Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Nightwick Abbey - Session 77 - Getting to Know the New Neighbors

Previously, in Nightwick Abbey...

Session 77 - 7th of December, 1397

This week's adventurers:

Blossom (Rogue 5)

Mechtilde (Fighter 5)

Ulf (Magician 4)

Verinka (Changeling 3)

Liminal Space (Changeling 3)

Krupe (Cleric 2)

Lemony Spice (Changeling 2)

Poppy (Fighter 1)

Voorhis (Cleric 1)

Hirelings: Helusch (Magician 1)

Downtime in the Village

Mechtilde spent the week adorning her armor with the spikes from the spiked armor we recovered last week, granting her enough XP to push her to level 5! Mayfly is gone for the week, but he leaves a scroll of Protection From Demons for Ulf to use in case of emergency. 

Mechtilde also buys a bolt of linen with which to disarm the face trap from last week.

Our map of Level 4 after Session 77
(We take this game very seriously)

Into the Abbey

We again continue our exploration of level 4 of Nightwick Abbey, uneventfully journeying through level 3 to reach the 30' by 30' landing on level 4.

We first go to the stone carved faces to the north. Blossom takes two cuttings from the bolt and deftly uses her spear to drape them over the faces, covering them completely.

Liminal proudly steps forward, between the faces, to test if they are disarmed....and he is fine!

Mechtilde then uses rope to secure the linen around the statues and makes our solution more permanent.

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Nightwick Abbey - Session 76 - Smoke, Blood, and Crying For The Sins of Humanity

Previously, in Nightwick Abbey...

Session 76 - 30th of November, 1397

This week's adventurers:

Mayfly (Magician 5)

Mechtilde (Fighter 4)

Ulf (Magician 4)

Verinka (Changeling 3)

Liminal Space (Changeling 3)

Krupe (Cleric 2)

Poppy (Fighter 1)

Voorhis (Cleric 1)

Hirelings: Niklaus (Fighter 1), Helusch (Magician 1)

This session was such a blunder for us that Warren D., of I Cast Light, gave us an Expert analysis of the adventure over at his blog: I SHOULD HAVE CAST LIGHT: And Other Lessons From the 4th Level of Hell

Downtime in the Village

During the week, Ulf and Liminal go searching for rumors and information on the being known as Plutus, who we failed to meet last week. We learn that someone named Plutus was venerated by the Sword Brothers and opposed by someone known as the Master, though apparently not the one we know. Plutus also has the ability to enrich and impoverish: he can turn copper into gold and gold into copper. Finally, we discover that he may only be harmed by magical weapons.

Three local woodsmen offer up their services to us: Rütsch/Rütschel, Schimko, and Wynant, but no one hires them this week.

Back to Level 4

We return to level 4 of Nightwick Abbey this week in search of treasure after uneventfully passing through level 3.

Arriving on the landing with the baptismal font depicting the boiling alive of the first emperor, we he the strange sound of a settling house that we associate with the dungeon shifting!