A Conclave of Cats

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At the end of the last adventure, the party was gleefully patting themselves on the back for convincing Bast, goddess of cats, into sneaking them inside the Great Pyramid to force the Governor into providing an audience he had been reluctant to give. All they had to do was promise she could ply with the bard. A bard who didn’t seem even a little upset at the deal. 

Bast had transformed the entire party into cats, and after leading them on a merry chase over the roofs and towers of Bawaaba, the mercurial goddess had eventually deposited them right into the middle of the Governor’s audience chamber inside the heart of the great pyramid. 

Cats being sacred in Mbo, not only was the troop of felines passed over unmolested by the guards, but warm milk and fish were provided by the temple priests upon arrival. 

However, when the sun rose, and the Governor arrived to begin the business of the day, Bast, feeling she had held up her end of the bargain, abruptly withdrew herself and her gifts, returning the party to their normal forms directly in the center of the governor and his guards and entourage 

What seemed like a cunning plan rapidly revealed the flaws of a missing endgame…














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