Session 84: Larger Then Life Constructs Report
General Summary
6th of Erntenir 1524 continued With only one urn remaining, the group goes back to the urn room to look through the mess. The remains of the urns are hard to decipher but Erin and lily can tell they seem to be in line with the style of the temple and the 3 mummy urns were distinctly different. After seeing there is no door, Karl makes them a door. However, Karl finds the way through his new door is blocked by wood. Lily carefully moves it and discovers it is a book shelf. This looks to a library with the remains of books around. They discover the door is magically protected with evocation magic. Lily also finds one very large book in tact. Naturally the combination of books and mummies has Fargrim complaining. Karl has a closer look at the door and believes that lightning and pain would be the answer to whoever opened the door. Karl dispels the trap with Fargrim’s help after three goes with his spells. Lily and Xeldarix open the door to find the other room they couldn’t get to was empty. They backtrack to the remaining rooms they hadn’t been able to open doors for. They go back to where the old campsite is. Karl heads to the corner of the room and tries to clear a five foot cube to allow access to everything on the other side of the wall. They find a second set of human sized steps that are like the ones in the SE area of the building.
After a brief discussion with Darghast, Fargrim recruits Kosines to go and collect spider legs with the idea of making some dessert for the group.
Lily and Karl sit for a while, talking here and there. Karl is worried the tendrils were a sign of Azari. Lily’s more concerned about the forced separation of Basaia having an effect on her friend. After a while, Karl leaves Lily while she practises her common after an hour of resting. Karl comes out of the room to see Fargrim preparing very large spider legs. After being assured they aren’t for dinner, but instead are dessert, Karl goes off to find a table to read.
Fargrim works hard on his chocolates. It involves chocolate, giant spider, shredded coconut, topped with caramel and sea salt. (1 meat (giant spider or other spider), 1 sweetener, 1 fruit, 1 herb/spice.) At 1:30pm, while the “chocolates” are chilling, he goes to check on Erin. He wakes her and does an examination to make sure she is healing well. He sees Erin is much better than the day before. It is clear the injury has taken a toll on her. She's tired and suffering from a few exhaustion levels. It's clear she's uncomfortable and in pain but she should adjust to the slight changes in her reset ribs in the next few days. Fargrim offers to remove her exhaustions, but without knowing how long Xeldarix will be out, she refuses. She doesn’t see a point in wasting resources if they will be having a few rest day. Fargrim mentions that seeing her injured impacts the crew's wellbeing. She says she will go spend time with her crew since her sleep was not as restful as she would have liked anyway.
At 2pm Erin and Fargrim come out into the main area. Fargrim is going around offering chocolate to everyone. Karl has some and Erin checks in with him before going to see her crew. Fargrim briefly pops in to see Xeldarix and Lily to offer than chocolate. After that Fargrim retreats to his room for some privacy.
At 4:30pm Fargrim steps outside the manor to contact Simone and get the answer to her question. "How can Lily be released from midwinter’s bond?" Answer: "New Queens require new bonds. Perhaps doing the queen a favour of service will convince her. Failure could result in further bonds."
At 6pm the group has dinner. Lily has dinner in Xeldarix’s room. Though Fargrim catches her first to pass on the reply from Simone. Everyone else has dinner at the large table. They mostly have idle chatter but do talk about what has happened today and the possibility of returning to Brechlen after dealing with the spider maze and the construct. Everyone rests for the remainder of the evening and turn in at about 9pm. 7th of Erntenir 1524 Overnight Lily and Xeldarix share a dream together. They wake at 5am. Though Xeldarix pretends to be asleep, but thanks to the teasing of chocolate from Lily and Uqaviel she gives in and reveals she is awake. They share a deep and meaningful chat about Lily’s past. Afterwards Lily mediates before leaving the room.
Fargrim wakes at 5:30am and heads out to have breakfast at 6am. They have a chat for a bit while getting breakfast from the mansion servants.
At 6am Karl wakes and finds Erin s still sleeping. She seems to have slipped into sleep and out of trance. He sends a servant to get them tea and a danish so he can wake Erin with these little gifts. He checks to see how she is feeling. They talk a little about Karl expanding his magical abilities before Karl looks over his spellbook for the day.
At 6:30am Karl comes out of his room to see Lily and Fargrim eating breakfast. Everyone is updated on Xeldarix’s current condition. They resolve to deal with the remaining Mummy, talk to the lions and clear up those webs. By 7:30am everyone is ready to go. They arrange themselves outside to destroy the urn with acid. Black lightning explodes out of the urn hitting Erin and Karl, explaining the weal and woe from Lily’s augury. They let Xeldarix know they are heading out to see the lions. As they set off they don’t find the lions, but they do find a much wider crack which they decide to explore. After nearly two hours, they see the path dips down and is blocked by water. They decide to turn back at this point. They arrive back at the mansion at 2pm. Lily goes to find Xeldarix. She finds instead a note as Xeldarix isn’t here. She’s gone to go deal with the spider webs. The group has a break to have lunch. Xeldarix has yet to return, so they go up to see how Xeldarix is going. When they get up there, they run into an issue of the maze-like space of the attic. Sadly Xochitl isn’t very helpful with helping them get to Xeldarix. After an hour they find Xeldarix. She’s grumpy and moody. She wants to go back to Brechlen. They agree to head to the manor to discuss the final things they have to do here before they go back to Brechlen. Xeldarix leads them to a hole in the floor that she made and they easy the maze. When they arrive back Lily starts the heroes' feast for everyone. They discuss teleporting and plans to fight the construct. The feast features a roasted ham, salads with varied ingredients and condiments, a nice tomato soup, crackers, beverages including wine, hot chocolate, and orange juice. For dessert, some nice chocolate chip cookies. Afterwards they head up, prepare and cast a few spells on themselves before activating the throne to teleport to the construct. When they arrive, bricks fly out and knock most of the people off the stairs but Karl casts Feather Fall. Something heavy stands in the darkness. Fargrim and Wave fly out into the room. Erin helps Karl back up the steps. Karl cuts his hand and splats drops of blood onto the top step. He declares his claim and asks the guardian to stand down. The guardian doesn’t seem impressed and demands this so-called King prove his worth. Karl drinks a potion of invulnerability. Lily flies forward and she sees strange devices and forge materials. Her light brightens the room but here is yet to be any sign of the construct. The construct however can see them. He raises his arm and fires off some eldritch energy hitting both Lily and Karl which knocks them prone. Kosines heals Karl a little before carefully climbing down. Once again bricks fly out and this time only hit Erin and Karl. They are knocked down several steps. Wave flies over to Lily with his crossbow ready. Fargrim follows to check on Lily. Erin stands back up and flies after the others. Karl is annoyed by being pushed around. He drinks a potion of invisibility. Lily continues to move forward after picking herself up and finally the construct comes into view.
Notes
| Name | XP | Running Total | Level at end of session |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fargrim | 12,500 | 242,895 | 17 |
| Karl | 12,500 | 242,895 | 17 |
| Lily | 12,500 | 242,895 | 17 |
