Burning Witch Session #36- To Parts Un-Gnomed

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 Scamandros once again desired to pull a party together to further his plans for the gnomes of 'The Complex' (or Indos na Egra Eithog as the hill dwarves call it). The following expeditionary force was assembled:

  • Betina (Level 2 Fighter)
    • Ulua (Level 1 Magic-User hireling), deceased
  • Dogmouth (Level 1 Thief)
  • Fancy Jean-Yves Beauvillers (Level 2 Bard)
    • Sapient Cat
    • DT (faithful dungeon terrier)
  • Scamandros (Level 3 Magic-User)
    • Kiddo (Level 1 Magic-User hireling)
The party returned with Betina missing a leg one member smaller: Ulua the Magic-User. Atypical for a party including Scamandros, her body was not brought back with the party. Betina's leg wound miraculously was already healed over. Fancy and Betina could be over heard discussing how the fighter would secure the funds to commission a prosthetic leg from Doctor Fortunous. Scamandros wandered off trying to locate Crannoc to see if his expedition from the day prior had met with the gnomes. 

Loot

  • 17 'magic' bananas (9 to be sold)
  • silver dagger (claimed by Dogmouth)
  • ruby ring worth 90gp
  • medallion necklace imprinted with a six-fingered hand worth 100gp
  • 600gp in a filthy sack
  • a vial of a strange liquid from the Cathedral floor 
  • 2 giant lizard eyes
  • red crystal fragments
  • Pint containers filled with red liquid and covered in red crystals worth 2 out of 3 x 100gp (I rolled to see out of what was left out was filled)

Experience Points

  • 990xp from treasure
  • 'Vampire frogs' defeated 2 x 38xp
  • Ogres defeated 4 x 125xp
  • Giant lizard defeated 1 x 275xp
  • 300xp each for reaching a previously unexplored section of the dungeon

Player Character Cut

  • 222gp 7sp 5cp ea.
  • 760xp ea.
An items from the session that need resolving is there anyone in mind you want to sell the fruit to and is there an asking price you have in mind? An NPC? Other players?

Another unresolved item is Fancy's successful identification of the mosaics in the 'Cathedral' on Level 3. The motifs of a ram with a broken horn, the cherry tree, and a winged-sun all point to it being a space devoted to Zotul.

Written session reports, drawings, or maps earn 100 x PC Level xp. Let me know in the comments below or on Discord of any downtime activities anyone wants to do!


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