Session 83: Mother's Meeting Report
General Summary
4th of Erntenir 1524 continued It’s a long inky and icy battle that ends with Erin screaming as she continues to beat up corpses with their own limbs. Karl swoops in to calm her and get her out of the water so she can warm up. Fargrim and Lily see to the crew and others, agreeing to take a break here before looking around to investigate this basement. Fargrim is distracted by an area that seems to be sucking water in, which is probably why the room never overflows and there feels like there is a current. Lily looks for secrets around the area, but doesn't find any. However she does spot the ziggurat is covered in glyphs. It seems each side is covered by a single glyph so there are 4 different ones in total. Lily is disappointed the mask translates them to gibberish.
- Damaged breastplate.
- Damaged and dirty ink jar.
- A sling.
- A gold ring with gold trim.
- There are 90 copper, 367 silver and 254 gold coins.
In the basement Karl looks through the crystal to check over the runes. Through the glyphs Karl sees what they mean and realises they are constellations. The glyph's means: Power of the sea, Giant's blood, Vorynn's wisdom and magic, and crystals to represent connection to Earth/Cerilia. Realising this might be it, Karl tries to attune, but after a short time he realises this is not it. There is a hum that almost sings to his blood. Karl can feel magic around him, but... it's not quite here. This is not the point of power. It's close though. This ziggurat is connected to it somehow but is not it. After a bit of discussion they head back to the mansion.
At 1pm, when Fargrim is halfway through preparing his first bird the group returns. Lily pulls out items they found and discover with the help of detect magic that the sling, ring, gemstone and silver amulet are magical. Karl will read the book Erin has been using to guide them here. Fargrim keeps working on food and Lily has a relaxing bath. When alone, Erin explains the nature of the book is a little smutty as a warning to Karl before handing it over. As they talk, the subject of Fargrim and Darghest comes up. Karl asks Erin to keep the necklace they got from Darghest’s followers on as he reveals why she in particular was likely able to be controlled so easily by him. Karl reassures her it should be fine, but better to be safe than sorry. He then settles down to read Erin’s book.
At 6pm, when dinner is servers, Fargrim makes a big show from the kitchen setting up side dishes and such before revealing the big dish of the evening. He brings out the cooked lizard birds, stuffed with all kinds of dressing, veggies, herbs and spices. As they enjoy dinner together, they discuss scouting out the cavern a little before stopping for the night. After dinner everyone has a short rest, and through the magic of Fargrim’s cooking, they feel completely refreshed. Except for Erin and Xeldarix who didn’t eat the bird creatures. At 8pm they head out to explore. Lily helps them to move quietly as they scout around. As they explore, they find cracks and send Xochitl to slip through and search. They do with a few possible ways out of the cavern. They don’t confirm any true exit, but learn there is much to explore. They find a larger tunnel and hear things moving inside. Lily sneaks in alone to see some white maned lions. They leave them for now and continue exploring. They head back to the manor as midnight approaches. Lily scries on Lorenah to watch her sleeping. Karl finally remembers to identify the items from earlier.
- Two-Bird Sling
- Ring of swimming
- Amulet of health
- Ioun stone of Protection
- A cloak
- Potions x3
- Chainmail
- Strange looking bolts x6
- 50 gold
- 40 silver
- Monkey's paw
- Unicorn's horn
- River's End
- Masela's Eye
Karl is atop black stone that decends down in five massive steps, each 10 ft high. There is a red rune beneath Karl. He is only alone with a moment before Erin appears beside him. He examines the rune with thecode breaker to see it says “Throne”. As Karl is talking to Erin, he disappears again as he explains what the rune says before he can reply to Lily’s message.
As Karl reappears, he realises that Erin didn’t come back with him and the constellations are out. He says them again and disappears once more. Lily and Fargrim agree to wait 5 minutes before following them.
Once again appearing at the top of the steps, Karl finds that Erin isn’t at the top anymore. She’s gone. He whispers for Erin, but gets no response. Instead he hears a loud noise of something heavy hitting something with a pained sound of someone crying out but it’s muffled. Karl calls out loudly for Erin and she yells back for him to run. Hearing Karl has returned and possibly going to be in danger, she is able to get out from underneath the giant construct that attacked her while Karl was gone. She gets up and runs for him, but can’t make it all the way to him just yet. The large construct turns and raises a hand so the palm faces Erin as the metal opens up like a flower, runes light up across the creature as it fires at her. It hits her hard and knocks her prone. Then it moves with frightening speed for something of it's size that walls up the stairs since it is so large. It slams Erin hard. Karl frantically calls for Erin to run to him as he throws up a wall of force to block the construct from following or attacking her. Erin runs up to Karl, wheezing heavily, unable to take a deep breath. Karl says throne again and they disappear from the room.
Less then a minute later Karl and Erin reappear. Erin sways, holding her side, looking bruised, bleeding and battered. Karl helps Erin down from the throne, which she accepts the help without complaining as Wave and the crew all flock around with worry for their captain. Karl does his best to explain what happened as Erin struggles to speak and breath at the same time. Fargrim runs over and pushes a high level healing spell into Erin. As Fargrim heals Erin, she tries to cry out but only a wheeze escapes her as she falls to her knees and grabs her side. Erin is struggling to breath even more so now. Kosines looks Erin over and discovers that her ribs were broken and have been healed in their new position which is pressing into her lungs which is preventing her from breathing properly. She needs water so she can rely on her gills instead of her land lungs. Panicking at the sudden medical emergency Karl puts his hand on Erin and grants her and himself flight, then he grabs her and flies her to the mansion.
The rest of the group takes the long way to the mansion without issue. They find Erin and Karl in the baths.
Erin is not a super active participant but the spell means she doesn't really need to be with Karl being the driving force. Erin just holds onto Karl. She's a lot bluer then usual by the time you get her to the baths. As soon as her gills are under water and moving a bit more colour comes back to her. She blinks a few times but suddenly looks very tired. Karl comforts Erin as they wait for the others, discouraging her from speaking unnecessarily as it seems to be a struggle even in the water. He looks over at Erin and can see her chest under her shirt; the shape isn't what it would be. The ribs that define the shape of the chest area are dipped on one side. Erin explains when asked, that the creature looked like Ten but bigger with glowing runes. It had Ki which means like Ten, it is alive.
When the group arrives Karl and Lily talk about the injury and their surgery options to fix this. Karl tells the group in full what he knows about what happened. They give Erin one of the sending stone so she can talk without hurting herself with Lily. They agree to wait an hour so Karl can recover some of his arcane energy for the surgery. Erin will nap as this is very tiring. Lily and Fargrim will take the time to mentally prepare themselves. After the rest, Lily gathers everyone so they can begin. Fargrim enhances Lily’s abilities with the wand. Erin carefully takes off her top and Lily poisons her so Erin doesn’t have to be conscious for this. Lily cuts Erin opens, breaks each rib and manually puts it back in place before healing the bone again. Erin’s blood fills the bath and Karl uses Prestidigitation to keep the water clean. A second dose of poison is needed as Lily continues to work. When Lily is finished, Fargrim casts Regeneration. Erin starts to thrash as she cries out in pain as she breaks free of the poisons hold. Karl tries to restrain her with telekinesis. He can’t contain her and Xeldarix jumps into the bath to try and hold her down. Erin uses Xeldarix's momentum to force herself out of the bath and leave the angel behind. She hits the ground with a thud and she grabs her side. Karl tries again to restrain her, this time more successfully. Erin tries to fight it, but is clearly weakened from everything as she gasps for air. Karl moves her back into the water. After the healing spell is finished, Erin is spent. Karl checks to see if she feels better and can only answer with a very tired nod. Erin curls up in the bed for a bit of a nap. Karl will spend the time while Erin rests ritually identifying the things they founds today. Lily sneaks away to her room to sit. Fargrim will play solitaire.
Karl identifies items. Checking on Erin between each item.
- Cloak of displacement.
- +1 chainmail
- Greater healing potion
- Potion of invisibility
As Fargrim plays cards, he sees Karl take Erin to the bedroom and waits for Karl to return. However, he never does, not realising Fargrim is waiting for him.
Xeldarix is with Lily, comforting her after the hard surgery. Xeldarix doesn’t like how much this upsets Lily having to do the hard and horrible jobs. She wants to learn how to do surgery too so it doesn’t always have to be Lily. They agree they need to get Fargrim to ask Simone about the fey deal and how to get out of this. Xeldarix sneaks into the kitchen and gets them both some chocolate, hot chocolate and other little snacks. After a while, Lily heads out to find someone to play cards with.
Karl helps Erin to lay down. She keeps some contact with him while he identifies the remaining items.
- Potion of bullstrength
- +1 adamantine bolts x6
When Lily and Xeldarix come out to the main area, Fargrim waves them over to play cards with Wave and the crew. They talk a little. They decide at 1pm to go out and try to talk to the lions while Erin and Karl rest. They leave a note for them and leave Wave, Kosines and the crew with the note so that way no one panics when they find the mansion empty.
When Karl wakes, Erin is still asleep. He leaves her to head out to the main area. He finds Wave, Kosines and the crew. He tells them how Erin is going and they talk about possible plans moving forward. Especially with fighting this construct. He waits for the others to return when he is told where the others went. Kosines is worried the Captain is suffering from blood loss since constant cleaning of water made it hard to track that. Kosines and Karl talk about their different experiences with Family and guilds.
After half an hour, as they are approaching the area where they think the lions are, Lily hears something following them. They are attacked by 10 undead humanoids. Fargrim, Xeldarix and Lily get rather hurt in the fight. The undead creatures are confused when Fargrim accuses them of being the mummies’ servants and it confuses them as they ask whose mother they speak of. When they finished the fight, the search the bodies. They do have 20 silver, 49 gold, 28 copper. They then head back, deciding they are not up for a second fight if it comes to that with the lions.
At 2pm Lily, Xeldarix and Fargrim return. They find Karl sitting with the crew, Wave and Kosines. Upon asking how the group went, Karl learns they didn’t make it to the lions and were attacked. They talk about doing a little more exploring of the ruins, and Karl wakes Erin to see if she is amenable to the idea. As he wakes Erin, he sees she’s not feeling well. She’s cold and clammy. He tries to purge the poison that might still be in her system but his wand seems to have no effect. As they talk Karl becomes concerned Erin might have a head injury, especially when she doesn’t put up a fight to go with him. Instead he tucks her back in, just to wake her up a minute later with food as Karl had forgotten Kosines was worried about blood loss. He leaves with the group and Erin is very confused as she tries to put together the yoyo of visits. Karl leaves Wave and Kosines to look after Erin as everyone else heads out to explore. They head up to the third floor. They find a locked door. Naturally they unlock it and are faced with three giant skeletons that pull the door wide open. With a casting of Slow from Karl, the fight becomes manageable. Though the skeletons surprise the group by throwing lightning at the group. Fargrim is nearly knocked out by this as he continues to push healing magic into the group. Xeldarix explodes with Basaia’s light which does a lot of damage and blinds them. With them blind, the group easily finishes them off one by one. With the threat gone they search the room. Vivid mosaic tiles cover the floor. Two doors hand partially closed along the right wall. They are empty rooms. Lily can see that the mosaic's depict a stylized version of a construct with runes in vivid colours. It reminds her of the runes that appeared on Ten when he had his... moment in the prank. They all examine the mosaic and discuss a few theories about it. Karl didn’t get a good look at the one that hurt Erin to say for sure if it represents it. They grab the things by the throne and head back to the mansion. Wave has moved Erin to the couch with a lot of blankets. She almost has a nest and seems to be sleeping there. Wave quietly greets them as they return. The group quietly talks about their possible plans to battle the construct tomorrow while Fargrim gets some snacks. They also talk about Lily fey deal. Lily writes a question to give Fargrim to pass on to Simone. Fargrim finishes baking cookies and Karl wakes Erin up to have cookies. Seeing Erin still struggling from blood loss Lily tells some of the spectral servants to bring Erin a mix of nuts and dark chocolate. Erin tells them what she remembers from the construct. Big, reminds her of Ten and has control of the room. Karl explains his current ideas of a plan for it to Erin. Afterwards Erin has another nap while Karl identifies an item he forgot that he found at the lizard camp, Fargrim and Lily step out to scry and contact Simone. Fargrim learns Simone is busy. She takes the question but is using her abilities to stay ahead in the political issues she faces. She’ll send back a reply when she can. Lily is unable to scry on Lorenah. They return inside as Karl identifies the Gauntlets of Ogre Power. The group then talks more about the construct while getting ready for dinner and relax for the rest of the day. At 9pm they all head to bed after committing to preparing key spells for the next day. 6th of Erntenir 1524 Everyone is up at 5am. As they prepare for the day it becomes very obvious Erin will not be fit to fight the construct. Karl tries to get her to stay behind, but she convinces him to look for the Mummy urns instead. Erin borrows the Sling from their treasure hull to use for the day. At 8am they leave the mansion to head back up to their third floor. They take Erin to the mosaic and she confirms that looks like the construct. As they continue exploring the find a very old camp. At least 30 years old. They’re wary of possibly trapped doors and look for ways to go round. They uncover some more human sized barracks and a strange room with a sarcophagus. It’s weird as it doesn’t seem to open. They search the room and find a small chest with 4 vials of red liquid and some cutlery and crystal wares. It’s likely someone brought this stuff here. Karl casts Stone shape to open up a wall to find many urns in a secret room. As they step inside Ghostly spirits raise up out of the clay urns. As Lily summons her spirit guardians the creatures damaged summon help and the room gets very crowded. They steadily fight through the spirits and their summoned friends when near the end, the mummies appear near their urns. The Mummies run and Karl calls after Ramesh about wanting to finish their conversation from yesterday. They are reduced to urns once more. In a bit of a rage, Fargrim goes and destroys the other urns, getting covered fully in ash and inhaling some. The group help him clean off. They try to destroy the urns. Two of them are affected by Fire and Radiant damage while the last isn’t effected by any of their spells. Karl promises to have different spells that might work tomorrow.
Notes
| Name | XP | Running Total | Level at end of session |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fargrim | 15,175 | 230,395 | 17 |
| Karl | 15,175 | 230,395 | 17 |
| Lily | 15,175 | 230,395 | 17 |
