Run To The Light on We Are The Red Guardians

Interlude

Sat, 31 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Interlude

31 July 2021

Item	Qty × Price	Value
Uncategorized
6 black pearls	6 x 300	1800
3 amethysts	3 x 400	1200
inverted halfling skull	1 x 1200	1200
small pouch of coins	1 x 50	50
6 rubies (S34)	6 x 100	600
Statuary Room Gems
pink satyr	2 x 1000	2000
stone king	3 x 500	1500
sphynx	2 x 200	400
hydra	16 x 25	400
harpy	2 x 400	800
griffin	2 x 350	700
dryad	2 x 50	100
minotaur	2 x 400	600
manticore	2 x 200	400
hippogriff	2 x 50	50
Elder Sign Room
celtic brooch*	1 x 40	40
anklet*	1 x 100	100
silver mirror*	1 x 50	50
3 coin bags	3 x 100 pp	1500
dagger topaz/pommel	1 x 500	500
Mountain Giant
onyx gargoyle statue	1 x 100	100
furs and pelts*	—	100
sack of coins	1 x 148 pp	740
folded tapestry*	1 x 200	200
Soil-Filled Coffin
leather armor, magic*	—	—
purse	1 x 22 pp	110
purse	1 x 37 pp	37
Total: 14787
* Not included in total

The party had entered the Hall of Seven Pillars. We paid our “tax” to security. We were free to move about the cabin/cavern. We were also filthy, stinking, exhausted, bloody, and wounded.

Session The Thirty-Fifth

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Thirty-Fifth

21 August 2021

Lycovyne	47/47
Menka	54/54
Kyril	61/61
Gonchar	88/88
Flint	55/55
Seamus	64/64
Cathal	67/67
Tim	32/32

The Dwarven Stronghold In The Mountains#

The dwarves were not part of the training fiesta, so they did what bored dwarves do. Drink. And drink some more. The Halfmoon Inn barkeep just fed them breakfast and ale when they awoke and came down, lunch and ale a few hours later, and dinner and ale 5 or 6 hours after that.

Session The Thirty-Sixth

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Thirty-Sixth

16 October 2021

“As to the nature and appearance of the lurking fear, nothing could be gained from the scared and witless shanty-dwellers. In the same breath they called it a snake and a giant, a thunder-devil and a bat, a vulture and a walking tree.” - unknown

Session The Thirty-Seventh

Sat, 18 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Thirty-Seventh

18 December 2021

Chairs and tables in the room were laden with rancid, thawing meat. Smelled awful. There was a terrifying, multi-species sculpture along one wall. Pieces of several different animals assembled into one horrific whole. The party shuddered and left the room.

Back in the corridor, we smelled a metallic, burning odor. We could see and smell smoke leaking out around a door down the hall. Menka cured Cathal’s lighter wounds, getting him back 8 points (32). Cathal laid his hands on Gonchar in a shocking fashion, getting the dwarf back 14 points (77). We lined up around the door with the smoke creeping outward near the floor. Flint checked the door for traps, finding none. He then checked the door to the right (west) and heard someone muttering in an accent from the Isle of Many Kingdoms.

Session The Thirty-Eighth

Sat, 26 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Thirty-Eighth

26 February 2022

We re-entered the ugly dwarf’s head, intent on exploring the underground complex before heading back to Westkeep and then onward to the Hall. Unsure where to go first, we hung out in the entry and discussed our options.

We decided to head to the far northern end of the complex where the ceiling had collapsed. Examining the heap of rubble, we noticed that he hallway was not totally closed off. Cathal and Gonchar found a tunnel through the rubble. It was too small for one of the humans to fit through, though the dwarves may be able to wiggle through. Clearing the rubble by hand would be a major excavation project.

Session The Thirty-Ninth

Sat, 02 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Thirty-Ninth

2 April 2022

We burned away the moss clinging to the front of the misshapen pillar. Cathal said the pillar and the altar were redolent with evil. The pillar also seemed to be suppressing the light from Cathal’s sword. Tim’s detect magic highlighted only the altar and the pillar and nothing else. There seemed to be no magic in the cave beyond as well.

Session the Fortieth

Sat, 14 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Session the Fortieth

14 May 2022

Lycovyne	44/47
Menka	49/54
Kyril	58/61
Gonchar	59/88
Flint	50/55
Seamus	64/64
Cathal	41/67
Tim	32/32

Out of spells. Out of heals. On empty. Kyril used his last detect magic and joined the DM in the kitchen. There was indeed a pile of treasure in the dragon’s lair but it seemed to be mainly coins and non-magical crap, as determined by Kyril’s detection spell. Mist and the sound of falling water to the north, possibly an exit from the cavern.

Session the Forty-First

Sat, 16 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Session the Forty-First

July 16, 2022

Since our attempt to rest had been disturbed by the Grimlocks, we were still a mess. Kyril cast dispel magic on Flint to bring him back to his usual short size with no apparent effect. Cathal took a pull from Seamus’s mug, getting back 8 hp (31/67). Cathal bound everyone’s wounds.

Session The Forty-Second

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Forty-Second

24 September 2022

Lycovyne	46/47
Menka	43/54
Kyril	61/61
Gonchar	78/88
Flint	53/55
Seamus	60/64
Cathal	41/67
Tim	32/32

We returned to the beach from the island of the rotted corpse. Tim tasted some of the wine we’d found and it was, indeed, lovely, though it seemed to confer no magics to his person. By this time the drunks had sobered up and the magical bloodlust had ended. We formed a marching order and headed back to the main hallway.

Session The Forty-Third

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Forty-Third

19 November 2022

Lycovyne	47/47
Menka	5r4/54
Kyril	53/61
Gonchar	88/88
Flint	55/55
Tim	32/32
Seamus	64/64
Cathal	64/67

Having let Legola return to his repose, we decided to rest in the unique Dionysian bar, heal and regain some spells. We head skittering rocks to the north and a low, indistinct moaning to the south. Not all of us heard it.

Session The Forty-Fourth

Sat, 14 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Forty-Fourth

14 January 2023

Lycovyne	45/47
Menka	47/54
Kyril	53/61
Gonchar	88/88
Flint	55/55
Tim	32/32
Seamus	60/64
Cathal	56/67

We continued uphill. Encountering a web, Gonchar’s Flame Blade made short work of it. His Flame Blade illuminated tentacles ahead, hanging from the ceiling to the floor. The tentacles seemed to emit no heat per infravision. Mouths on the tentacles dripped ooze.

Bitches Gotta Level Up

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Bitches Gotta Level Up

28 January, 2021

From Session the 35^th:

We have 300 gp left, as well as 15 pearls (??).

Beasties#

Pg. 223, 5 minions of set (no hp)
6 yeti 35, 33, 31, 29, 27, 25 (pg. 224, St35)
4 wolves, 2 huge, charmed by Kyril (pg. 225, St35)
3 perytons (30, 29, ?), pg 227, St36
some number of yeti, all fireballed (St36, pg. 228)
2 creatures “with six legs, emanating cold. [They were] like a foul mix of a snow leopard and a rhino or unicorn. No hps. pg.229, St36
5 yeti (55, 29 x 4), pg. 230, St36
Worshippers of Ithaqua (37, 37, 37, 38, 38, 38, 60), pg. 232 St36
wizard, worshipper of tjhe Wind Walker, pg. 234, St37
two undead dwarves, turned then chopped, pg. 234-235, St37
~~Dzialo on tequila~~ gibbering mouther, 70 hp
6 shadows, 25 hp each, destroyed utterly by the power of Thoth! pg. 242, St39
2 tenebrous worms (66, 64) pg. 242, St39
gloomwing (36), pg 243, St39
8 cave crickets, probably XP negative, (8 hp each), pg. 243, St39
ancient white dragon (56 hp - is this correct?), pg. 244, St39
40 grimlocks (13 hp each), 4 lieutenants (24 hp), 1 champeen (88 hp!!), pg. 247, St40
hook horror, (35), pg. 248, St41
11 hook horrors, (35 hp each, one leader at 45)
super coffer corpse (60), pg. 252, St41
7 slime creatures from outer space (36 hp each), pg. 255. St42
gibbering mouther, (32), pg. 257, St43
20 grimlocks (13), 2 grimlock leaders (23), 1 champeen (75)
3 cave fishers (23, 22, 21), pg. 259, St43
lich, 138 hp, St44, pg. 270

Loot#

cold monster loot, pg. 229, St36
- 102 cp
- 70 ep
- 24 gp
- 15 pp
- 50’ of rope in good condition
- 1 potion
ancient dwarven coins, 200-300 years old
- 500 gp
- 250 pp
undead (?) wizard’s loot, pg. 236, St37
- iron rations
- pile of neat clothing, including an unholy symbol: an antlered wooden humanoid effigy, disturbing to look upon, with a suggestion of red eyes
- the wizard’s robe (magic)
- the flail (magic)
- the wizard’s dagger (magic)
- spell book with the pages torn out (magic)
gibbering mouther loot (4 gems)
- 2 x 1000 gp
- 1 x 200 gp
- 1 x 2000 gp
Dragon loot!
- white dragon’s necklace with a gem in it
- 4 very large gems
- a magical flail, praise Thoth!
- a small crystal item, a sexualized figure of an elven woman, magic
- a magical drinking flagon
- a pile of armor and broken weapons, not magical
- 4 magic arrows
- 2 potion bottles, magical
- 1 magical wand
- vial of white dragon blood (Menka)
- white dragon scales for a shield (Gonchar)
- white dragon teeth for Seamus
grimlock loot
- 58 ep
- 66 gp
- 96 sp
hook horror loot
- Lots of coin
- Broken chain mail
- Huge pile of glittering My Little Pony stickers
Rotted corpse loot!
- Bag of Holding, a new one!
  - Funerary trappings
  - coin, clothing, rotted food
  - flask of wine
    - enchantment of a different sort, keeps altering, shifting holy enchantment
    - divination magic - chaotic, though
  - boots
  - small wooden rack containing 4 flasks (radiated magic)
peryton loot
- vial of liquid
- scroll (protection from cold?)
mossy pillar (pg. 242)
- 2 diamonds (6,000 - 9,000 gp. ea.)
gloomwing and tenebrous worm loot
- 4 tenebrous worm mandibles (ivory)
- 2 gloomwing mandibles (ivory)
slime creature loot!
- chain mail
Lich loot!
- along the east wall stood 5 huge, 3’ tall golden vases, flanked by 5 pitchers
- along the northern wall, a wooden chest with a silver lock and a wooden box
  - wooden chest
    - 21 gems and over 3,000 gp
  - wooden box
    - old clothing
    - very nice leather armor (magic)
    - silver spear (magic)
- along the west wall
  - long, plain box
  - 3 bejewelled silver (plates? plaques? flanges?)
  - golden sickle and bowl
  - staff with a pine cone on top
- snow leopard statue, stuffed with large sapphires, with great gems for eyes
- in the south room
  - solid white gold of a snow leopard, worth a lot of money
- wooden table in the shrine
  - silver platter with a silver lid
  - silver pitcher, full
  - persian rug (magic below or within)
  - rolled up within we found a small box
  - 12 scrolls within, 3 radiate magic
    - flame strike
    - speak with monster
    - (see below)

So I’ve run the numbers to date, and the party really has gotten a LOT of experience. Just over 22, 000 xp each so far (with 10% bonus factored in), plus every character got a 2000 xp bonus each for deposing the wen-di-go’s magic, and individual members got some various bonuses for feats related to character classes (fighter feats of bravery, paladins being selfless, clerics turning, druids charming beasts, thieves backstabbing creatively, creative spell use for spellcasters, and so on). So, to date, everyone’s getting between 24,000 - 25,500.

Run To The Light on We Are The Red Guardians

Interlude

Session The Thirty-Fifth

The Dwarven Stronghold In The Mountains#

Session The Thirty-Sixth

Session The Thirty-Seventh

Session The Thirty-Eighth

Session The Thirty-Ninth

Session the Fortieth

Session the Forty-First

Session The Forty-Second

Session The Forty-Third

Session The Forty-Fourth

Bitches Gotta Level Up

Beasties#

Loot#

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