Criminal Quandaries - S24
The party was sprinting through the sewers evading the impending house Cannith takeover of the collective. They made it out with much trouble, but the night would have a little more in store-
Bastle was out on his own, but the effects of Krennick's Geas were taking hold. Bastle forcibly disabled his legs and shut down so he wouldn't drag himself to house Cannith. Yeet traveled back to Krennick's house to try to meet with Krennick, but his wife Aura Khidol was sitting in the living room with Clarissa. Clarissa was utterly nonresponsive throughout Yeet's conversation. Yeet prostrated himself to Krennick, but Yeet insisted he would serve Krennick before being kicked out.
The party falls asleep for the night and suddenly share a dream, as a black mist form into Krennick. He informs them that no matter what they do, he will get what he wants. They used this opportunity to say what tavern to meet. Bastle's dream was different however. Estrum was contacting him with a code- telling him to head to "Swallow Hall"
The party regrouped at THAT Tavern. They discussed their options- They planned to follow the swallow hall lead later, and opted to discover more about the mysterious sword on their way to meet with General Highcall.
Bastle led them to a magical artifactor named Leedle Schnozbonk, an eccentric Gnome. He asked for payment for this information- The sword they had was likely a replica of a legendary sword capable of Wish magic if broken. However, there is a small possibility that it was real, but they won't know until they snap the sword.
The went on to meet with General Highcall, and Bastle was an open book, dumping a ton of information on Theo. They moved on however, and Theo had their next mission:
General Highcall and Blade were to fight the next day at noon. Blade will fight dirty, so he needs the party to infiltrate the Cannith Manor to uncover these dirty tricks. He advised them to look out for anything and everything out of the ordinary. Yeet asked, but Theo feels safe enough that Krennick won't kill him outright.
The party made their way at dusk to the Manor. The manor had only arrow slits for windows, so seeing inside was difficult. However, Yeet used his trusty Arcane Eye orb to see inside. Stuffing Bastle and Gus in the bag of holding, he dimension door-ed into the servant's sleeping quarters. They ambushed the poor chef, and were crammed into this tiny room. Yeet would move the arcane eye to scope out the house, but he didn't get further than the kitchen before an anti-magic effect killed the arcane eye.
