Weekly Gaming Summary #35: (12/13/20)

Thank You For Playing today's game 12/13/2020 - From 8:15 EDT, until 11:15 pm EDT, and our 273rd Gaming Session, goes out to:   Barbarian – Human Female – Zhora & Cleric – Human Female - Sheila - Chris M. Magic-User - Elf - Xilicien -  Devin M. Monk (Oriental) – Human – Lo Shan -  Roxxifarius   Ranger – Half Elf – Camlin  –  Buddy-D   Those whom could not make it to the session today!   Cleric / Thief – Halfling (Stout) - Barton Jollymead - Troy D. Fighter / Thief – Drow Elf – Maximillian Rockatansky - Brendan M. Paladin Knight – Human – Lord Cromther - cromth   Game Summary for Sunday Evening (12/13/2020):   Opening Scene: It is now 43 days into the adventure (since setting off in the Belle Venture), and It is now: 6:30 am on September 5 th (Day 40 on the Isle of Dread).   Things start the morning after having raided another weapons storage warehouse, guarded by Yaun-Ti and giant monitor lizards. They had left one of the Yuan-Ti halfbloods tied up there. Pandelume had cast heals the night before then prayed to gain them back. The party decides to head to the restored Thracia public library.   When they arrive and enter the library which is along the main market avenue of the Forbidden City, they see several common folks inside browsing and reading books, with a lone Yuan-Ti guard keeping watch.   The books in this part of the building house tomes on fiction and literature. There is a stairwell going up in the middle of the room. Lo Shan heads right on up the stairs and sees two sets of double doors to the east and west.   Lo Shan tries to hear anything beyond the doors but did not and then attempts to unlock them, of which he could not! He moves to the west doors, gives a listen and did not hear anything and tries to pick open the lock but again it proves to tough to open for him. Lo Shan goes part way down the stairs and waves Maximilian up. He attempts to unlock both doors but could not!   Zhora is upstairs with them and she just tries bashing the door down but just injures herself for 1 hp of damage instead. Then Lord Cromther tries and was successful. The noise from both attempts having startled the folks downstairs and alerted the one guard whom then calls for the others.   A glimpse inside the room looks like a more private study area with stalls used by the wealthy merchants and such.   There are 3 guards now and a fight now ensues with them, as the common folks run out of the library.   Lord Cromther and Lo Shan get free attacks on the first Yuan-Ti coming up the stairs. Lord Cromther hits him for 10 damage with his long sword while Lo Shan pounds him with an Iron fist move for 11 damage!   Round #01 of Combat! Yaun-Ti Halfblood #04, tries a Cause Fear spell upon Lo Shan but he makes his saving throw rolling an 11 needing ≥ 10 and shakes off the effect!   Lord Cromther’s long sword slashes YT HB #04 for 12 damage!   Pandelume, casts the Hold Person spell upon YT HB #02 whom fails his saving throw rolling a 4 needing ≥ 13, so he is held in place for 13 rounds!   Zhora, cuts YT HB #04 with her two-handed sword for 8 damage!     Round #02 of Combat! YT HB #04, slashes Lord Cromther with his glaive for 4 damage!   2 nd Attacks: Lord Cromther, slashes YT HB #04 with the long sword for 4 damage!   Zhora, cuts YT HB #04 for 8 damage with the two-handed sword, defeating him!     Round #03 of Combat! Lo Shan does a Knee shot Kung-Fu kick at YT HB #01, who came up the steps behind the first Yaun-Ti, dealing 5 damage!   Xilicien, whacks the Magically held in place YT HB #02, with his quarterstaff to the head, defeating him!   YT HB #01, strikes Zhora with the glaive for 6 damage, after she tried a leaping wrestling move arm lock!   Pandelume, makes sure YT HB #02 is finished by slicing his throat with his magical sword of wound +1!     Round #04 of Combat! Xilicien cast the Magic Missiles spell at YT HB #01, aiming up the stairs, 4 missiles hitting for 14 total force damage!   YT HB #01, strikes Zhora with the glaive for 2 damage!   Lo Shan, does a Kung Fu side kick for 3 damage to YT HB #01!     Round #05 of Combat! No one scores a hit!     Round #06 of Combat! Lord Cromther, slashes YT HB #01 with the Long Sword for 6 damage!   2 nd Attacks: Lo Shan, pounds YT HB #01 with the Iron Fist for 9 damage!     Round #07 of Combat! Maximillian, slashes YT HB #01 for 8 damage with the long sword! Zhora, cuts down YT HB #01 with the two-handed sword for 13 damage, defeating him!   End of Combat!

Maximillian breaks down the east double door and sees it is room similar to the private study on the west side.   The party heads back down stairs and regroup, then head to the east door and open it into another part of the library, housing historical and biographical books, there is no one else in the room, so they move to the next set of doors on the east wall and open them.   Inside is another section of the library housing general sciences and mathematics. There is a lone Yuan-Ti Halfblood here. When he sees Zhora open the door he says, “I take it since the others had run off due to the commotion, you are not here to browse?”   Zhora says, “No. Fool. We are the commotion. You better run now!”. More banter between the two follow, and ends after Zhora says, “So show us, fool, what you got?”, Yuan Ti says, “As you wish.”   The Yaun-Ti Halfblood then casts the Polymorph Other spell upon Zhora. She rolls a 4 needing ≥ 13, failing her saving throw vs spells and is turned into a chicken. She rolls a system shock roll now to see if she survived the transition, rolling an 83% ≤ 90%, she survives!   Maximillian quickly closed the doors, as Lo Shan snatched up Zhora the chicken and the party quickly leaves the library. A merchant outside, questions them as to what went on inside, Lo Shan says, “A big misunderstanding about the rules”. The merchant thinks it was a chess match upstairs. Lo Shan just says, “I believe so, yes.” The merchant then suggest that if they were a part of this chess match that they better get running off before the authorities arrives and they do so.   Once safely back at the mongrelmen compound, hoping that no one followed them, Xilicien casts the Dispel Magic spell upon Zhora the chicken, who reverts back to her human form and survives the system shock rolling a 20 needing ≤ 90%!   The next day they are back in the Market street area, looking to enter a new building.     And that Ends today's Adventure Gaming Session!   It is now September 6 th , 6:30 am.    Experience Points Awarded this Session: Yuan-Ti Halfbloods (3) : [Level 8: HP 55: plate mail/snake parts AC 0 : glaive, spells]: [(375)+(10*55=550)+(175)]= 1,100 * 3 = 3,300 XP     Loot Found: Glaives   Total Session XP: 3,300 Monster XP + 0 loot + 0 magical items + 0 gp = 3,300 XP   3,300 / 7 = 471.42 XP Each     Player Character | Current Level | Experience Points | Need for Next Level   Barbarian – Zhora: Level:  7  |  XP: 172,884.42  | (Need: 275,001 for level 8)    Cleric – Sheila:  Level: 7  |  XP:  78,490.489  |  (Need: 110,001 for level 8)    Cleric / Magic-User – Pandelume: Level 6/8 | Cleric XP: 55,001 | Magic-User XP: 135,287.12    Magic-User – Xilicien:  Level: 7  | XP:  86,726.735 |  (Need: 90,001 for level 8)   Monk (Oriental) – Lo Shan: Level:  7  |   XP: 70,884.414  |  (Need: 85,001 for level 8)       Paladin Knight – Lord Cromther : LVL: 7  | XP:   117,884.415 (Need: 175,001 for level 8)   Ranger - Camlin:  Level: 7  |  XP: 113,489.485 |  (Need: 150,001 for level 8)     Character XP totals are now all up to date.   ***Character Sheets need Updated with this information!***   Grand Total XP for Adventure Module So Far: 49,541.68 XP + 64,100 Loot + 4,400 Magical items + 88,970.77 Gold = 207,012.45 / 7 = 29,573.20 XP Each   Number of Sessions for current Adventure Module:   53 Sessions for I1: Dwellers of the Forbidden City 12/13/2020   133 Sessions for “Isle of the Dread: Parts 1-4”: 10/11/2017 – 12/13/2020