Date: 28 November
Moon: Waning Gibbous
Zenith: Alaunus
Zenith: Alaunus
Events:
--- Greg Guzzled
- Deletion Snels looks upon Greg, the clanking Azoth refinery in the depths of Dwimmermount who was brought to life with Sydney's Animate Furnishings spell. He looks... hungry?
- Indeed, since Greg has been given life he is now technically a creature, and Inheritors eat creatures.
- Before Sydney's horrified eyes, Deletion and Grogg Greedy take big rocks and smash the poor clanking machine to pieces to "kill" it. The machine begs for its life, staring directly into Sydney's eyes. Sydney... looks away.
- Ten minutes of data-digestion later, and Deletion Snels now has a mechanical belly, pipes bending out of strange places. In that belly he can digest Azoth and turn it into more interesting things. Sydney consoles themself by at least marking down all the possible outcomes, from Alkahest to Panchrest.
--- Frog Despawn
- The team decide to go back into the frogman-infested waters of the rest of the level and see what happened to the iron summoning circle that originally let in the ocean. It was previously transmuted to magma by Sydney so they want to see if that wrecked it once it turned back.
- They go into the Goboblin room, open the doors to let the water in, and their bubble-helms slide over their heads so they can breathe! They swim unmolested through several waterlogged rooms and make their way to the frog chamber.
- They go into the Goboblin room, open the doors to let the water in, and their bubble-helms slide over their heads so they can breathe! They swim unmolested through several waterlogged rooms and make their way to the frog chamber.
- They peek in... and the circle is broken! Several horrible four-eyed frog people are doing something to the ring, presumably repairing it. They debate what to do, until Sydney throws in an underwater Cloudkill spell!
- The frogs choke and die as the cloud drifts through the currents... and acid-burns the skins of the captured Dwarves chained to the wall! Sydney winces - they had forgotten about those Dwarves.
- Once the cloud has dissipated, Grogg and Deletion swim in to loot the room. They find a toad-made underwater Flash Bomb and a scroll of Speak With Locks written on fish-skin. The Dwarves were being kept alive by having their heads sealed in baroque metal spheres, so Grogg grabs one of those. It's got a tube that goes all the way down your throat, but it keeps you breathing.
- Sydney gets them all to get out of the room and activates the Decay rune they've drawn on the summoning ring, and another pointed at the hypnotic ceiling. It works! The metal degrades until it's non-functional, and the bright glowing paint on the ceiling loses its hypnotic lustre.
- The frogs choke and die as the cloud drifts through the currents... and acid-burns the skins of the captured Dwarves chained to the wall! Sydney winces - they had forgotten about those Dwarves.
- Once the cloud has dissipated, Grogg and Deletion swim in to loot the room. They find a toad-made underwater Flash Bomb and a scroll of Speak With Locks written on fish-skin. The Dwarves were being kept alive by having their heads sealed in baroque metal spheres, so Grogg grabs one of those. It's got a tube that goes all the way down your throat, but it keeps you breathing.
- Sydney gets them all to get out of the room and activates the Decay rune they've drawn on the summoning ring, and another pointed at the hypnotic ceiling. It works! The metal degrades until it's non-functional, and the bright glowing paint on the ceiling loses its hypnotic lustre.
--- Statue Chase
- With the portal to the deep ocean disabled and the frogs guarding it destroyed, they decide that it's time to drain this dungeon!
- They head along an unexplored passage and find one that's guarded with a green symbol. The tiny porthole in the door shows that there's no water on the other side! Dry land!
- They head along an unexplored passage and find one that's guarded with a green symbol. The tiny porthole in the door shows that there's no water on the other side! Dry land!
- They open the door and SPLASH! They are thrown through by the force of the water! Grogg struggles to his feet and slams the door closed against the water pressure, impressively strong.
- There is a sound of downward-rushing water and the water level in this room quickly drops to ankle-height. The room itself is some sort of chapel, although the pews have been jostled into the walls by the water. At one end of the room, behind the pews, is a big blue curtain. At the other is a big statue of Dispater.
- There is a sound of downward-rushing water and the water level in this room quickly drops to ankle-height. The room itself is some sort of chapel, although the pews have been jostled into the walls by the water. At one end of the room, behind the pews, is a big blue curtain. At the other is a big statue of Dispater.
- Grogg touches the curtain and the statue booms "Stay away from the curtain! Stay away from the halls of lesser secrets!"
- Grogg pulls the curtain aside, revealing recently drenched stairs, and the statue animates! It's fast, and Grogg is rapidly pummelled by huge stone fists!
- Grogg pulls the curtain aside, revealing recently drenched stairs, and the statue animates! It's fast, and Grogg is rapidly pummelled by huge stone fists!
- He regrets his life choices and flees!
- The statue is too fast though, and quickly catches up to Grogg on the stairwell. It smashes Grogg right in the arm and something cracks in his arm! It hangs limply at his side, and in a last-ditch attempt to escape he throws the basket containing the dancing bone snake!
- Against the odds, it works! The statue and the bone snake are dancing together, giving him a chance to flee with his arm crunching strangely under the skin.
- Sydney catches up to him at the bottom of the stairs and heals him in time to prevent death. But where's Deletion?
- During the chase he managed to double back and find himself in the chapel where they started! He turns to see the statue returning, menacingly stalking towards him...
- Sydney thinks quickly - is Deletion Snels not at least part-object now? They snap-cast Call Object... and Deletion appears in their hand! Deletion starts to thank Sydney... and sees them having a cosmic seizure. When it ends Sydney finds that they are now wiser... but less intelligent and charismatic.
- The statue is too fast though, and quickly catches up to Grogg on the stairwell. It smashes Grogg right in the arm and something cracks in his arm! It hangs limply at his side, and in a last-ditch attempt to escape he throws the basket containing the dancing bone snake!
- Against the odds, it works! The statue and the bone snake are dancing together, giving him a chance to flee with his arm crunching strangely under the skin.
- Sydney catches up to him at the bottom of the stairs and heals him in time to prevent death. But where's Deletion?
- During the chase he managed to double back and find himself in the chapel where they started! He turns to see the statue returning, menacingly stalking towards him...
- Sydney thinks quickly - is Deletion Snels not at least part-object now? They snap-cast Call Object... and Deletion appears in their hand! Deletion starts to thank Sydney... and sees them having a cosmic seizure. When it ends Sydney finds that they are now wiser... but less intelligent and charismatic.
--- The Halls of Lesser Secrets
- With all that said and done they're now at least on a lower level. Grogg holds in sobs as he touches his tender arm. The water here is knee-high and bitterly cold, so it's good they've got their silver suits on.
- The walls here are punctuated by glass terrariums containing interesting plants. An androgynous and featureless statue is on a plinth. They approach it warily, but all that happens is it yells "Micma!". Nobody knows what Micma means though.
- Deletion, naturally, smashes the nearest terrarium and grabs whatever's inside. It's a tiny mushroom-headed goblin! He licks his lips.
- The walls here are punctuated by glass terrariums containing interesting plants. An androgynous and featureless statue is on a plinth. They approach it warily, but all that happens is it yells "Micma!". Nobody knows what Micma means though.
- Deletion, naturally, smashes the nearest terrarium and grabs whatever's inside. It's a tiny mushroom-headed goblin! He licks his lips.
- Grogg really looks pale, and Sydney remembers that he's got that Panchrest - allegedly a panacea for all ills - hidden in the medicine cabinet in his extradimensional flat.
- No time for that though! A horrible croaking comes from down the corridor, and a bevy of frog monsters hop towards the party!
- Sydney casts Sydney's Sudden Siege Engine and blasts a ballista bolt down the corridor! It nails two frogs and heavily wounds the other two!
- Deletion holds one off, resisting its poisonous bite, as Sydney digs deep and lets loose a Magic Missile! There is a Chaos Burst that only increases the power, adding fire! The frogs are all extremely dead.
- Sydney casts Sydney's Sudden Siege Engine and blasts a ballista bolt down the corridor! It nails two frogs and heavily wounds the other two!
- Deletion holds one off, resisting its poisonous bite, as Sydney digs deep and lets loose a Magic Missile! There is a Chaos Burst that only increases the power, adding fire! The frogs are all extremely dead.
- Low on Mana, Sydney at least casts Sydney's Safe Space a foot above the water level and heaves themself into the front door. Shouting down, they insist that any frog butchery be done outside the flat. It is mostly successful, and results in slightly fewer frog innards staining the doormat.
--- Frog's Legs
--- Frog's Legs
- Inside the flat, Sydney grabs the Panchrest from a secret place in the medicine cabinet. They're strangely reluctant to part with the vial of cure-all, but Grogg will need weeks of recovery otherwise unless he steals the "working arm" ability from some creature or other.
- They wipe the jelly onto Grogg's arm... and it works! The bone underneath begins to heal and reknit!
- In celebration, Grogg cooks up "Grogg's Frog". It's frog monster legs, deep-fried in olive oil, with a little fried neandergoblin to go on top. It's tasty! Also importantly, nobody gets sick from frog monster meat!
- They wipe the jelly onto Grogg's arm... and it works! The bone underneath begins to heal and reknit!
- In celebration, Grogg cooks up "Grogg's Frog". It's frog monster legs, deep-fried in olive oil, with a little fried neandergoblin to go on top. It's tasty! Also importantly, nobody gets sick from frog monster meat!
- Grogg examines the helmet he took from the dead Dwarf earlier. It's fully enclosed, the long frog-intestine tube ending with a strange anemone is intended to go down into the stomach.
- He breaks it off the helmet and swallows it down his throat. It's nauseating, but he can breathe with it!
- He breaks it off the helmet and swallows it down his throat. It's nauseating, but he can breathe with it!
--- Secret Treasure
- The next morning, before heading back out, Sydney casts Blessing of the Nine on the others. Since it's Alaunus' week that's +2 to melee attacks for all!
- They explore, finding that the doors on this level are a sort of thick frosted glass that shifts to the side like a screen door. They slide shut on their own unless propped open.
- They can hear chittering beyond one such door and open that. The chittering stops, but they find four glass pillars holding up the ceiling of a circular room. Letters A, E, P and T are inscribed.
- The Rust Monster drops on them from above! Grogg Greedy level-drains it with his wight power, but its feelers brush against Snels' armour and begins to rust it! Deletion Snels retaliates with his carrion crawler tentacles to immediately stun it!
- They explore, finding that the doors on this level are a sort of thick frosted glass that shifts to the side like a screen door. They slide shut on their own unless propped open.
- They can hear chittering beyond one such door and open that. The chittering stops, but they find four glass pillars holding up the ceiling of a circular room. Letters A, E, P and T are inscribed.
- The Rust Monster drops on them from above! Grogg Greedy level-drains it with his wight power, but its feelers brush against Snels' armour and begins to rust it! Deletion Snels retaliates with his carrion crawler tentacles to immediately stun it!
- After a short debate, they kill it. Sydney carves out some of its head to experiment with. Grogg doesn't want the rust ability, so harvests it for rations.
- There is some experimentation with the pillars until Grogg spells PATE. It works! A secret side door opens, revealing a treasure room!
- There is some experimentation with the pillars until Grogg spells PATE. It works! A secret side door opens, revealing a treasure room!
--- Treasure Even Though Charles Is Here!?
- Inside they find several chests, coffers, and similar treasure depositories!
- There's 4000ob in old money and 50 gold pieces of an ancient make.
- There are also some very racist ancient magical object. A bag created from a shrunken goblin head can tell you who a goblins' hobgoblin parent is. A dagger made from a blade clutched in a mummified goblin hand glows in goblin presence, might make you attack goblins even if you don't want to, and hurting a goblin does the same damage to its hobgoblin! Clearly artifacts of some sort of anti-goblin war.
- There's 4000ob in old money and 50 gold pieces of an ancient make.
- There are also some very racist ancient magical object. A bag created from a shrunken goblin head can tell you who a goblins' hobgoblin parent is. A dagger made from a blade clutched in a mummified goblin hand glows in goblin presence, might make you attack goblins even if you don't want to, and hurting a goblin does the same damage to its hobgoblin! Clearly artifacts of some sort of anti-goblin war.
- Well satisfied with the loot, we will return next week... with the Christmas Special!
Total: 8000 exp
Foes:
- 4 frog monsters (200 exp)
Total: 200 exp
Treasures:
- 4000 pre-apocalypse silver coins (4000 exp)
- 50 ancient gold coins (2500 exp)
- Goblin-Seeker Dagger
- 4000 pre-apocalypse silver coins (4000 exp)
- 50 ancient gold coins (2500 exp)
- Goblin-Seeker Dagger
- Shrunken Goblin Head Bag
- Underwater Flash Bomb
- Scroll of Speak With Locks
- Breathing Anemone Tube Thing
- Breathing Anemone Tube Thing
Total: 6500 exp
OOC:
- Carter the Chronicler and Expedition Leader (200 exp)
- George the Cartogeorger and Vanguard (200 exp)
- George the Cartogeorger and Vanguard (200 exp)
- Charles the Paymaster and Chef (200 exp)
- Art Attack (500 exp)
- AI Attack (500 exp)
- AI Attack (500 exp)
Exp Totals:
- Carter / Sydney, Level 7 Magic-User: 104704 (Level up at 144000)
- George / Deletion Snels, Level 5 Cyber-Inheritor: 19695 (Level up at 36000)
Level Up! +1d6 HP! +1 Meat Point! +1 Mutation Capacity! +1 to Saves! +Backstory!
Level Up! +1d6 HP! +1 Meat Point! +1 Mutation Capacity! +1 to Saves! +Backstory!
- Charles / Grogg Greedy, Level 4 Inheritor: 9644 (Level up at 18000)
Level Up! +1d6 HP! +1 Meat Point! +1 Mutation Capacity! +1 to Saves! +Backstory!
