Team MeFight Fifty-Fourth Session

[editor's note: This session was a bit light, thanks to Comcasticity, and consisted mostly of dialogue punctuated by periods of waiting for GM to get his Internet back]

Cleaning Up the Lion

• Kib sends Anise and Thoven to find some Azure Geese spies, and Thed and Marwynn to go contact the Hadriarch. He, Gil and Tana stick around to stack dried-out bodies
• Anise has zero trouble finding suspicious-looking crows, but fails to engage them.
• Marwynn and Thed have a hilarious exchange with some unnamed Cathedral inhabitant after Thed absolutely fails to B&E
  • The Hadriarch gets a message that some shit's gone down and to be ready, at least.
• Anise goes off to grab the animals.
• Marwynn, on her way back, bumps into a murder of crows, and is able to convince them to pay attention to her long enough to transmit a message.
  • Kib is able to witness this. The murder scatters in all directions, and he thinks this is a nice touch.
• People appear in the corner nook of the building.
  • After a wary approach, they turn out to be their Azure Goose non-Mat contacts (Affable Soldier, Brusque Bookkeeper and Scowling Half-Orc)
• Discussion ensues! Punctuated by Comcasticity!
  • Affable Soldier likes Kib's military demeanor.
  • The Bog Wraiths are the obvious power in the region--the Geese can't project power this far, and all the crime syndicates are shattered for the near future. He likes the Bog Wraiths and thinks they are good men, but does not trust their Commander-in-Chief, Naprid Daithe. Unfortunately, he has nothing to back up any allegations he might be able to level.
  • The Geeze have known Mantatlus as a man--he is a recent vampire, and has his own sire.
    • This means that even if Gnob's Folly fails to destroy him, he will likely find his end as the grandsire learns of the Geese's tracing technique, so the raid on his lair will fulfill their purpose
  • It will take a few days to track down Mantatlus.
  • They are certain that Mantatlus will attempt to "check in", or whatever the vampire equivalent is, and probably with proxies, so they recommend that the party vacate the premises.
  • They give Gnob's Folly a silver raven figurine, pre-programmed with the way to find them, if they need to be contacted.
  • They will be present at the raid (though not necessarily inside), and can offer magical assistance in the form of buffs or consumables.
  • As a further token of esteem, they offer the party several high-level scrolls
    • 1x prot evil potion CL 10 (20 min)
    • 1x communal darkvision (cl5 10 hours)
    • 1x dispel magic (cl 10)
    • (each is written with helpful notes in the margins, and thus give +1 to caster check to use with UMD)
  • <more stuff here that I'll put when I get the logs from abs>
  • Kib requests that whatever is left of the body be brought back to him, so he can dispose of the remains.
• The Geese leave with Levan's body, via dimension door (presumably so their actual egress is not visible)
  • It will take a few days to track down Mantatlus. The party has that time to prepare what they need to prepare.

Awards

• 1000 xp A plan!
• 10 xp to xorry for Pun Hit Wonder!