Burglary, Robbery, and General Murder - Nightwick Abbey - Sessions 122 & 123

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Session 122 - 26th of Leftember, 1399

This week's adventurers:

Blossom (Rogue 6) 

Mayfly (Magician 6) 

Thekla (Magician 5)

Ulf (Magician 5)

Liminal Space (Changeling 5)

Poppy (Fighter 5) 

Pataki (Graverobber 4) 

Yevgeny the Coward (Cleric 4?)

Felix (Dwarf 1) 

Hirelings: Hartnid (Rogue 1) 

Downtime in the City

Liminal spends the week in Blackleg carousing and commits some unspeakable deed to get himself declared an outlaw. He spends the rest of his time hanging out with Ulf on the outskirts of town.

A new player joins our group, rolling up Felix the dwarf, a former servant of a rival house to the Talbots in town.

We decide this week to infiltrate the Talbot house and extract revenge and/or rob them for sending bounty hunters after Thekla. 

Blossom uses her criminal contacts to get information about the Talbots and discovers that they owe a great debt to the Sheldons, another local powerful family.

Nightwick Abbey - Session 121 - We Drink for Five Weeks Then Fight Five Men

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Session 121 - 19th of Leftember, 1399

This week's adventurers:

Blossom (Rogue 6) 

Mayfly (Magician 6) 

Thekla (Magician 5)

Ulf (Magician 5)

Liminal Space (Changeling 5)

Downtime in the City

Now in Blackleg, we're able to get a cure for Thekla's demon possession, you know, the reason we left Nightwick like 5 session ago. We got the help for free because we helped the pilgrims last time and for helping an angel find a shrine, 100 session ago.

Because here at Nightwick Industries, we all believe in the importance of strict time records and their keeping, we're catching our adventurers up to the present date which means we have 5 weeks of carousing on our hands. 

Week 1

After a night of drinking that we barely remember, Ulf gets declared an outlaw and we hear rumors that Thekla has had bounty hunters sent after her.

Week 2 

The next week, Thekla performs magical studies while the others go drinking (except for Ulf, whom no one in the town will do business with anymore) and somehow blows up the inn we're staying in, the Pizzled Gules.

Everyone is mad about this and we move to the other inn in town.

Mayfly spends his downtime to get better acquainted with the countess. He hope to discover information about a magic wand once owned by the Corvies, a mercenary company we've hired in the past.

Week 3 

While the others go drinking again, Thekla discovers that one of her ancestors had come to the lands a long time before and worked with the conquering Sword Brothers. Apparently, her ancestor did some terrible things to the Bogdani, the local peoples. She permanently gains a -1 penalty to reaction rolls with the Bogdani as news of this ancestral connection spreads.

Mayfly continues to charm the countess and gleams some information on the wand. He finds out that the previous owner was killed by a Devilman who took it back to a Devilman lair - though we don't know where yet.

Week 4 

Ulf and Thekla scribe some spell scrolls after alienating themselves to the town, Mayfly makes a bad impression with the countess, undoing some of his previous work, and the rest of the party continues carousing for more xp.

Nightwick Abbey - Session 120 - Nights in the Dark

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Session 120 - 13th of Youngers, 1399

This week's adventurers:

Thekla (Magician 5)

Ulf (Magician 5)

Liminal Space (Changeling 5)

Poppy (Fighter 5)

Yevgeny the Coward

Pataki (Rogue [Graverobber] 4)

Gerlach von Talbot (Fighter 2)

Hirelings: Hartnid (Rogue 1)

Previously, on Nightwick Abbey...

Last week, while on the road to Blackleg, our intrepid crew stumbled upon some pilgrims who had just escaped imprisonment in a nearby village. 

Being a bunch of goody two-shoes, we decided to help free their still-captive brethren.

We scouted out the village and decided to wait one more day to await Mayfly's return and to let Thekla prepare Invisibility.

Big Damn Heros

The next morning we return to the edge of the village and send out Pataki and Hartnid to scout the area for us. 

Thekla casts Invisibility on them both (technically Invisibility 10' Radius on Pataki) and they go ahead to explore the beastman village.

Nightwick Abbey - Session 119 - Froglings and Reindeer and Pilgrims, Oh My!

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Session 119 - 11th of Youngers, 1399

This week's adventurers:

Blossom (Rogue 6)

Thekla (Magician 5)

Ulf (Magician 5)

Liminal Space (Changeling 5)

Poppy (Fighter 5)

Back in the Action

Last week, the session ended with a tense standoff between the noble Bartlemebis and the warlock Mayfly.

Things took a turn towards hostilities and Mayfly casts Fireball upon the noble and his camp.

The rest of the party awakens to a great scream as a number of tents go up in flame.

Of the noble's hunting party, only one of the squires is left alive, badly burned - the rest all dead.

As we scramble out of our tents, we see Mayfly mount the back of a great beast and fly off towards the moon.

Nightwick Abbey - Session 118 - Rosemary's Neighby

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Session 118 - 8th of Youngers (?), 1399

This week's adventurers:

Blossom (Rogue 6)

Mayfly (Magician 6)

Ulf (Magician 5)

Liminal Space (Changeling 5)

Krupe (Cleric 5)

Yevgeney the Coward (Cleric 4)

Pataki (Rogue 4)

Hirelings: Hartnid (Rogue 1)

On The Road Again...

Last week, in Ulf's absense, Thekla managed to get possessed by a "gross tumorous rabbit type spirit" and the party started off towards Blackleg to get her healed.

He's left unclear as to (1) how she got possessed, (2) what exactly is possessing her, (3) what the nature of this possession is like, and (4) why we're going to Blackleg instead of Lichgate to get this dealt with.

Oh well, hopefully Mayfly's account of the events explains everything.

There was also some account of removing a spirit from a gross jar and getting treasure from it.

The spirit agreed to not hinder out journey in exchange for putting Thekla into a sort of dream-like trance. She's out of commission this week living in the shadow realm.

Back On The Road - The 9th of Youngers

The next morning, after catching Ulf up to speed, he learns that the party has a 2nd haunted pot.

He's still not clear on how the party got either pot, but we assume this one is also haunted and Blossom plans to stab straight through it with her sword, the heretical Shard of God. 

Nightwick Abbey - Session 116 - Blast From the Past

 

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Session 116 - 1st of Youngers, 1399

This week's adventurers:

Blossom (Rogue 6)

Mayfly (Magician 6)

Ulf (Magician 5)

Liminal Space (Changeling 5)

Krupe (Cleric 5)

Poppy (Fighter 5)

Yevgeney the Coward (Cleric 4)

Pataki (Rogue 4)

Vestif (Rogue 1)

Hirelings: Hartnid (Rogue 1)

Downtime in the Village

A new player joins the crew and brings along Vestif, cattle rustler, seeking treasure and a violent death.

Today is Youngers 1st, the Feast Day of St. Notappearinginthisfilm, and our hirelings are given the day off in observance (except for Hartnid for some reason? Maybe we bullied him into coming with us).

Pataki heard a rumor of strange lights coming from the hilltop to the southeast of town where Nightwick Abbey lies.

Liminal went carousing and drank something funny - he's still shaking off some hallucinations as we depart. I swear this will come up again later.

Into the Abbey?

As we approach the hilltop, the ruins appear to have changed in shape!

Nightwick Abbey - Session 115 - With the Power of Friendship and Chain Lightning

 

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Session 115 - 17th of Elders, 1399

This week's adventurers:

Blossom (Rogue 6)

Mayfly (Magician 6)

Ulf (Magician 5)

Liminal Space (Changeling 5)

Thekla (Magician 5)

Krupe (Cleric ?)

Yevgeney the Coward (Cleric 4)

Pataki (Rogue 3)

Hirelings: Hartnid (Rogue 1), Merlin (Magician 1)

Downtime in the Village

We hire two new hirelings to make up for the deceased and make plans to return to level 4 this week, ready to explore the new layout of the floor after shifting it so much last time.

We make it safely down to level 4...

Into the Abbey

...and no further.

Nightwick Abbey - Session 114 - Two Knights, Trying to Fuck In-Armor

 

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Session 114 - 20th of Primes. 1399

This week's adventurers:

Blossom (Rogue 6)

Mayfly (Magician 6)

Ulf (Magician 5)

Liminal Space (Changeling 5)

Thekla (Magician 5)

Poppy (Fighter 5)

Yevgeney the Coward (Cleric 4)

Hirelings: Hanslo, Glogryan Glassy-eye

Downtime in the Village

Ulf, after weeks of study, has learned the spell Fly, which is surely the most useful 3rd level spell for the party to know at this moment.

Liminal Space hires a new hireling, Glogryan, a brigand who comes with a gambison and short sword.

An old friend returns this week as noble Yevgeney the Coward has come to return to Nightwick.

Into the Abbey

We set out to return to level 4, taking our familiar route through level 3, down the floating staircase into the depths of the dungeon.

As soon as we set foot on the floor, we hear a loud buzzing coming from the north.

Nightwick Abbey - Session 113 - When (Almost) Everything Goes Wrong

 

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Session 113 - 13th of Primes. 1399

This week's adventurers:

Blossom (Rogue 6)

Mayfly (Magician 6)

Ulf (Magician 5)

Liminal Space (Changeling 5)

Krupe (Cleric 5)

Pataki (Rogue 2) 

Zintra (Changeling 1)

Hirelings: Demut the Man-Slayer (Fighter 1), Fryzcho, Vridil

Downtime in the Village

Ulf begins studying to learn the spell Fly, and Mayfly fails to learn the spell Summon Elemental.

Liminal hires a fighter by the name of Demut the Man-Slayer and Ulf hires two woodsman, kicked out of the woodsman lodge after converting to the Church of the Law.

Into the Abbey

Emboldened by tales of the defeat of Great King Death from last week's delve, the party decides to descend to level 4 to further explore and possibly confront Plutus, the demon lord of the level.

We make it to level 4 without incident, following our own well-worn path.

As we begin traversing the dungeon towards Plutus' domain, we hear a grinding sound coming from the darkness in the room to the south of us.

Nightwick Abbey - Session 111 - I See What the Problem is, You've Got Evil Under the Floorboards

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Session 111 - 26th of Unodecember, 1398 

This week's adventurers:

Gerung Floating Disk (Magician 3)

Pataki (Rogue 2)

Noor (Magician 1)

Spruche (Fighter 1)

Blanda (Frogling Cleric 1/Thief 1)

Persnickety (Changeling 1)

Chamberpot Ulfson (Fighter 1) 

Sorrel (Ranger 1)

Heertz Doonit (Changeling 2)

Hirelings: Hartnid

Assault on the Castle

We spend the night in the castle after our fight, resting from our long fight.

Throughout the night, several of us are tormented by nightmares, of unspeakable horrors committed by the Sword Brothers in days gone past and of the very walls around us infested with eyeballs, watching us.

Taking Stock

In the morning, we take our time rounding up the loot across the first and second floors of the castle.

We find (along with their listed values):

• A valuable tapestry depicting the Lady (500sp)

• A fancy table (250sp)

• A barrel of salt pork (2 weeks of rations for 1 person)

• 25sp in coins among the dead bandits

• A decorative doublet from Nun's Head (discussed last session)

Nightwick Abbey - Session 110 - Assualt on the Castle

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Session 110 - 25th of Unodecember, 1398 

This week's adventurers:

Gerung Floating Disk (Magician 3)

Pataki (Rogue 2)

Noor (Magician 1)

Blanda (Frogling Cleric 1/Thief 1)

Persnickety (Changeling 1)

Chamberpot Ulfson (Fighter 1)

Hirelings: Dompnig, Hartnid

Assault on the Castle

We ended last session arriving back at the bandits' castle that Brother Noj had hired us to retake.

We arrive late in the evening and decide to make our assault that night, before they discover in the morning that we had ambushed their patrol.

Using the map Pataki had drawn, we make a plan.

Pataki's map of the ground floor

Our spell casters are all low level and our spell selection is limited. We have 2 Sleep spells, 2 Hold Portals, and a Floating Disk and Invisibility.

Planning this assault was a ton of fun; we had to figure out how to use a limited selection of spells and fighting prowess to handle an overwhelming force of opponents. Let's see how we did.

We make a plan to use Hold Portal to hold off reinforcements so we can take on the ogre alone.

Into the Dark

We enter the keep, seemingly unnoticed in the dark and enter the entrance chamber, a 10' by 30' room.

Once inside, the pale light of the waxing moon no longer shines upon us and Pataki lights a torch to guide our way.

Nightwick Abbey - Session 109 - "An Invisible Woman Wants to Keep You As A Pet"

 

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Session 109 - 25th of Unodecember, 1398 

This week's adventurers:

Gerung Floating Disk (Magician 3)

Noor (Magician 1)

Persnickety (Changeling 1)

Chamberpot Ulfson (Fighter 1) 

Spruche (Fighter 1)

Euphemia (Ranger 1) 

Heertz Doonit (Changeling 1)

Hirelings: Dompnig

Previously On...

Last week, the party was charged by a strange priest, Brother Noj of Ross to help him retake his swamp castle and the shrine to the Lady therein.

A ragtag, low-level group of would-be adventurers set out on his charge and made it to the castle, where an invisibility spell on a rogue was used to scout out the interior.

After Pataki relayed what she saw inside, including the dreadful Ogre, the party spent an uneventful night staking out the bandit's fortress.

A New Day Dawns

In the morning, adventure calls Pataki and Blanda the Frogling away but two new adventurers catch up to the group, fresh from Nightwick Village, Spruch the Fighter, one of Mayfly's hirelings, sent by him to assist and Euphemia, a ranger.

Nightwick Abbey - Session 108 - The Gang Befriends a Priest

 

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Session 108 - 23rd of Unodecember, 1398 

This week's adventurers:

Gerung Floating Disk (Magician 3)

Pataki (Rogue 2) 

Blanda (Frogling Cleric 1/Thief 1)

Noor (Magician 1)

Persnickety (Changeling 1)

Chamberpot Ulfson (Fighter 1) 

Hirelings: Dompnig

A Holy Charge

During the week, a strange priest by the name of Brother Noj of Ross approaches Persnickety. He declares her to be the spitting image of The Lady and charges her with a mission. 

The priest maintains a shrine in the ruins of a nearby castle in the Mire of Princes. A few days prior, a group of bandits led by the terrible Robin the Lawless came and drove him out of the castle. He asks Persnickety to lead the charge in retaking the castle, offering her the favor of the Church as a reward, in addition to any treasure the bandits themselves may have.

The B[asic] Team

Persnickety is unable to convince many of her companions to join her and so is left to scrounge up additional misfits to aide her holy cause.

Miranda cooked up a low level adventure for us this week, so anyone with a higher level character had to roll up a new one or use their character from one of her other campaigns.

The crew departs Nightwick Village early in the morning, led by Brother Noj. We picked up a hireling, a local woodsman, to bolster our fighting capacity.

Nightwick Abbey - Session 107 - Who Needs Charisma When You Have 7 Spellcasters

 

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Session 107 - 16th of Unodecember, 1398 

This week's adventurers:

Blossom (Rogue 6)

Mayfly (Magician 6)

Sir Uein (Fighter 6)

Ulf (Magician 5)

Liminal Space (Changeling 5)

Krupe (Cleric 5)

Thekla (Magician 5)

Poppy (Fighter 4)

Pataki (Rogue 1)

Persnickety (Changeling 1)

Zintra (Changeling 1)

Downtime in the Village

Thekla begins learning Fireball while Ulf and Blossom puts out advertisements for more hirelings. Mayfly begins studying the spell Conjure Elemental.

This week, with a packed partywe decide to head down into level 3 in search of Great King Death with hopes of killing him?

Not sure how that works.

A crossbowwoman and a woodsman offer up their services, but Ulf desires a Fighter to be his new heir and declines to hire either.

Into the Abbey

We leave early in the morning and depart through the cold Fog-Bound Forest for the Abbey, going in through the graveyard entrance straight to the 3rd floor.

As we process through the level, Thekla casts ESP to sense life around us.

Nightwick Abbey - Session 104 - Into the Woods

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Session 104 - 19th of December, 1398

This week's adventurers:

Mayfly (Magician 6)

Ulf (Magician 5)

Liminal Space (Changeling 5)

Thekla (Magician 4)

Poppy (Fighter 4)

Hirelings: Hanslo, Alke (Fighter 1), Elbel, Enderl, Kirsten

Downtime in the Village

Ulf hires a woman-at-arms, Alke, to bolster the fighting ranks of our party. Mayfly likewise hires a trio of peasants to... carry stuff, I guess. They are Elbel, Enderl, and Kirsten.

This week, we decide to head out into the wilderness in search of Ulf's missing Shawl of Protection, lost to bandits in a drunken carousing incident in Lychgate.

Woodsmen have informed us that a group of bandits have moved closer to the village, near a bend in the river just south of town.

We suspect that this group is the bandit group we're looking for.

The werewolf-like creatures known as Dogheads have also been sighted in the region.