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• Arkan throws coffinmaker under the bus and says that he's an agent of Strahd. We convince Izek of it while Lilly invisible's Ireena.
• We get let off with a warning. Also we're being told on to the burgomaster.
• We book it back to the church and return the bones. The priest kicks us out so he can hide them in a new place.
• We decide to visit the toy shop. Is no fun, is no Blinksy. Blinksy has a monkey on his shoulder than instantly takes to Lilly.
• Arkan stares at the toys and determines they're creepy. He sees one that looks familiar. Blinksy tries to hide it, but Arkan persuades him into showing it. It kind of looks like Ireena. Blinksy refuses to tell us who made it.
• Ireena sees the doll and gets weirded out. Wants to be let go to grab the doll.
• Lilly plays distraction and talks about Rictavio and the monkey, Piccolo. Arkan starts asking the prices of everything.
• Lilly manages to bribe Blinksy into sharing that the orderer is a creepy man with a weird arm and always orders dolls but insists they're never right, like he doesn't know what the woman is meant to look like.
• Arkan deduces that it's probably Izek based off the creepy man with weird arm thing. Lilly is like "o shit yeah we should probably back off"
• Lilly offers Piccolo a candle. Arkan gives him Mother's Milk. Blinksy asks what Arkan gave Piccolo, and he can barely get out through laughter that it's a potion called Mother's Milk.
• PICCOLO DRANK IT AND DM HAD TO LOOK UP STATS AND WE'RE ALL CONCERNED.
• Lilly grabs Piccolo and hands him to River. River stabilises him, then uses Lesser Restoration and Cure Wounds.
• We back the fuck out of the store. Ireena's invisibility ends Right before she gets out. Lilly grabs her, invis's her again, and we go to the church. We still can't enter. We go to the inn.
• Belial and River go upstairs to touch the doll.
• Rictavio comes over and asks about the monkey murder. Lilly through sobbing explains. He runs out to go see Piccolo.
• We take a long rest.
• Belial reconvenes and shares basically all we know. That it was made by Izek.
• Ireena suggests we leave Vallaki asap since Izek is fucking crazy. Also Arkan at some point shares his suicide Ireena dream.
• We get an invitation to Watcherhaus. We decide to all go, but Disguise Kit up Ireena first. Lilly makes her a furry.
• We go to Watcherhaus. It's really run down and ugly.
• Belial notices a guy in a cloak lurking and watching us approach. Arkan uses Dancing Lights above him. It's the stalker. He screams and runs away.
  • Belial: "You know, mimics are just advanced hermit crabs."
• Arkan goes up and knocks and presents the invitation. We're let into the vestibule, and then the dining/living room.
• We meet Lady Watcher. She shares that we have a reputation for harassing people which honestly is fair.
• She is surprised we haven't met the Burgomaster. She also tells us not to trust him, that he's a fool. He thinks the fairs will change Vallaki. That the only way to live is in denial.
• We share we're going to Kresk. She thinks it's a bad place.
• Lady Watcher is not afraid of vampires and does not care about Strahd. She thinks there's no point in fighting the inevitable and fearing the things you can't fix.
• Arkan very bluntly asks if she works for Strahd. She darts around the answer. We continue to pursue until Belial uses his psychic powers to force her to answer truthfully. She says no.
• She says that she wants to know if we'd stop "someone" who tried to overthrow the burgomaster, or help. She meant herself but y'know.
• Lilly and Seir are interested, but Arkan and Belial firmly believe they ought to stay out of whatever politics are on-going.
• Ireena does not directly say what her opinion is besides, "This thing is creepy."
• We leave and debate if we like her. Arkan hears a door open and investigates. It's a cellar door. He hears cloak man say, "Let the dead remain at rest."
• We decide to go in. It's a boring cellar. Arkan says the password to make sure they're safe from any traps.
• We see footprints in two directions. One goes to a rotating the door. The other goes up some stairs. We open the rotating door and find a pentagram with chairs at each point. Four out of the five are filled.
  • Seir runs forth and swings one.
  • Arkan casts some darkness.
  • River gives Belial a shield.
  • Belial makes it so he can see and then moves away.
  • The cultists stumble around.
  • Seir stumbles around until Arkan yoinks him out of the darkness.
  • Arkan summons up the ol' Shadow Blade and GFBs one. Fucking slaughtered the one he hit, and the other takes some fire damage.
  • River gives everyone AIDs.
  • Belial murders one psychically.
  • The cultists fumble around. One really fails to hit Arkan hilariously.
  • Lady Watcher appears and summons an entire 8 skeletons then goes upstairs, saying, "MAJESTO, TO ME!". An imp appears, says, "Eh, you guys seem capable. Good luck!" Arkan recognises the voice as the one whispering to him.
  • Seir takes a swing at a skeleton and misses.
  • Arkan slashes the guy in front of him and quickens up some Scorching Rays at the other cultists. He dies. They have a whole 9 hp.
  • River does the ol' Turn Dead on the skeletons.
  • Belial blows a skeleton mind.
  • The failed skeletons flee. The unfailed at act (attack) Seir.
  • The remaining cultist tries to find Arkan and trips over a chair.
  • Seir slaps a skeleton with the longsword.
  • Arkan scoffs at the remaining cultist and moves out to help the skeleton ordeal. Blades one and GFB's the other to death.
  • River attempts to scream radiance and fails.
  • Belial spears one to death.
  • The skeleton tries to attack Arkan and he Shields.
  • The cultist just keeps running around.
  • Seir tries to swing and misses.
  • Arkan moves up the stairs and tries a Chaos Bolt. Misses. Also takes some opportunity damage.
  • River screeches again.
  • Belial tries to spear a skeleton and fails.
  • Skeleton tries to hit River. Fails.
  • Cultist attacks Belial as we realise Darkness is concentration.
  • Seir one-shots the skeleton and moves to the cultist.
  • Arkan misses a Chaos Bolt.
  • River heals Arkan even though he didn't need it.
  • Belial murders the cultist.
  • Skeletons can't do shit.
  • Cultist is dead.
  • Seir moves around.
  • Arkan, frustrated at his missed Chaos Bolts, uses some Scorching Rays. Murders one, blazes the others.
  • River screeches radiance and finally gets one!
  • Belial tries to spear. Does not.
  • One skeleton hits River pretty good, the other one misses.
  • Seir misses a skeleton.
  • Arkan misses a Chaos Bolt.
  • River uses Thunderwave finally! All the PCs save and only take 8 damage. The two damaged one die.
  • Belial does the ol' Ego Whip on the remaining one. It dies.
• Arkan hears Lady Watcher claiming there's intruders in her house.
• They run out and Belial blocks the street with darkness so we can run.
• We decide to murder Watcher before she can get the guards.
• I don't know what happened specifically. DM and I got into an argument about Chaos Bolt and I got distracted by writing this tweet.
• Anyway we killed Watcher so she couldn't rat us out.
• We flee and slip through buildings. We got terrible stealth checks, but somehow, the guards did worse.
• River sees Watcher's spy run east.