Session 57 - This Expedition Cost Us an Arm and a Leg (and a wizard and an elf)

And that's a second one-legged Dwarf in the campaign! Who knew battlefield amputations were so easy with a flame sword?

In general a prosthetic leg will count as an Oversized item all on it's own, which means it slows you down a bit but you can mitigate it by carrying less stuff.

Until you get one though, you'll have to hobble around or crawl or something, which isn't particularly speedy!

For businesspeople - I'll start telling you how much your business lost/gained in these emails so you can decide what to do with the profits. I've been assuming that you've been reinvesting it into the business, but maybe you want to take some out occasionally! 

You can take out as much as you want at the time of the monthly return.

Here's a breakdown:

Peggy Pigrider - Pie Mama's. Safe investment. Lost 63sp value by end of month. New value is 1213sp. 

Some weird stuff is going on back in Pillartown, giving penalties.

John Doe the Unlucky - Anvil, Mining & Craft, Inc. Risky investment. Gained 16sp value by end of month - new value is 1579sp. 

Blood-powered mining machine and blood supply giving bonuses. Small penalty for commandeering company assets (donkey and cart). Supply of pig blood to mountains makes people suspicious, especially since there's a huge graveyard and an alleged Necromancer up there.

Lulu Spiderbite - Clunge Honey. Safe investment. Gained 190sp value by end of month - new value is 1190sp.

Bonus for word of mouth marketing (and free samples) which will continue if you keep advertising!

Joe Joe - Josephine's Petting Zoo. Risky investment. Newly incorporated. Initial investment: 1500sp.

Bonus for Halfling mind control. Bringing new and exciting animals to petting zoo is sure to give further bonuses.

Stabbington Shanks - Tomb Busters. Risky investment. Newly incorporated. Initial investment: 600sp.

Possible bonus for making a name for yourselves. If you want the headquarters to be in Fortress City Fate you'll have to head over there at some point!

I've added a new "Active Businesses" category in the recap too.

Session 57 - This Expedition Cost Us an Arm and a Leg (and a wizard and an elf)

Campaign date:
Monday, 3 October, 1549
Moon phase: Waning Gibbous
Zodiac: Virgo

God: Eris

New Characters:

Malanth, an Leech whose elven transformation into a Misergeist was just beginning.

Enemies defeated:

- 2 mewling cancer-people overgrown with pulsing growths and worm-filled cysts, slain with fire sword. (50 exp)

- 2 bloated and sobbing people used as living wombs by the cancer-men, burnt alive. (0 exp) 

- 1 scampering man-thing whose entire back was one big throbbing abscess, exploded (25 exp)

- 1 feathered swine, fled from (0 exp)

Total: 75 exp

Treasure and Equipment:

- 17 sp (17 exp)

- Yellowed love letter in a childish scrawl.

- 10 large rocks studded with tiny crystals (500 exp)

- 5 Ruby Tears of Mercy mushrooms, useful for clotting blood (instantly remove Bleed dice)

- 10 Deliquescent Bluecap mushrooms, useful in a healing poultice (+1d6 HP to successful First Aid roll).

- 2 remaining brass syringes of sedative (100 exp)

- A spellbook bound in a metal box with The Book of Flesh written on the spine.

- Menacingly weird armour, left behind

Total: 600 exp

Exploration:

- 4 heretofore unknown dungeon areas explored. (80 exp)

- Secret "door' found (50 exp)

Total: 130 exp

Events:

- Pulled out of dungeon to regroup, Felix Longworm plucks up his courage to come in and and find spellbook. Passing healer roped into party with promises of loot. (50 exp)

- Explored a side passage and collapsed the floor, waking feathered swine below. Decided to go the long way around. (50 exp)

- Walked further, saw the pool from last time is now full of fat, white worms wriggling about. (50 exp)

- Found spot in room of holes where a side passage had collapsed, went inside and found a lot of weird mushrooms, a creepy suit of black armour with emaciated corpse still inside (50 exp)

- Took some mushrooms, left armour behind and endeavoured to come back later, left Screaming Puffball mushroom as makeshift alarm. (50 exp)

- In next chamber saw cancer-men vomiting into the mouth of a man with a grotesquely oversized belly used as a living womb. Attacked them with cauterising fire sword, crossbow bolts. (50 exp)

- One of them gets its claws into John Doe's leg, causing it to rapidly begin swelling and mutating. Stabbington and Lulu try to chop leg off but can't penetrate armour. Malanth saves the day with application of leeches to delay mutation followed by quick and painful amputation. (50 exp)

- Cancer-men killed, living womb killed with fire, he screams his thanks as he burns. (50 exp)

- Chamber narrows, at the end another living womb. This time a woman, backpack still on her shoulders constricting her and arching her back painfully. (50 exp)

- Backpack strap cut, but she begins vomiting copious white bile full of small white worms with tiny arms. She is also burnt alive, and non-flammable metal spellbook and syringes taken from her remains. (50 exp)

- Grunting and oinking sounds come from next room, sedative inexpertly injected into Feathered Swine wakes it up. Squeals attract crawling man-things with giant sebaceous cysts covering their entire backs. Felix Longworm is bitten in the face and begins mutating, (50 exp)

- Malanth chops Felix's head off before he can turn, but is splashed with mutagenic pus in the chest and begins mutating himself. Party members bug out, running for rope still hanging from hole in ceiling. (50 exp)

Total: 600 exp

Misc:

- Absolutely Disgusting bonus (50 exp)

- Dramatic Battle bonus (50 exp)

- Kill It With Fire bonus (50 exp)

- Ludicrous Pus bonus (50 exp)

- Mutatis Mutandis bonus (50 exp)

- Trapsetter bonus (50 exp)

- Amputation bonus (100 exp - John Doe)

- Failed Saving Throw bonus (100 exp - John Doe)

- Horrifying Realisation bonus (100 exp - John Doe)

- Near Death Experience bonus (100 exp - John Doe)

- Death's Witness bonus (100 exp ea. - Survivors)

- Died In Your First Session bonus (200 exp - David's next character)

- Noble Sacrifice bonus (1000 exp - David's next character)

- Lulu Spiderbite retroactively spends 1000sp on Mr Burg's funeral costs. 1981 of the deceased's experience remains to be "bought" in this way. (1000 exp - Lulu)

Total: 300 exp + bonuses

Active Businesses:

- Peggy Pigrider - Pie Mama's. Safe. Value: 1213sp

- John Doe the Unlucky - Anvil, Mining and Craft Company. Risky. Value: 1579sp

- Lulu Spiderbite - Clunge Honey. Safe. Value: 1190sp

- Joe Joe - Josephine's Petting Zoo. Risky. Value: 1500sp

- Stabbington Shanks - Tomb Busters. Risky. Value: 600sp

Quests and Rumours:

- None today.

Death Toll and Injuries:

- John Doe, leg chopped off in time to save him from a fate worse than death.

- Felix Longworm, hench-wizard with no spells, bitten by Feathered Swine and began turning into cancer monster.

- Malanth, got gunk on him while euthanising Felix and mutated himself.

Exp Totals:

Oli / Lulu Spiderbite, Daughter of Lord Gorga, Level 4 Barbarian: 10448 (Level up at 16000)

Dominic / Sir Stabbington Shanks, Level 3 Fighter: 7126 (Level up at 8000)

Kyle / John Doe the Unlucky, Level 3 Dwarf: 6745 (Level up at 8800)

David / (David's next character): 1200 (Level up at ???)

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Absent or Retired:

Mariana / Joe Joe, Level 3 Halfling: 4445 (Level up at 8000)

Alex / Arhnin, Level 1 Elf (Hollowback Ylfen): 1518 (Level up at 3000)

Daniel / Davrak, Level1 Magic User: 976 (Level up at 2250)

Nuno / Temperion, Level 1 Magic User: 742 (Level up at 2250)

Leo / Leo, Level 4 Cleric: 11102 (Level up at 14000)

Liisa / Peggy Pigrider, Level 5 Dwarf: 19420 (Level up at 35200)

-- Mr Pig, Level 1 Porcine.

Aron / Alphonse the Gentleman Barbarian, Level 1 Barbarian: 1184 (Level up at 2000)

Nimrod / U, Level 2 Specialist (Monk): 2250 (Level up at 3000)

Hayley / Bob, Level 2 Dwarf: 2276 (Level up at 4400)

Mariana / Aurora, Level 3 Cleric: 3553 (Level up at 7000)

Renzo / (Renzo's next character), Level 2 ???: 3462 (Level up at ???)

Clay / Svalborg, Level 2 Goblin: 2204 (Level up at 4000)

-- Tzani Spillios, Level 0 Scholar

Thomas / Tobias, Level 2 Cleric: 2204 (Level up at 3500)

Josh / Larry, Level 1 Elf (Galumfy Dotard): 383 (Level up at 3000)

Will / Calen, Level 1 Halfling: 1582 (Level up at 2000)

Davide / Golden Junk, Level 1 Elf (Misergeist): 1971 (Level up at 3000)

Pedro / Dexter, Level 1 Necromancer: 1460 (Level up at 2250)

Mark / Marley, Level 2 Specialist: 2850 (Level up at 3000)

Rita / Arwen, Level 1 Elf (Sloomit Waghorn): 643 (Level up at 3000)

Sophia / Ceres, Level 1 Elf (Hollowback Ylfen): 1487 (Level up at 3000)

Alex / Tick, Level 1 Goblin: 731 (Level up at 2000)

Oliver / Pip, Level 1 Halfling: 731 (Level up at 2000)

Ej / Matilda, Level 2 Specialist: 1839 (Level up at 3000)

Sev / Brad the Stabbinator, Level 1 Fighter: 1871 (Level up at 2000)

Harry / Reg, Level 1 Dwarf: 150 (Level up at 2200)

Mike / Lootle Halfstack, Level 1 Specialist: 715 (Level up at 1500)

Aaron / Maura, Level 1 Halfling: 1637 (Level up at 2000)

Matt / Sheik, Level 1 Barbarian: 767 (Level up at 2000)

Shaun / Nagash, Level 1 Necromancer: 817 (Level up at 2250)

rhhjdghjdshgjbleeeh / Elric, Level 1 Cleric: 817 (Level up at 1750)
Michael / Mist Urmun, Level 4 Magic User: 12881 (Level up at 18000)

Pawel / Devein, Level 1 Dwarf: 1160 (Level up at 2200)

Marco / Sauron, Level 1 Necromancer: 1530 (Level up at 2250)
Tom / NWA Chuck Langley, Level 1 Cleric: 951 (Level up at 1750)

Ros / Rhea, Level 1 Elf (Capriped): 850 (Level up at 3000)

John / Level 1 Magic-User: 1500 (Level up at 2000)

Dana / Bingo, Level 1 Muscle Wizard: 1461(Level up at 2250)
Chris / Crocell, Level 4 Halfling: 12318 (Level up at 16000)
-- Belial, Level 1 Fighter: 1047 (Level up at 2000)
Michael / Mist Urmun, Level 4 Magic User: 9129 (Level up at 18000)
Renzo / Gastani, Level 2 Barbarian: 3000 (Level up at 4000)
Chris2 / Gadling, Level 3 Specialist (Assassin): 4738 (Level up at 6000)
Joanna / Artemis, Level 2 Specialist (Healer): 2250 (Level up at 3000)
George / Magnus, Level 1 Cleric: 1342 (Level up at 1750)
Lisa / Bella, Level 1 Magic User: 1951 (Level up at 2250)
Jacob / Wizard Khalifa, Level 1 Muscle Wizard: 430 (Level up at 2250)
Marius' Totally-Not-Necromancer, Level 3 Necromancer: 5111 (Level up at 9000)
Nadav / Frog, Level 1 Fighter: 732 (Level up at 2000)
Charlie / Losh, Level 1 Elf (Habberjock): 309 (Level up at 3000)
Jack / Uldric, Level 1 Magic User: 409 (Level up at 2250)
Kate / Khaleesi, Level 1 Muscle Wizard: 37 (Level up at 2250)
Emmi / Lyrel, Level 2 Necromancer: 2891 (Level up at 4500)
--- Schmidt, Level 0 Human