Session 420 - blaze it

 Date: 30th September 1625

Zenith Deity: The Lady
Moon Phase: Full
Moon Face: Pocked Face

New Backstory:

- Likelangelo lost an argument with Manrat because he painted him as a huge rat rather than the true self who is a man! When you fail a save, they pass the same save.

Nieval the Good found a wounded dog and took him home to train as a stunt dog. Beasts don't attack you unless you hurt them first.

Events:

--- The Daemons of Our Worst Selves

- Our heroes awaken upon pews. They look at their skin and see that the black obol-tattoos have become golden and fractal. They shut their eyes and count to ten.
- They leave the hall and hear the jingling of keys towards the dungeon entrance. It is not keys, but coins!

- Manrat's eyes glow golden. Something dreadful has occurred.

They all stagger forth and come upon Gifflewim.
- He states that he has delivered wealth to the natural world, and that Julgoor is dead.

-The richest among us glow golden. The least well off shiver with shadows. The concept of wealth will kill civilizations. Thus he has spoken.

- He tells our party that he will be at every dungeon entrance from now on so long as you call him by his name. If you pay him he'll tell you the best treasure and the worst boss.

- Manrat and Sulfur burn treasures into golden obols that ripple angularly beneath their skin.

-- Check that Checkerboard

- They enter the sunken castle once more. They cross the chessboard swiftly and silently. Likelangelo seizes a crossbow. 

- They swiftly cross the sinking floor in the mushroom-goblin direction, then Sulfur sends a skeleton out to see what happens when the floor descends.
- As they wait, a mushroom-headed goblin declaiming himself Mister Mushgob arrives. They chat.

- There is an elf with a huge sword in this dungeon. There's a witch around here somewhere who cursed the sleeper. She has three familiars. Morning Light Mountain has awakened because someone magically killed everything in a mile radius of a portal to Venus. Many such lore.

- Afterwards they see that the skeleton on the descending floor has revealed that the paintings on the walls have horrific images below, like in the disneyland haunted house ride. Spoopy!
- Mister Mushgob has broken from the immotile Morning Light Mountain by being underground. He's a Hobgoblin of the new era, controlled via updates from the Morning Light Mountain through his mushroom hat, and currently an individual because him and his minions have been underground for long enough to lose connection to the home immotile, whatever that means.

- Did you know that Morning Light Mountain came to Earth on a gold meteorite that swung past the sun before smashing into the planet a few hundred years ago? Few do.
- Several eyes light up.

-- Punched Into Wealth

- Mister Mushgob directs our heroes towards the sword-wielding Elf, who is in his territory but is avoided by the goblins.

- The room in between has a punching bag, a few yoga mats, and not much else beyond some glasses designed for protein shakes.

- Sulfur takes some practice jabs at the punching bag. It hits into something behind!

- Likelangelo feels around and feels an invisible treasure chest. Very cool! He finds the lock and, against the odds, picks the lock.

- Within there is much treasure! Sapphires, a necklace, a mirror that reflects ones' true self!

- Sulfur looks in the mirror and sees an abundance of souls tearing through his body. Cool?

--- Dark Souls

- They find the secret Elf door they were told about.

- There is a note written in the Bibliognost tongue which nobody can read.
- They barge in because they can't read.

- Within there is a monster who has the upper body of a beautiful Elf and the lower body of a slippery (and beautiful for slug fans) slug.

- He demands single combat. George slings me a duel concept.

--- Blow Me Down

- Every combatant attacks, counters, and is blown back by the sword that contains the north wind.

- They fight, fight, swap places and fight again!

- The final blow is from Manrat. In the aftermath he wields the sword aloft and declares his retirement.

- The Elf squishes itself into nothingness and seeps into the floor. He will be back?

- In the meantime our heroes loot the area which is full of books.

--- Readers Digest

- Sulfur reads that the clockwork town of Grendel has that most POWERLAD novels currently going.
- Likelangelo learns that France's greatest invention is the guillotine.
- Manrat discovers that the Rat Hole exists because a great bell tolled thirteen.

-- Mr Mushgob Abides

- They go back to Mr Mushgob and discover that he's got a surprisingly well-stocked kitchen!
- Likelangelo cooks and creates "Gryphon's More-Saka" with lard, cheese, and rat-meat!
- It's alarmingly tasty.

- Over dinner, Manrat declares his retirement.

- There's a room with a magic chest that keeps its insides inside. They feast and ponder.

Total: 8000 exp

Foes:

- The Bibliognost: 1000 exp

Total: 100 exp

Treasure:

- 4 sapphires (800 exp)

- Silver necklace (500 exp)
- Some books (400 exp)

- Silver hand-something? (50 exp)

Total: 1750 exp

Exp Totals:

- George / Manrat Snels, Level 8 Ratman: 124722 (Level up at 224000)

- Kitty / Sulphur, Level 5 Boo-gilist: 26799 (Level up at 36000)

- Charles / Nieval the Good, Level 4 Specialist: 9076 (Level up at 14000)

- Issy / Likelangelo, Level 3 Specialist: 4665 (Level up at 7000)

*LEVEL UP!* +1d6 HP! +1 to Saves! +2 Skill Points! +Backstory!