SESSION 210: Where is our Pay?
With the forces of giant-kind largely obliterated beyond being wandering nuisances we look for the proverbial pot of gold.
Day 127 that will end soon (12.20/ 0305): Once more standing before giant corpses our gang largely move to looting. Some others remembered that there were seven dwarves strapped to the dead fire giants. Yes, one was squished but that doesn’t mean we don’t count the poor popped little bugger. The leader was Bixcar and he was both grateful and ready to get back home. Ding-We did not really understand the latter point and this would be a point of contention with him for quite some time. The gang were now sorely in need of rest but a few things required address first.
Back to the marshalling area, there was now somewhere around two-hundred orcs milling about. All parties were collected and the migration to the upper floor began. Returning to the great hall the orcs were offered food looting privileges if they cleaned the corpses out of the building. Ding-We, of course, attempted to get more out of them. Like an infinite love humans sorta thing they had no interest in becoming Guinea pigs in some sort of species interaction experiment. They agreed to go home and not enter the lands of man but they also wanted to be left alone. With bags full of meat and armed with assorted weapons looted from the bugbears, OshKosh and his people began the journey back home- “You ok for not an Orc”. We presumed that was probably as close to ‘thank-you’ the Orcish language had to offer. The six remaining dwarves wanted to utilize this time to also vacate the premises. Once more Ding-We attempted to find an alternative course of action for them. They eventually came to a short-term agreement. Dinger had ideas for them and was having a hard time grokking their overwhelming need to return home.
The group migrated to the hill giants chief’s war room to rest as we finally try to end this never ending day. Enter the hinderance. As the gang approached the target chamber a hunting party of giants re-entered the steading from the outer yard. Four giants, one with a stag over his shoulder, were on alert after discovering the pile of dire wolves and the mutilated remains of HG Tom Arnold. They immediately began hurling boulders before the clash transitioned to direct combat. It took a little elbow grease but the hobos got it done and came out with more gold and a very tasty stag. Steve was very excited to dress and cook the glorious beast.
Moving on. The mob began settling into the chief’s chamber and finally we would put this day to an end just as the Winter sun began to rise.
Day 128 A New Day! (12.20/ 0305): That afternoon, we once more arose to loot loot loot. Falling back to the adjacent chambers they rummaged the rooms for magical goodies and gold. Nothing was detected and so they returned to the not-so-secret door in the Chief’s chamber and opened it up. Beyond was a stairwell and a stack of logs. They were going to simply go downstairs but a final look at the logs generated some curiosity. Looking through the pile a number of scroll tubes were discovered. One of the tubes contained a couple of documents. The first was a letter providing instructions, in giantish, for an upcoming raid on Liwil signed by a being named Esvandra. The second was the plans for the this stronghold, interestingly it did not make any mention of the dungeon level. There was some head scratching as to the origin of the documents prior to pushing in into the dungeon.
The stairs led to a ‘Z’ shaped corridor that opened into a large chamber behind a portcullis. A little strong arming later the group moved into the chamber. There was the glint of gems in the opposite corridor just adjacent to another corridor. Some creeping and inspecting later the gang found out that a 4-pack of mad manticores were contained in the adjacent chamber. This resulted in the obligatory grand melee. Afterwards they pressed into the lair and found another chamber and it was a treasure room full of chests and boxes. Gems, ivory and assorted coins the gang were feeling good until Ding-We queried – “Where is the gold? Giants love gold there must be more. I know it” grumbled Ding-We as he dug through his pack looking for a mostly forgotten wand. “Ah, there it is!” pulling out the wand of metal detection, “Now where is the gold?”. We shall see how this plays out.
ROLECALL
Carla the Green High Priestess of TMB (C9) 270110 xp +10% <300001> CRT 1d12/III
Scars: permanent loss left index finger and scarring on arm
Bimbles the High Priest of GSS (C9) 244226 xp +5% <300001> CRT 1d12/III
Lasting injury: -1 STR, mashed arm
Hobo Steve the Lord (F9) 255585 xp +5% <360,001> CRT 1d24/V
Brain Damaged: reduced mental capacity (tough night on the town)
Touched from Beyond the Grave (Sloth): Eating disorder (x2 food) -5’ mve
Blessing of Orcus (Consumption -1 CON)
Injury: -1 STR from brutal arm shatter
Rahgnar the Dwarven Superhero (D8) 200035 xp <280001> CRT 1d20/IV
Serious wound: permanent loss of an eye (-1 to missile fire)
Critical Wound: disembowelled less able to process poison (-1 penalty)
Missing thirteen teeth
Raul the Voyager (MD8) 215368 xp +10% <240000> CRT 1d12/III
Serious wound: permanent loss of CHA -4,
Removed one of his own nostrils.
Boris the Dwarven Lord (D9) 335258 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 25 teeth (7 remaining), drools a lot CHA -1
Serious Injury: Brain Drain -2 INT
Serious wound: permanent loss of an eye (-1 to missile fire)
Injury: -Crushed -8” H
Ding-We the Peg-Legged Sorcerer (W9) 429933 xp +10% <470001> CRT 1d10/I
Critical Wound: Left leg obliterated, runs at ½ rate (peg required)
Bunny the Thief! (T9) 223717 xp <280001> +10% CRT 1d20/II
Light wound: permanent loss of pinky finger, off hand
Ramrod the Cloned Magsman (T8) 153935 xp +5% <160001> CRT 1d20/II
Serious wound: Bad Back (-1 stone CC)
Scars: Neurological damage to hip, noticeable limp (-5’ mve)
Missing eight teeth talks with a lisp
The Henchmen
Saffron the Mad Fairy Queen of Ribbits (FY7) 159994 xp <200001> CRT 1d10/III
Moderate wound: Scar on abdomen
Lasting injury: -1 STR, mashed guts
Sloth the Bopper (L7) 159369 xp +10% <178800> CRT 1d20/IV or 1d6/G (vs. s, m)
Mental Illness: Mummy-a-phobic
Missing ten teeth
Nara the Nearly Naked Purple Swami Girl (PS7) 97971 xp +5% <125000> CRT 1d16/II
Wraith Drained: -1 CON
Biff Bartley the Half-Orc Blackguard (HO7) 101166 <120000> +5% CRT 1d12/II
Lasting injury: Crushed spinal column -6”H, -5’mv, -10% thieving
Sasha Plasha the Warden (R8) 116826 xp +10% <200000> CRT 1d10/III
‘BOB’ the Deadly Shade (N7) 64817 <90000> +5% CRT 1d16/II
Felix Ignatius Hemlock the once skeletal Sleuth (I7) 47017 <80001> +5% CRT 1d16/II
Mason the Lama of Yrrrg. (C7) 55787 <100001> CRT 1d10/III
Charles in Charge the Myrmidon (F6) 53918 <64000> +10% CRT 1d16/IV
Critical Wound: Punctured lung (-2 CON)
Mostly DEAD. (-1 CON)
Gurn Hammerhand the Dwarven Swashbuckler (D4) 21514 <36000> +5% CRT 1d12/III
Wendul the Magician (W6) 43262 <80000> 5% CRT 1d8/I
Dolec Da the Hero (F5) 38738 xp +10% <64000> CRT 1d20/IV
Missing five teeth
Camillus the Myrmidon (F7) 72796 <120001> +5% CRT 1d20/IV
Injury: -1 STR from brutal arm shatter
Injury: -5’mv from brutal arm shatter
Willy the Reformed Burglar (T5) 18256<20000>10% CRT 1d14/II
Chung-Lee the Myrmidon Warlock (E6) 97000 xp <120000> +10% CRT 1d8/II
Brett & Jermaine Kobold Cooks Extraordinaire
RESERVES
BoB is the lone lawn ornament for the Basilisk Knights.
Elapsed Campaign Time
575 days at beginning of session (also applies to recuperation)
Join us for session Two-Hundred-and-Eleven when we ask the questions:
Is there gold or has something absconded with the coin?
Who is Esvandra?
Do we even care?
How long will the elf survive?
Tale of the Tape
The recently less than seven dwarves defied the vast majority of Ding-We’s attempts to control their future.
Exploration
Location hex: 12.20
KILLS
Hill Giants (4)
Manticores (4)
LOOT
28,000 gp
7,140 ep
27,300 sp
Gems (5): 50,100,500,50,1000 = 1700 gp
Broadsword +2
Wand of Radiance (9 charges)
Corpse Cutter - Longsword +1/+3 vs undead
Scroll: Continual light, raise dead
Giant otter fur cape 2000 gp
Poison Potion happy face
Ivory tusks (11) 1000gp each
Gems (980) 1 gp each
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