Characters:
Zog - Half-Orc Inquistor 2 of Heresh (Home game deity, neutral-good god of secrets)
Varak - Dwarf Scout Ranger (Trapper) 1 / Monk (Zen Archer) 1
Phaedrus - Middle Aged Human "Wizard" 2 (Home game class similar to a wizard)
Katsu - Half-Elf Ronin Samurai 1 / Ranger 2
Jyrrath - Catfolk Warpriest 2 of Irori
Recap E-mail Excerpts:
• During cleanup from the previous fight, the party heard a squeaky voice which Varak determined to be undercommon. The voice seemed to be that of "King Zuzga" claiming "Little Suserain" as his domain. Following that were some one-sided shouts of "Hail King Zuzga" followed by 3 seconds of silence - this repeated three times.
• Rounding the corner, Varak and Zog found a Mite sitting atop an ogre skull in an otherwise relatively empty room. He invited Zog and Varak to bow before him, asking if they were the heroes he had sent for. Zog, through Varak's translation asking King Zuzga to bow before him before issuing a threat of his own. King Zuzga responded by yelling "GUARDS" in a squeaky voice. The party waited a minute, then told King Zuzga his guards were apparently missing in action. This was only the first of about 8 times that King Zuzga would yell for his guards - no response ever came.
• Undeterred by the lack of response from his guards, King Zuzga attempted to negotiate with the party, offering them a diamond the size of his fist if they could retrieve his spare crown. His spare crown was apparently lost when his spider mount escaped his influence descended deeper into The Crow. Sitting atop his head was a crown that looked more like a girder for a creature the size of a Mite. Zog snatched it, to the King's despair and determined that it was magical. Phaedrus would later determine that it was one of two of a set of Bracers of Amor +2. King Zuzga attempted to reclaim his crown and jumped up, grabbing onto it and hanging. Zog tossed him aside and eventually bound him, gagged him, and placed him into his backpack.
• King Zuzga was not so easily defeated, for he squirmed and muttered something in Undercommon about flint and steel - Varak translated this for Zog, who swung his pack, King Zuzga and all, against a wall, knocking some sense into the Mite - or perhaps just knocking him out. Search of King Zuzga would reveal that he had no such diamond in his possession, nor within his domain. Instead of disposing of his "king in a bag", Zog held onto him - guidance from his god, perhaps.
... Later in the same session...
• Southward from the large, cobweb choked room, the party found a kitchen. A few seconds after entering the room, Varak heard the sound of clicking - presumably spider mandibles and alerted the party, who readied themselves for such. From an exhaust vent in the room, burst forth a swarm of centipedes who attacked Zog immediately. With no defense or offense prepared for such creatures, the party had no options but a strategic retreat back down the path through the cobweb choked room.
• Varak, being a bit slower than the rest, found the centipedes swarming him, but once the way was clear, he was barely able to outrun the swarm. Unfortunately, the partys speed did not deter the swarm which gave chase. A few seconds later, the party rounded the corner and found themselves in a hallway with 4 web-less spiders bearing down on them. The centipede swarm still bearing down on Varak and other adversaries ahead, Zog came up with a brilliant idea. He pulled the still unconscious King Zuzga from his backpack and offered the centipede swarm a snack, which gave Varak time to round the corner and help the party successfully deal with the challenge ahead before moving on quickly, death by centipede swarm had been averted.
• And thus, at second level, the party accomplished what it took the great Heroes of Korvosa 16 levels to accomplish - they officially (and fatally) deposed a "monarch".