==== Immenri Campaign Session #3 ====

  * **Game Date: 15 August 2025**
  * **Campaign Date: 25 July 1145**
  * **PC Status: Dravindi Not Present; Leslie dead and replaced by Amirah; Arit retired**

=== 25 July 1145 ===

The fires from the Magmin trap have been put out, but Leslie is dead!

After a little medical attention, Amirah is brought back to consciousness //(and
has now become a player character!)//  She reveals that about a week ago, she
was captured by a Doppelganger, who took her identity and then kept her alive
(bound, gagged, and drugged with a sleep poison) to interrogate her using its
mind-reading ability.

Since the party helped destroy the Magmin and put out the fires, Grace and Luke
offer to let them stay on the premises as long as they want.  However, since
two of the cabins are out of commission due to fire damage, tents are set up.

Two of the ranch hands, Bertie and Eliza, are sent to the Harra mansion to
inform them of the damage to the ranch and the existence of the Doppelganger
threat.

Leslie is buried in the ranch cemetery, and Ozzy composes a ballad to honor him.
Though having known him for only a couple of hours, the song's details are
understandably vague.

Bertie and Eliza return and report that the Harra's "fixer", Duje, will be out in
the morning.

=== 26 July 1145 ===

Duje arrives with his servant/scribe, Wise.  He interrogates the party and the
ranchers about the events of the previous day and quickly decides that this
event calls for a visit by the town's resident arcane investigator, Pylrum.

He also promises to contract Rafu for the ranch repairs.  She is a Dwarf who
serves as the general contractor for the Harra family and their affiliated
businesses.  Lastly, he agrees in principle to hire the party to track down the
Doppelganger and determine its current disposition -- though terms of this
deal must wait until Pylrum has completed his investigation.

As Pylrum will likely not arrive for a few hours (at best), the party decides to
do some investigation and other tasks on their own.  Amirah spends some time
with the horses as she worries they have been neglected or mistreated during the
time she was captive to the Doppelganger.  Most of the others head into town to
pursue different leads.  Tuotatm talks to Rose.  Iniko buys a Healing Kit.  Ozzy
returns to the Gilded Dragon to talk to Max, Eve, and others.  Sadly, these
encounters reveal nothing consequential.

After tending to the horses, Amirah decides to go to the jail to talk to the
thief, Sofia -- only realizing at the last second that she looks like the
Doppelganger who organized the heist!  In the resulting discussion, it becomes
clear that Sofia is not aware of the Doppelganger's true nature and is only
interested in when and how Amirah will get her out of jail!

By midday, everyone is back at the ranch, awaiting the arrival of Plyrum.

Around dinner time, Pylrum finally arrives.  He brings with him a cat familiar
named Marzipan, who wears a small backpack to carry some of Pylrum's
investigation tools -- including a magnifying glass.

With help from the party (especially Ozzy using his //Mage Hand// spell), Pylrum
sifts through the fire-damaged cabin where the Magmin appeared.  He retrieves
pieces of the broken and burnt ceramic jar and uses his //Detect Magic// spell
to confirm that it was a summoning device.  He also finds an empty vial of the
drug used on Amirah and deduces it is Drow sleep poison.

After dinner, the party heads to the Harra mansion to discuss what they learned
from Pylrum with Duje.  A deal is negotiated where the party will be provided
with supplies and paid three gold pieces each to track down the Doppelganger.
An additional two gold pieces each will be paid if solid evidence of the
Doppelganger's current disposition is found.

Duje's assistant, Wise, escorts the party to Mordolet's Trading Post, where they
are given a Pack Mule and a week's rations each.

=== 27 July 1145 ===

The party heads off to track down the Doppelganger!

^ NPCs and Others encountered in this session ^^^^
^ Name ^ Species/Gender ^ Description ^ Stats ^
| **Grace** ("Ma") | Human/F | Runs the ranch with her husband, Luke. | |
| **Luke** ("Pa") | Human/M | A capable farmer, but weak as a rancher. | |
| **Bertie**, **Colin**, **Frances**, & **Eliza** | Human | "Fixer" for the Harra family. | |
| **Duje** | Human/M | "Fixer" for the Harra family. | |
| **Wise** | Human/F | Servant to Duje.  Keeps notes and runs errands. | |
| **Pylrum** | Human/M | Arcanist/Scholar.  Runs a small school in town and investigates unusual events. | |
| **Marzipan** | Black Cat | Arcane familiar to Pylrum. | [[https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/2618877-find-familiar|Familiar]] |

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