Burning Witch Adventurers Session #34- Doorways to Wonder

The Burning Witch has been kind of dead. The general residents of Orm seem to have been avoiding the place as Yellow Fever has set in. This, though, does not stop a small table of die hard regulars from discussing another delve into 'The Complex'. The agenda is quickly agreed upon: treasure. As they leave to make the familiar march down to the cliff face entrance, one of them can be over heard saying, "How bad can the consequences of ignoring this mark really be?" The party included:

• Abraxis (Level 1 Fighting Mutant)
• Frim Frimerson (Level 1 Fighter)
• Journeyman Crannoc (Level 3 Magic-User)
• Aspirant Traz (Level 1 Cleric of the Aspirants of Mu)
• Phasmo (Level 3 Magic-User)
• Lirazil (Level 1 Elf hireling)

The group returned bearing a series of metal urns. After the piles of coin treasure were divided up, 111th Company member Aspirant Traz and Lirazil wandered off into the night to celebrate in their successful delve.

Traz was spotted floating between several backroom waterholes and impromptu gatherings along the alley of the gods extolling the virtues of his adventuring companions you protect him while he was held frozen by an uncanny hit to his mustache by a paralyzing tentacle. He also waxed heavily about the spiritual strength of the mutant called Abraxis. The four-eyed fighter encountered several of his offer tribesman who attempted to sway him back to their pursuits of spiritual advancement through external means but he could not be turned back on to their path. Several more times Abraxis was tested and each time he resisted. The feats of his employer for the quest, the Journeyman Crannoc, were the greatest of all. Crannoc fell under the might swing of an Ogre only to be fed a strange crystalline fruit. It revived the Beholder but no one knew what the magic-user did next though Traz was certain of its grandeur. As the Aspirant reach the climax of his tale, a strange brew kicked in and caused the cleric to pass out. No one knows where it the draught came from though there are, of course, rumors. Ever since that night, it is said that Aspirant Traz grew a little more sour in disposition but heartier in make.

One would almost thing Lirazil was on a different adventure. Over at the Drinking Crow, the elfin mercenary held court in a party that lasted days. The most prominent audience members being those Redbeard Brothers and several members of the Society of the Coruscating Seal though some claim they could see hobs perched in the rafts hanging on every word. Lirazil presents a tale filled with forbidden rites and passage to strange new vistas. The patrons of the tavern seemed to never tire of her stories of traveling through silver-grey mists to glimpse foreign cities or of the underworld observed under the blue glow of the roof of a grand cavern. Her words reach a poetry in describing the delicate spires carved into nature stone columns that overlooked cascading waterfalls and an underground lake. Beyond, phosphorescent jungles along with hints ruins and a far off golden dome could be seen surveying from the stone staircase built into the wall of the grand cavern.

Loot

• 5000gp
• 4000sp
• Gems: 2 carat turquoise 10gp, 2 carat banded agate 10gp, 2 carat lapis lazuli 10gp, 2 carat obsidian 10gp
• a bone-smooth ivory staff with a carved winged ape perched on top
• a pair of brown leather boots with golden scrolling designs and pointed toes

Experience Points

• 5440xp from treasure
• Carrion (or cadaver) crawler defeated 1 x 75xp
• Orges defeated 5 x 125xp

Player Character Cut

• 1008gp 800sp ea.
• 1535xp ea.

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