Session VIII: He's a Gumball Wizard

Our Party
Azok - Silver Dragonborn Barbarian
Harrod -Half Elf Paladin
Grog -Half-Orc (Ogren) Fighter
Scruffy - Blue Dragonborn Paladin
Stephen - Halfing Bard
Peter -Human Thief

Despite a lot going on, the session went very smoothly. Harrod, Stephen and Peter tangled with a group of zombies while Azok, Scruffy and Gorg partied at the Tooth and Claw Tavern . While the two Draonborn played Uno Mas, Gorg got bored playing the slots and went for a walk, where he passed a running man who disappeared into Grixby's house. Then he noticed that the smithy was on fire.

Simple Three-Card Monte rules
Player bets a small amount and the DM and the Player each roll d6. If if the numbers match, the player wins twice their bet. If the numbers don't match, the bet is lost.

Everyone pitched in putting out, but the smith was found dead inside, his head missing. They also found the jar-batteries, fully intact and with a note that read, "Consider this gift a warning. Do not meddle in my affairs again."

They snuck into Grixby's darkened house, and found that it had been abandoned in a hurry. In Grixby's lab, they found a ledger with the word 'Swordfish' scrawled in the back. On the upper floor they found a room with a large pillar that resembled a gumball machine. Inside the glass tank were thousands of little, spherical gems in four different colours: red, blue, green and yellow.

There was only one door out of the room and it was locked with four large tumblers on a screw. Each time the screw turns (each dice roll to pick the lock), or is jostled, d8 of the crystals drop down the shoot and shatter on the floor. When the crystal breaks, it shatters into a small summoning circle and a small Chromatic Imps, the same colour as the crystal, pops out and begins to fly around the room and attack the occupants.

Blue: Cold. Green: Acid. Yellow: Force. Red: Fire

After  party overcame the trap with a solution that surprised me. They summoned an Unseen Servant to fly up the spout and carried out a couple of balls at a time. It took a bit of time, but it worked.

Next session: Mirror gates and 'The Slime Room!'