Waterdeep: Dragon Heist - Session X

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## Basics & Rundown

Out of Game Date played: 2020-01-11

Session Title: The Grand Opening

In-game Date: Nightal 19 1582 DR

Location: Spookies, Waterdeep

Player Characters in attendance:

* *Choo-Cha* (Cory)
* *Gooz* (Aaron)
* *Julian Bellafontaine* (Matt)
* *Sowron Stormwind* (Garrett)
* *Thola* (Julianne)

## A Rocky Start

The party goes down to the Tavern's main hall & find that it is dark, as dark as the underdark, *Jadger* (Head of Client Relations for "Spookies") renovated the bar so it looked like it was permanently dark, grimed the windows & the bar has little hovels where booths would be. *Gumplin* green-lit the project, & *Jadger* explained that the fireball in the sky was too offensive for most people. *Sowron* spent the rest of the day cleaning the windows to allow light into the Tavern.

*Gumplin* explains to the party that tonight will have two portions: A soft opening for the invited guests & then a Grand Opening. The party was extremely upset that *Gumplin* made this decision without consultation. *Gumplin* also brought in 5 barrels of Fungus Ale. An ale that only Goblins can drink without major consequence. He also mentions that *Zardoz Zord*, renown Waterdeep Food Critic, will come and write a review for the "Waterdeep Wazoo".

*Gumplin* was put up on review & re-interviewed after the party was annoyed with how much charge he took in setting up "Spookies" within a tenday. *Gumplin* took a lot of liberties with the set-up & direction of the bar. *Gooz* re-interviewed *Gumplin* in the private Room while the party watched in adjacent spy hallway, *Sowron* & *Julian* at one point yelled at *Gumplin* through the wall. *Gumplin* is still employed at the rate of 1 GP/Day.

*Thola* goes out to get the safe in the basement of the tavern magically enchanted.

The taverns name is "Spookies" & the players (mainly *Sowron* & *Julian*) are opening a wine bar called the "Spectre & Goblin"

* This will take 1 month to set-up as the party does not want *Gumplin* to manage it
* Will take 750 GP to set-up properly
* Will require bartender, *Sowron* said he would talk to *Romeo* (*Mirt's* Maradojo) about it

*Emmek Frewn* who runs "Frewn's Brews" down the street stopped by to give the party a warm welcome for their opening night. While *Emmek* talked to the players *Choo-Cha* & *Gooz* snuck out through the Kitchen's back entrance to go to "Frewn's Brews". *Gooz* talked the 5 halfling workforce into working at "Spookies" & stealing all of *Emmek's* beer for 20 SP/day/halfling (1 GP in total)

## **The Soft Open**

#### Notable Attendees:

* Zhentarim: Doom Raiders - Were invited by *Gooz*
	+ *Davil Starsong*
	+ *Skeemo Weirdbottle*
	+ *Yagra Stonefist*
	+ Othe nobles
* Harpers - Were invited by *Sowron*
	+ *Mirt*
	+ *Threestrings* *(*Thinks that he is head lining the event since he was invited by *Mirt)*
	+ *Floon*

* Others - Most were invited by *Gumplin*
	+ *Raener Neverember*
	+ *Volothamp*
	+ *Rishaal*
	+ *Embric*
	+ *Avi*
	+ *Vincent Trench*
	+ *JB Nevercott* (Heard about the event & just came)

*Gooz* dresses up to look like he has a pinstriped zoot suit on.

*Gooz* & *Yagra Stonefist* sit down together & flirt throughout the night

*Thola* casts comprehend languages on *Choo-Cha*'s pet cat and ask for the cat to come up to her and meow twice if anything bad is about to happen.

*Sowron* ask *Gumplin*is he could burn down "Frewn's Brews". *Gumplin*says no as he does not want to go to jail for Arson.

*Sowron* asks *Mirt* if he would be willing to burn down "Frewn's Brews". *Mirt* says the Harpers do not do things like that, especially to civilians.

*Mirt* talks to both *Sowron* & *Julian* about the his next mission to help an *Uza Solizeph*, an old woman who sells books. She trapped a, what she calls, 'Demon' in one of her storerooms. *Mirt* would like the characters to investigate as the Harpers owe a favour to *Uza*. *Mirt* mentions *Threestrings* is a Harpers agent & that he is headlining the opening tonight.

*Julian* asks about purchasing *Maxeene* from the Harpers& *Mirt* says he cannot sell a sentient being that is not right, but he will talk to her to see if she wants to stay with *Julian*.

*Julian* goes to *Gumplin* to ask him if ***Threestrings***is playing. *Gumplin* confirms and says that that Spookies is lucky to get a headliner. *Julian* is super racist towards *Gumplin* (the rest of the party does not hear) and *Gumplin* , annoyed, walks away from the conversation.

```
"Sorry my dumb Goblin brain doesn't comprehend your complex Human ideas" - *Gumplin*

```

*Davil Starsong* talks to *Gooz* & *Choo-Cha* about bringing in their business partners to join the Doom Raiders. Does a quick debrief about the serial killer at the docks (Session VI) talks about how the serial killer, *Soluun Xibrindas*, was aligned with a duplicitous faction named the Bregan D'Aerthe. He introduces *Skeemo Weirdbottle*, a potion maker, & that the players need to deliver a special potion tomorrow to give to a contact named by the moniker *Black Viper*.

*JB Nevercott* talks to *Julian* about his next task, as he has proven himself to be quite the little sneak. He definitely followed *Julian* throughout his first task & tasked him to sneak an expose in *Gaxly Rudderbust*'s office, the editor & chief for the "Waterdeep Wazoo". *Gumplin* came up to *Julian* & informed him that *Threestrings* had arrived at Spookies & is setting up for the show.

*Thola* leaves Spookies to invite others into the bar from outside.

*Julian* left to go to *Threestrings* & convinced him to play together. *Threestrings* said he was happy to go on first & open like *Gumplin* had said he had to do for a last minute change to the schedule. *Julian* convinced *Threestrings* that they should play together & they did for the rest of the evening.

## The **Grand Opening**

While the music is going *Gumplin* opens up the the bar to outsiders, using a dancing lights spells around the plate armour that is advertising Spookies.

*Choo-Cha* talks to *Mirt* & *Floon* for a while & agrees to set up a private gallery showing for *Floon* in 1 month's time. *Choo-Cha* also learns that there is illegal street racing that happens in the Castle Ward headed by *Lord Vandeer Casslanter*'s Son.

*Choo-Cha*'s pet cat darts from the window to *Thola* & meows twice. Suddenly 37 dwarves pile into the Tavern to drink, *Gumplin* runs around & serves them all. Both *Jadger* & *Lif* are not into this at all. *Jadger starts to* annoy the dwarven guests by floating through them throughout the night.

*Gooz* attempts to dissuade the Dwarves coming into the bar. but ends up getting into a drinking contest with the Fungus Ale *Gumplin* had stored for the evening with the rowdiest dwarf, *Runcklin*. They both devolved after 6 drinks into butt-chugging the next ale in which both *Runcklin* & *Gooz* started to experience psychedelic hallucinations & violently vomiting everywhere.

While the music is going a suspicious tall man with a child's face wearing a long trench coat comes into the bar *Thola* ask for identification. The man introduces himself as *Jackfull Human* & ask why that is necessary, they just want to enjoy the music like everyone else. *Thola* insists then he open his trench coat as this is a no weapons bar. *Jackfull* agree & *Thola* observes that there is a very deformed looking man or it could be children stacked on top of eat other. *Jackfull* tells *Thola* he was part of a magical accident that disfigured him and would like 3 strong beers please. *Thola* kicks *Jackfull* out of the Tavern.

A Halfling bachelorette party comes in & *Choo-Cha* entertains them with body shots. She learns that the bride to be is *Sloan Stoutfellow*, daughters of one of their suppliers of ale. After a night of fun she promises *Choo-Cha* that she can be a bridesmaid in her coming wedding.

*Sowron* asks *Jadger* to set fire to "Frewn's Brews" & with little convincing *Jadger* agrees not really understanding to consequences.

A group of teenage mages from the local arcane college come in & drink way too much. There is awkward dancing, crying, puking & sex in the washroom.

*Sowron* recognizes *Shumptha-wen* (Dwarf aligned with the Xanathar Guild). Tells *Sowron* that *Xanathar* is growing impatient that the party is too focused on their bar & spent his start-up money on something so frivolous.

*Thola* leaves the bar due to the full moon out, on the way out runs into a newly minted adventuring party asking for work. *Thola* convinces them to follow her to find a werewolf's lair during this full mooned night.

*Sowron* asks *Shumptha-wen* to kill *Vincent Trench* (the Private Eye), he only agrees if *Sowron* can beat him in an arm wrestling contest, if *Sowron* loses the entire dwarven party drinks for free. *Sowron* agrees & won the contest 2 out of 3.

One of the teenage mages cases a spell to impress one of the other mages in the group & critically fails turning all of the furniture into animate objects that start walking through the main entrance of the tavern. *Julian* stops them with the spell Hypnotic Pattern & asks the crowd if there are any actual mages that could dispell the furniture . One of the Dwarves dispells the furniture & the rest help put the furniture back in place.

*Marcus* & *Jenny* come to the opening, *Sowron* flirts with *Jenny* & she ends up agreeing to tutor him for literacy. He ask if she would like to come to the Arboretum with him & she agrees.

A health inspector showed up towards the end of the evening. *Choo-Cha* guides the half-elf around throughout the kitchen, cellar, washrooms, etc.

The night is overall considered a success.