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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jasper" data-source="post: 9415914" data-attributes="member: 277">Keys From the Golden Vault Session 13Day 400 to 403PC Killed 2 Monsters Killed 69 Villains Captured 4 Villains Escaped 18 PC Captured 9Start Time 6:30 End Time 9:31Take a Level, 10 down time days. 2,500 GPMagic items Item Very Rare Magic Item, Instrument of Bards Cli LyreAnd (Blessing of Health or Blessing of Protection or Blessing of Understanding)I had an average group of five. Buildrick Artillerist 11 Human. Bronwyn Barbarian 11 Human. Bolt Artificer Battlesmith 11 Winged tiefling. Leucis Wizard 12 tiefling. Fault Paladin 11 Eladrin.Key Master Fault calls the group to stock up on healing potions and to recon the Saint Helens volcano and the Trader Honest Joe. Sending out Leucis and Bolt to cover the trader, his group will look to ambush the prisoner party. Three hours later Bronwyn hands him the spyglass. The lava merchant ship is spinning and beaches itself about a mile from Brimstone Hold.Fault, “Report? Why are there eight dead merchants on the boat?”Flashback to Honest Trader Joe merchant house. Two tieflings watch as four merchants are loading the lava boat. Ticking off the head merchant Leucis and Bolt head inside to discover the owner is a nice cambion name Klax. The weekly supply drop is loading up to leave. Engaging the merchants and trading house in a series of interesting and boring questions Bolt is able to distract the group while Leucis hides himself on the boat. The boat pulls out and five minutes later.Bolt dives from the sun onto the boat. “Surprise toll inspection. Surprise. Surprise. Surprise.”Leucis, “Surprise. FART. Sickening Radiance.”Dice, “Surprise DM. 7. 4. 8. 9. 3. 14. 7. 1.”Leucis, “You going have to toss them over board. They soiled their uniforms.”Bolt, “I not tossing the overboard. You killed them. You do it.”DM, “Do either know how to pole a boat. “Dice, “They do now.”The Golden Keys take half a day to sew new uniforms out the old uniforms. One Lava Boat training montage. The group pulls into the harbor of Brimstone and casts invisibility on Bolt. Bolt flies up to crane one and starts lowering it. He feels a tap on his shoulder.Kalimrax, “Why are you invisible and badly dressed?” Bolt looks over his shoulder into the eyes of a young female red dragon.Bolt, “Would you believe I am unsuccessful adventurer trying out the merchant trade.”Dice, “Yes she will.”An hour later with some direction from the dragon, the two storerooms are restocked. The group is now before the main office talking. When they are invited in. The plan of needing a sign off on the short stock, and the extra case of rubber chickens fails just a little bit. Nebukath the office manager is their contact. She updates them with the information the boss is not in today but he pops in and out. But the sub Efreeti is in. The party will have to go through him to get the book. The manager is under a spell not to attack employees which makes HR very happy.Entering the Antechamber the group is surprised by two salamanders and a beholder. They bluff their way pass. Opening the door they announce by their contract, they are here to find Mano to Mano with the boss. Or sub-boss jazz hands who really ugly and the fight is one.Five rounds later they are paying out the bet to Sam Salamander. They proceed to loot all the rooms but the book room. After knocking the rock dust off, they enter the book room.The room has a fancy gem and the book is not a book but a rare book mimic. The pleas of Buildrick are ignored while Bolt gives them a lecture on how to identify the rare book mimic. But if the book mimic is not the real book where is the book. And why does the fancy gem have a spell on it.Buildrick, “Dispel Magic.”With the dispelling of the ward the group jumps into the portal. Above their heads the book of Vile Darkness floats.Bolt, “I fly up there and scoop the book into my bag of holding. Why are my head scales blowing in the breeze and why are there invisible talons holding the book?”Nycaloth, “Because I was reading the book?” A few seconds later, Bolt scoops the book up. They retrace their steps and wave good bye to the dragon. Polling off into the sunset the end credits run for the “Keys From The Golden Vault.”DM Note. Remember everyone is in charge of tracking initiative. Start reading your spells, grabbing dice, etc. two people before your turn.End of Session 528</blockquote>

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