SESSION 43: Gonna Need a New Sheriff, Yes I Will. (7MAR17)
The day began early in an effort to clean up some of the previous evenings mayhem. A completely sane Saffron pleaded for release from the burlap sack. Marr snuck back in the raw. Arnd is convinced that weird chicks can make for a fun night. Bimbles’ communed to his god to have the power to remove the heinous curse upon Saffron. When she did finally get out of the sack she was mad as a hatter and chewing on Bimbles’ pointy magic finger. At this time Carla and a couple of flunkies went to the tavern in hopes of trading some premium goods for potions with other near-do-wells as themselves. They succeeded at that task. During this time Calvin thought it was a brilliant chance to dive into a runic tablet. After some clear warnings, that he ignored a tablet was read. That was the last bold thing that Calvin will ever commit.
This kinda put a damper on preparations for the next delve. They talked about doing some sorta funerary stuff but instead just threw his ashes in a box that already had ashes of unknown origin in it. The following day came and the group set out for Barrowmaze. Saffron and Bunny stayed behind, ostensibly to assist Brule and keep an eye on Ding-We of the soon to be peg leg.
The adventuring group encountered a band of trolls whom were more interested in trudging at the time than killing. Our hobos also gave them directions to their close by kill pile of yummy rotting meat. This was good enough. Both crews went their separate ways.
Returning to Barrowmaze, all was quiet. So the party jumped down the main entrance and began falling back to their last explored area. They ran into a bunch of tomb-robbers making an expeditious retreat and got a little bit of info. A short while later they found the robbers dead buddies as well as a cryptic map, possibly of an unexplored area nearby. The hobos were not in a huge rush to figure it out.
Further exploration in the area netted some jewelry, gems, coins and a key! The hindrances seemed mild and were quickly resolved. Such as Carla casting “snake charm”, that doesn’t happen every day I tell ya. Things continued along like this until the party made their way into a shrine to Nergal. Our chum and pal Gormen would rather be alive than allow our troupe to deface another shrine. His anger somewhat got the better of him as not only did he launch his forces but he exposed himself as well, rather than his preferred guerilla tactics.
The battle was tremendous. Spell fire, the eating of flesh and the mangling of bodies and motile corpses. Ramrod saved himself within seconds of becoming a green slime. But perhaps most importantly at the apex of the battle when it appeared that Death’s cold hand was closing in on the party, Bimbles turned the tide back. Just as a lightning bolt shot from a Necrolyte’s fingers he called forth his stored power from a runic tablet and countered the spell. This saved Sloth’s life and probably the whole party. The hobos then jumped to the advantage punching through the zombie line they brought down Gormen with the two other spellcasters shortly thereafter. The dead were not going to surrender but they were also no longer going to win. The grand melee finally concluded our rag-tag band was bloody and exhausted but alive and victorious. Another blow to Nergal. He is not going to be happy about this…
ROLECALL
Carla the Green Canon of TMB (C6) 32989 xp +10% <50001> CRT 1d12/III
Scars: permanent loss left index finger and scarring on arm
Bimbles the Canon of GSS (C6) 30427 xp +5% <50001> CRT 1d12/III
Hobo Steve the Swashbuckler (F5) 28458 xp +5% (101) <32501> CRT 1d24/V
Rahgnar the Dwarven Swashbuckler (D5) 24506 xp <35001> CRT 1d20/IV
Serious wound: permanent loss of an eye (-1 to missile fire)
Raul the Wayfarer (MD5) 25927 xp <30000> CRT 1d20/II
Serious wound: permanent loss of CHA -4, Removed one of his own nostrils.
Calvin the Bold XXXX (MM6) 22509 xp <xxxx> CRT 1d12/III
Serious wound: permanent loss of INT -1
Boris the Dwarven Swashbuckler (D5) 27104 xp <35001> CRT 1d20/IV
Serious wound: permanent loss of CHA -3, carved up face
Ramrod the Burglar (T5) 18060 xp +5% <20001> CRT 1d20/II
Serious wound: Bad Back (-1 stone CC)
Scars: Neurological damage to hip, noticeable limp
Missing six teeth talks with a lisp
Sloth the Charger (L4) 11989 <16800> CRT 1d20/IV or 1d6/G (vs. s,m)
Lenardo the Technician (S5) 15059 xp <25000> CRT 1d10/I
Light wound: permanent loss of two fingers (pinky and next) left hand
The Henchmen
Mar the Buffoon (J4) 19517 <20000> CRT 1d16/II
Arnd Cobblestone the Dwarven Hero (D3) 6948 <8751>
RESERVES
Ding-We the Thaumaturgist (W5) 31255 xp +5% <40001> CRT 1d10/I
Critical Wound: Left leg obliterated
REMAINING RECUPERATION: 28 DAYS
Bunny the Filcher (T6) 25535 xp <40001> CRT 1d24/II
Saffron the Mad Fairy Queen of Ribbits (FY5) 37570 <65001> CRT 1d12/II
Moderate wound: Scar on abdomen
Elapsed Campaign Time
97 days at beginning of session (also applies to recuperation)
Join us for session forty-four when we ask the questions:
What does a post-Gormen world have in store for us?
Will we keep reading tablets?
What’s with that map?
Tale of the Tape
Calvin the Curious was able to stay out of the ether but not away from the runic tablets he aint coming back this time. All is dust.
KILLS
Trolls (8) – Parlayed
Son of Gaxx
Spitting Cobras (6) – settled down
Crab Spiders (3)
Ghouls (2)
Poltergeist – ran away
Shadows (3) – ran away
Gormen-Ghast Rot-Lord of the third ring in eternal service to the one true lord of death, Nergal
Ravenous Zombies (16)
Crypt Knights (4)
Necrolytes of Nergal (2)
LOOT
Superior gold necklace
126 pp
27 gp
2645 ep
2748 sp
A KEY!
Gold earings
Silver rings (2)
Small Emeralds (3)
Stoutblade Dagger
Runic Tablets (2)
Bloodstone Jewel
Gems (20)
Sword Long +1, +2 vs. spell casters (you will figure this out if you compare the runes on it to the other one you already have)
Scroll MU – clone
Fine Shield headless man walking through a forest
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