Captain Stone
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Captain Stone is a small, smooth grey pebble with a scratched face, two dots and a mouth, that Pim, the young daughter of Nessa, gave Mike on a drifting fishing boat in session 17, after he handed the family two rations: “See, here’s this Captain Stone. He’s brave.” [8][9]. Mike ritual-cast Detect Magic on it for ten minutes and the DM ruled it not magical [10][11]. He kept it and held it up to Nessa as she turned away [3]. It is not named after Mike was beheaded by an Aurelian knight in session 18 [16], and it is presumed lost with his body.
Overview
Captain Stone was a thank-you from a child on a drifting boat, not loot: Mike had mended the family’s sail and shared two rations, and Pim gave him her pebble in return [7][8][9]. It is a keepsake and nothing more.
Description
A small, smooth grey pebble. Its face is scratched into it, two dots and, in the DM’s words, “what looks to be a scratched mouth” [9]. Pim presents it by name: “See, here’s this Captain Stone. He’s brave.” [9].
Mechanics (as played)
None. Mike ritual-cast Detect Magic on it, and the DM said it “seems to not be magical” [10][11].
Open questions
- What became of the pebble after Mike’s death? The patrol took the Apparatus and, the DM said, would have searched the body [12][13]. Whether the pebble was taken, buried with him or kept is a question for the DM.
History in the campaign
Session 17: New Hands, the Black Mask’s Renegotiation, and the Rimeclaw
Main article: Session 17
At dusk the party’s skiff came on a fishing boat adrift with a torn sail, where Nessa stood with her children Pim and Leo [14][15]. Mike mended the sail with Mending and gave the family two rations [7][8]. Pim thanked him by pulling a small, smooth grey pebble out of her pocket: “See, here’s this Captain Stone. He’s brave.” [9]. Mike spent ten minutes ritual-casting Detect Magic on it, and the DM ruled it not magical [10][11]. As Nessa started to leave, Mike held Captain Stone up [3].
Session 18: The Wyrm Falls, the Catfish Escapes, and Mike Dies on the Road
Main article: Session 18
Captain Stone came up once in session 18, in the opening recap of session 17 [4]. Later an Aurelian knight beheaded Mike on the road inland [16]. The knight removed the Mizzium Apparatus from the body [12]. At the burial Hugo took back one of his own items and Mike’s holy water [17], and the DM said the patrol would have searched the body before leaving [13]. Nobody says what became of the pebble.
Status
As of session 18. Presumed lost with Mike. It is not named after the opening recap of session 18 [4], and no line says that anyone took it or buried it.
See also
References
- ^ Session 17, line 920-927: Nessa introduces Pim and Leo; Mike gives them two rations, and Pim hands over the pebble: "See, here's this Captain Stone. He's brave.".
- ^ Session 17, line 932-938: Mike ritual-casts Detect Magic for ten minutes; the DM rules the pebble not magical.
- ^ Session 17, line 1057: As Nessa turns away, Mike holds up Captain Stone.
- ^ Session 18, line 89: Captain Stone comes up in the opening recap of session 17.
- ^ Session 18, line 2272-2287: Mike is beheaded by an Aurelian knight, who takes the Mizzium Apparatus from the body.
- ^ Session 18, line 2414-2437: At the burial Hugo takes back one of his own items and Mike's holy water; the DM says the patrol would have searched the body.
- ^ Session 17, line 912: Inline citation.
- ^ Session 17, line 926: Inline citation.
- ^ Session 17, line 927: Inline citation.
- ^ Session 17, line 932: Inline citation.
- ^ Session 17, line 938: Inline citation.
- ^ Session 18, line 2287: Inline citation.
- ^ Session 18, line 2437: Inline citation.
- ^ Session 17, line 818: Inline citation.
- ^ Session 17, line 920: Inline citation.
- ^ Session 18, line 2272-2276: Inline citation.
- ^ Session 18, line 2414: Inline citation.