Session 14: Getting out of the mine Report
General Summary
Our heroes started the session returning from whatever dimension they were in with The Benefactor, to find a new tiefling friend, Orion De'Mac, with a note stabbed into his the chest: "Sorry about your friend". While resting, they start looking around, and Reggie happens upon a scribbled scroll in the clutched grasp of a skeleton in the closet. They start the riddle and eventually figure it out, opening a secret door.
The agree that the best thing for them to do now is to press on and get out of this mine. They press on and through the cavern hear some weird thumping on rock. These huge clicking bug things and smaller ape-like creatures attack. First, James and Joe are forced to fight their allies for a long time, then Hank casts darkness. The fight goes on for ages, resulting in a pile of bodies, and only Hank and Orion left conscious.
The darkness drops, and the bodies are no longer there. They've been dragged off to a nearby cave. Joe awakens at the right time as Hank goes down, and finishes off the last clicky bastard. At last! But all is not well. James does not awaken for he has passed from this life. Orion and Joe drag the bodies back and rest and wait. The party decide that they never leave a man behind (unless it's Maku), and Reggie carries James' body the rest of the way.
They're lucky, there's no more fighting to be had, just the small case of a 100ft mine shaft to climb. After talking and plotting and attempting to climb, the whacking the ropes and snap two of them so the platform above falls and tilts. Reggies climbs up first and uses pitons (for the first time ever) for the exact use that they have. For some reason no one decided to check if any of this was magical. Anyway, they all manage to climb up, with James' body too.
They head out of the mine, hear a loud roar and some horrible stuff, then turn the lantern off, with the cool dusk air on their skins. Ah, back home at last. Our heroes set off for Greenmill. There they relax (James' body propped up) and have some scran.
The next morning they awaken, fetch Celeste, Orion lies to a man and buys an 80gp scroll for 10gp, and leave. We fast travel back to Norcastle, Reggie with the lantern in hand, to revive their good friend, James.
Rewards Granted
HAH. No rewards were given.
Missions/Quests Completed
They fetched the item that they were asked to by Thalia. Excellent.
Character(s) interacted with
Our heroes made a new friend in Orion. Who knows how long he'll stick around for.
Created Content
James Grom Jr.
Joe Smith
Reginald Jones
Maku Maku
Hank Strongsoul
Report Date
24 Apr 2020
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