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The Drowville Caper

FrdNwsmFrdNwsm Member Posts: 1,069
Adorable, the Silver Dragon, had hired MC and Co. to raid the Drow city of Ust Natha and recover her stolen eggs; she bestowed a long term illusion of Drowhood upon them, along with a translation spell and an appropriate cover story. Cool beans!

While she was in the process of doing this, MC's mind flashed back to his bag of holding. He still had a suit of human skin left over from solving the Bridge District murders. What did that guy say? He could make some spiffy armor out of it with some silver dragon blood? Hmmm.

No! Bad MC! Bad! Down! MC slapped himself in the face a few times.That was something "Big Al" might have done, but that was a different time and a different MC. Also, Keldorn and Anomen would probably have a collective stroke if he tried any such thing. Best to concentrate on the task at hand.

Disguise complete, the crew made their way into the city entryway. MC gazed with interest at the bustling metropolis; it appeared every bit as busy as Athkatla. Merchants hawking their wares, slaves running errands ... oh. Slaves ... memories of their campaign against the slavers emerged; clearly the Drow were still a bit uncivilized in that regard.

A few minutes after entering, they were accosted by a male Drow named Solo is Fine, With a name like that you would expect that he preferred to work alone, but no; he drafted the group to help him rescue a fair maid named Faire from a bunch unfair of Ilithids. Having developed a bit of a personal dislike for these critters, MC had no objection to beating betentacled butts. The rescue went off without a hitch. The fair Faire was fair indeed, except when it came to being grateful to Solo; her treatment of him was less than fair. Still, we had heard that Drow society was matriarch based, so this was probably par for the course. She turned out to be the daughter of the Matron Mother of one of the most powerful Houses in Ust Natha. After returning to the city, she informed us that she would probably have some errands for us to run in the near future. Apparently, as strangers from a "lesser" city, we were on the bottom of the pecking order, and would be expected to accommodate the "real" Drow's needs.

We had little choice but to agree.



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  • FrdNwsmFrdNwsm Member Posts: 1,069
    edited May 2015
    (Putting up a spoiler thing here, since this is one of the decisions that need to be made)

    While doing the tourist thing and wandering around the city, MC was accosted by a duergar serf who said his "master" wanted to see him. "Master" turned out to be ... a telepathic fish living in a big metal and glass tank? OoooKaaay ... this was weird even for the Underdark. Worse yet, the fish informed him that it could read minds and was quite aware that the group were non-drow spies. And to cap it all off, the piscene pest wanted us to kill a female drow and bring her brain to it? Apparently, it was doing a scientific study of Drow mental abilities and wanted a specimen for dissection.

    This really didn't seem to fit in with the whole "keep a low profile" spy thing. MC tried to stall, saying he would think about it, but the fish wasn't taking "I'll get back to you" as an answer. If we didn't comply, it would blow our cover. Also, the fish was confident she would be easy prey, and that we could emerge undetected from the task. MC looked to Keldorn and Anomen, but neither one had any objection. Clearly, Drow did not merit being treated with their usual honorable behavior.

    OK, that clinched it. One order of Drow brain, to go please. And indeed, the task proved fairly easy. She was accompanied by a half dozen servants, who, in a most un-drowlike display of loyalty, tried to avenge their mistress. We could hardly afford to leave any witnesses, so they had to be dispatched as well. Hard to believe that no neighbors heard the ruckus, but apparently Drow learn early on to mind their own business. Nosy Drow probably don't live long.

    We returned to the fish tank ASAP and turned over our prize. Did we get a reward? Or even a "thank you"? The damned fish smugly informed us that our reward was it keeping silent and not turning us over to the Drow authorities.

    Fine. First the Sahuagin, then the Kuo-toa, and now this finned fiend. MC was starting to develop a severe disliking for anything aquatic in origin.

    After an annoyingly stressful day, MC and the gang headed for the nearest tavern to relax.
  • FrdNwsmFrdNwsm Member Posts: 1,069
    edited May 2015
    To be continued

    (I have no idea what happens if you tell that flounder to go fillet himself, but apparently that is an option)


    Heh; OK I went way back to a prior saved game; it is indeed possible to tell the fish to go fin off. It is also possible to totally flub the entrance to the city if you pick the wrong dialogue :open_mouth:
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  • JarrakulJarrakul Member Posts: 2,029
    The fish thing is an aboleth, for the record. Can't remember if that's ever explicitly mentioned. They're basically mind flayer whales, and therefore are the bestworst thing.
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