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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Radiating Gnome" data-source="post: 1505" data-attributes="member: 150">R&RAfter a few weeks of rest, training, and relaxing, the party had begun to wear on their hosts, the Baron and his family, who were hard at work trying to rebuild Spittlemarch. The characters had finally reached 6th level, and were training – Pah took a level of fighter for the extra feat and the combat bonuses, Uri is getting very interested in item creation, etc. [I am using the Iron Kingdoms rules for small arms for Pah’s pistols, so she needed the Exotic Weapon (small arms) feat, as well as the skill Craft (small arms) to reload the pistols. She also took ambidexterity, so she can shoot with either hand, although if she were to shoot both hands at once she’ll still have the penalties for fighting two-handed.]At one point, there was a break-in – someone snuck into the PC’s chambers in the castle and stole Pah’s old pistols and the last of the old gunpowder that she had. The party searched their chambers and the keep for some sign of what had happened, but didn’t come up with anything. In the end they went to Solen, who used some high level scrying, etc., to show them in a magic bowl the pistols in their current location, in the saddlebags of the henchman and valet of the Bard who had been on hand to write the doggerel that was still being sung in taverns around Spittlemarch. They scried on the pair long enough to determine that the were approaching a small city called Brindinford. Solen was very upset – he was concerned that the secrets of his “science” end up in the wrong hands, so he pushed the party to pursue the Bard and valet (named Hewit and Fiver, respectively). While they were there, Urk asked Solen to show him Anathe, their old nemesis. Anathe was walking in the underdark, single file, as part of a line of figures, mostly drow, that also included Eldgrim, who definitely looked much the worse for having a mountain dropped on him, but who was apparently still alive. Anathe sensed that he was being scried, and tried to turn the tables on Solen, so Solen broke the connection, but while the connection was fading, Urk made a series of obscene gestures for Anathe’s benefit. Urk also announced that he had decide to name his new axe Anathema.Eli also had personal business in Brindinford. He has always wanted to join an order of elven archers called the order of the shooting star (it’ll be a prestige class that borrows heavily from the Order of the Bow, and a bit from Arcane Archer.) Avaros is a member, and has given Eli a letter of introduction to his master Maravos. That, and the bow Talia (which Maravos knows) will hopefully convince Maravos to take Eli into the order and begin his training. Talia is an intelligent, talking, +1 Mighty Composite Longbow (+2 str). She’s lawful good, speaks several languages, and grants her user the free use of Mobility and can detect evil at will. Obviously, such a rare bow will have to be returned, but Avaros is sending her with Eli as an observer, and she will offer an evaluation of Eli’s fitness for the order when Eli meets Maravos.The party gathers their gear, saddles up quickly, and heads off to Brindinford in pursuit of the Bard and his flunky.Next Post: the party starts The Speaker in Dreams</blockquote>

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