Cathal on We Are The Red Guardians

Session The Forty-Fifth

Sat, 11 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Forty-Fifth

11 March 2023

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

The party more or less began to follow Menka’s insect path in reverse. We reached the wall we had previously taken down with Gonchar’s hammer and, passing through, headed north. The tunnel was supported in makeshift fashion with hastily erected wooden beams. Ahead, in the distance we heard a loud, barking scream. A cross between a human and an animal.

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.

Sidebar - Markheim

Sun, 14 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Sidebar - Markheim

14 May 2023

An annotated map of Markheim is saved here.

We entered Markheim from the southeast, following a road that crossed through a village of huts (1). The village seemed of recent construction. Fields and groves lie just south of the village. Men and women of the same racial stock as the worshippers of the ice god worked the fields and populated the village though the overt, undead evil was not apparent. An ancient-looking elven woman worked the groves among the people. Kyril recognized her as Auntie T and acknowledged her all-seeing glance. He dismounted, handed off his horse and walked out into the fields to speak with the elven druid. We would not see him again for a week or so.

Session The Twentieth

Sat, 16 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Twentieth

16 February 2019

Some History of the People of Diancecht

From the official records of the Cult of Diancecht stored in the church in County Boyne:

This, our Temple of Diancecht, near the Boyne in Hibernia, is presided over by Father Phane O' Keefe, an ancient zealot of Diancecht who is rumored to be hundreds of years old. He is aged, and mostly infirm, but in his youth was devoted to spreading the healing word of Diancecht far and wide.

Session The Twenty-First

Sat, 11 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Twenty-First

11 May 2019

We backed out of the room, leaving Hillgauntlet and his bony wenches behind. Immediately, the door slammed shut.

Flint listened at the secret door to the south, across the hallway and heard nothing. Ulland heard even less. The thieves also found no traps on that door. Slowly the feeling of doom that surrounded Hillgauntlet abated.

Session The Twenty-Second

Sat, 10 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Twenty-Second

10 August 2019

Double doors at the end of the hallway, bronze with a single stone step. The step glowed with some glowing, green translucent light. A human skull was embedded in each door, with a very large pull ring below each (A, below). Kyril was, of course, absent.

We all agreed that, if Kyril had indeed survived, he could get to us much more quickly than we could get to him, so we decided to press onward. The wizards were beginning to feel the presence of excessive amounts of mana in the surroundings as we moved more deeply into the earth.

Session The Twenty-Third

Sat, 19 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Twenty-Third

19 October 2019

Previously, in the safe room in the halfling’s apartments (A) we found a scroll but never got a chance to examine it. Doing so now, we saw that it contained one each of the Whirling Blade and Kheben’s Suspended Silence spells. We decided to roll out some baseline healing before examining the door. The option of finding some place to rest, possibly the halfling’s quarters, was floated but ultimately rejected. We needed to act quickly and to keep moving. Vampires are always at their worst when they’re dead.

Session The Twenty-Fourth

Sat, 18 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Twenty-Fourth

18 January 2020

Having more or less successfully crossed the bridge we arrived at the door into Pippen’s chamber to find it blocked somehow. Cathal smashed his way through and we re-entered Pippen’s room. Inside we found Ilierann - dead and drained, with his throat ripped out. His floating bag had disappeared or been taken.

Session The Twenty-Fifth

Sat, 03 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Twenty-Fifth

3 October 2020

Cathal, Kyril and Menka walked away from Otessa, back down the hallway. We decided to search the hallway. 20 skulls on one side, 20 skulls on the other. The hallway was lined with them. Ulland nocked and arrow, watching carefully for any surprises while we left no crevice untouched.

Session The Twenty-Sixth

Sat, 07 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Twenty-Sixth

7 November 2020

We started out at the crypt entrance marked in yellow. We have something like 33 hours left until the underground river gate opens and are trying to decide what to do with the two very evil swords we found. Cathal wants nothing to do with them and tells us that anyone who picks up either one is in trouble, right away.

Session The Twenty-Seventh

Sat, 12 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Twenty-Seventh

12 December 2020

The spider was unable to open the secret door so it would not be joining us on the ledge at the top of the stairs. We believe we have about 30 hours left before unknown, otherworldly powers break loose in our general area…

As we seemed to be following the underground river upstream Flint reminded us all of Hillgauntlet’s words at the end of Session 20: “The Elder Sign is below us. Follow the river in the direction opposite to its flow and it will lead you to a string of guardians which will lead to the Elder Sign.”

Session The Twenty-Eighth

Sat, 26 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Twenty-Eighth

26 December 2020

We rested for spells, all the while coming up with a plan to strengthen and protect Gonchar and send him into the water to fight the kraken. We came up with the following plan for Gonchar:

Kyril cast barkskin and chill metal. Tim cast invisibility, quickening, haste, strength, water breathing. Menka cast aid, prayer and resist cold.

Session The Twenty-Ninth

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

Session The Twenty-Ninth

January 2021

Lycovyne	45/45
Menka	47/47
Kyril	54/54
Gonchar	82/88
Flint	55/55
Ulland	82/82
Cathal	51/57
Tim	25/28

The party decided to head underground through the entrance to the undertemple to the south of the river. Grastic was still talking Kyril’s ears off. He asked if it was time to open the gate and looked scared as he mentioned that activity. When asked why he had to open the door, he said it’s because his dad said the scary lady would be angry if he did not. Menka asked if he would not open it if his dad said not to and he said the scary lady would still require him to open it. Menka then mentioned that the scary lady was gone, M-O-O-N gone, and Grastic didn’t believe him.

Session The Thirtieth

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Thirtieth

30 January 2021

There were actually 2 separate sets of stairs down, separated by a wall. While the party formulated a plan, Randolph Carter rang us up. He called to tell us that he had to depart. The large brutes at the surface had departed. They were set upon by bees and a giant owl. They attempted to set the monastery on fire and the fire was immediately put out by a rain storm. (There seemed to be some “positive” forces at work pushing them out, couldn’t keep up with the spoken detail).

Session The Thirty-First

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Thirty-First

20 February 2021

Still in the temple of the Elder Gods. We were surrounded by a feeling of doom and woe. At the feet of each statue was a large, 3’ diameter alms bowl, though we hadn’t gotten close enough to look in them.

Flint approached the Goat With 1000 Young, with Cathal nearby for the Protection from Evil. As he got closer, he felt extremely uncomfortable. The statue was a large, humanoid black goat, surrounded by a pool of matter. The statue was glistening and the surface seemed to be moving. In the bowl he saw coins, black sapphire gems and a goat statuette, carved from ivory. It seemed to be smirking at him. Menka and Cathal looked over his shoulder.

Session The Thirty-Second

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Thirty-Second

20 March 2021

We seem to have found the chain of binding for Grastic’s gate. Apparently at the end of the last session we headed back up to the stream and the little outlet near the alarmed door.

Lycovyne	42/45
Menka	30/47
Kyril	37/54
Gonchar	62/88
Flint	47/55
Ulland	37/82
Cathal	56/57
Tim	21/28

Hypothetically: Menka with water walk (with Ulland, Gonchar), Kyril shape changed, Cathal levitates, carpet: Lycovyne, Tim, Flint.

Session The Thirty-Third

Sat, 17 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Thirty-Third

17 April 2021

If he really thinks we’re the Devil,
Then let’s send him to Hell.

Abecoste backed away, apparently not inclined to follow us, though she did not attempt to impede us. The small chain from the vampire’s neck indeed was very powerful. The party voted to cast Legend Lore ivory strips formed into a rectangle and an item to sacrifice. We decided to sacrifice Kyril’s +1 Staff. We sliced some ivory with the Sword of Sharpness from tusks found in one of the mountain giant’s treasure chests.

Session The Thirty-Fourth

Sat, 08 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Thirty-Fourth

8 May 2021

Lycovyne	10/45
Menka	36/47
Kyril	46/54
Gonchar	34/88
Flint	47/55
Ulland	56/82
Cathal	31/57
Tim	24/28

Pippen really wanted to return to the Hall, did not want to head downstairs. Pippen and Grastic met up again.

We heard from Pippen that Abigail was very proud of that 4-sided statue and devoted to it. We headed down one level (to level 6?) to the 4-sided statue and planning to return, presently, after having drained the aforementioned statue of some of its treasure.

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.

Session The Forty-Sixth

Sat, 20 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Forty-Sixth

20 May 2023

Menka spoke with Aesil about gaining access to the mirror she kept somewhere in the tower. She was far less than interested in providing access and was neither concerned with events far to the the south nor with the visions provided to the priest by the messenger of Thoth.

Session The Forty-Seventh

Sat, 08 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Forty-Seventh

8 July 2023

Lycovyne	35/49
Menka	53/54
Kyril	55/61
Gonchar	95/100
Flint	43/61
Tim	34/36
Seamus	59/64
Cathal	61/67

Seamus wanted to skin two of the huge wolves and take their pelts. Given our haste he decided to wait for the return trip. The cavern continued west then turned sharply north. It was misty due to the increasing cold and the hallways seemed to be well and recently traveled.

Session The Forty-Eighth

Sat, 26 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Forty-Eighth

26 August 2023

Lycovyne	33/49
Menka	45/54
Kyril	59/61
Gonchar	76/100
Flint	48/61
Tim	32/36
Seamus	57/64
Cathal	49/67

The party stood in a room with doors in the north and south walls and another on the northern end of the east wall, the same door we entered through. Charred ice ogre corpses lay strewn about, reeking of burnt hair and flesh. Kyril’s control temperature was still in effect, fending off the cold for those within its 10’ compass. Outside of that 10’ range it was bitterly cold. Seamus didn’t seem to mind the chill. Antifreeze and all that.

Session The Forty-Ninth

Sat, 04 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Forty-Ninth

4 November 2023

Menka	54/54
Lycovyne	48/49
Kyril	68/69
Flint	61/64
Tim	36/36
Seamus	64/65
Cathal	53/67
Gonchar	100/100

Lagartha was at full health. We verified that a knock cast on the door caused it to open for 1 minute, after which it closed again, requiring another knock. We also verified that it was locked from the inside, as well. This door lead into a small circular room that seemed to be a study of some sort. Kyril detected magic somewhere along the northern wall. Shelves on the southern wall held gruesome statuettes of horrifying creatures, none magical, all horrifying. One held down a note with Nalfeshnee scribbled on it.

Session The Fiftieth

Thu, 28 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Fiftieth

28 December 2023

Menka	45/54
Lycovyne	45/49
Kyril	47/69
Flint	56/64
Tim	36/36
Seamus	57/65
Cathal	53/67
Gonchar	90/100

Seamus and Menka applied some healing magic and prayers to Cathal and Lycovyne. Warm and bound in wrinkly skin, one book we found was certainly Cultes des Gules. The second book remained unidentified. Lycovyne was definitely not a definite. Menka began to pray for 3 hours to receive the spells cure blindness, remove curse and procure hooker.

Session the Fifty-First

Sat, 10 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Session the Fifty-First

10 February 2024

Menka	37/54
Lycovyne	38/49
Kyril	33/69
Flint	41/64
Tim	36/36
Seamus	46/65
Cathal	15/67
Gonchar	59/100

The session began with the party traveling, with Harald Markgaard, Agnar, Arndt, Ninax, Scarlett and the wayward rangeress Largatha, daughter of Harald, as well as a host of mounted men-at-arms from Markheim, traveling through the thawing, ice, snow, mud and debris-strewn melting mountain passes. Winter-like weather still clung to the area, though a hint of Spring was in the air.

Session the Fifty-Second

Sat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Session the Fifty-Second

8 June 2024

We sold some extraneous gear and cleaned house a bit. Gonchar and Cathal visited the keep armorer and got their plate mail repaired.

Anticipating 10 days on the road (5 to the Tomb under the cliff and 5 back) we purchased horses, feed and iron rations for around 278 pieces of gold.

Session the Fifty-Third

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Session the Fifty-Third

8 August 2024

Menka	54/54
Lycovyne	54/49
Kyril	69/69
Flint	72/64
Tim	36/36
Seamus	71/65
Cathal	67/67
Gonchar	100/100

Red dust and foul air puffed through the portal opened by Menka’s passwall. Before the party entered the underground we heard a familiar shriek off in the far distance, in the hills. A shriek we had heard on our way out of the Temple of Diancecht under the apiary.

Session the Fifty-Fourth

Sat, 19 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Session the Fifty-Fourth

19 October 2024

Note: this session opens up in room F in the map on pg. 330.

Having dispatched the vrock and their succubus hussy, we remained in the 30x30 room that wasn’t as blisteringly hot as the larger chamber. The party could feel oppressive heat emanating from the open door into the fire-room to the south. The current room was fetid with the reek of dead and dispatched succubus and dead vrock, along with now-dead sylphs and nymphs scattered around the room, where they had fallen from the dissipated energy cases which had melted away after opening.

Session the Fifty-Fifth

Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Session the Fifty-Fifth

18 January 2025

Gonchar climbed out of the pit trap.

Double stone doors stood in the wall to the south past the pit. The stench emanating from the pit was stomache churning. Roasted ghast. There was a 1’ wide shelf on either side and the party was able to get around the pit without incident.

Session the Fifty-Sixth

Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Session the Fifty-Sixth

1 March 2025

Having made it past the disintegration ray^[1], we paused for a bit by the bars in the wall to catch our breath. The psychic and physical darkness weighed heavily upon us. Seamus was the only one not bitten by the chill air.

Session the Fifty-Seventh

Sat, 19 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Session the Fifty-Seventh

19 April 2025

Menka	36/54
Kyril	46/69
Lycovyne	39/54
Gonchar	80/100
Flint	54/72
Cathal	43/67
Tim	36/36
Seamus	38/78

The party emerged from the tomb of the Twice-Crowned into a bowl-shaped, wooded area which clears near the entry to the tomb - the party is stinking, tired, bloodied and bandaged. Two of the party are carrying bags of holding which are overflowing with coinage - luckily, the coins dropping into the dirt all seem to be coppers.

Session the Fifty-Eighth

Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Session the Fifty-Eighth

21 June 2025

Menka	54/54
Kyril	69/69
Lycovyne	54/54
Gonchar	100/100
Flint	72/72
Cathal	67/67
Tim	36/36
Seamus	78/78

We spoke at length with Teos at the bar. He was loquacious in his gratitude and willingly answered our questions.

Creel’s tower was less than a day’s ride from the Horne’d Lamb. The good barkeep told the party that to simply touch the walls of Creel’s tower was … dangerous. Creel himself is a good man and had long held commerce and communication with the Inn as well as the surrounding area. Creel’s wife had died of some unspecified malady - perhaps plague, all sudden-like, and while Creel was out - and the man had not been the same since. Creel had turned to the dark arts of necromancy in an effort to bring his beautiful wife back to life. Teos had nothing but praise for Illyssa.

Session the Fifty-Ninth

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Session the Fifty-Ninth

19 July 2025

Menka	54/54
Kyril	69/69
Lycovyne	54/54
Gonchar	96/100
Flint	72/72
Cathal	54/67
Tim	36/36
Seamus	65/78

The room at (A) was well-maintained and well used. Creel had kept it clean, well swept. Some carpeting covered the floor. It contained bookshelves on the west wall, upon which many books sat. Shelves also hung on the northern wall, glass jars filled with clear liquids and various implements lining them. A sitting area containing a small desk with quill and ink sat in the southeastern corner. A reading chair lay on its side with a spilled bottle of wine on the floor next to it, the red wine staining a throw rug in this area. Crumpled paper was strewn about around the knocked-over chair.

Session the Sixtieth

Sat, 20 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Session the Sixtieth

20 September 2025

Menka	37/54
Kyril	65/69
Lycovyne	36/54
Gonchar	72/100
Flint	37/72
Cathal	43/67
Tim	21/36
Seamus	49/78

{\itshape “When I get my hands on Kyril’s evil sword shit’s gonna get real around here very quickly…”

– Lahtac the Anti-Paladin }

The One Room Session (Almost)#

When the chiming ended, the carvings on the walls cease their infernal undulations. The footsteps we heard outside the room became louder and suddenly 4 subhumans dressed in archaic scale mail broke through the door - three carrying odd, curved battleaxes, one wielding a glistening, dripping dagger. The subhumans launched into the room among us while a creature, human-sized but like a large octopi, ambulating with a sickening undulating gait on its tentacles, glaring eyes in its large head, stayed in the doorway. The creature began to wave its tentacles and the familiar reality distortion field filled the room. The cleric failed his save vs. spell and was incapacitated and disoriented. The rest of the party made their save.

Session the Sixty-First

Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Session the Sixty-First

15 November 2025

Menka	54/54
Kyril	69/69
Lycovyne	54/54
Gonchar	72/100
Flint	72/72
Cathal	58/67
Tim	36/36
Seamus	65/78

We found ourselves in possession of Abigail’s hand, and the claw-like gauntlet that contained it. As we gazed upon it while pondering the significance of slicing off a vampire’s hand, the hand itself began to dissipate in a sulfurous mist. Presently, the hand completely disappeared, though it left behind the gauntlet, intact and seeming to smoke as the hand dissolved.

Session the Sixty-Second

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Session the Sixty-Second

7 March 2026

Menka	54/54
Kyril	76/76
Lycovyne	56/56
Gonchar	100/100
Flint	72/72
Cathal	77/77
Seamus	78/78

We gave Heimdell’s crowns to Harald and Maeve. Menka returned the holy symbol of Odin to Harald’s curate, Olaf Iverson.

Kyril

2 vials of holy water
Oil of Fiery Burning

Cathal

Gamred the Golden (+3 two-handed sword, double-damage vs clerics in case Menka gets mouthy, plus user can Detect Magic and Remove Fear 30’ radius 1x/day)

Markheim Identify Parade

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Markheim Identify Parade

1 March 2026

Hall crew returns on day 13.

Day 8:

Tim trained Lycovyne for one full week and he gained 2 hp, (56/56).

We decided as a party to keep the coin we acquired on solo quests and to share out magic items.

We have 11 pearls (pg. 349, Session 48). For some reason they were deemed too spendy to come from Zagyg’s Spell Component Case, though the case could produce the live miniature carp. Detect magic was required for some of ther loot.

The Hall and Back Again

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Hall and Back Again

8 February 2026

Harald and Ninax, Menka and Cathal discussed the orcish incursions . Cragenheim will be levying troops from the surrounding area in the near future. Priest and knight assured them we would be back through at some point.

Menka, Cathal and Seamus planned to travel to the Hall of Seven Pillars the following morning. Ninax offered to ride with us to the block house. With the cessation of the frigid, lingering winter the road to Westkeep was re-opened, though only a well-protected caravan dare make the journey.

Gonchar On Patrol

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

Since Gonchar was not leveling-up, he passed the time between adventures by volunteering to ride with the Castellan’s men on patrols of the region around Markheim and Ninax’s Blockhouse. He was given a small-ish pony of surprisingly-surpassing speed (“Mala”), and was told by the men he would be riding with to get used to the horse for a day or two, for they must ride swiftly. Gonchar got used to the pony for a day or two, and the animal was smart and fast, and Gonchar - a below-average rider at best - was soon able to ride well and with speed with only two days of getting used to Mala. He was also fitted for lighter chain mail armor, as he was told that plate would not work for the kind of riding they’d be doing.

Session the Sixty-Third

Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Session the Sixty-Third

2 May 2026

Menka	61/61
Kyril	76/76
Lycovyne	56/56
Gonchar	100/100
Flint	72/72
Cathal	85/85
Seamus	78/78
Freyvior	81/81

At the Temple of Thoth, Father Malai had described the Hall of Gods to Menka and stated that it would be a good idea to show proper veneration to the gods if we entered that sacred hall. Father Yuyu had described the prayers and intonations for proper sacrifice and veneration to Osiris for this purpose and Menka made note of it (see 5.6.6).

Interlude I: Creel's Tower

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Interlude I: Creel's Tower

14 December 2025

With the portal below the tower closed and danger at least temporarily averted, Creel advised the party that he had sent messages out to his fellow 8 wizards (of ‘The Nine’) asking for assistance. While the party bivouacked at the tower, some of this aid arrived.

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.

Osgoth

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

Osgoth Map Key#

Note to players: this is a map of the ‘known world’. The major regions are denoted by numbers, with descriptions of each set forth below. Each region is summarized in terms of political situations, rulers, gods, terrain and some description of note to adventurers. It is all ‘common knowledge’ a resident of Osgoth such as yourselves would know. Only major cities are noted (and described below) - no cities are named on the map, because an 8x12 piece of paper didn’t allow room. Major geographical features (large mountain ranges, hilled areas, forests (temperate and pine), large lakes, huge swamps, major deserts/steppes, significant islands and the largest rivers) are noted. This is not to say that ‘clear’ areas on the map do not include smaller forests, mountain/hill regions, lakes, ponds, smaller rivers, swamps or other terrain. Only the major areas are noted. Further, countless smaller keeps, cities, towns and villages exist throughout the continent, and none are noted on this map.

Ronan MacHood

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

Ronan MacHood was a well-known figure in Hibernia. MacHood was known as a warrior of note, well-known for his skill with the bow, and even as a young man the bards sung of his feats in the wars against the giants of the north of Hibernia, and it is said his sword and arrows helped defeat the Giant-king O’Grummach, and sent he and his brutes howling back into the mountains and caverns to the north.

Cathal on We Are The Red Guardians

Session The Forty-Fifth

Interlude

Sidebar - Markheim

Session The Twentieth

Some History of the People of Diancecht

Session The Twenty-First

Session The Twenty-Second

Session The Twenty-Third

Session The Twenty-Fourth

Session The Twenty-Fifth

Session The Twenty-Sixth

Session The Twenty-Seventh

Session The Twenty-Eighth

Session The Twenty-Ninth

Session The Thirtieth

Session The Thirty-First

Session The Thirty-Second

Session The Thirty-Third

Session The Thirty-Fourth

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

Session The Forty-Sixth

Session The Forty-Seventh

Session The Forty-Eighth

Session The Forty-Ninth

Session The Fiftieth

Session the Fifty-First

Session the Fifty-Second

Session the Fifty-Third

Session the Fifty-Fourth

Session the Fifty-Fifth

Session the Fifty-Sixth

Session the Fifty-Seventh

Session the Fifty-Eighth

Session the Fifty-Ninth

Session the Sixtieth

The One Room Session (Almost)#

Session the Sixty-First

Session the Sixty-Second

Markheim Identify Parade

The Hall and Back Again

Gonchar On Patrol

Session the Sixty-Third

Interlude I: Creel's Tower

Bitches Gotta Level Up

Beasties#

Loot#

A Word From Our Sponsor#

Osgoth

Osgoth Map Key#

Ronan MacHood