Demon Slayers of the Drinking Crow Session #60- The Capture of Fr. Bert

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 The following adventurers were seen exiting the Iron Door of the Rani after having not being seen in Orm since before the new year:

  • Armeen of the Two Rivers (Level 4 Cleric of Danu)
    • Jubal (Level 2 Beast Master retainer)
      • Minotaur (hunting dog companion)
  • Copra Kaan (Level 6 Vat Spawn Antaur)
  • Crambo (Level 4 Magic-User)
    • Agera (Level Fighting Mutant retainer)
The group had no treasure to pay a Iron Gate tax on. They immediately made their way to the Loan Bank right off the square of the Monument of the Old Gods. They were later seen talking to the recently fired bank guard Grom. Later still, they were seen heading over to the Athenaeum of the Dying Sun.

Word around the Drinking Crow is that Fr. Bert is a prisoner in the World of Reflection. The Demon Slayers returned from spending time with the Lunar Elves via a portal on Level 3 of the Complex only to find the portal room infested with dark reflections of the elves Aerual and Ruaiat and a trio of otherworldly grotesqueries. The door to the room was trapped with a device that transfers its victims into the World of Reflection. This was confirmed by the party seeing Fr. Bert captured in a mirror located just a room over from the trap. The party suspected the mirror was the same mirror they brought back with them on their revenge mission against "Big Time" Hashmi. They had last placed it in the vaults of the loan bank.

Upon the Demon Slayers visit to the Loan Bank, the banker Yoseppi begrudging revealed to them that their vault had been burgled the night the guard Grom fell asleep on the job. Only the mirror had been stolen. The party than visited Grom at the Drinking Crow. The guard's recounting of the night included how he smelled the scents of chamomile and mint before his missing time the night of the theft strongly hinted at the use of the party's own Sweet Dreams in the break in of their own vault.

The Demon Slayers have decided to enlist the aid of the magic-user Phasmo, who is known for his strong curiosity in the World of Reflection, and the lunar elf Kobys in their rescue mission into this mysterious other realm via the mirror on Level 3.

Experience Points

  • Reflections of Aerual and Ruaiat defeated 2 x 125xp
  • Otherworldly monsters vanquished 2 x 135xp

Player Character Cut

  • 130xp ea. including to Fr. Bert (65xp ea. to Agera and Jubal)
Write-ups, art, or maps submitted as play reports earn PC Level x 100xp. Copra Kaan is spending their downtime on healing up. Let me know of anyone else wants to pursue a downtime before the rescue.



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