The City of Walls
Session
Roshani's Notes
2024-02-24
Záznam
- We approach the city through rough flint hills (it's about 6 miles away at this point)
- It's 2-3 stories tall, and things are moving
- north of the city is under construction
- I send a letter to Aston describing the city and the giants under control
- a group of people are heading our way
- we hide and send Akashim to look
- they appear to be going east
- as we get closer
- we see portcullises
- there appears to be no pattern to the city or the structures inside
- we attempt to hide as we approach an entrance
- the goblins attempt to ring a gong to warn of our presence
- Crephi Ritsk and I scare off the goblins instead (killing one)
- we open the gate for Nocana
- Nocana and I stick the gong in our bag
- we learn (via "Detect Thoughts") that the goblins are scared and worry about being scolded by manikin elementals
- Akashim does more scouting and sees "giant lizards" scuttling about like ants underneath the structures (it turns out they were Kobolds)
- Crephi Ritsk flies up for each gate to open it for the rest of us
- we see "sensor spiders" as we traverse the city
- most of the enclosed sections consist of the same randomized buildings, but we do spot a circular turreted keep and investigate
- the keep is inside a space 120' square, with the keep about 50' square
- there's no movement when we break inside
- it's fully and lushly furnished, though no books :(
- there's a fully stocked kitchen (the food appears to be Halivara Forest cuisine)
- the furniture looks like conjured objects
- Kobolds eventually arrive to the keep, apparently for supper
- they say the house cooks for them (and indeed they are served by "Unseen Servants"
- the city was built on top of where the kobolds were living, and so (?) they were provided jobs (to dig tunnels) in the city in exchange for food
- the Goblins were also gathered (?) and given jobs)
- they say the "fleshless" use the pathways and tunnels to travel, as the walls make travel difficult
- they say it's been peaceful - they've been in the city for several moons and the city had been approaching for several moons before that
- they say we can go through their tunnels
- the southern horizon has a fog and we take a long rest
- We use the tunnels and attempt to make our way west.
- It's not too bad for me since I'm small enough to stand up in the tunnels
- but Nocana and Crephi Ritsk have to crawl
- we travel westwards for several hours
- at some point the smaller tunnel meets up with a large tunnel
- an "Unseen Servant" moves past with a pouch, which Crephi Ritsk pickpockets
- we see a carapaced large creature move through the tunnels away from us (a bulette?)
- we leave the tunnels to spend the night in one of the houses or keeps
- we then see bootprints of 2 humanoids and 1 dragon, going a bit west and south
- we then see bootprints of 2 humanoids and 1 dragon, going a bit west and south