Session 183 - The Gang Hosts a Perfectly Good Dinner Party

After a month or so hanging around Moondin, the Boat Festival Mystery seems to be more or less solved! Or at least, solved enough that cleaning up can be left in the hands of the authorities.

Galaxy Johnson steals his dead lover's heart.
POWERLAD takes his kids on a day trip.
Styx disrupts the taxi industry.
Sir Robyn finds a breach of contract.
Dumbledorris offends almost everyone.

Massive shoutout again to Carter who put together these sick as hell hot-swappable rune boards!

Charles even gives a diagram of their use because he's SO STOKED

Session 183 - The Gang Hosts a Perfectly Good Dinner Party

Campaign Date:

Tuesday, 28 March, 1601

Moon Phase: First Quarter

Zodiac: Pisces

New Backstory:

- Styx fell out with his podsister for killing the gobin guy she liked for his cloak. As an apology, he gave her the cloak. (Gain a good friend in the town or city of your choice, one use)
- Coalminer Dan was trapped in a cave-in long before he was ever infected with Galaxy Johnson. He shared his food (a rat) with those who were most in need while they awaited rescue. (When eating to heal, people gain double HP from food you give them)

Treasure and Equipment:

- Arach-Nacha's engagement torc (1010sp)
- Some spare robes
- 3 jars of the flora-destroying omnipoison v1.0

Total: 1010 exp

Enemies Defeated:

- A pile of grubs (30 exp)

Total: 30 exp

Exploration:

- 1 random encounter (50 exp)

Total: 50 exp

Events:

--- Hungover
- POWERLAD wakes from a horrible dream and a fitful sleep. Was that dream about Galaxy Johnson real? What time did they get to bed? Did they actually go out angel-hunting? Why did they do all the Notcoke again? (50 exp)
- Sir Robyn is asleep, drooling on the cover of a 300 page document outlining a charter for a goblin-run taxi company. Did he write this? (50 exp)

- Styx is annoyingly chirpy this morning, asking around in case anyone's got any bits of angel that they happen to have on them. For experiments, see? (50 exp)
- Sir Robyn groggily grabs a shiny brassy section of angel leg he's been hanging onto for a while and hands it over. Squinting past the headache he finally notices Galaxy Johnson is back! (50 exp)
- There's a slightly awkward reunion. POWERLAD looks guilty, but Galaxy seems to be taking the murder-by-proxy of his betrothed in stride. He insists on going to find the body though. (50 exp)
- POWERLAD wants to help. As long as they're back in time to set up the dinner they're hosting for Japhet & Hirsch, he'll do his best to help. (50 exp)
- Meanwhile Styx has persuaded Sir Robyn to assist him in going to have a meeting with the Drakencultists. If they can prove that breach of contract, this Moondin boat race thing is in the bag! (50 exp)
- The groups go their separate ways. POWERLAD and Galaxy Johnson (plus Spider-Kids) to find Arach-Nacha's body, Sir Robyn and Styx (plus Styx's goblin minion Stone) to the Drakencult in the centre of town. (50 exp)
--- Galaxy's Quest

- POWERLAD flies Galaxy Johnson over the walls of Moondin and towards a now-familiar copse. The swarm of Spider-Kids can occasionally be seen keeping pace below. (50 exp)
- They set down in the copse and it's as they remembered it, a winch-powered lift that leads down a hole in the ground. (50 exp)

- They descend. POWERLAD by wing, spiders and Galaxy Johnson by scuttling down the moist muddy walls. (50 exp)
- They travel down the tunnel. The floor is covered in patches of fine clear sand, the sort left by the little crystal minion things when they collapse. (50 exp)
- After some time, they reach a portcullis. The winch to open it is on this side, so that's easy. The only issue - when they start winding the winch it dislodges a big pile of grubs! (50 exp)
- The grubs blindly swarm about on the other side of the portcullis and are easily dealt with. A few Magma Beam glyphs later and the things are popping like little juicy popcorns. (50 exp)
- Tinkling, ringing, scraping noises can be heard from the cavern ahead, like glass on stone. Evidently the dragon yet lives! There's also an occasional light rain of the parasitic grubs from above. Lovely. (50 exp)

- The Spider-Kids are sent to scout ahead. They crawl on the walls and ceiling to see if they can see the dragon, and they do! They return very excited. (50 exp)
- Galaxy Johnson casts Locate Object on Arach-Nacha's remains... and finds that they're exactly where they'd assumed - Isen Heisenberg's room. (50 exp)
- Fighting the dragon seems unwise, but of course Galaxy Johnson can climb through shadows! He drinks some moon water to get to maximum power, then summons his spidery abilities to himself and becomes a silhouette, zapping his way through shadows until he reaches the corridor on the other side. (50 exp)
- He rests on the ceiling as the strange gossamer strands growing from his body float and feel around the area. On the ground, there is subtle tinkling movement from swarms of the crystal shards. (50 exp)
- Too easy. He scuttles across the ceiling to Isen Heisenberg's door, opens it a crack, and appears inside. The spell wears off soon after. (50 exp)
- He senses around the room. Clay in the outline of a huge spider rests on the ground, crystal grows from every surface. (50 exp)
- And in the middle of the clay outline - Arach-Nacha's obol. It's the object that was most precious to her - the torc "ring" that Galaxy Johnson gave her when he proposed. (50 exp)
- ;___; (50 exp)

- He takes the ring, casts Spiderclimb again, and warps back to the entrance. He's not quiet enough on the way though, and the crystal dragon hears him! (50 exp)
- A spray of crystal shards impacts the shadow he's jumping through JUST as he gets away from it! The Spider-Kids leave thick webs behind them as the party flees for the surface! (50 exp)
- They fly and crawl their way back up the elevator shaft, crackling roars behind them. A great escape! (50 exp)

--- Drakencult

- Styx and Sir Robyn, using the authority of Styx's goblin cultist lackey Stone, have blagged their way into the Drakencult zone and are arriving at the central magma lake. (50 exp)
- There's a single guard at the foot of the ivy bridge that goes over the burning lake. He doesn't like Goblins, but he recognises Sir Robyn and one of them is a cultist... (50 exp)
- They are led across the ivy bridge, through the interior of an enormous crystal tree, and out across another ivy bridge to the central island. (50 exp)

- The usual two leaders are here. With the current chaos and murders and all the rest, the cult leadership on the island is down to just Garlock the Arch-Priest and Brandon the Dwarven Magma Priest. (50 exp)
- Styx has a simple proposition - an alliance with the Goblins. As motile vegetables with an insanely quick reproduction rates, Goblins are surely the perfect anti-Dead army! (50 exp)
- In return he asks only that Ninhursag's cult help fix the Drudge Wastes. The goblins have lived in that polluted wasteland for longer than they can remember. It's time to bring it back to life! (50 exp)
- Garlock mentions that he's been thinking of replacing Sylvia Flora as the leader of the Tangled Drakencult. And now a Goblin, an actual plant, comes to him? It's perfect! (50 exp)
- Styx starts to accept... then realises Garlock is staring past him. At Stone. The goblin buddy who's been inducted into the Cult of Ninhursag. (50 exp)
- Stone is immediately "YES! YES NOW I WILL BE THE MASTER! WAHAHAHAHAH!" before Styx's stare puts him in his place. He still accepts though. (50 exp)
- The main issue - Sylvia is still the leader of the Tangled Drakencult. She's still got a closer bond with the dragon, so she needs to revoke her priestesshood herself before a new priest can be ordained. (50 exp)
- Lastly - Garlock and Brandon are invited to the dinner with the demons later. They have great matters to discuss... matters that involve a certain breach of a certain contract. If Sir Robyn's got this right, they've got a case to kick the boat race out of town! (50 exp)
- The priests accept. They'll be there. Styx, Stone and Sir Robyn take their leave, they need to get ready for the dinner party! (50 exp)
--- Hipster Fine Dining
- It's decided that the venue for the fancy dinner party will be Sir Robyn's "fast food" joint that sells drugs and is also a hospital. Blood Honey Healing 4 U is an... interesting choice of venue, but they tart it up a bit. (50 exp)
- POWERLAD, Sir Robyn, and the Spider-Kids get back to find that a bunch of tables have been put together and a tablecloth put over the whole thing. It looks better than one might expect, but still clearly has that drug McDonalds vibe. (50 exp)

- Styx takes the Goblin Uber (now named Güber) to pick up the demons. (50 exp) 

- Japhet & Hirsch arrive with wine and flowers. Hirsch is somewhat upset at the classlessness of the venue, but Japhet shooshes him. (50 exp)

- They sit down and Sir Robyn starts bringing around some stimulant aperitifs. Pleasantries are being exchanged when hurrah! Garlock and Magnus from the Drakencult show up! How lovely! (50 exp)
- There's a tense conversation when Styx confronts the intense anti-Goblin sentiments of the drakencultists, which leads to him being repelled into the kitchen by a Repel Plants glyph. (50 exp)
- There's almost another blowup when Hirsch notices that one of the people behind the fast drug counter is none other than Dumbledorris! That fiend that ruined his dinner party! Some quick-talking distracts him from his ire. (50 exp)

- With those potential crises dealt with, the real discussion opens up. POWERLAD thanks everyone for coming to this dinner. It's a landmark moment in the Moondin crisis! (50 exp)
- They speak of the Boat Festival, and all agree that they'd prefer it was gone. Japhet & Hirsch because they're bored with it and worried about what it's distracting from, the Drakencult because it's what precipitated the situation of intra-cult struggles and murders. (50 exp)
- With all agreed, Sir Robyn whips out the key to all this - the Boat Festival contract. If they can find a breach, the offending party will find themselves covered with sticky glue and everyone else will be free to evict the organisers from the city. (50 exp)

- To that end, Japhet supplies the locations of the festival organisers' homes to the Drakencult to assist them in clearing the demons out when the breach of contract is discovered. (50 exp)

- The crux of the case - Christina Breaker, when she became a huge crystal dragon, disrupted the race that day and prevented it from running. This is a clear breach of the clause that no outsider may interfere with the good running of the boat race! (50 exp)
- Everyone looks around at each other in satisfaction. They've solved it! They've solved the Moondin Boat Festival problem! Hurrah! (50 exp)

- Or so they think. A voice pipes up from the counter. "Hey, isn't it POWERLAD's fault for setting the dragon off on its rampage in the first place?" (50 exp)
- It's Dumbledorris. She and Sir Robyn embark on a DRAMATIC LEGAL BATTLE while everyone else tries to stop her from muddying the waters of this fairly simple legal case! Oh no! (50 exp)

- While that goes on, Styx takes his Ereshkigal worshipper goblin to Andromeda to get him more dragon powers. It works! The goblin cackles in glee! (50 exp)
- Back at the dinner, Dumbledorris has been talked down from arguing for her blame-shifting alterations. Sir Robyn takes the final formal legal complaint and puts it in writing to be lodged in the morning.

- Japhet & Hirsch have succumbed to Sir Robyn's good good drugs, mostly because Japhet refuses to eject the toxins from his system and it keeps edging over into Hirsch. They take their leave. (50 exp)

- All in all, a perfectly lovely dinner party! The Moondin Boat Festival crisis seems to be more or less solved! And nobody managed to mortally offend Hirsch. (50 exp)

- Plans turn to next steps - maybe a return to Dwimmermount to find out what's going on up there? Find out what's up with Sylvia Flora? More distracting dinner parties? Try to help in the war against the Dead? Find out next time! (50 exp)

Total: 2900 exp

Misc:

- Ace Attorney bonus (50 exp)
- Better Part of Valour bonus (50 exp)
- Classic Charles bonus (50 exp)
- Diplomancy bonus (50 exp)
- Dramatic Escape bonus (50 exp)
- Fame bonus (50 exp)
- High as Fuck bonus (50 exp)
- Kill It With Fire bonus (50 exp)
- Long Deliberation bonus (50 exp)
- Noblebright bonus (50 exp)
- Mad Inventor bonus (50 exp)
- Operator as Fuck bonus (50 exp)
- PETA bonus (50 exp)
- Pundemonium bonus (50 exp)
- Split the Party bonus (50 exp)

Total: 750 exp

Party Roles and Individual Exp:

- Remembrancer (Charles / Galaxy Johnson - 100 exp)

- Caller (Kitty / POWERLAD - 100 exp)
- Mapper (Carter / Styx - 100 exp)
- Treasurer (Carter / Styx - 100 exp)
- Quartermaster (Timothy / Sir Robyn - 100 exp)

- Guard (Kitty / POWERLAD - 100 exp)
- Tracker (Timothy / Sir Robyn - 100 exp)
- Art Attack bonus (Carter, Charles - 100 exp ea.)
- Artapalooza bonus (Charles - 100 exp)
- Craft Chaos bonus (Carter - 500 exp)

- Chippo Man bonus (Carter*2 - 100 exp ea.)

- Hummous Hero bonus (Timothy - 100 exp)

- JÜGBRINGYR bonus (Timothy, Charles, Suzanne - 500 exp ea.)

Active Businesses:

- Honey Healing. Safe. 1084sp. (Bertha)

- Knickers Gloves Bodices. Risky. 1020sp. (Ratimir)
- Blood Honey 4 U. Safe. 10410sp. (Sir Robyn)

Rumours:

- It's revolution! The Fated Queen has been ousted from her throne! Her evil and heretical doctrine is no more!
- The beams that blast from Fate are identical to the rays of light that blast down from above! Battlefortress Fate is an engine of Heaven's will!
- Ereshkigal is walking straight past the Barrowmaze and attacking the great Fate tentacle! It's ignoring the war against the Dead entirely!
- Magnus Grossman was murdered! I saw a black winged shape fly into his manse and fly out with his corpse!

Death Toll and Injuries:

- None!

Exp Totals:

- Kitty / High Priest POWERLAD!, Level 7 Muscle Wizard: 109441 (Level up at 144000)-- Devotee of Ninhursag, Bond 9 (-45% exp)
- Timothy / Sir Robyn, Level 6 Magic-User: 60599 (Level up at 72000)
--- Spider Squad, Level 2 Spider Extras: 1688 (Level up at 3000)*DING!* +1d12 HP! +Named Spider!

- Charles / Galaxy Johnson, Level 6 Elf (Alpdrucke): 49971 (Level up at 96000) 

--- Styx's minions, Level 0 Goblin Buddies- Suzanne / Dumbledorris2, Level 2 Inheritor: 3402 (Level up at 4500)*DING!* +1d6 HP! +1 Mutation Capacity! +2 Meat Points!

Absent or Retired:

- Andy / Carrie Meleste, Level 6 Termaxian Cleric: 49864 (Level up at 56000) 

--- 4 Henchmen Undeserving of Names, Level 0 Bootlickers

- James / Ratimir, Level 6 Ratman: 25838 (Level up at 48000)  - Ollie / Synthia, Level 5 Inheritor: 21687 (Level up at 36000)

-- Devotee of Ninhursag, Bond 2 (-10% exp)

- Elias / Raivo, Level 1 Barbarian: 938 (Level up at 2000) 
- Tom / Hacker's Halberdiers, Level 3 Extras: 5598 (Level up at 6000)

- Andrea / Marjorie, Level 1 Halfling: 1111 (Level up at 2000)

- Fraser / Mori, Level 5 Elf (Worriganger): 24025 (Level up at 48000) - Issy / Sturdy, Level 2 Dwarf: 3596 (Level up at 4400)  
- The Dwarfs
--- Randy, Level 4 Hench-Dwarf: 9884 (Level up at 17600)--- Gav, Level 0 Inclusion - Tom / Clarence Eclair, Level 3 Specialist: 3040 (Level up at 6000)

- Tom / Aces Fontaine, Level 1 Specialist: 869 (Level up at 1500)
- Kitty / Bertha, Level 4 Necromancer: 9931 (Level up at 18000)- Imran / Friar, Level 1 Magic User: 1040 (Level up at 2250)
- Yuri / Bjorn Gunnerson, Level 2 Barbarian: 2278 (Level up at 4000)

- Sunni / Larry's Legends, Level 1 Extras: 758 (Level up at 1500)

- Fraser / Tippin, Level 1 Ratman: 1458 (Level up at 1500)

- Charles / Zena, Level 6 Fighter: 41566 (Level up at 64000)

- Tom / Meteor Power Shower, Level 2 Barbarian: 3061 (Level up at 4000)

- Nix's Retainer

--- Huz, Level 0 Hireling

- Tom / Spicy Mac, Level 2 Halfling: 3457 (Level up at 4000)

- Eleanor / Mugg, Level 2 Fighter: 2357 (Level up at 4000)

- Kyle / Gimlass the Brave, Level 2 Dwarf: 2257 (Level up at 4400)

- Amar / Amar's Cleric, Level 1 Cleric: 1413 (Level up at 1750)

- Henry / Henry's Next Character: +2084 exp

- Ollie / Tremendo Picante, Level 2 Ratman: 2654 (Level up at 3000)

- James / Raaf van Held, Level 4 Fighter: 14838 (Level up at 16000)

- Eglė / Bob, Level 1 Dwarf: 434 (Level up at 2200)

- Will / Cecil Fulbright, Level 5 Cleric (Termaxian): 15063 (Level up at 28000)

- James / William Fox-Shitt, Level 3 Cleric (Zeanist): 4571 (Level up at 7000)

Session 181 - Crystal Apotheosis

With just two players due to a variety of simultaneous holidays, it was a slimmed down action team of POWERLAD and new character Styx the Goblin this session.

Highlights:
- Styx joins the game!
- The second trumpet sounds, and some terrible distant event lights up the evening sky!
- POWERLAD gets his hands on Isen Heisenberg's latest, and now final, omnipoison! He says it loses no potency when diluted, so be careful!
- Christina Breaker transforms into a dragon, rampages across Moondin, and murders everyone she can find in the junkie caves!
- Julgoor the Drug Demon, and his magic lamp full of drugs, are saved from the subterranean chaos!

Kitty continues to give us the goods:

"I feel strangely attracted to you POWERLAD," Bertha said, drawing helplessly closer to the winged blue man before her. Suddenly the door burst open. POWERLAD stood framed in the entryway."Wait, POWERLAD?" Bertha cried in confusion, "But he's-""He's not POWERLAD!" said the newcomer, "Well, I mean, he is, but he's not your POWERLAD. Can't you feel his gravitational pull? He's a follower of Ereshkigal! Whereas I-"Bertha glanced down, "Chose Ninhursag's Size aspect, I see."

- From POWERLAD: Double Fisting

This is another real long recap, so here goes - 

Session 181 - Crystal Apotheosis

Campaign Date:

Friday, 20 March, 1601

Moon Phase: First Quarter

Zodiac: Pisces

New Characters:
- Styx, a Goblin from the Drudge Wastes with an entourage of Goblin minions on a mission to meet all the Apocalypse Dragons...

New Backstory:
- Styx killed someone in his youth, just because he liked the guy's cloak. (Once per session, mark an enemy to get +2 to your crit range against it)

Treasure and Equipment:

- A litre of Isen Heisenberg's final omnipoison
- Julgoor's drug lamp (1000 exp)
- Cheese

Total: 1000 exp

Enemies Defeated:

- 

Total: 0 exp

Exploration:

- 2 Random Encounters (100 exp)

Total: 100 exp

Events:

- It's 4am on We're on a time limit. Christina Breaker can only hold off her apotheosis for so long. All POWERLAD's friends are asleep or on holiday or something. He's going to have to go it alone... (50 exp)
- He hears a noise, and turns to see a creepy child-sized figure shrouded in a cloak, yellow eyes peering from beneath the hood, flanked by four more! (50 exp)

- Roll for initiati- oh wait, they know who he is! The goblin Styx, and his minions Stones, Break, Bones and Hurt, introduce themselves. They've heard great things about POWERLAD... and one of his minions is very interested in joining Ninhursag's cult. (50 exp)
- "You've no idea how few people ask me that!" says POWERLAD, and baptises one of the minions with an Earth rune drawn in dirt on its forehead. (50 exp)
- There is a strange and awful sound outside, echoing across the land. A haunting rising-falling moan, a banshee's wail like a thousand distant mechanical wolves. It sounds like an air raid siren. (50 exp)
- POWERLAD dashes outside to investigate. The sound is emerging from the huge floating angels in the sky, their six great petals spinning fitfully, dawn light glimmering from their metal hulls. (50 exp)
- He spreads his wings and surges into the air, heading for the nearest church to see if they've got any idea what's going on. (50 exp)
--- Confused Clergy
- POWERLAD flies over the town, seeing many others standing outside their homes gawping and pointing upwards. He lands at a nearby church, the priest and a few underlings are already outside speculating at this new omen. (50 exp)
- They're stoked to see the famous POWERLAD here at their little church and get him to sign a prayer book, but no the priest doesn't know what it means. (50 exp)
- It could be the Second Trumpet of Revelations, that's his theory anyway. Luckily we're nobody near the ocean I guess! (50 exp)
--- Andromeda meets some goblins

- Meanwhile, Andromeda has been woken by the siren dirge of the angels. She's still chained to her bed, and there's a shuffling sound... with the Eyes of Ereshkigal she sees Styx and his goblins approaching! Oh god what is that! (50 exp)
- Styx creepily explains that he wants her to initiate one of his goblins into the Cult of Ereshkigal, in exchange he'll unlock her shackles. (50 exp)
- Despite her misgivings and shaken faith in Ereshkigal's cult, she agrees. Styx jimmies the lock with his knife, and she draws the Mass Rune on a goblin's forehead. Two down for Styx! (50 exp)
- She suddenly has second thoughts, maybe POWERLAD would be disappointed if he found she'd broken out of her chains? Styx helps artfully rearrange the chains so it looks like she's still bound. (50 exp)
--- POWERLAD returns
- POWERLAD glides back towards the library and sees a bizarre sight - people are running around in the streets in skull masks making mischief, drinking, fighting and publically fornicating. He swoops down to ask what's going on. (50 exp)

- An annoyed lady who had her purse scattered on the ground by one of the masked people explains that it's another Death Day. She can't keep up with all these dumb festivals. Today, anyone wearing a skull mask is legally a skeleton. (50 exp)
- There are a bunch of "skeletons" in the square out the front of the library. Bertha is locking up the library like it's the Purge. They still haven't managed to reorganise all the shelves after pranksters rearranged the books last time. (50 exp)
- It's time to head over to Christina. Since POWERLAD can only fly so many people, Styx gives a couple of goblins the day off.  He notices that one of his goblins has already got a skull mask and is pretending to not take orders from him. (50 exp)
- Styx and the remaining goblins, Stone and Hurt, all grab onto POWERLAD who flaps his mighty wings and flies them off to see Christina Breaker. On the way, they see a bunch of Denialists proclaiming THE END IS NIGH! (50 exp)
- I mean, they're not wrong. POWERLAD tells them that maybe they should consider joining Ninhursag so they can help stop the end of the world? Some of them seem willing. They fly on. (50 exp)
--- A Quick Visit to Christina
- They land at Christina's hideout. POWERLAD goes in alone, but one of Styx's goblins sneaks in behind him. (50 exp)
- Inside, Christina's body has turned entirely to crystal. The huge angular crystalline dragon head above her body opens its mouth, and Christina's voice echoes out in crystal harmonies. (50 exp)
- "I can't hold it much longer, POWERLAD", she says, "tell me where I can find the thing that killed Magnus". (50 exp)
- POWERLAD tries to persuade her to create a crystal spear into the heart of the planet with her power, which she says is impossible. She is to become an avatar of crystal, formed in Ninhursag's image. (50 exp)
- POWERLAD begs her to hold on for a bit longer. It's taking all her effort to hold the transformation back, but she agrees. (50 exp)
--- Poison Get!

- POWERLAD meets back up with Styx outside. The plan is to direct Christina at Arach-Nacha, but first maybe they grab some of whatever poison he was working on so it's not wasted? (50 exp)
- He grabs Styx and his minions and wings off towards the Biohazard Zone and the mine. Below, flopping cancerous tentacle balls roll along. Some climb onto a roof to attack, but POWERLAD's safe on his wings. (50 exp)
- They drop down into the hole of the false mine and head in. POWERLAD's known down here now, so they quickly head through to the VIP rooms. (50 exp)
- Isen Heisenberg turns in surprise when they walk in. Arach-Nacha is nowhere to be seen. (50 exp)
- "How's it going, Isen?" says POWERLAD... and Isen replies in Arach-Nacha's voice! "uh heh hi good yes just doing experiments and things. Arach-Nacha's just popped out to the shops he he". She fools nobody. (50 exp)
- She gives up, the four pupils in Isen's eyes contract back into a single pupil. Isen's back in control! He tells POWERLAD that his poison experiments have been successful... too successful. (50 exp)
- This new poison dilutes rapidly through liquids without losing any potency. It would destroy Shub-Niggurath... but at what cost? He's already triggered one apocalyptic event, he can't have another on his conscience! (50 exp)
- POWERLAD asks for a sample, and Isen gives him a bottle of it on the condition that he's very careful with it. Isen seems relieved that the burden of using this poison isn't on him any more. (50 exp)
- On the way out, there's a waft of incense as Julgoor the Drug Demon pokes his gold mask around the door of his room. "POWERLAD! I thought I heard your voice!" he says. (50 exp)
- He's disgusted by the goblin company that POWERLAD keeps, but does call in a Favour - find out the name and weaknesses of the rival Greed Demon above in Moondin. (50 exp)
- POWERLAD says he will. On the way out, Styx wonders where the underground river leads. POWERLAD convinces him to send a goblin minion in to investigate... and the minion is devoured by a big frog head. Lol. (50 exp)
--- Crystal Apotheosis

- They reach the surface in good time and fly off to see Christina Breaker... for the last time. (50 exp)
- They enter the house and find that she has become a glowing silhouette inside a heart of solid crystal. The dragon head is connected to long coils, half-formed claws clutch the floor. The whole place encased in a fractal webwork, a coccoon of crystal wings. (50 exp)
- They talk for a bit, Styx asking about the other dragons of which she knows little. She tells them that she will not be able to maintain her own mind for long once she lets go, so they need to make this quick. (50 exp)
- POWERLAD gives her the directions she seeks to Arach-Nacha in the underground complex and Christina stops holding back... (50 exp)
- The glow inside the crystal heart surges forth, fractal patterns radiating forth to connect everything in the room, forming a chest, legs, arms, great claws. There is a shimmering ringing sound as the dragon head opens wide, Christina's voice yells out in an echoing roar! (50 exp)
- POWERLAD and Styx bolt for the exit as the house collapses behind them, revealing the massive form of Christina Breaker's draconic apotheosis! (50 exp)

- The dragon heads straight towards the Biohazard Zone and Arach-Nacha, following the instructions she was given. As she moves, she slams unheeding through anything in her way, every impact knocking free whirling fractal shards of sharp crystal that move with a life of their own. (50 exp)
- POWERLAD and Styx follow the trail of destruction from the air. The dragon reaches the magma moat and dives straight in. Skull-masked people flee before her! (50 exp)
- As she rampages through the Biohazard Zone, floppy cancer-tentacle spheres spin towards her to attack. Those behind her are shredded by the living shards she leaves in her wake, those in front devastated by blasts of crystalline breath. (50 exp)
- It's when she reaches the mine that she runs into problems - she's a bit too big to fit! Heyoooo. Christina's frustration can be heard echoing in the splintering crystal. (50 exp)
- With a crack and a shattering sound, she breaks through the tunnel entrance. Her outer layers smashing into swarms of the motile crystalline shard creatures as she breaks through. (50 exp)
- POWERLAD and Styx fire up Repel Crystal glyphs and follow. One forward, one behind, holding the crystal minions back in a great wave as they continue. (50 exp)
- POWERLAD's cheek burns at multiple points as his flower petal tattoo lights up. Julgoor's desperate voice telepathically enters his head - "POWERLAD get down here! Save me!" (50 exp)
- They pick up the pace. Luckily the sharp minions are super good at blending the rock grubs that drop from the ceiling, so no worries there! When they reach the entrance to the VIP rooms, they see the dragon's crystal tail blocking the way. (50 exp)
- The screams of Arach-Nacha and Isen Heisenberg can be heard, and there's no obvious way to get through... unless you're POWERLAD! He fires a Take Rock glyph and tears a hole into Julgoor's room. The demon staggers out inside a wave of sweet incense! (50 exp)
- Styx throws out some Repel Crystal rocks to some surviving junkies. Julgoor knows a way out - the elevator he uses for his drug supply! (50 exp)
- They dash in that direction, heading through a portcullis and a long corridor until the find a dead end with a winch-powered elevator. POWERLAD flies up the shaft carrying his charges, and they come out in a copse some distance from Moondin's walls. (50 exp)
--- Return to the Library
- Julgoor, in the cold light of day, doesn't look quite so impressive as he once did. His gold mask is flaking, his robes are threadbare. He doesn't seem to weigh much of anything really. He offers favours to POWERLAD and Styx if they can get his lamp full of drugs out of his room, but no rush. (50 exp)
- Flying back to the library, the siren wail of the angels continues. On the horizon, the great black dragon Ereshkigal can be seen moving east. It's currently in the rough direction of the Barrowmaze. (50 exp)
- Swooping over the walls, it's evident that the wildest skull mask wearers collapsed early on. Now it's mostly people having a good time. The boat race is on hold, likely due to the dragon that just smashed its way through the town. (50 exp)
- They land at the library. Japhet's already looking a bit better, the sheer latent greed coming off of Styx is enough to have repaired his threadbare robes. His gold mask is a little more shiny. (50 exp)
- Bertha and Andromeda answer the door when POWERLAD knocks and declares it's him. Bertha remarks on how he always seems to meet odd friends out in the world. (50 exp)
- It's been a really really long day. POWERLAD's been up for more than 24 hours. He's pooped, and has a POWERNAP with Bertha. (50 exp)
- Styx asks Julgoor questions about how to kill demons, and he deflects by expositing about how he really likes people and literally needs them to live. Plus of course, killing him means he's reborn with no memories in the river Lethe near Dwimmermount. He'd prefer not to. (50 exp)
--- Red sky at night
- At some point during the night, the angels' wailing stops abruptly. It's strange, the silence, after a while the song sort of faded into the background. (50 exp)
- People walk outside to see what's going on. There's a single distant boom that echoes across the sky and rattles windows. A bright flash of white to the north, then a deep fading red reflecting from the undersides of clouds and the hulls of the floating angels. (50 exp)
- Soon after the angels sing again, the deep booming of angelic binary ringing out across the land. Then they stop, and all is quiet once more. (50 exp)
--- Save the drugs!

- The next morning, POWERLAD wakes up and makes sure that Bertha is Bertha after that one scare... she is! Phew. (50 exp)
- Outside there are discarded skeleton masks on the streets. God beams seem to be bombarding the Biohazard Zone particularly heavily today, and the townspeople are staying close to doorways in case a stray beam decides to blast down near them. Yikes. (50 exp)

- They use Sir Robyn's Deliverachnid network to send a "webmail" (urgh) to Japhet & Hirsch, telling them that they'd love to come to dinner tonight. Then it's off to see if they can save Julgoor's drugs! (50 exp)
- Styx uses a Take Gravity rune to make him and his minions lighter so POWERLAD can carry them all. There is some speculation as to what this will actually do, but it does make everything in the area lighter so that's good! (50 exp)
- They land back in the copse outside the city. Styx lobs the Take Gravity rune away and there's a rush of wind and spacial distortion as it discharges and forms a momentary singularity. Maybe don't be close when that happens. (50 exp)

- They drop down the elevator shaft and discover a bunch of scared junkies at the bottom. They haven't been able to get out since the winch is up top, and they've already lost people to the dragon in the cavern! (50 exp)
- Styx sets a couple of goblins to operating the winch and helping the scared junkies out of there. Heroic! POWERLAD and Styx scout ahead with their lanterns, hearing the growling of a great beast. (50 exp)
- POWERLAD calls out - "Christina?...". There is no reply. With a dragon in the way, it's going to be hard to grab those drugs. (50 exp)
- They head back to the surface and concoct a plan - POWERLAD will use his runebending powers to dig out earth and rock, they'll dig down to where they estimate Julgoor's room to be, and use heartbeat vision as an early warning in case of dragon. (50 exp)
- This sets a worrying precedent for dungeoncrawling, but fuck it. Crawling along in a bubble of earth is slow and inaccurate, so I guess that's the risk/reward? (50 exp)

- They dig down and end up looking down from the ceiling of the great cavern. There is a ringing sound as the crystal dragon walks about. (50 exp)
- They change course and continue. Behind them, the snout of the dragon pokes into the hole they left, snuffed around, then withdraws. (50 exp)
- After a little while longer, they come out over the drug room! Hurrah! There are two survivors in here who are tremendously grateful for the assist. Also the drug lamp is obtained! Lamp get! (50 exp)
- POWERLAD looks inside and sees a vast space full of white powder that begins to shrink as soon as he looks inside. Weird but whatever. They grab it and dig their way back out, survivors in tow. (50 exp)

- The junkies have all been brought up when they reach the surface... but the last load got caught in a blast of the dragon's crystal breath. Shards of crystal grow from the corpses, they're very dead. (50 exp)
- The goblins are praised for saving these people! Hooray! The junkies are told to head towards Moondin, they'll be safe at the library. That underground complex belongs to the dragon now... long may it reign. (50 exp)

Total: 4050 exp

Misc:

- Diplomancy bonus (50 exp)

- Dramatic Escape bonus (50 exp)

- Fame bonus (50 exp)

- Long Deliberation bonus (50 exp)

- Noblebright bonus (50 exp)

- Mad Inventor bonus (50 exp)

- Pundemonium bonus (50 exp)

- Schindler's bonus (50 exp)

Total: 400 exp

Party Roles and Individual Exp:

- Remembrancer (Carter / Styx - 100 exp)

- Caller (Kitty / POWERLAD - 100 exp)
- Mapper (Carter / Styx - 100 exp)

- Guard (Kitty / POWERLAD - 100 exp)
- Treasurer (Carter / Styx - 100 exp)
- Art Attack bonus (Carter - 100 exp)
- Fiction Fanatic bonus (Kitty - 100 exp)- Chippo Man bonus (Carter*2 - 100 exp ea.)

- JÜGBRINGYR bonus (Kitty - 500 exp ea,)

Active Businesses:

- Honey Healing. Safe. 1084sp. (Bertha)

- Knickers Gloves Bodices. Risky. 1020sp. (Ratimir)
- Blood Honey 4 U. Safe. 10410sp. (Sir Robyn)

Rumours:

- 

Death Toll and Injuries:

- None of the players at least..

Exp Totals:

- Kitty / High Priest POWERLAD!, Level 7 Muscle Wizard: 107415 (Level up at 144000)-- Devotee of Ninhursag, Bond 9 (-45% exp)

- Carter / Styx, Level 5 Goblin: 24704 (Level up at 32000)--- Styx's minions, Level 0 Goblin Buddies

Absent or Retired:

- Timothy / Sir Robyn, Level 6 Magic-User: 57397 (Level up at 72000)
--- Spider Squad, Level 1 Spider Extras: 737 (Level up at 1500) 

- Andy / Carrie Meleste, Level 6 Termaxian Cleric: 48024 (Level up at 56000) 

--- 4 Henchmen Undeserving of Names, Level 0 Bootlickers 

- James / Ratimir, Level 6 Ratman: 25098 (Level up at 48000)

- Charles / Galaxy Johnson, Level 6 Elf (Alpdrucke): 48309 (Level up at 96000)

- Ollie / Synthia, Level 5 Inheritor: 21687 (Level up at 36000)-- Devotee of Ninhursag, Bond 2 (-10% exp)

- Elias / Raivo, Level 1 Barbarian: 938 (Level up at 2000) 
- Tom / Hacker's Halberdiers, Level 3 Extras: 5598 (Level up at 6000)

- Andrea / Marjorie, Level 1 Halfling: 1111 (Level up at 2000)

- Fraser / Mori, Level 5 Elf (Worriganger): 24025 (Level up at 48000) - Issy / Sturdy, Level 2 Dwarf: 3596 (Level up at 4400)  
- The Dwarfs
--- Randy, Level 4 Hench-Dwarf: 9884 (Level up at 17600)--- Gav, Level 0 Inclusion - Tom / Clarence Eclair, Level 3 Specialist: 3040 (Level up at 6000)

- Tom / Aces Fontaine, Level 1 Specialist: 869 (Level up at 1500)
- Kitty / Bertha, Level 4 Necromancer: 9931 (Level up at 18000)- Imran / Friar, Level 1 Magic User: 1040 (Level up at 2250)
- Yuri / Bjorn Gunnerson, Level 2 Barbarian: 2278 (Level up at 4000)

- Sunni / Larry's Legends, Level 1 Extras: 758 (Level up at 1500)

- Fraser / Tippin, Level 1 Ratman: 1458 (Level up at 1500)

- Charles / Zena, Level 6 Fighter: 41566 (Level up at 64000)

- Tom / Meteor Power Shower, Level 2 Barbarian: 3061 (Level up at 4000)

- Nix's Retainer

--- Huz, Level 0 Hireling

- Tom / Spicy Mac, Level 2 Halfling: 3457 (Level up at 4000)

- Eleanor / Mugg, Level 2 Fighter: 2357 (Level up at 4000)

- Kyle / Gimlass the Brave, Level 2 Dwarf: 2257 (Level up at 4400)

- Amar / Amar's Cleric, Level 1 Cleric: 1413 (Level up at 1750)

- Henry / Henry's Next Character: +2084 exp

- Ollie / Tremendo Picante, Level 2 Ratman: 2654 (Level up at 3000)

- James / Raaf van Held, Level 4 Fighter: 14838 (Level up at 16000)

- Eglė / Bob, Level 1 Dwarf: 434 (Level up at 2200)

- Will / Cecil Fulbright, Level 5 Cleric (Termaxian): 15063 (Level up at 28000)

- James / William Fox-Shitt, Level 3 Cleric (Zeanist): 4571 (Level up at 7000)

Session 179 - I've Got You Under My Skin

Lots happened! A quick trip to meet up with underground NPCs turns into a strikingly memorable fight scene against flesh-eating tentacle parasites, followed by some of that good good exposition from a drug dealer demon and a mad drakencultist.

POWERLAD fears healing.

Ratimir's comrades eat a dog.

Galaxy Johnson is unimpressed by his flirty fiancée.

Sir Robyn gets maggots punched out of him.

Synthia lives in a bucket.

Violet bones up.

There's an absolute trove of content this week, so let's dive right into it!

Violet kneels by the drug addled man, a husk that has had neither food nor clean water in two days. He’s about to take one last trip. Drawing the knife from the belt at her back she stirs him awake.‘What’ he croaks, eyes rolling tiredly.‘Are you ready,’ she asks him softly. ‘You’re going to save the world. One last trip, right?’‘One last trip,’ he murmurs. ‘Sound’s right. Let me have it.’His eyes close again as she takes the flask in her left hand, pouring a trickle of the soft purple concoction down his throat. He relaxes, the wrinkles in his face smoothing, his wild hair slumping. Carefully, she draws an empty vial from the bandolier at her chest. Placing the vial at his lips she watches, waiting for the vapours of his last breath to appear but as seconds tick by nothing appears. With a sigh, she looks at the face, softened and smoothed, and draws the blade across his throat. His eyes flutter open, catching hers, confused and afraid before fading to nothing.‘One last trip’ she confirms, snapping the lid of the vial closed over the glowing wisp of his Last Breath. Standing she brushes the dust from the knees of her robes and starts to walk away.

- Carter presents Violet's intro cutscene.

"I'm terribly sorry to trouble you ladies, but when I used my mighty dragon power to double in size, I seem to have rather ruined my trousers. I don't suppose you have a spare bedsheet I could borrow? Only if you weren't planning on using it in the next few minutes, of course." - From POWERLAD: In the Wings of the Dragon

- Kitty grants us an excerpt from one of the spicier POWERLAD paperbacks

"Wow, the quality of the journalism in this newspaper has really dropped off since Fredregar Tokeby ragequit.""I agree POWERLAD, I can think of something much more fun to do than reading that rag," Bertha gently took the paper from his hands as she knelt before him, "Let me blow your Moondin Trumpet." - From POWERLAD: Mischief in Moondin 

- Hoo boy, is it hot in here or just me?

- It's super dumb but I kinda love Charles' mental image that Synthia's literally been a gelatinous cube this whole time and nobody's remarked on it.

- Charles shows us what Galaxy Johnson has really been up to during those long strange jaunts beneath the moon.

Oh man and Ollie sends in a massive POWERLAD romance novel excerpt! Check it out!
https://1drv.ms/w/s!AkXe9mvsbgyqowS205793sCi2JUv

Session 179 - I've Got You Under My Skin

Campaign Date:

Friday, 12 March, 1601

Moon Phase: Waning Crescent

Zodiac: Pisces

New Characters:
- Violet, a mason turned Necromancer with a real go-getter attitude towards palliative care

New Backstory:
- Synthia was super proud of following through on her plan to steal the spider venom power. (At the start of each session, a random player chooses a challenge you must complete. +1 to hit for the rest of the session if you complete it)

Enemies Defeated:

- One big grub (50 exp)

- A couple of swarms of smaller rock grubs (10 exp)

Total: 60 exp

Treasure and Equipment:

- A bonesaw

- A big knife

- Whatever a pigsticker is, a dagger? A spear? Some sort of pokey thing at any rate.

- A bucket

- 6 paper wraps of Notcoke

Total: 0 exp

Exploration:

- 2 Random Encounters (100 exp)

Total: 100 exp

Events:

- POWERLAD wakes up to find Andromeda in his bed in the library. He can hear her soft peaceful breathing. He pinches himself in alarm and... his vision clears. It's Bertha. Of course. (50 exp)

- Galaxy Johnson finds himself creeping in through a window into Andromeda's room. His fingers are mysteriously inkstained. She wakes up screaming at the sight of him, as usual, before Arach-Nacha's personality takes hold. (50 exp)
- Sir Robyn finds Synthia and POWERLAD arm-wrestling over breakfast, but alas Synthia loses despite attempts to cheat. No backstory challenge bonus for her! (50 exp)

- The group decides to pay a quick visit to Isen Heisenberg. Just a quick fly in, introduce him to Arach-Nacha, and maybe hit up Julgoor the drug demon while they're at it. Should be simple, right? (50 exp)
- As they leave, it looks like everyone in the city is suspicious of the drakencults today. Why'd they let this boat race happen anyway? And why are they fighting amongst themselves on their island? (50 exp)
- Ignoring the mutters, the party links arms and Galaxy Johnson tucks Galaxy Doge under one arm. POWERLAD and "Andromeda" lift them into the air towards the Biohazard zone with all the tentacles. (50 exp)

- Sir Robyn yells a quick goodbye to his spider kids (too numerous to fly with) as he's lifted into the sky. They've got to get to work at their minimum wage jobs at Blood Honey Healing 4 U anyway. (50 exp)



- During the flight the party see some militia beating back tentacles with their scrappy weaponry. They're not in trouble, just making sure that the various jerky smokers around aren't in trouble. (50 exp)

- They land at the entrance to the false mine, close to the huge major tentacle. They happen to witness a woman in a black hood slicing the throat of a guy and collecting his Last Breath. Seems trustworthy! (50 exp)

- Synthia asks if the newcomer needs help. Apparently a full skeleton would be great right now, so Synthia crams the dead dude's whole body into her mouth and, one by one, spits out the bones. (50 exp)
- Apparently everybody is ok with this. A couple of scaled dragon people, an alien, a slimy corpse-eater, and a lawyer immediately trust and are trusted by a bone-obsessed murderer who they just saw kill a guy. Sir Robyn offers his services. (50 exp)

- Galaxy Doge is absolutely thrilled to be in this group. He's got his dog armour, he's smelling the raw meat stench of Synthia, and that new person has so many bones!! (50 exp)
--- The Descent
- They descend into the false mine and Galaxy Johnson takes a moment to appreciate the silence. No bagpipes. No guaranteed random encounters. Ahhh, so peaceful. (50 exp)

- They head straight past the giant rotting grub corpse and go down the stairs to Moldus Vane's underground complex. Ratimir also shows up! Galaxy Doge starts barking and growling, so Galaxy Johnson puts on his muzzle. (50 exp)

- There is an atrocious stench wafting up the stairs. It looks like nobody's cleaned up that giant eel corpse. Fat white grubs plop into the water from the writhing tentacles on the cavern ceiling, the parasites dropping onto the eel to feast. (50 exp)

- Good thing POWERLAD is an earthbender now. The stepping stones he created last time are still there! Crossing is fairly easy, even for the dog. (50 exp)
- The dam on the other side of the underground lake is guarded by a few junkies. They're pleased to see POWERLAD, especially since one of them was actually told to go get him by the demon drug dealer Julgoor! A petal of the flower tattoo on his cheek shimmers away as his favour is completed. (50 exp)
- They continue on towards the infamous frog bridge. The chum seller in his straw hat is there speaking almost-nonsense. He's jazzed about the 2-for-1 Blood Honey voucher given to him by Sir Robyn. Deliverachnid is coming soon for remote drug deliveries! (50 exp)
- They chuck the chum into the water and the frog heads start slurping it up. Their eyes are bloodshot and they look distinctly unhealthy. The party crosses quickly while they've got the chance. (50 exp)

- Galaxy Doge is still growling at Ratimir, hackles raised. Ratimir's rats glare back. All animals despise ratmen, except rats and turtles. (50 exp)
- The butchers hut in the middle of the dry land on the other side is on stilts. Bits of rotting pig carcass and bones and stuff are in a pile under the hut, pushed down the big hole in the floor above. (50 exp)

- Violet roots around for pig bones while Sir Robyn heads up the rickety stairs and knocks on the door. Some coked up madman opens the door brandishing a cleaver! (50 exp)
- Sir Robyn backs off, horrified, and there's a sudden shower of grubs as a fat pale dog-sized maggot falls from the ceiling, dislodged from the cancerous tentacle it was feeding upon... (50 exp)

- The squirming grubs head straight for the spoiled offal underneath the stilt cabin... and Sir Robyn's raccoons can't help but go and eat them! (50 exp)
--- Shit hits the fan

- Turns out these are no ordinary grubs! A swarm of them leap straight at the raccoons, chewing straight into their flesh and worming their horrid way into their organs! The raccoons scream raccoony screams, and Sir Robyn looks horrified! (50 exp)

- They're already in horrifying pain, may as well make it worse. Sir Robyn chucks a bottle of lamp oil at his trash panda friends, follows up with a fire beam, and sets them alight! They scream raccoony screams, but at least the grubs are dead! (50 exp)

- Unfortunately there's a whole other swarm of grubs! Not to mention that big dog-sized bastard! The swarm of grubs leaps at Sir Robyn, beginning to burrow under his skin! (50 exp)

- The big grub leaps too, but fortunately hits one of the stilts of the cabin! Their is a whirring grinding noise as it begins chewing through the moist wood! (50 exp)
- Galaxy Johnson takes the muzzle off Galaxy Doge and sics him on the big maggot! The dog seizes his chance and immediately turns around to attack Ratimir! (50 exp)
- Ratimir smashes the flask of oil he's holding on the dog's head, his rats leap to his defence and swarm poor old Galaxy Doge! (50 exp)
- Violet pulls out a nail with a Take Life glyph inscribed on it and runs around the chaos, aiming for the big grub! She slams it into its grubby flesh and begins powering the rune. (50 exp)

- POWERLAD grabs Sir Robyn's satchel and pulls out his spellbook, searching as fast as he can for the spell he needs within! Sir Robyn screams as the grubs worm deeper into his flesh! (50 exp)

- The cabin is on fire now, shouts of fear and horror can be heard from within! (50 exp)
- POWERLAD has found the page with Force of Forbidment on it! He pours his energy into a spell swap, hitting Sir Robyn with an open palm and creating a field that pushes the grubs out of Sir Robyn's skin! Phew! (50 exp)

- Ratimir's rats pour over Galaxy Doge, biting and tearing. Galaxy Doge is torn to pieces by the swarms! Galaxy Johnson looks on in horror. (50 exp)

- Sir Robyn, no longer being chewed through by horrible grubs, cantrips Phantasmal Force to create a distracting image of a raccoon that draws the swarm's attention. (50 exp)
- The giant grub bursts through the stilt of the hut and leaps through the air at POWERLAD! Violet's Take Life glyph powers on simultaneously, sucking the life out of the grub but also out of Sir Robyn and POWERLAD nearby! (50 exp)

- POWERLAD's concentration breaks, the Force of Forbidment fails! Sir Robyn grabs the Take Life nail. POWERED yell at him not to bring that stored up healing near him, Ninhursag only allows its worshippers to heal by natural means! Violet breaks the connection to the rune and the stored up life bursts out and heals Sir Robyn! (50 exp)
- Violet grabs out her masonry hammer and smashes at the other leg of the burning hut. She knocks clean through it, sending the whole burning building tumbling down on the remaining grub swarm! (50 exp)

- The butcher inside does a really cool action movie run out of the falling building, he leaps clear and... ! (50 exp)
- Synthia's greataxe catches him on the upswing, chopping him clean in half. The halves sizzle into the burning oil puddle below, just behind the raccoons who are dragging themselves out of the fire on burning half-healed limbs. (50 exp)

--- Aftermath

- The raccoons struggle out of the fire, their muscles a flesh reknitting around their bones. Sir Robyn is there to give them both a stern talking to about just chasing after delicious-looking grubs. (50 exp)
- Synthia dives onto the big dead grub and deforms into a pile of fleshy mud, beginning the process of digesting it. She's aiming to steal its ability to chew through stuff. (50 exp)
- Violet searches through the remnants of the butcher's hut, grabbing a bunch of butchery objects. Someone finds a sizeable bucket and uses it to scoop up Synthia while she's mid-digestion. (50 exp)
- After all that it's time to go meet the drug demon. The party heads past the gong and the door covered in circular eyes and towards the VIP bedrooms. (50 exp)
--- Julgoor the Drug Demon
- POWERLAD knocks on Julgoor's door. It swings open and incense-scented smoke gusts out, wreathing a gold-masked figure in opulent robes. It's Julgoor! His expression-shifting mask becomes a great grin. POWERLAD! I was hoping you'd show up! (50 exp)
- Blood Honey is brought up, and Sir Robyn floats the idea of a partnership between their companies. He's planning to set up a spider-based delivery service Deliverachnid, you see. (50 exp)
- Julgoor is interested! Hard to get supplies in when most of the countryside has been killed to add to the armies of the Dead. (50 exp)
- The demon asks if the party knows anything about a Greed Demon in the city above. They do, in fact! Japhet & Hirsch have even invited them to a dinner at their place! (50 exp)
- The trouble with having two demons of a similar sin in the same place is that there's half the Greed to go around. Julgoor's got a good thing going farming greed from the druggies down here, and he doesn't want to risk the other demon taking his turf. (50 exp)
- They mention that the demons running the boat race are only allowed to remain so long as they don't influence anything outside of the boat race itself. If they can prove that they're meddling with the town, they can kick the demons out! (50 exp)
- POWERLAD's info is very useful to Julgoor, so he counts it as paying off one of the favours he's owed. How charitable! (50 exp)
- Sir Robyn and Julgoor come to an agreement over Blood Honey supply. Julgoor offers to help him move his manufacturing facilities to the safety of this underground complex, if he ever feels the need. (50 exp)
- Julgoor offers drugs at mate's rates. A mere gold piece per dose of any of the more common drugs. A steal! Unless, of course, they're willing to give favours... ? (50 exp)
- POWERLAD goes for the favour option. He gets another four wraps of Notcoke, and four more petals appear on the flower on his cheek. (50 exp)

- They take their leave and decide to pay a visit to Isen Heisenberg, the poison researcher who caused the whole cancer-tentacle and death of plants thing. (50 exp)
--- Isen Heisenberg
- They enter Isen Heisenberg's room to find that his papers are all over the floor. A great big circle with several large tentacles worming their way from the centre has been drawn there. Isen's composure has not improved over the last week or so. (50 exp)
- He's introduced to "Andromeda", who he seems very taken with after she shows him the hyper-poison claws she can extrude. She openly flirts with him, to Galaxy Johnson's muttered chagrin. (50 exp)
- He thinks the way to actually kill Shub-Niggurath is hydraulic. It has veins, of a sort. Creating a poison that spreads through water is the best solution! (50 exp)
- Everyone carefully tries to avoid encouraging this. Given that he managed to wipe out a third of all plant life on the planet recently, maybe don't poison all the water too? (50 exp)
- Arach-Nacha grows and grows out into her true spider form to impress Heisenberg. She asks Galaxy Johnson if she can stay down here with him. Pretty please? She thinks they can get a lot... done... together. (50 exp)
- Galaxy Johnson is not pleased, but he goes along with it. The tension is palpable. Arach-Nacha's carapace seems to become glossier before his jealous eyes. (50 exp)
- "Oh, you should probably take this. Tell her I'm sorry for not following through on the deal," says Arach-Nacha. Her lower abdomen tears open, black glossy hands pulling her body in half from inside. The hands lower the body of Andromeda to the ground below. (50 exp)
- Her pulse is faint, but constant. Violet pokes holes for arms and legs in a sack she's holding to clothe Andromeda's naked body. (50 exp)
- POWERLAD carries her out. He looks down at her and sees her eyes flicker open. She looks up at POWERLAD's face, cradled in his powerful arms, and for a single pure moment she feels truly at peace. She briefly smiles, eyes brimming with tears, before slipping back into unconsciousness. (50 exp)
--- Return to the Surface

- They travel out of the caves towards the surface and the city above. A great flap of POWERLAD's wings sends him soaring into the air, others make their own arrangements via Sir Robyn's Fly spell and a handy Floating Disk. (50 exp)
- They touch down, Bertha running out of the library to meet them. She's surprised to see Andromeda in POWERLAD's arms, but she's got something more important to worry about... (50 exp)
- "POWERLAD! You're just in time! We found Magnus Grossman's body!" Such cliffhanger! (50 exp)

Total: 3400 exp

Misc:

- Absolutely Disgusting bonus (50 exp)

- Aggressive Negotiations bonus (50 exp)

- Balls to the Wall bonus (50 exp)

- Best of Intentions bonus (50 exp)

- Brutal Kill bonus (50 exp)

- Classic Charles bonus (50 exp)

- Diplomancy bonus (50 exp)

- Dramatic Battle bonus (50 exp)

- I Immediately Regret This Decision bonus (50 exp)

- Internecine Strife bonus (50 exp)

- Kill It With Fire bonus (50 exp)

- Ludicrous Gore bonus (50 exp)

- PETA bonus (50 exp)

- Pundemonium bonus (50 ex)

- Why Did You Touch That bonus (50 exp)

Total: 750 exp

Party Roles and Individual Exp:

- MVP bonus (Synthia - players*100 exp)
- Remembrancer (Charles / Galaxy Johnson - 100 exp)

- Caller (Kitty / POWERLAD - 100 exp)

- Mapper (Carter / Violet - 100 exp)
- Treasurer (Charles / Galaxy Johnson - 100 exp)

- Quartermaster (Ollie / Synthia - 100 exp)

- Guard (Carter / Violet - 100 exp)
- Tracker (Timothy / Sir Robyn - 100 exp)
- Art Attack bonus (Charles, Timothy, Ollie, Carter - 100 exp ea.)- Artapalooza bonus (Charles, Timothy, Ollie, Carter - 100 exp ea.)

- Attacco d'Arte bonus (Charles, Timothy, Ollie, Carter - 100 exp ea.)
- Chippo Man bonus (Carter - 100 exp)
- Fiction Fanatic bonus (Kitty, Ollie, Carter - 100 exp ea.)
- Los Pollos Hermano bonus (Carter - 100 exp)
- JÜGBRINGYR bonus (Timothy*2, Charles, Kitty - 500 exp ea,)

Active Businesses:

- Honey Healing. Safe. 1084sp. (Bertha)

- Knickers Gloves Bodices. Risky. 1020sp. (Ratimir)
- Blood Honey 4 U. Safe. 10410sp. (Sir Robyn)

Rumours:

- 

Death Toll and Injuries:

- Galaxy Doge, torn apart by Ratimir's rats

Exp Totals:

- Kitty / POWERLAD!, Level 7 Muscle Wizard: 93107 (Level up at 144000)-- Devotee of Ninhursag, Bond 9 (-45% exp)
- James / Ratimir, 

- Charles / Galaxy Johnson, Level 6 Elf (Alpdrucke): 48309 (Level up at 96000)*DING!* +1d6 HP! +free spell! +1 level 3 spell/day! +backstory!- Timothy / Sir Robyn, Level 6 Magic-User: 36368 (Level up at 72000)
*DING!* +1d4 HP! +free spell! +1 level 3 spell/day! +saves improve! +backstory!

--- Spider Squad, Level 1 Spider Extras: 737 (Level up at 1500)

- Ollie / Synthia, Level 5 Inheritor: 21687 (Level up at 36000)-- Devotee of Ninhursag, Bond 2 (-10% exp)   
- Carter / Violet, Level 2 Necromancer: 4074 (Level up at 4500)

Absent or Retired:

- Tom / Clarence Eclair, Level 3 Specialist: 3040 (Level up at 6000)

- Tom / Aces Fontaine, Level 1 Specialist: 869 (Level up at 1500)
- Kitty / Bertha, Level 4 Necromancer: 9931 (Level up at 18000)- Imran / Friar, Level 1 Magic User: 1040 (Level up at 2250)
- Yuri / Bjorn Gunnerson, Level 2 Barbarian: 2278 (Level up at 4000)

- Sunni / Larry's Legends, Level 1 Extras: 758 (Level up at 1500)

- Fraser / Tippin, Level 1 Ratman: 1458 (Level up at 1500)

- Charles / Zena, Level 6 Fighter: 41566 (Level up at 64000)

- Tom / Meteor Power Shower, Level 2 Barbarian: 3061 (Level up at 4000)

- Nix's Retainer

--- Huz, Level 0 Hireling

- Tom / Spicy Mac, Level 2 Halfling: 3457 (Level up at 4000)

- Eleanor / Mugg, Level 2 Fighter: 2357 (Level up at 4000)

- Kyle / Gimlass the Brave, Level 2 Dwarf: 2257 (Level up at 4400)

- Amar / Amar's Cleric, Level 1 Cleric: 1413 (Level up at 1750)

- Henry / Henry's Next Character: +2084 exp

- Ollie / Tremendo Picante, Level 2 Ratman: 2654 (Level up at 3000)

- James / Raaf van Held, Level 4 Fighter: 14838 (Level up at 16000)

- Eglė / Bob, Level 1 Dwarf: 434 (Level up at 2200)

- Will / Cecil Fulbright, Level 5 Cleric (Termaxian): 15063 (Level up at 28000)

- James / William Fox-Shitt, Level 3 Cleric (Zeanist): 4571 (Level up at 7000)