Turkey Heist (Part 1)

**Turkey Heist (Part 1)** is an independent one-shot run by by ABSQ Cast Member and Gobblemaster Mak.

## Turkey Heist (Part 1)

### Air date

July 20, 2021

The one shot was run with all the cast except for Jon 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
* **Zach** 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**

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### **Part One**

*"The camera pans on the night sky of the beautiful metropolis of Capital City. But you know that's not where our story starts..it starts like 15 minutes away in the suburbs of Alvisville, the neighbouring city to Capitol City, it's kinda how like there are suburbs of Chicago, it's kind of Chicago, but not really Chicago, but you get the gist! Our camera pans over these white picket fences and soccer moms in mini vans up to a absolutely staggering skyscraper in the centre of Alvisville; 67 stories high and with a big logo of a giant turkey "Waddle Song Incorporated". And of course, because this is our group of people, our story doesn't start at the top floor, it starts around the 34th floor or so, essentially an abandoned office park. It looks like they were probably doing some construction in that area earlier in the day,* *and we come to see seven individuals gathered around an on fire oil drum."*

The quest begins with a rotund gentleman in an ill fitting suit, staring at a pocket watch by a lit oil drum, and seven individuals staring at him, made up of:

* Sybil, a blind, hunched, elderly human without shoes and milky white eyes with ribbons of gold running through them
* Benjamin & Samantha, a pair of lizardfolk, one with green and yellow scales with a guitar on his back, and a similar looking female, but a little more translucent compared to the first
* Finn, an elf wearing black, weapons on his sides and back with tightly closed eyes and a smile
* Kavix a dwarf covered in dried blood with multiple weapons, staring at the fat gentleman
* Teharie a tall, muscular, brass dragonborn with multiple weapons and the starts of a snarl on her face
* Andante, a very elderly looking halfling on his pony, Rosedante

The gentleman, especially noting Kavix giving him weird looks, takes in the unusual group gathered and since it looks like there aren't more coming that they could get started and introduced himself as Kevin Branson, a middle manager at "Waddle Song Incorporated". Kavix made the point to remember his name and his business, unsettling Kevin a little, but continued on as some of the group urged him to hurry up. Kevin then told the group that he was tasked with finding a crew to sabotage their competition in the poultry game, a game which was well known to all to be highly lucrative and competitive, and although "Waddle Song" was dominating the turkey game the past decade, recently a start up called "Golden Gobbler LLC" had come up and was coming on par with their fabled golden turkey recipe, rumored to increase the size and deliciousness factor of livestock tenfold. And even though they had no definite proof of this, Kevin was tasked to to get this recipe at all costs, and also mentioned the more irreparable damage done, the higher the payout would be, but that the group could also do this as they saw fit whether torching the place or sneaking in and then out.

Kevin soon waddled to the centre of the room, pulled out an exceptionally large map from an unlit oil drum and rolled it out on the ground. He started to explain the layout of the building (with some slight delay from Sybil noting she is entirely blind and Andante's pony Rosedante attempting to nibble on the map), how there were three floors; with the first floor essentially being unknown as attempts for recon, magical or not, being dispelled automatically or by on site magic user, the second floor being their research and development floor which he warned with it's amount of volatile chemicals were probably not the place for combat, and after Kavix sidled the seemingly confused Andante a little away to distract him with some music, explained the third floor was the office park of the company and where the ceo Andreas Saulk and the presumed recipe would be located. Kevin also noted that with the heist being at night the third floor should have no employees there. Kevin rolled up the map and took out his pocket watch, with Andante, Kavix and Finn noting dustily engraved letters "E.B.", with Finn and Andante noting a cracked glass photo of a woman with long brown hair and glasses.

Kevin mentioned the driver would be coming in ten minutes or so allowing time for preparations and questions. He also mentioned that the recipe might be in some sort of file in Andrea's office for safekeeping, and also that the recipe was more a of a chemical formula. After a little conversation Sybil had Kavix sit in front of her, pulled out some tarot cards with braille lettering, and used her *All Sight* ability to cast *Fortune's Favor* on him; in the process Sybil heard a yawn in her head as Clairyon her deity questioned what she wanted and the two proceeded to argue, all to Kavix's confusion as he tried to leave, but was kept down by Sybil. Sybil also cast *Gift of Alacrity* on herself soon after, while Andante cast *Mage Armor*. Andante proceeded to ask the group who were the least dextrous in ability to hide. A voice spoke out "Not meeee" as the group noticed Finn had disappeared, with the blind Sybil the only one able to note his location, much to Finn's delight and amazement, while unsettling some in the group. Andante then repeated his question and with Teharie's admission she was not due to her weapons surrounding her cast *Enhance Ability* : *Cat's Grace* to enhance her dexterity. Finn asked Kevin about the security's numbers and abilities. Kevin replied that he had no clue, but mentioned the floor had it's scientists, but even he could clock any one of them himself. Finn finished by asking for assurance as to what he was promised in exchange for the task, with Kevin replying the details of the rewards would be filled when the job was complete.

At that moment the sound of a vehicle outside the facility is heard, and noting the driver had arrived, Kevin asked the group to say hi to Emile and asked them to leave as he escorted them to the elevator, to Kavix's dismay who wasn't a fan of the enclosed space. On leaving the elevator they saw a large black van, with an elvish man wearing a tracksuit, that Kevin greeted as Emile who promptly greeted them. As they were ushered into the vehicle they were all given a small crystal bead, noting them as Waddle Song patent pending items prototypes called *Sendbuds*, which most placed in their ears, with Kavix pressing a little too deep and Sybil being the exception unsure how it would affect her hearing. After some instructions on how to use them, Keven hurried them to get going as they were on a schedule. On the way Sybil used her *All Sight* ability to cast *Fortune's Favor* on Finn. On seeing that Kavix seemed to be having a panic attack and was having issue with breathing, combined with the strange bouncy nature of the van, Sybil noted that the van acted as an extra dimensional space capable of expanding to fit its needs similar to a *Bag of Holding*. At the point of near suffocation, the van came to a halt as the doors open as oxygen flowed inside, then dropped the group off as Emile drove the van to a near by alleyway to wait.

Sybil cast *Gift of Alacrity* on Andante, and then after noting that with her Blindsight and Tremor Sense, that Benjamin was there but Samantha actually wasn't, proceeded to cast it on Benjamin as well. They started to make their way and approached the gated facility, and arrived at "Golden Gobler LLC". As Sybil led the way with Benjamin and Samantha locking arms with her, Sybil leaned into Benjamin and asked if he was aware Samantha wasn't real, who replied it was a long complicated story. As the group approached the building they noted the first floor had no way to see inside with another entrance about 25 feet upwards, and that the second floor was surrounded by tinted windows and assumedly load bearing pillars. They also noted the third floor could be seen in seeing fans and the roof. On approaching the door, and note it has no handle or system to swipe cards through. As Kavix motions his desire to smash through the door with his war hammer, Sybil stomped her foot to cast *Find Traps*, finding nothing responding to it, but can tell there is a way to open it. Finn and Andante also investigate the door and come to the same conclusion. Kavix attempted to smash his way and though he hit's his target, finds he doesn't even dent the door. As Teharie suggested there might be a special knock, with Sybil telling her to not strain herself, Andante cast *Knock* and it opened. As Teharie commented on Sybil's response to the door opening, Kavix and Andante started to make their way quietly inside, and note two riot gear dressed guards in the hallway, who noticed the less quiet Rosedante.

The party jumped into action as Andante cast *Sleep* on the nearest guard to seemingly no result. Sybil aware of the guard with her Tremor Sense cast *Sacred Flame* on the guard and finished by casting *True Strike* as a bonus action and granting its effects to Finn. In the middle of this Sybil, Andante and Kavix all notice eyeballs frantically looking around the hallway of the area, and start blinking red after Sybil's magic. The guard who was attacked moved back a little to the nearest door, and knocking on it with his stun baton brought the attention of a third guard who came into the hallway. Andante cast *Nathair's Mischief* on the first and third guard to no result, noticing they didn't register any response, then moved a little closer and finished by giving *Bardic Inspiration* to Teharie. Teharie advanced moving close to Andante and threw her javelin at one of the eyeballs shattering it to pieces, and as it breaks a voice comes over the intercom with one of the facilities's canned lines:

*"Attention employees of the Golden Gobbler facility! Remember! All play and no work, makes a dead employee, and we wouldn't want that would we."*

On hearing that Teharie just laughs saying "Yes we would!" and retrieved her javelin.
Benjamin and Samantha started to make their way passed Andante and Rosedante and stood by in position. The very rear guard advanced to the other door and again drew out another guard, while the two front guards fired on Samantha missing with one, but the second made impact as Samantha popped out of existence. Kavix dashed from the entrance making his way passed Andante and Benjamin and stood by in position. Finn moved into range as he pulled out his short bow, and using *Fortune's Favor* cast on him fired an arrow on the guard marked by Sybil's *True Strike*, and most of the group in sight noted not only that the guard didn't wince or bleed, but also noticed when the guards helmet came off from the attack that there was nothing underneath it; Finn finished off activating the *SendBud* advising everyone to have them on, nudged Sybil advising her the same verbally and moving and hiding in the shadow of Rosedante.

The remaining eyes in the room started to spin flashing rainbow colours firing a laser toward Kavix who resisted it's damage and Benjamin who resisted against it's effect. Sybil made her way past Teharie, cast *Spiritual Weapon* and struck two of the guards, but also noticed with her passive perception there was still another set of foot prints from the door nearest to her. Two of the guards advanced on Kavix and while one missed, the other struck him two times with their stun baton, but resisted against their effects. Andante cast *Fireball* aiming for the remaining eyes and all the guards, while also activating his *Portant* feature taking out the remaining eyes and damaging the guards heavily. Those with the *SendBuds* in their ears soon heard a staticky sound of a panicked voice interfering with their signal. Teharie armed herself with her morning star, pushed passed Andante and Sybil to the guard near Kavix, struck them with her morning star, struck another with her javelin, then activated her *Rage* and ended her turn.

Benjamin on his own attempted to dash past by one of the guards, as the guard used their reaction to get an attack in was stunned and unable to continue. The guard near Kavix struck him with their stun baton, while another guard fired on him with their automatic rifle. Kavix started by activating his *Rage* as frost comes out of his mouth, simultaneously give Teharie temporary HP from his *Storm Aura (Tundra)*, and struck the guard who attacked him twice with his great axe, bringing an end to them while revealing empty riot gear with no one inside, then rushed to the guard who stunned Benjamin. Finn used his *Cunning Action* to stealth behind Rosedante, before firing an arrow at the guard in the very rear before rushing behind Kavix to get closer to combat. The panicky voice came back on the *SendBuds* before a spindly scientist, with headgear over his face resembling spider eyes with several lenses covering his face, came into the hallway, prepared himself and turned a dial cycling through the lenses firing a purple ray at Teharie, but missed and started to panic afterwards.

Sybil moved her *Spiritual Weapon* and struck one of the guards with it before moving alongside Teharie. The guard closest to Benjamin struck them twice while they were still stunned. Andante rode Rosedante going passed Teharie and Sybil, and approached the scientist and intimidated them into deactivating the guards, who crumpled to the ground, and ran away only to be taken down with multiple attacks from Finn, Kavix, Teharie and Sybil ending combat. Sybil quickly grabbed one of the rifles when it had all ended.

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### **Part Two**

We returned to the party in the hallway, who noted the glass panelled door on the right with *Guard Break Room* on it and the iron reinforced door on the left them with *Holding and Packaging,* as well as the continuing hallway, with Sybil deciding to make her way to the right side door. Finn picked up his arrows before examining the helmet noting the different lenses on it having different effects, and while not much more then could tell it was pretty advanced. Andante seeing him asked to have a look at it, which Finn happily handed over, and decided to cast *Identify* to understand it. In the guard break room there was a couch, tv, a camera station, but without being able to see more then that Sybil proceeded to leave the room and tell the others it was safe to inspect. Meanwhile Andante's cast of *Identify* finished as he heard a voice describing the item:

*"This is* *the* *Beholder's Crown. This is a magical technology object that has been used to replicate the effects of a beholder monstrosity. This has been another use of the Identify spell."*

Andante quickly thanked the magical voice before placing the *Beholder's Crown* on his head. Kavix soon headed into the Guard break room, and soon saw the camera station, noting three of the screens which were staticky, with two working still, specifically with one focused around a white laboratory with seven scientists and a green haired lady with vitiligo skin and tablet in her hand, and in the middle of the room a large opaque glass box with a cloudy mist; the other screen showed the office park with a lone man in the back of the office park sitting in an glass boxlike office, doing paperwork. Kavix not liking these shows and wishing to change the channel, attempted with his warhammer demolishing the interface completely.

Sybil went into the left room, and though pitch black, immediately heard the sounds of shuffling, whimpering and sobbing followed by the faint sound of gobbles in the corner. With her Tremor Sense she could also tell there were 10 feet by 10 feet cages everywhere in the room, and that the cages were packed with people and birds, with some of the people knocked out, others huddled whimpering and crying, while on the other side were turkeys so large they were almost to the point of bursting from the cages. Sybil, a little unsure if she was incorrect in what she could see, left the room to re-calibrate her senses to what she knew, before returning to the room again and said hello to no response. The others joined and after a complaint of the lack of light, Sybil cast *Light* on her staff revealing the conditions to all. While the group discussed what to do, a giant turkey slowly dropped into the room landing on the floor. Benjamin excited by a new friend pulled out his guitar, strummed a little tune causing Samantha to reappear and they rushed to the turkey. The rest of the group with multiple means started to open the cages, only to the find the people not moving whether asleep, sedated or too weak. Sybil and Finn noticing especially that these people didn't have the will to leave being far too broken physically or mentally.

Andante, climbing off Rosedante with some issue, asked his loyal pony, in Spanish, to bring the people to Emile, confident in his ability to help the people unaided by anyone. Meanwhile Benjamin and Samantha attempt to serenade the turkey only for Samantha to be pecked out of existence again. Benjamin quickly brought her back as Sybil and Andante started to heal Kavix. Finn proceeded to stealth silently continuing his way to the main door of the next floor, noting it to be a brightly lit room with nowhere to hide, desks around with chemicals with seven scientists around, plus one more seemingly of higher authority, and noting this waited for the rest of the group to join him. As they did Sybil took a moment to cast *Commune* and spoke with Clairyon, asking her patron:

* If they knocked down the door, are the scientists weak enough to be taken down easily - with a begrudging YES from Clairyon
* Are there highly flammable things in that room - with an exasperated sigh and a yell, YES
* Seemingly annoyed with each other, Sybil chose to not ask the last question and essentially put her deity on hold for the spell as she heard the muffled screams from Clairyon until her spell ended, and passed the information to the rest of the group.

Teharie started making her way to the door, while Benjamin and Samantha help Andante up the stairs. Teharie making her way to the door, understanding the information from Sybil, concluded that her fire breath would probably give the distraction they needed to get in. Seeing her get close he smiled as he slowly pulled down a skull mask down his face, which up close Teharie could tell was a real skull shaped into a mask. Teharie verbally appreciated his mask before ushering him to give her space she needed, only to be stopped by Andante who stood by preparing his own fire magic to bolster her fire breath. Teharie activated her *Breath Weapon* as she breathed fire into the room, along with Andante who cast *Fireball* to bolster the fire, knocked the door off it's hinges, knocking out three of the scientists and hitting the chemicals, but with Teharie, Finn and Andante in the radius of it. Though Teharie resisted the explosions effects, Finn and Andante immediately felt the sensation of their bones crush inside them as their forms started to change. Sybil, putting everything together from the packing room with humans and turkeys, and feeling Finn and Andante's forms began to change and noticed feathers randomly popping out of their bodies, realized the two would soon turn into turkeys.

**And that where we will leave Part 1!**
Also a quick shout out to Vicious Mockeries on Tumblr for their homebrew for the "Blind Since Birth" mechanics used by Sybil!

1. ↑ Mak mentioned that in the world lore of his campaign that the poultry game was highly lucrative and competitive
2. ↑ Haelley noted that her character Sybil was of the Oracle Domain (a homebrew subclass made our very own Jon!!) and that the ability she used was called "All Sight" allowing her to cast the spell *Fortune's Favor* to the amount totalling her proficiency bonus. Mak also noted that the voice Sybil conversed with was Clairyon, the god of fortune and fate, who chose Sybil as a champion begrudgingly to not lose her godship.
3. ↑ *SendBuds* are a homebrew item, essentially ear bud versions of the *Sending Stone* item that lets you cast *Send*, and while this version only lets you speak 15 words maximum instead of the usual 25, you can use it at will
4. ↑ The ability to cast this as a cantrip is an ability granted to Sybil by the homebrew Oracle Domain created by ABSQ member Jon!
5. ↑ Zach also in his turn ended up having to roll on the wild magic surge table due to being a Wild Magic Sorcerer to still unknown results.