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<blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 9128987" data-attributes="member: 508"><p>In last night's "Ghourmand Vale" session, the PCs:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Went to a burlesque club ("The Topsy Curvy Club") at the behest of their 60-year-old author friend, E. L. Grimwade, who wanted to check it out (as it was the site of one of our earlier adventures right there in town, back when it was a front for the local thieves guild)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Recognized a dwarf in the bar area as the one who had stolen my sorcerer's elven masterwork silver dagger, although the paladin didn't detect any evil about him (and he <em>had</em> detected him as evil on the day he stole my dagger)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Confronted the dwarf, who was pretending to be staggeringly drunk, only to make a break for it by leaping onto and over the table and making a dash for the exit door - only to be tripped the the author's cane and then knocked unconscious by a <em>sleep</em> arrow from our elven archer</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dragged him back into the bar</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Met up with Mabel, the owner/lead performer in the burlesque club, who was as big a fan of the author as my PC was, and got her to agree to give us all a tour of the place (to specifically include a look at the dwarf's room)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Realized an elf wizard looked familiar as well, and the archer recognized him as the wizard who'd been directing the two dwarf thieves in the crowd to help find likely marks - and then noticed the elf's face blurred and changed a bit</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Guessed the elf was a doppelganger and got him to confirm it after we stated (and he read our minds to be sure were telling the truth) that all we were interested in was the new thieves guild rumored to be headquartered here in the Topsy Curvy Club</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Found out the new guild had hired the doppelgangers to disguise themselves as select members of their group and hang out at the TCC as alibis, while the real thieves were out plying their trade</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Found the two dwarves had cleared out their rented room</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Got attacked by the real elf wizard (whose appearance the doppelganger had taken on), who cast a <em>slow</em> spell on us, only to have everyone but Mabel and the author save</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Watched as the paladin's <em>holy flaming burst longsword</em> ripped into the wizard, then saw the elf get <em>baleful polymorphed</em> into a bunny (courtesy of our elf druid)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Had a nearby "statue" expose itself as a shield guardian, obeying its last command to cast a <em>confusion</em> spell at anyone attacking the wizard; the paladin and the archer both failed their save</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Brought the shield guardian down to 19 hp before noticing it wasn't fighting us anymore (the elf wizard had been planning to give it other commands during the combat, but he now had the intellect of a rabbit) and let it be, thinking we'd claim it as treasure</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Had my PC's grackle familiar take out the elf wizard's raven familiar in his most spectacular bit of claw-to-claw combat he's ever performed (we'd already staggered the raven; the grackle merely had to deal 1 hp of damage to it, which he did rather admirably)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Chased down the paladin and archer (who had alternately babbled incoherently in place, fled the shield guardian at top speed, and attacked each other (as the nearest person in range) before we chased them down (aided by a <em>haste</em> spell my PC cast on the rest of us and our halfling rogue's <em>web</em> spell from her <em>cloak of arachnida</em>) and let the <em>confusion</em> spell run its course</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fed the polymorphed bunny to the druid's wolf, so in death it would revert back to elven form and we could retrieve the shield guardian control amulet he wore (we made sure to get a real dead rabbit to feed to the wolf after his first meal got turned into an elf - no need to tease the poor thing!)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Said farewell to the author, who's going back to her own city to start writing her next book</li> </ul><p>And then my PC had enough material to write a song about the Topsy Curvy Club, which he's hoping to sell to his bard friend who's always looking for new material.</p><p></p><p>Johnathan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richards, post: 9128987, member: 508"] In last night's "Ghourmand Vale" session, the PCs: [LIST] [*]Went to a burlesque club ("The Topsy Curvy Club") at the behest of their 60-year-old author friend, E. L. Grimwade, who wanted to check it out (as it was the site of one of our earlier adventures right there in town, back when it was a front for the local thieves guild) [*]Recognized a dwarf in the bar area as the one who had stolen my sorcerer's elven masterwork silver dagger, although the paladin didn't detect any evil about him (and he [i]had[/i] detected him as evil on the day he stole my dagger) [*]Confronted the dwarf, who was pretending to be staggeringly drunk, only to make a break for it by leaping onto and over the table and making a dash for the exit door - only to be tripped the the author's cane and then knocked unconscious by a [i]sleep[/i] arrow from our elven archer [*]Dragged him back into the bar [*]Met up with Mabel, the owner/lead performer in the burlesque club, who was as big a fan of the author as my PC was, and got her to agree to give us all a tour of the place (to specifically include a look at the dwarf's room) [*]Realized an elf wizard looked familiar as well, and the archer recognized him as the wizard who'd been directing the two dwarf thieves in the crowd to help find likely marks - and then noticed the elf's face blurred and changed a bit [*]Guessed the elf was a doppelganger and got him to confirm it after we stated (and he read our minds to be sure were telling the truth) that all we were interested in was the new thieves guild rumored to be headquartered here in the Topsy Curvy Club [*]Found out the new guild had hired the doppelgangers to disguise themselves as select members of their group and hang out at the TCC as alibis, while the real thieves were out plying their trade [*]Found the two dwarves had cleared out their rented room [*]Got attacked by the real elf wizard (whose appearance the doppelganger had taken on), who cast a [i]slow[/i] spell on us, only to have everyone but Mabel and the author save [*]Watched as the paladin's [i]holy flaming burst longsword[/i] ripped into the wizard, then saw the elf get [i]baleful polymorphed[/i] into a bunny (courtesy of our elf druid) [*]Had a nearby "statue" expose itself as a shield guardian, obeying its last command to cast a [i]confusion[/i] spell at anyone attacking the wizard; the paladin and the archer both failed their save [*]Brought the shield guardian down to 19 hp before noticing it wasn't fighting us anymore (the elf wizard had been planning to give it other commands during the combat, but he now had the intellect of a rabbit) and let it be, thinking we'd claim it as treasure [*]Had my PC's grackle familiar take out the elf wizard's raven familiar in his most spectacular bit of claw-to-claw combat he's ever performed (we'd already staggered the raven; the grackle merely had to deal 1 hp of damage to it, which he did rather admirably) [*]Chased down the paladin and archer (who had alternately babbled incoherently in place, fled the shield guardian at top speed, and attacked each other (as the nearest person in range) before we chased them down (aided by a [i]haste[/i] spell my PC cast on the rest of us and our halfling rogue's [i]web[/i] spell from her [i]cloak of arachnida[/i]) and let the [i]confusion[/i] spell run its course [*]Fed the polymorphed bunny to the druid's wolf, so in death it would revert back to elven form and we could retrieve the shield guardian control amulet he wore (we made sure to get a real dead rabbit to feed to the wolf after his first meal got turned into an elf - no need to tease the poor thing!) [*]Said farewell to the author, who's going back to her own city to start writing her next book [/LIST] And then my PC had enough material to write a song about the Topsy Curvy Club, which he's hoping to sell to his bard friend who's always looking for new material. Johnathan [/QUOTE]
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