Session 6 was a packed evening featuring an exploration of the emptied tower and the discovery of the source of the abnormal winter. Prior to play there was some housekeeping, mainly to do with sorting out the magic items that have been gathered.
One change of interest - up until now I have been using the temporary title of "The Mighty Ducks". After this session the 'official adventure title' can now be revealed: "Ostmount's Screw-up".
The evening commenced at the conclusion of the previous week’s battle. After a short rest the party began to explore the tower. The lowest level included a room with two corpses, elderly people who had been frozen to death. A kitchen and storeroom were also found.
The second level was devoted to a large laboratory. Although there were numerous bookshelves there were no books of real interest to be found. Close examination of the laboratory benches turned up three vials of residuum worth 70GP each.
A strange levitating disk was discovered on the second floor. After considerable investigation the party determined that it was an elevator of some kind, responding to the commands “UP”, “DOWN”, “STOP” and “COME”. The party (accompanied by the duck) then made their way to the third floor.
The third floor appeared to be the living quarters. A corpse wearing an elegant red robe and carrying a symbol of Zhat was found on the floor. Although long since frozen solid, examination indicated the corpse had been bludgeoned to death, and the injuries matched the dimensions of the ice clubs used by the ice warriors the party recently defeated.
Nearby the corpse was a tapestry that concealed a door. This door appeared to have been originally designed to be secret, but it had long since been broken and opened easily. Inside the room was a writing desk and another floating elevator disk.
The desk contained an unsent letter and a research journal, both authored by Zhatfer Ostmount. These documents (viewable here) describe how Zhatfer was engaged in research on how to “extend the range of Hengis Crystals”. This research went horribly wrong and apparently resulted in the arrival of the ice and ice warriors. The research journal entries ended after alluding to the arrival of ice elementals.
The party then ascended to the roof of the tower where they discovered a bright green triangular crystal floating in the air, which was shooting a stream of frost into the sky. After triggering the crystal the final guardian emerged.
In a dazzling stroke of ingenuity (which earned him the POTN award), Pete used a special powerand teleported the creature off the edge of the tower, and it took two further rounds for the (now enraged) beast to get back to the roof. In the interim the party did considerable damage to the crystal, which they had deduced was inextricably linked to the ice beast. In the interim the crystal kept firing off blasts of ice at the party.
The angry Ice Beast eventually made it back to the roof, and despite being blinded it engulfed the party in a blast of cold. This did considerable damage and knocked affected players prone. The beast fired off this attack again when bloodied and then managed to recharge and use it again, leaving the party considerably worse for wear. Pete was reduced to unconsciousness, but clever use of a divine luck card combined with a Potion of Living got him back into the fray.
In a first for this campaign, play was suspended mid-battle. The beast was recently bloodied and all of the players were conscious. Only Pete had used his second wind thus far, although a few action points had been burned.
XP – as the encounter had not concluded, no XP are being awarded at this time. XP scores are unchanged from last week. For renown points, Chris has acquired an impressive 17 points in one go (2 attendance, 5 miniature, 10 character background). Pete acquired 14 points (2 attendance, 2 POTN, 10 character background)
Pete/Tina/Adam - 1600
Chris/Tom/Xu - 1100
Renown
Chris - 24 (+4, +B)
Pete - 34 (+3)
Tina - 16 (+1)
Adam - 22 (+B)
Tom - 8
Xu - 6
One change of interest - up until now I have been using the temporary title of "The Mighty Ducks". After this session the 'official adventure title' can now be revealed: "Ostmount's Screw-up".
The evening commenced at the conclusion of the previous week’s battle. After a short rest the party began to explore the tower. The lowest level included a room with two corpses, elderly people who had been frozen to death. A kitchen and storeroom were also found.
The second level was devoted to a large laboratory. Although there were numerous bookshelves there were no books of real interest to be found. Close examination of the laboratory benches turned up three vials of residuum worth 70GP each.
A strange levitating disk was discovered on the second floor. After considerable investigation the party determined that it was an elevator of some kind, responding to the commands “UP”, “DOWN”, “STOP” and “COME”. The party (accompanied by the duck) then made their way to the third floor.
The third floor appeared to be the living quarters. A corpse wearing an elegant red robe and carrying a symbol of Zhat was found on the floor. Although long since frozen solid, examination indicated the corpse had been bludgeoned to death, and the injuries matched the dimensions of the ice clubs used by the ice warriors the party recently defeated.
Nearby the corpse was a tapestry that concealed a door. This door appeared to have been originally designed to be secret, but it had long since been broken and opened easily. Inside the room was a writing desk and another floating elevator disk.
The desk contained an unsent letter and a research journal, both authored by Zhatfer Ostmount. These documents (viewable here) describe how Zhatfer was engaged in research on how to “extend the range of Hengis Crystals”. This research went horribly wrong and apparently resulted in the arrival of the ice and ice warriors. The research journal entries ended after alluding to the arrival of ice elementals.
The party then ascended to the roof of the tower where they discovered a bright green triangular crystal floating in the air, which was shooting a stream of frost into the sky. After triggering the crystal the final guardian emerged.
In a dazzling stroke of ingenuity (which earned him the POTN award), Pete used a special powerand teleported the creature off the edge of the tower, and it took two further rounds for the (now enraged) beast to get back to the roof. In the interim the party did considerable damage to the crystal, which they had deduced was inextricably linked to the ice beast. In the interim the crystal kept firing off blasts of ice at the party.
The angry Ice Beast eventually made it back to the roof, and despite being blinded it engulfed the party in a blast of cold. This did considerable damage and knocked affected players prone. The beast fired off this attack again when bloodied and then managed to recharge and use it again, leaving the party considerably worse for wear. Pete was reduced to unconsciousness, but clever use of a divine luck card combined with a Potion of Living got him back into the fray.
In a first for this campaign, play was suspended mid-battle. The beast was recently bloodied and all of the players were conscious. Only Pete had used his second wind thus far, although a few action points had been burned.
XP – as the encounter had not concluded, no XP are being awarded at this time. XP scores are unchanged from last week. For renown points, Chris has acquired an impressive 17 points in one go (2 attendance, 5 miniature, 10 character background). Pete acquired 14 points (2 attendance, 2 POTN, 10 character background)
Pete/Tina/Adam - 1600
Chris/Tom/Xu - 1100
Renown
Chris - 24 (+4, +B)
Pete - 34 (+3)
Tina - 16 (+1)
Adam - 22 (+B)
Tom - 8
Xu - 6
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