Session 36 - A Disaster Averted

Disaster! Nobody but Dominic showed up to the session.

But luckily a similar fate had befallen some random guys nearby so I ran something anyway.

For those of you who were there for the wizard tower, it was that wizard tower again. They never met the wizard himself but Dominic's Cleric did manage to somehow close off the treasure vault puzzle entirely.

I don't know if anyone ever even saw the treasure vault puzzle last time, so there you go.

I guess this all happened in the campaign timeline, but when or how Fungonius got there is a mystery for another day.

To the other guys - thanks for coming! Feel free to come future sessions if you want.

Session 36 - A Disaster Averted

Campaign date:
Saturday, July 18th 1549
Moon phase: Waxing Crescent
Zodiac: Gemini

New characters:

- Sheik, a barbarian known for his oily body, large moustache, and iron wrestling moves. Has leeches from homeland.

- Nagash, a necromancer who lost his job as a butler due to an incident with a dog.

- Croick, fighter, lanternbearer, window-tapper. Deceased.

- Elric, cleric and drunk.

Enemies defeated:

- Animated innards (25 exp)

Treasure and Equipment:

- Various crockery (100 exp)

- Fancy hat and several other items of clothing (30 exp)

- Fine wine (200 exp)

- Microscope (500 exp)

- Gold thread (1000 exp)

Exploration:

- 8 dungeon rooms explored (160 exp)

- 2 secret doors found (100 exp)

Misc:

- Entered without a scratch (50 exp)

- Found a bunch of bones (50 exp)

- Actually got some good results from the mirrors what (50 exp)

- Ludicrous gore bonus (50 exp)

- Treasure waster bonus (50 exp)

- Why Did You Touch That bonus (50 exp)

- WWE bonus (Sheik - 50 exp)

- Death's Witness bonus (Witnesses - 100 exp ea)

- Failed Saving Throw bonus (Fungonius, Nagash - 100 exp ea)

- Cartographer bonus (Fungonius - 100 exp)

- Died in First Session bonus (Elric - 200 exp)

- Only Guy to Show Up bonus (Fungonius - 500 exp)

Quests and Rumours:

- "If only one person shows up to a session there is a 5% chance that some random people nearby might be able to play"

Death Toll and Injuries:

- Croick, got sucked into a mirror dimension. Was shattered into a million pieces along with the mirror during a failed rescue attempt.

Exp Totals:

Dominic / Fungonius, Level 3 Cleric: 2425 (Level up at 3500)

*DING!* +1d6 HP, +1 lvl 1 spell/day

Matt / Sheik, Level 1 Barbarian: 767 (Level up at 2000)

Shaun / Nagash, Level 1 Necromancer: 817 (Level up at 2250)

rhhjdghjdshgjbleeeh / Elric, Level 1 Cleric: 817 (Level up at 1750)

(I am getting these names off the emails you gave me so soz if they're wrong)

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Absent or Retired:

Renzo / Mushroom Lover, Level 4 Elf (Alpdrucke): 17761 (Level up at 24000)
-- Carl Sberg, Level 1 Fighter: 1011 (Level up at 2000)
Michael / Mist Urmun, Level 4 Magic User: 12881 (Level up at 18000)

Pawel / Devein, Level 1 Dwarf: 1160 (Level up at 2200)

Liisa / Peggy Pigrider, Level 4 Dwarf: 13395 (Level up at 17600)
-- Mr Burg, Level 1 Fighter: 655 (Level up at 2000)
Marco / Sauron, Level 1 Necromancer: 1530 (Level up at 2250)
Tom / NWA Chuck Langley, Level 1 Cleric: 951 (Level up at 1750)

Ros / Rhea, Level 1 Elf (Capriped): 850 (Level up at 3000)

John / Level 1 Magic-User: 1500 (Level up at 2000)

Dana / Bingo, Level 1 Muscle Wizard: 1461(Level up at 2250)
Chris / Crocell, Level 4 Halfling: 12318 (Level up at 16000)
-- Belial, Level 1 Fighter: 1047 (Level up at 2000)
Michael / Mist Urmun, Level 4 Magic User: 9129 (Level up at 18000)
Renzo / Gastani, Level 2 Barbarian: 3000 (Level up at 4000)
Chris2 / Gadling, Level 3 Specialist (Assassin): 4738 (Level up at 6000)
Joanna / Artemis, Level 2 Specialist (Healer): 2250 (Level up at 3000)
George / Magnus, Level 1 Cleric: 1342 (Level up at 1750)
Lisa / Bella, Level 1 Magic User: 1951 (Level up at 2250)
Jacob / Wizard Khalifa, Level 1 Muscle Wizard: 430 (Level up at 2250)
Marius' Totally-Not-Necromancer, Level 3 Necromancer: 5111 (Level up at 9000)
Nadav / Frog, Level 1 Fighter: 732 (Level up at 2000)
Charlie / Losh, Level 1 Elf (Habberjock): 309 (Level up at 3000)
Jack / Uldric, Level 1 Magic User: 409 (Level up at 2250)
Kate / Khaleesi, Level 1 Muscle Wizard: 37 (Level up at 2250)
Emmi / Lyrel, Level 2 Necromancer: 2891 (Level up at 4500)
--- Schmidt, Level 0 Human

Session 17 - We Will Welease the Wizard!

Phew, well done guys! That was intense, and you managed to get a shitload of cash and drink most of it away within a single day.

Impressive stuff!

Crocell/Chris, I made up a quest for you - The Halfling God told you to release the God That Crawls from its imprisonment below the church at Oberon's Reach. If you do not do this your God will punish you, taking away your God-given right to mind control lesser beings.
Halfling religion, by the way, holds that the Halfling God is the One True God who dominates the minds of all halflings. Thus halflings cannot sin because all their actions are dictated directly by their god.

Carousers, remind me to make you roll on the Fancy Hats and Hairpieces table at the start of the next session. That is now an extra reward for carousing, and a hat counts as a helmet on the Death Crit table for purposes of death avoidance.

Found the rule about levelling up per session too - All exp over halfway to the next level is lost.

I attach the following so you know it's the game screwing you not me! -

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Session 17 - We Will Welease the Wizard!

New characters:
- Frog the Horse Whisperer turned Fighter (Nadav)

Enemies defeated:
- A vialful of living blood. (10 exp)

Treasure and Equipment:
- The Star Crystal/Orb (5000 exp)
- A book: The Flora and Fauna of Necropoli Centauri (250 exp)
- A book: Surviving the Interorbular Ether
- 7 vials of living blood
- Potion with floating animal bits identified as a potion that shrinks you to 2 inches tall for 10-40 minutes.
- Vast and varying monetary rewards for treasure and bargaining
- For Mist: Access to Calcidius' library worth 6000sp and thus good for spells up to 6th level.

Exploration:
- Travelled maybe 24 miles (40 exp)
- First party to enter Pillartown (100 exp)
- 5 dungeon rooms explored (50 exp)

Misc:
- Someone actually got struck by lightning (50 exp)
- Quick reflexes on the extending telescope (50 exp)
- Beat the ghost at jenga (50 exp)
- Handled the fragile books with care (50 exp)
- Let Calcidius out of his magic circle (50 exp)
- Apprenticed yourself to a plainly evil wizard (50 exp - Mist)
- Antagonist emancipator bonus (50 exp)
- Long deliberation bonus (50 exp)
- Hard bargain bonus (50 exp)
- Inspiring speech bonus (Totally-Not-A-Necromancer - 100 exp)
- Cartographer bonus (Mushroom Lover - 100 exp)
- Alan caroused (1200 exp, woke up with glass bead necklace)
- Crocell caroused (3200 exp, given quest by the monotheistic Halfling God to release the God That Crawls from its long imprisonment beneath the Church at Oberon's Reach, failure to apply all effort to doing so will result in loss of halfling domination ability)
- Totally-Not-A-Necromancer caroused (3200 exp, met local necromancer cell, knows secret handsigns to get in)

Quests and Rumours:
- Willibald Schwartz wants you to go back in time and destroy a ruby statue of an ant, says you can keep it as long as you break it.
--- Reward: 1000 exp, treasures of the past including ant statue carved from pure ruby, a unique spell
- Crocell must free the God That Crawls from its long imprisonment beneath Oberon's Reach.
--- Reward: 500 exp, the Halfling God will let him keep his domination ability.
- Rumour spread: "A mysterious group on a secret mission require volunteers for exciting, dangerous work. Strenous entry requirements. Only people of the highest quality accepted."
- "There is no way through the Wall save for the Gate. Those sumps to the north and south contain nothing but grinding gears and dead ends."
- "Glenshire is the place to be in times like these! Even without the tavern, when trouble arrives you can just punt a boat out onto the river no problem!"
- "The demons can't get near the Gate, so they've paid the Mountain Men to kill us all instead!"
- "You know the gigantic tree in Woodsley? There's a dryad inside, a huge one. And the tree is rotting from within."
- "The demons have reached Werneck, they'll be at East Ardley soon."
- "They say the rest of the Wall has failed, something happened a few days north of the gate and it took down the whole thing. At least the Gate is still keeping heathen magic away."
- "Over in Sayzel's Meadow there's a holy man who can heal the sick, it's the only reason they've stayed safe deep in the woods like that."

Death Toll and Injuries:
- Nothing serious!

Exp Totals:
Renzo / Mushroom Lover, Level 1 Elf (Alpdrucke): 2812 (Level up at 3000)
--- Trevor, Level 0 Human
Liisa's Dwarf, Level 1 Dwarf: 1926 (Level up at 2200)
--- Socks, Level 0 Human
Chris / Crocell, Level 2 Halfling: 3000 (Level up at 4000)

*DING!* +1d6 HP, +2 to saves, Halfling Domination ability unlocked
--- Big Bill, Level 0 Infantry (takes 1/5 of a share)
--- Trevor II, Level 0 Infantry (takes 1/5 of a share)
--- Lady Cecilia, Level 0 Archer (takes 1/5 of a share)
--- Mook Redshirt, Level 0 Archer (takes 1/5 of a share)
George / Alan, Level 2 Barbarian: 3000 (Level up at 4000)

*DING!* +d8 HP, roll twice on the Barbarian Level Up Table, +1 round/day of berserk rage
Marius' Totally-Not-Necromancer, Level 2 Necromancer: 3375 (Level up at 4500)

*DING!* +d4 HP, +free lvl 1 spell, +1 lvl 1 spell/day

Michael / Mist Urman, Level 2 Magic User: 3987 (Level up at 4500)
--- Stan, Level 0 Mercenary. (takes 1/5 of a share)
Nadav / Frog, Level 1 Fighter: 732 (Level up at 2000)

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Recovering:
Tom / Olaf Tenderloin, Level 2 Dwarf: 2737 (Level up at 4400) ETA: 32 weeks
Tom / Baron Noel Pompadour, Level 1 Specialist: 1223 (Level up at 1500) ETA: 18 weeks

Absent or Retired:
Charlie / Losh, Level 1 Elf (Habberjock): 309 (Level up at 3000)
Jack / Uldric, Level 1 Magic User: 409 (Level up at 2250)
Tom / Eli, Level 1 Cleric: 409 (Level up at 1750)
Kate / Khaleesi, Level 1 Muscle Wizard: 37 (Level up at 2250)
Emmi / Lyrel, Level 2 Necromancer: 2891 (Level up at 4500)
--- Schmidt, Level 0 Human
That one guy / Nadriel, Level 1 Barbarian: 293 (Level up at 2000)
That other guy / ???, Level 1 Fighter: 293 (Level up at 2000)

Session 16 - Return to the Tower of the Stargazer

Session 16 - Return to the Tower of the Stargazer

New Characters:
- Alan the Barbarian (George)

- Some guy who is totally not a Necromancer (Marius)

Enemies defeated:
- A giant stone-camouflaged spider. (75 exp)
- A demon in a bottle. (100 exp)

- Animated cadaver innards. (25 exp)

Treasure and Equipment:
- A dropped penny whistle.

- A slimline travelling spellbook.
- Piles and piles of worthless copper-painted stones, most dumped down a hole.

- 8 potions of unknown effect (Colours: Blood red, Clear with floating animal bits, Emerald green, Gold, Glowing Orange, Puke green, Sky blue, Glowing violet)

- Gold thread from a cadaver (1000 exp)

Exploration:
- Travelled around 18 miles (30 exp)
- First party to enter Grafton (100 exp)

- Secret door found (10 exp)

- 4 dungeon rooms explored (30 exp)

Misc:

- Met the Wizard of Grafton (50 exp)

- Got the true story out of the Wizard of Grafton (50 exp)

- Saw some soldiers, identified their banners as belonging to the standing army of Fortress City Fate (50 exp)

- Blocked the crack the spider went down. (50 exp)

- Realised the fake coins were worthless before carting them off home. (50 exp)
- Cartographer Bonus (Mushroom Lover - 100 exp)

- WWE Bonus (Alan - 50 exp)

- Near Death Experience bonus (Alan - 100 exp)

- Noble Sacrifice Bonus (Alan - 1000 exp - exp kicker from previous character)

Quests and Rumours:

- The Wizard of Grafton (whose name you never asked) wants you to bring him the Star Crystal and also head of his ancient frenemy, Calcidius, who is trapped in the magic circle in the Lightning Tower.

--- Reward: 100 gold (5000sp) for the Star Crystal.

--- Reward: 200 gold (10000sp) and 500 exp for Calcidius' head.

- Willibald Schwartz wants you to go back in time and destroy a ruby statue of an ant, says you can keep it as long as you break it.
--- Reward: 1000 exp, treasures of the past including ant statue carved from pure ruby, a unique spell

- "East Ardley was a den of sinners! That's why their church went up in smoke!"
- "The Mountain Men have slaughtered all the men and ravished all the women in Footsden! They're doomed!"
- "A wise old wizard lives in Grafton, but he doesn't do magic any more. He told me all about how cats work."
- "The Forest of Moondine is one of the only nonmagical forests in the entire world! What the hell is going on in Pillartown?"
- "The caves of the mountain men are down near Footsden, there's meant to be a back entrance they never use."

Death Toll and Injuries:

- Rick the henchman. Abandoned to creepy undead for, like, no reason.

Exp Totals:
Renzo / Mushroom Lover, Level 1 Elf (Alpdrucke): 1980 (Level up at 3000)

--- Trevor, Level 0 Human
Liisa's Dwarf, Level 1 Dwarf: 1194 (Level up at 2200)

--- Socks, Level 0 Human

Chris / Crocell, Level 1 Halfling: 1110 (Level up at 2000)

George / Alan, Level 1 Barbarian: 1474 (Level up at 2000)

Marius' Totally-Not-Necromancer, Level 1 Necromancer: 324 (Level up at 2250)

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Recovering:
Tom / Olaf Tenderloin, Level 2 Dwarf: 2737 (Level up at 4400) ETA: 33 weeks
Tom / Baron Noel Pompadour, Level 1 Specialist: 1223 (Level up at 1500) ETA: 19 weeks

Absent or Retired:
Charlie / Losh, Level 1 Elf (Habberjock): 309 (Level up at 3000)
Jack / Uldric, Level 1 Magic User: 409 (Level up at 2250)
Tom / Eli, Level 1 Cleric: 409 (Level up at 1750)
Michael / Mist Urman, Level 2 Magic User: 3205 (Level up at 6750)
--- Stan, Level 0 Mercenary. (takes 1/5 of a share)
Kate / Khaleesi, Level 1 Muscle Wizard: 37 (Level up at 2250)
Emmi / Lyrel, Level 2 Necromancer: 2891 (Level up at 4500)
--- Schmidt, Level 0 Human
That one guy / Nadriel, Level 1 Barbarian: 293 (Level up at 2000)
That other guy / ???, Level 1 Fighter: 293 (Level up at 2000)

Session 15 - I poke everything with a 10' pole.

From now on I'll make our regular day Wednesday at 7:00pm (same place, same time, etc).

If the Crosse Keys is full, we'll try the Counting House.

If the Counting House is full, we'll try this rad underground goth bar we found last week.

Also - sorry Marius, the cave monster got your guy last night! He might not be dead though? In any case he's out of the game unless he survived inside the amber shell and is rescued from the cave monster's cave.

Renzo - forward this to Liisa or gimme her email so I can send it on.

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Session 15 - I poke everything with a 10' pole.

New Characters:

-The Nameless Dwarf, Bearded Lady and Piesmith. (Liisa)

Enemies defeated:

- None!

Treasure and Equipment:

- Various assets looted from Ameight's corpse, including several gems and the Ram Longbow.

- Hired four villagers: Billy the Torchbearer (4.2sp/day) and three out-of-work miners named Trevor, Rick and Socks (8.4sp/day ea.).
- A book on puppetry theory.

- 4 bottles of wine of a fine vintage (400 exp)

- A delicate microscope, packed with straw (500 exp)

Exploration:

-Travelled 12 miles to the Lightning Tower and back (20 exp)

- First party to enter the Lightning Tower (100 exp)

- 11 dungeon rooms explored (110 exp)

- 1 secret door found (10 exp)

Misc:

- Uncovered the secrets of the Ram Longbow (50 exp)

- Evaded the lightning field (50 exp)

- Found Argyle the Head Servant's diary (50 exp)

- Found the key to the workshop (50 exp)

- Met the wizard (50 exp)

- Uncovered the secret of the magic lift (50 exp)

- Beheld the treasure room (50 exp)

- Operator as Fuck Stealth Bonus (50 exp)

- Cartographer Bonus (Mushroom Lover - 100 exp)

- Failed Saving Throw Bonus (Mushroom Lover, Nameless Dwarf - 100 exp ea.)

Quests and Rumours:

- Willibald Schwartz wants you to go back in time and destroy a ruby statue of an ant, says you can keep it as long as you break it.

--- Reward: 1000 exp, treasures of the past including ant statue carved from pure ruby, a unique spell

- St. Caspian took several mercenaries into the Delve to put a stop to the return of magic. He never came back.

- "They say there's a mold beyond the wall that takes over men's minds and makes them go mad. There's a roving gang of bandits who are all infested."

- "Lonville Marsh is an ugly, godforsaken place, but apparently they've found a way to counteract the mold!"

Death Toll and Injuries:

- Ameight, player not present, consumed by the creature in the ravine while barely conscious and broken-legged. Lightest stuff looted although 900 silver is still just lying around down there in the ravine.

Exp Totals:

Renzo / Mushroom Lover, Level 1 Elf (Alpdrucke): 1556 (Level up at 3000)

Liisa / Nameless Dwarf, Level 1 Dwarf: 870 (Level up at 2200)

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Recovering:

Tom / Olaf Tenderloin, Level 2 Dwarf: 2737 (Level up at 4400) ETA: 34 weeks

Tom / Baron Noel Pompadour, Level 1 Specialist: 1223 (Level up at 1500) ETA: 20 weeks

Absent or Retired:

Charlie / Losh, Level 1 Elf (Habberjock): 309 (Level up at 3000)

Jack / Uldric, Level 1 Magic User: 409 (Level up at 2250)

Tom / Eli, Level 1 Cleric: 409 (Level up at 1750)

Michael / Mist Urman, Level 2 Magic User: 3205 (Level up at 6750)

--- Stan, Level 0 Mercenary. (takes 1/5 of a share)

Chris / Crocell, Level 1 Halfling: 786 (Level up at 2000)

Kate / Khaleesi, Level 1 Muscle Wizard: 37 (Level up at 2250)

Emmi / Lyrel, Level 2 Necromancer: 2891 (Level up at 4500)

--- Schmidt, Level 0 Human

That one guy / Nadriel, Level 1 Barbarian: 293 (Level up at 2000)

That other guy / ???, Level 1 Fighter: 293 (Level up at 2000)