Pen & Paper Bullshit

The accountant Nebinard "Nebby" Bichard is dead, done in by one of his fellow passengers on the Agatha Christie; thankfully, a private investigator, the esteemed Rampo Andromeda, is also on-board the ship and more then willing to solve this grisly murder. Why was poor, innocent Nebby murdered? Who could have a motive to murder someone they barely knew? Or was it all a prank gone wrong?

The party executes its heist (more properly known as a rescue) of Yorilei Leiyori in the dwarven Low Fort of Concord. Their plan is simple: get arrested, break out, and then pretend to be the Ebon Gauntlet while attacking the Iron Legion; on top of that, Hugh has secured "convincing" body doubles of themselves, who will be doing a much louder version of their plan. Can the party avoid pissing off the Glittering King more than they already have?

The party takes some much needed downtime after their amazing, flawless heist. While Lachen sells some namestock short, Goose writes a newspaper, and Mary gets to know the mysterious Choice Zone. They also try to figure out just why the Lance of Victory seems to be a dud!

The party's sometimes ally, the Prince of Shadows, contacts them with a deceptively simple request: dock in the city of Concord and pick up the halfling revolutionary Yorilei Leiyori and drop her off either at Shadowport or any non-Imperial city; the Iron Legion and the Ebon Gauntlet are both on to her and things are getting too hot. Unfortunately, things turn out to be more complicated than anticipated.

The Agatha Christie is known for its elaborate LARPs of murder mysteries set in 1930s English countryside; it is here that a murder most foul will be committed! Who will die? Who will do a murder? Is it the accountant who is desperate for a murder mystery? The prankster and LARP crasher looking for views? The gatecrasher with a money flow problem? The insane hypercorp aristocrat looking for someone to marry her cyber daughter to? Or the English historian/fiction writer? Find out in this, part one of A Taste For Muder!

Some things have to be dealt with, following the events on the Isle of Fire; can Blaze be trusted to watch after himself, can Hugh rise to the occasion and become the friend Dawn needs, can Dawn worth through her anxiety, and can Hammer gather firewood on a flying ship? All these questions and more are asked and answered in this fireside chat!

The party stops off in Candlewatch to resupply and finds themselves in a city full of panic and worry; everyone wants to know just what the mysterious "ghost city" hovering over the Dragon Empire. The party does its best to quickly gather information and leave the city, their eyes set firmly on the Wastes.

The gang are in the vault holding the Lance of Victory, the first artifact needed to stop the Speaker in Light and its reign of terror in the city! Of course, nothing is ever that easy, as puzzles and riddles await them. Oh, and also a giant iron horror, which is their escape plan!

Following their exorcism of Candy, the investigators get back to what they do best: investigating things in the strangest possible way! Also, Julia gets some real nasty hiccups towards the end, then slowly dies! What a fun and wholesome session.

This week, the party must stop Nulthra from opening the tomb that lies beneath the Isle of Fire and setting free the final Hunting Beast and ushering in the coming of the Hunter! Of course, nothing is ever that easy and they find themselves paying a bill they didn't know was coming. Also, Blaze becomes the magical equivalent of a kidney!