SESSION 233: The Deep is Coming to get us and we Hit the Jackpot
Digging into the final recesses of Cassidy’s tomb. Previously missed secrets are discovered.
Day 160 Continued (12.20/0605): They pressed on from the chamber of the sea goddess. Further down the corridor to the west. It came to an end at a sea water damaged door but slightly before that was something of more interest. A rainbow coloured shimmering curtain of light blocks entry to whatever lay beyond. The gang was bold, with Rhagnar’s wellbeing. The dwarf entered and discovered an aquatic wonderland - stepping through the curtain, one finds themselves underwater, but breathing continues as normal. Swirling lights of the spectrum dance through the depths weaving through waving kelp fronds and seaweed. A miniature palace (5’ tall) carved into a reef rock has pearl doors and tiny creatures swimming about it while kelp flutters like banners. A white globe sits on top of the reef rock. He did not really notice that breathing in this environment was not a problem. He reported back and Saffron buzzed passed bursting with excitement to swim/fly like the Queen of Ribbits should. She could be heard cackling with glee inside the chamber. This was good enough for the rest of the mob to follow suit. Looking around, it was the white globe atop the ‘tiny palace’ that caught Ding-We’s eye – “Hey that looks like a crystal ball”.
The brain-trust moved their attention to the globe and deliberations began primarily pertaining to how to steal it. Rhags pointed out that the globe was affixed to the stone outcropping and it was a top notch job. It would take some work to remove the thing. Bimbles cast silence to cover the work as Rhags got his tools out. Within the silence shell Ding-We and Carla backseat Rhags work. They did not immediately notice, Rhags never did, a trio skeletal warriors walking into the chamber and engaging with the rest of the mob.
Turning did not work on these paradigms of bone for some reason. It would take weapon work to get the king’s ransom that these things were packing.
The skeletons zeroed in on the clerics with the unwavering focus of the dead, relentlessly swinging their brutal two-handed swords.
No tactics, just kill the holy.
Eventually the bones were smashed and the gang were swimming in loot, a preposterous amount of gems and jewelry. It was like they had robbed a kingdom or took it all with them when they arose from some long forgotten catacomb. The gang celebrated as Rhags finally finished up with disconnecting the globe. Ding-We was about to bag it when he decided to touch it. The globe was most certainly a crystal ball and the sorcerer observed a magnificent room covered in spectacular shells with a matching white globe. He looked around briefly and then became disinterested and tagged and bagged the globe – “Whatevs”.
Leaving the chamber they now went to the adjacent door. Water damaged and in an advanced state of decomposition. Steve kicked it open revealing a rectangular room that was also being eaten by the sea. A rubble piles sit on a ledge that leads into an eroded chamber filled with water in the northwest portion with the rest of the chamber appearing to simply be a dumping ground for oceanic debris. An exhausted fish flops around in the south corner as the feelers from strange reddish barnacles are crawling slowly towards it. Dolec, a now avowed hater of barnacles, approached and kicked the fish safely back into the water –“Swim Floppy swim!”. The gang then began to check out the chamber. Unknown for a spell yet was that Dolec’s action attracted the attention of something in the water. Meanwhile, on the other side of the ledge Bunny noted an unusual pile of stones and debris “Hey check this out it looks intentional”. It was an intentional distraction. The hobos looked and debated as an abomination arose from the deep.
The Eye from the deep blasted the group with abominable triple eye powers and then moved forward to nasty pinch any along the edge. The hobos were murderous and resilient. The eye was not succeeding in incapacitating its dinner. Instead it had two pillars of flame dropped on it right after being blasted with a freezing cone of frost. Poor little abomination was not long for the world after encountering MurderHobos Incorporated. The fighters grabbed the carcass at Ding-We’s incessant prattling that they could harvest something from the partially smoldering corpse and other part frozen body. Nope they had made a mess of it, Dolec having punctured the big eye and the other two were now melted. It was really just a ripped and seeping gut bag now.
The gang at this time were now a little beaten up and the spell casters were feeling light on capacity. Along with the inner despair of finding no treasure on this eye-thing they decided to return to base.
It was time to plan the plunge into the blood-red abyssal waters.
ROLECALL
Carla the Green High Priestess of TMB (C10) 313941 xp +10% <400001> CRT 1d12/III
Scars: permanent loss left index finger and scarring on arm
Bimbles the High Priest of GSS (C9) 276643 xp +5% <300001> CRT 1d12/III
+2 save to poison and internal body things; Double eat (gotta feed my baybay)
Hobo Steve the Lord (F9) 289416 xp +5% <360,001> CRT 1d24/V
Brain Damaged: reduced mental capacity (tough night on the town)
Rahgnar the Dwarven Superhero (D8) 210405 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
Ding-We the Peg-Legged Sorcerer (W9) 463664 xp +10% <470001> CRT 1d10/I
Critical Wound: Left leg obliterated, runs at ½ rate (peg required)
Bunny the Thief! (T9) 257448 xp <280001> +10% CRT 1d20/II
Light wound: permanent loss of pinky finger, off hand
The Henchmen
Saffron the Mad Fairy Queen of Ribbits (FY7) 176755 xp <200001> CRT 1d10/III
Moderate wound: Scar on abdomen
Lasting injury: -1 STR, mashed guts
Mason the Lama of Yrrrg. (C7) 60920 <100001> CRT 1d10/III
Charles in Charge the Myrmidon (F6) 59051 <64000> +10% CRT 1d16/IV
Franz the Grave Return (Lawful; XXXX) Sword
Critical Wound: Punctured lung (-2 CON)
Mostly DEAD. (-1 CON)
Dolec Da the Hero (F5) 43871 xp +10% <64000> CRT 1d20/IV
Missing five teeth
Captain Alamend Strender the Swashbuckler (F5) 25020 <32000> +5% CRTXXX
RESERVES
BoB is the lone lawn ornament for the Basilisk Knights.
Chung Li needs 12 weeks (74 days) and a stack of coin to rewrite his lost spell book.
Elapsed: 30 days (from day 600)
Elapsed Campaign Time
601 (624) days at beginning of session (also applies to recuperation)
Join us for session Two-Hundred-and-Thirty-Four when we ask the questions:
Does this place seem to be getting more dangerous the longer we is here?
When, Oh when will we make the plunge?
Tale of the Tape
Exploration Below the Blighted Sub-Hex
Location hex: 12.20
KILLS
Skeletal Warriors (3)
Eye of the Deep
LOOT
100 pp
2000 sp
Scroll: Sleep, Read languages
Scroll: Knock, Locate Object, Lower Water, Dispel Magic, Hold Monster Dimension Door
King Pearl (750 lbs. 5’D) 10,000 gp
+1 Arrows (15)
Potion: Philter of Love
Javelin +2
Ring of Water Walking
Gems (43) = 16398 gp
1: white opal (1,200gp)
2: chalcedony (20gp)
3: tiger eye (9gp)
4: moonstone (50gp)
5: azurite (10gp)
6: chrysoberyl (130gp)
7: aquamarine (400gp)
8: emerald (1,300gp)
9: fiery yellow corundum (1,000gp)
10: crystal-clear quartz (60gp)
11: smoky quartz (60gp)
12: chrysoberyl (120gp)
13: black opal (1,000gp)
14: rich purple corundum (900gp)
15: banded agate (7gp)
16: black opal (1,200gp)
17: smoky quartz (50gp)
18: blue quartz (12gp)
19: star rose quartz (70gp)
20: moonstone (30gp)
21: carnelian (60gp)
22: jet (100gp)
23: rhodochrosite (6gp)
24: banded agate (6gp)
25: alexandrite (400gp)
26: banded agate (15gp)
27: bloodstone (30gp)
28: obsidian (11gp)
29: citrine (50gp)
30: deep blue spinel (500gp)
31: blue star sapphire (1,200gp)
32: peridot (50gp)
33: banded agate (11gp)
34: blue diamond (5,000gp)
35: onyx (60gp)
36: golden yellow topaz (500gp)
37: tiger eye (12gp)
38: turquioise (12gp)
39: moss agate (12gp)
40: blue quartz (8gp)
41: sardonyx (30gp)
42: alexandrite (700gp)
43: lapis lazuli (9gp)
Jewelry (64) = 70,980 gp
1: anklet of silver (700gp)
2: diadem of silver (800gp)
3: coronet of silver (800gp)
4: idol of gold (600gp)
5: comb of silver (600gp)
6: pin of silver (200gp)
7: goblet of silver and gems (400gp)
8: comb of silver (400gp)
9: buckle of silver and gold (900gp)
10: toe-ring of silver and gems (400gp)
11: tiara of silver and gems (5,00gp)
12: goblet of gold (1,300gp)
13: goblet of silver and gems (3,000gp)
14: seal of silver (100gp)
15: pendant of silver and gold (700gp)
16: comb of gold and gems (1,900gp)
17: crown of gold and gems (1,300gp)
18: chalice of silver and gold (600gp)
19: weapon-hilt of silver (800gp)
20: toe-ring of gold (1,400gp)
21: pendant of silver and gems (700gp)
22: comb of gold and gems (1,700gp)
23: seal of silver and gems (4,000gp)
24: medal of silver and gems (5,000gp)
25: comb of exceptional quality (80gp)
26: belt of silver and gold (300gp)
27: pendant of gold (800gp)
28: medallion of silver and gold (1,100gp)
29: belt of silver (1,000gp)
30: diadem of silver (500gp)
31: weapon-hilt of silver and gold (700gp)
32: buckle of silver and gold (1,000gp)
33: diadem of gold (700gp)
34: amulet of silver (900gp)
35: box of silver and gold (700gp)
36: choker of exceptional quality (700gp)
37: ring of gold and gems (1,700gp)
38: buckle of silver and gems (800gp)
39: anklet of silver and gold (600gp)
40: diadem of silver (400gp)
41: earring of gold (1,000gp)
42: box of silver (800gp)
43: medallion of silver and gold (200gp)
44: toe-ring of silver (800gp)
45: chain of exceptional quality (7,000gp)
46: toe-ring of silver and gems (800gp)
47: ring of silver (400gp)
48: chalice of silver and gold (800gp)
49: seal of silver (200gp)
50: earring of gold (800gp)
51: diadem of silver and gold (900gp)
52: orb of gold (1,400gp)
53: necklace of gold (1,300gp)
54: anklet of gold (600gp)
55: pin of gold (1,300gp)
56: clasp of silver and gems (700gp)
57: coronet of gold (1,400gp)
58: statuette of silver and gold (600gp)
59: amulet of gold (1,100gp)
60: earring of silver and gold (1,000gp)
61: tiara of silver and gold (700gp)
62: seal of silver and gems (5,000gp)
63: brooch of silver and gold (600gp)
64: sceptre of silver and gold (700gp)
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