Kill It with Fire #WellYouTried - April 15, 2022

 - Retroactively, Osiris approached Headpriestess Rowan to ask about getting her weapon blessed, but it would take like a year, so nothing comes from that meeting.

- Rusty grabs someone and asks what's going on and he just yells "Skeleton!" and continues running

- Osiris just runs into the bar, and Theophania pulls out her crossbow and immediately follows

- There are three skeletons with fangs and whose fangs are sharpened into like claws, and one of them is attacking the half-orc barkeep who is stuck behind the bar with one of them.

BATTLE AT THE BAR

- Lyrielle moves over to the nearest skeleton (S2) and smacks it in the skull with her quarterstaff for 12 bludgeoning dmg, then she misses kicking it

- Raiàn uses Misty Step to teleport behind the bar and then steps behind the skeleton and grabs it and casts Shocking Grasp on it for 8 lightning dmg, then she backs away 25'

- Skeleton1 is enraged and murders the barkeep by ripping his chest open, then turns and runs over to Raiàn

- Osiris steps forward and casts Bless on Theophania, Lyrielle, and Rusty

- S3 moves over to Raiàn and claws her for 16 slashing dmg

- Theophania moves up next to Osiris and casts Ray of Sickness on S1, but it is unaffected. She curses and it is adorable.

- The barkeep is dead.

- S2 misses Lyrielle

- Rusty moves over to flank S2 with Lyrielle and his eyes go red in an instant with rage and swings his greatsword into it for 12 slashing dmg, so he hits it again for 10 slashing dmg

- Lyrielle smacks S2 for 11 bludgeoning dmg and it crumbles into a pile of bone as it's skull goes flying across the room then she moves to flank S1 with Raiàn and she hits it for 5 bludgeoning dmg and then hits it again for 6 bludgeoning dmg

- Raiàn casts Fireball, Carefully centered on herself protecting herself and Lyrielle, and both Skeletons take 10 fire dmg (Consequences: The nearest table, the short L of the bar are on fire now, the wall behind her, and the "secret" stairs which were open are on fire. A portion of the roof is blown AWAY, and the perimeter of the roof hole is burning.)

- S1 stands up and misses biting Lyrielle

- Osiris casts Sacred Flame on S3 for 11 radiant dmg and then casts Healing Word on Raiàn for 8 HP

- S3 claws Raiàn for 19 slashing dmg and she is knocked prone

- Theophania moves forward 25' more feet and shoots S3 for 7 piercing dmg

- S2 is dead

- Rusty moves up to S1 and misses twice

- Lyrielle smacks S1 for 11 bludgeoning dmg then she kicks him for 8 bludgeoning and he crumbles into a pile of bone shards too then she moves away from the burning bar

- Raiàn breathes on S3 for 4 lightning dmg 

- Osiris casts Sacred Flame on S3 for 11 radiant dmg

- S3 bites Raiàn for 13 piercing dmg

- Theophania moves forward 15' more and shoots S3 for 8 piercing dmg

- Rusty moves to flank S3 grabs the burning table and smashes it into dust, burning dust

ENCOUNTER OVER

- The stairs down are definitely on fire

- Theophania yells at Rusty to grab the giant caldron of badly seasoned soup and pour it on the burning stairs, which more or less put those up

- He does so, and notices that the fire is spreading, but doesn't have time to notice much more before Osiris uses Misty Step to teleport to the bottom of the stairs

- Downstairs is total chaos with two skeleton and three strange looking flesh-blob monsters that look like a humanoid without a skeleton 

- There are some people ducked behind the bar and behind tables trying to avoid the monsters

- Osiris yells to the people behind the bar that it's safe upstairs now, it's only a little bit on fire

- 2,000 XP ea. for 22,690 XP total ea.

No, the Porn is Not Magical #IWishThisConversationHadHappenedWhileIWasStillOnCodeine - April 1, 2022

 - Osiris finds Cassandra at her door first thing in the morning, and there are more body parts missing despite the guard at the door of the Rites Wing

- Osiris sends Cassandra to get Theophania and drags Rusty's things out of her closet so he can re-equip himself

- Osiris gets Lyrielle from where she is practicing her flute in the garden

- Raiàn is in Theophania's room, so they join the rest of the group in the Rites wing

- Tom, the guard at the door didn't see anything, but he only replaced Dave a few hours ago

- The body that's missing its eyeballs is a small, ten-year-old(ish) girl who looks emaciated, like she died of a wasting disease

- Rusty and Tom go to get Dave

- Osiris casts Detect Magic and looks around the room for portals, but she doesn't find anything

- Meanwhile, Rusty grills Tom as they walk

- Birel, Cassandra, Ayen were the only three people who arrived for work this morning, that he let in

- Rusty does not grill Dave as the three walk back

- Once they are all in the Rites wing, Osiris gathers everyone and casts Zone of Truth on literally everyone, and every single person either allows it to happen or fails their save.

- Dave doesn't remember anything strange happening during his shift, he remembers Birel, Ayen, and Arrana were working, at some point Wenton came by too at some point, but he's not sure why - Also he had a sandwich made with stale cheese for lunch - Wenton and Ayen left last a bit after sunset

- Ayen is having trouble with the body missing eyes, but he never touched her. He's squeamish, but did not take her eyes

- They just go around and ask everyone directly if they stole the eyes, everyone says no.

- That leaves only Wenton and Arrana to question as people who were known to have been in the Rites wing last night.

        - Antonia's catch phase is officially, "I didn't prepare that."

- Tom and Rusty go and collect Arrana and Wenton

- Neither of them look exhausted like they stayed up half the night

- Osiris casts Zone of Truth again, but Wenton is unaffected by the spell

- Wenton examined the little girl and a few of the other bodies to verify if their bodies were still contagious 

- Arrana didn't touch the little girl at all

- Arrana had a salad for lunch yesterday and Wenton had a piece of chicken

- Wenton probably stole Dave's lunch

- Wenton has some low level magic, but Marta is the only other person on the list in the hospital wing who is anointed by Mishakal with magic

- After Wenton heads back to work, they also go over to the hospital wing and ask Marta to gather everyone in one room (her office), which she does, so it only takes one more Zone of Truth spell

- Rina was also in the Rites wing

- Wenton is suddenly being very dodgy and refusing to answer questions and may have separated the eyeballs, so Rusty grabs him in a suplex position and Lyrielle guards the door 

- Everyone else is excused except Wenton, since we're in her office Marta stays to witness the rest of Wenton's questioning

- Wenton finally admits that he took the little girl's eye balls to sell to pay off a debt (500 GP)

- He also took the heart and tongue from the previous cadaver

- Wenton likes to gamble, and he's had a bad run of luck at the Black Dog

- He was delivering the organs to Idris at the Black Dog, and he dropped the eyeballs off last night

- The only things left on the list he was given are a liver

- Idris is tall (for a human), thin, with a pointy nose, brownish skin, brown hair, darker eye color, dresses kinda nice, no notable jewelry or anything, last name unknown

- The group goes to Wenton's room to find the list and have a look around

- There was also a spleen on the list that was delivered and nobody noticed was missing

- While Theophania is casting Detect Magic as a ritual, Rusty finds drawings of naked elves

- There is nothing magic in the room, including the pornography

- Osiris Sends to Jimmy, "Jimmy, it's Osiris. Unrelated to previous business, need to discuss something with you. Meet us at the Onlookers Fountain in River Park this evening.

- Jimmy responds, "If you've got business to discuss, just come to the Black Dog.  I don't have time to run all over the city.  We'll be waiting."

- A little after sundown, the party heads over to the Black Dog, but as they are approaching it, there are people running out of the building screaming. None of those people match Idris's description, and none of them are Jimmy.

- 1,500 XP ea for 20,690 XP total ea