SESSION 131: A Little Rest and Research Before Plunging Back In
Back in Helix. We got up to and in to stuff. The details, right, they are a bit unclear but I warned them. I most certainly warned them that bourbon sours the memory. So we shall recant in the broad strokes. Information or more precisely clues was the cause of our group lollygagging in Helix beyond a basic recharge.
They hit the church and the sage. Rooting through the archives and ancient scripts looking for a devastation that may have plagued the lands generations ago. Hoping to find a clue as to what could be beyond the great gate of Nergal. There was a lead, reference to something known as the “Black Shadow”. Poisoning waters and eradicating settlements. With Muzzahs’s help a term or possibly a name was discovered, that of an ancient evil, the Ossithrax Pejorative. There was also stories of a malicious black dragon. Perhaps these were one in the same but we could not conclusively say. However this period of time is after the fall of Nergal, centuries in fact, and so it is possible that a dragon could have made a home in Barrowmaze without starting a war with an even greater power. Dragons like all things do pass and these stories come from beyond the mists of reasonable time. Such a creature would surely have passed ages ago.
The trip back was interrupted by a couple of challenges first a pack of abnormally large and frosty wolves and then a random gaggle of trolls. They were both a bit challenging but we were on mission for Ygg, no stopping us. Yet.
Returning to Barrowmaze we worked our way in, silently, and proceeded to the central north section that had not been fully explored. Crypts, corridors and hidden secrets eventually led us to the lost crypt of Pinto the Pyromancer but first it was the crypt of Mahle Royc.
“Knock and Pull to Enter the Crypt of Mahle Royc”. We had discovered a hint to this imminently to be released Indiana Jones trap but it had been forgotten. A winding narrow passage led uphill to a sarcophagus. The final resting place of Mahle Royc. All that was left was his wonderful plate armor but we got that later as the trap had sprung. A boulder fell from the ceiling and began rolling. We ran. Some made it out others did not and enjoyed a good rolling over. Healing and looting followed. After which we kept on creeping to our next crypt.
Getting back to Pinto. It looked like a(nother) treacherous tomb.
“Yup, nothing funny going on here” – Steve the Smart Guy
“Right” – Sloth the Other Smart Guy
“Nope with a frog on it” – Saffron the Mad but Not Stupid
“Ugh” – Bunny the One in the Front
And so Burglar Bunny made her across the fiery pit of peril to the crypt of Pinto the Pyromancer. She got both scorched and blasted but she also made it back with three most interesting items. Pinto’s spellbook, ring and his staff. Ding-We was giddy. Steve declared a sausage break so we all took a fifteen….
ROLECALL
Carla the Green Matriarch of TMB (C8) 109028 xp +10% <200001> CRT 1d12/III
Scars: permanent loss left index finger and scarring on arm
Bimbles the Patriarch of GSS (C8) 152268 xp +5% <200001> CRT 1d10/III
Hobo Steve the Superhero (F8) 149199 xp +5% <240,001> CRT 1d24/V
Brain Damaged: reduced mental capacity (tough night on the town)
Rahgnar the Dwarven Champion (D7) 107036 xp <140001> CRT 1d16/IV
Serious wound: permanent loss of an eye (-1 to missile fire)
Critical Wound: disembowelled less able to process poison (-1 penalty)
Raul the Traveler (MD7) 119295 xp +10% <120000> CRT 1d10/III
Serious wound: permanent loss of CHA -4,
Removed one of his own nostrils.
Boris the Dwarven Champion (D7) 138864 xp +10% <140001> CRT 1d16/IV
Serious wound: permanent loss of CHA -3, carved up face
Wound: Bad leg (-5’ MV)
Multiple Injuries: lost 17 teeth
Ding-We the Peg-Legged Sorcerer (W9) 347045 xp +10% <470001> CRT 1d10/I
Critical Wound: Left leg obliterated, runs at ½ rate
Bunny the Thief! (T9) 178831 xp <280001> +10% CRT 1d20/II
Light wound: permanent loss of pinky finger, off hand
Ramrod the Cloned Pilferer (T7) 71232 xp +5% <80001> CRT 1d16/II
Serious wound: Bad Back (-1 stone CC)
Scars: Neurological damage to hip, noticeable limp
Missing six teeth talks with a lisp
The Henchmen
Saffron the Mad Fairy Queen of Ribbits (FY6) 126576 xp <130001> CRT 1d10/III
Moderate wound: Scar on abdomen
Sloth the Bopper (L7) 118231 xp +10% <178800> CRT 1d20/IV or 1d6/G (vs. s, m)
Mental Illness: Mummy-a-phobic
Nara the Nearly Naked Purple Siddha Girl (P6) 56134 xp +5% <66000> CRT 1d6/I
Biff Bartley the Half-Orc Executioner (HO6) 50057 <60000> +5% CRT 1d12/II
‘BOB’ the Deadly Shade (N7) 59275 <90000> +5% CRT 1d16/II
Felix Ignatius Hemlock the previously Skeletal Sleuth (I7) 42208 <80001> +5% CRT 1d16/II
Mason the Canon of Yrrrg. (C6) 40211 <50001> CRT 1d10/III
Yasser Imaphat the Djinn (D4) 30372 <32501> CRT 1d6/II
Sir Pelinore the Warder (P5) 23762 <42501> CRT 1d10+8/III (Service from 274:8)
RESERVES
Charles in Charge the Myrmidon (F6) 39982 <64000> +10% CRT 1d16/IV
REMAINING RECUPERATION: 32 DAYS
Critical Wound: Punctured lung (-2 CON)
Elapsed Campaign Time
282 days at beginning of session (also applies to recuperation)
Join us for session One-Hundred-and-Thirty-Two when we ask the questions:
What evil lurks beyond?
Is it a dragon??
If it is a dragon is it black???
If it is black do we have to give it our hard earned wealth, for reasons????
How the hell does one deal with acid if some of the above things are true?????
Tale of the Tape
Nothing worth my time.
KILLS
Dire Wolves (8)
Winter Wolf
Trolls (4)
LOOT
Plate Mail +2
Ring of Protection +2
Staff of the Pyromancer
Pinto’s big book of FIRE (all fire related spells Level 1 thru 4 MU)
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