Pataki's character art taken from Emmy Wahlbäck
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Session 131 - 2nd of Shocktober 1399
This week's adventurers:
Mayfly (Magician 6)
Ulf (Magician 5)
Thekla (Magician 5)
Liminal Space (Changeling 5)
Poppy (Fighter 5)
Pataki (Rogue 5)
Yevgeny the Coward (Cleric 5)
Felix (Dwarf 3)
Hirelings: Baldekinus, Wolfheart
Downtime in the Village
- Felix buys steaks and garlic to deal with some one-eyed tick-like vampyres the party found on level 4 last time.
- Ulf spends his time carousing and gets into a drunken fight with some of the Howling Commandos.
- Pataki steals holy water from the local church.
Into the Abbey
We make it to level 4 without incident and begin retracing our route through the dungeon from last delve, which Ulf was absent for.
Along the way, he picks up bits and pieces of last week, learning that they encountered some Sword Brothers and possibly vampyres.
We reach the extent of last week's delve - we're at a 30' by 30' room with doors north and south and an opening in the wall across from us on the west wall.
New Challenges
Liminal and Thekla approach the passage to the next room where the Sword Brothers are
They hear some chanting and a spell washes over the pair.
Thekla saves, but Liminal becomes awash with fear and attempts to flee.
Pataki bonks him with her shovel, knocking him down.
Old Reliable
We line up in front of the doorway and see six sword brothers, lined up across from us.
Thekla casts Fireball, killing two and they respond with another Fear spell. Mayfly and Poppy both run off into the dungeon.
Ulf casts Lightning Bolt and kills the remaining brothers.
Liminal! Liminal, git back here!
We chase after our frightened comrads - Pataki catches up to Liminal and beans him in the head again with her shovel, knocking him out and stopping his panic.
We next catch up to Poppy and keep her from wandering further off alone.
Let's Get On With It
Returning to the room, we loot the dead undead and recover six sets of plate armor, worth 1,000sp each but they may be worth more for kitting out our hirelings.
We also gather up a set of maces and shields, including a shield rimmed with runes and bearing the seal of the Sword Brothers.
More Exploration
The room they were in appears to be a sort of chapel, 30' by 30'.
There are doors north and west with an altar against the south wall.
The pews had been dragged into a circle, like Sunday school or an AA meeting.
In the next room, to the west, we find three wine barrels.
One is stood upright, open.
We see that it is filled with blood.
We load up the barrels onto a Floating Disk summoned by Mayfly and Liminal feels funny after sniffing the blood.
Back to the Village
We make to leave the dungeon and as we go, his limbs start to tighten and lock up.
Liminal finds mobility difficult the closer we get to the surface, but with the aid of his of party he makes it out of the dungeon safely.
He recovers over the week, but a healer identifies his affliction as Witches Dance.
We each get 650xp and we sell four suits of armor for 4,000sp. We can't yet find a seller for the barrels of blood.
We'll keep looking, though, and definitely won't forget about them immediately.
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