Burning Witch Adventurers Session #38- Zotul Watches

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 According to the adventurers from the Drinking Crow, Rosie is dead. The replacement bar keep of the Burning Witch has settled into operating the tavern. Due to Yellow Fever, the crowds are still light. A couple of adventurers freshly recovered from Yellow Fever joined some of their fellows in planning the next expedition into 'The Complex'. A meandering discussion of plans lands on visiting the Cathedral to Zotul on Level 3. The following party headed north to the ruins of Orm-of-Old after a plan was settled on:

  • Abraxis (level 2 Fighting Mutant)
  • Fancy Jean-Yves Beauvillers (Level 3 Bard)
    • Turq and Turwin (Level 0 retainers)
    • Freedom (Sapient Cat)
    • DT (dungeon doggie)
    • Two unnamed vampire frogs
    • Yeoman Klang (Level 1 Thief hireling)
  • Journeyman Crannoc (Level 4 Magic-User)
  • Scamandros (Level 3 Magic-User)
    • Kiddo (Level 1 Magic-User retainer)
The party returned with Yeoman Klang burned even further (this time by acid). they had with them two tables made of admantine, two corpses of giant insects they called 'Ankhegs', and an assortment of oddities.


Yeoman Klang took his cut of the loot and spent the next few days carousing at the Burning Witch. Klang recounted tales of a rookie bullheaded being who tested weapons on snake ladies who told of a shadow insurgency that acted against the Imperial Mother. He also talked of Zotul's red eyes watching those that offer sacrifices at his altar. Then there is his descriptions of a magical obsidian tree on Level 3 that bears healing fruits of crystal and of a room with with 7 floating orbs locked in place just south of the tree. Some of the orbs are worth thousands of gold pieces by his estimation. Recounting his roll in defeating an acidic jelly, Klang climbed to the rafters of the Burning Witch. Standing on top of them, he pissed on several patrons claiming it was "oil" to fuel lighting the "jellies" on fire. The former sailor then yelled, "I'm a net!!!" as he jumped and crashed into another table before passing out.

Loot

  • Ankhegs corpses x 2 (would take locating a master artisan and the use of the Splendid Item downtime to turn into armor)
  • Crystal fruits x 5 (1 used in session to save Scamandros)
  • Strange suits of light weight copper colored metallic material and red brass-color armor (provides AC 15)
  • Strange poles or rods x 4
  • Assorted strange camping supplies including: 'inflatable' matresses x 4, light-weight blankets made of the metallic copper-colored material x 4, and tin boxes x4 (containing 7 wrapped bars and transparent cubes)
  • Admantine table x 2 worth 2,200gp ea.
  • a vial of ochre jelly taken for research into its acidic properties



Experience Points

  • 4,400xp from treasure
  • Gray being defeated 4 x 35xp
  • 1' tall "devils" defeated 2 x 95xp
  • Ochre jelly defeated 1 x 300xp

Player Character Cut

  • 880gp ea. (440gp to Kiddo)
  • 1257xp ea. (628xp for Kiddo)
Additional xp and gp can be earned through using downtime to pursue the sale of some of the oddities acquired.

Writing recountings, drawings, or maps from the session earn 100 x PC Level xp. Let me know of any downtime activities anyone would like to pursue.

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