Quick facts
Campaign: Campaign 2 · Session: 40 of 83 · Arc: Khalor and the Company at Sea · Where: At sea; Buttermere
The group debriefed Escher about his assassination of a Velvet Truffle Company member. Several of them questioned the morality of it, asking how he knew the man was a “bad guy” without even speaking to him. Escher said the man’s uniform was justification enough. The conversation turned into a wider debate about the group’s moral compass: how much killing were they comfortable with, and where did they draw the line? Was getting paid, or someone being in the way, reason enough? They reached no firm conclusions before their ship was stopped.
Five Velvet Truffle Company vessels blockaded them. An official came aboard and questioned them about their recent visit to Hamhock Harbor, asking whether they had seen a man named Tobias Blackwood or a man who went by “Escher.” The company had received an anonymous tip from a patron at the Split Sausage Pub who overheard someone ask, “Escher, did you kill somebody?” Thinking “quickly,” Arghen invented a fantasy role-playing game called “Cats and Kittens” to explain the suspicious line. The official then pulled Kip aside, and Kip claimed to be an undercover agent trying to bring Wilbur down for murdering homeless people. The official only cared about crimes against his company, and he let them go with a warning that the company would find out if they were hiding anything.
Afterward the group passed the time in various ways. Arghen sketched several perfectly drawn pictures of dead dragons. Nelda challenged Arghen to a drinking game and ended up rushing out sick. They played “two truths and a lie,” in which Wilbur made the unsettling statement that “dying wasn’t that bad.” Kip shared that his mother loved rules, which led to a conversation about anxiety. The ship arrived at the port of Buttermere under a drizzly, overcast sky.
← Session 39 · Campaign 2 · Session 41 →