Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Erix was slowly walking towards the door, and when he sees Kit slips he picks up his pace to his normal one.

Mark will shake his head and with a sly smile breathes a breath of relief. 

Elero has an awkward sigh/frown combination, then follows them all out. "Can we try and not get killed before we get to the dance?"

“What are you slowpokes and betrayers waiting around for? Let’s go.” Kit says power walking nervously past them. 

So you all head away from the King of Fire with a new mission in tow. It's currently the afternoon on Thursday, while the party starts tomorrow evening. Any preparations you want to make? Is someone going to visit Yosgrim?

((I think we need to head to a tailor for a new outfit, and we of course need a plan and might need supplies for those.))

Let's work on outfits and party readiness, and Elero will stop by to check on Yosgrim after that.

Mark will want to go with Elero to Yosgrim before wanting to do anything else. 

"Ok," Elero responds. "We can check on Yosgrim, and then meet you at the tailor's." He shrugs. "Or we can all go together."

The Silvergate shopping district is in Upper Tavick's Landing, while Solutions is in Upper Menthis; only an hour from one another. So you could definitely get both those things done today even if you all stay together. Which one are you doing first?

"Let's stick together and visit Yosgrim first."

Mark nods with the comments.

"Agreed.  Best to make sure he's ok."

You head over to Solutions and walk in to find Yosgrim still cleaning up from the day before. He flinches as you walk in, but he smiles when he sees who it is. "Elero, my friend. Did you catch Thorn? Have you convinced him and his people to leave me alone?" His slow speech belies a hint of extreme anxiety. His nerves have been rocked.

"Yes, old friend," Elero says, smiling. "We, uh, we had a serious talk with Thorn, and believe me," he glances around at the others, "he got our points.  You shouldn't see him or his cronies ever again."

He raises an eyebrow. 'Did you get my message last night?"

Yosgrim smiles, 'Yes of course, although I wasn't going to completely relax till I heard it from you myself. Come in, come in. I'll make you all a cup of tea to thank you properly.' He starts darting around making what seems to be a very complicated pot of tea.

"I suppose we could take a bit of time for tea," Elero says. "This really is quite the contraption," he adds to the group, pointing at Yosgrim's teapot.

Mark will join for tea, "May I ask, what got you into the machinery craft? I have always found it useful but never had a knack for it." 

Yosgrim nods as he hands out the tea, "Well, as i'm sure you all know, gnomes naturally have a love of knowledge that knows no limits. But in Zilargo, where I am from, that curiosity often manifests itself as intrigue and scheming. I always detested the underhandedness that lay at the heart of my homeland, much preferring the company of machines and gadgets. When I was tricked out of my inheritance by my brothers, I decided to leave Q'barra and come to try and make a living here in Sharn. I already had a natural hand with machines so was able to find work as an artificer. I also found other gnomes here who detested the practices of Zilargo, I made many friends and even my wife in this city." His old face crinkles as he smiles. "But they are all gone now, not that I regret anything. I find now that i'm basically alone, my skill with infusing clockwork with magic grows even more potent." He shakes his head, clearly revealing more that he thought he would. "Ok, so on to your prize. I believe we agreed upon 1500gp, I have it in a safe in the back. But more importantly, I would love to supply you all with some items. What do you think you would all like?"

Yosgrim can artiface magic items for you. I'm going to put a couple limits on it. He can make 1 Uncommon permanent magic item each (Like simple magic Weapons or Armour) from either the DMG or Eberron: Rising from the Last War. He can also fashion 5 Uncommon consumable magic items (Like Potions or Spell Scrolls). So what do you want him to make?

Initially, Kit appeared uninterested in sitting for tea, but when the mention of gifts from the gnome, he politely sits down, crosses one leg over the other and pulls out his copy of the Sharn pact tome, opening it to a page with a diagram of a tentacle shaped rod carved with strange runes. “I was wondering if maybe this was possible?” he asks the kindly tinkerer. “I reckon the basic version just needs the runes. As for the upgrades, “ kit tries to read the fine print beside the diagram but he can’t make it out, he’s sure it’s asking him to do ghastly things shrugs it off.

“can you do it? If not I got plenty of things I can think of.”   

[https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/11214-rod-of-the-pact-keeper]