50 Shades of May


596 Freeday, 21st Sunsebb – 25th Sunsebb
The Shadowfell

Crew (Player characters)
Aias (M, G, Cleric 5)
Artemis (M 1/2E, Warlock 5)
Bastille (M 1/2E, Bard 4-5)
Cole (M, FG, Fighter 5)
Garrick (M, H, Fighter 5) 

After much discussion and against better judgment, Bastille persuades the party to pass through the broken barrier and descend the staircase into a shadowy cave system below, Cole attuned to the alternate planes of existence realises that the party has entered the Plane of Shadow, also known as the Shadowfell.  While exploring, the party comes across shades and zombies wandering toward judgement, which lies across strange bridge that twists and turns its way through the shadows. 

It is here that Bastille is reunited with the ghost of his former captain who places a powerful GEAS on him.  Bastille compelled by powerful magic must return her logbook to her employer the rum baron Dexter and her personal effects to her family on Double Cross.

In the meantime, Cole and Garrick discover a shadow portal to the Under-mountain, the legendary dungeon of the mad mage beneath Waterdeep.

A brief scrap with Shadows weakens Artemis, the party leaves the Shadowfell via the medusae dressing room. Bastille recovers the captain's effects from the wreckage of the Lugger.  Upon returning to the Unsinkable II, the party are pleasantly surprised to find Susquehanna, Mara, Roger, Lars, and Ulrich, have made repairs to the mainmast using salvage from the Lugger. The repairs are quickly finished, and the Unsinkable II puts to sea. Navigating the Blight is made easy using Captain Q's map, and the Neopoli compass, the Unsinkable II makes good time returning to Double Cross in a few days.



Double Cross
Bastille returns the Luggers Logbook and the salvaged rum to Dexter, who impressed asks the crew to retrieve another item for him from one of his ships, The Emperor o the Waves that has until recently been missing. 
Artemis smuggles their loot ashore, avoiding customs using the Apparatus.  Aias gives the Miggins boys a massive bonus in addition to their share of the loot, then reports to the Mayor. Mayor Savage offers the crew more work, guarding a large gold caravan down from the mountains and then taking it to bribe the Goblins of the Sina Warrens and then in the spring joining the attack on Black Sand Island and its troublesome inhabitants.
Bastille returns captain Q's personal effects on her widow, and children.  But then, in a dark turn, Bastille attacks Mr. Q encouraging Cole to do the same.  Cole hacks the head off one child then burns the rest of the children alive in the family bed with a burning hands enchantment.  The GEAS is lifted from Bastille, who subsequently disguises himself at Mr. Q and withdraws the now-deceased family's savings from the Fortress.  

 Aias returns Geradil and Courana to South Farm.  Everyone goes shopping, in the same shops, separately.  The party now swaggers around town in distinctive black dragon armour.

Experience point awards:

Returning to Double Cross alive
500
Sailing proficiency checks enabling the Unsinkable II to be refitted quickly and navigating home without encounters.
100 each for the sailors (Aias, Cole & Garrick)
Briefing the Mayor of the Necromancers background, organization, and allies
500 / 600 Aias
Being able to navigate the region with Captain Q's map & the Azuropoli compass
100
Returning Captain Q's logbook and effects to Dexter and her family
100 / 200 Bastille
Finding the Shadowfell
100 / 200 Cole
Discovering the Shadowfell portal to Undermountain 
100 / 200 Garrick
Avoiding the Double Cross customs agent Mr. Snivel
100 / 200 Artemis  
Avoiding the urchin and harlot pickpockets
100 / 200 Garrick
Learning the Mayor is a powerful sorcerer
100
Returning the rescued couple back to South Farm.
100
Returning the rum back to Dexter.
100

PC session XP total 
Aias 2100
Artemis 2000
Bastille 2000
Cole 2100

Garrick 2200

Loot/Shopping
Black dragon breastplate / Hammer +1 - Aias
Black dragon studded leather + 1 - Art, Bastille, Cole, Garrick
(Blackdragon armour gives resistance to acid damage)

Open quests
  • Fight Night, next Freeday
  • Retrieve Dexter's strongbox from The Emperor Waves
  • Guard a gold shipment from the goldmine to the Fortress (the bank) Deliver a bribe to Goblin Dread Lord Gary
  • Take a Priest of Waukeen through the plane of Shadows (The Shadowfell) to the Undermountain Dungeons of Halaster the Mad Mage
  • Attack the Merrow and Sahuagin fortress on Black Sand Island
Epilogue
597 Starday 1st of Fireseek and the beginning of the new year. 
Crossbones Graveyard


A halfling and a necromancer walk into a Graveyard. 
"Edwin, is this the right place?" Said the necromancer Gruel.
The halfling, eyes glowing unnaturally red glared up at Gruel and pointed a withered hand toward to the placard over the crypt door, it read "Quimm Family Mausoleum."
"Excellent!" said the necromancer. Then laughed a well-practiced deep, dramatic, and diabolical laugh.
"Mwhhahahaha"
Edwin sighed and said over his shoulder as he stalked into the tomb. "Come on, Steve, we don't have all night."






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