Session 78 - Death Frost Descent

One minor bit of news - the game on Tuesday 16th is cancelled because I'm in Las Vegas. Such a difficult life!

Other than that, see you next week!

Session 78 - Death Frost Descent
Campaign Date:

Saturday, 28 November, 1549
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Zodiac: Scorpio

Enemies Defeated:
- 7 skeletons, bashed to bits (175 exp)

- 10 zombies, burned and stabbed (250 exp)

- 8 skin bags, wrapped round sticks and chopped a bunch (80 exp)

- 30 additional assorted undead, caught by an avalanche (750 exp)

- 6 more skin bags, popped and iced (60 exp)

- A skeleton who was upside down in a tree, sliced by a snowball (25 exp)
Total: 1340 exp

Treasure and Equipment:
- Brass skeleton head brooch (10 exp)

- Two black cloaks with the Necromancer's sigil on them

- A vial containing the last breath of a necromancer

- A talking skeletal head

Total: 10 exp

Exploration:
- Surprisingly little.

Total: 0 exp

Events:
- Meanwhile back at the black fortress... our intrepid party have spent the previous session off-screen escaping the fortress. As they pass the skinned corpses of some reindeer and reach the treeline they join up with a few others. (50 exp)

- Battered and bleeding, the decision is made to try and climb up the side of the mountain to the spooky cabin to try and get some sleep. (50 exp)

- Armed with crampons and Jane Doe's tentacle rope, Stabbington scales the mountain. He is loud and obvious and attracts the attention of a zombie at the top who's just sort of chilling. (50 exp)
- The zombie yells and Stabbington yells back before charging in and killing it. Meanwhile the rest of the party climb up behind. (50 exp)

- The black gates creak open and armies of the damned begin to pour out, supplemented by skin bags floating out of holes above. (50 exp)
- Despite fighting bravely, Zan using a tree limb to wrap skin bags like a horrible candy floss, and and the combat-testing of Jane Doe's new oil blasting flame sword contraption, there are too many of them and they keep coming. (50 exp)

- Jumurak eats a crit and has his clothes and armour torn off by a skin kite. Sparky trick-shots a snowball at the mountain's peak and starts an avalanche, it's time to go! (50 exp)

- Descent from the cliff is achieved via many means, including the normal climb-down-the-rope option but also by using grabbed skin kites as parachutes. Above, the avalanche crushes any undead outside the main doors. (50 exp)

- At ground level the party jog off the path to eat something and recuperate in the woods, hopefully out of sight. (50 exp)

- Grunting is heard from the road, a big bull of a man in necromancer robes is dragging himself up towards the black fortress. Sparky investigates and sees a strange crossbow bolt lodged in his spine, then gets stage fright and gets others to talk to him. (50 exp)

- The man gives some information about how the people guarding the mountain are being picked off, then breathes his last breath into a glass vial and stoppers it. This is immediately nicked. (50 exp)

- Continuing down the mountain path, the party comes across crude wooden cages which have been knocked over. The skin bags that were trapped within attack but are dispatched fairly easily. (50 exp)

- A weird crossbow bolt affixed with a message saying "Good luck, Sir Three-Eyes and friends" lands in the midst of the group. This is immediately nicked. (50 exp)

- Further down the path, the party is fired upon by a skeleton hanging in a tree. Sparky slices its legs off with a snowball trick shot and it is looted, including its brass-nostrilled head. (50 exp)

- Continuing on and hoping for a rest stop, another Necromancer is found leaning against a wooden cage. He gives some info about the people who killed him and points out his campsite, but laments his lack of glass vial to catch his last breath. (50 exp)
- Zan whips out the recently stolen skull and lets him breath his last breath into it, creating a talking skull with the guy's soul in it. He's very grateful and I enjoy this gimmick immensely. (50 exp)

- The necromancer campsite is reached and the party finally get a chance to rest. For now. (50 exp)

Total: 850 exp

Misc:
- Antagonist Appeaser bonus (50 exp)

- Balls to the Wall bonus (50 exp)
- Brutal Kill bonus (50 exp)
- Dramatic Battle bonus (50 exp)
- Headtaker bonus (50 exp)
- Kill It With Fire bonus (50 exp)

- Mad Inventor bonus (50 exp)
- Mountaineer bonus (50 exp)
- What Could Possibly Go Wrong bonus (50 exp)
- Near Death Experience bonus (Jumurak - 100 exp)

Total: 450 exp + bonus

Rumours:
- None up here

Death Toll and Injuries:
- None today, though Jumurak came close.

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Exp Totals:
Dominic / Sir Stabbington Shanks, Level 6 Fighter: 48097 (Level up at 64000)

Kyle / Jane Doe, Level 4 Dwarf: 16795 (Level up at 17600)
Sarah / Mana, Level 4 Specialist (Thief): 13206 (Level up at 24000)
Fraser / Jumarak2, Level 4 Muscle Wizard: 12561 (Level up at 18000)
Charles / Zan, Spermling of Zea, Level 3 Cleric: 3728 (Level up at 7000)
*DING!* +1d6 HP! +1 Level 2 spell/day!
Tom / Sparky, Level 1 Magic User: 1149 (Level up at 2250)
Oliver R / Wolfegang Brown, Level 1 Muscle Wizard: 379 (Level up at 2250)

Absent or Retired:

Louis / Louis' Next Character, Level 1 ???: 2062 (Level up at ???)
Oliver R / Osar, Level 2 Specialist (Dabbler): 2732 (Level up at 3000)Oli / Lulu Spiderbite, Daughter of Lord Gorga, Level 5 Barbarian: 26983
Charlie / Le Chaz III, Level 1 Cleric: 670 (Level up at 1750)
David / Theras, Level 5 Specialist (Assassin): 13422 (Level up at 24000)
Mariana / Joe Joe, Level 5 Halfling: 28949 (Level up at 32000)

Dana / Bingo Augustus, Level 5 Muscle Wizard: 19863 (Level up at 36000)

James / Quarion, Level 3 Elf (Gremling): 7947 (Level up at 12000)

Gary / Skirr Abderian, Level 1 Specialist (Thief): 416 (Level up at 1500)

Mariana / Aurora, Level 3 Cleric: 4018 (Level up at 7000)

Wai / Mogwi Stitch-Up, Level 2 Specialist: 2715 (Level up at 3000)

Sam / Lucados Orbrus, Level 2 Fighter: 3000 (Level up at 4000)

Clay / Carthas, Level 1 Fighter: 371 (Level up at 2000)

John / West, Level 1 Cleric: 521 (Level up at 1750)

Hayley / Bob, Level 2 Dwarf: 2999 (Level up at 4400)

Niall / Roht, Level 1 Muscle Wizard: 722 (Level up at 2250)

??? / Unnamed Cleric of the Garden God, Level 1 Cleric: 0 (Level up at 1750)

Florent / Sir Arthur, Level 1 Fighter: 186 (Level up at 2000)

Jamie / Alden, Level 1 Magic-User: 186 (Level up at 2250)

Ben / Thant, Level 1 Cleric: 186 (Level up at 1750)

Mike / Arran Folynn, Level 1 Specialist (Rogue): 186 (Level up at 1500)

Alex / Arhnin, Level 1 Elf (Hollowback Ylfen): 1518 (Level up at 3000)

Daniel / Davrak, Level 1 Magic User: 976 (Level up at 2250)

Nuno / Temperion, Level 1 Magic User: 742 (Level up at 2250)

Leo / Leo, Level 4 Cleric: 11102 (Level up at 14000)

Liisa / Peggy Pigrider, Level 5 Dwarf: 19420 (Level up at 35200)

-- Mr Pig, Level 1 Porcine.

Aron / Alphonse the Gentleman Barbarian, Level 1 Barbarian: 1184 (Level up at 2000)

Nimrod / U, Level 2 Specialist (Monk): 2250 (Level up at 3000)

Renzo / (Renzo's next character), Level 2 ???: 3462 (Level up at ???)

Clay / Svalborg, Level 2 Goblin: 2204 (Level up at 4000)

-- Tzani Spillios, Level 0 Scholar

Thomas / Tobias, Level 2 Cleric: 2204 (Level up at 3500)

Josh / Larry, Level 1 Elf (Galumfy Dotard): 383 (Level up at 3000)

Will / Calen, Level 1 Halfling: 1582 (Level up at 2000)

Davide / Golden Junk, Level 1 Elf (Misergeist): 1971 (Level up at 3000)

Pedro / Dexter, Level 1 Necromancer: 1460 (Level up at 2250)

Mark / Marley, Level 2 Specialist: 2850 (Level up at 3000)

Rita / Arwen, Level 1 Elf (Sloomit Waghorn): 643 (Level up at 3000)

Sophia / Ceres, Level 1 Elf (Hollowback Ylfen): 1487 (Level up at 3000)

Alex / Tick, Level 1 Goblin: 731 (Level up at 2000)

Oliver / Pip, Level 1 Halfling: 731 (Level up at 2000)

Ej / Matilda, Level 2 Specialist: 1839 (Level up at 3000)

Sev / Brad the Stabbinator, Level 1 Fighter: 1871 (Level up at 2000)

Harry / Reg, Level 1 Dwarf: 150 (Level up at 2200)

Mike / Lootle Halfstack, Level 1 Specialist: 715 (Level up at 1500)

Aaron / Maura, Level 1 Halfling: 1637 (Level up at 2000)

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)

Michael / Mist Urmun, Level 4 Magic User: 12881 (Level up at 18000)

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

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)

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 77 - Forgive Us

Due to forgotten character sheets we had a sort of one-shot game in Edge.
Like last time I ran a one-shot, I'm just totaling up everything that everyone's characters earned and splitting it evenly between people who were there. That's fairish!

Also apologies for taking so long to get this out, it's extra long to make up for it!

Additionally, gaze upon this artwork drawn by our very own CHARLES depicting the goings on in the game session. Behold poor Dog the Goblin's unfortunate end. Oh he was so young.

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Session 77 - Forgive Us
Campaign Date:

Thursday, 26 November, 1549
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Zodiac: Saggitarius

Enemies Defeated:
- A horrible dog monster, killed until dead (50 exp)

- 3 hungry dogs, distracted with food (75 exp)
Total: 1040 exp

Treasure and Equipment:
- 170 cp, 103sp, 1gp (170 exp)

- Ornate sword with finely carved wooden hilt (100 exp)

- A book: Fifty Shades of Ulfire

- Passports and documents indicting a city official of some standing

- Silver clasps (500 exp)

- A copper sculpture of a feral looking rat (200 exp)
- A silver sculpture of a feral looking rat, the mirror of the first (1000 exp)

- A key with "#99" carved into the bow
- A medallion carved with strange piscine images (1200 exp)

- Two fine gold necklaces (1200 exp)

Total: 4370 exp

Exploration:
- First party to enter the Headquarters of the Tenebrous Hand (100 exp)

- Explored 30 dungeon rooms (600 exp) 

- One secret door discovered (50 exp)

Total: 750 exp

Events:
- Cliffhanger! With the actual party facing uncertain doom in the black fortress, an unfortunate character sheet misplacement results in an Edge-based filler episode. (50 exp)

- A Necromancer, a Magic User, a Goblin, and a Specialist (Cat Burglar) are on a mission from a government official to steal back some very incriminating documents from a gang of thieves calling themselves the Tenebrous Hand. (50 exp)

- After snooping around a block of buildings owned by the thieves and discovering it ominously devoid of life, the Cat Burglar loudly ascends to the roof of the building. (50 exp)

- While the Necromancer distracts a man with a noise complaint, the Goblin and his buddy named Dog climb up a rope let down by the Cat Burglar. (50 exp)
- Dog shimmies down a chimney into the Potter's shop and sounds of breaking crockery are heard. The Goblin shimmies down after to stop him making a mess and piles unbroken ceramic loot by the door. (50 exp)
- After a bit of minor exploration, the Goblin opens said door to the street and lets everyone else in. Searching the upper bedrooms nets a bunch of loot, including a fancy sword. (50 exp)

- Going out the back door into the shared courtyard, the party check out a door that's slightly ajar and find themselves amongst the hanging meat in the back of the Butcher's shop. Dog is sent to explore. (50 exp)
- Amongst all the rotting meat is a horrible mutant dog thing! It attacks Dog (the goblin, not itself) before being handily dispatched. Dog finds himself with a rapidly mutating hand where the dog got him, but his master solves that easily via rapid amputation followed by addition of a knife tourniquet. (50 exp)

- The Carpenter's shop is explored next, revealing an upstairs area for training would-be gang members in combat and thievery, along with the rotting half-mutated corpse of a man who killed himself before he could turn. (50 exp)
- A long ladder is found by the window, long enough to reach across the alley to the upper storey of the next house. Tragedy strikes when Dog attempts to cross and, due to only having one hand now, falls off and decapitates himself on the wall directly below. (50 exp)

- Unfazed by the loss of their henchgoblin, the party search the upper floor and find a weird object oozing black goop in one of the bedrooms. It is carefully backed away from. (50 exp)
- Downstairs, everything seems fine except for the black ooze dripping from where it ate through the ceiling. The party leaves via the back door into the courtyard. (50 exp)

- A noise is heard and investigated inside another house, rangy emaciated dogs looking for food. They are distracted with rations and bypassed and the party heads upstairs, but not before someone scoops up a copy of a particularly tacky erotic novel from a table. (50 exp)

- A wizard shows up out of nowhere around this point. Some of the party know him from somewhere. He joins the group. (50 exp)

- Upstairs is a dead man who left a nice suicide note and a ring of keys. A convenient secret door into the Dog & Bastard inn is found and used. (50 exp)
- After exploring the pub and grabbing treasures from some of the rooms, a locked cellar door is found and unlocked and descended into, leading to a secret cellar. (50 exp)

- The cellar contains signs of recent bloody battle and a hastily erected barricade blocking one corridor. The barricade is, of course, dismantled a little, and the party goes in. (50 exp)

- Deeper inside is what is clearly the thieves' vault. Inside is movement and a strange smell. A table full of valuable stuff is quickly found and the party start grabbing whatever they can, including (phew!) the documents they needed. (50 exp)

- But no! Suddenly a bunch of horrible man-shaped mutant monsters are here! The party grab some last bits of stuff off the tables as they start to run, losing two of their number in the escape. (50 exp)

- The barricade is swiftly boarded up once more and the survivors emerge into the cold light of dawn somewhat the worse for wear. It is a pity that they did not solve the problem down there... (50 exp)

Total: 1000 exp

Misc:
- AAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaa bonus (50 exp)
- Absolutely Disgusting bonus (50 exp)
- Balls to the Wall bonus (50 exp)
- Best of Intentions bonus (50 exp)
- Brutal Kill bonus (50 exp)
- Dramatic Battle bonus (50 exp)

- I Immediately Regret This Decision bonus (50 exp)

- Mad Inventor bonus (50 exp)
- PETA bonus (50 exp)
- Pyrrhic Victory bonus (50 exp)
- RSPCA bonus (50 exp)

- DM Forgot Your Character Sheets bonus (300 exp ea.)

- Noble Sacrifice bonus (2*1000 exp)

- Death's Witness bonus (3*100 exp)
Total: 3150 exp

Rumours:
-

Death Toll and Injuries:
- 2/5, needs improvement

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Exp Totals:
Dominic / Sir Stabbington Shanks, Level 6 Fighter: 47718 (Level up at 64000)
Fraser / Jumarak2, Level 4 Muscle Wizard: 12082 (Level up at 18000)
Charles / Zan, Spermling of Zea, Level 2 Cleric: 3349 (Level up at 3500)
*DING!* +1d6 HP! +1 level 1 spell/day! +can craft Talismans!
Oliver / Osar, Level 2 Specialist (Dabbler): 2732 (Level up at 3000)
*DING!* +1d6 HP! +2 skill points!
Louis / Louis' Next Character, Level 1 ???: 2062 (Level up at ???)

Absent or Retired:

Kyle / Jane Doe, Level 4 Dwarf: 16416 (Level up at 17600)
Oli / Lulu Spiderbite, Daughter of Lord Gorga, Level 5 Barbarian: 26983

Sarah / Mana, Level 4 Specialist (Thief): 12827 (Level up at 24000)
Tom / Sparky, Level 1 Magic User: 770 (Level up at 2250)
Charlie / Le Chaz III, Level 1 Cleric: 670 (Level up at 1750)
David / Theras, Level 5 Specialist (Assassin): 13422 (Level up at 24000)
Mariana / Joe Joe, Level 5 Halfling: 28949 (Level up at 32000)

Dana / Bingo Augustus, Level 5 Muscle Wizard: 19863 (Level up at 36000)

James / Quarion, Level 3 Elf (Gremling): 7947 (Level up at 12000)

Gary / Skirr Abderian, Level 1 Specialist (Thief): 416 (Level up at 1500)

Mariana / Aurora, Level 3 Cleric: 4018 (Level up at 7000)

Wai / Mogwi Stitch-Up, Level 2 Specialist: 2715 (Level up at 3000)

Sam / Lucados Orbrus, Level 2 Fighter: 3000 (Level up at 4000)

Clay / Carthas, Level 1 Fighter: 371 (Level up at 2000)

John / West, Level 1 Cleric: 521 (Level up at 1750)

Hayley / Bob, Level 2 Dwarf: 2999 (Level up at 4400)

Niall / Roht, Level 1 Muscle Wizard: 722 (Level up at 2250)

??? / Unnamed Cleric of the Garden God, Level 1 Cleric: 0 (Level up at 1750)

Florent / Sir Arthur, Level 1 Fighter: 186 (Level up at 2000)

Jamie / Alden, Level 1 Magic-User: 186 (Level up at 2250)

Ben / Thant, Level 1 Cleric: 186 (Level up at 1750)

Mike / Arran Folynn, Level 1 Specialist (Rogue): 186 (Level up at 1500)

Alex / Arhnin, Level 1 Elf (Hollowback Ylfen): 1518 (Level up at 3000)

Daniel / Davrak, Level 1 Magic User: 976 (Level up at 2250)

Nuno / Temperion, Level 1 Magic User: 742 (Level up at 2250)

Leo / Leo, Level 4 Cleric: 11102 (Level up at 14000)

Liisa / Peggy Pigrider, Level 5 Dwarf: 19420 (Level up at 35200)

-- Mr Pig, Level 1 Porcine.

Aron / Alphonse the Gentleman Barbarian, Level 1 Barbarian: 1184 (Level up at 2000)

Nimrod / U, Level 2 Specialist (Monk): 2250 (Level up at 3000)

Renzo / (Renzo's next character), Level 2 ???: 3462 (Level up at ???)

Clay / Svalborg, Level 2 Goblin: 2204 (Level up at 4000)

-- Tzani Spillios, Level 0 Scholar

Thomas / Tobias, Level 2 Cleric: 2204 (Level up at 3500)

Josh / Larry, Level 1 Elf (Galumfy Dotard): 383 (Level up at 3000)

Will / Calen, Level 1 Halfling: 1582 (Level up at 2000)

Davide / Golden Junk, Level 1 Elf (Misergeist): 1971 (Level up at 3000)

Pedro / Dexter, Level 1 Necromancer: 1460 (Level up at 2250)

Mark / Marley, Level 2 Specialist: 2850 (Level up at 3000)

Rita / Arwen, Level 1 Elf (Sloomit Waghorn): 643 (Level up at 3000)

Sophia / Ceres, Level 1 Elf (Hollowback Ylfen): 1487 (Level up at 3000)

Alex / Tick, Level 1 Goblin: 731 (Level up at 2000)

Oliver / Pip, Level 1 Halfling: 731 (Level up at 2000)

Ej / Matilda, Level 2 Specialist: 1839 (Level up at 3000)

Sev / Brad the Stabbinator, Level 1 Fighter: 1871 (Level up at 2000)

Harry / Reg, Level 1 Dwarf: 150 (Level up at 2200)

Mike / Lootle Halfstack, Level 1 Specialist: 715 (Level up at 1500)

Aaron / Maura, Level 1 Halfling: 1637 (Level up at 2000)

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)

Michael / Mist Urmun, Level 4 Magic User: 12881 (Level up at 18000)

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

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)

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 76 - Doom Busters

A PSA - Next week's game (26/1/16) is being moved to Monday (25/1/16) due to a clash with Australia Day which is, as you might imagine, a very important day when an Englishman stepped foot on Australian soil and said, "I saw it first".

Session 76 - Doom Busters
Campaign Date:
Wednesday, 25 November, 1549
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Zodiac: Saggitarius

Enemies Defeated:
- 63 skeletons, mostly blown up but sometimes smashed (630 exp)
- 7 skin kites, burnt from the sky (35 exp)
- A necromancer (250 exp)
- A zombie (25 exp)
- 4HD smoke demon (100 exp)
Total: 1040 exp

Treasure and Equipment:
- 10' of chain that the Necromancer was carrying for some reason
- A vial of Holy Water that he was also holding. Great Necromancer.
- The Necromancer's spellbook

Total: 0 exp

Exploration:
- Explored 3 dungeon rooms (60 exp)

- 1 alternate entry blown open (200 exp)
Total: 260 exp

Events:
- Riding their flying reindeer back to Fate, the party sell off anything fungible and begin making plans. (50 exp)
- Several barrels of shot-filled gunpowder barrels are purchased and flown via sleigh to the black fortress atop Mt Death Frost. (50 exp)
- The fortress itself is built into the mountain and hard to assault. Zan Detects Evil from above, identifying major clumps of undead. There are a lot of clumps. (50 exp)
- A bunkerbuster barrel is placed on the roof above a major cluster and Mana takes the opportunity to do some sleuthing. Looking through an arrow slit she sees several skeletons on guard duty. (50 exp)
- Mana returns and the bunkerbuster is detonated, revealing a cave full of skeletons. Meanwhile, flayed human skins emerge from caves and float toward the sleigh like plastic bags. (50 exp)
- After a bomb is dropped among the skeletons to disappointing effect, Lulu flies down into the breach to detonate another. While it works much better, there are still just heaps and heaps of them down there. (50 exp)
- The floating skins have gotten closer by now and begin flapping around the sleigh, if they touch bare skin it sticks and begins to tear off. (50 exp)
- After blasting a bunch of them with the flamethrower, the party realises there are too many to take on easily and fly around away from them. (50 exp)
- A dambusters-style raid on a glass window follows but doesn't work. Finding a hastily boarded up skeleton-sized hole in one of the battlements, Lulu stuffs the last barrel into the hole and blasts it right open, saying "I'm the bomb!" in the process to general applause. (50 exp)

(This is where I got up to before I went to Amsterdam so the following summary is likely wrong)
- Inside they find an empty battlement and stroll down the stairs, finding evidence of a previous expedition into the castle by some of their number. (50 exp)
- Hoping to hunt down and kill a Necromancer who escaped last time, the party head towards another battlement in the hopes of finding and killing him. (50 exp)

- A sub-group heads up the next battlement to scope it out, finding the Necromancer along with a bunch of skeletons and zombies. Mana attempts diplomacy. (50 exp)
- After Mana force-feeds an unknown potion to the Necromancer, he gets drunk with power due to his new-found direct control of undead. It suddenly gets really weird and rapey when skeletons hold Mana down. (50 exp)
- Luckily rescue is near! The rest of the party burst up the stairs and set to work re-deading the dead. People are variously pushed down cracks, slashed by skeletons, and Zan nearly dies. (50 exp)
- At some point it turns out the candy cane knives create a christmas gremlin from the corpse of the slain, which should be a laugh. (50 exp)

- The Necromancer is finally slain by pegging him with a leg. It is cruel but he was a rapist so there's a nice sense of justice to it. (50 exp)
- The party are now stuck in the doom fortress with some near-dead friends and no obvious exit. Gleeful hand rubbing ensues from my side of the table. (50 exp)

Total: 850 exp

Misc:
- AAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaa bonus (50 exp)
- Absolutely Disgusting bonus (50 exp)
- Anal Violation bonus (50 exp)
- Balls to the Wall bonus (50 exp)
- Best of Intentions bonus (50 exp)
- Brutal Kill bonus (50 exp)
- Deja Vu bonus (50 exp)
- Diplomacy bonus (50 exp)
- Dramatic Battle bonus (50 exp)
- Leave a Man Behind bonus (50 exp)
- Long Deliberation bonus (50 exp)

- Ludicrous Gore bonus (50 exp)
- Nutshot bonus (50 exp)
- Mad Inventor bonus (50 exp)
- Michael Bay bonus (50 exp)
- Ridiculously Bad Rolling bonus (50 exp)
- Split the Party bonus (50 exp)
- War Crime bonus (50 exp)
- WWE bonus (50 exp)
- Pundemonium bonus (100 exp - Lulu)
- Near Death Experience bonus (100 exp - Zan)
Total: 950 exp + bonuses

Rumours:
- None up here

Death Toll and Injuries:
- Close but no cigar!

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Exp Totals:
Dominic / Sir Stabbington Shanks, Level 6 Fighter: 45656 (Level up at 64000)
Oli / Lulu Spiderbite, Daughter of Lord Gorga, Level 5 Barbarian: 26983
Kyle / Jane Doe, Level 4 Dwarf: 16416 (Level up at 17600)
Sarah / Mana, Level 4 Specialist (Thief): 12827 (Level up at 24000)
Fraser / Jumarak2, Level 4 Muscle Wizard: 10020 (Level up at 18000)
Charles / Zan, Spermling of Zea, Level 1 Cleric: 1287 (Level up at 1750)

Absent or Retired:

Tom / Sparky, Level 1 Magic User: 770 (Level up at 2250)
Charlie / Le Chaz III, Level 1 Cleric: 670 (Level up at 1750)
Oliver / Osar, Level 1 Specialist (Dabbler): 670 (Level up at 1500)
David / Theras, Level 5 Specialist (Assassin): 13422 (Level up at 24000)
Mariana / Joe Joe, Level 5 Halfling: 28949 (Level up at 32000)

Dana / Bingo Augustus, Level 5 Muscle Wizard: 19863 (Level up at 36000)

James / Quarion, Level 3 Elf (Gremling): 7947 (Level up at 12000)

Gary / Skirr Abderian, Level 1 Specialist (Thief): 416 (Level up at 1500)

Mariana / Aurora, Level 3 Cleric: 4018 (Level up at 7000)

Wai / Mogwi Stitch-Up, Level 2 Specialist: 2715 (Level up at 3000)

Sam / Lucados Orbrus, Level 2 Fighter: 3000 (Level up at 4000)

Clay / Carthas, Level 1 Fighter: 371 (Level up at 2000)

John / West, Level 1 Cleric: 521 (Level up at 1750)

Hayley / Bob, Level 2 Dwarf: 2999 (Level up at 4400)

Niall / Roht, Level 1 Muscle Wizard: 722 (Level up at 2250)

??? / Unnamed Cleric of the Garden God, Level 1 Cleric: 0 (Level up at 1750)

Florent / Sir Arthur, Level 1 Fighter: 186 (Level up at 2000)

Jamie / Alden, Level 1 Magic-User: 186 (Level up at 2250)

Ben / Thant, Level 1 Cleric: 186 (Level up at 1750)

Mike / Arran Folynn, Level 1 Specialist (Rogue): 186 (Level up at 1500)

Alex / Arhnin, Level 1 Elf (Hollowback Ylfen): 1518 (Level up at 3000)

Daniel / Davrak, Level 1 Magic User: 976 (Level up at 2250)

Nuno / Temperion, Level 1 Magic User: 742 (Level up at 2250)

Leo / Leo, Level 4 Cleric: 11102 (Level up at 14000)

Liisa / Peggy Pigrider, Level 5 Dwarf: 19420 (Level up at 35200)

-- Mr Pig, Level 1 Porcine.

Aron / Alphonse the Gentleman Barbarian, Level 1 Barbarian: 1184 (Level up at 2000)

Nimrod / U, Level 2 Specialist (Monk): 2250 (Level up at 3000)

Renzo / (Renzo's next character), Level 2 ???: 3462 (Level up at ???)

Clay / Svalborg, Level 2 Goblin: 2204 (Level up at 4000)

-- Tzani Spillios, Level 0 Scholar

Thomas / Tobias, Level 2 Cleric: 2204 (Level up at 3500)

Josh / Larry, Level 1 Elf (Galumfy Dotard): 383 (Level up at 3000)

Will / Calen, Level 1 Halfling: 1582 (Level up at 2000)

Davide / Golden Junk, Level 1 Elf (Misergeist): 1971 (Level up at 3000)

Pedro / Dexter, Level 1 Necromancer: 1460 (Level up at 2250)

Mark / Marley, Level 2 Specialist: 2850 (Level up at 3000)

Rita / Arwen, Level 1 Elf (Sloomit Waghorn): 643 (Level up at 3000)

Sophia / Ceres, Level 1 Elf (Hollowback Ylfen): 1487 (Level up at 3000)

Alex / Tick, Level 1 Goblin: 731 (Level up at 2000)

Oliver / Pip, Level 1 Halfling: 731 (Level up at 2000)

Ej / Matilda, Level 2 Specialist: 1839 (Level up at 3000)

Sev / Brad the Stabbinator, Level 1 Fighter: 1871 (Level up at 2000)

Harry / Reg, Level 1 Dwarf: 150 (Level up at 2200)

Mike / Lootle Halfstack, Level 1 Specialist: 715 (Level up at 1500)

Aaron / Maura, Level 1 Halfling: 1637 (Level up at 2000)

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)

Michael / Mist Urmun, Level 4 Magic User: 12881 (Level up at 18000)

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

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)

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 75 - Santa's Sleighers

JUST ON TIME HA HA maybe I should outsource these to gremlins
This week I have been in some sort of documentation nightmare zone between going full time in my job and also trying to buy a house before nefarious real estate vultures outbid us. But I got round to writing this, by Jove I did.

I've probably gotten New!Oliver's email wrong since it was hard to read, so if you know his email lemme know!

Also a word of warning - I'm going to Amsterdam on the weekend so I may be more scatterbrained and bamboozled than usual on the 19th. If you're going to try to con imaginary riches out of me, that's going to be the easiest time to do it!

Oh and if you missed it, Charles put together a fantastic little animation regarding his death in the session previous. Check this madness out - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lmv50Kyhz6Q

See you in, oh, four hours or so.

Session 75 - Santa's Sleighers
Campaign Date:
Tuesday, 24 November, 1549
Moon Phase: First Quarter
Zodiac: Saggitarius

New Characters:
- Sparky, a wizard who retired from the army after realising he had three hit points.
- Zan, Spermling of Zea - a transdimensional spacehopping weirdo somehow spawned after the death of Zea.
- Le Chaz III, a Cleric and Vaginarius (snicker snicker)
- Osar, a former cooper and arcane dabbler

Enemies Defeated:
- 7 Gremlins, burnt to cinders by flamethrower (35 exp)
- 1 Snow golem, TKO'd (50 exp)
- Santa Claus (1000 exp)
Total: 1080 exp

Treasure and Equipment:
- 7 pieces of coal

- 3 jars of frosted sweets
- A bunch of silverware and platters from the kitchen (1000 exp)

- Several giant toys (900 exp)

- An array of torture instruments (500 exp)
- Santa's expanding sack
- A spellbook called "Gimblewang's Most Useful Spells"
- Horrible jumper that draws shadows to itself
- Mug of Ever-Eggnog
- Seven Seeking Snowballs
- A sword that is like a shard of ice
- One of the thirteen fabled Teeth of Vorn
- Two knives with a candy-cane pattern and a peppermint taste
- A tin of individually wrapped chocolate treats labled "Quality Street"
- A Terry's Chocolate Orange
- Random Scroll
- Random Scroll
- Random Potion
- Random Potion
- Random Potion
Total: 2400 exp

Exploration:
- Explored 4 dungeon rooms (80 exp)

- 2 alternate entries found (200 exp)
Total: 280 exp

Events:
- After licking their wounds in town, the party meets up with Lulu and some randoms they found in town and schlepps back to the ominous grotto. (50 exp)
- Out front are some innocent gremlins making snow angels. Lulu persuades them into thinking her flamethrower unit is a snow machine. (50 exp)
- The elves agree to take the party to Santa. Pushing the "snow machine" ahead, the group discovers the most direct route is blocked by a red nosed reindeer positioned facing a misty portal in the wall. (50 exp)
- Lulu tests out the misty portal via jumping into it while attached to the rope. It is indeed a portal to the top of the mountain for launching sleds through. (50 exp)
- Two of the newcomers begin jumping over reindeer to get to the back, while Lulu distracts Rudolph with a mince pie and begins untying him. (50 exp)
- This concerns the gremlins, but Mana gives one a couple of poisoned mince pies while the other's head is somehow quietly punched off (50 exp)
- Meanwhile others go to inspect the next room and check out the workshop. distracting the cheerful gremlins within while the poisoned elf outside screams himself to death before being chucked out the window. (50 exp)

- The reindeer-jumpers continue to nail their rolls, making their way to the sleigh itself. Rattling off the names of the reindeer in perfect order makes them float and fly away, to the dismay of Santa Claus himself. (50 exp)
- Things begin to go entertainingly wrong as the sleigh is stolen and the lowest health'd members of the party fly it out of the portal and into a holding pattern. (50 exp)
- The facility goes on high alert and the workshop gremlins attack, only to be insta-barbequed by the flamethrower. Gleefully the flamethrower is wheeled towards Santa's grotto. (50 exp)
- Lulu on Rudolph-back and Stabbington lead the charge against Santa himself, doing embarrassing amounts of damage to the poor fat bastard through Lulu's incredibly powerful crits, despite the super cute mistletoe trap that caught nobody. (50 exp)
- A late appearance by giant toy guardians does very little as Lulu rips Santa Claus' fucking jaw off. Inside his mighty sack - presents! (50 exp)

- With Santa eliminated, the rest of his minions collapse. The original dyslexic cult leader is unfrozen and questioned before being thrown bodily through a portal to the frozen north, and anything not nailed down is hurriedly stuffed into Santa's super special expanding sack. (50 exp)
- The party jump on the sleigh and go on their merry way, festooned with presents and the blood of innocent gremlins on their hands. (50 exp)

Total: 700 exp

Misc:
- AAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa bonus (50 exp)
- Balls to the Wall bonus (50 exp)
- Best of Intentions bonus (50 exp)
- Breach and Clear bonus (50 exp)
- Brutal Kill bonus (50 exp)
- Diplomacy bonus (50 exp)
- Dramatic Battle bonus (50 exp)
- Headtaker bonus (50 exp)
- Kill It With Fire bonus (50 exp)
- Ludicrous Gore bonus (50 exp)
- Monster Infighting bonus (50 exp)
- RSPCA bonus (50 exp)
- Split the Party bonus (50 exp)
- Tactical Fighting bonus (50 exp)
- This! Is! Sparta! bonus (50 exp)
- War Crime bonus (50 exp)
- WWE bonus (50 exp)
- Overkilled Santa Claus (50 exp)
- Pundemonium Bonus (Sparky, Stabbington, Lulu - 100 exp ea.)
Total: 900 exp + bonuses

Rumours:
- None up here

Death Toll and Injuries:
- None today!

[[]]

Exp Totals:
Dominic / Sir Stabbington Shanks, Level 6 Fighter: 45139 (Level up at 64000)
Oli / Lulu Spiderbite, Daughter of Lord Gorga, Level 5 Barbarian: 26276 (Level up at 32000)
Sarah / Mana, Level 4 Specialist (Thief): 12310 (Level up at 12000)
Fraser / Jumarak2, Level 4 Muscle Wizard: 9503 (Level up at 18000)
DING! +1d4 HP! +1 level 2 spell/day! +1 free spell!
Charles / Zan, Spermling of Zea, Level 1 Cleric: 670 (Level up at 1750)
Tom / Sparky, Level 1 Magic User: 770 (Level up at 2250)
Charlie / Le Chaz III, Level 1 Cleric: 670 (Level up at 1750)
Oliver / Osar, Level 1 Specialist (Dabbler): 670 (Level up at 1500)

Absent or Retired:

Kyle / Jane Doe, Level 4 Dwarf: 15899 (Level up at 17600)
David / Theras, Level 5 Specialist (Assassin): 13422 (Level up at 24000)
Mariana / Joe Joe, Level 5 Halfling: 28949 (Level up at 32000)

Dana / Bingo Augustus, Level 5 Muscle Wizard: 19863 (Level up at 36000)

James / Quarion, Level 3 Elf (Gremling): 7947 (Level up at 12000)

Gary / Skirr Abderian, Level 1 Specialist (Thief): 416 (Level up at 1500)

Mariana / Aurora, Level 3 Cleric: 4018 (Level up at 7000)

Wai / Mogwi Stitch-Up, Level 2 Specialist: 2715 (Level up at 3000)

Sam / Lucados Orbrus, Level 2 Fighter: 3000 (Level up at 4000)

Clay / Carthas, Level 1 Fighter: 371 (Level up at 2000)

John / West, Level 1 Cleric: 521 (Level up at 1750)

Hayley / Bob, Level 2 Dwarf: 2999 (Level up at 4400)

Niall / Roht, Level 1 Muscle Wizard: 722 (Level up at 2250)

??? / Unnamed Cleric of the Garden God, Level 1 Cleric: 0 (Level up at 1750)

Florent / Sir Arthur, Level 1 Fighter: 186 (Level up at 2000)

Jamie / Alden, Level 1 Magic-User: 186 (Level up at 2250)

Ben / Thant, Level 1 Cleric: 186 (Level up at 1750)

Mike / Arran Folynn, Level 1 Specialist (Rogue): 186 (Level up at 1500)

Alex / Arhnin, Level 1 Elf (Hollowback Ylfen): 1518 (Level up at 3000)

Daniel / Davrak, Level 1 Magic User: 976 (Level up at 2250)

Nuno / Temperion, Level 1 Magic User: 742 (Level up at 2250)

Leo / Leo, Level 4 Cleric: 11102 (Level up at 14000)

Liisa / Peggy Pigrider, Level 5 Dwarf: 19420 (Level up at 35200)

-- Mr Pig, Level 1 Porcine.

Aron / Alphonse the Gentleman Barbarian, Level 1 Barbarian: 1184 (Level up at 2000)

Nimrod / U, Level 2 Specialist (Monk): 2250 (Level up at 3000)

Renzo / (Renzo's next character), Level 2 ???: 3462 (Level up at ???)

Clay / Svalborg, Level 2 Goblin: 2204 (Level up at 4000)

-- Tzani Spillios, Level 0 Scholar

Thomas / Tobias, Level 2 Cleric: 2204 (Level up at 3500)

Josh / Larry, Level 1 Elf (Galumfy Dotard): 383 (Level up at 3000)

Will / Calen, Level 1 Halfling: 1582 (Level up at 2000)

Davide / Golden Junk, Level 1 Elf (Misergeist): 1971 (Level up at 3000)

Pedro / Dexter, Level 1 Necromancer: 1460 (Level up at 2250)

Mark / Marley, Level 2 Specialist: 2850 (Level up at 3000)

Rita / Arwen, Level 1 Elf (Sloomit Waghorn): 643 (Level up at 3000)

Sophia / Ceres, Level 1 Elf (Hollowback Ylfen): 1487 (Level up at 3000)

Alex / Tick, Level 1 Goblin: 731 (Level up at 2000)

Oliver / Pip, Level 1 Halfling: 731 (Level up at 2000)

Ej / Matilda, Level 2 Specialist: 1839 (Level up at 3000)

Sev / Brad the Stabbinator, Level 1 Fighter: 1871 (Level up at 2000)

Harry / Reg, Level 1 Dwarf: 150 (Level up at 2200)

Mike / Lootle Halfstack, Level 1 Specialist: 715 (Level up at 1500)

Aaron / Maura, Level 1 Halfling: 1637 (Level up at 2000)

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)

Michael / Mist Urmun, Level 4 Magic User: 12881 (Level up at 18000)

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

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)

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 74 - Telenovellas and Horrible Terrors

This session marks a sad occasion - Mariana is flying back to Portugal, maybe forever. Stay in touch! You and Joe Joe shall be missed!

Next session is the last session of the year since I'll be in Iceland (two-for-one-pizzas-harr-harr) and then embroiled in Christmas stuff as we approach the end of the year. I am going to assume that 5th January will be our next session for now, if anything changes I'll let you know.
We'll also be back in the Mad Hatter next year (yay!) so less mucking about in noisy pubs.

We (or rather, Charles) are organising something laser quest-related for this Monday, so contact somebody via these emails or Facebook if you're interested!

Over and out.

Session 74 - Telenovellas and Horrible Terrors

Campaign Date:
Sunday, 27 November, 1549
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Zodiac: Scorpio

Enemies Defeated:
- A shapeshifting monster, sliced to pieces by Stabbington (250 exp)

- Joe Joe's parent's murderer, life ruined (100 exp)
Total: 350 exp

Treasure and Equipment:- Assorted arms and armour of an ancient design in fine condition, less effective than modern arms and armour but potentially valuable to history buffs (400 exp)

- A diary detailing the sordid details of the life a small-town Halfling.
Total: 400 exp

Exploration:
- Travelled 150 miles or so (500 exp)
- 7 dungeon rooms explored (140 exp)

- First party member to enter the hidden Halfling village of Gullypuddle (100 exp)
Total: 740 exp

Events:
- Flew brass bell to Fate via giant eagle, most healed up while Stabbington and Mana went to see Slim Jimmy (50 exp)

- Slim Jimmy agreed to fence bell for cut of profits, bell shifted under cover of night. Profits used mostly to pay off Stabbington's significant debt. Remainder split. (50 exp)

- Manager of Stabbington's company gives him a map to a Dwarven dungeon of ominous import. (50 exp)

- Joe Joe drops some boulders carved with threatening messages in front of Slim Jimmy's house then flies the team to Gifflewim's shop, only to find it already ransacked. Townsfolk say he suddenly up and left town a few days ago without even saying goodbye. (50 exp)

- The party fly on eagleback to the dungeon entrance, then Joe Joe flies off to her home town. The session splits. (50 exp)
Inside the Dungeon:

- The main group enter to discover strange swirling purple smoke around their ankles and ornately carved halls. (50 exp)

- A room containing well preserved old robes, sandals, arms and armour is entered through a door containing a Hammer-and-Compasses symbol. (50 exp)

- In a large hall are many preserved bodies. Some armed humans, most unarmed Dwarfs. On the walls are murals of Dwarvish history. A few bodies are dragged outside for whatever reason. (50 exp)

- At the end of the hall, an empty altar that once contained several items, a big boulder, a Dwarfish inscription over the back wall saying "We Walk in the Right". (50 exp)

- Walking to the right, the party reach a library containing many stone Dwarfish tomes. Jane Doe has a cheeky read and finds out a bunch of stuff. (50 exp)

- Entering another room, the walls are layered rune-carved shells, looking through the runes cut into the shell allows you to see deeper layers. In a pool of water, gems! (50 exp)

- Testing of the gems reveals they are more glittering holes in the fabric of space-time than actual jewels. Jumurak's pickaxe crawls with white light. (50 exp)

- In the next room, battle ensues when a strange colour-shifting monster is poked. It reforms and changes round to round. (50 exp)
- In the fighting, Mana's weapons and armour break so she bogs off to the next room to check down a hole, seeing a pile of something sparking below. Dropping stuff has no effect. (50 exp)

- The shapeshifter is finally defeated after Jumurak passes out punching it and Stabbington lays in with a 5-hit combo, it bursts in a cloud of multicoloured gas. The party decides to cut their losses and leave. (50 exp)
In the Halfling village:

- Joe Joe lands impressively in the centre of the village and is greeted by the celebrating village inhabitants. (50 exp)

- She goes to see her relatives, the Grumbleberries, and is immersed once more in the tangled gossip-filled web of a Halfling village inter-familial politics. Her return has dredged up rumours that the Hogfoots were behind her parent's murder. (50 exp)

- Excusing herself from the conversation, Joe Joe necks a Shrinking potion and goes to investigate the Hogfoots. She learns that her father was originally a Hogfoot before marrying into the Grumbleberries, and clings onto the back of a chair to hear her father's sister's whispered discussion with her husband. (50 exp)

- Suspicious, Joe Joe finds their bedroom and goes through their stuff. She finds a locket with her father's face in it and a diary which contains more info, including that her father and his sister had been close as children. (50 exp)
- Despite the enmity between the Hogfoots and the Grumbleberries, Joe Joe's father and mother got married. This cut him off from the Hogfoots, and his sister, forever. In an attempt to get him back the sister bribed a human man to kill Joe Joe's mother. The price - mind-controlling the woman the man loved into being his loving wife. Unfortunately something went horribly wrong during the hit and he killed them both, fleeing into the night and leaving only the bracelet that Joe Joe now wears. (50 exp)

- With this inflammatory text in tow, Joe Joe concocts a plan to tell the whole town without being found guilty of the heinous crime of diary-theft. At her Welcome Home Feast she leaves the diary somewhere that an elder of the Longshank family, neutral in the Grumbleberry-Proudfoot feud, can find it by "accident". (50 exp)

- He reads it (acceptable by diary-windfall laws) and discovers the truth. In front of the whole town he shames Joe Joe's aunt and she is condemned. The punishment - partial lobotomy followed by mind-slavery until death. Joe Joe shows pity and decides she should instead have a choice between being disembowelled by the giant eagle or being exiled from the village. The condemned quickly agrees to exile. (50 exp)

- Joe Joe's aunt tells her where the killer still lives in a human town and they fly there. While Joe Joe confronts him, her aunt removes the mindcontrol on the killer's wife. Joe Joe leaves as the killer's life begins to fall apart. (50 exp)

- Now tired of small town politics, Joe Joe flies off on her eagle to greater adventures. (50 exp)

Total: 1150 exp

Misc:
- Brutal Kill bonus (50 exp)

- Diplomacy bonus (50 exp)
- Dramatic Battle bonus (50 exp)
- Kill It With Fire bonus (50 exp)
- Soap Opera bonus (50 exp)

- Split the Party bonus (50 exp)

- Overkilled the tranforming monster (100 exp)
- Near Death Experience bonus (Jumurak - 100 exp)

- Party Treasurer Bonus (Jane Doe - 100 exp)
Total: 400 exp + bonuses

Active Businesses:
- Peggy Pigrider - Pie Mama's. Safe. Value: 1213sp
- John Doe the Unlucky - Anvil, Mining and Craft Company. Risky. Value: 1579sp
- Lulu Spiderbite - Clunge Honey. Safe. Value: 1357sp
- Joe Joe - Josephine's Petting Zoo. Risky. Value: 1455sp
- Stabbington Shanks - Tomb Busters. Risky. Value: 618sp (+3% value)

Rumours:
- The Fated King's withdrawn our armies from Caledonia. I fear the north is lost.

- The girl at Lamister's Roost says she knows the people who knocked over the Bloodworth Estate. Forced her to cut the keys at gunpoint they did.

- It's madness in the mountains now, Dwimmermount is spewing dark forces and strange smoky creatures stalk the passes.

- If you tattoo the Dead Sign of Duvan'Ku upon your chest you can gain entry to the city of Necromancers.

- The dark tunnels below the city contain more than vagrants and rats, the Resurrection Engine they use to raise the dead is down there too!

- Atrox Morbus might be scary and expensive, but the leech there is an expert on every disease and malady the world has ever seen!

Death Toll and Injuries:
- None!

[[]]

Exp Totals:
Dominic / Sir Stabbington Shanks, Level 6 Fighter: 43219 (Level up at 64000)
Charles / Zea, Level 6 Cleric: 33930 (Level up at 56000)
Mariana / Joe Joe, Level 5 Halfling: 28949 (Level up at 32000)
Kyle / Jane Doe, Level 4 Dwarf: 14649 (Level up at 17600)
Sarah / Mana, Level 4 Specialist (Thief): 10690 (Level up at 12000)
Fraser / Jumarak2, Level 3 Muscle Wizard: 8195 (Level up at 9000)

Thanks-for-running-overflow:
David / Theras, Level 5 Specialist (Assassin): 13422 (Level up at 24000)

Absent or Retired:

Oli / Lulu Spiderbite, Daughter of Lord Gorga, Level 5 Barbarian: 25506 (Level up at 32000)

Dana / Bingo Augustus, Level 5 Muscle Wizard: 19863 (Level up at 36000)

James / Quarion, Level 3 Elf (Gremling): 7947 (Level up at 12000)

Gary / Skirr Abderian, Level 1 Specialist (Thief): 416 (Level up at 1500)

Mariana / Aurora, Level 3 Cleric: 4018 (Level up at 7000)

Wai / Mogwi Stitch-Up, Level 2 Specialist: 2715 (Level up at 3000)

Sam / Lucados Orbrus, Level 2 Fighter: 3000 (Level up at 4000)

Clay / Carthas, Level 1 Fighter: 371 (Level up at 2000)

John / West, Level 1 Cleric: 521 (Level up at 1750)

Hayley / Bob, Level 2 Dwarf: 2999 (Level up at 4400)

Niall / Roht, Level 1 Muscle Wizard: 722 (Level up at 2250)

??? / Unnamed Cleric of the Garden God, Level 1 Cleric: 0 (Level up at 1750)

Florent / Sir Arthur, Level 1 Fighter: 186 (Level up at 2000)

Jamie / Alden, Level 1 Magic-User: 186 (Level up at 2250)

Ben / Thant, Level 1 Cleric: 186 (Level up at 1750)

Mike / Arran Folynn, Level 1 Specialist (Rogue): 186 (Level up at 1500)

Alex / Arhnin, Level 1 Elf (Hollowback Ylfen): 1518 (Level up at 3000)

Daniel / Davrak, Level 1 Magic User: 976 (Level up at 2250)

Nuno / Temperion, Level 1 Magic User: 742 (Level up at 2250)

Leo / Leo, Level 4 Cleric: 11102 (Level up at 14000)

Liisa / Peggy Pigrider, Level 5 Dwarf: 19420 (Level up at 35200)

-- Mr Pig, Level 1 Porcine.

Aron / Alphonse the Gentleman Barbarian, Level 1 Barbarian: 1184 (Level up at 2000)

Nimrod / U, Level 2 Specialist (Monk): 2250 (Level up at 3000)

Renzo / (Renzo's next character), Level 2 ???: 3462 (Level up at ???)

Clay / Svalborg, Level 2 Goblin: 2204 (Level up at 4000)

-- Tzani Spillios, Level 0 Scholar

Thomas / Tobias, Level 2 Cleric: 2204 (Level up at 3500)

Josh / Larry, Level 1 Elf (Galumfy Dotard): 383 (Level up at 3000)

Will / Calen, Level 1 Halfling: 1582 (Level up at 2000)

Davide / Golden Junk, Level 1 Elf (Misergeist): 1971 (Level up at 3000)

Pedro / Dexter, Level 1 Necromancer: 1460 (Level up at 2250)

Mark / Marley, Level 2 Specialist: 2850 (Level up at 3000)

Rita / Arwen, Level 1 Elf (Sloomit Waghorn): 643 (Level up at 3000)

Sophia / Ceres, Level 1 Elf (Hollowback Ylfen): 1487 (Level up at 3000)

Alex / Tick, Level 1 Goblin: 731 (Level up at 2000)

Oliver / Pip, Level 1 Halfling: 731 (Level up at 2000)

Ej / Matilda, Level 2 Specialist: 1839 (Level up at 3000)

Sev / Brad the Stabbinator, Level 1 Fighter: 1871 (Level up at 2000)

Harry / Reg, Level 1 Dwarf: 150 (Level up at 2200)

Mike / Lootle Halfstack, Level 1 Specialist: 715 (Level up at 1500)

Aaron / Maura, Level 1 Halfling: 1637 (Level up at 2000)

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)

Michael / Mist Urmun, Level 4 Magic User: 12881 (Level up at 18000)

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

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)

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 73 - Flyyy like an Eagle

Man, I've been trying to get this session recap out for days but kept getting forestalled by the sheer amount of booze I have been consuming.
ANYWAY

Looks like the Crosse Keys is going to be the new haunt for a while. We'll start by looking there, then rotate around bars until we can find a spot.
Our previous route was to go Crosse Keys -> Counting House -> this rad vampire bar whose name I forget. Usually the vampire bar has seats and also dungeon ambience, but the beers are pricey.

By the time you read this message it will probably be Tuesday already.

Session 73 - Flyyy like an Eagle.
Campaign Date:
Sunday, 22 November, 1549
Moon Phase: First Quarter
Zodiac: Libra

Enemies Defeated:
- A big albino psycho-molerat (75 exp)

- 2 grape-fleshed rat-snouted guards (50 exp)

- A loathsome frog demon (75 exp)
Total: 200 exp

Treasure and Equipment:
- A strange violet horn, absorbed into Zea

- A copper sword (500 exp)

- An enormous brass bell inscribed with horrible sigils and runes (10000 exp)
Total: 10500 exp

Exploration:
- Flew 42 miles (140 exp)

- First party to enter the Infinite Belltower (400 exp)
- 5 dungeon rooms explored (100 exp)
- 1 random encountered (20 exp)
Total: 660 exp

Events:
- Due to Joe Joe's impending flight to her home county, that great big eagle from ages ago flies down to be mind-controlled and nearly interrupts a shopping trip. (50 xp)

- Breaking off plans to go back up the doom mountain, the team decide to Falcor their way somewhere they've never been before. (50 exp)

- After flying a fair distance to the Isles, the group spy an enormous skyscraping belltower above an empty city, landing on the top. (50 exp)

- The belltower is entered from the top and inspected, runes and sigils are discovered on the enormous brass bell but are unidentifiable. Four holes lead down into the tower itself. (50 exp)

- Descended down a hole into a giant-sized room covered in chalky stone and exhortations to the Gods. Carved in some advertising and messages. (50 exp)

- Explored through giant-sized archways until entered a room with a large and aggressive albino mole rat creature (50 exp)

- It attacks and is killed, despite inflicting some sort of mental madness with each bite. Jumurak comes over all kleptomaniacal while Mana's frothing blood-rage is cured through Zea's godly powers as she forcibly violates the mole corpse's anus. (50 exp)

- Exploring further, a room containing a glowing purple horn from an unknown beast is found on a pedestal. Zea picks it up and it drains into his hands.. then causes large spiralling horns to grow from his forehead. (50 exp)
- Zea and Stabbington find themselves walking into a ridiculous water wheel treadmill device and manage to get out through liberal application of rocks, despite electrocution via copper sword. (50 exp)

- Some grape-fleshed rat-shaped guards juicily turn up in the next hallway, while they initially seem friendly they attack when the party's back is turned. Worse, metal seems to do them no real harm. (50 exp)

- In an attempt to salvage the situation, Jumurak punch-casts Summon and pulls a frog demon from the depths of the chaos dimension. It's angry and hates him and the party flee its amphibian wrath in terror. (50 exp)

- After a dramatic chase scene it catches up with Stabbington and he stabs it and it dies. 9 HP is not a lot. (50 exp)

- The party leaves on eagleback, nicking the giant brass bell that was intended to be a real good treasure after dungeoneering the whole way up the tower. Unintended consequence, ho! (50 exp)

Total: 700 exp

Misc:
- Anal Violation bonus (50 exp)

- Brutal kill bonus (50 exp)
- Diplomacy bonus (50 exp)

- Leave a Man Behind bonus (50 exp)

- Mind Control to Major Tom bonus (50 exp)

- PETA bonus (50 exp)

- Mutatis Mutandis bonus (Zea - 100 exp)

- Shopping Spree bonus (Whole party - 100 exp ea.)

- Pundemonium bonus (Zea - 100 exp)

- Failed Saving Throw bonus (Jumurak, Mana - 100 exp ea.)

Total: 300 exp + bonuses

Active Businesses:
- Peggy Pigrider - Pie Mama's. Safe. Value: 1213sp
- John Doe the Unlucky - Anvil, Mining and Craft Company. Risky. Value: 1579sp
- Lulu Spiderbite - Clunge Honey. Safe. Value: 1357sp
- Joe Joe - Josephine's Petting Zoo. Risky. Value: 1455sp
- Stabbington Shanks - Tomb Busters. Risky. Value: 618sp (+3% value)

Rumours:
-

Death Toll and Injuries:
- None!

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Exp Totals:
Dominic / Sir Stabbington Shanks, Level 6 Fighter: 42712 (Level up at 64000)
Charles / Zea, Level 6 Cleric: 33423 (Level up at 56000)
Mariana / Joe Joe, Level 5 Halfling: 28442 (Level up at 32000)
Sarah / Mana, Level 4 Specialist (Thief): 10183 (Level up at 12000)
Fraser / Jumarak2, Level 3 Muscle Wizard: 7588 (Level up at 9000)

Thanks-for-running-overflow:
David / Theras, Level 5 Specialist (Assassin): 13422 (Level up at 24000)

+1d6 HP! +2 to skills! +2 to saves!

Absent or Retired:

Oli / Lulu Spiderbite, Daughter of Lord Gorga, Level 5 Barbarian: 25506 (Level up at 32000)

Dana / Bingo Augustus, Level 5 Muscle Wizard: 19863 (Level up at 36000)

Kyle / Jane Doe, Level 4 Dwarf: 14042 (Level up at 17600)

James / Quarion, Level 3 Elf (Gremling): 7947 (Level up at 12000)

Gary / Skirr Abderian, Level 1 Specialist (Thief): 416 (Level up at 1500)

Mariana / Aurora, Level 3 Cleric: 4018 (Level up at 7000)

Wai / Mogwi Stitch-Up, Level 2 Specialist: 2715 (Level up at 3000)

Sam / Lucados Orbrus, Level 2 Fighter: 3000 (Level up at 4000)

Clay / Carthas, Level 1 Fighter: 371 (Level up at 2000)

John / West, Level 1 Cleric: 521 (Level up at 1750)

Hayley / Bob, Level 2 Dwarf: 2999 (Level up at 4400)

Niall / Roht, Level 1 Muscle Wizard: 722 (Level up at 2250)

??? / Unnamed Cleric of the Garden God, Level 1 Cleric: 0 (Level up at 1750)

Florent / Sir Arthur, Level 1 Fighter: 186 (Level up at 2000)

Jamie / Alden, Level 1 Magic-User: 186 (Level up at 2250)

Ben / Thant, Level 1 Cleric: 186 (Level up at 1750)

Mike / Arran Folynn, Level 1 Specialist (Rogue): 186 (Level up at 1500)

Alex / Arhnin, Level 1 Elf (Hollowback Ylfen): 1518 (Level up at 3000)

Daniel / Davrak, Level 1 Magic User: 976 (Level up at 2250)

Nuno / Temperion, Level 1 Magic User: 742 (Level up at 2250)

Leo / Leo, Level 4 Cleric: 11102 (Level up at 14000)

Liisa / Peggy Pigrider, Level 5 Dwarf: 19420 (Level up at 35200)

-- Mr Pig, Level 1 Porcine.

Aron / Alphonse the Gentleman Barbarian, Level 1 Barbarian: 1184 (Level up at 2000)

Nimrod / U, Level 2 Specialist (Monk): 2250 (Level up at 3000)

Renzo / (Renzo's next character), Level 2 ???: 3462 (Level up at ???)

Clay / Svalborg, Level 2 Goblin: 2204 (Level up at 4000)

-- Tzani Spillios, Level 0 Scholar

Thomas / Tobias, Level 2 Cleric: 2204 (Level up at 3500)

Josh / Larry, Level 1 Elf (Galumfy Dotard): 383 (Level up at 3000)

Will / Calen, Level 1 Halfling: 1582 (Level up at 2000)

Davide / Golden Junk, Level 1 Elf (Misergeist): 1971 (Level up at 3000)

Pedro / Dexter, Level 1 Necromancer: 1460 (Level up at 2250)

Mark / Marley, Level 2 Specialist: 2850 (Level up at 3000)

Rita / Arwen, Level 1 Elf (Sloomit Waghorn): 643 (Level up at 3000)

Sophia / Ceres, Level 1 Elf (Hollowback Ylfen): 1487 (Level up at 3000)

Alex / Tick, Level 1 Goblin: 731 (Level up at 2000)

Oliver / Pip, Level 1 Halfling: 731 (Level up at 2000)

Ej / Matilda, Level 2 Specialist: 1839 (Level up at 3000)

Sev / Brad the Stabbinator, Level 1 Fighter: 1871 (Level up at 2000)

Harry / Reg, Level 1 Dwarf: 150 (Level up at 2200)

Mike / Lootle Halfstack, Level 1 Specialist: 715 (Level up at 1500)

Aaron / Maura, Level 1 Halfling: 1637 (Level up at 2000)

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)

Michael / Mist Urmun, Level 4 Magic User: 12881 (Level up at 18000)

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

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)

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