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.

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.

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).

In the crypt where we fought the Sons of Kyuss, we found what could be the Staff of Osiris. Per the Prelate’s letter, if we found Valeria we might be able to use the Staff to bring her back from undeath.

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.

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)

A Word From Our Sponsor#

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.