Session 79 "The Heist of Castle Di Maschera Part 2"

Session 79: The Heist of Castle Di Maschera Part 2

Bucky and Dorn were lead into the round room beneath the fountain with the waterfall on all sides, and there they told Tomisson, Zartan, and Greth of their plan to “borrow” the Wheel of Stars, that they needed the artifact to save the world. And as it happened, the three Gralhund children understood their position and agreed to help. However, they said there was no chance their mothers would see fit to do the same.

Back inside the main ballroom, after the performance from the elf and the halfling, Muffy and Rhys asked the other residents of Castle Di Maschera, Countess and Lady Gralhund to dance. All the while Gram continued his flirtation with Lady Esvele.

With the Gralhund children on your side, a plan was formed: using jewelry from Tomisson’s collection and gems that Muffy had on her, along with a little prestidigitation, you created counterfeit items, a tiara and necklace. The next part was the trickiest. How to swap the counterfeits for the real pieces of jewelry. A risky plan was formed, but one that if worked would secure the two remaining jewels not in the hands of the Gralhund children.

Bucky gave Zartan the glider suit she had received from Henry Magewright. While Zartan glided around above the ball creating a distraction, Mrs. Brunkle with some prestidigitation to make her appear as Lord Prawnbaum’s parrot knocked the tiara off of Lady Gralhund’s head. Bucky deftly picked up the real one as Gram pretended to pick up the dropped one to return to Lady Gralhund. While this was happening, Tomisson went over to her other mother getting close feigning efforts to comfort her mom who was horrified to see Zartan gliding around above the ball. Tomisson tried to go in for a hug, but Countess Gralhund was over worked by the fact that her ball was being ruined. Still Tomisson got close enough for a perfectly coordinated exchange. Bip unclasped the real necklace and Tomisson caught it while Muffy used her new found telekinesis powers to put the new necklace in place. All the while, Rhys distracted perhaps the most crucial person at the party to distract, the captain of the castle guard, Tashlyn Yafeera.

With the jewels secured, Dorn who had cast pass without a trace helped  Muffy, Gram, Bucky, Tomisson, and Greth sneak back to the fountain. Greth tripped and drew attention to the group, but Bip deftly covered with a lie about being a visiting sprite dignitary. With Bip’s cover he left with the guard, and the rest made their way back to the round room beneath the fountain. Lady Gralhund’s gem glowed white as did the crystal that lit the room, and as the glow filled the room, the waterfall parted and the door behind it slid open revealing a hallway.

Gram using the Orb of Kraid for the first time since returning to his home world to cast detect magic. He was able to identify three magical effects on the hall before them and with his own powers dispeled one of the three glyphs warding the hallway beyond, but not the other two. Dorn using the Dimensional Loop teleported beyond the hallway and Bucky used the Teleportation Field Devices to pass him Bob the Skull. Before Dorn was a massive set of stone doors with the following words written in Dwarven which Bob translated as follows:

“The spells on these locks are all the same. Though each possesses a unique name. Count on your answer to unlock the way, But use the wrong key to your dismay.”

Along with the script there are the following images carved: a wolf, a snake, a spider, and a bat.