Session 9

General Summary

Escape From Death House!

19th Day of Elient

A last visit from Rose and Thorn

• Reappeared and hinted at what to do with Walter
• House started rumbling
• They disapparated
• Party grabs Walter’s remains

Escape

• The ceiling crumbles!
• Ozan tries the wheel but it’s stuck
• Riak gets it loose with some tool skills
• Back up to the main basement floor
• Less rumbling here

The Flayed Man

• A bound bleeding man on the table
• Screams are drawing visitors
• Verce silenced him…for good.
• Fight with 3 Shadows

Interment Intermission

• A long conversation about exploration vs. escape
• Some time passes as ALL the bodies are collected and brought to their tombs
• Light for the innocent, Devilish Auras for the cursed

Into the Spiderverse

• Thousands of tiny spiders in the stairwell
• Here comes mommy
• Better cover the rear guard…literally

Swinging Scythes

• Margaret’s birthing of Walter scene
• Forget the blades, Rumex busts through the wall…oh, rats
• Balcony is a cliff!
• Cold marriage in the master bedroom
• Vince and Verce try different approaches
• This balcony has a cliff too!

Front Door Retreat and Leap of Faith

• Front door bricked up and self-repairing!
• Back to the balcony
• Vince gets a message
• We all fall down…some more gracefully than others
• A basket in the road

Long days and pleasant nights

• After a hasty retreat down the road a bit the party settles in for a long rest

Players

• Kev - Vincenzo Prizzi - CG Tiefling Fiend Warlock - Charlatan (lvl 2)
• Mike - Riak Tao - CN Githyanki Artificer - Cartography Guild (lvl 2)
• Joe - Verse - CN Dragonborn Paladin - Haunted One (lvl 2)
• Milton - Ozan, the Lost- CG Shadar-Kai Twilight Cleric of Ilmater (lvl 2)
• Jay - Ilyson Ott - N Human Fighter - Bounty Hunter (lvl 2 )
• Ben - Rumex Kocho - LN Wood Elf Ranger - Haunted One (lvl 2)

In Game Outline

• Start. Durst Manor, Basement lvl 2 (Ritual Chamber), mid-afternoon, 19th of Elient
• End. Svalich Road, mid-forest, campsite, early morning, 20th of Elient

NPCs present

• Ghost Rose Durst - A 10 yr old Barovian girl
• Ghost Thorn Durst - A 7 yr old Barovian boy
• Lancelot - Underfed dog
• Margaret - Ghostly nursemaid to the Dursts

Victories

• Shadows - Dying shouts drew them back
• Giant Spider - Where Ilyson became a ghost
• Swarms of Rats - Bursting through the wall

Gains

• A healthy sense of your own mortality

Durst Manor

Report Date

01 Oct 2022

Primary Location

Durst Manor

Related Characters

• Lancelot
• Margaret the Nursemaid
• Rosavalda Durst
• Thornbolt Durst