I follow
–As you journey downward you notice that the space of the interior is fantastically larger and more lavish than the space on the exterior. You eventually make it to a lavish room surrounded by desks and covered with windows At the head of which you spot a male tabaxi that looks vastly similar to Rumble
(Umbriel/Osh) Speaking: “I am Umbrielle.” Action I look towards him and nod
Ooc, I need to sleep soon, I have to get up early
–Action: he smiles : Mungle “My name is Mungle your captain for this voyage.”
–Action :He salutes
ok np did you enjoy this adventure
Yes it’s cool Can’t wait to see what happens next
Thank you night night Thanks for playing.
Good night my pleasure
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–Hmm well In that case where we left off last time was You had just stepped onto the mistresses ground blade
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What’s a Ground blade?
–You had a brief discussion with Mungle.
I remember a captain and the construct that became a dagger
–Ok thats Mungle. Rumble and the mistress are with you also.
–As a point of order in one game your name was Osh Tish in another you said your name was Umbrielle, was that intentional or accidental or not.
Osh tisch is a secret name. That only I and a few others know. Umbrielle is the one I use normally I don’t think I told anyone here my secret name I know I told you.
–Oh ok this is just DM knowledge. Would you prefer your character to be referenced outside of the game as Umbrielle or Osh Tish. This will just be info for the audience You can use Umbrielle unless there’s a reason to use the other one ok..
What is happening now?
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–Starting Now… The Interior is vastly larger than the exterior this rune is clearly one of the most powerful you have used.
Am I doing something with a rune right now?
–You stand in the center of the area of a bridge with 2 doors around you now’
Oh ok. Bridge like from one place to another or bridge like on a ship?
–(correct) Mungle, is operating a wooden wheel like on a water ship and he is surrounded by three mystic hovering mirrors. you may look around ask questions or just sit down and relax I look around.
Where are we? We were just in the basement of that casino a second ago.
–(Are you asking the Dm )
Yes because I didn’t know we moved
–As far you you know you, you felt the Rev-Runner/Earth-blade move around you as you watch Mungle, operating the wheel.
Ok. What does it look like?
–As you look around you notice the bridge is enveloped by warm cherry wood gold embroidery and the interior seem very reminiscent of luxury travel barge.
Ok.
I say to “Mungle, “Where are we going captain?”
–Mungle: “We are going port to Trundle bay at the edge of Adderon if you are ok with performing the mission. Some of us will be offloading others who will stay or come back”
—Mungle: “If you wish to buy some stuff let me know I know a great place for a pit stop.”
Is there anyone else in the room with us? I thought it was just me and Mungle.
–The Mistress and Rumble are also with you
Oh ok.
Speaking: “Does everyone here travel underground like this?”
–Mistress: “We can travel other ways, but we mainly do this when on a mission. If you got some time I would you like to give you a run down of our mission.”
Speaking. “Yes of course”
–Action- she walks over to a door on the right and it falls into the floor beyond it you see a large corridor with a long line of doors
–Action- she walks into the corridor as Rumble follows. Rumble Yawns and starts to curl up in a floating box conjured from nothing
I follow too
–As you follow her through the hallway you take notice of intricate glowing runes on the door one of which has loud snoring coming out of it and a few that have windows to lavish rooms.
I look through some windows if that’s possible
–Yes there are three available windows, beyond one you see a gold scaled dragon born snoring, she is warped in strands of dark leather. In the second there is an endless stream of lock boxes, and in the third there seems to be a boundless plane of dark sand
Ok. What is the mistress doing?
–At the end is the mistress’s chamber you see a large table with many beverage, barrels and bowls of various fruits and other treats. Several statues stand around the room while the Mistress is is sitting down casting a minor illusions of several large posters
Ok. I’m waiting for her to let me know what she wants me to do
–(Action)- she waves you in
I go in
–As you walk in you immediately notice the nautical themes around you, and see that she has is standing over water, and that on each of the walls is an intricate nautical map
–Mistriss: “Well first I want to show you where you will go, what you may need to do and after that we can talk about what you may need.”
–Action She points To the wall on her right which reforms into a picture of an armed military fort.
–Mistress: “Four fathoms down there is an underwater cave entrance that leads to an abandoned elven graveyard, one of the last places for transcribe-able runes.”
–Mistress: “They owned a burial crypts the size of some mansions. Many contain lost riches but the only thing I only care about is transcribing runes. I am only interested in one thing a wraith shell rune at the rear gate.”
–Mistress- “Our biggest problem is the climb up through clock spire that will take you above the water. After that you will need to clime to shore and stealthily get back to Port Trundle. Now from Trundle bay we can teleport you into an area where you swim down but, after that you will be on your own.”
–Mistress: “Any questions?”
tell me when your are set
“You said that after I climb up to the surface I will need to climb to shore and get back to trundle bay, and then they can jump me into an area that will let me swim down but then I’ll be on my own after that. Wouldn’t I be on my own the whole time until I swim down and then when I swim down I could get back into this ship?
–From the dm You will not be personally defended by the Mistress and her Rev runner however You have the option of just teleport in directly.
I still don’t understand. When I swim down won’t I be back on the ship?
–You can do that
So I would be on my own until I get back to the ship.
–The shortest route is through the tower but you can do that also.
Where else could I go if I swim down? Wouldn’t I just be under water?
–Mistress: “You have the option of running back through the graveyard. I don’t recommend that but you have that option.”
So I could go up and then straight back down without going to trundle bay? Which way would be going through the graveyard? Back down or to trundle bay? “
–From the Dm you can avoid Trundle bay entirely if you wish, Trundle bay is safe and guarded but you can teleport right in
I’m very confused now
–Are you asking this to the dm ?
Yes
–You have the option of avoiding trundle bay if you wish but it is just the shortest route
You said that the shortest rout is through the tower. Is the graveyard in the tower?
–Yes the shortest rout out is through the tower.
The tower is in the underwater graveyard Ok I didn’t know the graveyard was underwater. What is above the water?
–From the dm. The miltary fort is owned by the Iron Keepers.
So I go up the tower to get the rune, then up into the fort and then I need to get out of the fort and get to trundle bay. Is the fort surrounded by water?
–No its in the middle of the peninsula.
Are we in water now or did this ship travel through dirt?
–Your character does not know that, but presumably you would need to go through both earth and water to get to trundle bay?
Ok. So when I go up to the surface and leave the fort is the way to trundle bay in the direction that the peninsula is connected to the land or would I need to swim or find a boat?
–No you can walk to trundle bay from the fort Your return team will be waiting for you at port
Ok. Then from trundle bay you said they can jump me to a place where I can swim back down to the ship? Oh I think I see. The return team will jump me back to the place where I can get back to the ship?
— Once you are at trundle bay you are home free mungle even offered to doc at trundle bay.
Ok. So the ship can go up to the surface there?
— Mistress: “I should mention that port trundle has a good range of shops and inns.”
–Correct
Ok. I think I understand pretty well now What should I expect to see inside the tower? And what will be in the fort?
–The dm will not offer the information would you like to ask an npc?.
I ask the Mistress. Speaking “What should I expect to see inside the tower? And what will be in the fort?”
–The Mistress: “I have a very potent minor relic you can borrow that will help you avoid combat with the more inteliigent undead beings, but there may still be a few skeletons.”
Speaking “ Ok. That sounds very useful”
–Mistress: “As for the Fort they will have elite musketeers and iron golems, I might personallywait for night to sneek out but that might means setting yourself up more undead attacks.”
Speaking, “I should have some kind of weapons to fight the skeletons. Do you know how many musketeers and golems man the fort? and do you have any information about the inside of the fort? Like where I might be able to hide or get out without being seen?”
–The Mistresss; (action) She bows her head “I am personally, deeply connected to this grave yard and this rune has some deep meaning for me grabbing it would also do us a great service.”
–The Mistress: “I Think a good strong hammer or bludgeoning weapon would be best. radiant energy also works well, but it wont help you make friends in the water though. I would focus on electric power if you have it…….Now that I think about a simple quarter staff may be the best thing.”
To dm. My primary weapon is a great maul But I’ll need to get a new one since I woke up without it
–Mistress: “I can only guess how many soldiers there are but if you stick to the janitors exit, you shouldn’t see more than two. The biggest problem is with alarms.”
Speaking “Do you have a map of the inside of the fort that shows where the janitors exit is?”
–From Dm: mention you had a maul to her, but consider that you will be underwater
To dm. If I’m going to be fighting under water I think a maul might work better than a staff. It would need the weight to have enough momentum to damage anything. A staff would be so light that it wouldn’t do much damage
–Mistress: “I do but I want to mention that when we found you you didn’t have much on you. Our team has been working on conjuring that for you if you are equipped well we can help you. But before we get into that let me show the what we guess the fort will be like.” (action) She turns to opposite wall and you see a 2d print out of small castle structure.
–The maul will be damaging but move slowly because of the greater water resistance of a heavier object
By the rules it should be ok a staff will move slowly too. A hammer would move faster because the mass would give it more momentum
–true
So should i use a staff or a maul?
–the maul should be fine.
Ok.
( Speaking) “Mistress i will need a weapon. The one I use most often is a great maul. If we can get one I think that would be very helpful.”
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–Mistress: Action:Brushes her Hair, (Speaking) “From what I know about skeletons that would be a great weapon against them in general, but underwater swinging of anything may cause you to move an extra bit slow.”
–Mistress: Speaking “So its your choice do you want the hay making power of a maul or a quicker sure shot of a short sword.”
–Mistress: Speaking “I might be able to give you something that may grant you an easier time with underwater equipment but it wont last forever so use it quickly.”
Speaking “Yes mistress, it will be slower than on dry land if I swing it. But stabbing weapons are not very good against skeletons. But with the reduced weight under water I could thrust the head of the maul straight forward like a spear.”
–Mistress. “Rather use it when you need to.”
–Action: (she stroke her chin) Mistress: “Yes that could work it may be tricky, but that could over come some water resistance.”
(Speaking), “If there is another weight on the other end of the maul that would help to balance it so I can thrust it more easily and the weight will help me keep my feet on the floor of the tower.”
–Mistress; “I don’t think you will need all that. If you had an enlarge spell cast upon you your own shell should be enough of a counter weight as long as you don’t thrust too far.”
Speaking “Yes that would work well.” Ok. Action I look at the map of the castle she started to show me
–Mistress: Action She points back to the image on the other image on the opposite wall” well as for the fort” “You will be crawling up through the storm drain into a partially flooded and locked off root cellar.”
Speaking “Where do I go from there?”
–Mistriss: “ After you leave the root cellar You may need to skulk into a utility basement. After that your best bet would be jumping out a local window and into a surrounding dry moat also you may need some rope or at least a shovel.”
“What would the rope or shovel be for?”
–Mistress “The janitors bridge should be on the other side and you should be able to through your rope over that. Once your out make a run for the tent city. After that you can spend another night or just take a local road back down to port.”
–From dm, For climping out of the dry moat.
“What if I’m seen by someone in the fort? also I think a ladder or pole would be the best tools for climbing out of a dry moat.”
–Mistress: “Take them out quick before they get to an alarm, If they hit the Alarm and make a break for it.”
“Ok. When I get out of the fort you said there will be a tent City. Is that going to mean more iron keeper soldiers? And how far is it from the fort to the group that is going to help me get back to this ship?”
–Mistress: “If you need it we could grab a collapsible rope ladder or a collapsible pole A ladder will be too much to carry and you will still need a rope to grappling hook.”
–Mistress “No the Iron keepers sleep in soft beds those tents are owned by janitors and nomads.”
(Speaking.) “How big is this tent City?”
–Mistress: (action): Sits down “its pretty big if you can crash on the inside of a med tent over ther you won’t be seen.”
Speaking: “and how big is the fort if it needs a whole city of janitors?”
–Mistress: “Its small compared a castle but we are fighting a very opulent foe. Do you have anymore questions?”
Speaking “Yes. How far is it to the group that is supposed to help me get back to this ship and what other places do I need to pass through to get to them? “
–Mistress: “After you make it to one of the tent cities you can hire a small caravan coach back to trundle bay and both Rumble and/or I Should be waiting for you.”
(Speaking) “Is there’s more than one tent city?”
–Mistress: “Just the one tent city.”
Ok
( Speaking) How can I know who to hire? “I thought it wasn’t safe to be seen by any of those people.”
–Mistress: “Oh nonono Not the Janitors They detest the culture of Adderon. Most of the tent occupants are children.”
Speaking, “I think I know what I need to know now.”
–Mistress: She smiles and waves to the food and everything around you. “Then please eat and enjoy yourself, And After you are done we can discuss how you wish to equip yourself with my special selection.”
Ok, I have some food and wait
–(its roughly 10:00 your time how are you feeling)
Pretty tired. I think this is a good place to stop for the night
(no problem I hope you things you enjoyed yourself
Yes it was fun. Im excited to do some fighting next time
–You gota get equiped as well should you be available next Friday.
Yes unless something changes I will be here next Friday
Well untill next time:
And thank you
Ok thanks.
Have a good night.
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