Seeing that the children are injured Bean gets them together and uses his wand to heal their wounds, and what is left of Elric's and Reg's wounds too.
(using 4 charges, 21 left)
1d8+1=6, 1d8+1=6, 1d8+1=6, 1d8+1=5
"Thank you," Reg gasps as he stands upright once more to gauge the threat around him as they follow Elric to his shop.
Reg keeps up with them but keeps his attention centred on intercepting any more attacks against either the children or his comrades.But still he can't help wondering where the devils sprouted from.
The group makes off t\with the children and hold up in Elrics shop, some escort V to check on hers but the children are kept safe all thought the chaotic night. Sable command, Templar of the red knight and Blackkights roam the streets, mobs and looter, battle each other in the streets and you spend a very long night keeping watch. By sunrise much of the chose seems to be gone and groups of soldier now patrol the streets And you find yourself huddled in a small shop with 15 children, a group of strangers and not sure just where to go from here
The group makes off t\with the children and hold up in Elrics shop, some escort V to check on hers but the children are kept safe all thought the chaotic night. Sable command, Templar of the red knight and Blackkights roam the streets, mobs and looter, battle each other in the streets and you spend a very long night keeping watch. By sunrise much of the chose seems to be gone and groups of soldier now patrol the streets And you find yourself huddled in a small shop with 15 children, a group of strangers and not sure just where to go from here
Reg stirs as he watches the latest band of knights move past the shop.
"Euphengenia are they members of your order?" he asks her noting another of the red knight clerics' passing by after the last band of knights taking the time to stretch his legs.
Reg stirs as he watches the latest band of knights move past the shop.
"Euphengenia are they members of your order?" he asks her noting another of the red knight clerics' passing by after the last band of knights taking the time to stretch his legs.
Euphegenia moves to stand beside Reg, "Yes they are, I'll go and have a word with them and find out what is going on."
She then leaves the building and calls out to the Knights, by name if she recognises any of them. She will try and establish what is going on and get a message to her master that his daughter is safe.
Elric stands at the door, leaning upon his axe as he watches Euphegina carefully.
Elric stands at the door, leaning upon his axe as he watches Euphegina carefully.
Reg having stretched himself stays close by in case Euphegina gets into trouble.
"I need to check at the temple and let them know I'm ok, otherwise they may start to worry about me... it is only my second day in town afterall." Bean states to the gathered group, "We also need to find something to do with the children."
Since we had overnight can Keen make an attempt to identify the magic items we picked up?
Obviously bored and in a bad mood from dealing with a posse of children in a small building, Keen is going to hang back unless he sees an attractive looking woman in which case he will interject himself in the discussion and express concern for the children's future.
"We also have this severed head and Teelos..."
Since we had overnight can Keen make an attempt to identify the magic items we picked up?
Obviously bored and in a bad mood from dealing with a posse of children in a small building, Keen is going to hang back unless he sees an attractive looking woman in which case he will interject himself in the discussion and express concern for the children's future.
"We also have this severed head and Teelos..."
"So which church gets to perform the final rites unless someone can raise him?" Reg asks curiously.
Reg raises his hands at their look."Hey I know we probably don't have enough just to get in touch with someone who can but I had to say it okay?!" Reg replies defensively.
"I've heard about it never actually met anyone who had been raised so I just thought I mention it?" Reg adds.
"So does anyone know how to appraise everything else that Keen isn't identifying?" Reg asks.
Euphegenia
Keen
* teak cigar case inlaid with tiny bits of jade worth 20-25 gp-
* 2 pound ingot worth 100 gp bearing the Untheric coat of arms 80-100gp
* miniature gold crown worth 200-350 gp
* scrimshaw carving of a kraken with garnets for eyes worth 100-200 gp
* silver ring bearing the inscription “For Emmah—the light in my nights 80-150gp
* ivory figurine of two entwined succubi 400-650 gp
* shuriken, 300gp
* an adamantine arrowhead
* abalone-shell holy symbol of Sune 200- 300 gp,
* tiny glass tube containing a dose of oil of keen edge
* obsidian wand of magic missile (23 charges)
* crystalline vial (itself worth 30-50 gp) containing Unknown silver magic substance
* bejeweled brooch with a broken clasp[The circular gold brooch depicts a pseudodragon and an imp coiled around each other in an almost yin-yang pattern. The pseudodragon’s eye is an amethyst, while the imp’s eye is an emerald. The brooch itself is worth 800-1,000 gp
Euphegenia
** spoiler omitted **
Keen
** spoiler omitted **
"Half? That's a prince's ransom. Let's find a nice orphanage and donate perhaps 50gp and 20gp/ week as long as they take good care of the kids... kids should be able to get good care for that. That way we can check up on them and make sure they are doing a good job as well."
"Some of this stuff looks like it belongs to someone. Maybe if we track down who it belongs to we can get a bigger reward."
"Lets split up, you can see about finding somewhere good to take the children, I'll try and track down these coats of arms. We should stay in groups since the city is pretty rough right now."
Keen is going to sketch all the coats of arms and go out and try and track down who owns it. Is anyone going with Keen?
Gather Information (untrained)
1d20+3=14
"Half? That's a prince's ransom. Let's find a nice orphanage and donate perhaps 50gp and 20gp/ week as long as they take good care of the kids... kids should be able to get good care for that. That way we can check up on them and make sure they are doing a good job as well."
"Some of this stuff looks like it belongs to someone. Maybe if we track down who it belongs to we can get a bigger reward."
"Lets split up, you can see about finding somewhere good to take the children, I'll try and track down these coats of arms. We should stay in groups since the city is pretty rough right now."
Keen is going to sketch all the coats of arms and go out and try and track down who owns it. Is anyone going with Keen?
Gather Information (untrained)
1d20+3=14
"Why not ask Euphengenia if her order can identify that heraldric crest after all they've been based in Korvosa long enough to be familiar with whose in charge around here, maybe even further than that depending on where that broken brooch hails from," Reg points out.
"I wouldn't mind doing the funeral rites for them, however we'll need a burial plot, or access to a crematorium," Bean offers, "I can ask about where to find such access at the temple of Sune while I'm there, as well as recommendations for a good orphanage."
"I wouldn't mind doing the funeral rites for them, however we'll need a burial plot, or access to a crematorium," Bean offers, "I can ask about where to find such access at the temple of Sune while I'm there, as well as recommendations for a good orphanage."
Reg frowns.
"I was always led to believe the church of Sune... sorry to say this was a little too fond of pretty faces, do you think they can find homes for these kids or do we need to get them away from Korvosa for a chance of a new life beyond the reach of the likes of Gaedren Lamm?" Reg asks.
"I wouldn't mind doing the funeral rites for them, however we'll need a burial plot, or access to a crematorium," Bean offers, "I can ask about where to find such access at the temple of Sune while I'm there, as well as recommendations for a good orphanage."Reg frowns.
"I was always led to believe the church of Sune... sorry to say this was a little too fond of pretty faces, do you think they can find homes for these kids or do we need to get them away from Korvosa for a chance of a new life beyond the reach of the likes of Gaedren Lamm?" Reg asks.
"Sune frowns on the use of children in the ways that Lamm did, and especially how "giggles" did too." Bean says empathically, "Children are a blessing to show the joy, love, and passion of life. All of which are part of Sune's portfolio... contrary to popular belief not everything that Sune's interested in happens in the bedroom. After all there is much more to love joy beauty and passion than that one act. I myself was raised in a Sunite orphanage... and while I did become a priest, most the others of my age are living "normal" happy lives in Sembia. In fact before I committed to the clergy I was training to be a merchant."
Bean stops for a minute as he has a thought, "By the way if we decide we want to sell some of this I have a few contacts with a merchant's guild... I might be able to get a better price than normal but that too would probably take some time... especially with the events of last night."
Seeker, does Keen have any luck chasing down the crest?
"You might want to check to see if V can use that before you sell it," Reg advises Keen.
"If you feel they can treat them properly then okay, but I'll see how many Euphengenia's people can cope with since I'd rather none fell into the arms of the Banites," Reg nods back to Bean."So what did the silvery stuff do and that magic oil stuff, how long does it last?" Reg asks Keen about the vials of oil recovered from Gaedren's lair.
Keen lays out all the treasure and says "If anyone wants any of these things then claim them now. We'll sell the rest and then once the rest is sold you can pay us back for any items you claimed. Then I'm going shopping."
For a refresher on what there is:
* 2 pound ingot worth 100 gp bearing the Untheric coat of arms 80-100gp
* miniature gold crown worth 200-350 gp
* scrimshaw carving of a kraken with garnets for eyes worth 100-200 gp
* silver ring bearing the inscription “For Emmah—the light in my nights 80-150gp
* ivory figurine of two entwined succubi 400-650 gp
* shuriken, 300gp
* an adamantine arrowhead
* abalone-shell holy symbol of Sune 200- 300 gp,
* tiny glass tube containing a dose of oil of keen edge
* obsidian wand of magic missile (23 charges)
* crystalline vial (itself worth 30-50 gp) containing Unknown silver magic substance ???
* Harrow Deck 100gp?
* bejeweled brooch with a broken clasp[The circular gold brooch depicts a pseudodragon and an imp coiled around each other in an almost yin-yang pattern. The pseudodragon’s eye is an amethyst, while the imp’s eye is an emerald. The brooch itself is worth 800-1,000 gp
I assume if someone wants something we appraise it then after treasure is divvied they pay the group back at the value we would have been able to sell it for (usually 1/2 price).
Over the next few days the city calms down but many area’s are still without order, riots and protests spring up and the sable guard and the Order of the black hand seem to be hammering down some area’s of the city. V takes in 2 of the children a boy named Eurid and a girl Ilzza. Elric gets his shop back to running order as Euphegenia’s order take in the children. Bean holds a small ceremony for the fallen teelos .
The next day the group makes it’s way toward Zellara’s Home. You find it abandoned as if it had been empty for weeks. No sign of food, the wall hangings the rugs, or Zellara herself can be found—the furniture is in pieces scattered throughout the room. From no were Zellara appears “Hello my friends as you know I am dead, my thirst for vengeance and my deck, which you now hold kept me here. It allowed me to reach out to you and see Lamms end. He took my son from me, then her took my life. Now I am the deck and the deck is me. I am tied to it as much as my blood is tied to this city, my soul is here, and something lurks in the dark, something I can feel. A darkness now moves in this city something that wishes harm, dark times are ahead.” She looks to Euphegenia You now hold my deck and so you hold me, I will aid you where and when I can, all who hold my deck will hear me and sometimes I will be able to bring myself forward as I do now. The deck sees many things as I do now. Luck be with you my friends” With that’s she’s gone yet Euphegenia can feel the deck pulse almost as if alive
But that was not the end of the odd events for you for as Hakeen and Bean set about selling items a merchant Hakeen showed the brooch to smiled as he said ”That belongs to the queen herself! A reward has been posted, yes Taking this to the palace would bring great reward”. It seemed as if the odd events of this week were not yet over for you.
Keen
Sold price
• teak cigar case inlaid with tiny bits of jade worth 18 gp 7 sp-
* 2 pound ingot bearing the Untheric coat of arms 75 gp
* miniature gold crown worth 175 gp
* scrimshaw carving of a kraken with garnets for eyes worth 90gp 6 sp
* silver ring bearing the inscription “For Emmah—the light in my nights 85 gp
* ivory figurine of two entwined succubi 375 gp
* shuriken, 225gp
* an adamantine arrowhead 5gp
* abalone-shell holy symbol of Sune 187 gp, 5 sp
Not sure if you want to sell the wand and oil, also you have had time to Identify the other oil as silver sheen
Seeker is going to see if he can find a school of magic or Gather information (1d20+3=9, 1d20+3=6)
I guess Keen is going to hang on the the duplicate wand and maybe look some other time ;)
I'm interested in the holy symbol (1st) and the statuette of the succubi (2nd)... but none of the rest of it really matters too much to me. I will be looking into picking up a sling and some bullets.
Keen
With you last roll the 15 you have found a small magic shop, a trading place more or less. Mera’s treasures. The owned is a middle age Chessentan woman named Mera. The shop is small and she deals in spell components and rare items and materials.. She also carriers potions, scrolls and a few wands.
Mera’ is happy to inform you that if you have an item in mind she does have connections with a small group of people who can make or find such items at times, for a price
"Whilst I'm curious about the throwing star, its still party treasure so I'd suggest keeping the two vials and the wand handy and see what you can get for the rest barring what the others might want to keep," Reg shrugs.
"Never heard of silversheen, what does it do?" Reg asks Keen.
"The keen edge stuff sounds like it would be handy for Elric with that axe of his," notes Reg.
"So why is that throwing star worth so much?" Reg asks unable to contain his curiosity any more.
"Indeed if there's no objections-I'll be taking the oil." He says somberly, his eyes upon his axe."It could use a shining, it could."
Euphengenia drops the deck in surprise as it pulses with life, "now that was weird," she hesitantly starts collecting all the cards back up.
"Well laddies and lasses, looks like fate is a calling us, my momma, bless her soul, always used to say if fate comes a knocking you had better open the door before it kicks it in!" she chuckles at the memory of her dear old ma.
"So we have the queens amulet, what do we know of her, being new to the city I am a little lost on local politics."
DM:
Keen will browse whatever she has and buy any of the following scrolls he finds: web, glitterdust, sleep, color spray, magic fang, (2) cure light wounds, longstrider, protection from evil, or entanglement. He will pretty much spend his budget of 247gp on whichever scrolls he can find, with preference in the order listed. He obviously can't afford them all but he will get as many as he can buy with promises to come back and visit with her later.
"Indeed if there's no objections-I'll be taking the oil." He says somberly, his eyes upon his axe."It could use a shining, it could."
Reg scratches his head.
"Do you mean the keen edge or the silvery stuff?" he asks curiously."How long does either of those oils last once applied by the way?" Reg asks Keen.
Hakeen
Euphegenia finally gives up on avoiding her superiors and shows up at the church determined to submit a report and accept any punishment for failing in the care of her headstrong charge, who has probably been left emotionally crippled due to her negligence.
She faces her superior with eyes down cast and a look of utter sorrow on her face for her failings.
If they will accept her report she will submit all that happened, including the recovery of the Queen's amulet, she will also try and learn why such riots occurred after the kings death, is the queen disliked that much or is foul play suspected?
Reg visits the Red Knights shrine seeking some advice as well as checking on those of his charges now in the care of the Red Knights.
Seeker:
Keen will also go by a tailor and buy a set of courtiers clothes and matching jewelry so he will fit in if they are going to visit the queen. (PfRPG says 30gp for the clothes and 50gp for the jewelry).
When Keen returns he is dressed to the 9s in an expensive court outfit with matching jewelry and raring to go and collect the reward from the queen.
Euphegenia
Your Superior is not pleased by the condition of your charge at all. In fact he thinks it might be good for you to get away from the temple and find your faith a bit more.
You are given a prayer of pence. And told for the good of the temple you should take the amulet to the queen. You are told the queen was half the kings age and a outsider, not from the city's nobility. Insted the king choose an outsider a noble from Unther, the city is unsure of her and the nobles are not happy having an outsider on the crimson throne.
The temple man corsurn however is the fact she brought in the Order of the Black Hand to deal with the roits. While not part of Banes church he is the pardon of the Order. An order who think of order and Law above all good and evil, right and wrong matter not to them only the Letter of the law and order and they brutally enforce it at any cost.
Your failure can be atoned for, you must get close to the queen if you can. The Red knight hopes to bring order to the city without allowing a tyrants fist to crush it. This you will see to, become the order ear with the queen if you can
With that you are dismissed
Reg
The clergy of the Red Knight are pleased to see you and any number of brothers are happy to converse with you about the faith.
Yeah if we are going to actually mean the queen now, I'll change out to my new holy symbol, get cleaned up, dress in my other noble clothing, and put on some cologne.
And I'll gather some Information about the queen before we go -- Her past habits, religious leanings, recent purchases, gossip about possible illicit affairs, and such:
Gather Information: 1d20+8=15
Euphegenia is in a very sombre mood after her telling off, and spends the rest of the day praying for atonement before getting her self dressed in the orders robes over her armour to meet the others and pass on the information she has learnt of the queen and her task.
Before we head off to meet the queen I will have a reading with the Harrow Deck for herself and anyone who is interested.
Euphegenia is in a very sombre mood after her telling off, and spends the rest of the day praying for atonement before getting her self dressed in the orders robes over her armour to meet the others and pass on the information she has learnt of the queen and her task.
Before we head off to meet the queen I will have a reading with the Harrow Deck for herself and anyone who is interested.
"Do you want me to accompany you to this meeting?" Reg asks Euphegenia.
As you make you way toward the castle the tension in the hot stale air is thick. Patrols of Knights can be seen in the Black armor of their order. Sable knights seem out more in number as well.
As a terrifying testament to the powers of the mighty overlord ruled this land thousands of years ago, Castle Korvosa’s long shadow looms over the city. A magnificent achievement of architecture, the castle walls and spires rise high into the sky above. The entire structure looms even higher for its ancient foundation—a Untheric ruin in the shape of an immense flat-topped pyramid. Although one corner of this impressive foundation has fallen into ruin, the additions built onto the sides by eager and talented Korvosan masons have created one of the most recognizable landmarks in all of Chessenta.
Castle Korvosa can be approached from all four directions—ramps or stairways allow access up the sides of the pyramid to the courtyard surrounding the central structure. Normally, petitioners to the monarchy would approach from the Great Ramp, wait in the Public Courtyard to speak to the Korvosan Guards on duty, and hope for a chance to be heard. In these frantic times, the Castle itself has been locked tight and bristles with pikes and crossbows.
As you Approach a palace Guard hails you. "Halt and stat your business! He says from the gate.
Keen swaggers up to the guard "We have uncovered an item which appears to belong to the queen and we are here to return it."
"We understand there is a reward for it's return."
Keen swaggers up to the guard "We have uncovered an item which appears to belong to the queen and we are here to return it."
"We understand there is a reward for it's return."
After talking to Hakeen and Reg for a moment the guard walks off to speak with another guard. In a short while he come back. "Yes you should present your self to the Queen at once." The Guard walks you a short pace to a set of stairs. "All weapons must be left here" he says sternly .