Burning Witch Adventurers Session #45- The Rescue of Crambo and Riverborn Scamandros

 Fresh off of their delve just the night before, Drinking Crow regulars Bors Redbeard were seen wearily making their way past the Monument of the Old Gods and into the Burning Witch. A party was being gathered to rescue the magic-users Crambo and Riverborn Scamandros. The fate of the pair, last seen in the clutches the Imperial Mother, was unknown but the bard Fancy Jean-Yves Beauvollier painted a very worrisome picture. Copra and Scamandros' apprentice Kiddo were there to inform the rescue party on the details of the last moments Crambo and Scamandros were seen before their compatriots retreated. As the following party left to free the magic-using pair, grumbling could be heard of begrudgingly trying to treat with the sorcerer king Valtropis near the 'Pool of Life' on Level 2:

• Bors Redbeard (Level 4 Dwarf)
• Copra Kaan (Level 4 Vat Spawn)
• Frim Frimerson (Level 2 Fighter)
• Journeyman Crannoc (Level 4 Magic-User)
• Phasmo (Level 3 Magic-User)

The group, even though they set out early that morning, returned after night fall. The presence of Scamandros and Crambo in their ranks indicated their mission a success yet several members of the party were wearing vexed looks upon their faces. Jakki, the new bartender at the Burning Witch though it might have something to do with the fact that the group looked like "utter shit" upon their return. Bors had it the worse, now missing two toes.

The group seemed to break apart quickly. The Beholder Phasmo, after a brief conversation with his fellow Scamandros, joined Bors Redbeard in a shadow corner of the tavern to discuss those "mirrored orbs". Journeyman Crannoc went his own way after talking with Copra Kaan. The Magician promised the Vat Spawn a written harpy lesson by the beginning of the next week. Scamandros meanwhile, started leafing through a mysterious tome, pondering aloud, "Could this tower this book describes be the inverted spire of the Imperial Mother?'

Jakki inquired to Frim and Crambo as to, "What is up with those magic men? Something seems amiss between that triad."

Level 4 of "The Complex"- The Great Cavern

The following slip of paper was seen later stuck to the back of the new map of the "Great Cavern" being passed around the adventurers in the tavern:

Copra Kään’s To-Do List:

-Get ambushed by a corrupted amalgam mutant thing. 

-Find out where all those eyes came from. 

-Kill the monster. 

-Find Crambo and Scamandros. 

-Check out a giant underground cavern. 

-Meet some pretentious assholes in an underground jungle. 

-Have a bad trip in an elevator (pun intended!). 

-Climb up the shaft to save the others.

Loot

• Four books stolen from the magic-users from the Last City: Monbax, Orello, Rebello, Varieo, and Zeenon
• The diaries of Orello and Rebello written in common (no inherent market value)
• A tome written in a unknown human dialect worth 100gp
• A travel guide to Ur-Dun from the final Epoch of the Empire-That-Was worth 25gp

Experience Points

• from treasure
• Monstrous mass born of sacrificial bodies defeated 1 x 350xp
• 500xp ea. for being the first to visit an unexplored section of Level 5

Player Character Cut

• 587 xp ea. to Bors, Copra, Frim, Crannoc, and Phasmo
• 517 xp ea. to Crambo and Scamandros
• Treasure only if the books are sold through a downtime action

Write ups, maps, and art from the session are worth 100 x PC Level in XP. I know what downtimes Crannoc, Phasmo, and Scamandros are taking. Bors and Copra are unable to take a downtime this segment since they adventured twice this week. If Crambo or Frim want to take a downtime action, please let me know.