After action for 1/20/21. Playing: Thineli (Aaron), Sir Dawnstar (John), Cryrus Shwing (Keiran), Ellalan (Julie), Yeusof (Jose).
Date in Campaign is: 36th of Grentle
Having driven away the old servants that were destroying the crops and bothering the fisherman the chief declares a grand Feast for the gods and the brave but dumb Heroes. The feast will be the next day, the party is given a hut to recover and sleep in. Long rest.. Yusof levels to 6.
Most of the Kuatoa do not speak common.. Just RarJest and JanLan so during the feast JanLan sits with them and translates. Many of the Kuatoa come up to them and hand them small gifts as thanks.. (Each player receives 4 rations and Trinkets worth 3 gold). Also sitting with them is a Kenku traveller named Cryrus Shwing, that was trying to sell the Kuatoa drums he has made. He makes random comments during the fest but nothing noteworthy. During the fest Thineli visits the Hall of Gods and sees all the statues the Kuatoa have made. He sees his scimitar is the face/head of a god that seems sparking. The Kuatoa that made the goddess with the lightning scimitar as its face is called LinSth. Thineli askes about this god and is told this is Esmes, This is a god of travelers that takes the form of a teenage boy with the traits of a wasp. He has a thin build. He is portrayed as wearing a sexy uniform made from the bones of a dead god. He seems to distort space around him. At least this is what LinSth tells Thineli. Thineli asks if there is any way he could have his scimitar back.. LinSth looks at the statue for a while and then says if Thineli can win a contest at the fest that would be a sign of the gods favor and he may take the scimitar.
Contests and feats... The feast has lots of fishes and crabs etc., mushrooms of various types.. Seemingly endless food and various drinks. The ale equivalent is a stinky fermented fish brew. Yuesof and Sir Dawnstar both drink, but Yuesof has trouble keeping it down.. his projectile vomiting impresses the Kuatoa, though JanLan tells him to save that for the contests... First there is singing and dancing.. after a few hours of that then there are lots and lots of contests.. Most make little or no sense but I will only tell of the ones the party attempted..
Juggling..Ellalan fails at Juggling..badly...
Carrying.. Sir Dawnstar failed the test of carrying but Thineli turned in a bear and bested the Kuatoa.
Drinking.. Yuesof tries to beat the Kuatoa that is best at drinking but nearly drowns himself in fermented fish ale.
Loudest burp.. Cyrus sings a song instead of competing.. nice song but not what the gods wanted.
Farthest vomit.. Sir Dawnstar wins the distance vomit contest, beating out Yuesof.
Thineli and Sir Dawnstar win cyphers for their competing. Thineli gets a turtle scale smeared with golden letters on the back. When held and activated, the cypher grants you advantage on your next intelligence check. Sir Dawnstar gets a kraken's tooth engraved with geometric patterns. When held and activated, the cypher pushes all adjacent creatures thirty feet away from you.
Ellalan is looking at all the fish eaten at the fest. She figures out they are all freshwater lake fish. Listening to stories of the lake from JanLan she realizes there are possibly ancient snail slug mind readers under the lake.
After the fest when Thineli goes to get his scimitar he hears the god tell him "Desecration!" in drow so he replaces it. That night Emes visits him in his dreams...Emes touches Thineli's forehead (thineli now has 2 Inspirations). He also tells him to hurry and do what he must as the timeline is ending in 3 months.. he is then pulled away by silvery mists before he can say more...
Long Rest and washing up after the fest..
The next morning the chief RarJest will lead them to the edge of the Clashing Sands. He tells them it is an endless sea of sand and creatures live in it that attack those that walk on its surface. Ellalan says "Ocean made of sand...ooooh...terrifying yet cool." Ellalan is also curious about what Thinelli said about the timeline ending in 3 months. Sounds like demons will be here in 3 months? At the mouth of a large cave that exits into a vast brightly light area of sandy dunes blowing in the wind, much like the sea... RarJest shows them that enough water for 10 days for each of them has been prepared and left to help them go across.. he only knows the bugbears went to the east.. he watched the shaman summon an animal with a bag to draw off something that was about to attack his tribe but it was too far for details.. The party carries as much water as they can and sets off. While in the sand it's difficult terrain. Marching order is Yeusof and Sir Dawnstar going first about 6 ft apart... Ellalan followed them 30 feet behind... Thineli is 30 feet. Ellalan "I go 31 feet. on a diagonal then random directions for each step, I randomly will take steps back too" so she isn't moving fast.. Cyrus ran ahead leading by 80 feet. They are slowly moving through the sand.. an hour then three past...when suddenly something large is making way towards the party..Cliffhanger!
Kill Count=No combat this was a roleplaying/skill session.
Exp=0. For roleplaying the drunken revelry +350. For joining it on the contests (everyone except Cyrus) +100.
Current Exp Totals are: Yeusof 15350, Ellalan 19679, Thineli 21303, Sir Dawnstar 171500, Cyrus Shwing 1250.
Not appearing: Lord Fatty 13213, JohanaHex 4214, Thakkyvk 1930, Hej Mallorca 2810
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