Ulland 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 Twelfth

Sat, 25 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Session the Twelfth

February 25, 2017

Now, with a chance to look around, we see that our bugbear assailants were wearing very mismatched armor. Probably mercenaries, not organized. The party found a beautiful obsidian mace among the corpses, as well as a very nice halberd. Menka stashed the obsidian mace in his pack, though the party left the halberd behind as it was too difficult to lug around (and no party members used halberds).

Session the Thirteenth Pt. 2

Sat, 17 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Session the Thirteenth Pt. 2

17 June 2017, contd

Having earned some serious gold (and the experience points that go with it) it was time for some training and levelling up.

“Arkadios is heading to Byrny to shoot up a congressional baseball game – 31 HP, 6k cost - spending 6k to level up and get a Restore.” Needs clarification.

Session the Thirteenth Pt. 1

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

Session the Thirteenth Pt. 1

17 June 2017

Preamble#

Session the Thirteenth Pt. 1

DM: 13 June 2017

You are contacted in your chambers by Bentley Mirrorshade of The Friendly Arm. Johann Hadrigan requests a meeting. Bentley offers a room off the main bar. The meeting is requested presently. He explains that Hadrigan has been aggressive in demanding a resolution of this issue, has paid well for his stay here, and that the Friendly Arm would like this guest to conclude his business and depart peacefully. He will await your response.

Session The Fourteenth

Sat, 16 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Fourteenth

16 September 2017

The ettins had attacked the party mid-day. Several party members were sorely wounded after the battle. Menka cured light wounds on Lycovyne for 7 points and twice on Ulland, bringing both characters to 27 points. The party decided to travel a bit more before healing and resting and headed northeast. Strangely, we did not keep a map.

Session The Fifteenth

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

Session The Fifteenth

2 December 2017

Preamble#

Session The Fifteenth

DM: 25 November 2017

You are traveling north on the coast road and encounter a large group of mounted individuals who appear out of the eastern hills. They are 12 men, 1 dwarf (the latter mounted on a small pony). The humans are all mounted on warhorses. All are clad in light chain mail with shields strapped to their chests and backs.

Session The Sixteenth

Sat, 17 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Sixteenth

17 February 2018

Continuing from the library, we noted that we had a ton of loot that had not been identified yet. We also unanimously agreed that the monastery was probably not a safe spot to rest for a bit to kick off the identify constitutional in any event. A large bare spot on the south wall signified the original location of the portrait of Phane now residing in the Medusa’s boudoir. Lycovyne checked around the bare spot, it was all that it seemed to be. Bare. Like a tapestry or large picture had been removed.

Session the Seventeenth

Sat, 23 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Session the Seventeenth

23 June 2018

At the end of the eventful hour that was Session the Sixteenth the party was in rough shape, and also clean out of healing spells. Kyril handed Gonchar 4 goodberries, bringing him up to 37 points. We needed to rest, but were in no position, literally, to do so. The minotaur had fought us from the mist at (I) back to the hallway at (H). We formed ranks and marched back to the door at the end of the long hallway.

Session The Eighteenth

Sat, 22 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Eighteenth

22 September 2018

Lycovyne	29/41
Menka	37/39
Kyril	21/46
Gonchar	70/74
Flint	25/48
Arkadios	31/31
Ulland	30/32

Preamble#

The trail of blood lead from the western door at (M), through the hastily erected defenses in the entrance to (N), to the two bodies Flint was examining when some sort of ward in the western wall blew up in his face, literally. The sitting corpse showed no outward signs of injury, though the man he cradled in his arms had been sorely wounded, as if by claws. Black studded leather armor rent asunder. Menka cast 2 cure light wounds on Flint, bringing him up to 25 points.

Session The Nineteenth

Sat, 01 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Session The Nineteenth

1 December 2018

Preamble#

There were webs everywhere, though not in the secret room at (C), where it was spotless, no dust. Gonchar pushed the gray gems into the appropriate openings in the room. There was a slot in each of the four corners. As soon as he slid the 4th gem into place, a yellow, glowing field appeared on the floor along the eastern wall. Immediately, a disembodied voice was heard to say:

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 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.