SESSION 74: Death on the Xo’Thar Plan (21MAY18)
A forgotten tower in a wasteland. That is where everything can go wrong. That was exactly what we found. From the exterior it was unremarkable, grey and weathered. Bunny felt that a tactical entrance via the roof was super cool. Entrance was hindered but for a while by a stone slab.
We dropped into a laboratory diminished by time yet preserved by a strange organic coating, much like the casing of a moth pupa. This didn’t scare us away. Instead we began searching for encased loot and it was found. That was great but there must be more, so we went deeper into the tower. Remember this has become a descent into the bowels of this place. Dante would probably warn of such journeys. There was a distinct and pervasive sense of ennui that permeated us the longer we remained, lethargy to the core. Moving down a floor we found ourselves in a bedchamber of the long absent magus of the tower. Searching revealed a horde of gold, a ring and the lost master’s spellbook. Even though there was an air of gloom and ennui the prospect of more loot drove our hobos down to the next floor.
Again, the walls and ceiling were covered in the bio-organic coating and the floors had an unpleasant stickiness to them. This chamber appeared to have been a meeting room/ living area once upon a time. Ding-We had about enough of this creepy joint and was already satiated with the Vivimancer’s spell book. This thought came too late. The lone occupant had been waiting. A master of camouflage and source of debilitating pheromones – Xo’thar the Weeper. Created by a cross-breeding experiment gone horribly wrong, Xo'thar resembles an enormous gray moth, 7' tall, with small, non-functional wings and octopodal tentacles instead of legs. Its body is covered with thick plates of armor. Xo'thar levitates through magical means and uses its wings to push it in the direction it wishes to travel. Xo'thar exudes potent pheromones, from the almost constant mucous-like tears weeping from its faceted eyes.
NOTE: The previous description is likely sourced from the original author of this encounter (I will circle back and clarify in an edit).
This caused despair through most of the largely already depressed party filling them with overwhelming sadness, unable to act, move, or even to defend themselves. Then came the tentacles, latching on and pulling hobos towards it for evisceration from Xo’thar’s proboscis. We were near defenseless against such a malignant entity. Tentacle after tentacle embraced our hobos, impossibly more and more coming from within the beast. Sloth and Arnd tried to battle Xo’thar back but they could not get passed its waving mass of tentacles. Then things got worse, Astronaut Stewart was dragged to the creature plunging its proboscis through her face and ending her life and casting her husk aside. Next Bunny was brought in for the final kiss, she was able to deflect the attack from her face to chest, at the cost of a finger. Avoiding instant death but the attack did leave her just barely clinging to the final embers of life. But all was not lost the tide was turning. Ding-We broke free from his malaise while Arnd and Sloth redoubled their efforts throwing defense to the wind they attacked as if all their lives depended upon it (probably did). Finally, they broke through Xo’thar’s barriers and chopped it into teeny tiny slimy little pieces.
Bunny was fortunate only taking a light injury during her near-death experience, requiring only four days of rest before being mobile once more. So, we holed up in the tower to recover and plan our next step. Perhaps it will be the chasm observed to the south, maybe not.
ROLECALL
Carla the Green Lama of TMB (C7) 76563 xp +10% <100001> CRT 1d14/III
Scars: permanent loss left index finger and scarring on arm
Bimbles the Lama of GSS (C7) 74399 xp +5% <100001> CRT 1d14 /III
Hobo Steve the Myrmidon (F6) 69737 xp +5% (101) <70001> CRT 1d30/V
Brain Damaged: reduced mental capacity (tough night on the town)
Raul the Ranger (MD6) 33730 xp <50000> CRT 1d12/III
Serious wound: permanent loss of CHA -4,
Removed one of his own nostrils.
Boris the Dwarven Myrmidon (D6) 72679 xp +10% <70001> CRT 1d24/V
Serious wound: permanent loss of CHA -3, carved up face
Injury: lost 6 teeth
Lenardo the Engineer (S7) 63450 xp +10% <100000> CRT 1d12/I
Light wound: permanent loss of two fingers (pinky and next) left hand
Ding-We the Peg-Legged Magician(W6) 57363 xp +10% <80001> CRT 1d10/I
Critical Wound: Left leg obliterated
Bunny the Sharper (T7) 64161 xp <80001> +10% CRT 1d30/II
The Henchmen
Arnd Cobblestone the Dwarven Swashbuckler (D5) 29781 xp +5% <35001> CRT 1d20/ IV
Saffron the Mad Fairy Queen of Ribbits (FY6) 82369 <130001> CRT 1d14/III
Moderate wound: Scar on abdomen
Sloth the Roughneck (L5) 34839 <36960> CRT 1d24/IV or 1d6/G (vs. s, m)
Sasha Plasha the Guide (R6) 31979 xp +10% <50000> CRT 1d12/III
Astronaut Stewart the Ensign (TSM3) XXXX <9600> CRT as Thief
RESERVES
Ramrod the Cloned Burglar (T5) 19543 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
Being cloned 45 days COMPLETED!?!
REMAINING RECUPERATION: 1 DAY!!!
Rahgnar the Dwarven Myrmidon (D6) 54462 xp <70001> CRT 1d24/V
Serious wound: permanent loss of an eye (-1 to missile fire)
Critical Wound:
REMAINING RECUPERATION: 17 DAYS
Elapsed Campaign Time
173 days at beginning of session (also applies to recuperation)
Join us for session Seventy-five when we ask the questions:
Tale of the Tape
Astronaut Stewart’s space skull was pierced by the proboscis Xo’thar
Bunny on the other hand was able to deflect the strike to her chest it cost her a pinky but she will live after 4 days of bed rest.
KILLS
Xo’thar the Weeper
LOOT
5000 gp
Golden Goblet 750
Alchemical Equipment 2000
Volume 1 - 3 of Werb’s Dissertation on the Creation of Vivimantic Cross-Breeds (3) 750 gp each
Ring of protection +1
Vivimancer’s Spellbook
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