Moria - 05/20/2025 - Heist Planning Montage: Introducing GOAT

Notetaker:

• Brad
• Nate
• Mick
• Simon
  
• Guest

Players Present:

• Brad
• Nate
• Mick
• Simon
• Zöe
• Guest

What Happened:

Draconis Imperium
Genessa – Dragon goddess who brought Raven back
Brotherhood of Thieves
Baal Dracar Noir – Black Dragon who worships the Death Dragon
We need to pick up Black Mushrooms on the way up the mountain for the dragon anesthesia. Surgical tools from the Doctor.
Town partway up the mountain for mercenaries. Silver Pine Village.
Love Potion #9 from the Lich Which - Grandfather Fairy with her.
Everyone has several dime bags of magical speed. White Stuff.

In Draconis Imperium
Other traders who go back and forth between town.
Hit up a trader in the inn – Jasper chatted him up.
Trader is some sort of half-human and half-halfling.
I come from Lyria by way of Shelton
Trade goods bring me out here- decent minerals mined up in Lyria- bring crystals down for the magicians.
Trade in magic? Mystical supplies, metaphysical things.
Do deals with the dragons?
Main one I know is Baal up on Mount Noir- everyone else is wyrmlings in the area.
I’ve been up there, like, one time- a lot of protection come with me, but I was invited.
Wanted some ornamental crystals installed in his throne room.
He went out for a flight while I worked- he’s very solitary.
So much protection for? The way there is kinda haunted. 
Some of the death magic that floats around his general aura- along his route he likes to fly- there is often the undead. Thieves and rough sorts that want to cause trouble.
I took 4 mercenaries from Silver Pine to go up the mountain.
He’s a big badass dragon, doesn’t need a lot of protection from anyone.
Temple of Minos – It’s really old. A perk of being a Pixie- see gods come and go. Azriel wasn’t even a god when I was a kid.
I thought your kind disappeared.
I’m the last one that I know of left.
I’m sure you’re someone special.

Everyone is at a table. The pixie rejoined the party.
No guards, no special traps, undead.
Ravrokk asked about fighting undead and wondered if the mercenaries would be cool with attacking Baal.
Raven suggested we get our story straight as to why we are going there.
Ravrokk suggested we were drug runners.
Raven suggested that perhaps Jasper could forge something.
Farukh – Black Dragon god of death
Decided to check the Temple of Farukh for more details for our forgery.
Jasper checked with the bartender about when the temple was open.
Jasper suggested we eat and have one drink, then head over to the temple.
Party headed over to the Temple of Farukh
Most places are cold- a few late-night partiers.
Temple Square- the three temples.
Farukh’s looks the most goth. Folks heading inside the front door- cloaks with hoods.
Pass a general store that has late hours. Clerk is Dragonborn.
I am the newest devotee of Faruhk- any old cloak will do, just come in with your head covered. Jasper and Raven got cloaks to cover their heads- the rest of us already had them.
Package of some parchment. Gonna have you write down your prayers to Farukh- put that into a small urn- and light it on fire.
Ravrokk suggested enhancing the Brassieres
Headed to the temple with parchment.
Laid like a pretty traditional church- pews and an aisle down the middle. Found seats and sat down.
Some hymns- words there.
Speaker is speaking in Draconic- Raven translated.
Praises to Farukh, deep respect and revenerance for death and the afterlife, and saying a prayer over enemies defeated in battle.
About an hour of worship- they wrap up and get social. People are doing that individually and being social.
Leaflet- stack of fliers- over near the vestibule. Ravrokk grabbed a few of them. List of some important dates- names of the prominent church clerics- the head caretaker of this temple.
Any important holidays in the near future- coming up next week is their version of the Day of the Dead. Ravrokk pointed this out to Jasper to find out more. Maybe more about what treats or offerings there. 
Jasper learns:
Usually send one cleric with a goat and a keg and they do a personalized ceremony for Baal- usually they hire some outside protection to get them up the mountain. Traditional to wear masks to make you visage look like the dead. Skulls or deeply sunken- as long as you look dead, basically. Makeup or a mask. The gorier looking, the better. Just normal clothes- wear your cloak.
We’re going to send someone up to take care of that responsibility to get there about a day before the Day of the Dead.
Jasper- we would like to donate out arms to make the procession successful. We’ll pay for mercenaries to help as well.
Got a book that talked about the ceremony. Jasper offered to go instead of the Cleric.
That’s cool- one less thing we have to do. Keg in the storeroom, goat tied up out back.
Jasper rejoined the party.
The ceremony is in Common.
She shifted through it- a couple of parts in Draconic, but I’ve got it.
It says things about honoring the dead, ancestors, past enemies, being respectful of Farukh
Jasper checked out the Clerics – are they wearing anything special and noteworthy.
Jasper wrote a prayer to travel freely with his grandfather and burned it- it sparkled strangely.
Ravrokk – cleansing the world with fire. Sparkles a little bit, turns into embers, and the embers float away.
Used the hearthstone back to the inn.
Bartender offered to watch the keg, Jasper took the goat out back and tied it up with the horses.

The next morning.
Meet downstairs, have a good breakfast.
Back at Bernie’s Cutthroat weapons and armor- gave us our enhanced gear- the logos all over them. 
We don’t often make armor for goats- this armor for donkeys is leather armor.
Sew in some plate- little pockets for the plates to sit in. 30 minutes later we have an armored goat.
Jasper asked Bernie if he could come up with some cat armor in two weeks.

Barding for the donkey includes a saddle. Asheed the cat. Offer the Goat.
Magic shot to get a cat collar for Asheed- something with a returning spell.
Magic shop does a bit of hand waving- glow bits the collar. When the cat gets scared, it’s going to be able to teleport about 1000 feet away. When you say the command phrase, he’ll come back to you- just call his name. 250 gold for the collar.
Jasper and Harodie paid for it.

Party hit the road, heading to Silver Pine Village.
Ravrok – lace the booze with the anesthesia 
Party headed onward.
If the mushrooms are between here and the town? No one will steal from the dragon.
If mushrooms are between Pineview and the dragon- the caves are on the way.
Mushrooms are in the caves on the mountain after the Silver Pine Village

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