Shenanigans: Episode 059

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==Recap==
A hooded male humanoid who hides is face named Michael Angelo comes into Shenanigans to hire the party to get back his shipment and safely bring it to his master at Wikk Lamdo. The shipment was in a wagon that Michael Angelo abandoned to west of Bergshire when he was attacked by. Michael Angelo will come with the party with the shipment to make sure they don't look in the crates and delivery them to his master.
Arty suggests the party just subcontract the work to another party and take a finders fee on top. Maximilian writes up a contract for Arty, but makes sure to make it so Arty won't get any payment in the contact because of his actions in the previous episode. Michael Angelo just tears up the contract and insists on a handshake deal instead. The party agree to the payment of 500 gold each.
The party with Michael Angelo set out from Bergshire to the west to get the shipment from the bandits. The party head down the road and camp for the night at nightfall. Overnight Maximilian notices a nearby nearby's top half is stone. The party are then ambushed by 4 bugbears. The party throw down some light stones to see the fight. Maximilian uses his magic ring to turn half the bugbears against the other bugbears. A man in black robes takes a light stone and flees the scene, getting away. Zen webs the bugbears and they all vanish. Arty casts hold person on a different cloaked person up in the stoned tree. The person falls to the ground and dies from the impact. On the dead person is a bounty for Michael Angelo for 10,000 gold and his belongings, signed by Sylvester Salstone. The Wrok takes some boots of Spider Climbing from the dead person.
At dawm the party walk with Michael Angelo about the bounty hunters. Michael Angelo claims it is because of stonemasons from Stoneport. The party question what this is about, and he says the shipment is for his master, and is made once every 15 years.
The party then travel to check the wagon and see if the shipment is still there. The party find the wagon. From a distance Arty casts Detect Trap and finds a magical trap on the wagon that will trigger when touched. Around the wagon are stone chunks, the remains of 20 bandits turned to stone. The party assume a cockatrice or similar is inside the wagon. The party get closer. Droopy casts detect magic and finds a moderate alteration magical aura inside the wagon and the trap is a faint magic aura on the handles of the door to the wagon. Michael Angelo says it is safe for the party, but the dead bandits weren't turned to stone by a cockatrice since the stone type is wrong for that. Nach decides to blindfold himself anyway.
The party attach their donkeys to the wagon and head off eastward back towards Bergshire. In Bergshire Michael Angelo stays with the wagon when the party rest inside Shenanigans. Michael Angelo not showing is face at all during the whole time he has been with the party. While in Bergshire Arty goes rearch into Michael Angelo and Sylvester Salstone and finds that the Angelo & Salstone families are nobility in Stoneport, and also finds the bounty isn't valid outside of the Stoneport area.
The next day the party set out for Wikk Lamdo. During the trip Michael Angelo asks for stories about the party, talking to each person one-on-one, except Droopy who only speaks Kobold. Maximilian using is magic ring to befriend Michael Angelo and to get information out of him. Inside the wagon is multiple creatures, and not just one.
After the party have crossed the Great Bridge over where the Upper Berg River flows down into the Lower Berg River, Maximilian uses ventriloquism to make the sound of cockatrice. Michael Angelo is fooled, and warns the party about a nearby cockatrice and counter measures that can be taken to defend yourself from them. The peak from a cockatrice break will turn someone to stone though cloth and leather armor, but metal armor will stop them. The party, unaware of the deception, prepare for battle. Maximilian make the sound like the cockatrice leaves. The party continue to travel.
In the night during his watch Zen hears movement. Zen just throws a fireball at the sound, destroying one tree and setting 4 other trees on fire. The party wake up from the noise. The party evacuate from the area as the fire grows. The party manage to outrun the fire. The party push on into the night to escape the fire.
At dawn the fire seems to subside, but there is thick smoke everywhere. 
Halfway into the new day the party reach the path that leads to Wikk Lamdo. The party go down the path and are led down a side path that has been dug into the mountain, down to a cave. At the cave Droppy casts detect magic and finds the clothes of Michael Angelo is magical, but nothing at the cave. The cave is square in shape, artificially carved with magic. The tunnel turns east and goes for several hours, in the direction of Wikkthronrarenta. The party are getting nervous at the situation. Maximilian uses his ring to cast Charm Person on Michael Angelo to make sure at least himself is safe.
At night time the party camp for the night in the tunnel and continue onward. Droopy casts Know Alignment and finds that Michael Angelo is True Neutral. During the day the party travel and see empty indents at the side of the path. Michael Angelo claims they are new. An hour later the party found an indent has a life sized statue of a knight holding a sword over his head with a plaque that tells his story, and in the next cubby is another life-sized statue. The party are very suspicious of Michael Angelo now. Michael Angelo points out the statues are made of marble, which is what stonemasons use. The Wrok however inspects the statue and finds they aren't marble at all. Maximilian gets Michael Angelo to reveal his master's name is named Persipita.
Droopy secretly casts Hold Person on Michael Angelo, but Michael Angelo resists the spell. Michael Angelo assumes it is Arty who cast the spell and attacks him. Zen sends his pet dogs in to attack Michael Angelo. Nach defends Michael Angelo from the dogs. In the battle Michael Angelo continues to talk calmly. Art casts hold person on Zen and Droopy. The dogs however are still attacking, so Michael Angelo takes a glove off and touches a dog and it turns to stone. Nach kills the other dog with a punch.
With the combat over Michael Angelo touches the statue dog again and it turns back from stone. Michael Angelo does reveal the statue are indeed people turned to stone, but those are only people who betrayed his master. He agrees to just pay the party 300 gold each with gems for helping him so far and they go their separate ways. The party Zen and Droopy get tied up and the party go their separate ways, with Michael Angelo strong enough to pull the wagon on his own.
The party head backs towards Bergshire, with everyone now untied. While camping alongside of the road while on the surface, Zen pretends to make peace with Arty, and offers to share a drink with him. Arty opens the bottle and triggers a fire trap. Arty survives the explosion and goes to fight with Zen. Maximilian just colorsprays Zen and Arty. Arty and Zen are both tied up.
The party get back to Bergshire. Zen and Arty are put into custody by the Sheriff. Arty is in jail for 6 weeks for the extortion from last week. Zen is in jail for 3 months for his attempted murders.
==Experience==
2100 exp each
* Arty Levels up
** Max HP +9
* Nach Levels up to level 4
** Max HP from 23 to 31 (+8)
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