Citadel's Shadow II, Session 73

Citadel's Shadow II, Session 73 was a session of the Citadel's Shadow II campaign, played on 5 April 2020 (UTC) (4 April 2020 for some participants).
== Personnel ==
===Game Master===
*GM: played by Michael Lee Viviano
===Player Characters===
*Fern the Siegemaster: inventive fox-person student played by Rail Runner
*Juan de Fulmando: sword-wielding human alchemist played by Alden Loveshade,
=== Prominent Non-Player Characters ===
*Audrea Daleos: non-certified mage
*Eri Snow: fox-person entertainer for Madame Maude Lynn's Theater of Thrills
*Gimler Rockhand: dwarven merchant
*Kyrie Kelevan: priestess of Damira
== Events ==
=== 1742 ===
Heris 36 (Restingday) (continued): Audrea Daleos, Eri Snow, Fern the Siegemaster, Gimler Rockhand, Juan Silvio-Vagle, and Kyrie Kelevan were at a tiny bridge over a canal.  Juan, who was in front, had just stepped on the bridge when it changed and tried grabbing his foot.  Juan tried pulling his foot back, but wasn't fast enough, and got grabbed.  Juan yelled, "By the Gods!"  Two pseudopods or tentacles appeared from the bridge.
Eri rushed forward and swung with her lajatang, which sliced into the bridge, and got stuck in it.  She did dodge getting grabbed by a pseudopod.  Then a toothy mouth appeared in the middle of the "bridge."
A big blubbery pseudopod, still superficially resembling the bridge's texture, flail\ed toward Juan, and he swing the Sword of Oszym to parry.  The blade cut deep through the blubbery rind, and black ichor oozed out through the wound. Juan pulled back, but the sword was stuck.  Juan said, "By Cyrusblancio, let there be Smoke!"
Gimler Rockand called the bridge-creature a "mimic," and said, "Whoo boy it's a big 'en!"  Eri tried pulling her lajatang back out, but it slipped out of her grip.  The pseudopod that Juan cut wobbled.
Meanwhile, Fern had readied her rifle, and fired at a pseudopod, hitting it.  The shot drilled into the pseudopod which leaked ichor. It quivered, then was reabsorbed into the monstrosity.
Smoke began rising from where Juan's sword was stuck.  Gimler tried helping Juan pulled free, but it had little effect other than hurting Juan's ribs.  Eri tried helping as well.
Fern noticed that a pile of wood nearby looked like it had formally been part of a bridge.  Audrea started casting a spell.
A new pseudopod formed, and swung at Juan's chest; it missed.  A pair of large eyes on the opposite side of the bridge-creature's teeth could barely been seen through the smoke. Fern quickly looked for a large rock to throw at the creature.  Some of the group noticed  there was a viaduct under where the canal went under a building on top.
The mouth of the bridge creatures belched a cloud of smoke. Audrea cast lightning at the creature, and hit--fortunately not electrifying Juan.  While Juan and Eri continued trying to pull Juan, whose foot was stuck in the bridge, the creature suddenly let go and splashed into the water.  As it disappeared, Fern threw a rock at it, which hit it and bounded off into a building as the creature disappeared.
Juan had his sword, but Eri's lajatang was teetering at the edge of the canal.  Juan tried grabbing it and seemed to fail, but somehow got lucky.  Juan gave the weapon back to Eri, who noticed it was sticky, as was Juan's sword.  Juan said, "Anybody have a good way to clean our weapons quickly? Maybe magically?"
Audrea Daleos said, "I got you," while Fern said, "Could try wiping it on the ground, maybe?"  Kyrie was disappointed that something she had tried to battle the creature didn't work.  Audrea's magic cleaned both soiled weapons.
Juan said, "Thank you! By the Gods, may the Sword of Ozsym never get dirty again!"
While Fern suggested jumping over the canal, the group instead crossed by going through a building.  The people they had seen watching them were gone.  The group traveled on.
They saw a large ugly, beefy humanoid with a club appear around a corner that gazed at them with beady eyes.  It vaguely resembled Harbol, but was someone different.  It kneeled, and a halfling got off who was Zigon the Sanitator.  Zigon noticed the bridge was missing, and it was explained to him, and he explained his sanitation plans, as the group went to his homestead and workshop.
There was a stout wall around Zigon's homestead.  He had tanks, pipes, ditches, bottles of potions and solutions, odd devices, etc.  Zigon recognized Juan's name as an alchemist working for Master Donghai Ping, and learned Fern knew chemistry as well.  Zigon had a product called a Malodor Repellent Mask.  It was made of paper and leaves, soaked in mints and fragrances, and was pretty effective at helping with unpleasant smells.  They cost 10 dragons each, and several of the group bought one.
Zigon said, the mask would not help again poison, "But I have an elixir for 5 crowns that will protect you from the maladies found in sewers and such places."  Fern theorized about ideas for creating a poison-resistant mask.
Zigon also showed "Zigon's Patented Posterior Rinsing Chamberpot," which was a chamberpot that could make a little squirt of clean water.  Zigon said he hadn't yet been able to make it cheaper than 15 crowns.  The chamberpot was typical ceramic, but there was a device inside it.  Zigon talked about tanks that cleansed the water so it would be clean when it returned to the rivers and sea.  Fern discussed theories, while Gimler got things back on track to conclude the business.
On the way back, Juan said that the gate to Temples Ward should have a statue to Samorojia, Goddess of Gates.  Akira Kinpatsu, officer in the Trynser City Municipal Force, said his sister Mikoto Kimpatsu had said something about a plaque, which Juan found was to the goddess.  (Citadel's Shadow II adventure 2020 04 04)