Disciples of Atropus: Session 5 - Tavern Brawl
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Session Summary:

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Date of Session: December 11th, 2020
In-Universe Date: Uktar 7, 1513 DR
Level Reached: 3
Dungeon Master: Juli
Players: Adrian, Cain, Victor
Player Characters: Amadeus Bosch, Felid, Li Xie-Li

The party reunites at the Crawling Spider after six days of downtime activities in the city of Waterdeep. Because of an altercation with a witch, Xie Li has been polymorphed into a frog. The party catches up with Nadredda, who has been working the bar at the Crawling Spider to make some money. Partway through their conversation, they are interrupted as a red dragonborn man, a dwarven woman, and a human man storm into the bar and threaten Nadredda. Not liking their attitudes, the party challenges the trio to a fight, which they accept and end up losing. The party reaches Level 3 for their efforts.

At the end of this session, the first hiatus of Disciples of Atropus begins.

Session Log:

The Narrator:
It is now 6 days later. The four of you have spent the past week performing various downtime activities, with mixed success. You return to the Crawling Spider after one workweek to catch up.

You see Nadredda, the yuan-ti pureblood wizard you paired up with on Liar's Night working the bar. You also see Luthienye, the elven cleric who helped you save Ressa, sitting at the same table as before and gambling with the same woman in a purple dress.

Xie Li:
"Ribbit."

Felid:
"Why is frog here?"

Xie Li:
[XIE LI is incapable of expressing any true DISTRESS but as quick as he could hopped inside after the last PATRON. It SUCKS not to be able to open DOORS.]

Felid:
Felid is following Frog Xie Li.

The Narrator:
Nadredda sees you all enter and says "Oh, hello, welcome back. Where iss kitty? Also what iss up with the frog?"

Amadeus Bosch:
Amadeus, for his part, is planning to enjoy a lightly alcoholic beverage after being kicked out of the nearest temple. Yes, it may be in the middle of the afternoon, but that doesn’t matter.

Xie Li:
"Ribbit ribbit ribbit ribbit"

[XIE LI tries to no avail to hop up onto the COUNTER.]

Felid:
"Kitty not here?"

The Narrator:
Nadredda: "Aw, poor widdle guy… here, let Nadredda helping you."

Nadredda picks the frog up and sets it gently on the bar's counter.

Amadeus Bosch:
“Last I saw, Xie Li was performing somewhere around here. Why?”

The Narrator:
Nadredda: "Well, kitty is usually traveling with you, sso I would expect them to be here… Anywayss, what can I getting for you? Working here for the past week."

Xie Li:
[XIE LI wonders how to deliver a THANK MEW to his dear snake friend]
[THEY settle on DARTING THEIR TONGUE out for a second to touch NADREDDA'S HAND before RETRACTING it.]

The Narrator:
Nadredda giggles and pats the frog. "Funny froggy."

Amadeus Bosch:
“What a strange frog.”
“It’s good to hear that you have stable employment here! You did great liars night, no wonder they wanted to hire you.”
“What would you recommend for someone wanting something slightly alcoholic? Not enough to get drunk, just tipsy.”

Xie Li:
[XIE LI does the LIL FROGGY KISS to AMEWDEUS and then to FELID because all of his FURIENDS deserve KISSES]

Felid:
"Froggy reminds me of Kitty."

Amadeus Bosch:
Amadeus grimaces, barely restraining himself from shooing the frog away.

Xie Li:
"Croak"

Amadeus Bosch:
“Do you know if you touch a frog too much, they can die? Frogs primarily breathe through their skin, and the oils and salts produced by ours irritate theirs.”

Xie Li:
"RIBBIT????"
[Come to think of it, XIE LI is a little ITCHY]

The Narrator:
Nadredda makes a weird face and slowly retracts her hand from the frog and clears her throat. "Yess. Um, anywayss… drinkss, drinkss. I can get you ssome bassic ale or ssomething? It takess a lot of beer to getting you drunk, unless you are a very light-weight."

Amadeus Bosch:
“Well, probably not die. But their skin would be incredibly irritated.”
“Ale would be wonderful, thank you.”

The Narrator:
Nadredda: "Alright. Well, that will be on the housse becausse you are my friend, but don't tell Asster about it." and she ducks under the counter to grab a bottle of ale and a mug and pours some for Amadeus.

At this point, Xie Li becomes un-frogged. The frog on the bar counter suddenly transforms into a tabaxi bard before your very eyes.

Xie Li:
[XIE LI goes POOF. He is SPRAWLED OUT on the BAR TOP]

"Hey y'all!"

Amadeus Bosch:
“…….”
“May I have another glass, Nadredda?”

Felid:
"Kitty know how to do magic tricks???????"

The Narrator:
Nadredda silently pours Amadeus another glass.
Nadredda: "Um, hello kitty. You were the frog?"

Amadeus Bosch:
Amadeus thanks Nadredda, then proceeds to down the ale.
“What happened?”

Xie Li:
"Funny story! I picked up this real funky tune from one of the islands back West and as it turns out it is kind of offensive."
"Not like super offensive. I didn't say a slur."

Amadeus Bosch:
“Ohhh dear.”
“Well if it makes you feel any better, I have apparently committed “blasphemy.” “

Xie Li:
"It was one of those story types where a witch turns a prince into a frog and then the prince encounters a beautiful lady knight and the lady knight kills the witch and the spell was broken."

[XIE LI rolls off the BAR TOP and perches on a seat.]

"Now what did you do?"

Amadeus Bosch:
“Well, I’m glad you’re back to normal. I don’t believe you’d be able to get up to nearly as many of your usual hijinks if you were a frog.”

Amadeus pointedly ignores their question.

Xie Li:
[XIE LI looks at AMEWDEUS with their BIG CUTE KITTY EYES.]

"C'mon, spilllllll."

Amadeus Bosch:
“Anyways. Felid, I heard that you were…pit-fighting this week? How did that go?”

Xie Li:
"Boooo. You're no fun, Amewdeus. But I am also interested in Felid's story! Lay it on us."

Felid:
"Went good. Felid strong! Person got really mad Felid beat them though, said something about revenge."

Xie Li:
"Well if they efur come around, we can take 'em!"

[XIE LI flexes their BIG KITTY MUSCLES.]

Felid:
"Is true!"
Felid also flexes!

Amadeus Bosch:
“That doesn’t sound good. Another glass, please?” Amadeus knows full well getting drunk right now is a bad idea, but there is something about the two that makes him want to.

The Narrator:
Nadredda pours Amadeus another glass unthinkingly.

Felid:
"Is fine. Is probably just sore loser."

Amadeus Bosch:
“Most likely. Though I’m sure you could take them if they challenged you again.” Amadeus laughs at this, taking another drink of his ale.
“How funny it is that you two are making enemies here already. If I recall correctly, you two are both travelers?”

Xie Li:
"Yep! There's a reason I travel! Although I am at fault for playin' that whack tune."

Felid:
"Is true. Felid is traveler. Also Felid didn't know person would get angry Felid won."

The Narrator:
Nadredda: "That'ss unlucky. Nadredda did not make any enemiess thiss week!" she announces, smiling cheerfully.

Xie Li:
"Ah, who'd wanna be enemies with you? You're totally cool."

The Narrator:
At that very moment, the doors to the Crawling Spider slam open as a tall, buff red dragonborn man swings them aside, banging them forcefully into the walls. Behind him you can see two other people; a human man with an eyepatch, and a short, burly dwarven woman with a beard.

Xie Li:
"Aw fish. Felid is that him?"

Amadeus Bosch:
“Felid, dear….”

Xie Li:
"Hey how come Felid is 'dear'!"

Amadeus Bosch:
“She pronounces my name correctly.”

Felid:
"Is him, Felid thinks."

Xie Li:
"Is that all it would take?"

The Narrator:
The red dragonborn man and his lackeys stride up to the bar, and sit down, shoving some other tavern-goers aside on their way. He slams his fists down on the counter and looks at Nadredda, saying in a gruff voice: "Vodka. Now." It doesn't seem he's noticed the rest of you yet.

Nadredda: "Er, y-yess ssir, that'll be 5 ssilver…"

Amadeus Bosch:
Amadeus chooses to stay quiet, sipping on his ale, though he wishes so badly to tell Xie Li that it Sure Would Help.

Xie Li:
[XIE LI turns to the DRAGONBORN DUDE.

"Aw, come on mister you didn't even say please!"

Amadeus Bosch:
“Xie…..”

The Narrator:
He looks over at Xie Li and snorts a bit of smoke out of his noise. "Yeah? And what're you gonna do about it, kitten?"

Xie Li:
"Respectfully ask that you apologize to my friend, please!"

Amadeus Bosch:
Amadeus groans, putting his head in his hands. This is not going to end well, at all.

Felid:
"Is not good to be rude."

The Narrator:
The red dragonborn man snorts again, and laughs uproariously at Xie Li's demands. After a few seconds, he gets over it and claps Xie Li on the back with a thump. "You're a real joker, aren'tcha? I like that."

Nadredda finishes pouring a glass of vodka for the man, and he takes it and downs it in one gulp.

Xie Li:
"U- uh, thhhhhhank mew?"

The Narrator:
The red dragonborn man looks back at Nadredda and says "A bottle of scotch and a martini for my friends here."

She opens her mouth to say something, and stops as he continues.

"Oh, and by the way, we won't be paying."

Xie Li:
[XIE LI's emotions right now are just ??????]

The Narrator:
Nadredda begins to protest, and the red dragonborn man thumps his fists hard on the counter, causing her to shrink and duck back under the bar to grab what he requested.

Felid:
"That is considered stealing."

Xie Li:
"What makes you guys think you don't have to pay?"

[XIE LI is MAD that THESE PEOPLE are scaring NADREDDA]

The Narrator:
???: "Now you're gettin' the picture. Someone around here has some brains after all. Say, don't I know you from somewhere…?" He squints at Felid.

Nadredda pops back up and sets a bottle of scotch and a martini down on the counter. The human man grabs the bottle of scotch and says "Thank ya kindly, miss." and the dwarf woman takes the martini and says nothing.

Felid:
Felid is ANGRY.
"Do you? Maybe Felid should teach you a lesson, so you remember."

The Narrator:
???: "Are you threatening me? You don't want to get on the bad side of the Flame Rebels Brotherhood."

Amadeus Bosch:
Amadeus couldn’t help but snort at that. Is this man serious?

Xie Li:
"Flame Rebels is a dumb name and you should be ashamed of yourselves for taking out your insecurities on Nadredda!"

The Narrator:
???: "Insecure? You think I'm insecure? You wouldn't know insecure if it hit you upside the head."

Xie Li:
"Try me."

Felid:
"Only coward hide behind gang."

Xie Li:
[XIE LI casts VICIOUS MOCKERY, even though it probably WON'T WORK.]

"You surround yourself with people who share your mindset of being an entitled jerk because you can't form genuine relationships anyone! No one decent likes your bad attitude and instead of trying to improve you blame everyone else!"

The Narrator:
???: "Fine. If it's a fight you want, it's a fight you're gonna get. Mafrilde, Criss, at arms." The red dragonborn man stands up and shoves the barstool away, as the dwarf woman and human man stand up as well.

The Narrator:
Felid enters a Rage and hits the dwarven woman with her greataxe, dealing 10 slashing damage.

The Narrator:
Amadeus casts Hex on the red dragonborn man, and attempts to punch the dwarf woman but misses.

The red dragonborn man breathes fire at Amadeus, Xie Li, and the dwarf woman. Amadeus takes 8 fire damage, and Xie Li and the dwarf woman take 4 fire damage, narrowly dodging out of the way.

The dwarf woman yells at him and says "Barnaby! What the hell, man?!"

The Narrator:
Xie Li attempts to cast a spell and suddenly they and Amadeus both pass out.

Nadredda goes over and shakes Xie Li awake.

The dwarven woman attempts to hit Felid twice with her mace, and deals 8 bludgeoning damage. Also the eyepatch man did the same thing earlier but I forgot to say it. Whoops.

The Narrator:
Felid hits the dwarven woman with her greataxe, dealing 18 slashing damage and instantly knocking her out.

The red dragonborn man hits Felid twice with his mace and deals 9 bludgeoning damage.

Eyepatch man hits Felid once with his mace, dealing 8 bludgeoning damage and knocking her out.

The Narrator:
Xie Li, now awake, climbs around the bar and hits the red dragonborn man with his dagger, dealing 4 piercing damage.

Xie Li:
"This blows."

The Narrator:
Nadredda casts Magic Missile at the red dragonborn, dealing 9 force damage.

The red dragonborn man snarls at Nadredda and hits her twice with his mace, dealing 14 bludgeoning damage.

The eyepatch man looks at Barnaby and says "Ey boss, that's not nice, isn't it, hittin' an innocent lady like that."

Barnaby: "Push off, Criss. She attacked me first."

Xie Li hits Barnaby with his mace for 6 bludgeoning damage.

Nadredda looks pissed off now and casts Chromatic Orb at Barnaby, dealing 22 cold damage and knocking him out instantly. Barnaby looks a little freezer-burned, but he's not dead.

Xie Li:
"Christ, thank god. What a Jerk."

The Narrator:
Criss looks at the unconscious bodies of Barnaby, and the dwarven woman named Mafrilde, and looks back up at Xie Li and Nadredda, and cowers slightly.

"'Ere, look, we didn't mean nothin' by it, honest. I was just doing what I were told. I'll be right out of your hairs, promise."

Xie Li:
[XIE LI shrugs.]

"I mean I figured, he seemed like a giant bully."

[THEY scoop FELID up in their BIG KITTY ARMS and DO THE HEALING THING.]

The Narrator:
Criss: "Thank you kindly." and he takes off at a sprint and leaves the tavern, abandoning Barnaby and Mafrilde.

Felid:
Felid alive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Narrator:
Nadredda leans over the counter and shakes Amadeus awake.

Xie Li:
"What do we do with these two bozos."

The Narrator:
Nadredda shrugs. "Tossing them in dumpsster?"

Amadeus Bosch:
Amadeus blinks blearily for a second.
“….”
Spotting the passed-out bodies of the dragonborn and dwarf woman, he says, after several seconds,
“I really can’t thank you enough, Xie Li. I wasn’t exactly itching for a fight today, and I suppose a bit of forced napping is a good enough excuse.”

Xie Li:
"AMADEUS I AM SO SORRY."

Felid:
"Is okay. We all good now, right?"

Xie Li:
"I'll help throw em out, Nadredda."

Amadeus Bosch:
“And you pronounced my name correctly. Your track record today is outstanding.”

Amadeus yawns, apparently still sleepy from being forcibly napped then woken up just as abruptly.

Xie Li:
"Well I did unwillingly put you to bed on the floor. Seems the least I can do."
"Rest assured though, the puns will nefur stop."

Felid:
"Hmmmm…"

Amadeus Bosch:
“We could probably drop them off near the watch station. Tell ‘em off for attempted theft and starting a brawl. Maybe we’ll think of something else on the way.”

Felid:
"True. Felid agree."

The Narrator:
Luthienye walks over from her table across the room and says. "My, that was a nasty fight, wasn't it? Are you all alright?"

Xie Li:
"I'm a little banged up, but Felid and Amadeus got the worst of it, I think."

Amadeus Bosch:
“I’d say I feel refreshed, but that wouldn’t be exactly true.”

Felid:
"Felid is alive."

The Narrator:
Luthienye: "Well, I'm sorry to hear that. Normally I wouldn't give out healing for free, but we're acquaintances, and you've all proven yourselves to be quite capable fighters. I would hate to lose people of your talent."

Xie Li:
:D

The Narrator:
Luthienye moves over and tenderly caresses Felid's hands, and Nadredda's hands, casting a spell on them both. Nadredda blushes slightly.

Felid and Nadredda both regain 12 hp as Luthienye casts Cure Wounds on the both of them.

Luthienye: "There. That should sort you out for now. Don't go around telling anyone else about this, okay?"

Xie Li:
"Tell anyone about what?" :3
"Amadeus would you like a kitty hug?"

Amadeus Bosch:
“If you’re offering to heal me, I would appreciate that very much.”

Felid:
"Thank you."

Xie Li:
[XIE LI gives AMEWDEUS a NICE GENTLE KITTY HUG and DOES THE HEALING THING.]

Amadeus Bosch:
“Thank you. I suppose this makes up for forcibly putting me to sleep.”

Amadeus awkwardly pats Xie Li on the back

Xie Li:
"hold up do these guys have loot"

Amadeus Bosch:
“Not sure you should do what you’re planning to do in the middle of a crowded bar.”

Xie Li:
"listen they all saw the fight and I'm super cute it'll be fine"

Amadeus Bosch:
“Yes, but this is stealing, which is what you clocked them for.”

Xie Li:
"ehhhhh."
"if they woke up, do you think they would change?"
"i don't think so, so i think they deserve it."
"poetic justice!"
"OOOOOH double mace!"

[XIE LI takes a cool-looking mace off the STUPID PEOPLE.]

The Narrator:
Luthienye: "I mean, I certainly won't protest if you steal from some thugs."

Felid:
Felid just looks through what the Dwarf lady had.

Amadeus Bosch:
Amadeus awkwardly strips the leather armor off of the dragon born. At least he’s wearing clothes underneath.
Speaking of his clothes, he doesn’t hesitate to rifle through his pockets and any kind of bag he may be wearing.

Xie Li:
[XIE LI backs up and stands next to LUTHIENYE. HE reaches into HIS BELT POUCH THING and slips A COUPLE GOLD to HER.]

"I'd still feel bad if we didn't pay you and I can spare some anyways," he whispers.

The Narrator:
Luthienye takes the gold. "Thank you. I really don't need this, but I appreciate the gesture."'

Xie Li:
"What else u guys find"

Felid:
"More gold."

Amadeus Bosch:
“Quite a lot of gold, which I suggest we split as evenly as we can, and a sigil ring. I’ll be taking it and attempt to figure out which family this belongs to.”

The Narrator:
Luthienye: "I believe its pronounced signet."

Xie Li:
"Swag"

Amadeus Bosch:
“My apologies. I suppose I’m evidently not quite at my best today.”

He shoots an awkward smile at Luthienye.

Xie Li:
"Nonsense ur always at ur best amewdeus.

Amadeus Bosch:
“Oh, and Xie Li? The blaspheme I committed was asking too many questions! At the temple of Oghma!”

“Back to mispronouncing my name, I see…”

Amadeus dumps the gold the dragonborn was carrying on the counter in order to count the amount better.

Xie Li:
"I am not immewne to puns"

Amadeus Bosch:
“You consciously choose to make puns. Stop it.”
“At this point it isn’t even a pun, it’s a nickname, and one I dislike very much at that.”

Xie Li:
"Dislike howwwwwwwwwww much?"

Amadeus Bosch:
“The next fight we get into, since you are apparently a magnet for these things, I will join in in attacking you.”

Amadeus’ voice is flat, and his attention is turned back to sorting the gold.

Xie Li:
"your arms are mewdles, but okayyyyy"

Amadeus Bosch:
In response, Amadeus shoves a pile of gold at them.

“There. 98 gold for you, 98 gold for Felid, and 100 gold for me.”

Before they could argue, he says “You two both earned more money than I did this week, even if Xie was turned into a frog.”

Xie Li:
"Thats fair im basically a walking money maker"

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