Tuesday 25 January 2022

Session 307 - Astro Moon's Shit-Eating Grin

Date: July 28, 21 p.p.

Moon: Waxing Gibbous
Zenith: The Allfather


New Backstory:

- Astro Moon had a good set of friends when she was young, and was a devoted follower. +X to actions that at least two others have succeeded at this round/turn, +1 per success
- Iskander got the wrong impression of his mentor, Zulu, and kissed her... she threw him into the Burning Bush while it was on fire. +1 HD of health for the rest of the session if you successfully romance someone


Events:

--- The Meatworks
- With Swan the Swift currently down with the novel coronavirus, the rest of the team decide to take on an ancilliary heist - the Meatworks! A horrible factory which creates the Meat Lord's most powerful mutant Meat Men. Take it down and the assault on the Meat Lord's citadel will be much easier.
- There are two obvious entries - the front door (heavily guarded) and the poop chute outflow into the river (disgusting). Luckily surfer bro Tyler Lockheart is here with his radical surfing power! A plan is hatched!
- Tyler is to wear three of the magic meat necklaces containing almost all of his team-mates, while Iskander with his so-so surfing skills will bodyboard in behind. Tyler does so stylishly, surfing up the poop chute, while Iskander nearly messes up by falling into the stinky brown. Luckily it camouflages him enough to remain unseen by any guards!

--- The Flushway
- They paddle in up the outflow and find themselves in a tunnel with a fairly thin ledge, all running with brown sludge. It is strangely familiar to those who experienced a certain chocolate factory on a certain lunar body. Must be their dodgy maps they brought with them...
- For some reason, Astro Moon tastes the faecal river! A rush of magic nearly sends her gobbling up big handfuls of the stuff... but luckily she passes the save! Phew!
- They find some noses that can be pressed to release antiseptic gunk. It's covid safe!
- The doors are big clenched mouths that open with an "ouch!" when you bop their nose.

--- Cauldrons and the Poop Guy
- Hearing voices and splashing behind one door, and not much other than a faint bubbling behind the other door, they opt for the latter. Inside are cauldrons full of bubbling colourful gunk... and at one side of the room a really fat guy in a big press!
- They talk to the guy and it seems he's being mined for his magical poop, which is squeezed out occasionally by the big press. It's very horrible, but the guy refuses to be released because they'll just do this to someone else. At least he knows that while he's here getting tortured it's preventing someone else from the same fate.


- Investigating the gunk cauldrons it soon becomes apparent that, yes, there's a random table. Who can resist drinking random goop in a dungeon when it's got a random table attached?!
- Results range from some big goop guy coming out and attacking you (this happens twice, both times eventually murdered!), some delicious strawberry-flavoured liqueur, and something that is just marmite.
- They check a side room and find some kids imprisoned! They are all references to some well known characters from a certain book about a chocolate factory! Maybe to be released later, who knows.
- Tyler peeps into the next main room through the gritted teeth, seeing little orange guys with buckets in their crab claw hands scooping frothy broth full of mutating flesh and eyeballs from big seething vats!
- Celebus charges up a spell and animates a bucket of guts as a distraction! The horrified target tries to drop the bucket as the guts start slithering over him and... the pub tells us they're closing early tonight!
- It's a cliffhanger ending!

Total: 4000 exp


Loot:
- Strawberry Liqueur x5
- Marmite x7

Murders:
- 2 big goopy blobby guys! (150 exp)



OOC:
Art Attack: Charles
Model Maniac: Ollie
Chronicler: Charles
Expedition Leader & Vanguard: Kitty
Quartermaster & Triage: Ollie
Chef: Izzy


Exp Totals:
- Charles / Celebus Uppytus, Level 6 Necromancer: 38953 (Level up at 72000)
- Kitty / Amanta, Level 6 Mantis Specialist: 36111 (Level up at 56000)
- Ollie / Iskander Fullbeard, Level 6 Fighter: 35874 (Level up at 64000)
- James G / Tyler Lockheart, Level 5 Specialist: 13459 (Level up at 24000)
- Izzy / Astro Moon, Level 4 Muscle Wizard: 13192 (Level up at 18000)


Tuesday 11 January 2022

Session 306 - Dungeons and Dragons Den

 Date: July 28, 21 p.p.

Moon: Waxing Gibbous
Zenith: The Allfather


New Backstory:
-
Celebus was in charge of New Moondin immigration bureaucracy when a group of Meatlands refugees came to town. He kicked them back out because they didn't meet his quota, didn't pass the entry test, and were smelly. +1 Strength


New Characters:
- Prismundo, an Intergalacticist Cleric from space. Has a hologram projection device. Here to chase down interstellar criminal Galaxy Johnson who, at time of publication, may in fact still be slowly rising into space at a rate of 10' per round.



Events:

--- An Audience with the Meatlord

- It is time for the end of year madcap scheme to end all madcap schemes - persuade the Meatlord and his four most financially powerful backers to invest in Swan the Swift's new business venture - the Wheatlands!
- They head to the Meatlord's steak-shaped palace along the spit-slicked streets of Salivasburger, wave their letters granting an audience with him, and enter! Since there aren't enough letters for each of them, Amanta hides inside one of the necklaces.
- They are led blindfolded to an inner room of the palace. When the blindfolds are taken off they see... the dragon's den! Literally actually, since a pale white dragon is bound to the ceiling with chains while enormous leeches suck at its flesh.

--- The Ultimate Powerpoint
- A real world powerpoint presentation ensues, and it's amazing.




--- The Outcome
- After some rounds of questioning, 4/5 of the "dragons" decide to invest! It's a success!
- Since the Wheatlands plan requires a literal shit ton of shit, the new entrepeneurs are taken by the king of the skullcrabs, Tooker Skullyman, to the legendary hidden Kaldane Gardens. An underground garden with imported dirt where the skullcrabs grow veggies to ensure the Meatlords' minions don't get scurvy.
- The King tells them about the power structure of Salivasburger, and about how he doesn't care about who's in charge overground so long as he can continue to rule down here. Looks like the coup is on!

--- Bone Lord Persuaded
- Finally they head back to the heist house and meet up with the Bone Lord Guido. Swan persuades him to set up a more equitable power structure once he comes into power. Guido agrees!

Total: 5000 exp


OOC:
Chronicler and Quartermaster - Charles (200 exp)
Vanguard and Presenter - George (600 exp)
Expedition Leader and Chef - Kitty (200 exp)



Exp Totals:
- George / Swan the Swift, Level 6 Barbarian: 44098 (Level up at 64000)
- Charles / Celebus Uppytus, Level 6 Necromancer: 37923 (Level up at 72000)
- Kitty / Amanta, Level 6 Mantis Specialist: 35081 (Level up at 56000)
- Tom / Prismundo, Level 1 Intergalacticist Cleric: 1250 (Level up at 2250)