Session 12

## Session 12 (March 12, 2023) - Day 7 - We Need a Scapegoat/Boy Wonder or Boy Blunder?

777 gets handed letter from Strahd

Tarlet eats Strahd's letter for safe keeping.

Find Hendrik still at his coffin shop. Hendrik unconscious and still alive; bound by Tatiana

#### Coffin shop

* 1st floor loot: hammer, crowbar, nails, tinkerer’s tools, carpenters tools, planks of wood
* 2nd floor: dusty as if no one has been here for weeks; bedroom sacks:  30 silver + 12 electrum (=60 gold). All coins have strahd’s face here; all eaten by 777
* Kitchen loot - small iron pots and frying pan; 2 cans dry meat, 1 veggy: taken by Hairy
* Near monsters, there’s a strange 5 ft  circle with light notching, no magical inscriptions
	+ Hairy casts detect magic; and sees faint dust of months old conjuration magic

On our way to Burglomaster’s house we see oppression/fear amongst Vallaki villagers; 80% of people run inside when they see us.

777 summons a clockwork Phantom steed to carry bound Hendrik, but it ends up being a skeletal horse; Orio uses Paladin Ping and finds out it is an undead horse. 777 strikes his horse to make it vanish, since he didn't want to draw attention to us. However, before that, he tried to cover up the horse with our tent, and cut out eye holes for the horse. So we have now no horse and no tent.

See Izek on the way inside: flexes his red arm and says he can beat truth out of ppl

777 attempts to message Viktor telling him to come downstairs for juicy info regarding teleportation circle

We tell Burgomaster about Hendrik; Orio - he is in league with the Devil; father Petrovich said someone desecrating church;  the orphanage/church told us to go to investigate and led us to Hendrik at coffin maker’s; where the undead were unleashed.

Burgomaster asks us to wake Hendrik to investigate

777 sees door is ajar; Viktor comes in with Tea; confusion ensues. Viktor is terrible at pouring tea.

Orio lay on hands x1; Hendrik wakes up and screams: you guys attacked me while i was working; opened coffins; unleashed monster;  claims  forced to harbour devil spawn by fancily dressed man after he casts spell on me; had friends in coffin, not to disturb and touch, but knew something was wrong

Burgomaster fuming, sentences Henrik to re-education centre.

Orio: we had to investigate & retreive the church’s lost relic; which keeps the city safe from devil.

Burglomaster will go talk to Father Petrovich and we are to stay under house arrest

Lady petronova to summon brother to speak privately then with group

18 dead, 29 injured; festival: guest of honour thwarted attempt for someone to bring in Devil and chased him away; we ask 50 gold of Diamond; and funds from festival to orphanage

Acquired son as “our apprentice”, and takes him to investigate coffin shop. On the way, we stopped at Jenny Greenteeth's and Hairy spent 6 electrum + 30 silver to buy ingredients to make everlasting flame for Koa.

We meet up with Viktor at the Bluewater Inn.

* Lesson 1: the proper way of pouring tea
* Lesson 2: always be situationally aware
* Lesson 3: it's not a crime if you don't get caught
* Lesson 4: always know the consequences of your actions

We find out Viktor wants to leave Barovia. He is willing to trade spellbook notes

```
Cantrips (at will): fire bolt, mage hand, prestidigitation
1st level (4 slots): detect magic, mage armour, identify, shield
2nd level (3 slots): misty step, suggestion
3rd level (3 slots): counterspell, fireball, fly
4th level (3 slots): greater invisibility, ice storm
5th level (2 slots): teleportation circle

```
Teleportation spell is not finished

We also learned that the Inn only has a few days supply of wine left.

Tarlet knocks on Ricktavio door but he did not answer and the door was locked

Hairy applies ruby gem with continual flame spell to glass eye in Koa’s wolf headdress

We return to the coffin shop with Viktor to discern more about the magical circle.

Viktor uses detect magic, and determined teleportation circle that you can teleport into but not out. We suggested he destroy the circle. He casted fireball and lit the whole building on fire. Stubbs was knocked out. Luckily, Koa, Tartlet, !! were busily gambling with the guards outside the building, so they were not hurt. 1 gold each for 3 w/ guards re viktor’s tenure with group

Viktor was going to use Ice Storm to put the fire out. Luckily 777 astutely guessed his intentions and made him stop. It is clear Viktor has no common sense. His wisdom is probably 6.

We go to the Vistani encampment

#### Vistani Encampment

* Road opens up with clearing
* Dusk Elves present; indigenous
* We tried asking for a fortune teller but it was meet with hesitation
* Luvash (leader of ppl) and Arrigal are in Discussion appears to be upset at something;
* Arrigal’s niece, Luvash's daughter, went missing for several months a few weeks ago, found; now missing again
* Last time kidnapped with others - sent a rescue party; complex political issue
* Don’t think it’s the same issue this time
* Missing girl has power of foretelling, named Arebelle. Mature for her age. No close friends.
* Legends surrounding lake - sometimes people see white stag across the lake
* Arebelle gave fortune to “drunk” Bluto recently, who comes around sometimes
* Bluto, Ugly old man, black hair, who hangs out in Bluewater Inn outside of Valeki. Main work is fishing and sells the fish to buy alcohol.
* One is usually born into Vistani; can rarely join. Can’t bring non-vistani to other worlds; they will typically get lost in the mist.
* Luvash’s house: messy; hammock as bed; small bed with doll, which Koa recognizes as Arabelle's
* Luvash sold 125 GP amethyst to Tartlet
* Gem store:
* ```
• 3 potions of healing (50 gp each)
• Oil of slipperiness (100gp)
• Various jewelry
	○ Pearl 125gp
	○ 3x rubies worth 50gp each
	○ 1 diamond worth 300gp
	○ 1 diamond worth 75gp
• Mechanical music box (75gp) (plays the Jaws Theme)
• Scrolls
	○ L-01 Identify (175gp)
	○ L02 Enlarge (150gp)
	○ L02 Lesser Restoration (150gp)
	○ L03 Gaseous Form (300gp)
	○ L03 Tongues (300gp)
• Box of 4 Paper Birds (50gp each)
• Gem of Brightness (450gp)
• Boots of striding and Springing (500gp)

```
* Kasimir, leader of dusk elf. Has some abjuration magic
	+ Haunted by dreams of his sister Patrina Velikovna. She was killed in dark times and entombed in Ravenloft as a taunt; the Devil killed all children and women of the dark elves

Party Loot Gained at Vistani Encampment

* 125 GP amethyst (Tartlet)
* 75 GP diamond (Koa)
* GP balance: 150 GP

We decided we must rescue Arabelle

Back to Bluewater Inn

* Ricktavio info exchnage
	+ Arebelle - said to be the next great seer; rescue party sent for her last time (had holes in her memory)
	+ Arebelle last seen with Bluto, a fisherman. He has a cabin near lake Zarovich. Bluto either in Bluewater Inn, his cabin or Vistani encampment.
	+ Recently lightning spotted going into the northern side of lake.
	+ White stag = twice size of regular stag across lake
	+ Large goat in mountains south of the lake
	+ teleportation circle destroyed; 1 creature destroyed outside inn while he slept.
	+ Van Ricthen - strong guy, cross bow, blades, vampire hunter
* Victor - copies Tenser’s floating disk from 777’s spell slot; 777 will copy 1 spell from Victor when ink available (herbalist/alchemist)

## To do:

* Rescue Arebelle
* 777's tarot talks about lake, elk, antlers etc.... is that Lake Zarovich?
* Dinner with Fiona Watcher
* Save the wines