Burning Witch Adventurers Session #63- The Secret Stair

The Magician Phasmo sent out a call to the adventurers he had shared his last dungeon delve with. He wanted to find out more about the "demonic mirror beings" they had encountered on that adventure. They agreed that they wanted to know more but they felt they had few leads. Too late, as well, Phasmo had received the results of his inquiry into arcane symbols on the pedestals on which the celestial orbs floated so the group did not have time to rope Journeyman Crannoc into their plans. PakPak, though, was especially eager to do business with the the dwarves Fiddle and Faddle on Level 3 (the same level the party had encountered the "demonic mirror beings"). The following group decided to head down to the beach and start heads towards Level 3 to look for clues:

The party:

• Hate Pit (Level 4 Vat Spawn)
• PakPak (Level 5 Kobold)
• Smokey Proag (Level 2 Halfling hireling)
• Phasmo (Level 4 Magic-User)
• Lirazil (Level 1 Elf retainer)
• Wolfgang (Level 3 Duelist)

No one had seen the party return. Not from the cliff-side entrance nor form the one buried in the ruin of Orm-of-Old. Yet, there they were seen in the Burning Witch where they divided up coin and other treasure. They shared with the fellow adventuring patrons of the Witch that the southeastern staircase to the Great Cavern on Level 3 was now cut off form the rest of the Complex. The stair, though, was not completely inaccessible as there was a stair discovered nearby that leads to a previously unnoticed cellar of the Athenaeum of the Dying Sun.

It was there that Hate Pit declared to the room that the Brothers have been enslaved by the Eye of Terror. They wanted to know who would join them in a offensive to try to free their vat-created cousins from this dire fate.

Hate Pit's player Marie drew a distressing encounter the party had on this latest delve.

PakPak and Wolfgang too could be seen hatching schemes for future adventure. Wolfgang, feeling pressed by the request of the Lunar Elf Ruaiat, wanted to try to reclaim their stolen magical weapons form the Cave Elves hiding deep in the Twilight Shores. This was a mission PakPak was more than eager to take on. After the pair agreed to discuss the matter further, PakPak headed across the square of the Monument of the Old Gods towards the ShopShop with a jiggling bag over his shoulder.

Loot

• 20 crystal pears (purchased by PakPak)
• 700sp and 600gp in assorted coins of all sorts of shapes and sizes stamped with the likenesses of rulers and deities beyond the Athenaeum's ability to identify.
• One piece of lapis lazuli worth 50gp
• A silver necklace worth 10gp
• A demonic idol worth 1,600gp
• a potion of heroism (claimed by Wolfgang)
• A magical war hammer +1 (claimed by Phasmo and gifted to his retainer Lirizal). The hammer, like the coin found in this vault, is unidentifiable by the tomes of the Athenaeum and required the use of 'read magic' to learn the magic words that empower it.
• Gold medallion in the likeness of a grinning skull worth 1,000gp

Experience Points

• 3330xp from treasure
• Animated iron statues defeated 2 x 75xp
• Grinning Skull Mural defeated 1 x 65xp

Player Character Cut

• 666gp ea. (333gp to Lirazil)
• 867xp ea. (433xp to Lirazil)

Write-ups, maps, and art based on the session all earn PC Level x 100 xp. Please let me know if anyone wants to perform any downtime activities.