Something's Rotten in Calimsham

[Glawackus]

"Of course! What would we want with the stuff in there anyways, my good man?"

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Bluff: (1d20+9)[28]

Way With Words: At 3rd step, a silvertongue suffers only -5 penalty when making rushed Diplomacy checks (see Player's Handbook, page 72), and when she is bluffing, the lie never provides more than a +5 bonus on opposed Sense Motive checks.

[alchemyprime]

The halfing beleives you and lets you continue on your way. After a few hours of wandering aimlessly, Breven points at a large black house on a hill.

"That's our summer home!" He yells as he runs to the fence. However, he stops at the gate.

"Let me in! I am a Wyvernspur!" Breven yells, kicking the gate. "Why won't you open! I am Breven Wyvernspur, of the Cormyr Wyvernspurs, son of Giogioni and Cat Wyvernspur! Open for me!"

The gate will not budge. But perhaps someone can open it somehow.

[Glawackus]

"Surely there's some way in," Doxian says, looking up at the gates. "You haven't forgotten some password or something, have you?" Doxian runs one hand over the gate, knocking on the wood in a few places.

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Probably no lock, right?
Search to see if there seems to be any sort of lock or a way around the gate: (1d20+8)[15]

[Zarthrax]

The halfing beleives you and lets you continue on your way. After a few hours of wandering aimlessly, Breven points at a large black house on a hill.

"That's our summer home!" He yells as he runs to the fence. However, he stops at the gate.

"Let me in! I am a Wyvernspur!" Breven yells, kicking the gate. "Why won't you open! I am Breven Wyvernspur, of the Cormyr Wyvernspurs, son of Giogioni and Cat Wyvernspur! Open for me!"

The gate will not budge. But perhaps someone can open it somehow.

Ilztmyree chuckles. "Maybe they decided you needed to live on your own for a while?"

[alchemyprime]

Breven shoots the drow a glance and then looks in his pockets.

"Oh no. My only proof left is my wallet. My papers, my signet rings, my..." Breven pulls up his left sleeve and gasps.

"My birthmark is gone! My mark! The same mark as my mother's family. Hold up."
Breven looks right at Doxian. "Tell me, what color are my eyes? My hair?" The blue eyed brunette looks desperate. "Tell me I'm still a strawberry blonde with green eyes. Tell me that I'm still in my own body."

Breven falls to the ground as Cristiano tells him. "I... I'm not me anymore. I'm not a Wyvernspur. My own Dad and Mum wouldn't even recognize me. How long was I dead? How long were all of us dead? I could have been a corpse for years! And Cormyr is so far away, and I doubt Uncle or Mum have spells strong enough to reverse this! Oh, who can I go to to get this all reversed?"

Know(Local) to see if any of you can think of someone who can help you all figure this out, since Breven's Noble Blood seems to have failed him.

[Glawackus]

"I'm not familiar with the area," Doxian says grimly, looking around, slowly realizing that this is not going to be as easy as he thought.

[alchemyprime]

"There is one person who may be able to help us... I met him once... but I don't want to work with him... he scares me..." Breven looks at his feet.
"Do any of you know of a drow named Jarlaxle D'Arthe?"

[Glawackus]

Doxian smiles sadly. "To be honest, I don't know anyone from around here. I'll help you find this fellow, though...maybe he'll have some knowledge of where my uncle is."

[Zarthrax]

If it were possibly for a drow to blanch, Ilzt would be doing it now. "Puling hells, your family doesn't mess around, does it? I ain't crossing Jarlaxle, not for all the jewels in Sembia!"

[Glawackus]

"Why? Who is this Jarlaxle character?" Doxian rolls his head around on his neck, feeling a little bit of a cramp.

[alchemyprime]

Breven sighs.
"It's either him or we try to find some way back to Cormyr... and even if we do that, we may still run into Jarlaxle. My father made it a point to ally himself with very important people in case my uncles ever decided to attack the family. I know that my wallet will prove I'm me to him... Jarlaxle has dealt with many magics before... and if that doesn't work, we have three other chances. We can try and hope the brother of the Patriarch Wyvernspur is up to answering a prayer... or I can try to find Miss Olive and one of our... friends, but we are an elusive bunch... besides, the rest would say that I should get myself out of it, because the Big Bosses can't just run and help everyone one of us that had magic go awry... and then I can try finding Auntie, but she's normally up in the Dalelands, and that's even further than home! 3000 miles! Wait... wait a minute..." Breven opened him wallet and produced two small gems. He rubbed them, but nothing happened.

"I guess the the High Priest or the Brothers can't answer... and I so hoped I could just call Cadderly for help... Iltz, you're the only other Faerunian here that isn't the strong and silent type... could you think of anyone besides Jarlaxle or my boss who could help us? My boss can be a jerk. A real jerk if he's drunk. Which he probably is..."
Breven sighed and looked sadly to Doxian and Iltzmarie.

[alchemyprime]

"Sorry guys. I just don't know. Should I call my boss, or should I ask for Jarlaxle's help?"

(You're not getting out of a Realms campaign without a major NPC showing up...)

[Zarthrax]

Ilzt ponders for a moment. "Your boss. The less I have to do with other drow right now, the better."

[Glawackus]

"In my experience the Drow are usually...hard to deal with," Doxian says. "However, I wouldn't rule out this Jarlaxle character as a possibility. Best to go see your boss for now."

[alchemyprime]

Breven sighs. "Okay." He looks around and spots some bushes. "Iltz, hide in there. I think my boss will know you aren't... what did Cadderly call him? Drizzit? Anyway, my boss has had bad dealing with drow."

Breven sighes and begins to chant: Talol Aelolaes. Talol Aelolaes.

[alchemyprime]

(Sorry everybody. I've realized that doing a campign like this with no further planning and littler idea of what to do with the class abilities was a bad idea. I'm going to have to close this campaign, but I plan on rebooting it in the future. Sorry.)

[Glawackus]

Righto. Hey, at least you were able to come right out and say you had no idea what to do with the crunch (unlike some other ultimate games I've played. >_>)

On the plus side--awesome way to start a campaign/adventure. :)