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Gnome Bard · Marc
Ranger · Chris
Sorcerer · Allison
Halfling Druid · Sam
Rogue · Riley
Introductions; Puck retains the Suggestion spellbook. Entry to the Seelie Market amphitheater (green dragon at center, hand stamps). Anar buys arrows. Orimene recognizes Azran, presumed dead since the manor; Azran has amnesia and nine toes; Orimene recounts the color out of space and Elra's fate.
Vulture fruit vendor (one copper + a strand of hair). Wisdom saves DC 12 — Orimene 13 pass, Penelope 8 fail, Puck 6 fail. Orimene bites in regardless, D10 = 5, becomes a six-inch purple fairy dragon (fly 60 ft, Draconic, only Puck understands). Vendor vanishes; Puck perception 15 confirms. Orimene's arcana 15 spots a magical distortion at Hugo's prize box.
Azran sleight of hand 13 (20 cp), Anar 14 (20 cp), Puck 15 (20 sp). Orimene fails a DC 14 Wisdom save (2) and is charmed one minute. Anar 28 wins; the card becomes a hot dog. Azran arcana 18 on the ivory card; Anar takes it. Hugo gives a free fortune coupon.
Puck performance 9 → guitar pick. Puck hookah roll 2 → grows to medium size for one hour. Orimene: signet ring + story (Puck performance 13) → rust monster statuette (arcana 13 special); dagger + story (performance 9) → glass rook. Snuff box (arcana 15) left behind. Hookah Con saves: Orimene 19 adv (pass), Azran 15 (lightheaded/sweaty), Puck natural 1 + 2 = 3 (deep sleep). Anar sleight of hand 20 to steal a hair, buys four mushroom mead bottles (assigned effects 5, 10, 8, 6, 2).
Azran draws The Key inverted. Orimene charged one scaled hair (dragon discount); given 3 silver back. Puck (sleepwalking) given his fortune; reverts to gnome size outside. Orimene arcana 17 notes runes on the tent flaps; stealth 15 fails an invisible sneak-in.
Orimene buys a fireball scroll (3 sp + a scaled hair); Anar buys a cure wounds scroll (3 sp + a stolen hair). Both pixie-sized, need a magnifying glass; only Gigi has them. Penelope takes 1 damage (D4) when she mentions Gigi.
Puck performance 19 → Tim (finch); Orimene animal handling 17 → Burb; Anar 13 → raven familiar. Insight confirms Merryweather loves Hugo. Orimene delivers the dinner note to Hugo (accepts). Anar insight 19: carnies "not here willingly." Merryweather bleeds from the mouth while insisting everyone is safe — flagged plot-significant.
Paz (moonstone dragon, "Kaz") knows Penelope; asks about the shipment and debt; restores Orimene's human form (illusion); takes 40 gold; says see Gigi and "see me tomorrow morning." Anar drinks mead (D4 = 4 → bottle 2, effect 10) and shrinks to halfling height. Big top: Puck acrobatics 14 (guidance D4 3) on the trapeze; Orimene arcana 15 reads talon-piece magic on a performer; Puck perception 20 — carnies speak from one script. Gigi's show; stamps burn into "GG." Pass Without a Trace stealth: Anar 28, Azran 29, Puck 29, Orimene 33. Gigi punishes via dolls (handprint 1 damage); Penelope D4 = 3 and bleeds. Gigi gives 20 gold. Sign: "All she wishes is three nights good dreams"; jar of greenish-purple smoke. DM aside: Gigi "CR 25, in layers."
| Scene | Character | Check | Result | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Orimene | Wisdom save (DC 12) | 13 | Pass (eats fruit anyway) |
| 4 | Penelope | Wisdom save (DC 12) | 8 | Fail — compelled to eat |
| 4 | Puck | Wisdom save (DC 12) | 6 | Fail — compelled to eat |
| 4 | Orimene | Fruit effect (D10) | 5 | Transforms into fairy dragon |
| 4 | Puck | Perception (DC 14) | 15 | Notices the vendor vanished |
| 4 | Orimene | Arcana | 15 | Distortion at the prize box |
| 5 | Azran | Sleight of hand (adv + guidance) | 13 | 20 copper |
| 5 | Anar | Performance/trick | 14 | 20 copper |
| 5 | Puck | Performance (guidance) | 15 | 20 silver |
| 5 | Orimene | Wisdom save (DC 14) | 2 | Charmed 1 minute |
| 5 | Anar | Trick (17+8+guidance 3) | 28 | Wins the grand prize |
| 5 | Azran | Arcana (guidance) | 18 | Reads the ivory card |
| 6 | Puck | Performance | 9 | Guitar pick |
| 6 | Puck | Hookah effect | 2 | Grows to medium size 1 hr |
| 6 | Orimene | Performance (via Puck) | 13 | Rust monster statuette |
| 6 | Orimene | Arcana | 13 / 15 | Statuette special; snuff box otherworldly |
| 6 | Orimene | Performance (dagger) | 9 | Glass rook |
| 6 | Orimene | Con save (adv) | 19 | Resists hookah smoke |
| 6 | Azran | Con save | 15 | Lightheaded, sweaty |
| 6 | Puck | Con save | 3 (nat 1) | Falls deeply asleep |
| 6 | Anar | Sleight of hand | 20 | Steals a hair to pay |
| 7 | Orimene | Arcana | 17 | Runes on the tent flaps |
| 7 | Orimene | Stealth | 15 | Fails invisible sneak-in |
| 8 | Penelope | Damage (D4) | 1 | Barred from naming Gigi |
| 9 | Puck | Performance | 19 | Befriends Tim |
| 9 | Orimene | Animal handling | 17 | Befriends Burb |
| 9 | Anar | Animal handling (guidance) | 13 | Raven familiar |
| 9 | Anar | Insight | 19 | Carnies "not here willingly" |
| 10 | Anar | Mead effect (D4) | 4 | Shrinks to halfling height |
| 11 | Puck | Acrobatics (guidance 3) | 14 | Trapeze stunt lands |
| 11 | Orimene | Arcana | 15 | Talon-piece magic on a performer |
| 11 | Puck | Perception | 20 | Carnies speak from one script |
| 12 | Orimene | Stealth (PWT) | 33 | Undetected to Gigi's tent |
| 12 | Azran / Puck | Stealth (PWT) | 29 / 29 | Undetected |
| 12 | Anar | Stealth (PWT) | 28 | Undetected |
| 12 | Penelope | Damage (D4) | 3 | Bleeds; can't reveal Gigi info |
| 12 | Anar / Orimene | Perception / Arcana | 19 / 18 | Spot the dream sign + smoke jar |
| NPC | Role | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Azran | Returned PC (rogue) | Rejoined; amnesiac, nine toes |
| Hugo | Card trickster, loves Merryweather | Friendly; agreed to dinner |
| Clawson Blink | Story-for-item trader | Friendly; traded |
| Oddlewind | Fortune teller | Three readings given |
| Lavender Shasphne | Scroll merchant | Sold two scrolls |
| Merryweather | Dryad bird-keeper | Bleeds; likely bound |
| Paz ("Kaz") | Moonstone dragon | Owed a shipment/debt; meet in the morning |
| Gigi | Carnival mistress | Controls Penelope; CR 25 "in layers" |
| Krokulmar | Entity from prior session | Name not to be spoken |
| Item | Holder | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Ivory card | Anar | House + Ace; "create a doorway, bridge a gap." |
| Rust monster statuette | Orimene | Traded for signet ring + story. |
| Glass rook | Orimene | Traded for a dagger + story. No "glass rope" (misheard). |
| Guitar pick | Puck | From Clawson. |
| Sending stone | Puck | 3 messages at any distance. |
| Fireball scroll · Cure wounds scroll | Orimene · Anar | Pixie-sized; need a magnifying glass. |
| 4 mushroom mead bottles | Anar | One drunk; shrank Anar. |
| Silver snuff box | — | Left behind. |
Fae vendors price goods in strands of hair.
Fly 60 ft, Draconic (Puck only), six inches. Human form is an illusion that holds only inside the market.
Unusable without a magnifying glass — only Gigi has them.
Gigi channels harm through a porcelain doll per person; speaking ill of her costs HP.
Owed to Paz/Gigi; she must feed Paz and return to Gigi in the morning.
Party hands now read "GG"; Gigi can call them.
Merryweather's blood and Anar's read that the carnies are "not here willingly."
Azran (The Key inverted, a misleading dream), Orimene (a vengeful hunter), Puck (a great responsibility; 367; Bingo).
The sign and smoke jar at Gigi's tent.
The unspoken name from the previous session.