Date: 14th Reaping, 609 CY Attendance: Clifton, Virgil, Wulrakas, Jericho, Thruskk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recap: Thruskk awakens to find the Slumbering Marid practically empty, and night has fallen upon Skaulson's Rest. Exiting the Inn, he discovers the patrons surrounding the Tower. The entrance of the Tower has been unlocked, and a thick fog rolls out from the open doorway. Thruskk pushes through the crowd, makes a small boast about it being a job for heroes, and then he promptly enters. Inside it's cold -- below freezing. He sees the flesh golem and its dislodged brain, as well as the rest of the party surrounding it. Jericho has fallen asleep on the steel chair that once bound the golem; he sleeps deeply, and none are sure whether this may be a recurring thing. The group ascends the spiral staircase and enters a room with a large orb facing with two couches facing it on either side. The orb portrays a bleak landscape, complete with lightning strikes of various colors. Static-filled voices followed by a little jingle can then be heard coming from it. The voice eventually becomes that of a woman with a thick Oeridian accent; she describes some sort of challenge involving certain participants. The mention of placing a bet can be heard, which somehow reaches Jericho's ears downstairs. He jolts awake, scurries up the staircase and hugs the orb. ... Which transports him to a white room void of features. He floats aimlessly before the rest of the group joins him through touching the orb.They are then magically transported to the landscape within the orb, and a fight with the "Wight Brothers" ensues. They, and their zombie henchmen, are fairly easily dispatched -- despite a strange fluctuation pertaining to spells cast more powerful than cantrips. Victorious, the party is sent back to the Tower, and the orb shoots out a sword as a reward. The orb then dims, and a mechanism opens on the ceiling, through which the next staircase leads. They take the staircase up and find themselves in a maze of bookshelves. Thruskk uses his ten foot pole to set off an electrical trap. As he moves further in, however, a spectral hand lashes out at him. Necrotic damage flows through his body. Jericho readies himself to grapple the spectral hand, but realizes too late that it's spectral. He grabs at air as the hand smacks him, nearly killing him outright and sending him fleeing down the staircase. Both Wulrakas and Clifton are attacked as well; Woolie shakes it off while Clif is hit, despite readying himself to dodge. Unsure of how to deal with this strange force, the party retreats downstairs to come up with a plan.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Experience: Clifton – 3,000 XP (17,950 XP total) Jericho – 3,000 XP (11,995 XP total) Thruskk – 3,000 XP (12,650 XP total) Wulrakas - 3,000 XP (12,250 XP total) Virgil - 3,000 XP (17,850 XP total) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Loot: Vicious Longsword (Woolie) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Plotspiration: Thruskk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes: Thruskk Chops a Wight Brother In Twain © Gyrocopter
