To Prove D&D Exists for Echolon

"Ok, so if we absolutely, positively not want to be touched by magic, and as consequence have our own magic touch potency go limp, we plug in that."

"So, with our recent good deed 'for the kids' do we go back to Saint of the North's lair?  The pulsating doors?  What are we gonna do Mean Genes?  Someone's gotta MC us."

OOC: Wysp, no new check, in the purse it goes. 👍 (What is it called (if anything) other than “Magic Eating Scarab Gem that Almost Killed Santa?”)

IC: “Yes, we can put that in my purse too….” Toots scoffs at Tommary. Then to everyone she says: “Youse all are just lucky this thing doesn’t get any heavier or else you’d all be stuck carrying your own crap.” Tommary made his comment while placing the object in the bag Toots heals open for him. To which Toots replies: “It’s your turn to make the decisions. I have a system for tracking it and you’re up.“

Toots finishes making breakfast and settles down with Mece and the Ofterpops for noms and free time and cuddles before saddling up again.

"Well, we could go back to th' room Santa was in.  We found Santa, but after that we kinda focused on...y'know, Santa, and didn't really see if there was any other exits or anywhere else t'go that way.  Plus I think maybe he left his big bag there an' as absolutely sacreligious as it feels pokin' through Santa's toy bag...maybe he did it deliberately?  An' even if we don't poke, we sure as shit shouldn't leave it there.  I say we head back and scope out that room more thoroughly, see what we missed while we were workin' to save Christmas.  Which...I mean, hey.  We saved Christmas.  How many Waywatchers can put that on their ribbon lists, eh?" Ilyara said, momentarily beaming with pride and rubbing a thumb lightly over the enchanted snowflake she'd set just under her collar.

"If they're portable, I'm calling dibs on those flashing lights, my coin toss illumination game is getting tired, maybe they can pizzazz it, TO SANTA'S PRISON!"

OOC: Santa did have his bag, sorry I did not add that detail. It's like presuming you gather all of your gear and companions when you break camp - you don't mention it, it's presumed. 

When you encounter Layla and Number 9, you see her looking into a sphere of glass. She tries to hide it, but sheepishly pulls it out again when she recognizes you. She proudly holds it out for you to see. Perfectly clear, you see within it what looks like tiny speckles of white drifting about, when you shake the sphere the particles swirl about and you see a masculine spirit form of a sphinx capering about inside. "Can you see it? It's him, my love!" Layla grins happily.

You notice Number 9 has been repaired or healed. He also has a new feature attached to his head. It looks like a large screw. He says, "Look, I have a spark maker. Isn't it great?"

You progress through the slippery hall 

When you get back to the donut zoo, you find the scorpion section damaged and the sea lions resting amid the remains of the scorpions. They look up drowsily and for the most part ignore you.

The Santa room has been mostly cleared out. There are scatterings of pine needles, the comfy chair is gone, the chimney illusion is gone, but the hole and rubble remain.

The low table with the plate and mug is still present along with 4 red lights and 5 green lights. 

OOC: is the rubble still an unimaginable treasure trove of adamantine?

“Layla, I can see him. He’s so majestic. And now that I’ve seen him….” Toots creates a minor illusion of Layla’s mate for her, for a brief while at least. “And 9! It is great! Now you won’t have sparkless anymore! I’m so happy for you both.”

Back at Santa’s old room, Toots once again ritually detects magic, now that the dazzle dazzle is no longer there to interfere. She’s specifically interested in the items on the table, including the plate and mug.

Are the lights, portable?  I mean, do they function portably or would they require spark engineering no one in the party really has outside of hotwiring doors.  Actually having a red light green light system might be fun to play around with.

Checking for traces of goblins running off with tree and comfy chair.  Investigation 28 

EDIT: and the roll warrants another round of Benoit Blanc

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OOC: is the rubble still an unimaginable treasure trove of adamantine?

 OOC: I wouldn't call it unimaginable. You can imagine quite a lot.

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“Layla, I can see him. He’s so majestic. And now that I’ve seen him….” Toots creates a minor illusion of Layla’s mate for her, for a brief while at least. “And 9! It is great! Now you won’t have sparkless anymore! I’m so happy for you both.”

 Layla claps her paws deafeningly and Number 9 says, "Thank You!"

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“Layla, I can see him. He’s so majestic. And now that I’ve seen him….” Toots creates a minor illusion of Layla’s mate for her, for a brief while at least. “And 9! It is great! Now you won’t have sparkless anymore! I’m so happy for you both.”

 Layla claps her paws deafeningly and Number 9 says, "Thank You!"

 
“WHAT?? I COULDN’T HEAR YOU!! Oh, yeah. Hey 9, is it just me, or did that spark-maker also make you smarter?”

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Back at Santa’s old room, Toots once again ritually detects magic, now that the dazzle dazzle is no longer there to interfere. She’s specifically interested in the items on the table, including the plate and mug.

 The plate and cup are magical, the lights are also magical.

The lights are marble sized and have a weak form of continual light upon them - bright light for 1 foot, dim light for 5 feet. They randomly twinkle and will stick with a weak bond to solid surfaces.

https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/4331597-holiday-lights

The plate can create 1-3 fresh baked cookies of a random sort each day [activation word "HOHOHO" - one Ho for each cookie]. It will also keep food that is placed upon it fresh and free of pests.

https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/4331644-cookie-plate

The mug will fill with hot chocolate once per day [activation phrase "Not too hot, extra chocolate, shaken, not stirred"] It will also keep liquids placed in it at temperature (hot or cold) and free of pests.

https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/4331625-judys-hot-cocoa-mug

OOC: I love it, Wysp.  Heh, proper use of homebrew tools.  This whole little sub-arc has been delightful.

IC:

After spending a few moments enjoying Layla's joy and warily eyeing the restored, now self-repairing Super Zombie Man, Ilyara followed the others back to Saint Nick's room.  The place was definitely shabbier and less comforting without the Saint of the North in it...but there were some awesome treats left, and that ridiculous treasure trove of adamantine.

"I'm assumin' we wanna take us some'a this ridiculously useful, super precious metal if we can, yeah?" she asked the others.  "I know there's a few things made of adamantine I'd love to have.  But...well," she said, pointing at the gummed-up chimney.  "One, how do we get it down?  Two, where's the trap?  There's always a trap in this rotten hole.  Three...where do we keep it?"

OOC: No traces of anyone running off with the tree and the chairs and leaving the adamantium behind on a Investigation 28?  Seems a "those" goblins thing to do.

Tommary fashions the Holiday lights onto his sword handling shoulder into a makeshift epaulet and then hunkers about the pile of (ore? processed alloy?), "I mean if you're firm about it..." and proceeds to do his wind demon sculpted pondering pose replete with extra "hmmm" to intensify his effort.  Full on Benoit Blanc investigation for traps and security measures barring the pile's removal 28

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“Layla, I can see him. He’s so majestic. And now that I’ve seen him….” Toots creates a minor illusion of Layla’s mate for her, for a brief while at least. “And 9! It is great! Now you won’t have sparkless anymore! I’m so happy for you both.”

 Layla claps her paws deafeningly and Number 9 says, "Thank You!"

 
“WHAT?? I COULDN’T HEAR YOU!! Oh, yeah. Hey 9, is it just me, or did that spark-maker also make you smarter?”

 "I do not know. This screw does twisty things with my head. I am glad for it though, it gives me sparks."

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OOC: No traces of anyone running off with the tree and the chairs and leaving the adamantium behind on a Investigation 28?  Seems a "those" goblins thing to do.

Tommary fashions the Holiday lights onto his sword handling shoulder into a makeshift epaulet and then hunkers about the pile of (ore? processed alloy?), "I mean if you're firm about it..." and proceeds to do his wind demon sculpted pondering pose replete with extra "hmmm" to intensify his effort.  Full on Benoit Blanc investigation for traps and security measures barring the pile's removal 22

 OOC: Can't give away all the secrets.

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There are no obvious tricks or traps or magical shenanigans going on with the stuck vent hole. However it is clear that removing the rocks and ore has some risk -- imagine standing in a fireplace to clear the chimney which is full of rocks..

Rising from his ponder, Tommary deduces, "So, this isn't simply a 'let's take the chimney with us' deal (Tommary uses air quotes).  Like fastest way might be to stand back and let Nine go demolish it, and we pick up the pieces, but that'd hurt Nine a lot,  Or I could try my break things spell or whatever other magical devastation there is.  What I'm saying is that it looks like turning this into our retirement plan would take time and care.  I don't think it's going anywhere ... unlike say that tree and totally comfy chair that were _just_ _here_ (Tommary spreads hands in a maximum "wtf did they go?" gesture) ... so we could make this the last detail unless you're all with me on plan blowing this mountain's reactor core.  In which case we ought to find some way to get this stuff taken down and moved outta here before we do that. Either the mojo or Nine-jo methods aforementioned."