Turkey Heist (Part 2)

**Turkey Heist (Part 2)** is an independent one-shot run by by ABSQ Cast Member and Gobblemaster Mak.

## Turkey Heist (Part 2)

### Air date

November 23, 2021

The one shot was run with all the cast except Zach who had a personal thing to tend to. Cast goes as follows -

* **Haelley** as **Sybil** - Human, Oracle Domain Cleric
* **Ian** as **Benjamin** & **Samantha** - Lizardfolk, Echo Knight Fighter & Creation Bard
* **Jeremy** as **Finn** - Aereni Wood Elf, Assassin Rogue
* **Darrin** as **Kavix** - Mountain Dwarf, Storm Barbarian / Champion Fighter
* **Jessa** as **Teharie** - Brass Scaled Dragonborn, Berserker Barbarian
* **Jon** as **Andante** - Stout Halfling, Lore Bard / Wild Magic Sorcerer / Divination Wizard

Mak explained at the beginning of the episode that this is was a one shot of his personal design in a world of poultry and espionage.

### **Synopsis**

**Pre-Show Shenanigans**

Not our usual announcements for this one shot. We are jumping straight into it, if you need a solid recap, be sure to check out "Turkey Heist (Part 1)"!

### **Part One**

(At the start of combat, Mak had Jon roll for the *Wild Magic Surges* Zach had forgotten to do, earning him the boon of all of his spells that require an Action to cast, to now only require a Bonus Action)

The group entered the large room, built to be a lab, as the area right in front of the door was being engulfed in flames from the combination of Teharie's *Breath Weapon* and Andante's *Fireball* at the end of last session. The resulting explosion splashed an unknown liquid onto Andante and Finn, and Sibyl, through her *Tremor Sense,* felt the beginning of their transformation into turkeys as their bones snapped and rearranged under the skin. As they looked inside they saw three lab desks and three scientists being consumed by the flames, as well as a dark skinned woman, with patches of lighter shades of vitiligo around her face, in a pristine lab coat and an tablet, who looked thoroughly unamused as she stood in front of a large opaque glass room. Sibyl, aware of the transformations and the fire raging in front of her, reached out for Andante, cast *Lesser Restoration* on him ceasing the transformation as the unsettling noise of Andante's bones shifted back to their proper places, then cast *True Strike* on the female scientist to grant advantage on the next attack on her before stepping behind the group and hobbled to a safe distance from the fire, while the woman who felt the feeling of being marked calmly said that had set her lab on fire and would kill them for it.

Kavix, not content to remain in the fire, activated *Rage,* which granted the closest allies temporary HP, rushed out of the flames in the direction of the scientist. but despite Sibyl's help missed as he hurled his two hand axes, as Andante used his reaction to activate *Bend Luck* causing one of them to hit their woman, who calmly took the brunt of the hit, said she really didn't like them as Kravix pulled out his battle axe and replied that he would bathe in her blood. The woman activated her *Legendary Action* to hurl a flask from her bag containing something green but went wide of the dwarf. Teharie pushed her way through the fire and smoke in front of Sibyl, hurled her own two hand axes which slashed across the woman, then activated her own *Rage*. The woman, still simply looking annoyed, pressed a few buttons on her tablet causing tubes to decend and spray the area with an unknown chemical solution, which mostly everyone managed managed to resist most of it, with Finn who avoided it all as *Evasion* activated*,* except Sibyl who was unable to see to even attempt to dodge and took the full damage, as well as Samatha who disappeared with a pop.

Finn, who's bones had shifted and altered within his body, felt his arms meld into his torso as two turkey wings sprouted replacing them, and taking in the situation that he was unable to attack, dashed through Teharie and Sibyl around the corner of the opaque glass room and out of sight of the woman with the tablet. Andante pushed through the smoke and fire, made his way to Sibyl's side, cast *Shape Water* to put out the fire closest to him and his companions, then turned to the woman, activated the *Crown of the Beholder* firing a purple *Death Ray* to her, while activating his *Portence* roll of 9 to her saving throw to resist it, as she used her reaction to activate *Reduce, Reuse, Recycle* as she caught the light within her white gloved hand causing it to glows purple and deflect some of the necrotic energy. The woman then activated a *Legendary Action* to hurl another flask from her side bag, that turned purple in her gloved hand, at Kavix's chest coating him with necrotic energy. The woman closed in on Kavix and stabbed him twice, but seemed to resist the extra effect of her attack.

Ben pulled out his mic and sang as he resummoned Sam, who then flew in the direction of Sybil, then moved towards Kavix and cast *Enlarge* on him causing him to grow. The remainining scientists in the room made their way to the group from where they stood. Sybil, frustrated by the vibration from the crowds anbd cast *Spiritual Weapon* creating a pair of spectral googly glasses behind the woman having it strike her, all while Sybil heard Clairyon's voice as they relished taking their frustration out on them. The now enlarged Kaxix struck the woman twice with his also enlarged great axe, then activated *Action Surge,* slashed once more cleaving into her body as she fell dead on the ground, stomped on her corpse and moved to the nearest scientist threateningly. Teharie, seeing her original quary was dead, leapt over Turkey-Finn to the nearest scientist, activated *Intimidating Presence* and threw a javelin before them as she demanded an antidote and the scientist immediately called over his wrist com "for everyone to stop fighting, Jezebel is dead, give them anything they want" as he was left *Frightened*. The scientist then stabbed a syringe filled with golden liquid into Finn's neck causing the wings to recede and his arms to return as the transformation was stopped. Teharie then demanded him to cure Andante before realizing he had already been transformed back. After some coercion the scientists ran out of the room and left the building as far as the group were aware, as Kavix returned to his normal size.

Now alone Andante enquired about the glass room in the middle of the lab, and after examining it Sybil, Ben & Sam were able to tell there was a magic that was creating it's opaqueness. Using her pure magical ability Sybil was able pull the magic away from the box and saw a similar sight to what they saw in the *Holding and Packaging* room from before, with humanoids in different transitionary form turning into turkeys. Teharie enquired if there were anymore antidotes, but Finn and Andante didn't seem to be able to find anything similar to it. Ben and Sam attempted to break the glass with their great swords, but found it was even more resilent then the front door of the building.

### **Break!**

Apologies! As we had a technical error with the stream, we took an early break then!

### **Part Two**

While Ben and Sam attempted to break the glass box, Kavix and Vehari retrieved their hand axes from Jezebel, the female scientist's body, while searching her body and found a small disk, the size of a quarter. Ben suggested it could be edible and hearing that Kavix ate it, and found his body started to turn translucent.

The group after this made their way up the stairs, with Ben and Sam helping Andante, after going about 200 to 250 feet away, they saw a rather dashing half elf, adjusting a rather nice maroon suit. The half elf, Andreas, commented that the group made quite a disruption and assumed Kevin sent them. As Teharie stated that he was turning people into turkeys, mid conversation Kavix lowered through the ground so only his eyes were above the floor as he approached him, being shunted out of the ground often and repeated his tactic. Andreas replied he was turning the displaced into food and didn't matter as they didn't contribute to anything, which earned disgust from some of the group. Sybil asked if he was prepared to die for such things and Andreas replied he had no intent to give the recipe and assumed they wouldn't just leave. Finn, still wearing his skull mask, approached and suggested he might want to as he had made quite a name of taking lives and wouldn't wish to find out for himself, as his left eye opened for the first time and revealed the green color underneath, and despite Andante activating his *Portence Roll* to assist his intimidating words, Andreas was unimpressed and replied as someone that worked in the poultry business it wasn't the first threat to his life. Andreas immediately clapped his hands and summoned three turkey hybrids, essentially turk-harpies.

Kavix started off combat by making his way down the hallway to the nearest lesser turk-harpy. pulled out his warhammer and readiest himself to attack if a harpy came close to him. Ben seeing Kavix move gave *Bardic Inspiration* to Kavix, moved around Teharie to the nearby turkey harpy, grabbed the lesser turk-harpy in around their waist leaving them *Grappled*, failed in their attempt to knock them prone on the ground and Sam likewise failed in their attempt to. Andante stumbled forward as he gave *Bardic Inspiration* to Ben, then activated the *Crown of the Beholder* firing a light blue *Sleep Ray* at the esser turk-harpy nearby to Kavix putting them to sleep as they were left *Unconscious*. The Turk-Harpy Queen near Andreas looked towards him before dashing her way in the direction of Kavix, activated her *Screeching Alarm* letting out a yell towards Kavix and Andante, who managed to resist their yell. Finn dashed his way passed Kavix to, pulled out his shortbow, fired an arrow at Andreas, as Andreas used his reaction to whip his ruby top cane upwards creating a visage of an ethereal turkey that deflected some of the damage, then told Andreas he had been promised death before he hid around the corner near the sleeping lesser turk-harpy.

Teharie pulled out her morningstar and struck the *Grappled* lesser turk-harpy twice. The *Grappled* lesser turk-harpy slashedf Ben and Sam, causing Sam to poof out of existance to Ben's frustration, while the sleeping lesser turk-harpy snoozed on the spot. Sybil moved down the hallway just past Kavix, told Andreas he had been a naughty boy as she cast *Spiritual Weapon* creating the googly glasses once more, had it move towards Andreas and struck him while Clairyon's voice in her head voiced their displeasure as his turning people into turkeys. Andreas threw back his coat, told the group

*"Not gonna lie, you guys don't pull your punches. How bout a little roast?"*

cast *Fire Storm* as he slammed his staff on the ground causing 10 pillars of flame to appear around everyone including all the turk-harpies, which Teharie, Kavix with the aid of Ben's *Bardic Inspiration*, Sybil and Andante managed to avoid some of the flames, and Finn who avoided it all as *Evasion* activated, while Ben, the Turk-harpy Queen and the lesser turk-harpies took the full brunt, along with Kavix's transparent transformation made him vulnerable to the flames regardless, leaving Andante *Unconcious* on the ground as well as the two lesser turk-harpies who were burnt to pieces, then sighed and moved to his office. Kavix walked to the Turk-harpy Queen, activated *Second Wind* to restore some vitality and told the Turk-harpy Queen they would turn them into paste as they hit them with one of his two strikes with his warhammer alongside *Great Weapon Master*.

Ben dusted off the chared feathers, resummoned Sam with his guitar, then activated his *Performance of Creation* as they sang and caused a chariot to appear in the hallway and asked if someone could pull them. Andante *Unconscious* on the ground rolled his death save. The Turk-harpy Queen activated her *Visage of Fear* creating a visage of Kavix and Sybil's fear in front of them, but failed to frighten either of them, especially as Sybil couldn't see the visage in the first place. While that happened Sybil, Teharie, Ben and Sam recalled Kevin's words that the recipe was likely in Andrea's office which they knew he headed off to and that if they left him unattended too long the recipe might not be there anymore. Finn activated *Steady Aim* as he took a knee on the ground to give advantage for his next attack, then fired an arrow towards the Turk-harpy Queen and remained where he knelt. Teharie moved to Andante, picked him up from the ground and moved closer to Sybil. Sybil cast *Healing Word* on Andante reviving him, then hobbled her way to Andreas's office and with her passive Tremor Sense could tell he was within his office. Andreas alone and in his office readied himself. Kavix continued his assault on the Turk-harpy Queen with his warhammer smashing her from the sky and keeping his word turned her into paste, then continued down the hall in Sybil's direction.

With all the turk-harpies gone Andante cast Cure Wounds on himself while Kavix headed to the office door, switched to his great axe ready to chop away at his door. Ben and Sam activated *Animating Performance* causing the chariot they summoned to come to life as two googly eyes appeared at the front. The chariot happily greeted the duo, invited them aboard itself when they gave an idea as to where it would go and the two invited everyone aboard, along with Teharie, Andante still being held by Teharie, while Finn raced them as they headed to the door. Kavix started to chop away at the door and broke it down easily smacking it into Andreas, holding the recipe, who became destracted from the prepared monologue they had. While Sam flew up to grab the recipe from him, Kavix ran up to kick him between the legs, pushed him over with his foot to the ground, stomped on his neck and flicked him in the nose as he was left dead.

Sam meantime read the recipe document aloud to everyone, noting it had a lot of chemical jargon, and mentioned a subsection called Project *"3m1ly"* which detailed how the recipe was brought into existence, noting a patient referred as *"Emily B."* who was brought to the facility, tested with the formula and went awry, turning her into Andreas's first iteration of the turk-harpies. Emily was then kept away several years while being experimented on to perfect the recipe, as well as to halt the transformation at the turk-harpy state as winged soldiers, then a few months before the present date Emily escaped killing half of Andreas's men in the process, but the formula had already been perfected at that point so her escape was in vain. The file also contained the recipe, as well as an easier version for non-scientists. While Sybil took Andrea's cane when she had the chance, Teharie questioned if they should give the file to Kevin or not. The majority of the party gave a decided no and Sybil suggested giving her great great grandmother's recipe for turkey soup, which Teharie agreed to but didn't think he would fall for. Andante at the same time searched in Andrea's desk and found a golden locket, inscribed with K.B., with a picture of a short man with scraggly brown hair, around a woman with dark brown hair and glasses smiling together. Andante showed the picture to everyone, to Sybil's annoyance, and Finn brought up the locket he had seen on Kevin with E.B on it. While Kavix destroyed some computers in the office, Finn approached his body, cut off one of his finger that had an amethyst ring with a silver band on it, and noticed as his fancy clothing lost it's glamor and revealed the ratty armor underneath.

The group soon heard a message on their *Send Buds* from Emile who inquired if they were alive, and after responding they were and that he was dead, urged them to return to the car as they weren't so quiet in their approach. Ben and Sam said they would meet him at the top left corner of the building, and after ushering everyone onto the chariot drove through the wall onto the ground. As Kavix noted his displeasure to go back in the car, Andante inquired about Rosedante and if the people were save, saw Rosedante who galloped to him, ran up to him Rosedante on all fours himself and listened as he recited, in Spanish, that the people were safe. Sybil seeing Kavix's complaint cast *Sleep* on him leaving him snoozing on the ground *Unconscious*, then Teharie and Ben moved him to the van as everyone joined them. As Emile drove the group back to *Waddle Song Incorporated*, Sybil had Ben and Sam write up the fake recipe for them*.*

After exiting the van Emile told them to take the elevator to the top floor instead of the 34th floor as they were last time. Sybil told him he was a good cookie and Emile, seeing the ruby gleam from Andrea's former cane, told her good job. Finn, curious about the ring, placed it on his finger, and saw as his armor and cloak turned into a fine tailored all black suit. Finn slid his skull mask back off as Kavix was woken up and asked for them to not do that again. The group made their way to the building, and on the way Sybil, Finn and Andante heard a slight rip of something tearing, turned around as a portal appeared and saw as Emile winked before he drove into the portal.

After travelling upwards in the elevator, with slight difficulty for Kavix who's incorporeal form hindered him a little, they entered a brown and maroon colored penthouse and saw Kevin in a nicely fit cream coloured suit wearing a turkey pin. Kevin noticing the group complimented Finn's new suit before questioning if the group was missing anyone. After reassuring that their other member was coming Sam quickly asked if Kevin had a daughter and Kevin replied they would get to that in time. When Kavix popped out of the ground Kevin asked if he ate the disk and was asked in response by Teharie how he knew about the disk. Deciding to change the conversation to the topic at hand Kevin apologized for his deception, noting that he ran *Waddle Song* as opposed to being middle management like he claimed, but said if he hadn't they would think it was a capitalist war instead of a personal grudge. As he made it clear he would pay them what they were owed Kavix walked around and knocked over a golden statue of Clairyon citing that he didn't like liars. Kevin next admitted to Teharie that he did more recon then he stated at first and had been scouting *Golden Gobbler* for years.

He then replied to Sam that he didn't have a daughter but had a sister, Emily, who was the head of RND at *Waddle Song* on a formula similar to the golden turkey recipe when Andreas heard about it. He added that one day Emily just disappeared, presumed that Andreas tortured her for the recipe believing that she never succumbed and one day a monstrosity appeared at *Waddle Song*'s doorstep bloodied and beaten, and unrecognizable as she was knew it was his sister. Her last word was Andreas's name. Kevin had watched Golden Gobbler for simple corporate espionage, but after that turned to a personal matter and so looked for a crew to take care of the situation, and noting Andrea's cane and ring with them, assumed he was taken care of, with record damage according to Emile's report. Kevin finished that he was happy not only because one less competitor but also that his sister didn't die in vain. Teharie checked that he was not wishing to turn people into turkeys and when Kevin made it clear he didn't said they should destroy it. Sybil requested for it to be given to her and once in her hand cast *Sacred Flame* turning it to ash. Kevin stated afterwards that no King of poultry would use anything other then beast.

Kevin confirmed that Andreas was indeed dead and after receiving a yes from the group told them they had two friends to introduce them to, one who was familiar to them, before getting to the gift giving. Kevin then activated his *Send Buds* and called for Emile who stepped out of a portal that smelled like spring, with noticeably longer ears then he had before and wearing a green and golden robe. Emile asked if he wanted him to contact Arun and Kevin assured him he had it covered as he yelled Arun's name causing a giant portal of fire to open from the floor as a man in a trench coat and hat, with two devil horns poking out appeared.

Kevin turned to Sybil, Andante and Kavix to start with their gifts first. He noted to Sybil that retirement for cleric's line of work was not easy and couldn't sever her connection to the Gods but, after gesturing to Emile, noted the Gods connection was harder in the material plane, and added that the Fey Wild was beautiful this time of year and could offer a vacation from a week to years. Kevin had Emile present Kavix a beautiful viol with deep dark blue color and jet blacks strings, and Emile commented that it had been crafted in the *Singing Woods* in the Fey Wild, that he made it himself, hoped he would enjoy and offered him to accompany Sybil in the Fey Wild to play with the Spring Court's band. Kavix asked if he wouldn't have to be a gladiator anymore and Emile replied that he didn't, that music was celebrated there and wouldn't need to fight again. Kavix turned to the others, stripped off his armor and weapons as he told them they could have that, and that he had his dream now. Kevin turned to Andante and offered two choices being his dream to become a knight and join Sybil and Kavix in the Fey Wild for a true medieval experience or could make some calls and get a position as a cop. Andante instead requested a ranch for Rosedante and himself to do nothing, bewildering Kevin a bit but replied sure pleasing Andante for the chance to graze together with his friend.

Kevin then had Finn and Teharie approach them, introduced them to the horned gentleman as Arun Guilde, described as a friend from college, and a renowned demon hunter and exterminator and could offer them both the best fight of their life. Finn noted that he thought Teharie and him would get along and Teharie noted he freaked her out, that she wanted to be dubbed the greatest warrior of her clan but felt fighting stronger creatures would do so. During the conversation Arun was flipping a dagger in his hand, tossed it at Finn who dodged it, complimented Finn and told him he could work with that. He then stomped on the ground causing a war hammer made of volcanic rock to appear, tossed it to Teharie and told her he didn't need to see her skills and knew she could work with it. After checking both were ready to go he caused a portal to appear underneath them, and as Teharie waved her new war hammer in the air and Finn gave a bow to the crew, they descended into the Nine Hells, while Kavix played his viol to send them off.

Emil told Sybil and Kavix that the Fey Wild portal could stay open as long as they needed, that they could take their time, but noted he had things to attend to there. He then told Andante he was welcome to join them anytime and to use the *Send Buds* to contact if he did and Andante told him if he was still alive he would. Kavix held out his arm for Sybil and asked if she was ready to go and Sybil replied she needed a minute and ritually cast *Commune* to speak with Clairyon. Clairyon noted that taking Andreas down was cool and Sybil added that Clairyon was less annoying while punching things. Clairyon said she should have been the God of punching and Sybil retorted it was too bad that she was just a know it all before saying see you to Clairyon's confusion. Sybil then took Kavix's arm as they made their way into the Fey Wild as the portal closed behind them.

Kevin approached Ben and Sam, took out a wad of cash, told them it should be enough to get the present for their brother and added that the bond between siblings couldn't be shattered or broken and wished to grant a cherry on top. He noted that one of his dearest friends was the Chief of surgery at *Captial City Memorial* and was a world renowned cleric, that Sam's soul was still there and she could be reincarnated with a different body but the same personality and memories if they wanted. Ben and Sam happily huddled together and said that the money could go to someone else who needed it. Kevin pleased with their response told them absolutely before patting Ben, and attempting to pat Sam, on their backs. Ben then asked if they had directions to *Nimbus* as they would be late and Kevin asked them to wait as for Emile to return as it would only be fives minute to show Sybil and Kavix around the Fey WIld and could drive them there. The two happily accepted and noted they had to get to the graduation party as they headed to the elevator, while Andante galloped around on Rosedante in the penthouse.

As the view zoomed out from *Waddle Song Incorporated* a black van comes into view that flew up high into the sky.

1. ↑ Zach's character in Part 1, but since he had a prior engagement, Jon took over for Part 2
2. ↑ An item Zach retrieved in "Turkey Heist (Part 1)" from the head guard in the first floor of the building
3. ↑ His new transformation allowed him to walk through solid objects, but would be shunted out of them if he ended his turn then. He also gained automatic resistance to peircing, bludgeoning and slashing damage, but gained vulnerability to all energy damage.
4. ↑ Mak also added that the disk was meant to be attached to clothing so it was removable instead of swallowed.
5. ↑ 19 + 11 for 30 Intimidation lol!
6. ↑ The ring also increased Finn's Armor class by 2.
7. ↑ Kavix offically gave up all his levels in Fighter and Barbarian to become a level one Bard.