SESSION 141: Mountains of Treasure
..And so we began to dig through Ossithrax’s mountain of treasure. Stuff! Stuff! Stuff!
As the accountants tabulated the horde others investigated what appeared to be a collapsed passage. Air was flowing through it. It was a passage and did lead to the surface. After logging and stowing away the dragon’s horde digging commenced. A tunnel dug by Ossithrax during its life lead to a destroyed and lost tomb just beyond the dome of the barrowmounds.
It was day but definitely not a very nice one. The fog was extra thick and unnatural grasping everything like an icy clawed hand. Beaten, bruised and laden with treasure. We were about to make a run for Helix but the sound of steeds moving somewhere south of us on the mound was too much to ignore. Creeping back onto the barrowmound we could now hear the sound of excavation efforts. Pressing on towards the clamour. Passing a mound atop of which sat a mummified cat that released a screech that cut through the fog like a hot knife in butter. All went silent as it leapt into the fog. From beyond came the sound of armored beings marching and hooves striking earth.
The coming of Necrowretch. First a force of crypt knights breached the fog in front of our group. This was something of a distraction as their leaders moved into position behind the hobos. As the frontline clashed with the warrior skeletons the fog parted revealing the Necrowretch and his two lieutenants – Mummy Lord of Nergal #4 and Death Knight Might! All atop grotesque rotting steeds that glistened from the constant secretion of gangrenous fluids. The trio all wore heavy blackened armour spiked and bearing the mark of their dead god. Atop the head of each was a crown of bone adorned with the viscera of foes long since forgotten. No words came from their mouths but when the Necrowetch raised his arm to mark our hobos with the judgement of Nergal a sound was heard like rupturing boils and breaking glass. The minions of the lost god of death would do Nergal's bidding as they have always done. Dread magics rained done upon the group from the the black trio as the soldiers relentlessly drove into the hobos. The next part was plain and simply - war. The battle was observed from afar by the Lords (Yigg) and Eyes (TMB, Spinning Stars) of Order favoured the eradication of the lieutenants of blasphemous undeath. It was with this favour our brave hobos did shine this day on the battlefield. Perhaps this would be final nail for ancient Nergal his minions eradicated and his final fonts of power obliterated. One of his sons would fill the void as death can never truly be beaten but the Ancient One has now been removed from the field. Set and Orcus would battle amounts themselves for years to come while the forces or Order would watch and plan but that is a story for another day. Today the hobos stand atop Barrowmaze as the fog clears and the first rays of sunlight touchdown upon the mound in generations.
Dropping to a knee to grab a breath, not because they are some idiot commie types in need of sterilization but because we were very lucky to be standing above the field of corpses. The clerics felt a wave of cleansing spiritual energy that came with the sense that Nergal was truly and finally banished from this plane.
ROLECALL
Carla the Green Matriarch of TMB (C8) 135578 xp +10% <200001> CRT 1d12/III
Scars: permanent loss left index finger and scarring on arm
Bimbles the Patriarch of GSS (C8) 178998 xp +5% <200001> CRT 1d12/III
Lasting injury: -1 STR, mashed arm
Hobo Steve the Superhero (F8) 175929 xp +5% <240,001> CRT 1d24/V
Brain Damaged: reduced mental capacity (tough night on the town)
Rahgnar the Dwarven Champion (D7) 133766 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 Voyager (MD8) 158025 xp +10% <240000> CRT 1d12/III
Serious wound: permanent loss of CHA -4,
Removed one of his own nostrils.
Boris the Dwarven Lord (D9) 311984 xp +10% <400001> CRT 1d20/IV
Serious wound: permanent loss of CHA -3, carved up face
Lasting injury: -1 STR, mashed arm
Wound: Bad leg (-5’ MV)
Multiple Injuries: lost 20 teeth, drools a lot CHA -1
Ding-We the Peg-Legged Sorcerer (W9) 373775 xp +10% <470001> CRT 1d10/I
Critical Wound: Left leg obliterated, runs at ½ rate (peg required)
Bunny the Thief! (T9) 205561 xp <280001> +10% CRT 1d20/II
Light wound: permanent loss of pinky finger, off hand
Ramrod the Cloned Pilferer (T7) 77584 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 Mad Ribbits (FY7) 146938 xp <200001> CRT 1d10/III
Moderate wound: Scar on abdomen
Lasting injury: -1 STR, mashed guts
Sloth the Bopper (L7) 131593 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) 61674 xp +5% <66000> CRT 1d6/I
Biff Bartley the Half-Orc Blackguard (HO7) 66419 <120000> +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
Charles in Charge the Myrmidon (F6) 45422 <64000> +10% CRT 1d16/IV
Critical Wound: Punctured lung (-2 CON)
Yasser Imaphat the Djinn (D4) 30372 <32501> CRT 1d6/II
Gurn Hammerhand the Dwarven Swordsman (D3)
Wendul the Thaumaturgist (W5)
RESERVES
All healed up and ready to go, for now.
Elapsed Campaign Time
319 days at beginning of session (also applies to recuperation)
Join us for session One-Hundred-and-Forty-Two when we ask the questions:
Will we get back to Helix?
Is that it, are we actually going to set sail?
Should we really check out what team Necrowretch was up to?
Tale of the Tape
Nara, infused with special insight +5,000xp
KILLS
Crypt Knights (10) 4750
Necrowretch 2500
Mummy Lord of Nergal 2500
Death Knight Might! 4000
LOOT
None since I awarded the dragon’s horde already and we didn’t get around to looting the bodies
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