Session 6

Date
Sunday, November 10, 2018 (at Andre's place!)

Mansion Grounds
Mario took point to find the exit to the sewer. He found a ladder leading up into a garden shed on the mansion grounds. Destiny's Children and Andrew discussed next moves. Mario climbed on top of the garden shed and made a sketch of the grounds and guard patrol routes.

Twinkletoes sneaked to the mansion, and peered through a kitchen window, seeing a woman inside cooking. He turned around, and was face to face with a guard. He bluffed that he hopped the fence to see "Angela" ("or at least that's what she told me at the tavern"). The guard didn't believe him, and Twinkletoes killed the guard. Damacus helped Twinkletoes shove the corpse in a nearby bush.

Mario and Twinkletoes dragged the corpse from the bush and shoved it into the sewer, underwater by the ladder. Mario looted 28 gold pieces from the corpse, and Izzy looted a signal whistle.

Mansion Interior
The mansion used the map from the boardgame Clue.

All Your Kitchen Are Belong To Us
Damacus charmed the cook and told her to hide in the pantry and stay quiet if she did not want to get hurt. Maya tied her up and blocked the pantry door. Twinkletoes stole the silverware.

Mario attempted to look out of the kitchen door using a mirror, but attracted the attention of a member of the staff. He fooled the approaching woman with long blond hair by making kitchen noises.

Destiny's Children decided to have Andrew find a sample of Lucius's handwriting to forge invitations, and Mario would copy the invitations to speed up the process. They determined that the Study would most likely contain a letter written by Lucius.

While they made their way to the study, Damacus and Izzy continued making dinner, including: a basket of bread, red beet salad, duck with fondant potatoes and ratatouille, and chocolate lava cake.

First Floor Exploration
Andrew and Mario split around the central stairwell. They each ducked into a nearby room to avoid being detected. Mario stole a shiny candlestick, and noticed a place at the dining room table was missing, indicating that someone took their meals outside of the Dining Room. Andrew found a set of keys in the Ballroom, then entered the Billard's Room, noticing that it was recently used.

Mario Rings The Doorbell During A Stealth Mission
Mario then entered the Entrance Hall, and found a Tiefling. Mario mimicked Andrew's "Hello!" When prompted for an introduction, Mario roared, which attracted several people. Mario used Emilio's voice to explain that he was here to "solve the problem." When asked where he came from, Mario led them to the dining room, talking loudly to alert Destiny's Children that he had been discovered.

While in the dining room, Mario was hit by a paralyzing dart by a man, and the woman wrapped piano wire around his neck. Mario went limp, pretending to be unconscious. The woman then tried to snap his neck, causing him to actually fall unconscious. Twinkletoes stole the bald man's paralyzing knife and stabbed him with it, paralyzing him. The woman jumped out of the window to alert the guards. Enoch cast lesser restoration on Mario, who promptly slapped Enoch to stop him from panicking. Izzy stole the bald man's knife-shoes.

Random Looting
Andrew found an example of Lucius's handwriting in a ledger and noticed that the lumbercamp agreement placed a lot of the risk on Emilio instead of Lucius. Lucius sold the lumbercamp to Emilio right before the attack happened.

Izzy found Ghaleon's cloak in the Lounge, and claimed it for herself. She also found a "fancy lad" behind a hidden door inside an enchanted glass tube. In the conservatory, Izzy found (and stole one) lunar lilies, which only open at night.

Mario found the handwriting sample in the Study, and also stole a gold arch paperweight. Enoch found a lot of navigational nature books (starcharts) in the Library, more than would seem necessary for a niche subject. Enoch grabbed some theological texts and starchart/constellation texts.

Kitchen Is Lit Fam
Damacus poured a lot of oil in the kitchen and banged pans together to attract attention. Damacus imitated the cook in the pantry via disguise self, and set the kitchen on fire when guards entered. He fled screaming (a la Ms. Doubtfire). He was quickly discovered to be an illusionist when he attempted to change his disguise into the blond lady in front of people he was attempting to deceive.

Hold the Door
In the entrance hall, Mario opened the door to see the main gates barred. Two guards saw Mario open the door. Mario closed the door, locked it, and moved a table in front of the door. Unfortunately, Mario did not understand that the door swung out instead of in, and the table would not help hold the doors shut. Twinkletoes came through the room and told Mario that No One blinded him. Mario was glad that no one blinded Twinkletoes. The guards opened the doors, and Mario fled. Halfway up the wall, Mario realized that running away was not heroic, and returned to the mansion to climb up to a telescope on the second floor.

Second Floor Exploration
Andrew and Twinkletoes headed upstairs, imitating Lucius screaming.

Izzy, Enoch, and Maya headed upstairs and saw a fire. No One tried to put out the fire, and thought Twinkletoes ("the cat") tried to start the fire. Izzy and Maya put out the fire. Enoch refrained.

Enoch (to No One, in particular): "Do you remember when i gave you a toy boat?"

No One tried to walk to the master bedroom. Izzy manacled No One to herself, and Enoch pointed a crossbow at the back of No One's head. And so the bullying of children who really didn't deserve it continued.

Master Bedroom
Someone recently ransacked the master bedroom. Maya noticed a candelabra that worked as a lever. Maya pulled it and revealed a stairwell leading to the basement.

No One (waiving manacled arm): "You're not being very cooperative!"

Mario saw Twinkletoes and Damacus (disguised as No One) enter the master bedroom. Mario killed some guards blocking his path. After entering the bedroom, he barred the door and broke a window to make it appear that the party escaped outside.

Bullying No One
No One: "I must insist you remove these manacles!"

Izzy: "I'm having a great time!"

No One: "I'm not!"

Izzy: "Guess we're even then!"

No One drew two animated swords. One broke the manacles, the other attacked Izzy.

No One: "I'm not sure what your guys' deal is, but now I'm sure you're guilty!" (side note: if that's not an NPC signing their own death warrant, I don't know what is)

Izzy: "Please stop hitting us with swords and I'll stop bopping you with sticks!"

Enoch (to No One): "You're lying to us. Yell us the truth. Or else."

No One: "You're not particularly threatening."

Izzy: "I can't believe you broke my manacles!"

No One: "I can't believe you dragged a child down into this creepy dungeon! You abducted me!"

Izzy: "Yeah. Okay. We did. Fine. Can we move past it?"

Destiny's Children discovered that No One resided at the manor. No One was not bothered by the question "How long have you been living here?" No One was eight years old, and this was his first case.

Energizer Ghaleon
Destiny's Children found Ghaleon strapped to a table with wires coming from him. The table was next to vats which contained "fancy lads and lasses". Mario investigated a large pillar in the center of the room which seemed to house magical power drained from Ghaleon. Twinkletoes severed the wires connected to Ghaleon.

Oh, also Shuggum was in a jail cell.

Basement Battle
Gates dropped. Lucius entered the room from the wall, alongside A2 and 2B.

Damacus (I think? The interpretations of the ancient texts are not always clear): "Lucius, I wasn't going to kill you before, but I am going to kill you now."

Lucius: "The good thing about this town is that there's a ton of children that nobody cares about. No one has been incredibly expensive, and there wouldn't be an investigation if he went missing. I think you'll find numbers 2 and 3 are superior." No One's name was revealed to be "No. 1".

Izzy: "I'm going to bop him on the head. Lethally."

Maya used her Potion of Restoration on Mario after he rushed A2 or 2B and got his tail feathers handed to him.

Goodbye Lucius
Lucius attempted to flee but was intercepted by Andrew, who shot him in the face. Lucius died.

Andrew gave Mario Lucius's rings, which were magical and used to control various things. Andrew instructed Mario to destroy the rings. Mario followed his orders. Mario also stole a tooth from No. 4 (2B).

No One was imprisoned. Shuggum and Ghaleon were freed from imprisonment.

Enoch's Goodbye
The building began to collapse.

With the ring that controlled the gate destroyed, Ghaleon instructed Destiny's Children how to wire him up to absorb magic from the vat. He also instructed them on how to draw a teleportation circle so that he could teleport them out of the doomed basement. Unfortunately, the direction of the magical flow was located on the opposite side of the vat. Enoch raced to flip the switch, despite being the slowest member of Destiny's Children.

Enoch dropped a black pebble, waving farewell to his friends as they disappeared.

Spacially Challenged
Mario, Twinkletoes, and Maya fell into the teleportation abyss. They arrived in a campsite demiplane. Mario tossed some purple sand into the fire, and Dan appeared!

Dan: "This is a place you're not supposed to get to unless you know how to get here."

Galzario "The Boar": "Dan? Dan, why'd you light the fire? ... Dan, you can't bring people here!"

Galzario revealed that he was on a boat headed to Ashenport (up the coast from the Spire), and that there was a witch in Aslen (name Holly).

Dan "The Cockatrice": "There were a lot of us [people associated with animals, seemingly the Chinese zodiac] at one point. 'Hero' is probably the wrong word. We more 'helped out'. The ritual that holds this place together probably won't last long. Not much feeding into it anymore. ... If you find anybody who's connected to their star sign, can you let me know? This whole group has 'guiding constellations'. People with birthmarks, or odd destinies. It's an inheritable kind of role. When there were twelve of use, we could go to some amazing places."

Dan (about Mario joining the "Star Buddies"): "The rooster's role is kinda already filled."

Dan: "Try not to burn down any more heads of state."

Destiny's Children realize that Rabbit from Rabbit's Tavern and Sigurd "The Ox" are retired members of this organization.

Mario gave Dan one of his feathers for scrying and locating purposes. Mario also left a Destiny's Children business card at the campsite before popping onto the boat headed for Ashenport. Destiny's Children get in a dingy.

Galzario was a well-to-do merchant lord. Mario exchanged business cards with him, and gave him a feather.