Date: 10 January, 23 p.p.
Moon: Waxing Crescent - Dragon Face
Zenith: Minerva
New Backstory:
- Sydney sold bad drugs to the gullible when he lived on the streets, scraping together enough obols to learn some dodgy magic from a similarly dodgy wizard. (+1 when you repeat a successful action)
Events:
--- Christmas!
- It's a rather belated Christmas special! Swan the Swift, Celebus, Sydney, and Dorian "Ditto" DeMone are joined surprisingly by a certain skinless entity known as Voidshaft who tends to show up for Christmas specials.
- In the warm red gloom of the robo-mother's nursery, everything freezes and fades to black, then spins back together to reveal Gifflewim himself! Swan grimaces with concern.
- But no he's not here to infect everyone with the Idea of Thorns, he's here for a Christmas Special! He gives them a quest - to find presents for him! He does apologise though, he set this up in time for Christmas and it's a few weeks later so the attractions aren't quite so fresh.
- Something he wants, something he needs, something to wear, and something to read. Then he gives out maps and lets our heroes loose on... Hyde Park's famous and famously ok Winter Wonderland!
- In the warm red gloom of the robo-mother's nursery, everything freezes and fades to black, then spins back together to reveal Gifflewim himself! Swan grimaces with concern.
- But no he's not here to infect everyone with the Idea of Thorns, he's here for a Christmas Special! He gives them a quest - to find presents for him! He does apologise though, he set this up in time for Christmas and it's a few weeks later so the attractions aren't quite so fresh.
- Something he wants, something he needs, something to wear, and something to read. Then he gives out maps and lets our heroes loose on... Hyde Park's famous and famously ok Winter Wonderland!
--- Gold Gate
- They choose to enter via the gold gate, and Gifflewim grants them ten ride tickets each! That's sure to be good for like one ride at least probably right?
- They choose to enter via the gold gate, and Gifflewim grants them ten ride tickets each! That's sure to be good for like one ride at least probably right?
- Their first sight is the very instagrammable Lumieres - big lit-up arches. Tree people are taking pictures on cameras that are basically a bird on a perch painting a very small canvas.
- Also milling about are crowds of half-invisible frost people, going about their business seeing the sights and going on the rides.
- Voidshaft is stoked to go on the Snow Jet and runs over, trying to get the attendant to give him a free ride despite his tickets. The attendant says he'll do it for some food from the street food village, because he's hungry.
- Also milling about are crowds of half-invisible frost people, going about their business seeing the sights and going on the rides.
- Voidshaft is stoked to go on the Snow Jet and runs over, trying to get the attendant to give him a free ride despite his tickets. The attendant says he'll do it for some food from the street food village, because he's hungry.
- They head straight there! On the way they peek into the Travellers Rest which has stale mince pies, lukewarm mulled wine, and is generally a safe zone if they need to rest.
--- The Ice Bar
- They are distracted by the Ice Bar that's on the way to the market. Peeking in, they get a waft of eye-stinging pollen from a crowd of tree people covered in buds. They're all being rowdy, wearing padded jackets, and standing around the bar made of real ice drinking real Jägermeister out of real ice glasses.
- Sydney, who has recently acquired a spell that kills plant life, is tempted to kill every last tree person in this entire zone. This is because the tree people are being annoying to a waitress.
- The threat of mass herbicide makes the waitress very scared, and she persuades the party to leave by giving them branded Jagermeister jackets.
--- Guards! Guards!
- They finally get to the street food market and, wouldn't you know it, Jager seems to be a sponsor. Swan barges into the Jagermeister stall, throws the attendant out, and the party begin looting! Notably Celebus grabs a novelty enormous Jagermeister bottle that he reckons Gifflewim is gonna love.
- Security show up and are comically disabled by the party with flammable jaegermeister, Sydney's slippery slime, a crossbow bolt that makes one of them have their trousers fall down, and another crossbow bolt to the back of the shirt to the other guy who keeps getting comically trottered by the suckling pig at the next food stall over.
- The guards give up, they're basically forced to be here so they're really not committed to keeping the peace.
- With the tickets from the Jager stall's cash register, they buy some baps from a nearby stall. Food bonuses happen!
- They are distracted by the Ice Bar that's on the way to the market. Peeking in, they get a waft of eye-stinging pollen from a crowd of tree people covered in buds. They're all being rowdy, wearing padded jackets, and standing around the bar made of real ice drinking real Jägermeister out of real ice glasses.
- Sydney, who has recently acquired a spell that kills plant life, is tempted to kill every last tree person in this entire zone. This is because the tree people are being annoying to a waitress.
- The threat of mass herbicide makes the waitress very scared, and she persuades the party to leave by giving them branded Jagermeister jackets.
--- Guards! Guards!
- They finally get to the street food market and, wouldn't you know it, Jager seems to be a sponsor. Swan barges into the Jagermeister stall, throws the attendant out, and the party begin looting! Notably Celebus grabs a novelty enormous Jagermeister bottle that he reckons Gifflewim is gonna love.
- Security show up and are comically disabled by the party with flammable jaegermeister, Sydney's slippery slime, a crossbow bolt that makes one of them have their trousers fall down, and another crossbow bolt to the back of the shirt to the other guy who keeps getting comically trottered by the suckling pig at the next food stall over.
- The guards give up, they're basically forced to be here so they're really not committed to keeping the peace.
- With the tickets from the Jager stall's cash register, they buy some baps from a nearby stall. Food bonuses happen!
--- Santa's Grotto
- They really need to think about gifts, so they have the bright idea to go to Santa's Grotto to see if they can find a list of presents for Gifflewim.
- They really need to think about gifts, so they have the bright idea to go to Santa's Grotto to see if they can find a list of presents for Gifflewim.
- Inside, Santa's been murdered! The Elves in attendance (real Elves, even) say that he was murdered by a huge Christmas tree! Also apparently throwing the Christmas tree out would be a good present for Gifflewim, who hasn't done it yet even though it's quite a bit past Christmas.
- They check the naughty list and Gifflewim is on both sides. Interesting. Present ideas for things he wants are books, plants, flowers, maybe a megaphone so he can project the Idea of Thorns far and wide.
- There are also presents behind Santa! Hooray!
- Suddenly there is a stamping outside. The Christmas Tree is here! Oh no! Voidshaft investigates and is pulled to safety just in time as a huge tree limb smashes down on him!
- Swan activates his giant flaming dagger and slices off a limb, and battle is joined!
- The tree backs up, is followed by Voidshaft, Swan and Celebus, and body-slams them! The fires burn, the thorns tear, and baubles shatter.
- Voidshaft attempts a last brave attack. He slams his morningstar onto the creature's chest, stoving it in, then falls onto the spiky remnants of the tree. His blood runs down the thorns, dripping across novelty ornaments and hanging nutcrackers... and dies,
- The Elves, grateful for the party's sacrifice, grants them the Shield of International Day Of, which protects against whatever this irl day is allegedly the international day of.
- They check the naughty list and Gifflewim is on both sides. Interesting. Present ideas for things he wants are books, plants, flowers, maybe a megaphone so he can project the Idea of Thorns far and wide.
- There are also presents behind Santa! Hooray!
- Suddenly there is a stamping outside. The Christmas Tree is here! Oh no! Voidshaft investigates and is pulled to safety just in time as a huge tree limb smashes down on him!
- Swan activates his giant flaming dagger and slices off a limb, and battle is joined!
- The tree backs up, is followed by Voidshaft, Swan and Celebus, and body-slams them! The fires burn, the thorns tear, and baubles shatter.
- Voidshaft attempts a last brave attack. He slams his morningstar onto the creature's chest, stoving it in, then falls onto the spiky remnants of the tree. His blood runs down the thorns, dripping across novelty ornaments and hanging nutcrackers... and dies,
- The Elves, grateful for the party's sacrifice, grants them the Shield of International Day Of, which protects against whatever this irl day is allegedly the international day of.
--- More Presents!
- They dart off towards the haunted house as Tom rolls up a new character. The Necromancers running the place are outside, a bit bored, designing new skeletons.
- The party head in, finding a spooky Dracula animatronic! Swan kills it, and the team loot the old books that were being used as set dressing. Gifflewim presents! Perfect!
- They hoof it to the Christmas Market, passing by Gifflewim who is observing this huge orrery thing which is binding game timescales to real world timescales.
- But then they notice Jimmy's Popup on the map. Gifflewim mentions that some guy called James Young is there, and they've just got to go.
--- How Meta is Too Meta?
- It's me! But actual me from this world, talking to the player's characters in their world, pretending to be in their world while the players pretend to be their characters in their world talking to me in their world while I'm in my world and they're not but their characters are and I'm there and here but really there until I duck under the table, pop back up, and declare I'm in the real world now while my players pretend to be shocked that I've somehow returned.
- It was great!
- They dart off towards the haunted house as Tom rolls up a new character. The Necromancers running the place are outside, a bit bored, designing new skeletons.
- The party head in, finding a spooky Dracula animatronic! Swan kills it, and the team loot the old books that were being used as set dressing. Gifflewim presents! Perfect!
- They hoof it to the Christmas Market, passing by Gifflewim who is observing this huge orrery thing which is binding game timescales to real world timescales.
- But then they notice Jimmy's Popup on the map. Gifflewim mentions that some guy called James Young is there, and they've just got to go.
--- How Meta is Too Meta?
- It's me! But actual me from this world, talking to the player's characters in their world, pretending to be in their world while the players pretend to be their characters in their world talking to me in their world while I'm in my world and they're not but their characters are and I'm there and here but really there until I duck under the table, pop back up, and declare I'm in the real world now while my players pretend to be shocked that I've somehow returned.
- It was great!
--- Even More Presents!
- They head to the Christmas Market and find it devastated by vines. A garden gate looms open, an entry into the Gardens of Ynn. There's still some stuff though, which they loot!
- New character Grumblebelch the Dwarf shows up and is immediately trusted by all. He finds a horned helmet!
- Celebus finds a nice Poinsettia. Beautiful!
- Swan grabs some skis from a festive display. Nice!
- Dorian finds a big novelty Bulbasaur from a duck hooking stand. Bulba-zaaaur!
- Sydney finds a cursed snowglobe that contains another reality. OooOOoOOo!
- New character Grumblebelch the Dwarf shows up and is immediately trusted by all. He finds a horned helmet!
- Celebus finds a nice Poinsettia. Beautiful!
- Swan grabs some skis from a festive display. Nice!
- Dorian finds a big novelty Bulbasaur from a duck hooking stand. Bulba-zaaaur!
- Sydney finds a cursed snowglobe that contains another reality. OooOOoOOo!
- They briefly consider checking out the Magical Ice Kingdom which is melting and contains a big sapphire guarded by melting snow golems, but it's near the end of the session so maybe not.
--- Does Gifflewim Like His Presents though!?
- It's time to see if Gifflewim likes his presents!
- Celebus tries gifting the big Jagermeister bottle, but Gifflewim doesn't really like it because he's had too much of the stuff due to recent sponsorship.
- Swan offers a shrieking mushroom in a soundproof jar. He loves it! It's just what he wanted!
- Dorian hands over a piece of the dead christmas tree and a leafblower gun they found on Voidshaft's body. It's just what he needed!
- After initial concern re: Jagermeister, a group gift of a Jager-branded puffer jacket makes him feel like one of the gang. He's gonna to wear it!
- After some deliberation he's gifted a book about Halfling Mind Control. He can't wait to read it!
- It's time to see if Gifflewim likes his presents!
- Celebus tries gifting the big Jagermeister bottle, but Gifflewim doesn't really like it because he's had too much of the stuff due to recent sponsorship.
- Swan offers a shrieking mushroom in a soundproof jar. He loves it! It's just what he wanted!
- Dorian hands over a piece of the dead christmas tree and a leafblower gun they found on Voidshaft's body. It's just what he needed!
- After initial concern re: Jagermeister, a group gift of a Jager-branded puffer jacket makes him feel like one of the gang. He's gonna to wear it!
- After some deliberation he's gifted a book about Halfling Mind Control. He can't wait to read it!
- He gives the party a golden statue worth a cracking 10k obols, thanks them profusely, and lets them finally leave the Winter Wonderland! What an adventure!
Total: 10000 exp
Enemies Overcome:
- A couple of guards (20 exp)
- An angry Christmas Tree (500 exp)
Total: 520 exp
- A couple of guards (20 exp)
- An angry Christmas Tree (500 exp)
Total: 520 exp
Valuables Liberated:
- 100 obols in ride tickets (100 exp)
- 5 Jägermeister-branded padded jackets
- 5 Jägermeister-branded padded jackets
- Handle to a sick ice sword that melted (100 exp)
- Cash register ticket contents (1700 exp)
- Self-writing biography of Sydney
- Morningstar of Ridiculous Wounding
- Goblin Key which locks any door
- Waxy lip cosmetic that creates a mouth wherever you kiss
- Generic Christmas tat (10 exp)
- The Shield of International Day Of
- Book #114: Origins of Nonanism (100 exp)
- Book #117: Education in the Pre-Apocalypse (100 exp)
- Book # 226: Lost Technology of the Halflings (100 exp)
- Book #135: Poisons (100 exp)
- Book #213: On Werewolves (100 exp)
- Golden statuette of James Young (5000 exp)
- Antler Helmet
- Giant Bulbasaur Plushie
- Cursed Snowglobe
- Thorny Poinsettia and some loose bulbs
- Skis
- Anatomically correct statuette of Gifflewim (10 000 exp)
Total: 17 510 exp
- Self-writing biography of Sydney
- Morningstar of Ridiculous Wounding
- Goblin Key which locks any door
- Waxy lip cosmetic that creates a mouth wherever you kiss
- Generic Christmas tat (10 exp)
- The Shield of International Day Of
- Book #114: Origins of Nonanism (100 exp)
- Book #117: Education in the Pre-Apocalypse (100 exp)
- Book # 226: Lost Technology of the Halflings (100 exp)
- Book #135: Poisons (100 exp)
- Book #213: On Werewolves (100 exp)
- Golden statuette of James Young (5000 exp)
- Antler Helmet
- Giant Bulbasaur Plushie
- Cursed Snowglobe
- Thorny Poinsettia and some loose bulbs
- Skis
- Anatomically correct statuette of Gifflewim (10 000 exp)
Total: 17 510 exp
Exp Totals:
- George / Swan the Swift, Level 7 Barbarian: 99635 (Level up at 128000)
- Kitty / Dorian "Ditto" DeMone, Level 7 Inheritor: 75744 (Level up at 144000)
Level Up! +1d6 HP! +1 Mutation Limit! +1 Meat Point! +Backstory!
Level Up! +1d6 HP! +1 Mutation Limit! +1 Meat Point! +Backstory!
- Charles / Celebus Uppytus, Level 6 Necromancer: 69842 (Level up at 72000)
- Carter / Sydney, Level 5 Magic-User: 21057 (Level up at 36000)
Level Up! +1d4 HP! +1 free spell! +1 Mana! +Backstory!
Level Up! +1d4 HP! +1 free spell! +1 Mana! +Backstory!
- Tom / Grumblebelch, Level 3 Dwarf: 5606 (Level up at 8000)
Level Up! +1d10 HP! +Lorebond! +2 to Saves! +Backstory!
Level Up! +1d10 HP! +Lorebond! +Backstory!
Level Up! +1d10 HP! +Lorebond! +2 to Saves! +Backstory!
Level Up! +1d10 HP! +Lorebond! +Backstory!
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