On our end, Mickey has the Enhance Ability spell.

there we go! excellent! On another note, I bought a luckstone, to go with my mage stone... all I need now is some jojoba oil or wax for this contrary rope, and we can get going. Well, hopefully Merlin will lend us a bag of holding. I guess we give Moana and Mulan our spare 2 pairs of goggles of night... which are now swimming goggles of night. EDIT: I see we're missing any ways to gain advantage or buff? Anyway we can get some faerie fire or bless? I can spare 60 or 90 gold for someone(kronk or Mulan) to train it up. Hitting helps.

Cauldron Cacophony? While reading my character sheet, I realize that Mickey also has the Inspiring Leader feat, so he will use it on all of us on our team when it's appropriate.

Unfortunately, no. Animate Objects is a level-5 spell available when Mickey reaches 9th level, but it is something to keep in mind.

Hopefully Mickey has animate objects. That seems like a must have for the sorcerer's apprentice. Send an army of brooms to throw buckets of water at our enemies. The Black Cauldron is a dark movie. I liked it, but it is not for everyone. Some people hate it. As said before it is rushed, too much story into too short a movie. It has the feel of the 80's video game "Dragon's Lair." It is definitely not standard Disney fare.

Aurora-Briar Rose- (Eladrin) Dream Cycle Druid eddhttps://og.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=2887261 HP: 48/48 AC: 12(11) Intative: +1 PP: 17 Spell Slots: 1: 4/4 2: 3/33: 3/3 Mood: Spring. ~~~~ Aurora gives a courtly bow to Merlin. "Thank you." and she stand closer to Rapunzel "I am sure that with out wits and abilities combined we can do it! Especialy since Mickey Mouse has came up with this plan!"

It is indeed great. I'm... hesitant. Some of the more recent sequels (admittedly from Pixar) have given me some apprehensions. I will probably see it with my daughters, though.

Moana 2 due out in November

I've considered exchanging spells, but I'm going to stick with my current selections. Summoning Undead? Isn't that a Chernabog sort of thing? LOL! BTW, I just finished seeing MOANA on FreeForm. (I had recorded it on my DVR.) It was fantastic! Wow! It was truly a great movie. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. Now all I have to do is see THE BLACK CAULDRON (and read the books) and THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE. Well, and maybe see TANGLED again. I love that movie.

You can beg the GM to change your third level spells to Summon Undead. Imagine Mickey summoning a skeleton! You know you want to!

Oh, yeah -- "Conjure Beast". That would come in handy, but I agree with our leader's approach to our task. Mickey will try to avoid combat unless it's absolutely necessary. Or if one of the bad guys says something nasty to Aurora, Rapunzel or Eilonwy! 😉

Druid can conjure you a front liner

I agree. No frontal assaults. We must use negotiation and stealth… and long-range sneak attacks to gain our objective.

Name | Class Rogue 4/Wizard 2 | AC: 14 (17) | HP: 27/27 | Prof: +3 | PP: 13 | Saves: Str -1 / Dex +7 / Con +1 / Int +6 / Wis +0 / Cha +1 | Portent (8) Special Abilities darkvision, Sneak Attack, Incisive Sense, Blessing of the Moonweaver, Cunning Action, Steady Aim, Ear for deceit, Eye for Detail, Insightful Fighting, Divination Savant, Portent | Attacks: Rapier | +7 | 1d8+4 pierciing, Shortbow +1 | +8 | 1d6+5 piercing (80/320 ), Dagger | +7 | 1d4+4 piercing (20/60) Prepared Spells | Spell DC: 14 | Spell Attack +6 | Hit Dice 4d8/2d6 (6/6) | Death Saves: 0/0 Cantrips: Light, Booming Blade, Mind Sliver, Green-flame Blade, Sacred Flame, Vicious Mockery Level 1 | (3/3) | Thunderwave, Find Familiar, Chromatic Orb, Shield, Magic Missile, Mage Armor, Healing Word (1/day), Silvery Barbs, Dissonant Whispers The the princess with the golden red hair agrees with Mickey. "Well that certainly might be an attractive offer, they are rather vain. One of them might like a date with Mickey. If the Villains manage to lure the 3 witches away, then we will have no choice but to steal the Black Cauldron." She adds looking at the few coins in her own pocket. Mechanics MOVE: none ACTION: none BONUS ACTION: none REACTION: none CONCENTRATION: none OOC: none

I think Eilonwy has 20 gp to pitch in. I wonder how the Black Cauldron would react with a bag of holding. Depends on how it works, but it might explode. That could be interesting.

That sounds right. You could go back and rewatch the video to verify. Mickey did see all of those villains in the vision we saw, even if he has not heard of them before. I also wonder how much he might have heard of these villains from stories being told. We don't have a front line fighter, so we might want to avoid a direct confrontation.

-- Mouse (Lightfoot Halfling) Folk Hero Sorcerer AC: 14 (17) | HP: 32/32 | Init: +4 | Speed: 25' | Jump: 30'| Prof. Bonus: +3 | Passive Perception: 9 | Passive Insight: 9 | Passive Investigation: 11 | STR: 10 (0) | DEX: 18 (+4) | CON: 13 (+1) | INT: 13 (+1) | WIS: 8 (-1) | CHA: 17 (+3) | Subclass: Wild Magic | Sorcery Points: 7 | Spellcasting Ability: CHA | Spell Save DC: 14 | Spell Attack Bonus: +6 Buffs: None | Debuffs: None | Advantages: Fear | Inspiration: 0 | Exhaustion: 0 | While the Cauldron Cacophony waited for Merlin to respond to Eilonwy's question, the excitable Mouse suddenly raised his hand. "Oh! Oh! I just had an idea. What if we offered the witches the opportunity to teach here at the Mage Towers? We could say that all expenses would be paid. They could draw a stipend as visiting scholars or something." "Oh, we could also say that while they were here, they would also have the opportunity to audit courses. Learning magic from the greatest wizard of them all would certainly be attractive to a spellcaster, as I'm sure you would all agree." "We could even say that, if they allow us to transport the Cauldron here, they could continue to guard it, thus enjoying the extra security the Mage Towers' magical defenses can offer. I mean, it's not like any of us plan to use the Cauldron. All we really want to do is the keep the bad guys from using it to bring back this Hades guy (whoever he is!) from the dead." Then after a dramatic pause, the young sorcerer continues on a more somber note, "Of course, we should have a back-up plan in case bargaining doesn't work. Maybe we should try to steal the Cauldron if they don't like our offer? Of course, we would need a way to easily carry it. Maybe a Bag of Holding might help. Mr. Merlin, sir? Would that be possible? I've only got 87 pazoozas left to my name at this point. Maybe the rest of my team would be willing to chip in so that we could buy one?" "Oh, and we'd need people who were extra stealthy and light-fingered enough to pull this off." He turned to Eilonwy, Rapunzel and Aurora. "What do you all think?" Mechanics OOC: n/a Main Hand: Empty Off Hand: Empty Action: Mickey's action goes here. Bonus Action: Mickey's bonus action goes here. Move: Mickey's movement goes here. Manipulate: Mickey's one free object interaction goes here.

Try just asking Merlin first, before spending your gold.

Rapunzel - Arcane Trickster | STR: +0 | DEX: +3 | CON: +0 | INT: +2 | WIS: +0 | CHA: +3 INT: +3 | AC: 14 | HP: 27 Passive Perception: 16 | Passive Investigation: 14 | Passive Insight: 10 It was all very hard to just stand back and let everything happen, but Rapunzel couldn't think of anything to say or do that would help move things along, so she waited, she took mental notes, and did everything in her power not to hit the sea witch with her frying pan ... seriously, the nerve and hubris of that woman! Taking a breath as the teams were chosen, Rapunzel moved to be nearer her group and gave Aurora a smiling nod as she did. It was good to have seen the other princess again and she was a friend in a sea of newness!

Thanks for the heads up, everyone!

Rapunzel's got 5 gp so not much of a chip in the bucket but sure.

, , -- maybe we should get a Bag of Holding, too, so that we can carry the Black Cauldron back with us? Maybe if we can pool our remaining gold together so we can do this? I think Mickey can chip in 87gp.

Moana Waialiki — Strength: 10 (+0) Dexterity: 14 (+2) Constitution: 14 (+2) Intelligence: 10 (+0) Wisdom: 10 (+0) Charisma: 20 (+5) AC: 15 HP: 35 PP: 14 Moana nodded at Merida. "Sounds like I'm not the only one guarded about Ursula." She shrugged. "I think I've shared my all my apprehensions. I guess all that remains is to do our best and hope that is good enough." "I wish you all the best luck," she told the members of the other group, "May the wind grace your sails." OOC Before entering the portal, Moana will gather the members of the her group and give them a little pep-talk, aka Inspiring Leader. I can do it in-character if you wish to, I just don't want to start it before Merlin has given his final go. It would be highly inappropriate to give a long monologue while ignoring the most important person in the room. I will only be inspiring my own team, as the GM expressed skepticism at using it on the other team, and I'm really not a fan of starting a game by annoying the GM.

Bring an old fashioned ticking alarm clock. Just for fun.

One more thing — Cauldron Cacophony? Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think the villains that we’ll encounter while chasing the Cauldron are Maleficent, Cruella deVil, Capt. Hook, Prince Hans, and Gaston. Of course, this is OOC for Mickey. He's never heard of any of these bad guys.