Notebook

Reminders:

Z stole all the dead frogs
P sneakily left some short swords with the merchant as recompense

At The Mansion

Grabbed Stagweeds and the wagon
and then peaced-out, Irish-goodbye style

In The Shallows

(bad luck roll)
Nor'easter makes for slow progress
soaked to the bone and need to camp out

Leomund's Tiny Hut

Z creates a tiny hut for us
Fireplace, carved oak, lots of cats

WAgon In The Storm

P and D go out to see if they need help
It's the Dead Frog Merchant
He's angry about Z stealing all his dead frogs until he realizes P gave him the swords... but he's still definitely the same weird dude.

Next Day - We Arrive at Splitriver

We enter from the West
to the south, cemetery
to the north, animal pastures

Split 'Me River's Inn

Loreena behind the bar
busy day, lots of patrons

Z says Loreena looks great, she says she got a great tonic from the trade district
Z asks her if she wants to bone... she does.
Chuck is holding down the fort while they bone

To Stew or Not to Stew

D gets P to stew
P loves it
First real taste of umami and it brings tears... to Pim AND some other dude.

Z gets the Hot Goss

Shield saved the town, Karthanians left
Merchants coming, reputation improved

Any buildings available?

only one...
Mal ran a cafe on the north side of town
Bad husband found her and messed up her shop

Z is SOOOOO into getting to murder him

Pim Bros!?

A dude is also named Pim
WTF...
Deuce is very surprised about this "fast friend" with the same name
Tall Pim even signed his book
But just when Deuce is about to dig into his very jealous feelings, Tall Pim mentions about a really good bourbon and D kind of forgets to be cautious

We agree to go to the Trade District with Tall Pim to get some bourbon
We tell Chuck to tell Z
Chuck: oh? Zelda, "The Eternal Muse of the Inn"?
uh, yeah...
Hey Chuck, tell Z "We are going to paint the Trade District Red"

Trade District

Shops and stalls selling everything: produce, tradespeople, everything

P gets drawn to a Cherry Pie
it gets weird

All Pact Up and Ready to Go

Man with parchments is hawking Warlock Pacts
D lingers back from Pim and Tall Pim to talk to him

D settles on a Hexblade Pact
which demands a closer connection with your Patron

Paid 100gp

Shit gets funky

He opens the pact and finds glowing runes that emit clouds of ash that fall to the ground

everyone has frozen in place including 5' pissing man
instant darkness

A middle age woman holding laundry
is completely still but her eyes staring at D

Then different people around the scene give their voice for this patron

You must agree to obey: you have do one thing
D doesn't want to go against his morals, but he believes he will still be himself and he agrees. He must... he needs to gain power.

Bourbon Vendor

old man with a long thin white beard... super old
Tall Pim asks for two bottles to be put on his tab
he two nice old vintage bottles

Z shows up and instantly doesn't like this guy
D and P are down to clown though

Tall Pim: "guys like me" probably don't seem good for women
but I'm a nice guy...
too nice... hmmm....

Z fey steps away and makes him frightened of her
(or at least she did her thing, it was not clear that he became frightened)

P pretends to drink it
D drinks the Bourbon and it reminds him of a time when Rayn Za'darion liberated some delicious bourbon from some corrupt noble and Rayn and Deuce drank it out in a meadow by a stream and had a beautiful time

Zelda and Mal at the Cafe

Thorkill is the asshole husband
Z and Mal bond

he's a rat trainer who likes alleyways

Mal describes him: greying hair, mustache, imposing eyebrows

Deuce can't get a bead on where Z went but Pim finds a lead
find their way to the cafe

Z is Off To Murder an Asshole Man

nope!

The Call is Coming from Inside the House

Mal, in the basement screams!
Z dashes down the cellar steps
P and D rush in - Pim jumping through the window Z JUST mended

Thorkill has her as a hostage

He commands his Crainum Rat Swarms to ATTACK!

D helps get Mal protected so she can escape
Z incapacitates Thorkill

We battle the rats

Check Out The New Hotness

P tries out his new lightning ball
D tries out his new hexblade attacks CRIT!
Z tries out her new spirit guardians (Cats, obviously)

Taking Out the Trash

With Mal not in direct line of sight (but very much in line of sound)

Z (in wolf mode) eats one of his hands
casts healing word to revive in between attacks
Bites his other hand off

then bashes his head into the ground until he is smashed to pieces

Z takes body to the woods to bury

P follows behind and makes Z and the body invisible and Prestidigitates the viscera away

P keeps helping and offering to help... Z is a bit of a jerk coming out of invisibility right in P's face and not dropping werewolf until the last second, just to mess with P

P is getting upset

Nyx Returns

Z feels her approval
Z searches for some food to offer Nyx and

P offers a fresh rat from his hat
Z is rude in declining the rat and P walks out

Z feels great and gives Mal 100gp

Mal: Why don't we make this a temple and a cat cafe?
Z loves it and then gives her 50gp more