Burning Witch Adventurers Session #33- Throne Rooms & Carcass Crawlers

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 Once more, Riverborn Scamandros sought to gather a party to join him in a delve into "The Complex" to further his goals of finding some respite for the gnomes that reside there (and resolve the situation around their claims to the structure they call Indos na Erga Eithog or the Halls of the Distant Fathers). And once again, he found more than a few adventurers willing to accompany resulting in a party including:

  • Betina (Level 2 Fighter)
    • Theela Ruul (Level 0 Exiled Amazon hireling)
  • Fancy Jean-Yves Beauvillers (Level 2 Bard)
    • A cat and dungeon terrier in tow
  • GaWoosh (Level 2 Gnome)
  • Journeyman Crannoc (Level 3 Magic-User)
    • Plumes (Feather-beast retainer)
  • Scamandros (Level 3 Magic-User)
    • Kiddo (Level 1 Magic-User retainer)
  • Wolfgang (Level 1 Duelist)

The party returned, a noticeable tension between its members, as they dragged two captured 9' long worm-like creatures. There is talk that the group may sell these creatures.

Theela Ruul and Kiddo departed from the party to blow off steam from the delve. Ruul boasted of battles against stange, amorphous entities and the 9' creatures the party captured due to the sorceries of the Journeyman Crannoc. A pair of elfin rakes could not lend belief to the Amazon Exile's claims of a pit that returned the dead to life. The matter was settled by Theela's fists leaving her with some new enemies. Meanwhile, participants in a few notable Ormian backroom games of chance claim that the apprentice of the librarian Scamandros told wild tales of of opulent throne rooms, beings with the heads of lions but the bodies of humans, chained ancient dragons, and negotiations with an awesome force over the fate of some hill dwarves. They also say that the young magic-user used some sort of magic to cheat and take all of their coin as winnings.

Loot

  • 6 gem stones including: 2 carat rock crystals worth 50gp x 3, 18 carat lapis lazuli worth 100gp x 1, 18 carat smokey quartz worth 500gp x 1, and 2 carat topaz worth 500gp
  • A broad, single edged dagger with a nickle pommel and sheath featuring song birds. The blade is covered in musical notation (claimed by GaWoosh)

Experience Points

  • 1250gp from treasure
  • "Suck Cloud" defeated 1 x 10xp
  • Carrion crawlers defeated 2 x 75xp

Player Character Cut

  • 178gp, 5sp, 7cp ea.
  • 235xp ea.
Play reports, drawings from the session, or maps will all net 100 x PC Level xp. Please comment with any downtime action any of you would like to take. I will include promotion of the sale of the carrion crawlers in the next news round up.

Comments

  1. Jonshua BongsartAugust 8, 2020 at 6:50 PM

    (to Gawoosh)
    Fancy could examine the properties of that dagger, and probably play whatever melody that is inscribed on it

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    1. GaWooshAugust 9, 2020 at 12:19 PM

      “Nobody cares less about the well being of the gnomes than I do”
      -Fancy

      Fix your heart, or gtfo. Prove yourself an ally to the gnomes, work towards ensuring their safety and I’ll consider it.




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  2. Charlie // WolfgangAugust 8, 2020 at 6:52 PM

    Wolfgang: we need to consider the implications of selling dangerous Complex creatures capable of inducing paralysis. I fear the individual's motives that would be a purveyor of such a wretched beast. I propose we keep the beasts, with the intent to research and possibly extract their powers of paralysis. The magic-users among us have daily sleep induction abilities, that are extremely helpful in tight spots. Through extraction, we can increase our combat abilities exponentially, by applying paralysis agent to our weapons, if successful.

    Any thoughts or critical objections? I would personally be willing to invest gp in this endeavor.

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    1. NickAugust 8, 2020 at 7:11 PM

      I was going to include the proposed sale of the crawlers in the next news post. I will need to know in the next two days what the decision is.

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