G27 - Change of Guard

Date: Sunweal (6) Starday, 7th, 760

Unroid looking through the spider construct that attacked him figured out that it's a BX-1 model. He was able to get some sweet parts that produce webs, and a flamethrower attachment.

Splinter and Gab after some debate on how to get things operational, and by that, it's mostly Gab talking and Splinter pointing at things, they announced that they think they can fly the Batship. With Splinter and Gab in the pilot seats, they started their transdimensional flight to Terra.

Hitting a big green button with three concentric circles, the ship vibrated and the map on screen depicts a planet familiar to the group.

After a rumble, Splinter pointed to a gauge with rapidly falling numbers. Gab, explained that they are not sure how to land this thing, but they are definitely falling. Luckily, Unroid knew gnomish, and figured out how to engage the landing sequence. They miraculously managed to land the Batship without any damage.

In the meantime, Jimmy Sprockets and Aka Noone had returned from Watertown a couple of days prior. The trip was a bust. They found the Exotic Animal trainer, but the basilisk eggs, being inert for so long, had gone rotten. Defeated they returned. According to the kobolds, a giant metal bat had appeared, and then disappeared. Red, Olar and a few Blizzard Clan kobolds had been missing.

That's when the ship landed at Adventures INC HQ.

When the Batship party exited, a bunch of Silven Clan female kobolds cheered at the arrival of Gab. Most of the Silver Clan kobolds congregated by Unroid, marvelling at the construct, some thought it could only say ten phrases and no more. Others that he was an actual gnome dressed up.

Jimmy noticed a smaller group of male Kobolds by Splinter, the kobold with the deformed arm. Each one embraced him quietly, and they moved to their camp.

Twinkle asked the main party to talk to King Choopee when they could. At his throne room, they found out that an abandoned mine had been located. The problem was that Drow and some rat things were there. Curious about the rat things, they requested to see them. Olar and Red recognized them as Svirfneblin. Zilwell, "Zil", a female missing an eye, an ear and several teeth, hissed at them. After some convincing, they made a deal. She gave them a map and in exchange for freeing her people, they would work at the mines to get iron.

With the map, the party left and assembled together at the inn. According to Quirk, a group of Kobolds had been waiting for Splinter to come back, and since then they have left to go free Volgis. They gave Quirk some items to sell. He also told them about some Goblins he met that were looking for a home. The party accepted the offer.

Finally, they went to the abandoned mine using their donkeys and cart. A big red X was painted over the boarded up entrance. Inside it was dark, they quickly realized it was a Darkness spell as combat broke out with three Drow. Olar cast Daylight countering the darkness, which ended up turning the tide of battle. The last Drow jumped down an elevator shaft, killing him.

Jimmy and Red located a crank that brought up the elevator up to their level, with the dead Drow sprawled out on it. After looting the bodies they started to make a plan on going further down into the mines.