Githli, Arachne, and Novo all wake up, the barkeep (Alan) had paid off the Brigands in order to spare their lives. After a long rest; Githli, seeing his deceased comrades, decided that he would honor them through a goliath tradition. He walked over to Zayne and cut his hand using a spear... and Zayne's eyes opened and he pushed Githli away. Gethel woke up at that time as well.
Arachne bandaged Zayne's hand and realized that his and Gethel's bodies were completely fine. No signs of any injuries, aside from the new cut on Zayne's hand. Githli looked at the table he was playing Baldur's Bones at, and realized that the other players left the dice and 3 pieces of silver on the table. He took the 12 dice and the silver, and realized that one of the dice was weighted.
The party loots the dead brigands, and gets a few burlap sacks to dispose of them. Githli and Novo butcher the bodies (outside, of course) and put the pieces into the sacks as the others start mopping the floors. As Githli and Novo go to the canal to dump the bodies, Alan tells the others about a suspected 3 Dead Gods hideout: a nearby bathhouse. When Githli and Novo return, the party shares a cheap breakfast, and Alan gives them some healing potions.
Armed with knowledge, 5 potions, and some new dice, the party sets out to the bathhouse. The bathhouse seemed to have only one entrence, but outside, there was a fountain that made some strange splashes when the party tosses rocks into it. Gethel sent his owl familiar to search for a different entrance as Novo and Zayne discussed the economics of a bathhouse. Meanwhile, Arachne started a detect magic ritual for the fountain as Githli stood watch. No other entrances were found by the owl, and detect magic gave nothing useful, so the party entered the bathhouse.
Githli took in the sights of the bathhouse's courtyard, saying "It would be a shame if combat broke out here." Gethel went to some of the people around the courtyard, asking about the fountain outside. All he got for his troubles were patronizing looks and explanations on how fountains worked... not quite what he was looking for. Arachne went over to a staff member (who was in the process of getting chewed out by a disgruntled customer) and asked about the bathhouse. After explaining the bathhouse's services, (along with Gethel asking about the fountain outside) Zayne asked about job applications, Githli excused himself to find a lounge. The attendant lead Zayne to a back room, Arachne stealthy followed them Novo went on his own stealth mission, and Gethel kept asking people about the fountain.
As Zayne gleaned information about the bathhouse from the attendant, Novo found out that some of the bath water drained to one of the massage rooms. Unfortunately, that room was occupied at the moment. After convincing it's occupants to leave, he got Gethel to use Sending, and send a message to the others that they found something. When the party congregated in the room, Githli started checking for a secret door by following the water drainage, and he did. So he grabbed his Greataxe, wound up for a swing... and was stopped by his panicked party who were desperately reminding him that it was a stealth mission. So Githli sighed and leaned against the door to block it. The rest of the party went down through the secret door.
After sloshing through 2 foot deep water, the party contacted Githli to come ASAP. So he blocked the door with a large marble cabinet and trekked down. They eventually came to a fork in the path, there were 3 new paths that they could take. They took the right path first, they opened the door and found 3 cultists, all asleep. When Novo tried to sneak past them, one cultist grabbed his leg. Zayne put 2 of them to sleep and Gethel killed the one grabbing Novo with a ray of frost. They put down one of the sleeping cultists and tied of the other in order to interrogate him.
After learning about the layout of the hideout, a secret treasure room somewhere, and nothing new about the fountain outside, the party put the cultist down. And continued exploring the hideout. They found an altar in the left room, they swore to knock it down after clearing out the rest of place. In the center room, they found two cultists torturing an old man, one of then turned to the party and smiled wickedly, saying "Ah, visitors... welcome to the dungeon."
To be continued...
