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#21 #21 the coven part 2
The Hook
The coven remains and their evil pervades
Prelude
The players have made a strong effort to clear the hags, but now they must finish.
Summary
The group spent the night in the guard room as it seemed most defensible. They posted watches and there was no sign of trouble until the morning when Bornon found his bag of holding missing. Arric was able to use a spell to find the general location of the bag, but despite their best efforts they couldn't get to it directly and wound up following a circuitous path to get to it.
After a time they came to a door which Ropp checked for traps. As he looked he started bleeding and Arric recognized the effect as the Call the Blood charm. War slammed into the door setting off a nuisance trap and revealing a hag whose snake-like hair was bleeding blood. The fight was difficult and the creature managed to literally tear Dragan's face off leaving him faceless and in agony. Luckily, the spirit of Dalenydra filled Arric and he was able to heal Dragan fully.
They continued moving up and down stairs until they reached a door which Ropp investigated but failed while trying to disarm it. A face briefly appeared and breathed a gas which left everyone gasping for air and losing their ability to recover. Dalenydra's might was summoned again and the gas was cleared before it could do too much damage.
Beyond that door, they found a treasure golem which attacked immediately trying to take their treasure. Sadly for it, the group fought hard to keep their things and it was vanquished.
They came to another room where they thought they would find archers who had shot them twice through an arrow slit. When the door opened, there were skeletons. Arric, confidently stepped forward to vanquish them, but one survived. Worse, it turned out three hags were also in the room and they trapped the rest of the group in a forcecage leaving the unarmed and unarmored Arric to deal with the last skeletons and three hags.
Arric leaned heavily on his magic and the power of Dalenydra as the largest hag, an annis, grabbed him. The other two teleported into the forcecage and attacked by surprise. The fight didn't last much longer and the three hags wound up dead and the group found the girl they'd been looking for. She was alive, but her arms had been removed and eaten by the wicked hags.
Quotes
Bornon: There was a story that I could prove I was a prince by peeing through a dozen matresses. I may have got that wrong.
Steve: But that hasn't stopped him from trying.
BAMF: The first hour's not bad.
Ropp: I'll pass, I don't want your sloppy seconds.
Bornon: I check to see if the manacles maybe animate and bind anyone who gets close.
GM: Nothing like that.
BAMF: Now he's never going to get laid.
GM: You see any old crone with leathery arms and skin and bloody snakes for hair.
BAMF: Do I recognize her?
Bornon: Not from this angle.
Bornon: It's a treasure golem. You need to hit it in a vital spot like the family jewels.
GM: You hear a click.
Joe: It clicked on the lynx. I've been waiting a week for this one.
GM: BAMF you take 10 from the hag
BAMF: Sweet! My lady comes back and now I'm at 69!
GM: You find a girl; the hags have cut her arms off and eaten them.
Bornon: Everyone who thinks we should take the girl back, raise your hand. (mimes holding up the girls arms).
Joe: If we go the ziggurat there's nothing but tears (tiers) in our future.
Experience Points
| Character | Previous | Bonus | Base | New Total |
Part 1
| Character | Previous | Bonus | Base | New Total | |
| Alon | 54373.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 54373 | Need 16627 for level 10 |
| Arric | 57940.0 | 1150.0 | 3367.0 | 62457 | Need 8543 for level 10 |
| Roleplaying +150 Story Goal +1000 | |||||
| Bamf | 47774.0 | 1150.0 | 3367.0 | 52291 | Went from Level 8 to 9 Need 18709 for level 10 |
| Roleplaying +150 Story Goal +1000 | |||||
| Bornon Dibayou | 57940.0 | 1150.0 | 3367.0 | 62457 | Need 8543 for level 10 |
| Roleplaying +150 Story Goal +1000 | |||||
| Dragan | 44696.0 | 1150.0 | 3367.0 | 49213 | Need 787 for level 9 |
| Roleplaying +150 Story Goal +1000 | |||||
| Ropp Flamecoin | 41440.0 | 1150.0 | 3367.0 | 45957 | Need 4043 for level 9 |
| Roleplaying +150 Story Goal +1000 | |||||
| War Wandering | 37978.0 | 1150.0 | 3367.0 | 42495 | Need 7505 for level 9 |
| Roleplaying +150 Story Goal +1000 | |||||
| <= #20 Three Hags and some babies | Chronicles | #22 Visions, Dreams, and Nightmares =≫ |
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