember we did make a note about it, and what we said is that the blood is dark red, almost black. It's fluid with a low viscosity and almost like a rainbow Sheen about it.
    I don't remember why I asked. Well, because you were wondering. Because the, When you. Because you guys have killed the Doppelganger here, and you guys still have another one to handle, which kind of also made me realize there's actually is a spell called force change. Shape change. It's a fifth level spell for clerics, druids, paladins, rangers and wizards.
    And what it does is, a creature that is within range of 300ft. If it happens to be a shape change or a creature that is otherwise not in its true form, such as if it's under the effects of an outer cell. For a Polymorph, it will. It has to succeed on a constitution saving throw and then on a failure its return, its force to return to its true form.
    And it takes bludgeoning damage due to the racking panes of spell claws, which is also a good thing to remember if you're an Polymorph, because the dagger has that spell.
    I was not aware, but I forgot about that. Someone came across was another. Yeah. That's interesting. Okay, so the.
    So fast.
    Okay. Is everybody okay? Yes. Okay. Nobody's okay. I heard something fall or somebody fall or. It's a question.
    What we'll say is. As you guys walk through the mist as well, you guys were pretty much granted the effects of a long rest as you walk through there, just like the last time. So if you need to go ahead and do a long rest for your spells and everything, and in fact, as you guys come out feeling rested, you happen to notice is happens also be morning time and you guys will be on top of on the first on the deck of your ship.
    No good. Yeah. I'm just not.
    I'll let Jamie get back on the headphones.
    Or not? I guess you went upstairs.
    What would you guys like to do besides with chat, we'll figure out how to do it after.
    I'm done with it. So you're back in town. So morning time? Cause I know you guys. Well, you guys got a bunch of new stuff, so you might want to deposit that onto the ship. I know that shadow wants to do some shopping. She's out of arrows. Yeah, yeah, I want to see if I can, throw some money into the rapier and upgrade it.
    Yeah, I want to just send money from my socket Armor. Buy some arrows and then buy components for one of my spells. What do you mean? Throw money into the repair?
    They didn't say that. They could, like, put a socket in it. I don't know if they put sockets on magic items. You already have. They made the magic item. Did they know the guy at Emerald made that? Okay. The, war for us. And usually once it's already crafted, usually a cat. It's hard to kind of go back in there and to, re, I guess add new components to it.
    Got it. What did you already start having them make again? He has. Yeah. He has Armor that's supposed to be being made.
    I do right. Yeah. Yeah. The my problem is, is if I put a socket in, I have to on a tune. Something. Yeah. That's why they did this is or others or whatever. Yeah. I think he's still. I mean, you still get magic even if you're, if you're. Well, without the socket, though. Isn't that still better than what you have now or.
    No. Well, without the socket. Yeah.
    Because right now it's just, standard Leather, plus one. I don't know, maybe. Maybe I'll see if they can upgrade it to a plus two or something. I have to look at what the prices were. They get only so expensive, it just, plus one plus 200 plus is huge. Welcome to exponential growth. How where are we going?
    Is. Hey, that was it. Through the box. I mean, I already paid them for my stuff. Well, we gave him deposit because it's like. Yeah, I think he paid the full. Yeah.
    What they said, I don't remember, is where is their stuff now? What are these guys called? The sprocket brothers.
    I don't even know where is trying to market. So these were the Bella Bar and Dimple Sprocket. They were the two gnomes that you find that also happened to build the ship. So they knew secrets about it. They gave you The Sprocket Brothers Catalog and a talking stone. So the talking stone, I think you can use a cup like five times a day or whatever.
    Where this catalog. Is at on world, and it is Books.
    To be under Books. Oh, there it is. And found it.
    Oh, I'm looking for my notes. I know I wrote stuff down when you write those names down. Dimple sprocket. I mean, I do,
    I think it was. I think he.
    Built an Armor with an extra dimensional pocket. Yeah, that's what I have. So that was section 66.
    Oh, we kind of spell book, too, Yeah. You guys, found a spell book which had, the name was, Lesnar, which seemed to be the guy that was working with the two doppelgangers back in. UHI.
    Yeah. Shadow put a deposit for a three Gem Armor.
    Like she says, bastion gets his Armor and buys a base. He star.
    Special pocket.
    No, I just bought, I bought a plus one Armor.
    But I didn't socketed. Because I remember that if you socketed it, it would, I would, I'd have to attune it. And I don't have the space. All right, so what it says at the bottom is a stone.
    But for shadow, you're pretty certain that you can call them when you have the money. And they will probably find a way of getting to you or maybe even, working out something as far as how the money could get transported. You're also aware of how, like, the port system works. So maybe there's something that that might Work.
    Also, maybe they have some arrangement with the Port Authority.
    How do I get a hold of them? You guys have a stone? We can talk to them. Yeah. You have a stone that gives you a Message. Spell five times a day. But it's just to the other stone kind of thing. It's. That's all it is. It's pretty much like a little walkie talkie that five times a day.
    Yeah, it's any stone I know that. Well, suddenly stone, I think, only works like once or some like that. This one works five times, but it's the same. Yeah, this works more.
    Than needed. Quiver full of arrows.
    What have they have in this town? From as far as. As far as. Let's go with potions. You guys have checked out, spell Books. You. I've checked out a few different shops already. If you want to try to see what you could find, I'm spending two Gold to get 40 arrows. Okay. Yeah, but right now, we'll just say that's just whatever the book cost is on that.
    Yeah, yeah, there's one Gold for 20. Let's do. It second.
    I guess let's I'll give you a chance to figure out how would you go about trying to find unique shops. I would probably go to the nearest tavern and ask. All right, so let's do nearest adventuring tavern. We can do, investigation, persuasion. Or a crew investigation.
    That's about. That was Weird.
    Oh, okay. That's why I'm 26. Was Weird about it. I was scrolled up and I didn't see that it scene was going through. Gotcha. Yeah.
    So what with with that, I will say with the 26. What is it the things that you're most genuinely curious of looking for? Probably, new spellbook. Well, you have plenty of new spell Books. You haven't gone and you haven't, like, subscribed over, but just got a brand new ones. Some really cool spells in it. So, yeah, I don't even remember what's in the spellbook, to be honest with you.
    That one, the last one should be on here. Just scrolled. See? Yeah, yeah. What's what was it called? Spellbook of NES spell if you just scroll up. But I can also.
    Dragon.
    And then shadows looking for a place that would have, like, Gold item. It's Gold items. Oh, I, I'm looking for some Silver as well. Like, not Gold per se, but just. She's looking specifically. She's looking for a Gold file. So jewelry store or a pawn shop? I don't know if you. Oh, is it for, like, is it, for a spell.
    Okay. Now you could probably even look maybe even find shops that deal with, spells. Yeah. I need a Gold file where it's 400 Gold pieces. 100 Gold pieces. So here it is. So first of all, with, spell Books, by the way, looking on Gold and form just pieces makes you want to look for something else.
    You have you guys have found a spell book from Jacoby Hideout way back when. You have a spell book from The botanist, and I'm putting the links to them in the chat. That's your spell? And of course, the one you guys just fell, which is nessa's right there. I put that up there today. You also found one that was labeled, 6168066.
    Now access denied multiple pass that way. I will figure out which one. Second link. No, the, the nessa's. Yeah. So, that's the third thing I was, but. I'm trying to.
    Do you need paper and ink? Sam? Yeah.
    Oh. Is that. I thought you were looking, actually, to buy more spell Books. Because usually you don't buy spell Books. You buy. But the scrolls, and then, of course. Yeah, you got to buy a paper and inks. I spoken there is still a draft. There we go. It's public now.
    But as I was saying, that last one, was one from Thanos. Oh, that one still needs to be deciphered. That's what it was. It says, that one is kind of encrypted.
    Oh. Yeah. There was one that you didn't buy. That Vol Volo had a spell book that had skin covering. And then when you saw him again, he had already sold it.
    So is it just paper or is it actually like spell scrolls you're looking for? Spell scrolls? Okay, so what what I will say is with, investigations for. You do find.
    Some.
    You find out about a, place called. But which, aka tats scriptorium.
    You, talking to an individual? They end up telling you that if you go pretty much like northwest of a major crossroads, it's like, adjacent to, like, a, a little, little tavern. It's a two story building with still walls, all these leaded glass windows. But inside of there you will find breccia, who was once an adventurer.
    And he does have a, wide variety of the, scrolls, and is always looking to buy and sell scrolls. So you can check that out for and of course, does notify that, they also tend to keep a lot of major, components in stock as well as the paper and inks, since they're constantly using it as well.
    So they have a pretty good supply on the papers and things that are used for such craft. So that might also even be able to help you. Their shadow. For what? Paper in the golden vial. Oh, yes. I need to find a Gold inlaid vial worth at least 400 Gold pieces. Based on what, what spells out for Summon Elemental or something else?
    Yeah, you probably be able. There's a good chance you would have that.
    And then I will. We'll go outside. Well, you guys haven't gone to shop yet. Oh.
    Is that what you guys want to go? Let's go. Yeah. Okay. I thought that's where we were. No, he. You guys were at a tavern, and he was trying to find out where the where to find the spell scrolls. Let's go. So you go there. You see a, elderly gentleman, you can see, before I go, I pinch some ash out of the fireplace at the tavern and put it in my pocket.
    Yeah. Hey.
    Hey. Yeah, it's bad ash.
    So you find the two story building her stone wall, several leaded glass windows, Dwarf wrought Iron furnishings. As you step inside, the air is filled with the smell of mold, and damp parchment. You see an ancient Metal Tiefling? Older than most halflings, it seems. You could see various scars, across, and, as he does, you come in, he is a little anxious and kind of put starts putting this stuff aside.
    Hey. Hi. Hi. Hi. Can I help you?
    That's. We are looking for some paper. Some scrolls. I'm looking for some components. Small Silver cage. Did you happen to have a vial? Yeah. Big. They can fill it up with stopper. Okay, so. And is this for, like, a common spell or. It's, there's. Yeah, it's a spell component. I need to fill it with stuff. Okay. So do I have 400 Gold to spend on, I think I know exactly what you're looking for.
    Give me, a moment. He turns around. You see him look up as he is about to go into the back door. You see his hand kind of, slide across the top of the doorway as he walks into the room. He goes back there and, you hear some whispering? And then he, a moment later, he kind of he walks out, you see a Silver vial, he pulls up from underneath, the the, the table that he was working as.
    He's kind of sets the papers that he was working on a side, and he pulls up like a little, like Leather, just a stretch of Leather that he kind of lays out, and he puts the vial on top of that. And what else can I get for you? Is I needed a Gold one. This is Gold. Oh, damn, said Silver.
    Okay. Did I say Silver? Yeah. No, I did. Oh yeah. He said Silver cage. Right. And so I think you're mistaken. Never mind. Doesn't matter. Can I tell what he was doing when he was touching the top of the door? Go ahead and give you with my 24 pass of perception. I will say your perception is pretty good.
    So you're able to notice that. Give me an Arcana check on,
    Has.
    17. 17. You're not exactly certain what it was. But what I will say is, as you're kind of thinking about what you saw as he did, that, you saw various points of the room have tiny little, like, glimmers of, like, almost like, little bits. Sort of for tiny little bits of, like, reflections just pass really quickly.
    And you only that you barely even noticed it with your even with your perception, it's only as you're trying to ponder what he was doing that you think that, maybe it's some type of protection spell to kind of keep watch on the shop when he goes in the back? Got it. Well, I think this is exactly what I need.
    And then you said something about a Silver cage, right? Yeah. Tiny Silver cage. Silver cage. I think I know what spell that's for. He. Now, at this point, he kind of whispers over his left shoulder. Yeah, that'll be right out in the moment, is there? Is there anything else you guys need? You said paper, and it's, you know, about how much you need.
    Well, I need enough to be able to transcribe into my spellbook how many spells to I have. Then I need to do this with. Is this file have a lid, a little tapas or a court? We'll say that it does have, a, a decorative kind of golden stopper. Yes. With like it's cork in the center, but then it's got like Gold, like filigree all on the top of it.
    Okay. So it's two hours per spell level and 50 Gold pieces per spell level. Right?
    Oh.
    If we want to make things easier on us right now, he pretty much has everything you'll need on that. So you can kind of figure out what you need. We'll say that he has what you need. And then once you figure out all the spells you're going to put in there, and then, what what spell scrolls do you have?
    And then also remember that with this DM speaking with scrolls there's a percentage. It doesn't Work. So spell Books I think it always works, but scrolls don't. But what? Do you have any split Books with him? Do I have spell Books? No, I do not have those for spell. However, you're asking for scrolls, I do have some of those.
    At that point. You do see, a green Imp kind of Fly out from the back, and you see in his hands he's got like, he's got the little Silver cage. He sets it down on the table. As he sets it down, he kind of looks at the Tiefling, and they kind of glance at each other.
    He says, thank you. Anna flies back to the back. They're going to go ahead and box up the paper and inks for you as well. And then you were asking about scrolls. So for the scrolls, I have, lots of lower levels. That's no big deal. So. Pretty much DM speaking anything that's like first through third level, like, that's normal spells from the Books.
    That's no problem. The other ones, anything above third level, it's kind of if if he, it's I can see what I have that's of interest or if there's something you're interested in, I can try to see in the back if I have it or not. Do you have. Tensors. Transformation scripts. Transformation.
    And benefit with that is.
    It's a six level spell.
    So.
    Give me a d20 for. D20.
    Oh, he doesn't have it.
    Just once. How potent is a six levels? How potent is a what? I'll show each. What? Like each level has, rarities. So six level is going to be a very rare spell. So what I will say is I do not have that on me. I might have a connection. Who might be able to have it, but I'll have to look into that.
    I do appreciate that.
    Can I get your name? Bastion. Bastion? Yes, I can use that to to communicate with you. If I do get a touch with my, contact, you might have that one.
    Is there any other spells that you're curious about? Not at the moment. Sorry that I couldn't get to that one that I was looking for, but I will definitely see what I could do with that one. And then at that point, you see the, two imps coming out with, the box, I'm assuming. Unless, of course, you do need a lot more people than that.
    We'll say whatever it is that you see them bringing out the, the necessary paper and inks. I'm just trying not to get too bogged into that math right now for you. Who could figure that out? To the to the DM. Yes. Would it be possible for me to transcribe high level scrolls and then sell them?
    So the way it works with, transcribing scrolls, it's it's been a while.
    I don't think you can transcribe scrolls, so. Yeah. Yeah, you could do that for sure. The, To do so it takes it takes time and money. That's the thing to always remember. And I don't think you can be any spells that you can't cast. So it has to be, I think, believe a spell that you have.
    And then that's in your Books and then you can cast, and remember that's not there.
    Schoolcraft.
    You think Zametov has got into inscribing a Spell Scroll time and money. That's related to the level. The spell. Once the scribe a show and spell ends. And you have proficiency in the Arcana skill, right? And then you also have to provide any material components that's required for the casting the spell. So pretty much that's, that just adds more cost to it usually.
    Unless it's something rare. But I think that,
    Skills.
    But like, for a sixth level scroll to, to scribe it. It's 15,000 Gold pieces. It takes you eight weeks to do so. Takes especially when you get into the higher levels. That's like a downtime thing. But for like, lower levels, a cantrip takes one day and 15 Gold pieces, plus material costs, if there is any.
    Well, actually usually catch up on, first level. Those day 25 Gold pieces, a second level, three day. The real thing is, is 250 Gold.
    How do you know if it's or how do you know what the cost would be like? What I could sell it for? Well, that that's what varies. Usually, though, this year, I mean, you're more or less what you're buying them for.
    And, the problem is there's no real one list on there, but there's a lot of different. There's a few different list on it. So I've kind of just been playing it by based on the shop, more or less.
    You have to remember those, things are not made so that players can get rich off of or make money off of. It's more just to facilitate the trade. It should. It's it's there to facilitate the needs or to understand how the magic works in the universe. Really. But but what if I want to become a mogul, Sean?
    Then you. Then you start being an adventurer. Retired. Okay, that's that's a retire. Now, that's kind of the real thing is right there. It's if if all you're going to do is just create scrolls, then you're no longer an adventurer. You're. This guy's true. So you don't want to. Yeah, because that's what he does now. Funny. Yeah.
    Well, I had my. Yeah. Never mind. Never. Okay. I hand over my hundred. I think I need 100 Gold. 100 Gold? How much for the, paper and ink? It's it's I mean, you're getting how much you need, based on, You're okay. I'll take 25 sheets. Oh, you're asking you not to worry about all that.
    It's. It's just, 50 Gold pieces per spell level worth of paper it needs. You don't need to worry too much about how many sheets of it. How much, how many vials of ink it is. Got it. Okay.
    All right, I think, I think, Oh. Do you have enough gems here? I do, I have a few that are usually used for, more popular spells. I have a little reserve of, Ones. Are you. Yeah. I'm. I'm just. I don't wanna say which ones I have right now. But I do have obviously ones that are used for common spells.
    If you're just looking for other types of gems, it depends. Do you have a recommendation on where we where I could go to, purchase just some gems. You just want to just gems for the value of them? Certainly. There is a store not too far from here. I usually get a lot of my gems through them.
    I can find.
    Used to it.
    With a sense, there is Gilbert's extraordinary jewels.
    They will have if they don't have it. They do have connections for it. You also seem like adventurers. And based on your needs, you guys also have probably, if you haven't already, developed a name for yourselves. You can always check with the Port Authority. They also usually are able to help you, convert your your wealth into gems and jewels that are easily easier to transport for your needs.
    Got it. Okay. Yeah, I said that before, too. And I just remember speaking, that you guys, if for most. I mean, obviously there's a point where it's like you're at like $1 billion billion Gold piece, but for a lot of the gems you can get trades with the, the port authorities since it's dealing with imports and exporting.
    So would you like us to just tell you that we're going to do that and. Yeah, do it on our sheet. Yeah. And what I'll let you do is, up to, we'll say up to 100,000 Gold pieces a week. It's no big deal. Okay. And then you can just look at, the five there actually is like, the, the common prices for, gems this year.
    So you're saying we can transfer 100,000 Gold pieces worth of stamps a week of, like, Gold pieces into gems? Yeah, you could buy up to 100,000 worth of, gems. Okay, then I'm going to. I'm going to trade in, five k.
    Bag objects, table of gemstones. So if you look on this page here, they will have like a ten Gold piece for 25, 100, 500, 1220. You can see up to looks like, 5000 Gold piece gemstones. In fact, that's, got that house. So in other words, like that way, if you want to say looking at the 5000 Gold piece gems, that's a Black Sapphire, a Diamond adjacent or a Ruby.
    So we'll just use those charts, kind of make it easy not to get too bogged in the weeds on that. I'm going to grab the vial for some water in it from my canteen, sprinkle the ash, and grab a pebble from outside. Stop it and put it away. You got it.
    How about, the other two ladies or barlows or anything else you guys would like to be doing?
    Or need to get things this.
    With you guys, new spells. There's no new anythings that you guys want to make sure you have.
    Shoot. This guy keeps. Oh. Oh, I need a pepper. A hot pepper? Yeah, she's a real hot pepper. Give me one second here, guys. Real quick. Sorry.
    Father wants to Work on his whole.
    His whole. His whole reorganizing your whole organizing the whole. Yeah. Put stuff in there so I can actually server stuff right now. Just an empty wine bottle over there. Yeah, I didn't have actually anything written down. That's what I'm putting the weapons chest in there. Armor stand has your.
    Let me get couch this one six feet around so I can't be too much of a couch. Look, I gotta make some of the comfortable in there. Yeah, or just looks right. Throw pillows. I can just roll up on the ground easily. Yeah. So he can go in it. Beanbag chair. Yeah, yeah.
    Let's. I'm carrying around all these stupid weapons I never use. I never sell them either. Sorry about that. How many weapons do you have at this point? Yeah. Couple towards crossbows. We don't use javelins. That sword that can rip through the space time. No, I don't have you guys. I was told that glows in the dark when you pull it out.
    You guys didn't have it for sure. We have a sword. You do? I don't know where you guys did with it, but you guys did have a sword that, Let's see if I can find it now.
    Yeah. I don't I'm pretty sure you do have it. Really? All right, let me make my last sword of the Plains. It's the planets. I got a strange Obsidian dagger. I don't know what that is. Do me a favor. Do a, intelligence check there. Marlowe.
    Okay. Yeah, I don't know. I know you guys had it. I don't know if you guys maybe sold it, too. It's possible. I don't remember. You sold it. I we haven't sold anything in a really long time. Well, that sort of something like that win to that sword was, was a sword that you guys got win? I think it was, underneath the church when you guys went back to attic.
    And when you rescued the, Warforged. Yeah. Nobody was after it, but we kept it from them.
    And, Barlow, you do come across that saw, that dagger? You don't have a memory of why you have that, but it does seem Weird, because you. It does seem odd that it just appeared out of nowhere.
    Yeah.
    Maybe I'll have. Guess you'll get it when you get back. And then, Sorry. I was off the, for for a little bit. The the other the Veronica and, Annie, you guys are both fine. I'm looking okay at my partner right now. Did you say you had the psychic dagger? I did, how the hell did you get that?
    Oh, that's my door, you freak. Who's turned down? Oh, I don't know. Oh, that's why I thought that was you. That. Oh, I thought you were. I don't know, your whole. Well, I'm now down there organizing it. I got I got to go get some. Yes, I went, but since you are in town, so I don't know how much it cost for chest, but, yeah, I do have this.
    Take a look at it. A locker kind of thing. Or did you want, like, an actual chest? Yeah. No, that's that's a lock. I mean, hand locked. So I'd be able to put swords in it this time. Just a normal gear. There is a chest that holds 12 cubic feet or 300 pounds of gear. It weighs 25 pounds.
    But there's no cost on that.
    That's not okay. It's not okay.
    This one here says adventurer gear chest, five Gold pieces. Yeah. I just found, beyond says five Gold, so that's fine. Okay. No problem. I'll buy two of them. This is the same place that we were that had the, tattoo built, right? I believe so how long have we been away? Oh, it's only really been, like a day, right?
    Yeah. We've been. It's kind of been, You do realize that it's that that, John gave us all. So it means something. The, Yeah, you guys are probably. I think you guys are. Well, actually, maybe a day or two. That's about it. Since you guys kind of okay, starting with back to their. They wouldn't necessarily have any new tattoo designs because it hasn't been that.
    Oh, we also have the stuff to sell in the bag. Called him from the Dragon. Oh yeah. I would like to get a prayer wheel and holy water so I can cast Regenerate. Does it say there's a cost that, specific cost for them? Nope. Just as a prayer wheel and holy water. And sometimes.
    Oh, we also have a an abomination part where 3000 Gold pieces cheap us. Would we get that? Calliope, if you just need one pepper, we'll say two Silver. Like five. Then that would be, ten Silver. So we'll be. We have a liver and a stinger for 600.
    So for the prayer wheel, it actually looks like that might be like 25 Gold pieces for that because it's got, like, religious stuff dealing with it. And what was the other thing? Holy water. Holy water. It actually is a cost for that. It's, it's noted. That you have 25, Gold pieces of bile on them.
    Churches are, charge on another 50 total. Yeah. If it's for one file and then, one will. Yeah. Okay. Got, And there was somebody else saying something else.
    If if, Bastian is curious, he can do an intelligence check on the dagger. Yeah, yeah. Arcana. You said, intelligence origins.
    Intelligence, by the way, I have to say, is a strange Obsidian dagger as well.
    That's going to be what you. That's, You did the intelligence save, so I think. Oh, my bad, my bad. Yeah. Because the thing that one only. I guess I just take five away from the other one. I'll do that. I'll do that. That's one that's all. Trying to look at us, trying to figure out what the math was, because I know it's different.
    So you mean like. Like this Obsidian dagger, and I'll pull out mine, but don't touch it. As a bastion with your 22, as you're looking at your dagger and you'd see the other two daggers. You have a strange kind of like memory in your head. That's just there. Like, on the fringes of your mind. And it's hard to grab, but you feel like there's, like, a convergence of timelines, and somehow it just kind of changed things around you.
    But you're not. You don't know where you got it or how it came to your possession, or even why each one of you guys have one. Wait, what? Slightly. Do you have one sass? Oh, I have one. I have one more like. Dagger and a dagger. Yes, I think I have an Obsidian dagger, but I have an enchanted.
    Oh, look, in your inventory. Yeah, I'm looking at the bottom of your inventory.
    Report your bag. Yeah, it's in your bag.
    You mean where it a strange black Obsidian dagger? Yep. All right, you guys, you you couldn't you couldn't have had one.
    On a receipt. I just I just had to. Calliope is unable to move right now, since she's holding on to 206 pounds of gear. Oh, no no no no no, Sterling really thinks that there's a bunch of cats following her carrying it. Well, they just dropped it off on your ship, and then they went back. Which, that reminds me, I should have actually had him explain.
    A little record is that when they did leave, the main cat didn't notify you guys. Just kind of, think about him when you're ready for him to come back, and he will. Got it. Speaking of. Wait. My bag is too heavy to. Just transfer him into, carry him. Yeah, I need to. I need to call her up.
    So, how much did you buy? Bastion of gems. I was going to do 5000 because I had 5000 Gold, but then I converted 5000 Gold and 500 PPE. So ten total that. So you guys can buy up to 90,000 Gold, worth of gems, though. Okay. I was just looking at my capacity. To be fair, I do have the haversack.
    Yes, you do have a hat. Just like a little paper. Well, it's more like a backpack, but no, but it's the Bag of Holding. Oh, well, there's a bag of. Hold it. Yeah, there's a handy haversack. There's two different things. Yes, she has the haversack, but her flavor is. It's a fanny pack. Oh, gotcha. Yeah.
    Even though it was Jacoby's. Why. So we have a fanny pack. She translates to no, no, no, it's fine. She trans morphed it. Brands. She's creative.
    Do we want to sell those Dragon bits here? Yes. If it's a bustling town, there's probably somewhere to take it. Right? There's a market area.
    How long is a good refrigerated. Well, there's no real refrigerators. There's the. You have the thing that, has like a, a what's it called? The chat. I know that that's why I'm asking how long it can stay in the bag of folding.
    I can't see it in there, like, indefinitely. You should roll. Items do not degrade. Yeah. I mean, we got a bunch of stuff in there that we need to get rid of, Well, I'm going to keep the Rock neat and the waiver neat for Artie. Which I will say also recording. He was very excited when you came to the ship.
    And of course, he's been following you around as you've been going. Yep, yep.
    With a few strange looks from time to time. But nobody seems to want to get between A to Betsy and her. What seems to be a very obedient Owlbear and just giving him all the scratches. Oh, that's. Sounds like a tire being blown. It's worse because I have the headphones on and it's like it's noise canceling for the most part.
    But then when something loud like. Jamming, do you want to sell all the other stuff and tell us how much Gold? Sure, because we also have the Dragon wings. Yeah. And then I definitely need to lighten my load because the money's making me way too heavy. We have two large wings worth 13,000 Gold. So there. Yeah. So, Veronica, for sass, if you go to the that link that has the, gemstones you'll see on like, various, tables based on what values you want and then like, oh, yeah, as long as you go up to you guys hit 100,000 Gold pieces worth, which I think you guys will be fine right now.
    So just just let me know how much you're converting over and then just change it on your sheet where it. Sorry. Where's that link? It should be the last one I put on there. Oh, no. That was The Planes. Do you have to see suit? I see the prices of, meats and things that were on the Thieves Guild is usually what I've been using for that skill.
    It's like Thieves Guild CC.
    For harvesting. Yeah, well, if put a link in the harvesting and leaked,
    Okay, I'm going to tally up the stuff that we have in the Bag of Holding. And then, babe, do you want me to just tell you at the end? That's fine. Okay. And we'll just say that you you think if you get the market value that's based on that, I don't want I don't feel like getting too much in the weeds on every little thing like that right now.
    So, yeah, I am sure. But if you're going to get a little dismissive, I can. It was not this is oh gosh, these guys this guy.
    So she's taking care of that. Anything else you guys need to take care of besides, selling the meat?
    We'll see about the time. It's kind of afternoon ish as you guys been running around town. Various errands and stuff.
    The, one TI venom. What kind of one TI was it? Was it, is it the anathema or the abomination. Well the anathema would be the big guys that you guys fought. So it's probably would have been, it probably would have been those ones because I think that the big ones, we have them.
    So can I really just choose any of these? Yeah. Gem. That's more of a flavor. It doesn't really matter. Is it? The only time it really matters, actually, to be fair, is, like, was the 300 and $500 diamonds, for Resurrection type spells? Other spells do requires other types of. But that's the only other time it really counts.
    But otherwise it's just flavor. And so that way, you know. But at any time, if I want to sort of turn these stones back in so that I can get something specific, I could do that. Right. You'd be able to do that as long as you're at those at the port. Yeah, right. Also wouldn't be this would be for other places.
    Take the gems as well. Yeah. I mean you can use gems as bartering. Most, most places could take it in this bartering. And, you know, there's. Just for the mechanics of it, it's it's. Yeah.
    All right, I'm going to turn in 4000 Gold pieces for four emeralds. Okay? Yep. Right now I just did it at the cost. You're. She can just have the type of junk was, Almaden and Adult Dragon. He was an ancient, right? He was just a dog. I believe it's just an adult. He was an Dragon.
    Because before that, he was, young. I want to say. Or whatever. Yeah.
    So? So what do you think it would cost extra for a chest a lot. Another five Gold. Tendo. If you want to just go mechanically, there is an actual lock on the,
    For the adventure gear, there is a lock. I think it's like ten Gold.
    Or ten Gold for a lock and key. Okay. All right. And that's just the bare minimum. The main one, you're looking at a DCF 15. Yeah. Okay. If you want to do a better lock, it would probably. It would cost more money.
    It's nothing standard on that.
    Teaching Billy how the lockpick. All right. Well, because I had to, Yeah. Because, well, I have to get a lockpick because we, misplaced the key to our storage, and so we. I don't feel like having it cut off, so I was like, oh, I'll just buy, like, a little $10 lockpick set. Got in there real quick and.
    Then we found the keys the two weeks like that afterwards.
    So what else is very sensitive? Are you still doing the math on their other gems? Who's yours? Mine. Oh, can you hear my mouse scrolling? I heard something. Well, that's helpful for all. That's my mouse scrolling. Yeah, I'm gonna have to login real quick for the sake of quick break. Okay, I was doing the math, and then Mildred's.
    Oh, yeah, I was weapon.
    Everybody here. So use crossbows. No. Negatory.
    I still have the hand. Crossbows don't really use it. I still have the hand crossbow.
    Okay. Give you my bolts that I have. Okay, sir. God. Let me go. Love to these. Oh, I got ten left, but three of those critical bolts I had done that. It's called a veil affair or whatever. The impossible. Yeah, they're just my regular bolts. If you do happen to score critical, they do an extra D4 damage.
    So you have to actually kind of calls home. Oh, no. All right. That I think. Oh, Veronica can no longer be credit either. That's your only, nice. Really getting strong over here, guys. Yeah. Getting swole. Wyvern Stinger, the abomination part. Dragon blood Dragon breath pouch, and the weak. I'm keeping a little stuff. She can't be Blinded, Deafened, Frightened, or Poisoned.
    Any and any critical hit against you counts as a normal hit instead. Unless you're Incapacitated. What is this? Oops. What's this one? It's cool. This is her 14th level ability.
    And it's a fungal body. I was in the middle of leveling my character when the kids need me. So he finished leveling. He, I put the fungal body to get in the chat. Just under 4000 full pieces each day. I was nice and, outer worldly aspect that makes me look more lovely and fierce. Lovely, manly and burst and spheres of unbreakable majesty.
    Oh, God, it's going to be unbearable. Magnetism.
    All right. Showing him yet another four gems. So I got 16 total now. Okay. Yeah, I'm gonna have to get some much more to. Make you still got number? Yeah. He's here. Oh, the hammer.
    Oh, I'm getting some gems to.
    Oh, that's pretty cool. That's like having a minute long Sanctuary without him. The castle Sanctuary. It's pretty cool. Oh. Unbreakable majesty. In terms of attacker, you have to make a Christmas charisma check to see if they can, attacker enough. But she's too freaky to see. I'm going to return one of my thousand Gold peace gemstones and get a 5000 copies gems.
    Okay, so $5,000 on it.
    Yes. All right. Yeah. All right. Because right now, with the money we just got, I'm at 4700. So I'll turn in one of my 1000 piece to be, 5700 and then buy a 5000 gemstones. That's, Okay, what's the total that just spent? That's all I need.
    The total is 5000. Thousand. I mean, the total is going to be thousand. Really? Because I'm using a gemstone basically to pay for much. You mean I need a grand total? How much have you spent on gemstones as well? Your. Oh, gear. So grand total after this will be eight. Look at that. So what's wrong? I forgot three, 1000 1000 copies gemstones and one 5000.
    So let's go.
    Holy crap. I can't wait to see bash now in a fight. Why? Because you're your ability. It doesn't change anything that much.
    What? Really? Oh, intelligence plus five I can add. Oh, I add yeah. I need Sean's help to actually do that.
    Upgrade your one card. Yeah. You do my help for what? That Zephyr strikes me nasty. Now. My 14th level skill is to add. When my blade song is active, I can add my intelligence modifier to damage. Oh, yeah. All you just need to add five. Really? What you can do two is, there's a little thing on your sheet.
    I was thinking about that. We could have just been doing that to begin with. If you look at your sheet, there's a little add on right now, like, yours even has the add on right now with the, Yeah. Song of victory. So when that thing's checked on it will. Well that one or is that just,
    So right now when I turn it on.
    I just get the Armor.
    It's long. Victor is being added to the damage. Correct. Oh, no no no no. Is it the damage or is that the that was the, what to call roll. Let's see. Attack! Roll. Well, that's the attack roll. That's Weird.
    Oh. Oh, because our blast goes to the attack roll. Maybe the point is to your attack. Oh, is that supposed to go for your time? Yeah, as we we really? Yeah. I don't know. No, no, it just says to the damage done. So you got the whole row, but. Yeah. Yeah. Just says whenever I damage to the damage of your melee weapon attacks.
    Okay. So I have to figure, yeah, maybe I'll do that. Or you can probably just figure it out. Since you guys have been go into the Port Authority, though, it just reminded me, there was a letter that had been waiting for you guys. And I had been meaning to actually give it to you guys, but you hadn't been in town.
    And since you guys went to the Port Authority, which is. Who has your mail? There's a letter from Lost Land, then. I think I misspelled that, but move. Unless, you know, it is h. Okay. He was the gentleman that you guys had hired to kind of be your, your assistant, the in charge of your, your lands as you guys are out traveling.
    Yeah. You kind of pay for some of that. So there's the letter. Pretty much the gist is that they are, the is falling a little bit behind, unfortunately, due to the Civil War to the north, as it's getting a bit out of hand, both forces found themselves fighting each other and a new enemy nearby. Some large plat problem known as Blight have begun to spread out from some dark part of the forest.
    You guys had actually heard that motherfucker you guys heard about this from some point? The elder is of the opinion that an old, powerful Hag from the fey wild was able to plant a seed that has corrupted a pests between the Material Plane and the two reflection plant to go take care of that. The fate Wild and shadow fell, of course.
    That's the seed we planted. Fell as awful as it would do. Yes, we're doing good. However, as awful as it has been, it has become a common enemy for the warring Leoneans, and it has put an unstable truce between them as they have teamed up to help fight this Blight issue. The elder has lent some of our forces stationed at the key, as well as Druids who are assisting in construction, and so this is why the building Work is delayed.
    However, we are sure we are going to finish soon. It is still years ahead of schedule. If we were relying on doing this without the Aid of the Druids, there's no real profits or reports of taxes yet. I can have a general report on the military numbers. If you were so inclined to get into the micromanaging of the happenings here, which I don't think it's too necessary at this time, and may Lead them to believe you are doubting their Work.
    As far as I can tell, the elder seems to trust this general. And so that is my advice. Since none of you have given me any funds to begin building your own properties except for Barlow, I have made the executive decision to clear your properties and lease them for farmland, which will bring in some flat, some funds, when they're profitable.
    No, I can have them put into the community account a personal account if you get one. Or use the port system to have the funds available to you. Just let me know. Barlow, the hotel has the lower floor, but to do the two stories and the furnishings, that will require more funds. I should note that there seems to be a bit of a Slow change to the naming of the area, which has long been known as River's Quay, but since many have come to call the new to reconstruct the keeper's wild Card quay, there was a bit of Confusion.
    So some have started to call this community. Rivers kept. The elder has introduced me to many who can assist in our efforts, including those who Work this port system for the communications and cargo. I had a few connections from my sailing days as well, so this is a reliable way to communicate. Just find one of their kiosks for locations on a port to reply, or use whatever spell or method you choose.
    As for the rest of the construction, we have some housing being built, some other temporary farms. There is a general store with a large area that fills up with various market goods and vendors. Gates has started Work on their guild hall which will be helpful for running various civic activities. We don't or can't tab in the key. It will also be a meeting place for various guilds in the area, and not just for adventurers.
    The elder is having an armory built behind the added the quay, which will have some other purposes for the she. They also have a fishery, a lumber mill and an Iron mine in the local area, which has brought in different workers and income. We are not making any profits, but I have secured a bit of coin for you out of accounting.
    This five Platinum is just the start though, so you guys get five Platinum. The final note is that we still have the Teleportation Circle in the basement. Hidden under the bed of that was Jacoby's bedroom study. We have a guard at the basement. Due to this, would you prefer to keep the circle unmolested so you're able to use it?
    Or should we have it destroyed? I have taken care of all accounts with the Mercantile Company to allow for the transactions. Which means you can send a letter through them in response to or use any magical means at your disposal. Elias. Leonard. The thought. Letter. Number. We have a means of teleportation. I write with someone could Teleport. So, yeah, we can Teleport from the ship.
    Right? And somebody knows. Yeah. Correct. Yeah, I'm pretty sure I do. Yeah, yeah, I thought I also had a scroll of Teleport can number if you use the scroll to put it in your book or not. The two. That's where it came from. And. Then why didn't what was that mentioned about us not having the druids? Hell, no.
    I don't have anyone down. Now, why aren't we having through itself? What would you do? What? What? It was just saying was that the Druids are helping, but not as much as they were, because they've had to go off and help with the, the situation with the lights. But what they were saying was that the Druids are helping it in the sense that otherwise this would be like take many years to build all this, but they're able to get it done much quicker due to magic event.
    We've had a lot of hand-waving.
    So they instead of building my house they put what they put farms land. Yeah. Because you didn't give them any money to actually build it. So instead of wasting that land he's trying to find ways of helping you guys make some money until you're ready to pay for your properties to be built. Do we remember how much our properties were?
    I don't hand I know that there was a big, long, complicated thing that Sean had brought up. Yeah. But that was like one year ago, Sean. I think it was like two years ago. It's been a while. Two years ago, in a while. But just shut up, right? Yeah. I tell you so I'm just telling. The funniest part is that it's happening in my brain as you're saying it, but you're the only ones that I.
    Yeah. Okay.
    I think when I was pretty much going off of it is more or less. This is the main rules on Building a Stronghold.
    And then there's also I don't see anything in your handouts that you have on here. No, I'll put a link. And, I know I was just looking to see if you had, connected yet. Put these up here a while ago, but I don't see anything, so. And then I think that it. You can also use the thieves Guild also has a thing to help you plan it all out if you want to do it that way.
    Is that. And then what? I think I had also realized, voila! When you had paid for what you paid for, I think you only paid for like a single store or a single floor. I think. So, yeah. So that's for first. So they built they were saying that that's what they were working on. But the build, any more than that it was going to cost money that you haven't invested yet.
    All right. I wrote this letter like months ago based on how I understood things were at that time. Which kind of makes sense anyways, as far as the story, because he wrote it while ago.
    So the cost to buy is that the cost to build? I think that's how it kind of works. The mechanic, like, and that's why I was trying to like make it more streamlined version of how the stronghold was. But because it's it's an amalgamation of like 3 or 4 different sources based over five editions of D&D. But like if because if you look at like the, the, the book, it makes it sound like, yeah, when you buy you pay that, that's how much it costs to make it, I guess.
    I don't know, technically there should be two costs that should be a cost to make and then it cost to buy. But I think with the. And they just paid one cost. And I'm not happy with the math on it, but that's that's what I was trying to figure out at one point, trying to make a better one that made more cohesive sense.
    And got distracted. Yeah. And then I did the end. Right. I believe that's not what I did. I think so two taverns. Oh, yeah. Ten bedrooms. Storage. Yeah. Okay. That's all I remember. Is that ten rentals. Okay. Floor plan is in the discord chat. It's all still there. Yeah, I think so. What is that on the website that.
    Was it a site or was it an app? We've got site, like clubs worlds. And I'm thinking this will be. The scroll back up.
    It's way up there, isn't it? Oh, no. It's a whole time. So in general. Yeah.
    Maybe that'll be fun. There we go.
    Oh, yeah. Yeah. December of 23. Incarnate. That's the side of me that sounds right. That's what I spent. Okay. I gotta go back there. Never logged in. I think in two years. He.
    Okay, so you guys have been able to purchase some of the things you guys needed. You guys, got some mail, found out some of the happenings going on in campus.
    What would you guys like then? Sprocket? So you contact sprocket. What do you say to, since it's only 25 words? How? How do you want us to send you money for our Armor? The response you get, you can reply to this Message. I you can if you contact the port authorities, we have accounts with them, and they can make sure that we get any funds.
    Then I will do that.
    Do you have the rest of what you need for it? No, no, but I want to give them some things. You can get to that. Not a thing. No, you know, you can give them more of that. The more the, the layaway, if you will. I wasn't sure if you had the, the rest of it. So that way.
    Oh, goodness. No. I owe, like, 45,000. Oh, you owe 45,000. Yeah, my total was 52,000. She got she got one with, the three gems. Three gems for ability scores and AC, I think. So I'm going to send him I'm going to go to the Port Authority and set up 500 Platinum. Do you find the person working with them?
    They're starting to get to know you guys pretty well, especially today. And they are Familiar with the the brothers. They're able to kind of take care of that for you with no problems.
    To diagnose. And so make. I don't remember you getting it. I know, I remember, I think I might have been broke at that time.
    Just so some of your, whatchamacallit weapons. Okay. And, I was just going to give those to the merchants back at the town to sell folks, there's still usable weapons. Okay.
    Sweet. And I'll head back to the ship with Artie and just hang out.
    I don't see anything in my notes about the. Yeah, okay, I know I wanted to, but I think I had the money at the time because I think I had given my money to get the in going. Yeah, that sounds all right.
    That's fine, because I'm have the money now for the end. Now you're the only one with the place to live. The. And they do have a catalog of things that you can purchase from them. The catalog, like they said, can change from time to time, but it seems that, they haven't really changed the inventory since she's got, like, 50 Plants.
    I know she's a keeper because she already takes care of a bunch of useless fucks. What's one more? Oh my gosh, I'm so I have my money.
    You realize it's way more your sister than me, by the way, I know it's so funny. Wait a minute. My wife doesn't have any Plants. Oh, they hurt me because. Yeah, you weren't. I was,
    Oh, I don't need ones because you're enough. You're. You're right. Are you talking to me, Sean? Because he's. Oh, my wife doesn't have any Plants. Like. Yeah, because you're too much.
    Womp womp womp. It are outside a.
    Even Annabelle says I have three children.
    So I want to consider the child. Right. I call you child. Okay. That's if she does poop everywhere. The child alone. So, I mean, she's almost 20. She's just. Hey, that's how I was 20 years old. I stopped pooping everywhere. She's only. I was like, 19, but, hey.
    So, we'll say that it's evening. After. By the time you guys get everything kind of. At this point,
    You guys want to do any guard or just all just rest? Anything special as far as eating time? I mean, there's people on the boat, right? You have your crew? Most of them are. Yeah. They're taking shifts on when they watch the ship. And, of course, kind of to get their own downtime. That was, part of the reason why you guys have been, waylaid in the town was to give them, a week since, through the travels, they were having all types of, morale situations.
    Not like you guys are even in a big rush to begin with. You guys were just to kind of remind everybody the ultimate goal was originally to get to, the City in the Mist. Since you guys have this, orb and this coin that is related to, best. But you guys have been waylaid many times, and even Bassett told you at the time.
    That's fine. She needs you guys, actually, to gain more power before you guys get to her. Anyways, which, of course, you guys were told by, what's kind of been waylaid you guys currently is the fact that you guys are having Dream situations. Yeah. You guys have been. You guys had visited the Flying Key. That was owned by Thoros, the Wizard who has come and gone throughout into various parts of you guys adventures.
    He was the originally when you guys found the, the. It was actually before you guys even had Calliope, because it found the Wizard hideaway underneath the Underdark on your guys's way to the Mind flayer colony. And in that place, that you guys had heard a voice. So he's kind of been a part of you guys adventures this whole time.
    But you guys have found his Flying Keep, and that's kind of where he is. I thinking of the sprocket brothers. That's where you left them. But when you guys were there, Calliope had in a, using her lower glove, had, to learn more about the spell weavers in affected her. That's why she got nosebleeds and was having, psychic, damage.
    Because that spell seems to be trying to hide everything from history about the spell weavers. But she also saw weakness face in that. And that's kind of what allowed him to plant the Dream Seed. And so right now, you guys have also been trying to figure out how to handle the fact of Vecna trying to steal the book and the orb from Seth because he needs those, since he also kidnaped a few different individuals in his little Dream plane that he's hiding in.
    So a little recap since we're supposed to go back with the cats, aren't we? So currently, that whole thing with the cats was the fact that you guys were trying to get well, you guys had bought in Conan's Similac room who talk to you guys. And it's another thing that did come and go, you guys had learned a little bit about through your adventures was the Dragon Prophecies.
    It turns out those Dragon Prophecies is how Morton, Kanon, Mechelen and other wizards in different dimensions kind of communicate to help each other out. And so he said there was a few different ways you guys can do this. The cats of all thar might be able to help. There was also some very bad ideas. And then you guys went and, went to the wanted temples to get the herbs so that SAS can create a Potion.
    Which is why tonight, when you guys have your long rest, you will not be interrupted by Vecna because you guys still have. I think it was nine days total. There's been, I think, only one rest since you guys made the Potion. Really?
    Doesn't leave you seven days after this. But yeah, the cats are going to help you be more prepared for the battle with settler, is what you understand? It's okay.
    So if you guys are going to do anything with the rest, or anything special about it, you guys are able to take a long rest as morning comes. What would you like to do? We would just roll one back. Oh, that's fine. What things out there that we haven't tied up or that we need to go back and look at?
    I am sure there's plenty. Anybody remember?
    That what? Anything. We need to go back and, you know, take care of before we head on, off to see, fast. I don't think we're ready. Guess for what she'll have in store for us.
    No, I don't think so.
    I mean, we still have to go out to the Desert, right? Yeah, yeah. That's it. Best. Yeah. We don't know if we'll find her immediately, but. So pretty much, unless you guys got going with the cats. I'm confused. Yeah. That's so pretty much as it stands right now, the cats are the most immediate thing you guys were kind of involved with.
    I mean, obviously, yes, there's 100 different things. You guys can always go back and pick back up and we can figure out how to handle that. But just if you, if you've the closest thing to a railroad currently, right now, of course, you guys are free to Jump the tracks, but, is was the cats are going to help you guys prepare for the fight with Vecna so you can help rescue, Grignard and other individuals that had kidnaped.
    So I think we should still probably finish that. Then let's do that. That's the one where people's lives are actually funny because they're not. They also took, you guys have found out it took your, orb. That was the, Dragon from Toril. You guys had also heard that the, the two adventurers, the monk and the, Dragonborn.
    That was it. Nissa and Yugi, they had been kidnaped. I've had. I can't remember everything.
    Right. Oh.
    So who, you guys going to call back for the cats or. Yeah. Okay. Who's going to do that? The cat. What? They know they don't like us needs to be a non cat that calls them. Home, I call them. You can just as you just kind of think, about the, the Celestial cats and has, cats of are, you do see just out of nowhere.
    You just see you happen to see them walking on the, your the battle of your ship on the side bow. I know there's a railing. And, it looks at you and communicates once again, telekinetic. Oh. Yeah. Telekinesis? No. Absolutely. Telepathically. There we go. Oh, too many words go through my head. Is this, speaks telepathically to you and says if you guys are ready, we can, finally get to authority.
    Yes, we are ready to go. I'm keeping Artie with me this time. So, as she, jumps off the side railing, starts walking towards the, The what? The gangplank back to the docks. You follow, and as you guys get onto the gangplank, you don't even realize at that moment you're no longer on the ship. It just kind of recedes into nothing.
    And you are back into the mist. It's very seamless. And how you come in, go into these mist. You don't even notice that you're in it or when you left it. It's very strange, but you feel confident by being with this, Celestial cat that they fully understand how these things Work, and they almost. It's almost as if that feels like they are in control of these, tunnels in this mist.
    Once again, you're looking around. You do see, The various glowing eyes of various cats that are wandering through the mist. Once again, there's a point where you feel like a very heavy presence above you, high above you, almost like a dark mass. A very long, dark mass kind of moves through that mist. You see it at some point, as you're dragging selves again, at this point, you have not seen your Dragon selves again.
    You do see, but as that thing does, kind of, the dark line that goes through, there's a little Fear that kind of enters into your, into you. You do feel, though, like the, the Celestial cat does try to kind of give you guys a little bit of, positive energy. And at this point, they kind of as shadow is thinking about the, those visions that you guys saw and that strange connection with the various cats.
    You do see one cat that does Jump out of the mist and it touches, says, now that actually says. And for I'm not a Doppelganger. Nope. Not a doctor. I believe that everybody was able to see the visions when it happened. What about did already have one. He wasn't with us at the time. You do not seem to see what happening with Artie.
    In fact, there was something about when your vision happened, I think two that had something to do with Artie.
    Second. Yeah. Did I put that in there? Yeah. Actually, this was the one that was supposed to be for, SAS. If you look in the, the chat, on discord, the last one I posted, you see, a vision of, like, a green Dragon with, various little spores floating around her and, kind of breaking through various, parts of the scales are a little mushrooms of various types coming through.
    But I believe there was.
    A second.
    I feel like I have to look at what I actually said that night. Because I think there were. Should have been with, shadow. That there was a little bit of an Owlbear essence to the cat that came out. I can't remember. But I will say, actually, why not? At this point, we'll have it. You do notice, as you're thinking about that shadow, you almost see Artie kind of.
    For a quick moment, it looks like Artie's form kind of shrinks down almost, and does take almost like a feline appearance, just for a moment. And as you're questioning it, it already goes back to full size Owlbear for. I thought you were gonna say he grows wings and he becomes an Owlbear Dragon. No. That's not what we're going to make.
    Already intelligent. There have been debates about the intelligence. Yes, you talk about it. Because no one's using that headpiece, right? Nope. I think sass would also need to cast something on him. Oh, shoot. I think he wasn't. That the the debate on whether it could go on, like if he's a creature or beast or whether whether he could have tuned to it or not.
    Yeah, I have a feeling you guys actually did get that letter before. I already. It's interesting.
    That you do. Get to a point where you. The mist kind of opens up a bit in front of you and you see, like, hillside kind of. Now that exists inside of here, it's still misty outside of this hillside, but on, in front of the hill in front of you, the ground starts to actually have an appearance instead of just mist.
    You see, old, stone Work that like a trail, that kind of moves forward in front of you. There's a, off to the right of this is a round a little, it looks like an inn of sorts. It looks like, just an old and, like two floor in that's over there.
    And the trail Work continues past it, forward and kind of starts, wandering up the hill, as the hill goes up a little bit, you see some walls, and just various buildings on the other side of those walls. And of course, everywhere you see cats of various types, various sizes. But most of the cats here seem to all still be more like house cat style.
    Nothing. No jaguars, no panthers. Definitely a no to back. Just north. Different styles and breeds of House of House cats. A few that look a little more wild, but for the most part, they're. Cats. Like those kinds. The Celestial cat does Lead you towards that, tavern that's on the side of the inn that's off to the right.
    There's, You know what? This sign reads.
    And fine on,
    The library, the inn is named The Exposition.
    And that's. We see. It's top of the hill. No, it's it's before the hill. So right before the hill's that off to the right. That's the trail kind of goes up a little bit further past it, and then it goes up towards the hill. She's. The Celestial cat is leading you towards The Exposition, though, and that's off to the right.
    As the cat gets to the door, the door opens and.
    What he is doing. Although. Okay. Yep. So without hesitation, you guys follow the cat into this building. As you look inside, it definitely has, it's definitely larger on the inside, if you will excuse me, but, because you notice as you're looking around, there's various hallways kind of going in various directions. Some of the walls have, like, little cutouts in them.
    But throughout this whole building, it seems, is nothing but Books everywhere there. And cats, you see, some cats are laying down in front of a with a book in front of them, using their Telekinesis powers to kind of turn pages. Other ones are just resting in various, various parts, whether it's resting on piles of Books under Books, there's some furniture as well.
    So they're also sitting on couches and and chairs. You feel like, there probably hasn't been any type of Humanoids Living here in here for, very long time, if ever. But it definitely was furnished in some way so that they could if they had to, just a little bit less, orderly than somebody would want to live in, especially if they had any allergy issues.
    You, Barlow and I get this same sort of reactionary feeling of animosity that we got from before. Give me an insight. Okay.
    This is about 12:00. So what else? Also, you then chuckle ten I'll say at this point, you're not you're you feel like you're not picking up as much before, it's possible that maybe, they've kind of warmed up to you a little bit. It seems that, you know, they're they're almost like a hive mind.
    So they're aware of the fact that you had a friend who was, was, kidnaped and that you, without hesitation, went and rescued her, even fighting off a Red Dragon and an orphan to do so. And the Doppelganger, so if you're not sure if there's respect, but at least it seems like some of that animosity as far as you personally are concerned, seems to have kind of tapered down.
    Some. And they're all just standing outside around us, like not really anywhere close to us. Everyone's just kind of everyone's. It seems like all the cats are kind of doing their own thing, because at least cats do. The most don't seem to really have any, real concern for you. To be fair, you felt like a lot more when you're in the, the shadow, in the mist.
    As you were walking through that, there was a little bit more eyes on you. But at this point, there's definitely a kind of, you've been invited here. And so especially being in the presence of the powers to us to do a very sudden, quick movement when it turned into absolute chaos in here. It's Dungeons and Dragons, you know.
    So off the wall, you can certainly roll out walls. Come. Oh, who has a laser pointer? I think that's the sort of thing with cats and cucumbers. I don't know about. Yeah, yeah, they, they don't like them. You can look up and there are hundreds of videos of cats seeing a cucumber and freaking the f out. Is it just the fact that that it's something so near them, not the.
    I think a lot of the videos are they're eating and then they turn around and there's a big cucumber behind them. Right? Oh, it just makes them throw up straight up and is speaking to me right now with a. It's cricket calling them a like a cricket. Yeah. I sort of felt something on my legs like, what the hell is that?
    It was a cricket.
    Better than a cockroach.
    Was it was a cucumber. All right.
    So was somebody doing it? Well, I know you guys don't have a cucumber, so I was bit, you know. Yeah, yeah. I mean, no, I'm just going to put some cucumbers to so many things you guys don't know about. I actually have a team members that I, So if you sit down, you know, you there's very few places they do seem to occupy most of the, furniture.
    But if you do go towards one, you do happen to see that the cat notices you and does kind of get out of your way a bit. You feel like there's a, an especially with the hive mind and the psychic energy that you feel that you guys have been made to be guest here and to feel welcome and comfortable.
    So they're okay with Artie two? You have not seen them give, any reason to think otherwise. Okay. Okay. So, the, I'll just whisper to Artie, cats are Friends, not food.
    Rule. Well, as you kind of do say that. You do hear, the the main cat kind of start to kind of psychically talk to you and says, you know, we, the cats of both are have a very long and strange history. I'm not sure if you've ever really heard much about us, but the legend goes that there was a town where, an old couple would kill any cats there by.
    And they end up getting cursed where all they end up getting killed by a lot of cats. Oh, and so for a very long time, that town had a rule which was do not hurt the cats. It's a very long old story, and I'm not really sure how much truth is to it, but it is true that if you do, if somebody was to try to hurt the cats of author, they would not be around anymore.
    The fact that you guys are the only very it's very rare that we ever have visitors here, understand? We usually don't care much about what goes on outside of the nest. We like to explore your universe and other ones, but we don't really care much about them or those who live in them, for the most part.
    And, the difference here, though, is we are of an understanding with, with your patron, if you will, not sure if you've even thought about them that much like that. But the Paradox is sort of a been a patron for you all. And, that's the real reason why we are helping here. Because, Paradox has made it clear that if you guys do fail in this with Vecna, that we will probably lose all of realities.
    And now that affects us.
    Right. So no pressure. So you guys are feel free to, to enjoy. If you guys would like to have anything to drink, to eat, we can take care of those. There are beds if you want to rest. Are Books if you want to read. But if you want to start to practice, the, the Dream Tools, this would be a very safe place to start.
    To start.
    In shadow would like to practice, since we haven't been that long since we woke up right? No. Well, it's hard to say because, you woke up kind of do your morning stuff, and then, you contacted the cats, and once you guys got into the mist, once again, you're not sure how time flows. So you're not sure if it's been a long time or a very short time.
    But as if you are already, she's going to ask you to think of a stone.
    A stone, a stone. Any kind of Weird stone. Well, it can be any star. It can be any shape and color, any type of stone. Her preferably, though you don't want it any bigger than the palm of your hand. Smaller is a little bit better. Think more in the size of a Marble. Okay, so now I'm thinking of a month made out of stone.
    It could be glass, it could be of a pretty much any material. The idea is to think of some type of object that's simple.
    Along those lines. And then give me a, wisdom check.
    Okay. I was the turn of the stone. This. Whoever is going to practice this. Yeah. Practicing ten.
    Ten levels is like three. But also do that if you want. Okay. You days hate me again. I. Isn't it. It's just a check, right? Yep. The wisdom check.
    Says can do a two and a half. Yeah. I'm just second.
    Well, that's a say. Oh, I did say sorry. I keep doing sorry. That's just what. Take five it. Right. Yeah. So it would be, it would be, 21. So. Yeah. I'm sorry. So sass, since you got the highest. What? Describe your stone.
    Describe my stone. Describe the stone you were thinking of.
    You said it's about the size of the right. It's however you want it to be. It's. However you're. It's. However, I was thinking about. So sass was thinking of an Agate. Is mostly opaque with mossy green and black ish. Veins all through it. So you check, you see the exactly as you pictured it in your mind.
    That stone appear in front of you. It is kind of floating right in front of you, but it is solid and it looks real. Calliope. Well, then we'll say check. Oh, bastion and shadow.
    Lots of chuckle. What was your stone? That was a, well, a Marble. Simple, desirable color. Nothing fancy. Great. Just a regular piece of the stone. Like a Marble round pebble. Very simple. One basic. Yep. You see that subtle form right in front of you? It's definitely real. It's in front of you. It's floating there.
    And it's because it was very simple in your mind. It's looks very simple in front of you. Bastard. Give me the same description.
    Ruby. What you're on. You're muted. I'm muted.
    A, small Ruby about the size of a Marble. But when you look inside, it kind of looks like there's like a galaxy inside. As as you're picturing that, you're really trying to get those details of that galaxy inside of it. Unfortunately, you're not putting enough into it. So it's a very, dull red, almost pinkness, maybe almost like a gray red.
    It's kind of like. But it's it's real and it's there. And you feel like you need to put a little bit more, willpower into this, shadow. You has your stuff. You wanted it to be the color of. The to know when the Sun is reflecting off of it and, like, twinkling at it at home, like reminding her of home.
    The snow. How what color is that? It's it's white, but it's like. Yeah, yeah, it's it's like a there's bits of blue and it like sparkles. But how big were you thinking? Is in the shape of a heart like, half dollar size.
    This is if you guys think it's simple. So, as you picture it, it's not really heart shape. It's very much like, I mean, is it a bean shape now? Yeah, it's a little bit more being shaped than heart. I mean, it's it's. Yeah, it's almost there, but it's not quite, the color of it.
    You you picture that, like the sparkles on it instead, it's a very dull, non-reflective white kind of color about it. You two feel like you need to put a little bit more will into trying to get that thing going? Chuckle I'm sorry. I mean, in the name, I know I always seem to develop a comes of chuckle.
    Well actually no you you oh I see, I, I saw your ten first and then a three then a three. So what is this Marble. I'm sorry. The three. So with the three, you pictured that gray stone and it existed for a moment, and then it blinked out. Calliope, what's your stone? I imagine like like.
    What color? Sapphire blue. About how big are you thinking? Like Marble size. So as you try to picture this blue Sapphire, you see, instead of a nice shiny, well, cut Sapphire, you see this round blob of blue kind of Light? That or, I'm sorry, a dull blue stone that appears just for a moment, and it two disappears.
    Lame. The cat looks at everyone except for, Well, first looks at sass, and so far, so good. Good job. Now for you. For the rest of you, try it again. Think hard about your stuff. Think about. You have to really want that thing to exist. You're manifesting something into exist that doesn't actually exist. So try harder.
    And another wisdom check from everybody about sass seven seven.
    So yep. That's it. As you're picturing your stone, you're you're thinking about that Ruby. You're thinking of those galaxies in it. Very much like how this cat looks at, manifest in front of you. And it's sitting there floating in front of you. What was, shadows roll seven, seven. All right, so I see that that's. And you were able to manifest your stone.
    Is it anything you guys can do to.
    You have one more try for today. If you're not able to get this, you to try again tomorrow. Can try one more time. Let's see if you guys can manifest this stuff. There we go. 18. Deep breath for. Almost no.
    Nope. I'm done distracted again.
    We're doing it again. Yeah, well, the third time, you get three chances. Okay, so Barlow and Calliope thinks about their stone. It manifest just for a moment, and then it blinks out. Sass, bastion and Shadow. You have your very stone standing in front of you. The, the cats as well, for the other two. We'll try again tomorrow to see if you can manifest it.
    But to be able to manipulate the the dreamscape of this and to manifest something into reality, it takes a little bit of, Work, and it's a little bit easier once you've done it. The first time. With your stone. This stone will appear to you whenever you guys are in the Dream star in the dreamscape. And it will help you channel your your powers in here.
    It's also, once all of you guys have one, you will be able to use this stone inside the dreamscape to speak to each other with, a form of Telepathy. So that might be helpful when you guys are fighting against Vecna. So that way you guys can communicate. And so he's not able to know, the other reason why you need to have these stones so is to, make sure that vectors are able to, kick you out of the dreamscape.
    So hopefully the last two will be able to get one. Okay. To be fair. And the cat looks at Calliope and with the Telepathy says, to be fair, he can't kick you out. If he kicked you out, then everybody thinks you are the Dreams. However, it still would behoove you to create the stone because it will help you, be more powerful when you're inside of here.
    Inside of there. The battle. Is this the stone only manifest when we're in the dreamscape, or do we have it on us? Okay, it will only be with you when you are in a drinks scape. But once you've made your first stone with these stones, these will be with you every time you come to the dreamscape now.
    So if I tried to tie it up in a court and keep it as a necklace, it wouldn't. You won't. We are in a Weird because you're not even exactly in the dreamscape right now, but this would be about the only place that would manifest outside of there. We are close enough to the Plane of Dreams, though, that we are able to manifest things like this.
    Let's see. But I think for you, you guys might want to rest or, feel free to enjoy the place. We'll try again tomorrow for the other two to see if you are able to manifest your stones.
    Or the other time your stone vessels kind of floats towards your head, and it kind of circles around it a bit slowly around your heads.
    You feel that if you wanted to, you could make it the Invisible so it would still be there, but nobody could see it. You three do feel that you guys can, communicate with each other without having to talk?
    Because the stones can physically touched. As long as you reach for it. You do feel it? There. If you're. Especially if you're feeling your own stone, you, as it's kind of circling your head and you kind of grab it, you're able to kind of hold it in place.
    It's neat. Was that was.
    How much more of the evening do we have? We can just we can kind of leave it there. I, I had other things. I'll try to figure out. So if you want to just kind of. Oh, no, I meant, oh. Sound like you mentioned. Yeah, yeah. It's like I said, time is kind of Weird here.
    I mean, you it's. You're not sure if you you woke up hours ago or if you woke up just like, within. Well, I mean, you know, you guys had woken up maybe within a half an hour or so before you guys left the ship. But how are we feeling? Like, do we feel like you've been up for a while?
    You don't feel tired. It's not like you feel like you like we have downtime right now. You have some downtime? Yeah. That's. You kind of have some downtime in here. There's. And that's what they're saying is that. But it's not like you can do downtime activities. But you feel like there's, they did tell you if there's anything that you want to eat, you want to drink.
    If you want to check out any of the Books, you're, free to do any of those kinds of things. Yeah. I'll start, deciphering the Thanos book. Right. Let's go ahead. You find a little spot, sit down with it.
    And.
    So I need, And then just do an intelligence check. We'll do our kind of check. Let's do that.
    Through for everyone. No, no, no, for, bastion 3030. Perfect. There you go. In fact, that's exactly what you need. Nice. I DC well, for the main thing that's in there. So as you're going through here, you find a a new spell, one that's actually not even in the, Books anymore. An old spell known as Trap the Soul.
    Trap the Soul. It is a ninth level spell. I believe it's a Netflix film. You do have it on.
    What's your highest level right now? Six. Yeah. No, seven. Seven.
    Psychic. No.
    Can you transcribe spells that you don't have the levels for yet? I don't know, to be honest with you. I assume it will be. Oh, I didn't higher risk. That makes sense. I'm sorry. What were you asking? It's still very expensive. If you could transcribe spells that you don't have a level four yet. No, I don't I think you have to be able to cast the spells to to do it.
    I think actually, it's an eighth level spell. It's kind of similar. There's another spell that, you know is similar to this one, but this is just about barely trapping the Soul. There's a long explanation there of what it does. But.
    Because what you're learning as you're kind of going through this, the reason why there's this old, ancient trap, the Soul spell, you also start noticing there's the whole way of making those jars that you had already kept, found before. So it looks like it shows you how to everything you need. This is the spell that you needed to be able to create those jars.
    Then for the,
    A free hit I possessed by the creature. Whoa.
    And you find in here a lot of spells up until actually six level. I've now put them on there. You find char person that so pretty much does a bunch of first, second and third level spells. Fourth level, hallucinatory Hallucinatory Terrain, Polymorph Sickening Radiance. Fifth level is Dream modifier memory, Skill Empowerment, still wind strike and teleportation. Circle sixth level is Contingency level in the seventh level Simulacrum.
    Unfortunately, it doesn't have the spell. You were the one that you were looking for. The tensors.
    Has a lot of spells. So.
    Similac or muscle? Better tensors. Carry all my. You.
    So. Yeah, that's pretty much you able now to decipher it. For that point now, you have a pretty good because it's not even. It's all like, coded magic and stuff. And so you've kind of been able to break through that. So if you're able to do that two whatever it is 50 Gold blah blah blah per level, it's the same rules as normal one that.
    Got it.
    50 Gold per level. Correct. I think that's what it was. Yeah. All right. Well I'm going to transcribe similar locker room. So you have whatever the materials that you you had bought previously. And so you can just you do the math and figure that out. What was everybody else going to do?
    Find a book and read by the fire with already? What? Read. Write.
    I don't know. I guess I'm going to.
    What do you get to flipping? Are there any blank walls where we're at? Give me an investigation. Check.
    I'll help you with that.
    Not. Know again. Well, again. Okay. It's not. I'll talk about got. Second. You want to play some dice games or. Do you have a deck of cards? Barlow? I do not.
    I will say you don't find, like, a big, like, empty. It's a wall. Like, there's, like, a lot of stuff crowded. There are various, like, pictures on the wall. But you do find one spot that's not huge, but there is a little bit of wall space if you want to do something, for you, make, like, a, motivational mural.
    Okay. Give me a, performance check. And then shadow, what kind of, subjects are you thinking about?
    While you're thinking, Calliope, your mural comes up perfect as it as every little detail you want in it. To the point where you even see some of the cats kind of start wandering up and kind of watching in interest as you're doing this, I imagine I, while that's happening, I'll pour a little bit of paint. Yeah. So they can walk through it and so they can these little puppets on purpose.
    No worries. That's exactly what happens as you think it happens. All right, so what's the swap shadow? Think of some subjects. She just read like fictional stories. Any type of, any type of fiction. She's thinking about it. She's kind of browsing. She's not thinking about spicy Books. No romance. She wants to. Fine. Jamie is, but not satisfied.
    She makes Books. Should I send, Jamie? That little booklet he sent me earlier? Yeah. Hold on. I'll set up a clip in the discord. Maybe like the D&D version of Sherlock home. Like mystery book.
    You find as you're kind of like, go through the first book, you see, says, whispers of the Forgotten Oak, a mystery in the everyday. Oh. There's, Dreams of Fire, a collection of diary based poetry, a book. The Clock Maker's Daughter a novel of Time and Trail. Shadows in the library. The case of the Missing Manuscript.
    A figment, ephemeral flickers. Tales of Distant Stars and Hidden Worlds. There's a book that just says Silver Flame.
    All right, so those are the Books. I put them.
    Up some.
    You send it, I did. It's in discord. I'll. This. I don't see it. It's in the general chat.
    Oh. General chat.
    Seems to.
    That's what it is. Ask me. What's that? What's for?
    What's the well? Yeah. What you do to it? I made it beautiful.
    I needed a little bit of beauty down.
    There's glitter and and Friends and.
    No. I know you're.
    So those are the Books that you find here. Okay. You can look for more if you want. Or if you want to pick one of those up. The read or. No. No, she's going to read shadows in the library because she finds that funny, that she's a shadow in a library. So as you find that this is written by, Laura Thorne, you read that, she's a renowned scholar, a novelist specializing in mysteries and historical fictions.
    She was raised in the shadow of an ancient library. She's dedicated her life to uncovering forgotten tales and weaving them into thrilling narratives that merge reality with the supernatural, her deep understanding of arcane lore and the mystique of libraries is evident in her captivating storytelling. The book is a dusty, Leather bound tome with ornate Gold lettering on its spine, its edges frayed, hinting at the wear of countless readings, and the cover bears a faded illustration of an open library shrouded in mist.
    The pages are thick and yellowed, with many dogged corners suggesting a history of eager exploration out there. You, in a secluded library known for its enchanting tones, a rare manuscript goes missing, Sending shockwaves through the scholarly community. Librarian Clara Rowan unravels a Web of secrets among the shelves as she seeks to retrieve the manuscript before its dark history is lost to time.
    With the clock ticking, Clara discovers that the missing manuscript might be more than just a book. It could be the hold. It could hold the key to a long buried curse. I even have an excerpt for you. I want you to read that. So you're looking at Books. Bastian is, working on spell Books there. You got Calliope drawing on the walls with the graffiti.
    How would Sass and Barlow doing? The is currently staring at this wall that she. Threw on. So Barlow cats are enthralled by this artwork of hope and inspiration. Sass powered. What are you doing in this place? I'm trying to riff. Sass had a book that she was reading or.
    It's been a while since we looked at the Books.
    Not sure if all of these are still in your possession. Come on mouse, that's the page that has most of the Books. We kept track of. I know for a while you were looking at the Green Thumb ones. I think.
    See if it says anything.
    You feel like you got most of everything out of that one.
    She goes searching in a library for some. All right, so as you're kind of looking around, what kind of subjects is she thinking about?
    She's looking at herbalism.
    That second. I totally thought you said she's looking at her bosom. And I was really confused. I actually did hear that two that way, and I was like, oh, that. Was like, why is that? Look at that. This was, herbal is, Also, she's a turtle. She doesn't have a bosom. You never know that. My Friends don't have mammary glands.
    Yeah, she can have some nice titties. She doesn't. The shell actually comes off. That's actually the big debate when it comes to D&D, since whether or not it's Silk, is it not my millions? Well, it's. My decision is that sass does not have mammary.
    That's fair. So those are the book titles that you see. Whispers of the Elder Grove, A Druid's Compendium on herbal remedies, The Quantum Alchemist Exploring the ties between science and Magic, Chronicles of the Lost Realms, fictional histories of forgotten rules. Art of elemental weaving, techniques for beginners and masters. Mystic flowers a guide to herbs and their enchanting properties.
    Ballads of the brave. Epic. Tales from a Forgotten Age. The Clockwork Library the anthology of steampunk inspirations and one called Silver Frame. The thing. She picks up Mystic Flowers, Mystic Flowers, a guide to herbs and their enchanting properties. As you pick up the book, you see. That it is a. It's found in, like, deep green Leather embossed with Silver vines, flowers that seem to shimmer under the Light.
    Its pages are aged and slightly yellowed, with intricate illustrations of herbs and floral diagrams. A delicate Silver bookmark shaped like a blossom is tucked inside, marking the chapter on enchanted potions. It was written by Thalia Greenlee. It turns out she was a renowned herbalist and a Druid within the mystical realms of their day. With, decades of experience in the ancient arts of botany and magic, she dedicated her life to understanding the simple, symbiotic relationship between Flora and the arcane.
    Her knowledge was said to be rivaled only by her affinity for nature, leading her to travel far and wide in search of rare herbs and secrets. They hold. As you're reading at the summary, you find that it's, It serves to be an essential guide for aspiring herbalist and practitioners of magic, exploring the enchanting properties of herbs found in the world of the erotic.
    Each chapter details the magical uses, growing conditions, and the folklore surrounding various Plants, making it a treasured resource. Readers will discover how to create potions, remedies, and enchantments using the mysterious powers held within every blossom. Give me an intelligence check, I help her. Well, she's just reading, I help her, I'm not sure. Oh, okay. How are you going to help him read a book?
    I.
    Do I get to roll that advantage? No, no. Okay. 14. Actually, you know what? Let's go ahead and say yes. You do, because you actually have a stone. Okay. Ronan, which reminds me, I'm sorry, you're not actually in the dreamscape,
    Sticking with the 14. So what we'll say is that definitely. After reading this right now, you feel like there's a, if anything comes up with herbalism in the next couple days, your you're pretty much prepared for it. So it's possible you'll be able to get an advantage on anything dealing with herbalism. And we will say that you learn.
    This for.
    You.
    We will say hello. Yeah. Is that going to be a sentence?
    I will say that, you know, I have learned how to make Potion of Animal Friendship. Potion of animal? What animal? Friendship. Champagne. Friendship. You know, just for fun, I will also say that you learned how to make the Potion of. Yes, just for.
    As far as how much of what it takes us to make those right now, I'm not going to worry about those details if you can make them right now. But if you want to make those potions and try to find the ingredients, we can worry about that later. Cool.
    As you guys are doing these things. Don't even feel like you need to Sleep. But you do get the effects of a long rest. Oh, okay. It's,
    And we will have the cat come back down and say. I think enough time has passed. We can try for the other two. If you would like to try to, to create your stone and manifest it. Oh, shit, that was quick. I was so looking at this wall. Which, conveniently is right where Calliope is as well. And someone put a cucumber down by your feet.
    It's one. Oh. I see what you go for. Here is, inspiration of Hope. Is that okay? That's.
    Think of the Rock again.
    And let's change what I was thinking about. And I realize, too, technically, it's possible the calliope might should have been rolling with advantage. But I will definitely let you guys both roll with advantage on this one. Since, Calliope did really well with that artwork that you guys both feel very inspired, so I will let you guys both roll with advantage.
    Okay. You can. Yeah, you could probably think of something different because you haven't, to think of something because something a little bit different. You'll get see if that helps. No. It does. What were you thinking? I was going to turn it into it. Instead of being like a little ball made of stone, a Rock. I was thinking of a little tiny yarn ball.
    So as you picture that yarn ball, it does manifest just for a quick moment and it blinks out. Calliope. As Calliope does think about, though, this perfect, meticulously crafted Sapphire appears in front of her, and it slowly waves towards her head and starts to, circle around her head. You have your stuff.
    Right. And we touch the Earth. You could grab for it, certainly. And as you grab for it, you're able to hold it.
    You feel like if you it has a tendency, like it wants to wave around your head. But you also feel like if you wanted it to do something else, you could probably controlled in that way as well.
    The cat looks at chuckle. What's more, try that again. You can go either way, though. It doesn't have inspiration, but I give them inspiration. A bardic inspiration, of course. Yeah. Okay, I know this sounds Weird, but I'm going to come back here and hold my tail as, the cat tells you, though, you could try what you were trying there.
    I mean, that's seem like a very simple enough kind of object. So you can try you the way that or the stone you were trying before? Not to ask. I came up with a little yarn. Okay. And a Bartok inspiration. What is that? What now that the I got gotta pull your hand right now. You can return. Oh, that's what that person's.
    Put that out of the way. Okay.
    It's only one. So as you hold my tail, it's my tail. I don't know what it is, as it always comes with, as an inspiration comes across over you. You manifest this perfect little ball of yarn. How big are you thinking? Oh, it's just, It's like if I was holding, like, a baseball. Okay, so just technically that size, there's that perfect little way that the little loose one comes right out of it.
    And it's exactly like, as you picture that, you know, purple was lacking yard. So at that, the cat's is perfect. You guys have all manifested your first object. I will say that, when you are in your dreamscape, there are ways of trying to manifest simple objects to create something more complex. It could take a lifetime to fully understand that.
    And it might not even be necessary for you guys to do. But these will be your anchor points. These will be what's going to help you. So that, that that seems to have a lot of control on that little corner of the Dream planes that he has taken over. So this will help keep you guarded in that sense.
    The other thing that we're hoping is that,
    You have all fought various types of dragons. You have by doing so, that kind of releases certain types of energies into the world. Especially with that last one you fought. It had cheated its way to its power. I'm sure that after its defeat, you felt some of that energy dissipate. There is one Dragon that we think that would be helpful, seeing as how.
    I think you guys have gotten almost every type of chromatic except quite red.
    And you guys are faced white, a white, a red finish. But I know you haven't faced the black yet, and that's the one. When did we face blue or green? A blue one was with the Cobalt, as I understand it. Yes, yes. We ran from it. We didn't fight it. No, I think yes. Did you guys defeated that?
    That's why then we. Yeah. That that was the that he worked with the Cobalt. Yeah. I think you guys defeat. Okay. Yep. Because that's where the red one Almudena, is the one that ran away. Yeah. We were fighting him in the forest, and he ran away, but. Yeah, I think that's what we just fought to.
    I don't think you guys have faced the green one, but there it was for the whites. I know that was the very first Dragon the US came up against. Well, we didn't fight him. We just have been in agreement not to mess around with it. Yeah, we were level one. Yeah, we've seen him in person. I guess you could say.
    Yeah, but I feel that helped him with that mind. Split up. Yeah. So he tells you. We're sure though, that if you're able to help take care of this one black Dragon, that it's going to help in a lot of different ways. You don't have to do it. Obviously, there's other things we can, do that might help you guys.
    And, let's move forward and be prepared.
    But what's this Black Dragon are doing? Yeah. And how old is it? I believe it's probably around the same age. Power. We'll say this older, but same power level as the red you just fought. Want to do. Okay. This one did not cheat its way. He has, terrorized, a lot of, local communities, obviously, being a black Dragon, they tend to be some of the more vile of the chromatics.
    There is,
    A need to pretty much get him out of the cave that he's in.
    With that, black dragons and normally are knows for what else? In. Mean is super mean passive.
    Okay. They are amphibious dragons. They, Breathe.
    Oh. There's.
    One thing to be aware of, though, is, he has not. He rarely leaves his lair except to terrorize people. But we can get you into. Whereas lair is.
    So just let us know when you. If you guys are prepared to fight, handle that. Or we could find some other challenges for you.
    I mean, I'm down for taking out another Dragon. Yeah. For sure.
    So if you guys are prepared, I will walk you the way, she goes towards the door and looks back at you.
    You guys follow? Yep. Okay. Yeah. Try not to push you guys. I want you guys to feel like you guys know we're gonna walk away. As the, psychic energy, Telekinesis opens the door. She walks you guys out, through the mist. It doesn't feel like it takes very long, though. As you guys walk through the mist, you find yourselves.
    On,
    In a large cave. Wet mildew. Mole. And it's, like Algae everywhere. You guys come on. The soft part here, the cast up mess around. They get you right in the middle of the action.
    Of us here, though. Yeah. Yeah, that's. I wasn't planning on doing the combat. Yeah, I figured it'd be a good way of starting the next. Yeah. Get us in position. As. I'm gonna need someone else then. So limit my weapons, guys, to to do with this big map. So as you look across, you see, like, there's, like, a little bit of, steps in front of you that leads into the water.
    In the middle there seems to be a little platform, as you look across the way, if you're able to, it's pretty hard to kind of see in here, actually.
    I think you guys can really see much. Yeah. Cool. It's pretty hard to see in here, so. But you can definitely hear something out there. It doesn't seem to be aware of your presence yet, so we will leave it there. As you guys are about to face off with the Green Dragon. Oh, you have the chance to tell us that you know, the Dragon spit.
    You, put it on top of them. So as you ask them for the Green Dragon, they he tells you, give them a second. Let's practice with that.
    And the cat tells you his name. Not cat's name. Dragon, but the thing else. Or guess the illustrious.
    And. That's wrong. It's a pretty good name. He has destroyed many lands. It would be behoove you to get rid of him. And to help with your power set situation. Okay, so we'll leave it there, I.
    Hope everybody had fun. Okay. Yeah. Glad to play after two months ago. Well, both my, you know, even our other game hasn't been playing much, so it's been a long break on both. And that was nice seeing both you guys too. Yeah. Hold down now even though it I have a feeling that that's how I got killed. This place is a long time.
    I don't really I think so it was within a week of that event and I don't go out, but wow. And nobody else I know about it. I don't think any of our family dinner. That's true. That's what I know. Yeah, I guess I'm nobody else. No, no, Keshawn got Covid, Yeah, yeah, I know, but who knows?
    I don't know, maybe. Was that strange lady that was around the corner? Probably wasn't a lady, but. Yeah, like one. Oh, centigrade. What is. Oh, you just waiting for you to get home. Which is. Which is funny, but. Oh, my God, the kids are so adorable in school. So, you know you.
    And it is. Oh, my God, those dimples. They're even more. They're even more crazy seeing them in person. Yeah.
    He's still for his own good. Well, you know, his parents signing off. All right. Good night and good night. You guys, I'll see you guys. I'll in two weeks. Good.
     
     
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    Calliope Galanodel
    Barlo
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    16
    CON
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    CHA
    14
    Shadow in the Snow
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    16 Aug 2025
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    Thornwinds
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    The Mists of Concatenation
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