Ptolus:ReqSum29
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November 21, 2009
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As I started to return to the apt. door, Otto comes toddling on up, looking rather surprised. Upon examining the creatures, we determined they were semi-demonics called Dretch. General resistance to physical harm save from cold iron or celestial matters, and a general resistance to elemental damage. Generally kind of slow and stupid but can coordinate with others telepathically, and can summon fellow Dretches to appear from the aether. We also interviewed the 4 survivors found in one of the small rooms. Upon finding out all the information possible from the survivors, Kekitat and Cheval took them to the nearest hotel for meals, clothing, and bedding for the night.
We decided that Otto and Côr would be heading upstairs to find if anything is waiting for us. While they started that, I dropped into deep meditation to recover my exhaustion. Mulwrit unceremoniously grabbed me on the way past, and I was awakened to discover that 'somehow' the building had caught on fire without me. Apparently Côr and Otto were unaware of the advantages of sticking to the plan they themselves set for themselves. The fire brigade was arriving, so the body that was of some importance was brought along for searching. We then, after searching the corpse and dumping it off the ledge near Rivergate Bridge, went back to Pythoness Mansion to get some rest.
After we woke up, Côr informed us that Rhinnis was a fighter at the Cock Pit. We also examined various things that were plundered to determine what was in them. In the saddle bags, we found 9 handmade leaded glass vials with common-to-ultra rare spices. 15 pieces of silver cutlery with various levels of decay, the one with the giraffe head is of particularly good quality. MW Quarterstaff, chainmail is ordinary, potion of invisibility, rings are ordinary (70GP and 30GP), scroll of inflict serious wounds (L7) all came from the captured corpse. Otto ran off with Côr to discuss the whole ill-gotten gains issues with various merchants to negotiate more gains for us that are more useful.
Following this, a decision was made to head back to The Cock Pit to determine other information about the sewers and whether they might lead to the Ebon Hand Temple mentioned in the letter discovered on the corpse. Working with Cheval, we determined from the outbreak of Mrathrach (game with three spinners and tiles) here in The Cock Pit was related to the following: each time the game is played, the game stores a bit of the randomness by playing it as Pure Chaos. Since that randomness is removed for a temporary situation, the game is stilted toward the player slightly each time. So the player will win a small payout and thus keep playing more. The tiny storage of the Chaos is funneled away from the game, and stored somewhere else, somewhere down below the City. It seems almost like an artificial Lay Line goes from the gaming table down below somewhere.
Doing some gathering of information after Otto worked his tongue-magic with the Minotaur hunk, I determined with Côr's assistance that Mrathrach had become at least about 75% of the gaming industry thus far. We then headed to The Games House to determine if this game was able to do it's underhanded bidding in the seat of mages entertainment as well. A flyer outside the pub announced that the next Mage's Games was 3 months away from today, the 1st of Wind. This is located on Vock Row. We found only a couple of tables of Mrathrach being played currently. After polling my mind deeply (conv. Point for Concentration) to recall anything Jevvica might have worn to indicate her membership in the Inverted Pyramid. I realized she was wearing a charm to give this indication. I couldn't locate anyone in the bar at this time to relay the information about the game so I will simply have to inform Jevvica directly when next I see her.
