Five Tower Keep Session 19: 12/20/2018 B3at that Pu$$y, Meeting Immewrath, and Heroes of the Market

We start the session deciding what to do with the dead rat folk who had given us the short foot chase through an alley. The creature had no identifying marks bur it had average quality equipment and thieves tools and was infested with ticks. We prop up the dead rat folk body and meander on our way.

We wander for a few hours before discovering a market where we split up looking at the different wares. It was not long when the market took on a stillness alerting us just before spell-enhanced rat folk descend on us. After a few moments of combat our characters notice a hunkered figure in the tallest building watching the battle. Then a short time later many of the rat folk withdraw from combat when the hunkered watcher dropped from his perch and begins speaking with Melderon. The watcher, a half-ogre/half-dragon, claimed to be guarding over his warehouse. Melderon introduces us as merchants of the Black Parrot. The large creature introduces himself as Immewrath. Talk wanes to a fight guild Immewrath is associated with- Attitude Adjustment (aka AA Meetings). We find out the next fight is at the full moon (a few weeks from now).

                           

Mesha gathers the injured around her in order to benefit from channeled healing. Meanwhile, other characters, including Bosley, are searching for magic on the fallen rat folk:

From the deceased:

Magic short sword (3 @ 2,310 gp)

Masterwork hand cross bow (3 @ 400 gp) and 60 bolts (6 gp)

Parcel of potions: 4 CLW, 3 Invisibility, 5 potions of choice for our characters (remove curse- Stoutwood)

Masterwork studded leather (3 @ 175 gp)

Masterwork thieves tools- small sized (3 @ 100 gp)

(Gear total w/o potions: 8,961 gp. Sold to Gammon for 4,480 gp below)

1,000 gp worth of assorted gems

Our characters manage to capture a rat folk thief who claims to not have a boss, he works for the rats! After questions about the mirror image, the creature claims it to be rat magic. He targeted us because we are obviously wealthy. The creature maintains he works for the rats and becomes increasingly irritating. It was Alaric who runs out of patience and kills the rat folk. (His gear is added to the total above)

Drake speaks with Immewrath and wishes to know the most powerful around- Immewrath asks if Drake speaks of the legend of Norae’Rashi? But when it comes to the rat folk, they don’t have a leader and seem to possess rat magic.

From here our characters moved to an area that is dark, dirty and gloomy. An odor emanates from a well-built structure and a sign indicating the supply shop of Gannom Pone. Here finished products of baubles, alchemical supply and a rick-rack of all types. Gannom, a rat folk, leans on a cane and speaks as eloquently as any humanoid.

Melderon inquiries about a miniature gold and mithril shield and we inform him we have things for trade or sale. He tells Melderon to commission his work with an armorer.

Our characters present:

The urn filled with powdered dragon and giant bones.

A masterwork crystal flask with black dragon blood (flask is 150 gp)  

A leather pouch filled with basilisk eyes.

Five steel urns filled with black dragon scales.

An urn with powered ivory

5 pots filled with alchemist glue (50 gp)

10 alchemical troll oils (250 gp total)

A plethora of quarts stones- geodes

Gammon agrees to buy the rat folk gear for half price. (4,480 gp)

As we present our items, Gammon becomes increasingly curious about where these items. In the end he offers us 500 gp each and one amulet of protection of petrification. We don’t like that idea, he then offers our characters 2,000 gp of gems (EACH!) and a potion of our character’s choice. We take that offer.

Rat equipment 4.480 + 1,000 gems = 5480 / 5 = 1096 then add Gammon's offer 2000 is 3,096 gp per character plus a potion. 

Furthermore he has a wish list of alchemical components he informs our characters that he will always buy.

The night eventually stretches before us as we decide to head to the dwarf Applesnook.

Remaining: (possibly for the dwarf)

A stone basin made of coldstone. (500 gp)

4 tanned Sythehorn pelts worth 100 gp. (400)
50 silver bars worth 25 gp. (1,250 gp)

40 croc skins worth 25 gp. (1,000 gp)

20 tusks/horns worth 100 gp (2,000 gp)

50 pearls worth 50 gp. (2,500 gp)

Total: 7,650 gp.

Other skins tanned: 30 lbs of young dragon skin (two 15 lbs. pieces), 30 lbs. of giant frilled lizard skin both of unknown value.