Foodtropolise Session 5

The group has to break the bank… Literally! They break into the Municipal Fondue Vaults to find mayor Leonard’s dirty secrets… To do so, they need to navigate the bank as well as its staff to finally get to the jackpot!

A Test of Taste

The vaults are an establishment for the Foodtropolise elite to store high value food that needs time. Like wines and cheese. To get to Leonard’s vault the group needs to pretend to open an account and get to the bottom floor.

Their first challenge is dealing with Beaufort the Blood Hound. He is the manager of the establishment and he has high standards for his customers. He tells the group that they must pass a taste test before they could open an account. He gives each member of the group a plater of mystery cheese and blindfolds them.

Most of the group passes the roll and impress the snobby dog. He directs them to the elevator and the group is able to proceed to their next challenge…

Hilda the Hippo

Hilda is a big lazy hippo bellhop. She lays around on a recliner chair next to the controls eating chocolates. She also knows that the last floor of the bank is taken and she is stubbornly only bringing the group to the second to last floor.

Cornelius hates being low balled and starts having an outburst. Hilda is about to call security but Ashe is able to think on her feet… Or i guess on her breasts. She falls over the laying hippo. Covering her eyes and pushing the controls. Embarrassed and fearful of the group at this point, she does not realize that she has let the group out on the last floor.

The Narrow Escape

Petter is a very fat aristocratic pig. He came to his vault today to endulge in some food. Unfortunately he ate to much and has found himself stuck in a narrow hallway. The group encounters him struggling to get out. He is blocking the way to the mayor’s vault. The group needs to get past him somehow.

They decide to throw Whip over him. Whip lands on the other side of the hall where she notices the pig’s vip id card and his wallet. She steals both, securing the group’s access to the vault. Now the rest of the group just needs to get past him. Lulu is able to message the pig, soothing him. Then Cornelius is able to use his great strength to pull Petter free.

Charcuterie Chaos

On entering the vault, the group discovers an array of food and a table with documents. Lulu immediately senses something wrong. The magical ward on the vault activates and the food floats and comes together to form a giant Charcuterie golem!

The fight start and the group gets to work on bringing him down. Whip climbs up the beast and grabs the beast, throwing him off balance. Cornelius takes advantage of the opportunity and bucks the beast clean in the chest. Breaking off a large chunk from him. Ashe takes a big bite from the beast’s knee. Almost bringing him to the floor. Lulu finishes it off with another large bite. Mirroring Ashes attack and taking out the golem’s legs completely. With nothing to support it and a suspiciously …. “dense” snake on top of him, the golem collapses under its own weight and is destroyed.

Conclusion

The group eats up the remains as they read the mayor’s documents. They find evidence of a nefarious plot. The mayor has been substituting food shipments with lower quality / cheaper versions. Pocketing the difference and sending the money to developers and political allies to achieve his goal of making Foodtropolise into the biggest city in the world.

With this knowledge at hand, the group heads back to Don Grepi. He promises to use this info in his coming campaign. However, he also warns the group that word gets out fast in the city and that the mayor would be coming after them. Will the group be able to unseat mayor Leonard? Will his retaliation be to much for the group? Find out, next time!