!!Lost Mine of Phandelver Campaign Thread!!

Umbriel doesn't have any spells that do that, but he would sit for an hour with something to see if he could figure out its mysteries. Not the staff, though - that's clearly not of magical origin. Splitting up the coin, Umbriel will distribute 11 ep and a mixture of gems and gold pieces worth 27 gp to everyone. "That leaves 2 ep and 4 gp in the party fund, and unless anyone would like one, I can maintain the scrolls for the time being."

Rosie casts Detect Magic and sorts through the items, checking over the types of magic they each have.

"Whew, this has been quite the adventure! I'm glad for a rest now."

Rosie, you find that the gauntlets, shield, first staff, flute, beads and gold elf statuette are magic!

Leaving two people keeping a rotating watch, the rest of the party sits with the magic items for an hour.  You all find that the yare:

Gauntlets of Ogre Power
Sentinel Shield
Staff of Flowers
Instrument of Illusions (Flute that Nyx found)
Bead of Nourishment (The six strange beads)
The golden sun elf statuette will let any non-evil creature grasp it and ask a question as though it had cast Augury once.  Once it has received a response, a creature can't activate the statuette again.

 Lyngheid's got the Gauntlets.  Nyx has the magic Flute of Illusions, who's taking the Sentinel shield, staff of flowers, beads and Statuette?  Also, did anyone grab those 3 golden art pieces from the goblin shrine?

Umbriel offers to hold the beads for the party. "If anyone fails to forage enough food as we travel back to Phandalin, these will sustain you. Rosie, would you like to hold the staff? It seems suited for your sphere most of all. We should also retrieve those golden art pieces from the goblin shrine," he says, as a tiny voice in the back of his mind reminds him.

OOC: I think we agreed we'd give it to Droop. Ireniana would take it, but she's already got a magical sword. Does anyone else use a metal shield? 

The shield?  Droop doesn't need it.  He's got to keep his hands free to deliver potions and arrows.

Ireniana and Lyngheid are the only ones that use a metal shield, I think.

OOC: Okay. Since Lyngheid got the gauntlets, is it cool if Ireniana has the shield?

OOC: Strap it to the Owlbear for extra shenanigans!

OOC: Ireniana will give Whistler her old shield so he can use it as a flying disc, providing it's safe for the owlbear to catch it with its jaw ... wait they can catch it with their claws. 

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OOC: Okay. Since Lyngheid got the gauntlets, is it cool if Ireniana has the shield?

 OK with me, but I'll let Lyngheid and others chime in.

Once the items are distributed and attuned to if needed, everyone can take a long rest and we wake on the 18th of Flamerule, still in the run-down old castle.  What does the party do now?  Gundren is anxious to have you escort him back to Phandalin so he can find his brothers.

OOC: Ireniana gets the shield.  Whistler should take the Potion of Slipperiness Lyngheid is carrying, so he can keep being a whirlwind of death no matter what.  Lyngheid is also still carrying a healing potion that someone else should take because she can heal herself.   And theres an Augury scroll that she's tempted to use now to ask about the Spider.

Oh! What armour and weapons did we find?

Grab the stuff from the goblin shrine, might be of interest to a collector.

Lyngheids gonna be She-Ra flexing and picking up random huge chunks of masonry with a childlike expression of glee for a while before bed.

Thoughts?

Long Rest done.

OOC: Sounds good. 

Ireniana finishes her long rest as well. After strapping the Sentinel Shield to her back like the legendary hero Steven of House Rogers, she will walk over to Whistler and place her old shield on the ground. "This could make for a fun toy for our new friend." 

Droop is out of Healing Potions.  Want him to take it?

Do it, use the Augery!

OOC: Give to Droop.

Lyngheid sat in the corner and pulled out the scroll, she did not know which entity it had been made to contact but all knowledge would help.  She took out her coins and threw them up into the air, it was an old trick of her grandmothers.  The ratio of crowns to kings could have many meanings...some of these coins were different but she thought it should still work.

Cast Augury.

Baeshra will pass on any items offered to him, "Perhaps one day I will assume a shape with hands, until then, it is not useful for me to have them." While the others discuss item allocation and begin to cast the spell, he'll amuse himself by drawing oddly organic looking designs in the dust and dirt. (@KestrellKestrell, yes, those.)

 Nyx plays a song on the flute to wake them all at dawn. Three female Satyrs join in and dance to the music, jumping through the group until Nyx clicks her fingers and makes them disappear in a shower of flowers.

She also gets very excited about the staff of flowers and insists that Rosie uses it so she can pick the flowers.

Umbriel will meditate for his four hours, reflecting on the nature of their search and glad that his companion has located her cousin. He anxiously awaits the results of her Augury spell, and he'll hang on to the scrolls of Daylight and Tidal Wave for the time being as well, though he mentions them to the group and would be willing to let someone else have them if they wanted them. 

As the party are gently awoken to the sound of the beautiful music, the door splinters open and there, standing in the cloud of wooden debris is Whistler, standing victorious.

"KAW! Whistler busy with Owlbear and Owlbear understands Whistler friends!" he cocks his head to the side in a very bird-like manner, the Owlbear looking awkward at the commotion. "Friends STRONG TOGETHER! BREAKFAST!" he mimics as he goes back into the other room, as the party's heart rate comes back to a steady pace, he sticks his head in again, "OWLBEAR SAFE! NOT DROOP! DROOP GOBLIN! BAESHRA NOT GOBLIN, OWLBEAR UNDERSTANDS! KAW!" Whistler cackles to himself as he goes back into the other room to try and teach his new friend to fetch.

What maybe unnerving is that Whistler seemed to be unhappy until his new friend came along and now seems even more manic than before.

It is the moment that the owlbear and Whistler burst in that the dancing Satyr disappear in a puff of flower petals.

Nyx looks down at the group and then over to the owlbear and shakes her head.

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Cast Augury.

Augury What is the specific course of action that you are planning to take within the next 30 minutes?

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"KAW! Whistler busy with Owlbear and Owlbear understands Whistler friends!" he cocks his head to the side in a very bird-like manner, the Owlbear looking awkward at the commotion. "Friends STRONG TOGETHER! BREAKFAST!" he mimics as he goes back into the other room, as the party's heart rate comes back to a steady pace, he sticks his head in again, "OWLBEAR SAFE! NOT DROOP! DROOP GOBLIN! BAESHRA NOT GOBLIN, OWLBEAR UNDERSTANDS! KAW!" Whistler cackles to himself as he goes back into the other room to try and teach his new friend to fetch.

 Droop jumps up as Whistler and Owlbear burst into the room.  He darts  behind the bed and looks out from it, baring his fangs and hissing at the Owlbear.  The owlbear screeches at Droop, and it is only the strong connection you have formed with the Owlbear that keeps it from lashing out at the little goblin.