07.06.2020 - Shui Mythri
General Summary
- Fight
- Session starts with a nat 1 on Hai's fire bolt (We've told Niels that we're probably only going to 1's this session, to stop his plans)
- It hits Fu, and he goes down, the illusion fades
- It shows his injuries, but also that he DOESN'T LOOK LIKE FU AT ALL.
- We're now looking at a FIRBOLG
- Two goes for Hai, hurting him badly, one goes through the house to get to Shui on the roof
- Shui severely injures the two by Hai
- Hai finally rolls high on Fire Bolt, but rolls a 1 on dmg
- The guy still dies
- Hai is also panicking
- As the thug reaches the roof, Shui shouts for Hai to run, then Misty Steps down to What-Used-To-Be-Fu to use Healing Hands(Aasimar) on him
- Hai keeps running, and fires off a max dmg Fire Bolt to kill the guy on street level
- What-Used-To-Be-Fu casts Disguise Self again, to look like Fu, then runs after Shui
- Thug on roof shoots Shui, and KO's her
- Hai runs into the small square, shouts about the fire to the 3 people there
- "Fu" casts Cure Wounds 2nd lv. And pulls Shui to her feet
- The last thug can't find another exit out of the house, shouts for help
- "Fu" runs back to the door, heals himself, and tries to force open the door
- Shui runs, to get out of the alley
- More people have gathered by Hai, they try to get him to help, but an elderly woman sees that he's hurt, and offers to take care of his wounds
- Ari finds the gnome (but out of telepath range)
- A bucket line is starting to form, to fight the spreading fire
- Multiple houses is being torn down indiscriminately by large groups of people to stop the spreading of the fire
- "Fu" reaches out to the thug to pull him out. He accepts, gets helped by "Fu". Then "Fu" runs after Shui
- The people manages to stop the spreading of the fire
- We try to find each other
- Finds Hai when he leaves the house of the old lady
- We return to the inn
- Everyone is looking at us, the barkeep offers bandages etc.
- Shui directs people to the site of the fire with aid
- Back in the room
- Shui does the ritual for Detect Magic, just to be safe
- Notice an empty space of nothing from the Academy (Counterspell-ish, a hole in the magic)
- Shui: "What happened with the real Fu?"
- "Fu" took his place. Says we are the children of prophecy
- When Fu went missing he took his place
- Fu didn't return from the final trial
- "Fu" is trying to trick the gods of fate
- The matron of fate told him to do it
- The trials are clouded in mystery, and no one really understands what happens (info lost)
- "Fu": without the third, the prophecy can't be fulfilled
- "Fu"'s name is Twig
- Shui can try to reach out to Mystra, Twig can reach out to the Matron of Destiny
- But this might take too much time
- Twig is a druid, or a "watcher of fate"
- Need to meet with the Dean tomorrow morning
- The new codeword for when Twig is wounded is "Puddles"
- We level up!
- Will get Arcanist's Magic Aura when she has time to trance and talk to Mystra (When trance for 6 hours, I can start rolling)
- Twig heads to the barracks to swap his shift to an afternoon shift
- Is fine, will give the captain? A pie for his troubles
- We head to the academy for the meeting
- Temoti comes to fetch us in the tavern
- Her son seems to be doing much better ^^
- We meet Dean Dormin Halfwit (halfling)
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- Can barely see the wall, because of all the bookshelves and maps etc.
- Inventions and stacks of books on the floor etc.
- Is a path you can walk through all the mess
- Entrance to balcony in the room, the glass of the windows have a map etched into them
- The Dean says he will help us, asks what we know/can do
- Starts quizzing Shui on what she knows
- Offers a position as a scribe, scholar or tutor
- Will get a mentor
- Says she wants to teach history
- He hands her a tome, warns it might be slightly out of date
- "The path of Yin and it's legends" - Tinbrand Greenhill
- Will assign her a tutor, or a child to teach etc.
- Maybe some minor nobility
- Can drop by for more books
- Hai asks if he's well versed in magic
- Tells him that someone was using it to scry on us
- We found the scroll
- Hands him the box holding the scroll
- Tells us this office is protected
- Confirms it is indeed a spell scroll
- Asks if we've alerted the authorities
- No, because of our appearance we're worried the blame might be shifted unto us
- He will take the scroll off our hands, and alert the proper authorities
- Will inform us if they find anything
- Twig tells him we spotted the 'spy'
- Asks about public records that might help us identify the suspect
- Is research positions open, as well as volunteer work
- Apparently Selmyn is having an experiment in a few minutes down in the engineering wing
- Her constructs are apparently amazing
- As we're leaving the secretary stops Shui to get her a tutoring job
- The Drakes (Minor nobles): Edmund Drake needs a tutor
- He has been through several tutors, pays well
- She will give Shui a crash course in nobility etiquette
- We will go help with the experiment
- Gets directions from the secretary
- Lots of directions, but follow the sounds of a crowd gathering and we'll find it
- She draws us a map (Hard to understand scribbles)
- Then decide to lead us there herself
- Shui is distracted by the book, but the others notice stuff
- Mechanical experiments, lectures, etc.
- Closed unmarked wooden door in a tunnel
- Someone looking shady by a closed door
- Not the same explosions and bustling activity
- When we get there, hear ooo's and aaaa's. People looking into a forum with awe
- A female gnome called Selmyn standing there with a mechanical construct
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- Is frantically trying to fix it
- An announcer talking in a mocking tone
- Asks if any volunteers wants to step forward and maybe figure something out
- Selmyn is red in the face, embarrassed
- Twig volunteers
- Announcer asks him if he is shockproof, gets him protective gear anyway
- "We can probably bring you back to life if anything happens, haha"
- Keeps talking about how they will "try not to kill another one"
- "a willing volunteer this time"
- It starts
- Asks Twig to stand on the X and wait
- The plan is for Cog to walk over to him
- So far, she's managed to make him stand
- "If he starts discharging or something, cover your face. It will be fine, I've only killed one. It was an accident, it wasn't Cog's fault"
- Cog starts walking
- Twig reaches out a hand for a handshake, introduces himself
- Cog swings at him (attack), landing a hit. (Doing bludgeoning and force dmg)
- Selmyn rushed forward and turns him off. "Cog didn't mean to do that"
- Everyone leaves the forum
- Selmyn is surprised that we didn't leave with the others, says we can continue if Twig wants to
- Twig asks how Cog works, Solomon asks how much he know about stuff
- Twig says he's created many catalysts to contain electricity
- We go down to help as well
- Twig notices a small flicker of light in one of Cog's eyes, even though he is powered down
- We get the padding as well (+2 AC)
- Shui goes to investigate Cog, to see if she can find mistakes and figure out how he works
- Finds some bolts that are loose
- Also finds an inscription behind the battery written in draconic. Can see the word "Bind"
- As Selmyn goes to make a new X, Twig subtely casts Barkskin on himself
- As she draws it, before Cog is turned on, there is a twinkle in his eyes
- Twig tries to teach Cog how to greet people, before he's turned on.
- There's a twich in his fingers when Twig shakes his hand
- Selmyn notices and starts thinking about it
- She turns him on
- Cog wildly shakes Twig's hand
- Selmyn tries to get Hai to stand on the X, he refuses so she gets Shui to do it
- Cog drags Twig towards Shui, then throws him at her
- She manages to dodge
- He holds onto Twig
- Selmyn tries to get Cog to realise we're friends
- Twig tries to get him to walk calmly
- Cog takes a step with him, then starts dragging Twig to the other X
- Then he notices Hai, and starts dragging Twig towards him
- Hai is stepping away, eventually going up into the seats
- Cog is following
- Selmyn flips the off lever, but nothing happens, Cog throws her off of his back
- Twig encourages Cog to run, so Hai has to run to keep away
- Selmyn begs us not to let him leave
- Hai starts running around in the room, instead of exiting
- Twig tries to make Cog slow down. It doesn't work
- Cog throws Selmyn across the room, then starts running at Shui
- Twig tries to tell Cog that no one will like him if he keeps doing it
- Puts his hand, together with Cog's hand, on his hip
- Cog puts his other hand on the other hip, and hoists Twig over his shoulder
- Then starts running towards Hai
- Twig pulls on one of the tubes, and Cog makes a mechanical sound of pain
- Cog falters a bit, then throws Twig at Hai
- Hai narrowly manages to dodge
- Shui talks to him in draconic, telling him that we can help him if he stands still
- He looks at her, then starts twitching
- Selmyn rushes to fix him
- When she does something, Cog starts dashing towards Twig, which whacks him with the quarterstaff
- Cog attacks Twig
- Fight:
- Shui tells Cog in draconic that she can help him, if he stands still and lets Fu go
- Cog starts walking towards her
- Twig crits on an attack of opportunity
- Cog reaches out, Shui shows him her mending tattoo, and repeats that she can help him if he stands still
- She steps back and dodges
- He hurts himself by slamming his own arms
- Twig tries to grapple him, but fails
- Hai helps Selmyn up, they talk about how they can stop him.
- Something inside, gives Hai a spanner
- Sometimes talking works
- Selmyn is hampering his movement by holding onto his leg
- He still makes it to Shui, and grabs her into a 'hug', then he stops
- Shui hugs him back, and stealthily starts casting mending on him (Takes 1 min)
- He keeps hugging, swaying up and down, and tries to imitate the patting that Shui is doing
- Selmyn believes that she is just calming him down
- She climbs up, and pulls a plug, powering him down
- His eyes is still on and looking around
- Selmyn confirms she is the one who built him
- Twig drops his disguise
- "This is the first time he shows himself to others"
- She'll keep Twig's secrets, if we keep hers
- Cog is her nephew
- Her sister passed away, and Cog got sick
- She did this to save him
- Cog was just a baby, so she has to teach him
- The runes bind his soul.
- She strayed from the path to save him
- Fu and Hai tries to convince her that following the path is not that good
- She warns us to be careful with that thinking
- She and Cog is following their own path
Report Date
06 Aug 2025
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