STRANGE AEONS (Inactive)

Game Master Daniel Penfold 351

After getting hacked by an axe, Penith asks if she could have the ring.

Help yourself to the ring

"Thank you"" Penith says, feeling a little better protected as she slips it on her finger.

If no one else was claiming them, Domeric would take the Amulet of Natural Armor and the Potion of Invisibility.

”Where to next?” he asked.

Upstairs!

"Wait!"

Penith will take ten on seeing if the people are still alive. If they are she'll stablize them and then ask for help to tie them up.

Then "Ready."

The woman is unconscious, the man is dead. Heading upstairs you find it is laid out as guest quarters. The bedroom is the only room that has anything interesting in it, containing a large travelling trunk

Make sure there isn't a monster in the trunk.

Perception on the trunk (traps, mimics, and monsters inside).

Bird takes 10 for 26 = 26.

Senn will also check.

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28

If there is a trap.
Disable Device: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12
Bird Aid: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

If there is also a lock.
Disable Device: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20
Bird Aid: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26

Senn you find a trap on the chest.

You try to disable it, unfortunately even with your bird helping you set it off.

trap damage: 6d6 ⇒ (5, 1, 4, 5, 4, 6) = 25

Reflex 14 for half.

I should have let Penith do it.

Ref: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15

Ref: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

2d6 ⇒ (3, 5) = 8 Channel

I'll help you, I am a doctor.

Heal: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Am I supposed to stick my finger in that little tube thing?

Penith screams as Senn is enveloped in something. Hurrying over after the damage is already done, she nods at her statement. "I'm probably no better, but my... gifts allow me to do it from further away. Goodness, are you okay?"

"Doctor Trevor, yes ... that's good ... thank you ...

"Well, let's see what is in here."

Inside the chest are the following:

24 nobles' outfits (worth 75gp each)
12 bottles of wine (worth 150gp total)
a jewellery box (worth 50gp)
1800gp in rings and brooches.

What do you want to do next?

”Well, that’s a nice hunk of change right there. I say we leave it here, and ex0lore the rest of this place. We’ve still got an appointment with our old boss, you know.”

We should head over there! E4 E5

Penith's mouth drops at the contents in the chest, especially the silken decadence of the various dresses. Inside her mind she wieghs the wrongness of home invasions with the sheer practicality of the business model.

She nods in agreement at leaving it for now.

Senn will relock the chest.

"You wanted a new shirt."

Penith gives out a surprised laugh. "Yes, Yes I did. What should I wish for next that might magically come true?""

Better life choices? LIke don't drink anything offered to us.

Ok so moving things on to E4/E5

The smell of freshly turned earth fills the carriage house. Behind the doors a large black carriage fills the space. There is a wall hanging with tools and various pieces of tack. There is a hole in the floor

Betcha there is a huge worm or something down there.

”What a pleasant thought,” Domeric commented, as he cast Detect Magic and scanned the area.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

Senn sets herself In the back of the group with Bitey.

Nothing detects as magical. The pit seems to descend 30 feet into darkness.

Trevor gets a rope tied around him and secured and then uses his darkvision to look inside.

"If someone can cast one of those lovely light spells on something we could lower it down with that rope before doing the same with you Trevor. In case you are correct on that worm thing." Penith suggests while peering over the edge of the dark pit.

Senn will cast light and a pebble and drop it down the pit.

"Ah, dropping it. Much better idea." Penith feels slightly stupid about suggesting lower it now. :)

This natural cave, illuminated by large floor lanterns (when you get down far enough) extends from east to west, slightly ascending from a pool of water to a raised shelf.

We want to go underground or stay up here?

”Well, we are here to dig up some secrets, underground seems as good a place as any,” Domeric said.

”Iagree. Underground seems like it would be much more interesting!”

"Underground it is.'

Senn shutters a little.

You descend into the chamber. As you all reach the bottom you see two strange creatures. They both have a star-shaped head and numerous writhing appendages arranged radially around its barrel-shaped body.

Can I have sanity checks from everyone please?

Oh lordy

Will: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21

sanity is overrated: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16

Will 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

Will: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

We are now on map number 7 on the sheet

Domeric and Senn you take 5 points of sanity damage, everyone else take 2 points of sanity damage

The creatures gibber at you in a strange language

”Well, they look unpleasant,” Domeric observed.

We should really start clearing off our SAN damage, think I’m up to 10 now...

My plan is to start using Lesser Restoration every night before bed, assuming I don’t have to use a second level slot that day. I can do that twice a day for us. Hopefully that will take away some of the damage.

Does anyone speak gibber?

I can cast a bunch of Lesser restorations every morning. But it means much less offensive casting.

The creature's gibbering gets louder and more insistent

How about we back off? Trevor suggets and backs away, pointing at the rope and then pointing up.

”Yeah, but do we want to leave these things to eat the next unlucky soul that come by this place?”