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The Greenblade Expedition / White Plume Mountain

Expedition

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Voyage to the Isle of Bones in search of the legendary Greenblade of the Ammur. Passage to the Isle of Bones on the merchant galley Emperor of the Waves ii has been arranged. The Emperor ii has business in the mysterious southern port of Su Mel and on its outward journey will ferry the party to the (rumoured) location of the Greenblade in the dungeon of Keraptis. The Emperor ii will put back in at the ruins on the return leg of the voyage. Departed Three Towers 19.3.2215 Arrived Mage Island 23.3.2215 #Banner & Grizelda's Wedding Entered Keraptis Dungeon 24.3.2215

1# Peren destroys the iron trap door to the dungeon with Shatterspike. Meet Gena*, the soggy Ginosphinx, *Banner compliments and Athya's gift pleased Gena, not so much Alibongus abrupt demands. Gena warns party to be wary of 'dungeon security' and tells you she wants to leave, but the golden handcuffs in her contract won't allow it. Explore the tunnel east. Walkthrough green slime (everyone loses footwear). Find Hanging spheres traps, attack by a black pudding. As you leave the dungeon to rest, hear Gena say, "shit, here comes security." 1130AM Return to the safety of Hiro's Iron Ship, Grizelda's loving embrace and second breakfast. Short rest (1) Purchase dwarven clogs to replace footwear destroyed by the green slime. Alibongus conducts several identify and detect magic rituals. #2 1500 Return to the dungeon with Prokopikon (Kopi). Take the middle tunnel to the kelpie pool, defeat kelpies. 1530 Athya casts a water-breathing ritual. Tunnel north of Kelpie pool blocked by watertight iron doors. Party explores the eastern branch, where an oily section of tunnels spins counter-clockwise 10'ps. Snarla and Burket (adventurers turned caretakers) ambush party setting fire to the soil in the spinning tunnel. Party kills Burket & Snarla. #3 1600 Loot Burket and Snarla's chambers, setting off the explosive rune security on Snarla's spellbook (destroying spellbook), then activating stinking cloud security on a trapped chest. Determined to leave retrace steps to Kelpie pool, encountering Morgana and her entourage a large swarm of bats, the Golem 9 (a little worse for wear after walking through the green slime). Alibongus recognizes Morgana as the historical figure Iron Wolf, daughter of Iron Fist (Atlantean conqueror who took the Greenblade from the Ammur Nation). Morgana tells you that you have re-activated the dungeon by entering it, but with the mage Keraptis seemingly gone, the denizens of the dungeon are no longer held to his will, so things have changed. She offers you a deal. Retrieve the Greenblade from the western section of the dungeon and help her get back to the mainland, and she will let you go free. To show her honourable intentions, Morgana tells you about the Atlantean relic Wave north of the watertight doors, how to open the doors and about the huge crab that guards the treasure. Morgana advises you to take a breath and discuss her proposal.

Short rests(2), Alibongus animates x 2 skeletons, Alibongus casts mage armour, Banner dark vision. 1730 Party attacks Morgana's entourage (swarm of bats and the golem 9) across the kelpie pool. #4 In the fight Morgana kills Athya and flees with the corpse into the eastern part of the dungeon.

R.I.P. Athya 0630 25.3.2215 Returned to the safety of the Iron Ship & rested, party plans the next move. 26.3.2215 Pre-Dawn. Undead Athya brokers a deal that removes her and Morgana from the dungeon and liberates the carpet of flying from Alibongus. Peren picks up his Mithril Cuirass #5 27.3.2215 Dawn. Megrym joins the party 0600 Alibongus casts water breathing as a ritual 0610 casts mage armour 0630 Banner cast dark vision 0700 Clean green slime 0730 Party solves Golem riddle & 9 Joins party (Alibongus charges 9 with Witch bolt) 0745 Peren removes turnstile 0800 -0900 Build rope bridge across boiling mud cavern, fight/kill mimics, Skelebob activates dagger of venom retrieve Whelm. 0930 Second breakfast with Grizelda on the Iron Ship & Megrym fitted for new kit short rest 1. #6 1030 27.3.2215 Re-enter dungeon, through the water tight doors to the boiling lake kill gigantic crab garden. Alibongus is separated from the group during combat, he reseals the water tight doors and slips out of the dungeon. Banner makes friends with Wave aka Quint who saves the party from certain death from the boiling flood with a cube of force. Peren, Megrym, Kopi and Banner take the Cube of force 'ride' through volcanic tunnels, ejected from the white plume Mountain's 'spout'. The force cube thens roll down the mountain side, falls over the cliffs, crashes into the sea and sinks down to the lava reef on the sea bed. Where a large force of Ozric's mutant sahuagin lie in wait.

Wave aka Quint 'takes one for the team' surrendering to the mutant sahuagin after they help the party return to the beach. 1130 Peren, Banner, Alibongus, Megrym & Kopi reunite on the beach. Soggy, scolded but much richer. 1230 finish short rest 2 #7 Cross the flooded pit, unarmoured PC's ambushed by ghouls (not surprised) in the sauna corridor. 9 ordered to stand guard at the southern entrance to the sauna corridor . Foil frictionless trap and avoiding certain death from Super-Tetanus 1330 27.3.2215 #8 Kopi catches up. Cross frictionless trap, find a north south tunnel. North is a room with a gravity defying stream flowing through the air.

To the south the Aquarium of Deeath!

1400 27.3.2215 #9 Fight in the Aquarium takes a severe turn when Kopi goes down to a giant scorpion sting to the heart. As the giant crayfish & giant scorpions fight over Kopi buffet, his friends attempt to recover him. Initially, all goes swimmingly well; Megrym and Peren push the giant critters down the terrace so Albongus can rush forward to stabilize the downed priest. But party pooper Banner pops the beach ball of some sealions playing water polo on the other side of the Aquarium. The sea lions were no threat and had been enjoying the newly enlarged pool (following Alibongus fireball bonanza). Angered by 'Giant Crayfish Banner', the sea lions charge is devastating. Hard-pressed and down to single-digit HP, the party flee the Aquarium. In the escape, Megrym and Peren pass the unconscious Kopi (280lb in armour) smoothly between them like a heroic dhari ball-carrying back-row forwards. The sealions charge drains away as the 'fish' get out of the water. The sea lions give up the chase deciding to eat the dead aquarium critters instead. They particularly hated the mangy manticores, who regularly pooped in their tank.

Party retraces their steps through the frictionless trap, taking respite in the sauna. But Megrym's ghoul sauna retreat is rudely and nearly fatally interrupted by a black pudding. Party finally checks out of the dungeon (with 9) for the day around 1530. Everyones tired from the big day out and happy to return to the safety of the Iron Ship c. 1600. 0900 28.3.2215 #10 Water breathing (ritual), find familiar (ritual) & mage armour (Alibongus) Reenter the dungeon - Gina warns of Pirates laying siege to Billy's office. 1000 28.3.2215 An epic battle between the party and pirates led by the infamous Zatara develops in the (now drained) aquarium. Spells cast: Shield of faith (Meg) Fog cloud (Deck wizard) / Dispelled by magic (Alibongus) Call lightning (Banner) Melfs acid arrow x 2 (Deck Wizard) Fog Cloud (2nd fills the corridor)

#11 Kopi's Blow Off! (Round 8) Kopi blows the fog cloud away with a gust of wind, then sets about healing warriors and the wizard. Banner uses his mini storm to rain lightning down on the pirate snippers. Revitalized Peren and Megrym kill Zatara in an epic duel on the high terrace. Their leaders dead the remaining pirates' surrender. The second battle in the aquarium is over. Banner uses the prisoners as trap bait and free's Billy from his 'office.' Reunited Billy and Gena make a hasty exit, desperate to avoid Pinky and Perky. Still, the wicked efreets are waiting outside. Pinky and Perky speak in unison, growling flames drip from their mouths. "How we've waited for you to come we've been here all along And now that you've arrived Please stay a while And we promise we won't keep you long We'll keep you forever."

1100 28.3.2215 12# The grand finale Perky and Pinky's ambush fails. Outgunned, the invisible Efreeti make a hasty retreat.

Gena thanks you for releasing her from the dungeon, then flies off to find a nice breezy mountain eyrie.
Dwarves report a sighting of Giant Ogre Magi Billy cackling as he flies out of the sea tunnel and a dozen pirate corpses wash up on the beach.
After a spot of lunch, Hiro gives you a lift to Three Towers in the Iron Sub.

2.4.2215 Three Towers Loot cashed up, the pirate bounties are collected, and Belanthe rewards you with 10,000gp for recovering the fabled Greenblade of the ammur Kings (soon to be Queen).

Banner Stromberg & 9 stay with beloved Grizelda aboard the Iron Ship, last seen heading into an unnatural lightning storm.
Megrym visits the Monastery of Deth on Veilshard; the small group of Nergalish acolytes undertaking repairs welcome her.

9.4.2215 Captain Aias and Emperor II return to Three Towers. His crew now bolstered with three new members, deck wizard, bosun & first mate.