Session 120 – “How shall we loot Kaya?”

 

Alternative titles

• “D&D – Dank Dungeon”

• “The snacks are more adventurous than the scenario”

• “Schrödingers dad”

• “Dan’s dad is dead”

• “Can I have a pet treasure?”

• “Dernardiner”

• “The death of Kaya”

The party

• Dan (human ranger)

• Dernard (human magic user)

• Frederick II (halfling thief)

• Inesh (human thief)

• Kaya (dwarven fighter/cleric) & Eloria (elven ?)

• Nigel (dwarven fighter)

• Valis (elven fighter)

• Ryan (half-elven thief)

XP

• Not yet decided

Treasures

• 200 GP

• Gemstone

Summary

• Continued to traverse the cellar

• Avoided some of it’s denizens

• Found various laboratories

  • In one of them the doors got shut

  • Black powder started to seep in from the vents

  • We well unconscious

  • Some reported of weird dreams they had

  • Kaya didn’t awake, she died

  • Good bye friend

• Got reunited with Nigel and encountered Eloria

• Found another ones of the keys (this was our second)

• Avoided an area which seemed to be a magic maze

• Climbed up a ladder and reached the golden altar in the church

• Avoided a confrontation with Richard Amber

Session 119 – “It can be good, or bad, or disco”

 

Alternative titles

• “You’re pimping him out?”

• “They put you into that cocoon thing … and then something sexy will happen”

• “The woods are alive, with the sound of music”

• “She is taking the beaver hostage”

• “Who’s a good boy?”

The party

• Dan (human ranger)

• Dernard (human magic user)

• Inesh (human thief)

• Kaya (dwarven fighter/cleric)

• Valis (elven fighter)

• Ryan (half-elven thief)

• Sweeney (halfling fighter/thief)

XP

• Not yet decided

Treasures

• Spell page (from Library)

• Small cup (from tarot cards)

• Twisted stick (from tarot cards)

• Magic sword (from green giant)

Summary

• Valis let something in, we didn’t notice it

• Started to explore the east wing

• Found the green room

  • Had a green giant

  • Asked us to fight him to pass through the room

  • Ignored this for now

• Returned to the west wing to rest the night

  • Joined a conversation amongst the Ambers about them hunting a deer in the garden

  • Learned about Camilla Amber, who can predict the future

• Returned to the east wing

• Found the library

  • Had a conversation with Claude Amber

  • Mentioned the “ring of eyeban” and the “serpent encircled mirror” that might help break the curse

  • Paid 1000 GP to go through his library

  • Found a spell page

  • Found a book about Averion:

    • Mentioned the ring of eyeban

    • Luke Ceciard Le …

    • Perion

    • Vion Mirror Gaspard

    • Enchanted sword

    • Sephera?

    • Malekai?

    • Xim?

    • Lesibu?

    • Potion

• Found Little Ape in the library, bud didn’t interact with him

• Found Camilla with her tarot cards

  • Started to draw cards

  • Upside down coin (Sweeney)

    • Effect: Lose all money

    • But Sweeney had lost all his things, so the card had no effect (see Session 77 – “Shacklekeep Stories”)

  • Skeleton (Valis)

    • Effect: Instant death

    • But Valis still had his silver ring, so he was saved

    • Additionally, he had been secretly possessed by Catherine Amber earlier, so she got killed/banished instead

  • Empress (Kaya)

    • She received a small cup, no idea what it does

  • Guy wrestling Lion (Dernard)

    • +4 STR temporarily

  • Old Guy (Inesh)

    • She received a twisted and burned stick

    • Maybe a wand? Not tested yet

  • Learned from Camilla that we’d need to collect three keys to undo the curse

  • Already had one

• Returned to green giant, and Valis fought him

• Found the “brother of the sun”, a servant of Claude

  • Had a chest of molten gold in his room

• Found a secret passage to the cellar

• Found a puzzle room with a grid of letters

  • Crossed via the NEHOG path

  • Came up in the previous session (“Nehog the gorgeous”)

  • Ryan +1 CHA

• Found a room with four cells

 

Session 118 – “It’s a soap opera”

 

Alternative titles

• “[REDACTED]”

• “This is also not a chapter title”

• “Everything is plastic now”

The party

• Dan (human ranger)

• Dernard (human magic user)

• Frederick II (halfling thief)

• Valis (elven fighter)

• Ryan (half-elven thief)

• Sweeney (halfling fighter/thief)

XP

• Not yet decided

Treasures

• Ring (from Charles Amber)

• Golden Plate Armor (from Simon Amber)

• Sword and shield (from Madeline Amber)

• Snake staff (from Simon Amber)

Summary

• Started to explore the church

  • One statue became alive and chased us

• Escaped from it and found Charles Amber in his library

  • He was mad and worried about his sister Madeline

  • Madeline came and killed him (we failed to prevent this)

  • We’re basically on good terms with her though

  • Dan seems to have gotten employed by her now

• Met Simon Amber

  • He got aged by Dustin

  • He tried to make himself younger by harming Sweeney

  • We fought and disposed of him

• Looked through Charles library

  • Read some books about a place called “Avaroin”

  • Capital “Vione”

  • People: “Nehog the gorgeous”, “Heisa the unseeing”

  • Not sure if anything of this is relevant

• Tried to explore the church further

  • Encountered a small army of undead

  • We fled because we were out of magic and healing

  • Lured the undead to the bridge in the garden and had the troll eat them

• Met Isadora Amber

  • I think Dan is now engaged to her

  • She led us through the forest to a bleeding archway

  • We went through the archway, seemingly to no ill effect

• Isadora led us to the throne room where her parents were

  • They were skeletons

  • Surprisingly they didn’t attack us

  • They were just skeletons

  • Found some hidden gems in one of the thrones

  • Returned them to Isadora

• A bunch of Ambers we heard from (and some met):

  • Charles Amber (found in library, dead now)

  • Madeline Amber (met in library, killed Charles)

  • Simon Amber (met in altar room next to library, killed by us)

  • Henry Amber (father of Isadora, was crowned)

  • Steven Amber (was killed by somebody)

  • Katherine Amber (wife of Steven)

  • Helen Amber (mother of Isadora)

  • Claude Amber (forgot who this is)

  • “Little Ape” (not actually an Amber, and might not be trustworthy)

• Heard a voice calling to us: “Let me in”

  • Valis did so

 

Session 117 – “¿¡Yeeees!?”

 

Alternative titles

• “Snack Termiten”

• “I put a ring on it”

• “Spongebob can continue”

• “This is peek Valis”

• “Some kind of dwarven feminism”

The party

• Arnold (human fighter) & Kurton (dwarven fighter)

• Dan (human ranger)

• Dernard (human magic user)

• Frederick II (halfling thief)

• Inesh (human thief)

• Kaya (dwarven fighter/cleric)

• Valis (elven fighter)

• Ryan (half-elven thief)

XP

• Not yet decided

Treasures

• None

Summary

• Emergency rescue of Dernard

  • Some attempts better than others

  • Thanks Kaya & Dan

• Why Arnold? Why?

• Explored the mansion further and met more Ambers

  • Richard Amber (lionhead, with golden crown)

  • Charles Amber (mentioned only, somewhere in the library)

  • Aunt Janet (mentioned only)

  • Isabel Amber (usually in garden, met in corridor)

• Stayed the night in guest quarters

• Ventured into the garden to search for library

  • Got attacked by trees

  • Crossed a bridge with a long armed monster underneath

  • Found some gargoyle statues with a treasure chest in the center of the garden (ignored for now)

  • Saw some squirrels collecting golden acorns (ignored for now)

  • Met Andre David Amber (goat head)

    • Riding on an elk

    • Accompanied by cat/lion headed riders on wolves

• Found a door and entered into a larger cross shaped building

Session 116 – “...”

 

Alternative titles

• “Bob the Bourgeoisie”

• “Arr-rachnids”

• “Upseil horizontally”

• “Valis doesn’t do salad”

• “I’ve a question to my death”

The party

• Dan (human ranger)

• Dernard (human magic user)

• Frederick (halfling thief)

• Grimnir (dwarven thief)

• Kaya (dwarven fighter/cleric)

• Valis (elven fighter)

XP

• Not yet decided

Treasures

• 1010 GP

Summary

• Started exploring the mansion

• Found the salon

  • Two “golem” like guards around

  • Met Jean Louie Amberville

  • Mentioned his sister Isabelle

  • Offered us a boxing match and a wager

  • Giant spiders built the ring

  • Valis fought the champion

  • We won 1010 GP

• Found a room full of cat people

  • We just left

• Found a room full of spiders

  • Servants of this mansion

• Found a room full of slime

  • There was a stone treasure chest

  • Couldn’t get access to it

• Found ghostly dining hall

  • Some places were reserved for us

  • Joined the ghostly dinner

  • Hobgoblin guards served food

  • Yellow whine → Fully heals up

  • Soup → HP bonus

  • Chopped Salad → +1 one attribute, -2 some other attribute

  • Roast beef → Delicious, but no effect

  • Bread → No more food needed OR double food needed

  • Green beans → Delicious, but no effect

  • Mushrooms in wine sauce → +4 to poisons saves OR instant death (bye, bye Frederick)

  • Red wine → Unknown, nobody tried it

  • Strudel → Delicious, but no effect

  • Brandy → Fade and join the ghosts forever (bye, bye Dernard?)

Session 115 – “Do I need a donkey?”

Alternative titles

• “Smut! Pure smut!”

• “Foiled by the poverty”

The party

• Dan (human ranger)

• Dernard (human magic user)

• Frederick (halfling thief)

• Grimnir (dwarven thief)

• Kaya (dwarven fighter/cleric)

• Valis (elven fighter)

XP

• 0

Treasures

• 0

Summary

• Met Frederick who wanted to join us

• Searched the area for traces of Dustin

  • Met a traveller who had seen a tavern keeper perform magic that seemed to be caused by Dustin

• Headed two days north to another village

  • Talked with the tavern keeper

  • Said he had seen Dustin head to the forest in the east

  • Learned that the mention of the Amberville family is nearby

  • They often hunt in the forest

• Headed to the mansion

  • Couldn’t find it

  • Found some flagstone

  • Camped nearby

• Awoke in the middle of the night inside a manor, surrounded by amber fog

Session 114 – “Lurin’ Surin”

 

Alternative titles

• “Perky Valis”

• “Aren’t we all a bit dead inside?”

• “Kinetically encourage the door to open”

The party

• Dernard (human magic user)

• Dominic (human cleric)

• Inesh (human thief)

• Kaya (dwarven fighter/cleric)

• Valis (elven fighter)

XP

• 190

Treasures

• 700 GP

Summary

• Had made it back to the village tavern

  • Met Dominic who wanted to join our mission

• Next morning interviewed Surin

  • He knew basically nothing but that we should capture Dustin

• Returned to the tomb

  • Surin didn’t recognise anything

  • Things had reset here

  • “Armadillo” monsters rust metal when they touch you

  • Kaya and Dominic lost their armour

  • Managed to lure them away with a bunch of metal

  • Went down the stairs and heard a voice “Awaken”

  • Re-encountered the black slime

  • Fireball dealt with it without collapsing the corridor

  • Found a room with lots of gold

  • There was a glyph of an hourglass under the gold

  • Didn’t manage to figure out what it meant

  • Dust motes appeared, so we fled

  • Had Dustin returned? Why?