SESSION 348: Fungus For All
While plans fermented the goobers plunged back into the depths to pass the time.
Day 867 (Dry Gulch): Today ended up being a planning and recuperation day. Carla communed with her deity and divined certain clarities relating to the source of diabolical influence within the lost undercity. This resulted in the identification of resource shortfalls. The resolution would require Chung-Li flying back to Gormandia. Things were argued out. Tomorrow actions would be taken. For now the plan had to ferment.
Day 868 (Dry Gulch & Beyond): At dawn Chung-Li recited an incantation and took to the air while the remaining goobers decided to return to the underworld in search of another treasure (map).
“Weeee imma Elf!”
After the poisonous mayhem of the last delve Carla would be on hand for quick remedies. For no reason in particular they decided to explore the burrow entrance to the underworld from the sewers, rather than directly from tower.
Back down in the sewer. The walk to the hole in the wall was uneventful. Whatever first dug into the sewers was ages gone and that was probably for the best. The tunnel ranged from 5 to 10’ feet wide. Showing evidence that other things had widened the passage after its original creation. About twenty minutes later the tunnel opened into a cavern. Classic. Stalactites and stalagmites aplenty. It would have been challenging moving through the cavern but there was a clear, monster, highway that had worn down/ broke through the stalagmites. This helped movement but also set the path as the piercer drop in zone.
Suzie and Kat did not like the introduction as both were unpleasantly punctured. After the big drop we had to either take a break for an hour so that the piercers could get back into attack position or just nuke them. Death by hobo it was. Carla quickly patched up the two girls and they pressed on.
The piercer zone opened into an even larger chamber that was the gateway into an expansive fungoid forest. Like every good underworld forest they were greeted by a lot of sneaky ambulatory fungi. Shriekers and a couple of violet funguses hiding in the midst.
Charles and Boris walked up set off the alarm and triggered the subsequent encounter with a gang of belligerent underworld ogres. All in all just another day at work, cause a mess leave a trail of blood. The ogres were nice enough to be carrying a reasonable amount of loot.
Deeper into the forest the fungal forest height began to infill and exceed heights of six feet. Insects of nearly ordinary size were plentiful, creeping and buzzing about. An(other) alcove. Instead of a beetle tended trap we had a pond occupied by a watery fiend.
This guy was more than a bit of a bugger as it simply kept reforming after being smashed. Boris would wack it down then turnaround only to be attacked by the ever returning weird. Eventually Carla figured the right magicks to send the spirit packing for good. There was some loot, gems and jewelry of the long forgotten dead, to be pulled from the now waterless recession.
Cleaning up and stowing away was completed, they then marched deeper into the fungal forest in search of the unknown (and a chamber that looked like a butt).
Team UG: Carla, Boris, Dolec, Biff, BoB, Katre, Charles, Lady Versamage, Suzie Hotpants and Chung-Li (off taking care of stuff)
ROLECALL
Carla the Green High Priestess of TMB (C10) 390093 xp +10% <400001> CRT 1d12/III
Scars: permanent loss left index finger and scarring on arm
Boris the Dwarven Lord (D9) 385532 xp +10% <400001> CRT 1d20/IV
Serious wound: permanent loss of CHA -3, carved up face
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)
Dolec Da the Hero (F7) 91867 xp +10% <120000> CRT 1d20/IV
Missing five teeth
Chung-Li the Elven Champion Sorcerer (E7) 147232 xp <250000> +10% CRT 1d8/II
The Henchmen
Biff Bartley the Half-Orc Blackguard (HO8) 132778 <MAX> +5% CRT 1d14/II
‘BOB’ the Unseen (N8) 94659 <180000> +5% CRT 1d20/II
Charles in Charge the Champion (F7) 97953 <120000> +10% CRT 1d20/IV
Franz the Grave Return (Lawful; XXXX) Sword
Critical Wound: Punctured lung (-2 CON)
Mostly DEAD. (-1 CON)
Katre Elf-Girl and Swordsman Conjuror (E4) 21011 xp <32000> +0% CRT 1d8/II
Lady Versamage Knight Errant (K6) 68215 xp <85000> +5% CRT 1d20/IV
Suzie Hotpants the Theurgist (MU4) 14215 xp <20000> 10% CRT 1d8/I
RESERVES (Death Recovery)
Ramrod the Cloned Thief - Recovering from death (yet again) 846 start (876)
Bimbles of the now creepy electrical eyes– Freshly not dead (881).
Raul of more facial scars (-2 CHA) – no longer mostly dead (866) Back in Action!
Herbert the Gnome - no longer dead (867) Back in Action!
Elapsed Campaign Time
870 – Everyone Else for reasons.
867 – Carla-Team (at Dry Gulch)
Domain Days
Gormandia: 25 (Start 838)
Bunnland:?
Join us for session Three-Hundred-and-Forty-Nine when we ask the questions:
Where is the treasure laden butt hole?
I wonder how Chung-Li’s fly home went or is going or is it gone?
Tale of the Tape
KILLS
Piercers (12)
Shriekers (5)
Violet Fungus (2)
Ogres (5)
Water Fiend
LOOT
1400 gp
Gems (7): 500,500,100,10,100,50,100 = 1360 gp
Jewelry (7): 700,800,1000,1500,1300,900,1000 = 7200 gp
Harvested components: Shrieker bits x 2
