Wayberry: Rest, Negotiations & the CUBE

 

4th of Reaping, High Summer

The Fellowship are relaxing in the war galleon of Overlord Romack's fleet in the harbour at Wayberry.

Options:

• Provision of Supplies
• Teleportation to Greyhawk - possibly an audience with younger brother of Royce and son of Romack
• Crystal ball 'meeting' with Lord Royce - who is on campaign to the Southwest of Wayberry

It is 9 bells, After some deliberation and debate amongst the party, they decide to request some supplies, an audience with Lord Royce - as they know him quite well, as well as borrow a strong 4-wheeled wagon with 4 draft horses pulling to go gather their GOLD cube. The audience would be the following afternoon.

Healing potions, set of griffon armour (for Gothi's griffon [enroute to Dragonkeep with Jawbone], griffon armour to be converted for a large cavebear [Gothi's new pet]

The adventurers decide to rest until the morn and then go gather their gold CUBE.

The party hears news from Skrit in DragonKeep:

• All seems to be going well, no word or sightings of demons or IUZ's forces. 
• Irakul and the lawyer have disappeared - most likely something to do with the contract he signed with a demon, and the date for reckoning have come. No longer in Dragonkeep as well, the Shadowlantern is gone
• The stone giant brothers have returned and continue to help build and repair the town defenses and buildings
• Work on the fighter's guild is nearly complete
• The monks of the 3 Crescent Moon with Valoran continue to scout the area
• Pyra continues to delve into the mines, coming across a number of interesting items as well as a new vein of silver

Thogra casts sending to Jawbone and the wing-clipped griffon, they are enroute to Dragonkeep still.

They heard legend and rumours of a black dragon mother and hatchlings in the Old Hills, South of Tringlee. Perhaps an option for a power source for the flying tower..

Gothi knows of creatures and plants that may be in the sewers that could be helpful to create acid resistance potions.

The party then rests until the 5th of Reaping, a bright sunny day greets the heroes, when they rise. The wagon and horses are ready at the dock, the Lady Cowl good to her word. A large 6-wheeled metal wagon is there. Was used for 'larger' prisoners. Thogra really likes it, wants to keep it and upgrade.

The party moves up to where they hid the cube. As they pass through the devastated city, they hear an explosion and a cloud of dust appears ahead.. Approximately where they buried the cube!

Gothi sneaks ahead and Graxxuzazz sends up his owl. It seems there are two separate forces that have taken INTEREST into the gold cube. A force of skaven seem to be attacking a small group of humanoids.

[DM: Video from Graxxuzazz's owl view.]

The party deliberate quickly as battles continues. In the end, gold fever revivals and the Fellowship attack - both groups!

Graxxuzazz empowers a lightning bolt that cracks forth to hit both the defenders around the cube and blasting into the rats and skaven. It appears some of the skaven are different from the previous
encounters. The twin bolts kill most of the humanoids as well as plows through the ranks of skaven hordes rushing up. A tall white-skinned woman appears to be leading the skaven. It appears the skaven have a new leader after the Fellowship killed their god.

The battle rages back and forth, Tibaltuous casts spells to buff and save, Kantif uses his monkish and rogue skills to kill the rampaging skaven, Doc fires blasts from his shotgun and pistol while cutting down more rat creatures with his sword [Lucky 7], while Gothi marks and scopes the female 'witch' leading the skaven. As the battle rages, Gothi sights the witch in a tower and fires an empowered shot that explodes the tower crumbling it and her falling, crushing more skaven under the rubble.

All are wounded, spells used and ammo fired.

All the humanoids dead, the majority of the skaven dead and a few retreat. The party try and hunt her down until she scurries into a sewer grate. The party decide NOT to follow.. possibly too dangerous and the party quite injured.

But.. the cube is once again.. under the Fellowship's control.

Using spells, brawn and sweat they are finally able to load the cube on to the wagon. Graxxuzazz polymorphs 2 of the party into giant apes to allow them to help pull.

Gothi uses her animal handling to keep the horses calm... with a large cave bear as well as 2 giant apes near.

The party is able to get the wagon down to the harbour. Word has come that the fleet - as small as it is [5 ships] will be heading out the morn of the next day. Appear to be in support of Lord Royce.

There is a few hours until the CBM [Crystal Ball Meeting] and the Fellowship have a little time to relax.

There is a large army of Overlord Romack's forces and more come in by the hour through a portal from Greyhawk city. So it appears Romack is not leaving the city but trying to expand the invasion and take back the lands from the forces of IUZ.

Word comes from Skrit in a sending spell. Lukann has been in contact! It appears the flying tower has been attacked. No longer under a non-detection spell. So now the party can find it..

Next, the meeting with Lord Royce. Then..?