After a month or so hanging around Moondin, the Boat Festival Mystery seems to be more or less solved! Or at least, solved enough that cleaning up can be left in the hands of the authorities.
Galaxy Johnson steals his dead lover's heart.
POWERLAD takes his kids on a day trip.
Styx disrupts the taxi industry.
Sir Robyn finds a breach of contract.
Dumbledorris offends almost everyone.
POWERLAD takes his kids on a day trip.
Styx disrupts the taxi industry.
Sir Robyn finds a breach of contract.
Dumbledorris offends almost everyone.
Massive shoutout again to Carter who put together these sick as hell hot-swappable rune boards!
Charles even gives a diagram of their use because he's SO STOKED
Session 183 - The Gang Hosts a Perfectly Good Dinner Party
Campaign Date:
Tuesday, 28 March, 1601
Moon Phase: First Quarter
Zodiac: Pisces
New Backstory:
- Styx fell out with his podsister for killing the gobin guy she liked for his cloak. As an apology, he gave her the cloak. (Gain a good friend in the town or city of your choice, one use)
- Coalminer Dan was trapped in a cave-in long before he was ever infected with Galaxy Johnson. He shared his food (a rat) with those who were most in need while they awaited rescue. (When eating to heal, people gain double HP from food you give them)
- Coalminer Dan was trapped in a cave-in long before he was ever infected with Galaxy Johnson. He shared his food (a rat) with those who were most in need while they awaited rescue. (When eating to heal, people gain double HP from food you give them)
Treasure and Equipment:
- Arach-Nacha's engagement torc (1010sp)
- Some spare robes
- 3 jars of the flora-destroying omnipoison v1.0
- Some spare robes
- 3 jars of the flora-destroying omnipoison v1.0
Total: 1010 exp
Enemies Defeated:
- A pile of grubs (30 exp)
Total: 30 exp
Exploration:
- 1 random encounter (50 exp)
Total: 50 exp
Events:
--- Hungover
- POWERLAD wakes from a horrible dream and a fitful sleep. Was that dream about Galaxy Johnson real? What time did they get to bed? Did they actually go out angel-hunting? Why did they do all the Notcoke again? (50 exp)
- Sir Robyn is asleep, drooling on the cover of a 300 page document outlining a charter for a goblin-run taxi company. Did he write this? (50 exp)
- POWERLAD wakes from a horrible dream and a fitful sleep. Was that dream about Galaxy Johnson real? What time did they get to bed? Did they actually go out angel-hunting? Why did they do all the Notcoke again? (50 exp)
- Sir Robyn is asleep, drooling on the cover of a 300 page document outlining a charter for a goblin-run taxi company. Did he write this? (50 exp)
- Styx is annoyingly chirpy this morning, asking around in case anyone's got any bits of angel that they happen to have on them. For experiments, see? (50 exp)
- Sir Robyn groggily grabs a shiny brassy section of angel leg he's been hanging onto for a while and hands it over. Squinting past the headache he finally notices Galaxy Johnson is back! (50 exp)
- There's a slightly awkward reunion. POWERLAD looks guilty, but Galaxy seems to be taking the murder-by-proxy of his betrothed in stride. He insists on going to find the body though. (50 exp)
- POWERLAD wants to help. As long as they're back in time to set up the dinner they're hosting for Japhet & Hirsch, he'll do his best to help. (50 exp)
- Meanwhile Styx has persuaded Sir Robyn to assist him in going to have a meeting with the Drakencultists. If they can prove that breach of contract, this Moondin boat race thing is in the bag! (50 exp)
- The groups go their separate ways. POWERLAD and Galaxy Johnson (plus Spider-Kids) to find Arach-Nacha's body, Sir Robyn and Styx (plus Styx's goblin minion Stone) to the Drakencult in the centre of town. (50 exp)
--- Galaxy's Quest
- Sir Robyn groggily grabs a shiny brassy section of angel leg he's been hanging onto for a while and hands it over. Squinting past the headache he finally notices Galaxy Johnson is back! (50 exp)
- There's a slightly awkward reunion. POWERLAD looks guilty, but Galaxy seems to be taking the murder-by-proxy of his betrothed in stride. He insists on going to find the body though. (50 exp)
- POWERLAD wants to help. As long as they're back in time to set up the dinner they're hosting for Japhet & Hirsch, he'll do his best to help. (50 exp)
- Meanwhile Styx has persuaded Sir Robyn to assist him in going to have a meeting with the Drakencultists. If they can prove that breach of contract, this Moondin boat race thing is in the bag! (50 exp)
- The groups go their separate ways. POWERLAD and Galaxy Johnson (plus Spider-Kids) to find Arach-Nacha's body, Sir Robyn and Styx (plus Styx's goblin minion Stone) to the Drakencult in the centre of town. (50 exp)
--- Galaxy's Quest
- POWERLAD flies Galaxy Johnson over the walls of Moondin and towards a now-familiar copse. The swarm of Spider-Kids can occasionally be seen keeping pace below. (50 exp)
- They set down in the copse and it's as they remembered it, a winch-powered lift that leads down a hole in the ground. (50 exp)
- They set down in the copse and it's as they remembered it, a winch-powered lift that leads down a hole in the ground. (50 exp)
- They descend. POWERLAD by wing, spiders and Galaxy Johnson by scuttling down the moist muddy walls. (50 exp)
- They travel down the tunnel. The floor is covered in patches of fine clear sand, the sort left by the little crystal minion things when they collapse. (50 exp)
- After some time, they reach a portcullis. The winch to open it is on this side, so that's easy. The only issue - when they start winding the winch it dislodges a big pile of grubs! (50 exp)
- The grubs blindly swarm about on the other side of the portcullis and are easily dealt with. A few Magma Beam glyphs later and the things are popping like little juicy popcorns. (50 exp)
- Tinkling, ringing, scraping noises can be heard from the cavern ahead, like glass on stone. Evidently the dragon yet lives! There's also an occasional light rain of the parasitic grubs from above. Lovely. (50 exp)
- The Spider-Kids are sent to scout ahead. They crawl on the walls and ceiling to see if they can see the dragon, and they do! They return very excited. (50 exp)
- Galaxy Johnson casts Locate Object on Arach-Nacha's remains... and finds that they're exactly where they'd assumed - Isen Heisenberg's room. (50 exp)
- Fighting the dragon seems unwise, but of course Galaxy Johnson can climb through shadows! He drinks some moon water to get to maximum power, then summons his spidery abilities to himself and becomes a silhouette, zapping his way through shadows until he reaches the corridor on the other side. (50 exp)
- He rests on the ceiling as the strange gossamer strands growing from his body float and feel around the area. On the ground, there is subtle tinkling movement from swarms of the crystal shards. (50 exp)
- Too easy. He scuttles across the ceiling to Isen Heisenberg's door, opens it a crack, and appears inside. The spell wears off soon after. (50 exp)
- He senses around the room. Clay in the outline of a huge spider rests on the ground, crystal grows from every surface. (50 exp)
- And in the middle of the clay outline - Arach-Nacha's obol. It's the object that was most precious to her - the torc "ring" that Galaxy Johnson gave her when he proposed. (50 exp)
- ;___; (50 exp)
- He takes the ring, casts Spiderclimb again, and warps back to the entrance. He's not quiet enough on the way though, and the crystal dragon hears him! (50 exp)
- A spray of crystal shards impacts the shadow he's jumping through JUST as he gets away from it! The Spider-Kids leave thick webs behind them as the party flees for the surface! (50 exp)
- They fly and crawl their way back up the elevator shaft, crackling roars behind them. A great escape! (50 exp)
--- Drakencult
- Styx and Sir Robyn, using the authority of Styx's goblin cultist lackey Stone, have blagged their way into the Drakencult zone and are arriving at the central magma lake. (50 exp)
- There's a single guard at the foot of the ivy bridge that goes over the burning lake. He doesn't like Goblins, but he recognises Sir Robyn and one of them is a cultist... (50 exp)
- They are led across the ivy bridge, through the interior of an enormous crystal tree, and out across another ivy bridge to the central island. (50 exp)
- There's a single guard at the foot of the ivy bridge that goes over the burning lake. He doesn't like Goblins, but he recognises Sir Robyn and one of them is a cultist... (50 exp)
- They are led across the ivy bridge, through the interior of an enormous crystal tree, and out across another ivy bridge to the central island. (50 exp)
- The usual two leaders are here. With the current chaos and murders and all the rest, the cult leadership on the island is down to just Garlock the Arch-Priest and Brandon the Dwarven Magma Priest. (50 exp)
- Styx has a simple proposition - an alliance with the Goblins. As motile vegetables with an insanely quick reproduction rates, Goblins are surely the perfect anti-Dead army! (50 exp)
- In return he asks only that Ninhursag's cult help fix the Drudge Wastes. The goblins have lived in that polluted wasteland for longer than they can remember. It's time to bring it back to life! (50 exp)
- Garlock mentions that he's been thinking of replacing Sylvia Flora as the leader of the Tangled Drakencult. And now a Goblin, an actual plant, comes to him? It's perfect! (50 exp)
- Styx starts to accept... then realises Garlock is staring past him. At Stone. The goblin buddy who's been inducted into the Cult of Ninhursag. (50 exp)
- Stone is immediately "YES! YES NOW I WILL BE THE MASTER! WAHAHAHAHAH!" before Styx's stare puts him in his place. He still accepts though. (50 exp)
- The main issue - Sylvia is still the leader of the Tangled Drakencult. She's still got a closer bond with the dragon, so she needs to revoke her priestesshood herself before a new priest can be ordained. (50 exp)
- Lastly - Garlock and Brandon are invited to the dinner with the demons later. They have great matters to discuss... matters that involve a certain breach of a certain contract. If Sir Robyn's got this right, they've got a case to kick the boat race out of town! (50 exp)
- The priests accept. They'll be there. Styx, Stone and Sir Robyn take their leave, they need to get ready for the dinner party! (50 exp)
--- Hipster Fine Dining
- It's decided that the venue for the fancy dinner party will be Sir Robyn's "fast food" joint that sells drugs and is also a hospital. Blood Honey Healing 4 U is an... interesting choice of venue, but they tart it up a bit. (50 exp)
- POWERLAD, Sir Robyn, and the Spider-Kids get back to find that a bunch of tables have been put together and a tablecloth put over the whole thing. It looks better than one might expect, but still clearly has that drug McDonalds vibe. (50 exp)
- Styx has a simple proposition - an alliance with the Goblins. As motile vegetables with an insanely quick reproduction rates, Goblins are surely the perfect anti-Dead army! (50 exp)
- In return he asks only that Ninhursag's cult help fix the Drudge Wastes. The goblins have lived in that polluted wasteland for longer than they can remember. It's time to bring it back to life! (50 exp)
- Garlock mentions that he's been thinking of replacing Sylvia Flora as the leader of the Tangled Drakencult. And now a Goblin, an actual plant, comes to him? It's perfect! (50 exp)
- Styx starts to accept... then realises Garlock is staring past him. At Stone. The goblin buddy who's been inducted into the Cult of Ninhursag. (50 exp)
- Stone is immediately "YES! YES NOW I WILL BE THE MASTER! WAHAHAHAHAH!" before Styx's stare puts him in his place. He still accepts though. (50 exp)
- The main issue - Sylvia is still the leader of the Tangled Drakencult. She's still got a closer bond with the dragon, so she needs to revoke her priestesshood herself before a new priest can be ordained. (50 exp)
- Lastly - Garlock and Brandon are invited to the dinner with the demons later. They have great matters to discuss... matters that involve a certain breach of a certain contract. If Sir Robyn's got this right, they've got a case to kick the boat race out of town! (50 exp)
- The priests accept. They'll be there. Styx, Stone and Sir Robyn take their leave, they need to get ready for the dinner party! (50 exp)
--- Hipster Fine Dining
- It's decided that the venue for the fancy dinner party will be Sir Robyn's "fast food" joint that sells drugs and is also a hospital. Blood Honey Healing 4 U is an... interesting choice of venue, but they tart it up a bit. (50 exp)
- POWERLAD, Sir Robyn, and the Spider-Kids get back to find that a bunch of tables have been put together and a tablecloth put over the whole thing. It looks better than one might expect, but still clearly has that drug McDonalds vibe. (50 exp)
- Styx takes the Goblin Uber (now named Güber) to pick up the demons. (50 exp)
- Japhet & Hirsch arrive with wine and flowers. Hirsch is somewhat upset at the classlessness of the venue, but Japhet shooshes him. (50 exp)
- They sit down and Sir Robyn starts bringing around some stimulant aperitifs. Pleasantries are being exchanged when hurrah! Garlock and Magnus from the Drakencult show up! How lovely! (50 exp)
- There's a tense conversation when Styx confronts the intense anti-Goblin sentiments of the drakencultists, which leads to him being repelled into the kitchen by a Repel Plants glyph. (50 exp)
- There's almost another blowup when Hirsch notices that one of the people behind the fast drug counter is none other than Dumbledorris! That fiend that ruined his dinner party! Some quick-talking distracts him from his ire. (50 exp)
- There's a tense conversation when Styx confronts the intense anti-Goblin sentiments of the drakencultists, which leads to him being repelled into the kitchen by a Repel Plants glyph. (50 exp)
- There's almost another blowup when Hirsch notices that one of the people behind the fast drug counter is none other than Dumbledorris! That fiend that ruined his dinner party! Some quick-talking distracts him from his ire. (50 exp)
- With those potential crises dealt with, the real discussion opens up. POWERLAD thanks everyone for coming to this dinner. It's a landmark moment in the Moondin crisis! (50 exp)
- They speak of the Boat Festival, and all agree that they'd prefer it was gone. Japhet & Hirsch because they're bored with it and worried about what it's distracting from, the Drakencult because it's what precipitated the situation of intra-cult struggles and murders. (50 exp)
- With all agreed, Sir Robyn whips out the key to all this - the Boat Festival contract. If they can find a breach, the offending party will find themselves covered with sticky glue and everyone else will be free to evict the organisers from the city. (50 exp)
- They speak of the Boat Festival, and all agree that they'd prefer it was gone. Japhet & Hirsch because they're bored with it and worried about what it's distracting from, the Drakencult because it's what precipitated the situation of intra-cult struggles and murders. (50 exp)
- With all agreed, Sir Robyn whips out the key to all this - the Boat Festival contract. If they can find a breach, the offending party will find themselves covered with sticky glue and everyone else will be free to evict the organisers from the city. (50 exp)
- To that end, Japhet supplies the locations of the festival organisers' homes to the Drakencult to assist them in clearing the demons out when the breach of contract is discovered. (50 exp)
- The crux of the case - Christina Breaker, when she became a huge crystal dragon, disrupted the race that day and prevented it from running. This is a clear breach of the clause that no outsider may interfere with the good running of the boat race! (50 exp)
- Everyone looks around at each other in satisfaction. They've solved it! They've solved the Moondin Boat Festival problem! Hurrah! (50 exp)
- The crux of the case - Christina Breaker, when she became a huge crystal dragon, disrupted the race that day and prevented it from running. This is a clear breach of the clause that no outsider may interfere with the good running of the boat race! (50 exp)
- Everyone looks around at each other in satisfaction. They've solved it! They've solved the Moondin Boat Festival problem! Hurrah! (50 exp)
- Or so they think. A voice pipes up from the counter. "Hey, isn't it POWERLAD's fault for setting the dragon off on its rampage in the first place?" (50 exp)
- It's Dumbledorris. She and Sir Robyn embark on a DRAMATIC LEGAL BATTLE while everyone else tries to stop her from muddying the waters of this fairly simple legal case! Oh no! (50 exp)
- It's Dumbledorris. She and Sir Robyn embark on a DRAMATIC LEGAL BATTLE while everyone else tries to stop her from muddying the waters of this fairly simple legal case! Oh no! (50 exp)
- While that goes on, Styx takes his Ereshkigal worshipper goblin to Andromeda to get him more dragon powers. It works! The goblin cackles in glee! (50 exp)
- Back at the dinner, Dumbledorris has been talked down from arguing for her blame-shifting alterations. Sir Robyn takes the final formal legal complaint and puts it in writing to be lodged in the morning.
- Japhet & Hirsch have succumbed to Sir Robyn's good good drugs, mostly because Japhet refuses to eject the toxins from his system and it keeps edging over into Hirsch. They take their leave. (50 exp)
- All in all, a perfectly lovely dinner party! The Moondin Boat Festival crisis seems to be more or less solved! And nobody managed to mortally offend Hirsch. (50 exp)
- Plans turn to next steps - maybe a return to Dwimmermount to find out what's going on up there? Find out what's up with Sylvia Flora? More distracting dinner parties? Try to help in the war against the Dead? Find out next time! (50 exp)
Total: 2900 exp
Misc:
- Ace Attorney bonus (50 exp)
- Better Part of Valour bonus (50 exp)
- Classic Charles bonus (50 exp)
- Diplomancy bonus (50 exp)
- Dramatic Escape bonus (50 exp)
- Fame bonus (50 exp)
- High as Fuck bonus (50 exp)
- Kill It With Fire bonus (50 exp)
- Long Deliberation bonus (50 exp)
- Noblebright bonus (50 exp)
- Mad Inventor bonus (50 exp)
- Operator as Fuck bonus (50 exp)
- PETA bonus (50 exp)
- Pundemonium bonus (50 exp)
- Split the Party bonus (50 exp)
- Better Part of Valour bonus (50 exp)
- Classic Charles bonus (50 exp)
- Diplomancy bonus (50 exp)
- Dramatic Escape bonus (50 exp)
- Fame bonus (50 exp)
- High as Fuck bonus (50 exp)
- Kill It With Fire bonus (50 exp)
- Long Deliberation bonus (50 exp)
- Noblebright bonus (50 exp)
- Mad Inventor bonus (50 exp)
- Operator as Fuck bonus (50 exp)
- PETA bonus (50 exp)
- Pundemonium bonus (50 exp)
- Split the Party bonus (50 exp)
Total: 750 exp
Party Roles and Individual Exp:
- Remembrancer (Charles / Galaxy Johnson - 100 exp)
- Caller (Kitty / POWERLAD - 100 exp)
- Mapper (Carter / Styx - 100 exp)
- Treasurer (Carter / Styx - 100 exp)
- Quartermaster (Timothy / Sir Robyn - 100 exp)
- Mapper (Carter / Styx - 100 exp)
- Treasurer (Carter / Styx - 100 exp)
- Quartermaster (Timothy / Sir Robyn - 100 exp)
- Guard (Kitty / POWERLAD - 100 exp)
- Tracker (Timothy / Sir Robyn - 100 exp)
- Art Attack bonus (Carter, Charles - 100 exp ea.)
- Artapalooza bonus (Charles - 100 exp)
- Craft Chaos bonus (Carter - 500 exp)
- Tracker (Timothy / Sir Robyn - 100 exp)
- Art Attack bonus (Carter, Charles - 100 exp ea.)
- Artapalooza bonus (Charles - 100 exp)
- Craft Chaos bonus (Carter - 500 exp)
- Chippo Man bonus (Carter*2 - 100 exp ea.)
- Hummous Hero bonus (Timothy - 100 exp)
- JÜGBRINGYR bonus (Timothy, Charles, Suzanne - 500 exp ea.)
Active Businesses:
- Honey Healing. Safe. 1084sp. (Bertha)
- Knickers Gloves Bodices. Risky. 1020sp. (Ratimir)
- Blood Honey 4 U. Safe. 10410sp. (Sir Robyn)
- Blood Honey 4 U. Safe. 10410sp. (Sir Robyn)
Rumours:
- It's revolution! The Fated Queen has been ousted from her throne! Her evil and heretical doctrine is no more!
- The beams that blast from Fate are identical to the rays of light that blast down from above! Battlefortress Fate is an engine of Heaven's will!
- Ereshkigal is walking straight past the Barrowmaze and attacking the great Fate tentacle! It's ignoring the war against the Dead entirely!
- Magnus Grossman was murdered! I saw a black winged shape fly into his manse and fly out with his corpse!
- The beams that blast from Fate are identical to the rays of light that blast down from above! Battlefortress Fate is an engine of Heaven's will!
- Ereshkigal is walking straight past the Barrowmaze and attacking the great Fate tentacle! It's ignoring the war against the Dead entirely!
- Magnus Grossman was murdered! I saw a black winged shape fly into his manse and fly out with his corpse!
Death Toll and Injuries:
- None!
Exp Totals:
- Kitty / High Priest POWERLAD!, Level 7 Muscle Wizard: 109441 (Level up at 144000)-- Devotee of Ninhursag, Bond 9 (-45% exp)
- Timothy / Sir Robyn, Level 6 Magic-User: 60599 (Level up at 72000)
--- Spider Squad, Level 2 Spider Extras: 1688 (Level up at 3000)*DING!* +1d12 HP! +Named Spider!
- Timothy / Sir Robyn, Level 6 Magic-User: 60599 (Level up at 72000)
--- Spider Squad, Level 2 Spider Extras: 1688 (Level up at 3000)*DING!* +1d12 HP! +Named Spider!
- Charles / Galaxy Johnson, Level 6 Elf (Alpdrucke): 49971 (Level up at 96000)
--- Styx's minions, Level 0 Goblin Buddies- Suzanne / Dumbledorris2, Level 2 Inheritor: 3402 (Level up at 4500)*DING!* +1d6 HP! +1 Mutation Capacity! +2 Meat Points!
Absent or Retired:
- The Dwarfs
--- Randy, Level 4 Hench-Dwarf: 9884 (Level up at 17600)--- Gav, Level 0 Inclusion - Tom / Clarence Eclair, Level 3 Specialist: 3040 (Level up at 6000)
- Tom / Aces Fontaine, Level 1 Specialist: 869 (Level up at 1500)
- Kitty / Bertha, Level 4 Necromancer: 9931 (Level up at 18000)- Imran / Friar, Level 1 Magic User: 1040 (Level up at 2250)
- Yuri / Bjorn Gunnerson, Level 2 Barbarian: 2278 (Level up at 4000)
- Andy / Carrie Meleste, Level 6 Termaxian Cleric: 49864 (Level up at 56000)
--- 4 Henchmen Undeserving of Names, Level 0 Bootlickers
- James / Ratimir, Level 6 Ratman: 25838 (Level up at 48000) - Ollie / Synthia, Level 5 Inheritor: 21687 (Level up at 36000)
-- Devotee of Ninhursag, Bond 2 (-10% exp)
- Elias / Raivo, Level 1 Barbarian: 938 (Level up at 2000)
- Tom / Hacker's Halberdiers, Level 3 Extras: 5598 (Level up at 6000)
- Tom / Hacker's Halberdiers, Level 3 Extras: 5598 (Level up at 6000)
- Andrea / Marjorie, Level 1 Halfling: 1111 (Level up at 2000)
- Fraser / Mori, Level 5 Elf (Worriganger): 24025 (Level up at 48000) - Issy / Sturdy, Level 2 Dwarf: 3596 (Level up at 4400) - The Dwarfs
--- Randy, Level 4 Hench-Dwarf: 9884 (Level up at 17600)--- Gav, Level 0 Inclusion - Tom / Clarence Eclair, Level 3 Specialist: 3040 (Level up at 6000)
- Kitty / Bertha, Level 4 Necromancer: 9931 (Level up at 18000)- Imran / Friar, Level 1 Magic User: 1040 (Level up at 2250)
- Yuri / Bjorn Gunnerson, Level 2 Barbarian: 2278 (Level up at 4000)
- Sunni / Larry's Legends, Level 1 Extras: 758 (Level up at 1500)
- Fraser / Tippin, Level 1 Ratman: 1458 (Level up at 1500)
- Charles / Zena, Level 6 Fighter: 41566 (Level up at 64000)
- Tom / Meteor Power Shower, Level 2 Barbarian: 3061 (Level up at 4000)
- Nix's Retainer
--- Huz, Level 0 Hireling
- Tom / Spicy Mac, Level 2 Halfling: 3457 (Level up at 4000)
- Eleanor / Mugg, Level 2 Fighter: 2357 (Level up at 4000)
- Kyle / Gimlass the Brave, Level 2 Dwarf: 2257 (Level up at 4400)
- Amar / Amar's Cleric, Level 1 Cleric: 1413 (Level up at 1750)
- Henry / Henry's Next Character: +2084 exp
- Ollie / Tremendo Picante, Level 2 Ratman: 2654 (Level up at 3000)
- James / Raaf van Held, Level 4 Fighter: 14838 (Level up at 16000)
- Eglė / Bob, Level 1 Dwarf: 434 (Level up at 2200)
- Will / Cecil Fulbright, Level 5 Cleric (Termaxian): 15063 (Level up at 28000)
- James / William Fox-Shitt, Level 3 Cleric (Zeanist): 4571 (Level up at 7000)
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