Session 121 – “I Dan-splain everything”

Alternative titles

• “Oh, sheet”

• “You’re testing your combined wits against a brainless thing?”

The party

• Dan (human ranger)

• Dernard (human magic user)

• Frederick II (halfling thief)

• Inesh (human thief)

• Eloria (elven druid)

• Nigel (dwarven fighter)

• Ryan (half-elven thief)

XP

• Not yet decided

Treasures

• 999 GP

• 300 SP

• 1 (magic?) staff

Summary

• Had buried Kaya in the garden and took her things with us

• Encountered a unicorn on the way back to the west wing

  • Tried to follow it

  • Got blocked by a bush of eyes

  • Failed to get past the bush

• Next day, returned to slime room in west wing

  • Managed to get access to chest

  • Found lots of gold and a “dandelion staff” (Eloria took it)

• Went to gargoyle fountain in the gardener

  • Encountered a giant amoeba in the pool there (Nigel named it Betty)

  • Distracted the amoeba to get access to the chest in the pool

  • Found some money and the third key

  • Ignored the amoeba and headed to east wing

• Encountered a dead centaur (plus some giant flies)

  • Ignored it for the most part

• Visited Camille

  • Told us that Charles (or maybe Luke, or Richard) knew more about the three keys

  • Nigel pulled a card and lost all money

  • Eloria pulled a card and … cliffhanger

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 druid)

• 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