New Shores, New Jobs

## **Timeframe**

**OOC:** 7/14/23

**IC:** Desnus 21st

**Ran By:** SlothyCeddy

## **Notable NPCs**

* Old Man Knives
* Old Man Knives' Aides
* Mr. Billard
* Scouting Setlaar Detatchment
* Spirit Home Guards
* "The Witch" and her minions

## **Description**

**New Shores, New Jobs**

@⚔️ Levels 2-5

*Whispers throughout the cities and the Explorer's Camp on Vrozai tell of a senile old man calling himself "Knives" talking about giving jobs to morally dubious "youngsters". Most just dismiss these rumors as a man driven mad by the Kaiju on the continent. Even more so as those who go to check the location are instructed to speak to a poppet dressed in a Kaiju themed dress.*

*Most just laugh this off, but those familiar with Mr. Billard, Dirty jobs, or Knives himself know this to be a genuine offer. What awaits them on this new continent is anyone's guess, but it's sure not to make them any friends when Knives is involved.*

**Levels:** 2-5, Those with a negative Fame (Infamy) have priority

**Signup Duration/Start Time:** Friday, July 14, 2023 10:00 PM <-- This is what time it will be for you

**Number of Players:** ~4

**Worst Case Scenario:** Death by Kaiju, Death by Kaiju's ops, take your pick.

**Note, this is a dirty job. Fame earned will count as infamy and decrease your fame score appropriately.**

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## **Participants**

This is where you just do a ton of copy/paste of the initial format of the participant entry below, putting space between each copy/pasted entry. An entry is made for each character.

**OOC:** Archwizard
**IC:** Axium Blackfrost
**Level:** 5

**OOC:** Xenoghelion
**IC:** Kairos
**Level:** 4

**OOC:** elliedragon99
**IC:** Vex Moongazer
**Level:** 3

**OOC:** Goat
**IC:** Cerberus
**Level:** 5

**OOC:** Tyneman
**IC:** Matthew Goldenson
**Level:** 2

## **Summary**

The party arrived at a secluded grove where as expected a poppet in a frilly Kaiju-themed dress sat atop a tree stump. At first the group remained silent, perplexed by it, though eventually their idle chatter woke it up. While at first it responded in the voice of a little girl asking if they wished to play, after stating that they were there for the job the voice switched. As Old Man Knives recognized two of the individuals as those he promised future work to, the illusory barrier was dropped and the party allowed into the hideout.

Within the bar carved into a large tree was some of "The Witche's" minions that acted as guards, alongside two beauties in a Tiefling and a Human woman. Beckoned to the back, Old Man Knives sat them down and gave them the wrap. The job came from "The Witch" and it was to use her ritual book and setup a sigil. Unlike the teleport gates leading to Vrozai, it alone was very useless, however when targeted by a spell-caster with a teleportation spell, so long as they know the password they or anything they teleport arrive unerringly at the sigil. Such a tool was to be used in an assult on spirit home via Kaiju, which is where the adventurers came in.

Alongside the book, each member was given a ring with a powerful transmutation effect. It sealed all traces of magic and changed their appearance to that of wandering humans, clothes and all. They were also given feather tokens just in case they needed a swift escape off the back of the beast. Once they arrived at the teleporter that would take them into Spirit Home they had two objectives. The first was to lure their escorts to a specially designated house and murder them. The house was rigged with dimensional anchors to prevent teleportation magics and the party carried this out without issue or ruckus, managing to very effectively hide the bodies and evidence of a fight.

Their second objective was to travel to a warehouse in the heart of the city and meet up with Knives' inside guy. There they were to use the book to erect the ritual and then his contact would hide the circle's presence assuming they weren't able to through the ritual. Getting to it was easy with Axium using the dead escort's clothes to disguise himself as an escort for the other party members. Alongside Matthew being a proficient ritual caster, this part of the plan also went off without a hitch and with their various abilities the group made a clean escape from the city.

Before ever arriving at the teleporter into the city however, the group encountered a band of scouts from Setlaar, something old man Knives warned about. Upon encountering them a fight broke out as the scouts attempted to detain them to no avail. While the leader was ready to die before dishonor, after going unconscious his subordinates promptly surrendered. Their cleric revived one of the party members that was slain by them in exchange for being allowed to retreat, and while they couldn't leave with all of their members two did escape with their lives.

With all being said and done, the group returned to the hideout to return the book, get paid, and debrief. Receiving a token from Knives that would allow them to go unaccosted by his people, the party separated.

## **Rewards**

3000xp, 7500gp, 25 BC

Ring of Natural Attunement (Kami) -Goat

Pyromancer's Spellbook - Arch

Divinator's Spellbook - Arch

3 Infamy

Gained token of old man Knives (When shown to his men, allows free passage)

Mythic Ascension (Permission from Arch (already mythic))

Can learn the Occult Ritual Sigl of the Traveling Witch (Will link here when I wake up) instantly via witch magiks