📅 Session 12: Campfires & Spores
Story Context: We are exploring the caves after meeting what seemed like three possessed kobolds speaking for a goddess or entity of some kind.
🎯 Session Goals & Objectives
- Determine Enemy Weaknesses: “Your enemies are many. So are their strengths and weaknesses.”
- Locate the River: We need to head to the water. Jimmy mentioned a large aqueduct.
- Find the Source: We have been instructed that we must find the river’s absolute source.
🗺️ NPCs & Locations
Important NPCs Met:
- Captain Vergis: Captain of the guard. Welcomed us warmly, provided we do not cause trouble.
- Meisterburger Mike: City official who hired the party to investigate upstream.
- Mr. Stonecleaver: Manager of the local production facility.
- Jimmy Stonecleaver: Son of Mr. Stonecleaver; works as an Assayer.
- Tara Stonecleaver: Jimmy’s sister. Had a supernatural experience and spoke in tongues when we shook hands, instructing us to follow the river.
- Ruby: Office assistant. Infatuated with Donoif, though she admits she finds him to be an odd gnome.
- Alyss Rockstarr: Proprietor of Battleborn Outfitters.
Key Locations:
- Two Angels Joint: Local tavern.
- Enchanted Evening: Local inn.
- Battleborn Outfitters: Adventurer’s gear shop.
- The Overlook: A prominent ledge overlooking the city.
⚔️ Encounters & Hazards
The Webbing Room & The Necromancer
After carefully burning away thick webbing to enter the cavern, we discovered giant, emotive pods. Donoif successfully used his Empathy to calm the entities inside. As we pushed forward, a Necrotic Warlock ambushed us from the ceiling, commanding three spider swarms. However, an enormous giant spider descended and seemingly countered the Warlock’s control over the swarms.
The Warlock blasted the party with a burst of necrotic energy. Adrian and I advanced, dealing heavy damage while Adrian completely shattered the Warlock’s armor. Rocky landed the finishing shot to end the threat.
🎒 Party Loot & Magic Items
| Item | Status | Value / Wgt | Mechanics & Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rod of Bouncing | Attuned | 32,500 gp / 5 lbs | Once per encounter: Redirect a failed single-target spell to a new eligible target in Range. |
| Rod of Improved Metamagic (Major) | Attuned | 64,000 gp / 5 lbs | 3x/day: Reduce the cost of Power Modifiers by 2. |
| All Tools Vest | Attuned | 1,800 gp / 5 lbs | 1x/day: Summons all standard crafting tools for 24 hours or until touched by another creature. |
| Undercutting Axe | Attuned | 23,310 gp / 6 lbs | Battleaxe (Str+d8+1, AP 1, Bane: Giant, Damaging). 1x/day: A raise on a Fighting roll casts lower Trait (Strength) with a raise. |
| Ricochet Hammer | Attuned | 20,301 gp / 10 lbs | Hand axe (Range: 3/6/12, Str+d6, AP 1, Returning). Multi-action throws can ricochet to additional targets. |
| Mithral Full Plate of Speed | Attuned | 26,500 gp / 25 lbs | Armor Value 4 (Medium Armor). 2x/day (Free Action): Gain the effects of minor speed. |
| Staff of Enchantment | Attuned | 82,000 gp / 5 lbs | Uses Smarts/Spellcasting. Charges = Smarts/2. Spells: Empathy (1), Mind wipe (3), Puppet (2), Puppet 3-targets (4), Slumber (1). |
| Vorpal Sword | Unattuned | 50,000 gp / — | No penalty to head strikes. Incapacitating a target instantly decapitates them. |
| Aegis of the Eternal Moon | Attuned | Unknown | Derived from advanced society trials and treasures. (Missing info). |
| Mirror Shield | Attuned | Unknown | Reflects a spell (Counterspell). (Missing info). |
Miscellaneous Loot:
- Bag of Holding (Carried over)
- Magic Painting Set (Unknown properties)
- Golden Goblet with Gems (1,000 gp)
- 2 Coconut Halves (Of Haste)
- Beads of the Goose
🪙 Shared Party Treasure & Supplies
Currency Pool:
- ⚪ Platinum: 28,835
- 🪙 Gold: 62,431
- ⚪ Silver: 3,610
- 🟠 Copper: 1,708
- 💎 Gems: 4,100 gp
- Dawnsilver: 27 Ingots
Party Potions (Numbered by Flask Type):
- Speed Boost (x8): Increase speed by 1 die (200 gp ea)
- Flying (x2): Casts the Fly spell (450 gp ea)
- Energy Resistance (x12): Based on color drank (500 gp ea)
- Empathy (x7): Replicates the spell (50 gp ea)
- Boost Trait (x3): Increase Strength by 1 die (100 gp ea)
- Major Healing (x4): Heals and removes effect (300 gp ea)
- Intangibility (x1): Replicates the spell (1,750 gp)
- Minor Healing (x15): Heals 1 wound (100 gp ea)
- Uncategorized: 1 standard Healing Potion
Explosives & Gear:
- 2 Lightning Bombs & 2 Sonic Bombs
- 6 Glow rods
- 4 weeks of rations (Party size)
- Spelunking gear (Party size)
- Alchemist formula book (Disguise / Growth / Shrink / Lightning bomb)
- Leather map titled “Flying Dutchman Mine” (Allegedly the lost location of the largest diamond mine ever discovered)
Pending Munitions Order (ETA: 1 Week):
Purchased dawnsilver weapons to arm the Indian forces.
- 150 Spears (3,000 gp)
- 400 Quivers of Arrows (4,000 gp)
- 100 Hand Axes (6,000 gp)
- 100 Daggers (2,000 gp)
🧪 Silisuvari’s Personal Inventory Updates
New Ammunition:
- Burrowing Bullets (Rifle): 100 rounds. Burrows into flesh; causes Distracted.
- Dust Burst Bullets (Pistol): 50 rounds. Blinds the target.
- Lightning Bullets: 3 rounds. Damage profile: 3d6 / 3d4 / 2d4.
- Ice Bullets: 3 rounds. Halves speed or creates a sheet of ice.
New Crafting Knowledge:
- Added the alchemical formulas for both Lightning Bullets and Ice Bullets to my personal formula book.