Like Kicking Fish In A Sewer

**Like Kicking Fish In A Sewer** was the fourteenth chapter of Storm King's Thunder.

## Synopsis

As the night went on in the Grand Dame, Pretty Boy Paul and the Pretty Boys split up. Fandrin and Nestor "hobnobbed" with the casinos patrons. While Nestor was getting drunk and learning that Lord Drylund had a pet octopus he liked to keep moist on his shoulder, Fandrin was having a tense encounter on deck. Upon seeing a man attempting to jump overboard, Fandrin attempted to catch him. He quickly learned however that this was Pow Ming's method of dealing with cheaters: psychically commanding them to jump off the ship. As the cheater kicked free, Fandrin leaped into the river after him, and turned into a dolphin to bring him to shore. He eventually managed to climb back on board.

Jonathan and Haedin spent most of the night on the dancefloor, to the delight of onlooking nobles. Pretty Boy Paul meanwhile simply waited on a bench for the night to end so they could continue with their quest. While waiting however, he discovered José had been taking food from waiters and hoarding it in his fur. Pretty Boy Paul gave the food back to one of the waiters, and caught Haedin throwing hors d'oeuvres to José, who was catching them in his mouth. Pretty Boy Paul told José to spit them out, but he swallowed them instead, sending them somewhere other than to his digestive system, which does not exist.

The boat docked soon after, and the Pretty Boys followed Lady Atalia into the city. Atalia led them to a sewer grate down a narrow alley, where she explained she had been forced by an evil sorceror named Oosith to bring nobles to that sewer, where fish monsters took them from her. If she had refused, Oosith would haven taken control of her and she'd have done it anyway.The Pretty Boys agreed to go into the sewer, deal with Oosith, and rescue the nobles.

The sewer was incredibly dark, so Nestor made his shield light up. The Pretty Boys first had to fight a group of oozes which had emerged from the sewer walls, and then a group of kuo toa which ambushed them. After killing all of them, including the ones who tried to flee, the party took a short rest. During their rest, Haedin gave Fandrin a gryphon harness she had crafted, which Fandrin greatly appreciated.

Progressing further into the sewers, the party found a large chamber, half full of water, with a number of valves, two merrows, and a small building. A voice in the Pretty Boys' heads attempted to entice them into entering the building, but they resisted. Haedin and Pretty Boy Paul failed to resist the mind control powers of the voice, which was soon revealed to be an aboleth. Fandrin, Jonathan, Nestor, and José battled Oosith, the merrows, and the charmed Haedin and Pretty Boy Paul. Nestor was able to distract Oosith somewhat by summoning an earth elemental, and the non-charmed party members were able to drain the chamber of water. Jonathan managed to free Pretty Boy Paul of his charm, and José freed Haedin. Eventually, Oosith was killed with a final fireball from Jonathan, and Haedin killed the earth elemental (which had gone a but rogue) in a barrage of bullets.

## NPCs

* Pow Ming
* Lady Atalia
* Oosith
* Lord Drylund (mentioned only)

## Locations

* Yartar
	+ The Grand Dame
	+ Sewers