Episode 5 "This One Goes to Eleven"

Session #5: 9/27/2020

4th of Dalian 2350 of the 5th Age

Recap

 * The session began in Akhoms room at the Bilge Tavern as the group made plans to lure Gedan out of hiding.
 * Ultimately, the party elected to have Akhom disguise himself as Gedan and go hit up several locations for protection money, with the hopes that Gedan would get in trouble with the Minders for stealing protection money that should be going to the rest of the gang.
 * The party went to a pawnshop in Minders territory and Akhom, as Gedan, shook the owner down.
 * While there Opal found an enchanted loot she desperately wanted, but could not yet afford.
 * Akohom was able to get 25gp from that shopkeep, and an additional 30gp from other smaller businesses around the area.
 * For good measure, Akhom decided to, as Gedan, go streaking naked through the streets of the city screaming about monsters eating brains.
 * Later on, in disguise, Opal bribed the pawn shop owner for information on Gedan. The shopkeep also mentioned that there were rumors about brain-eating monsters, even before Gedan's wild streak.
 * The shopkeep pointed them to a graveyard that lay against the cavern wall and the group went to investigate, hoping to catch Gedan.
 * Quirk was able to find a well travelled trail leading to a crypt that was sealed shut with magic.
 * A riddle was inscribed on the door: Word of Five with One when two removed. After much deliberation, the group was able to figure out that the password was Stone.
 * While some of the group was working on the riddle, Roxie and Opal found some rats whose skulls had been cracked open and emptied.
 * The session ended as the group made ready to descend into the crypt.