Adventures in Beast World - Session 11 - Catching up a new friend

Session Date: 2023-12-12

6 Huhtikuu, 1365

After spending some time helping get mead from the old temple and a good long rest, the crew spends a day around Littfeld. It starts out showing their new friend Fynn Callaghan around the caravan and telling him about some of the delves that the crew has been on since they joined Littfeld Caravan. All of the odd happenings, the strange creatures, and the pink goo really piqued Fynn's interests, and he is a little concerned that the crew hasn't reported any of their findings to anyone who seems to particularly care.

The crew starts by introducing Fynn to Annette Starcross, the crew's go-to scout, benefactor, and Sam's aunt. Annette explains that she doesn't usually talk to anyone else about the leads she gives out, and that the crew hadn't checked back in with here for a bit, so she wasn't fully up to speed on some of things that the crew had found. Annette does mention she has a new lead for the crew, but at the moment they don't take it. There is a little debate amongst friends on if they should continue to stay with Littfeld or go off on their own adventures. For the time being it sounds like the crew plans to stick with the caravan.

Fynn and El set off to talk to some of the crew's other friends while Sam and Stacy go to chat with Holly about the Crackle Tart Challenge they heard about. Phil also heads out to the caravan to do some shopping.

Phil's shopping trip takes him over to Lucas and Grier’s where he commissions an owl-feather hat. Lucas says it will take a few days to get the stock of feathers required, but to come back when the caravan reaches the next town and they should have a hat for Phil. Phil pays a small, upfront fee, with the remainder due on delivery. Phil also visits the Bluebird Wagon, the produce and foodstuffs vendor of the caravan. Stella helps him find some rations, a bag of beans, and some apples. Lastly, Phil stops by the music wagon to have some work done on his war gong.

Meanwhile, El and Fynn head over to talk to Morris Gypsum-Rebus-Yllaster about the pink goo and strange creatures. Morris tells them about the experimenting he has done on the goo. The crew hadn't told him about the monster printer, and he is very interested in that and wants to go check it out. Fynn tries to insist that is a bad idea and maybe they should have some Dramphinian Paladins make sure it is safe. It is hard to say what Morris will do, as he is quite eccentric.

Next stop on the caravan tour for El and Fynn is The Big Wagon to talk to Cullen McGuire. Fynn would like to know if there are any Bretheren Shamans in the caravan and if there are any Dramphinian Paladins around. Cullen of course is very much interested in more pies from the young delvers, but he is able to direct them to Bodhi, a shaman who is currently in camp. He tells the friends that they often do have Paladins around camp, but he doesn't think any are currently in residence. Cullen promises to let the crew know if any show up.

The whole crew catches up and Phil asks Sam for some help and the two of them head off out of the caravan while everyone else heads over to talk to Bodhi. Phil decides it is a good time to experiment with the magic items he found in the underground temple. He places Sam, sprinkles a bit of the Soil of Fecundity around her, steps back and throws the beans and some apple seeds at her while casting plant growth. Nearly immediately a huge apple tree springs up and a bunch of bean stalks entangle Sam. While Sam is able to keep her crackle tart safe, she doesn't quite escape the vines. Phil has to cut her out of the beanstalks. Phil is quite pleased, Sam is a little put off, and a bunch of people are intrigued as to the appearance of a giant apple tree outside the caravan. Phil takes some apples before heading back towards the caravan.

At the same time, El, Fynn, and Stacy find Bodhi. Once again Fynn expresses the concern he has for the things that the crew has found on their recent delves. Bodhi tells them that while she doesn't have many details she has heard that humans may have conducted similar experiments back in the broken world before it was broken. She is interested in the technology that was the monster printer as it sounds like it could be from the broken world. She also takes a sample of the vines that Fynn collected from the whispering blossom to show to some of her shaman colleagues who specialize more in the flora of the broken world. While this doesn't answer all of Fynn's questions, he is at least somewhat satisfied that more of the "right" people are aware of what is going on.

The crew has a relaxing evening in camp as the Granfield festival winds down for its last night. Maybe they will pick up that lead from Annette, maybe they will revisit the underground temple. We shall see what tomorrow brings.