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<blockquote data-quote="Oginme" data-source="post: 9167751" data-attributes="member: 7042120"><p>It has been slow transcribing the audio from the last couple of sessions, but here is session 2:</p><p></p><p>Session 2:</p><p></p><p>The party reached the outer gate of the Depository as a large shape flew overhead, causing a wave of panic among the crowds in the street. Three of the party suddenly felt oppressive emotions of despair and fear.</p><p></p><p>Battling the press of the crowd, the Griff and Zandar quickly moved the other three to the guards, who were also affected by the aura of the dragon flying by. Torrent moved to the front and waving her Depository pass at them, insisted that the guards allow the party to enter. When they balked, she insisted vehemently, and they capitulated.</p><p></p><p>Inside, they took a few minutes to snap Chennum, Haravandiir, and Ragna from their panic and misery. Zandar escorted Torrent up to the front desk where a concerned looking woman sat, flanked by guards. She took the pass token from Torrent and cross-referenced it to her records.</p><p></p><p>Declaring it authentic, she asked if they wanted an escort to the third floor where the locker was located. She warned them that the insides were dark and unlit, indicating lanterns on a table next to the doors leading into the vaults. A half-orc woman in chain mail and armed with a club stepped forward to escort them to their vault.</p><p></p><p>She warned them that there was a particularly ugly gnome who had entered a while ago and had yet to come back out. With that precaution, she opened the door and let the party in, with Chennum and Zandar grabbing lanterns to help with vision at the lead and rear of the party.</p><p></p><p>They passed the guard watching the door at the first and second floor as they passed banks of lockers and climbed the stairs. As they climbed the stairs from the second floor to the third, Haravandiir in the lead stopped, meeting a small gnome halfway up the staircase.</p><p></p><p>The gnome cheerfully greeted Haravandiir, identifying the man as ‘Pippin’ and then asked him if he had the key. Not sure what to make of this, the swashbuckler turned back and implored Torrent as to what key was needed.</p><p></p><p>When she whispered that she did not understand what they key would be used for, Haravandiir turned back to the gnome and told him that he should take them to the locker and then they would give him the key. The gnome balked and responded that he just needed the key, and he would give them the box as agreed.</p><p></p><p>Using his senses from his time performing with the Wayfarers, Haravandiir noted that the voice came from above the head of the gnome. When he inquired of the gnome why the gnome was not handing them the box, the small figure turned and at an unusual speed for a gnome went back up the stairs.</p><p></p><p>Ragna and Haravandiir gave quick chase but were halted by a glowing sphere which blocked the passage and warned them to stay back and not to use any violence.</p><p></p><p>Quickly dashing around the sphere, Haravandiir gave chase and as the sphere moved to try to block him, Ragna plowed up the open gap to storm past the object. The sphere recovered and warned the others on the stairs to stay back, shooting a light bolt which flashed overhead and caused their accompanying guard to run back down the stair yelling for backup.</p><p></p><p>Haravandiir and Ragna, now past the blocking sphere, sped up the stairs in pursuit of the gnome. At the fourth floor, they arrived at the top of the stairs to find an elf man opening the door to the outside observation walk. The elf had a vial in his hand, and Haravandiir was able to quickly grab the item from his grasp.</p><p></p><p>As Chennum and Zandar came running up, the elf eyes Zandar and told the high elf where his loyalty to the Shahalesti was. When Zandar stopped in confusion, he commented that if the paladin had any loyalty to Shaaladel, he should go to Gabal’s School and ask for Shealis.</p><p></p><p>The elf then took advantage of the confusion to dash out the door. Chennum, using all his movement caught up to him outside as the elf climbed to the top of the wall smiled and then downed a potion and jumped off the side of the Depository, drifting downward at a steep angle away from the tall building. Chennum was able to get off a couple of arrow shots before the elf drifted too far and ended up wounding the elf.</p><p></p><p>Inside the depository, Griff and Torrent had headed to the locker, only to find it open and the bodies of a couple of guards nearby. Checking the bodies, they found one was unconscious, but the other was clearly dead. They looked around and found an unconscious form of a small gnome as guards flooded onto the floor from below.</p><p></p><p>As the other four members made their way down from the fourth floor, they were confronted by the guards and told to put down their weapons and account for themselves. When Griff appeared from between the rows of lockers and told them of the bodies, the guards told the party to disarm themselves. Torrent brought forward a groggy and obviously shaking gnome. The gnome identified himself as Funzbar Biteme,</p><p></p><p>[Aside: Thanks, Fuzzybear, I just had to use that name for the laughter when they saw the spelling of the name after hearing me pronounce it ‘bit-ĕ-meh.’ I was not disappointed.]</p><p></p><p>Funzbar vouched that these people did not assault me or the guards. Still furious over the death of one of their own, it took a bit more talking before they relented and allowed the party to leave.</p><p></p><p>As they recuperated at the base of the Depository, the party decided that they needed to escort Torrent and Funzbar to the safe house before deciding if they should attempt to follow the leads to retrieve the case.</p><p></p><p>At the church of the Aquiline Cross, they passed the mournful tunes of a half-orc minstrel just inside the doorway before being greeted by Buron Watcher. Buron looked at the beat-up group and ushered them downstairs to the private meeting room. After tending to Funzbar and discussing their next steps, the group decided to get some needed rest before heading to the School of War.</p><p></p><p>Haravandiir, Griff, and Ragna headed back upstairs and, after listening to the grumbling of the crowd, walked over to the minstrel still droning out mournful dirges. Griff asked her if she would consider playing some more uplifting tunes, which was met with a sarcastic response about losing everything she had. Ragna cut in to tell her how he had lost everyone in his village when the Ragessians burned that down, slaughtering many of the people and most likely press ganging the others to join the army.</p><p></p><p>Haravandiir then said he knew a few fun tunes and started singing one attempting to change the mood in the room. Griff and Ragna continued to push the minstrel until she gave a long, resigned sigh and started playing to Haravandiir’s singing.</p><p></p><p>They stayed around long enough for her to start another tune without Haravandiir’s accompaniment. Ragna selected one of the younger men who had been muttering about threatening the lute player over the sad tunes she was playing and told him that if she slipped back into the depressing tunes he was to come downstairs and fetch them. He made sure that the minstrel heard this instruction.</p><p></p><p>With the mood of the room improving, they went back downstairs to get something to eat and get some sleep.</p><p></p><p>Notes: Moving the dragon passing overhead worked well. As they reached the Depository, they were suddenly battling the panicking crowd and getting swept away from the guards at the gates to the target building. It allowed for another skill check, especially with three of the party failing their saving throws and rolling at disadvantage. This caused a bit of tension among the players.</p><p></p><p>I could have handled the Larion/Funzbar deception better. Haravandiir, being taught by the Wayfarers, knew all about throwing voices and had very quickly picked up on being called ‘Pippin.’ The race back up the stairs was pretty good though and the challenge to Zander, a Shahalesti Noble-born who looked up to Shaaladel as a father figure, hit hard.</p><p></p><p>While at first a bit disappointed that they chose to stay the night at the Temple, I think it will work out well moving forward, as they will have to help Diogenes handle an unruly crowd in order to get into the school compound.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oginme, post: 9167751, member: 7042120"] It has been slow transcribing the audio from the last couple of sessions, but here is session 2: Session 2: The party reached the outer gate of the Depository as a large shape flew overhead, causing a wave of panic among the crowds in the street. Three of the party suddenly felt oppressive emotions of despair and fear. Battling the press of the crowd, the Griff and Zandar quickly moved the other three to the guards, who were also affected by the aura of the dragon flying by. Torrent moved to the front and waving her Depository pass at them, insisted that the guards allow the party to enter. When they balked, she insisted vehemently, and they capitulated. Inside, they took a few minutes to snap Chennum, Haravandiir, and Ragna from their panic and misery. Zandar escorted Torrent up to the front desk where a concerned looking woman sat, flanked by guards. She took the pass token from Torrent and cross-referenced it to her records. Declaring it authentic, she asked if they wanted an escort to the third floor where the locker was located. She warned them that the insides were dark and unlit, indicating lanterns on a table next to the doors leading into the vaults. A half-orc woman in chain mail and armed with a club stepped forward to escort them to their vault. She warned them that there was a particularly ugly gnome who had entered a while ago and had yet to come back out. With that precaution, she opened the door and let the party in, with Chennum and Zandar grabbing lanterns to help with vision at the lead and rear of the party. They passed the guard watching the door at the first and second floor as they passed banks of lockers and climbed the stairs. As they climbed the stairs from the second floor to the third, Haravandiir in the lead stopped, meeting a small gnome halfway up the staircase. The gnome cheerfully greeted Haravandiir, identifying the man as ‘Pippin’ and then asked him if he had the key. Not sure what to make of this, the swashbuckler turned back and implored Torrent as to what key was needed. When she whispered that she did not understand what they key would be used for, Haravandiir turned back to the gnome and told him that he should take them to the locker and then they would give him the key. The gnome balked and responded that he just needed the key, and he would give them the box as agreed. Using his senses from his time performing with the Wayfarers, Haravandiir noted that the voice came from above the head of the gnome. When he inquired of the gnome why the gnome was not handing them the box, the small figure turned and at an unusual speed for a gnome went back up the stairs. Ragna and Haravandiir gave quick chase but were halted by a glowing sphere which blocked the passage and warned them to stay back and not to use any violence. Quickly dashing around the sphere, Haravandiir gave chase and as the sphere moved to try to block him, Ragna plowed up the open gap to storm past the object. The sphere recovered and warned the others on the stairs to stay back, shooting a light bolt which flashed overhead and caused their accompanying guard to run back down the stair yelling for backup. Haravandiir and Ragna, now past the blocking sphere, sped up the stairs in pursuit of the gnome. At the fourth floor, they arrived at the top of the stairs to find an elf man opening the door to the outside observation walk. The elf had a vial in his hand, and Haravandiir was able to quickly grab the item from his grasp. As Chennum and Zandar came running up, the elf eyes Zandar and told the high elf where his loyalty to the Shahalesti was. When Zandar stopped in confusion, he commented that if the paladin had any loyalty to Shaaladel, he should go to Gabal’s School and ask for Shealis. The elf then took advantage of the confusion to dash out the door. Chennum, using all his movement caught up to him outside as the elf climbed to the top of the wall smiled and then downed a potion and jumped off the side of the Depository, drifting downward at a steep angle away from the tall building. Chennum was able to get off a couple of arrow shots before the elf drifted too far and ended up wounding the elf. Inside the depository, Griff and Torrent had headed to the locker, only to find it open and the bodies of a couple of guards nearby. Checking the bodies, they found one was unconscious, but the other was clearly dead. They looked around and found an unconscious form of a small gnome as guards flooded onto the floor from below. As the other four members made their way down from the fourth floor, they were confronted by the guards and told to put down their weapons and account for themselves. When Griff appeared from between the rows of lockers and told them of the bodies, the guards told the party to disarm themselves. Torrent brought forward a groggy and obviously shaking gnome. The gnome identified himself as Funzbar Biteme, [Aside: Thanks, Fuzzybear, I just had to use that name for the laughter when they saw the spelling of the name after hearing me pronounce it ‘bit-ĕ-meh.’ I was not disappointed.] Funzbar vouched that these people did not assault me or the guards. Still furious over the death of one of their own, it took a bit more talking before they relented and allowed the party to leave. As they recuperated at the base of the Depository, the party decided that they needed to escort Torrent and Funzbar to the safe house before deciding if they should attempt to follow the leads to retrieve the case. At the church of the Aquiline Cross, they passed the mournful tunes of a half-orc minstrel just inside the doorway before being greeted by Buron Watcher. Buron looked at the beat-up group and ushered them downstairs to the private meeting room. After tending to Funzbar and discussing their next steps, the group decided to get some needed rest before heading to the School of War. Haravandiir, Griff, and Ragna headed back upstairs and, after listening to the grumbling of the crowd, walked over to the minstrel still droning out mournful dirges. Griff asked her if she would consider playing some more uplifting tunes, which was met with a sarcastic response about losing everything she had. Ragna cut in to tell her how he had lost everyone in his village when the Ragessians burned that down, slaughtering many of the people and most likely press ganging the others to join the army. Haravandiir then said he knew a few fun tunes and started singing one attempting to change the mood in the room. Griff and Ragna continued to push the minstrel until she gave a long, resigned sigh and started playing to Haravandiir’s singing. They stayed around long enough for her to start another tune without Haravandiir’s accompaniment. Ragna selected one of the younger men who had been muttering about threatening the lute player over the sad tunes she was playing and told him that if she slipped back into the depressing tunes he was to come downstairs and fetch them. He made sure that the minstrel heard this instruction. With the mood of the room improving, they went back downstairs to get something to eat and get some sleep. Notes: Moving the dragon passing overhead worked well. As they reached the Depository, they were suddenly battling the panicking crowd and getting swept away from the guards at the gates to the target building. It allowed for another skill check, especially with three of the party failing their saving throws and rolling at disadvantage. This caused a bit of tension among the players. I could have handled the Larion/Funzbar deception better. Haravandiir, being taught by the Wayfarers, knew all about throwing voices and had very quickly picked up on being called ‘Pippin.’ The race back up the stairs was pretty good though and the challenge to Zander, a Shahalesti Noble-born who looked up to Shaaladel as a father figure, hit hard. While at first a bit disappointed that they chose to stay the night at the Temple, I think it will work out well moving forward, as they will have to help Diogenes handle an unruly crowd in order to get into the school compound. [/QUOTE]
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