Friday the 5th, from 15.00
Saturday the 6th
Sunday the 7th, up to 18.00
Player Characters and Retainers present at the beginning of the session:
The session opened with a retcon concerning the effects of Albert’s magical horn during the battle with the Golem of Kalevan. Roughly ten minutes after the fight, as the party’s battered boat drifted downriver, they witnessed a massive eagle assault the Alpha Platypus—only to be charged by the weakened golem, still staggering from its clash with the Magpies.Player Characters and Retainers present at the beginning of the session:
- D. – Ooble, Level 4 Mossling
- Freddy – Trunchkin, Level 4 Friar
- Peter – Albert, Level 4 Woodgrue
- Ythan – Clement, Level 5 Human Enchanter
- Retainer – Selminimum, Level 3 Friar
The spectre of the Ghost-Like Folds of Cloth
The eagle and the golem fought fiercely. The eagle ultimately tore the construct apart and then perched triumphantly upon its broken body while devouring the slain platypus.
The mastodontic Eagle
That evening, Clement completed tuning the voodoo doll on himself while Trunchkin and Selminimum sorted through the loot recovered from the Crows and identified a folded piece of black silk as magical.
Albert donned the black fold and discovered he could see perfectly in absolute darkness. His excitement quickly faded when attempting to remove it summoned a spectral entity. The spirit declared that the blindfold must be fed a sentient soul either at the moment of its removal or within 24 hours—or it would feed on Albert instead. After briefly considering sacrificing a refugee, Albert ultimately chose to continue north and hope that fate would offer another solution before the deadline expired.
The next morning, several barges crewed by Latipan sailors arrived in Pollnacrom to fulfil the rescue mission funded by the Magpies. Max—the sailor the group saved back in Carrowmore—warned them that Captain “Snail Shell” Zarathusa intended to hunt the treasures of Reed Lake himself and now viewed the Magpies as rivals.
Max disliked this situation and offered to work with the party instead. The Magpies recruited Max and four of his companions and commandeered one of the barges—earning the ire of the remaining sailors.
The Alpha Platypus
Retracing their route back to the watermill, the party found what remained of the golem’s shattered body under the perch where the mastodontic eagle had slaughtered the Alpha Platypus. They attempted to extract venom from the platypus corpse but failed.
Continuing upriver, the party reached the 24-hour deadline for the blindfold’s curse without securing a sacrifice. As the spectre prepared to claim Albert, the group fought back. Using one of the sacred wafers from the Church of the Optical Good, Ooble repelled the spirit, forcing it to retreat.
Knowing it would return, Clement destroyed the blindfold. A spectral voice whispered, “I am free now,”. The Magpies lost track of it after that.
That night, camped on the south bank, Ooble practised using Echo’s kusarigama while Clement studied the Bible of the Optical Good.
The next morning, the Magpies spotted a golem hurling cuttlefish at noisy river birds. Deciding not to intervene, they instead investigated smoke rising from the north bank.
Continuing upriver, the party reached the 24-hour deadline for the blindfold’s curse without securing a sacrifice. As the spectre prepared to claim Albert, the group fought back. Using one of the sacred wafers from the Church of the Optical Good, Ooble repelled the spirit, forcing it to retreat.
Knowing it would return, Clement destroyed the blindfold. A spectral voice whispered, “I am free now,”. The Magpies lost track of it after that.
That night, camped on the south bank, Ooble practised using Echo’s kusarigama while Clement studied the Bible of the Optical Good.
The next morning, the Magpies spotted a golem hurling cuttlefish at noisy river birds. Deciding not to intervene, they instead investigated smoke rising from the north bank.
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The Golem of Alnitak
There, they found a family of four camped in the mud, keeping a fire alive by burning ancient papers recovered from strange crates swept down the river. Selminimum identified the texts as writings of the prophet Ambatoharana and recovered two magical scrolls: MOVE TERRAIN and PASSWALL.
The Magpies retrieved the crate and scrolls, invited the family aboard, and continued northwest toward Polnagallum, planning to drop them off there.
Along the way, they noticed a log carrying three unnaturally still figures, but chose to ignore it and press on. They camped in the shallows about a mile from Polnagallum.
That evening, they carried out their usual activities—unaware of the scouts approaching from the town.
XP for session 13
The Magpies retrieved the crate and scrolls, invited the family aboard, and continued northwest toward Polnagallum, planning to drop them off there.
Along the way, they noticed a log carrying three unnaturally still figures, but chose to ignore it and press on. They camped in the shallows about a mile from Polnagallum.
That evening, they carried out their usual activities—unaware of the scouts approaching from the town.
XP for session 13
Feats of Exploration
- Visited one new location
- Identified a previously missed magic item (Cloth)
- Understood the mechanism to use Truthbringer
- Understood the core functioning of Birdcaller
- Though about extracting venom from the Alpha Platypus
- Saved Albert by destroying the Ghost-like Fold
- Attuned the voodoo doll
- Found a strategic location to camp, protected by sandbanks
Treasure recovered
- 2 Scrolls: 5500gg
- 2 Crates of ancient documents: 1.000gg (potentially much more to the right buyer)
Adversary defeated
- None
Totals:
- Trunchkin gains 878 XP and reaches 14357 XP. LEVEL UP! Character ascended to level 5
- Oobl gains 1757 XP and reaches 18626 XP. LEVEL UP! Character ascended to level 5
- Clement gains 1757 XP and reaches 18088 XP; they have 29% of the necessary XP to progress to level 6
- Albert gains 1757 XP and reaches 12697 XP; they have 58% of the necessary XP to progress to level 5
- Gunter & Elain gain 878 XP each and reach 4289XP. LEVEL UP!
- Selminimum gains 1757 XP and reaches 8047 XP. LEVEL UP! Retainer ascended to level 4
- Max gains 878 XP and reaches 878 XP.
- Osric gains 878 XP and reaches 878 XP.
- Rex gains 878 XP and reaches 878 XP.
- Petra gains 878 XP and reaches 878 XP.
- Ella gains 878 XP and reaches 878 XP.
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