Criminal Quandaries - S16

This time MY mic didn't pick up in the recording, so this might not all be 100% accurate, especially Norrix's dialogue

The party awoke from their restful slumber, except Bastle who was left in the bag of holding. Upon waking, Yeet find a hand from the bag wrapping around his throat, lifting him into the air. Bastle demands his gold back from the FIRST time Yeet stole from him. Yeet gives him 30 of the 40 Bastle knows about, but demands the 10 plus interest.

Suddenly, Bastle feels weak as the defects from his soul channel experience take hold. He rolled a  12 in total, meaning he took a level of Exhaustion, his armblade shattered and his abilities were reduced. Fortunately, only his Charisma was reduced, but he is now at a -4 Charisma for the next 4 days.

When Bastle came-to Gus gave Bastle the rundown of what he missed. Gus explained the collective wanted to utilize the political turmoil in Fairhaven to make some cash. Turns out, Bastle actually knows Blade. They also gave Bastle the summoning cylinder for

Norrix came into the room explaining that today was the day of the heists. The Collective has employed several mages who have teleportation circles set up around the underground sewers. Norrix needed to know exactly how many of the 6 available caravans the team wanted to hit, and if they whimp out early, they'll suffer a penalty.

The party decided on 5 carts, but Kaige was adamant about not losing her life to get the last cart. She also bought a few healing potions just in case.

They hopped down into the sewer using the person-hole and had a short spat about who smells most, but they eventually reached the first mage with the teleportation circle.

They weren't terribly lucky on their first encounter check as the carriage had already zoomed past the sewer entrance. They took off after the cart. (It's Yeet's turn)