Waterdeep: Dragon Heist - Session XXX

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Out of Game Date played: 2020-06-15

Session Title:  Barnibus & the Bard

In-game Date:   Mirtul 1 1583 DR

Location: Waterdeep

Player Characters: (Alphabetical order)
 * Julian Bellafontaine (Matt)

Lorem (Mirtul 1)
JB slowly get the courthouse jail guards his side Jeff (10 years) & Allendeeth (15 years)

JB is woken in the early morning by the guards who smuggle him out in a city guard uniform

JB promises Allendeeth (Al) that he will kill the Goblin that inflicted so much pain.

Willifort impersonates Barnibus to get information from Julian

JB Nevercott enters once they have the information

Nevercott & Willifort discuss retrieving the stone, Nevercott will help retrieve the stone as long as the Cassalanters give him a Masked Lord position in exchange

Nevercott, displeased that Julian has been using his likeness around town effectively destroying his reputation for that disguise, tsk tsk

Nevercott tells Julian it will give him great pleasure to disguise himself as Julian to get the stone with Mirt

Willifort turns into Mirt & both leave

Julian is told that his trial will be on Mirtul 2 unless he can give up the location of his accomplices he will get a harsh sentence

''Mirt & JB (aka Willifort & Nevercott) meet everyone at Greenwater. They came in good faith but, as Mirt says, the charges are as follows and the only reason why JB is here at all is because he helped with leniency and a promise that the party would leave the city permanently or face the charges.''

If the party does not follow through with leaving or turning themself in JB will be charged with all of the following.

If the party turns them self in they will all receive light sentences (1 tenday of hard labour in Amendsfarm & a 3000 GP fine), no property will be repossessed.

Luckily no one died from the attack on the guard but there are charges:

Brandishing weapons without due cause: imprisonment up to a tenday and/or fine up to 10 gp (during the rooftop chase & when being arrested, five (5) accounts of this)

Hampering justice: fine up to 200 gp and hard labor up to a tenday (allowing his companions to escape, 1 sentence for each companion, so 4 sentence of this in total)

Vandalism: imprisonment up to a tenday plus fine and/or damages covering the cost of repairs plus up to 100 gp (destroying the door into the sewers)

Disturbing the peace: fine up to 25 gp and edict

Assaulting a citizen: imprisonment up to a tenday, flogging, and damages up to 1,000 gp (Eight (8) accounts of this for the eight (8) downed City Guards who have permanent lung damage & scarring from electrical wounds)

''Mirt will tells the players he will keep the stone for them if they turn themselves in. If the party refuses Mirt & JB leave "back to Waterdeep"'' but will shapeshift into different forms and attack the compound.

Rush to Mirt's Villa
Romeo graciously greets JB

Baulder's Gate

Red Thay Wizards

1479 DR sparkling rose from the first time Sowron & JB.

Romeo fetches Lantanese Rum for JB as he looks very worried

Enter the study

Phandazzilers are on the move

Pickle Wickle invaded Neverwinter on Mirtul 1

Jaraxle (JB Nevercott, Zarodoz Zord) pirate is in aligned with Pickle Wickle

Cassalanter & Willifort is a doppleganger!

Mirt is not a doppleganger, pulls out a hair

Mirt casts Zone of Truth lava hot tub

JB to Mirt: What is his opinion on non-humans?

Mirt to JB: Where is the stone of Golorr? Jarna (half-orc) has it outside the city

JB to Mirt: Can you take me under your wing basically? Yes but this meeting will determine how much

Mirt to JB: The Cassalanters, we can't trust them, but why? Cult of Asmodeus

JB to Mirt: Are you a masked lord? Yes

Mirt to JB: How much do you do trust your party members? Jarna soft yes, Thola don't know her well enough, Gooz is too shifty, Choo-Cha can be trusted

Mirt to JB: Were you a lawyer in Sowron's trial? Yes I was (cocky bard brought it up)

Sending Stones to contact Mirt

Passes him a Lords' Alliance top badge helps him

JB heads to the Sanctuary for Monstrous Creatures.