Stormed Heims, S4E22

2024-12-04T00:00:00-06:00

Current Objectives

+Jekyll2024-12-09T22:10:53-06:00https://ttrpg.theinternetvagabond.com/feed.xmlVagabond’s TTRPG SiteA collection of my tabletop roleplaying game writings.Bill NiblockStormed Heims, S4E232024-12-09T00:00:00-06:002024-12-09T00:00:00-06:00https://ttrpg.theinternetvagabond.com/journals/seventh/stormheim-23Current Objectives +

Investigate the ethereal plane room at the Giant’s keep
Enter Stormheim
Join Kaldur and seek the Mantles of the Heroes
Aid the merfolk in attacking the Cthulu cults

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Events

Sheila G prepares to move forward with her Test of Heritage. Our procession of misfits heads to Rivethane. We are led into the test chambers, where SG sits in a spot-light chair. +
- SG introduces herself, and states her purpose.
- The council asks SG why she wants to assume leadership of the house, and asks to confirm she understands the responsibilities. SG replies that she totally does, and that the responsibilities are to do good stuff and stop the bad stuff, and that sorta stuff.
- The council provides SG with a rod to hold during the session; it starts flashing lights.
- Another councilor asks about SG’s religious tendencies. They discuss the current status of Cayden Calien, the quest with Maugrim, and the shard of divinity within her. They ask if she knows what it does; she says she doesn’t know. They make noises basically complaining about SG not assuming a more “appropriate” deity. SG makes arguments in favor of CC.
- The council reiteratees the necessity of SG to maintain her house. SG makes noises.
- The council asks about SG’s “misfortune in no longer inhabiting her original body.” SG recalls that she changed her body as a result of timey-wimey events. SG mentions it involves no blood magic. The council asks her opinion of blood magic. SG says she has none, and also that her opinion is the council’s opinion. The council feels this is good enough.
- The council asks is SG has ever intentionally created undead. SG says she doesn’t recall ever doing so, but also says she doesn’t think she unintentionally did so.
- A councilor asks about SG’s sword. SG explains how she got it.
- Another councilor approaches, lays out a blanked with items upon it, and instructs SG to examine each and then select one. SG picked a shard of broken glass.
- Another councilor asks SG a question about her changing her name from Greyshel; SG seems significantly distracted. The councilor rephrases, asking about SG’s interest in Lon’s Thicket. SG talks about the recent Lon’s Thicket expedition.
- The council then asks each of the dwarves for their character testimonial. The dwarves give them.
- The council then welcomes Trustonious to give a character testimonial. It is rather scathing.
- Falinious then manages to find the test, and gives his testimony in support of SG.
- The council steps aside, and concludes that SG is unfit to assume leadership of her house. +
  - At that point, one of the councilors suddenly freezes, and begins bleeding from an ear. An entourage of arcitc elves enters, congratulates SG on succeeding, hands her a key and magical scroll case, and proceeds to mind-wipe everyone in the council chambers. As most of us will remember: SG was deemed worthy of assuming the legacy of her house.
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While the rest of us are held in psychic stupors, SG and Falinious head to her new towers. They get to the tower, explore a bit, and discover that there are many layers of contingent magical effects that, like, respond to the proper household members. They seem to be malfunctioning currently.
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Meanwhile, down in the courtyard, the leader of the arctic elves gives Chuck a very nice rock, which they agree is named Philip. They then go to meet with SG. Eventually, they gather the remaining dwarves, and return to SG’s new tower. There’s plenty of discussions, and eventually Gartug and Mummrah wander off to go drinking. In the morning, Marmaduke gives Gartug some stuff for SG, but he can’t return to the tower. This group goes on hold!

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PARTY SHIFT!

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Stackor, Harvey, and Oliver are preparing to seek the Mantles of Heroes. They travel first to Altae, and speak with the king’s advisors. Then they travel to the Order of Barred Doors. There, they meet their remaining 2 allies: a rather egocentric sorcerer, and a member of the Order of Barred Doors. Finally, they meet with Kaldur and the Graven Knight to discuss the ritual and their upcoming tasks. +
- They learn about a rival group of sojourners also heading for the Haunted Keep.
- They learn of the mantles for which they will be striving: +
  - Stackor: The Mantle of the Radiant Wizard, requiring a lit candle
  - Oliver: The Mantle of the Velvet Blade, requiring a stitch of silken cloth in the shape of a dagger
  - Harvey: The Mantle of the Twin Handed, bound by a balance between the hand of light, and the hand of death, requiring a token displaying 5 points, of 2 sides - one white, and one black.
  - Gadafthree: The Mantle of the Caller of the Deep, reaching out to the forces of Limbo and protean lords, requiring an insect or other vermin frozen in ice beginning to melt.
  - Wondermich (working title): The Mantle of the Starborn, wielding the power of the Dark Tapestry against itself, requiring a broken cup.
  - Kaldur: The Mantle of the Shadow Child
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Player Characters

Gartug “Tugger” Ironfist, a dwarven brawler; Gadafthree, a tengu summoner (Bill)
Sheila G, drunken “half-elf” priest of Cayden Calien; Wondermich, a human void-touched sorcerer (Thans)
Chuck Dorfus, a dwarven hammer-thrower; Stackor, a dwarven wizard (James)
Mummrah, a dwarven cleric of Folgrit; Harvey, a tengu-ish monk (Mike)
Randy Van Peeples, a human cleric of Gozreh; Oliver Withatwist, a fey-sworn warpriest (Dan)

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Locations

Lower Thane
Rivethane

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NPCs and Notable Characters

Marmaduke, a human investigator/knowledge-broker in Lower Thane
Falinious Falnore, an elvish prissy-boy with golden boots

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Upcoming Events

6 days remain until the meeting with the crypt dragon
1 days until we telport to help the dwarves and merfolk fight the cult of Cthulu

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Other Notes

Be couth.

Stormed Heims, S4E22

2024-12-04T00:00:00-06:00

Current Objectives

Investigate the ethereal plane room at the Giant’s keep
Enter Stormheim

Other Notes

It is actually 12 days to the Crypt Dragon Boneyard meeting.

Stormed Heims, S4E13

2024-09-25T00:00:00-05:00

Current Objectives

~~Investigate the ethereal plane room~~
Travel to the old Dwarf capital, north-east of Vuln, Stormheim!

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Events

As Stackor meets up with Larg and Taliah, we hear a sudden gasping noise, and an undead husk, a Breathless Undead, rushes us. COMBAT!! -
- Stackor gives us haste! Mummrah gives us telepathic bonds! A breathless rushes in and grapples Stackor! Another rushes in and grapples Randy! Randy stabs it with his trident. Taliah buffs herself a bit.
- Stackor dimensional doors away from his grapple. Mummrah channels! Randy gets a gross kiss! The one grappling Stackor shift to Taliah and grapples her! Randy also channels! Taliah smashes a frost bomb on the one grappling her!
- Stackor holds monster on the one grappling Taliah, freeing her! Mummrah attempts to boneshaker the breathless grappling Randy, but fails! The breathless remains held! Randy gets another gross kiss, falling unconscious and dangerously wounded! Taliah spits adhesive spittle at the breathless grappling Randy, entangling it and gluing it to the floor!
- Stackor holds the breathless grappling Randy successfully! Mummrah channels again! The first held breathless is still held! The second one successfully shakes off the effect. Taliah throws a bomb at the first breathless.
- Stackor delays, Mummrah withdraws to the group, Stackor blasts both breathless with a mythic cone of cold! The first breathless is still held! The second breathless breaks the goo holding it to the floor. Randy channels, disintegrating the first breathless! Taliah takes out the second with a frost bomb!
- COMBAT OVER!!
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We loot the room! We find some broken muskets and pistols, a magical axe-musket, a masterwork adamantine handax, and some assorted ammunition and black powder. Stackor takes the handax; Taliah takes the axe-musket, powder, shot, and the dragon charges. The rest goes in party loot.
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Returning to Rime, we heal-up and restock. -
- During the night, Mummrah and Randy are awoken and told of military action at a city graveyard. They are not conscripted into action, but may be needed in the morning.
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We call it here for the night.

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Player Characters

Nataliah, a tiefling alchemist (Bill)
Randy Van Peoples, a human cleric of Gozreh (Dan)
Stackor “Definitely Not Boobons” Goreman, a dwarven wizard (James)
~~Miningra~~ Mummrah Tybal, a dwarven cleric of Folgrit (Mike)

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Locations

Underground tunnels to and throughout Fort Ang

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NPCs and Notable Characters

Larg Marg, a dwarven ranger, and Smarf! his dracoweasle, both playing patty-cake incessently.
“Macho Man” Gliff, the freed svirfneblin

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Other Notes

We start the session still in the past, with 12 days until our meeting with the Crypt Dragon in the Boneyard.