Date: 17 March 1626
Zenith: Dispater
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
Moon Face: Dragon Face (Tidelocked)
New Characters:
- Hammer Hatmakerson. The favoured serf of Celebus until he ran away. Fighter.
- Mother Flotsam. An old woman who is vociferously not a witch. Magic-User.
- Mother Flotsam. An old woman who is vociferously not a witch. Magic-User.
- Benito Brazil. Hungry Halfling on a foreign exchange program. Halfling.
- Aline Dessend. A well-dressed older woman with a skeleton manservant. Necromancer.
--- A New Start
- In the generic fantasy land of the Wheatlands, in the generic fantasy village of Little Pushell, in the generic fantasy tavern called Nice to Weat You, a gang of low level heroes meet up for adventure.
- Mother Flotsam ("not a witch") and the little Hobbit called Benito Brazil, are boon companions. She is helping him navigate the english-speaking world, since his first language is Portuguese.
- Aline and Mother Flotsam, by contrast, have a friendly camaraderie over their shared professional interest in things magickal.
- Guido, the bartender, plonks down frothing mugs of ale. He is a skeleton, and currently emotionally entangled with Hammer Hatmakerson. He's been hiding Hammer in the inn, despite Hammer's misgivings about the Dead.
- Aline and Mother Flotsam, by contrast, have a friendly camaraderie over their shared professional interest in things magickal.
- Guido, the bartender, plonks down frothing mugs of ale. He is a skeleton, and currently emotionally entangled with Hammer Hatmakerson. He's been hiding Hammer in the inn, despite Hammer's misgivings about the Dead.
--- A Quest, Of Course
- Their eyes fall on a mysterious figure smoking at the back of the tavern, cigarette smoke curling from under his hood. They approach and he throws back his hood to reveal... Ratfink Babylon. A hardboiled old ratman who commands pigeons.
- He tells them he's got humans in his basement. 10 000 obols to clear them out. Classic starting quest.
- Meanwhile Aline checks the noticeboard and sees two quests ready to go - "Slay the Last Piece of the Mountain God in the Sephulchre - 5000 obols" and "Clear the Undead basement to unlock Fast Travel".
- So far, so classic. Benito acquires molotov cocktails from the bartender, then mind-controls a local drunk to be his steed. Aline buys some painting supplies.
--- Humans in the Basement
- They arrive at the house of Ratfink Babylon in short order and hear a childish laugh.
- A child calls for aid from a nearby sewer grate so Hammer rips it off to free the child! Alas, it is no ordinary child - it has long limbs and leaps straight for his face!
- Benito runs up and stabs it to death with one blow of his knife. Aline is quick with a vial to catch its Last Breath, but before she can examine it for clues Benito has whipped it into his sack! He's saving it for later, you see.
- Hammer knocks on a neighbour's door for more info. He says the basements beneath the houses here are all linked up, but his reasons for why are very conspiratorial and untrustworthy.
- A child calls for aid from a nearby sewer grate so Hammer rips it off to free the child! Alas, it is no ordinary child - it has long limbs and leaps straight for his face!
- Benito runs up and stabs it to death with one blow of his knife. Aline is quick with a vial to catch its Last Breath, but before she can examine it for clues Benito has whipped it into his sack! He's saving it for later, you see.
- Hammer knocks on a neighbour's door for more info. He says the basements beneath the houses here are all linked up, but his reasons for why are very conspiratorial and untrustworthy.
--- Enter the Home of Ratfink
- They head into the house and see it is laid out around a central bathroom. They raid the kitchen for ingredients, but the first thing they find is a weird greeny-yellow mushroom that fuses into Mother Flotsam's hand as soon as she picks it up! She can no longer use that hand, but now has a touch attack.
- They figure out that the central toilet is in fact a lift! They send it down and see many eyes staring back at them...
- Benito chucks a molotov immediately. The long-limbed children SCREAM and die quite quickly.
- When the fire dies, pigeons flutter down from alcoves and start scavenging the cooked flesh.
- When the fire dies, pigeons flutter down from alcoves and start scavenging the cooked flesh.
- The party descend the lift and Benito harvests meat from the corpses. The basements of the houses are indeed connected.
--- First Loot
- They look around and find loot!
- Benito finds a mushroom that will make him even shorter. Mother Flotsam finds the Quicksilver Charm that slows everyone but her until she leaves the room. Hammer finds the hefty Lachrymaxe - an axe that feeds on torture. Aline gains Blast Armour that releases a detonation when notched.
- Benito finds a mushroom that will make him even shorter. Mother Flotsam finds the Quicksilver Charm that slows everyone but her until she leaves the room. Hammer finds the hefty Lachrymaxe - an axe that feeds on torture. Aline gains Blast Armour that releases a detonation when notched.
- Ratfink Babylon arrives and tells them that the kids came with the place so he's glad that they've been removed. He pays up, obols flowing over skin, but Aline wants her payment in trinkets so she gets those.
--- House of Carouse
- Now that they're flush, it's time to party! For everyone but Aline that is, because she's still hung up on this whole thing where they just killed a bunch of unknown children. She decides to research spells instead.
- Mother Flotsam was the life of the party! Carousing costs double in this town now.
- Benito gambled it all away... losing an extra 100 obols.
- Hammer woke up next to a very attractive woman! He even beat his save vs venereal disease!
--- Prep for Next Time
- Next time they'll head on off to kill the mountain god.
- But first, lunch!
- They cook "Friendship Feijoada", consisting of bread, glimmerjack, and succulent child meat. Aline does not partake, but the others find that it's some of the best food they've ever tasted! It even makes them feel lighter, -2 Encumbrance!
- Ratfink Babylon judges from a distance.
Total: 8000 exp
Loot:
- Last Breaths
- Last Breaths
- Child Meat (5 exp)
- Mushroom Spore-Hand
- Shrinking Violet Mushroom - eat to become 2' tall... permanently.
- Quicksilver Charm - Slow Time Field slows all in room until you leave it.
- Lachrymaxe - Greataxe that feeds on misery; torture someone to death over the course of 10 minutes with it to gain +1 to hit. Max +5. Resets at midday.
- Blast Armour. On Notch, detonates to blast all in 10' radius back 30' and deal d6 damage to all affected (Save vs Blast for half) including yourself; those blasted into walls take double damage.
- Quicksilver Charm - Slow Time Field slows all in room until you leave it.
- Lachrymaxe - Greataxe that feeds on misery; torture someone to death over the course of 10 minutes with it to gain +1 to hit. Max +5. Resets at midday.
- Blast Armour. On Notch, detonates to blast all in 10' radius back 30' and deal d6 damage to all affected (Save vs Blast for half) including yourself; those blasted into walls take double damage.
- Quest Reward: 10 000 obols.
Total: 5 exp
Murders:
- Several long-limbed mutant children (50 exp)
Total: 50 exp
Carousing:
- Benito gains 300 exp!
- Hammer gains 500 exp!
- Mother Flotsam gains 200 exp!
- Hammer gains 500 exp!
- Mother Flotsam gains 200 exp!
OOC:
- Carter the Chronicler and Treasurer (200 exp/level)
- Kitty the Expedition Leader (100 exp/level)
- George the Vanguard (100 exp/level)
Exp Totals:
- George / Hammer Hatmakerson, Level 2 Fighter: 2614 (Level up at 4000)
*LEVEL UP!* +1d8 HP! +1 to Saves! +1 to Hit! +1 to Crit/Fumble! +Backstory!
- Charles / Benito Brazil, Level 2 Halfling: 2414 (Level up at 4000)
*LEVEL UP!* +1d6 HP! +1 to Saves! +1 to Mind Control! +1 to Cooking! +Backstory!
- Kitty / Mother Flotsam, Level 2 Magic-User: 2314 (Level up at 4500)
*LEVEL UP! +1d4 HP! +1 to Saves! +1 Mana! +Free Spell! + Backstory!
- Carter / Aline Dessend, Level 1 Necromancer: 2214 (Level up at 2250)
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