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Storage Concerns
Roleplay Experience from the previous Session (Session 30)'s votes were allotted as follows: Brent - 24xp, Elestar - 0xp, Jarel - 24xp, lance - 1xp, Leon - 15xp, Pandora - 39xp, Sabrina - 48xp, Snape 0xp (did not vote, but it would have been 108xp if he had!).
This Session's role-play vote points will be added to Session 32's XP. The results of this week's role-play votes are ready already and are as follows: Brent - 48xp, Elestar - 0xp, Jarel - 60xp, Lance - 0xp, Leon - 66xp, Pandora - 36xp, Sabrina - 36xp, Snape 0xp (not present for the game).
The party decides to lick their wounds and head back to town.
"Hey, I'm hurt dude..."says Lance. The party has no more healing.
The party arrives back in St. Jostema without further incident. Snape says, "I have to go and identify this deck of cards because it's REALLY magic, and I want to know what it does. But it's going to take me a whole day, so..."
Snape heads off to the market to find a pearl of the proper value for the spell he plans to cast on the deck of cards. Sabrina excuses herself and heads off to an inn to use the water closet. The rest of the group heads to the church.
At the church, Leon turns to the group and asks, "Y'all wanna see whose in the church? Ah'll go in and see who's there."
Trying to arrange a safe way to dump the treasure.
Snape unsuccessfully...
From the Journal ofLeon Vespers:
Gruner Schlamm?
Roleplay Experience from the previous Session (Session 31)'s votes were allotted as follows: Brent - 48xp, Elestar - 0xp, Jarel - 60xp, Lance - 0xp, Leon - 66xp, Pandora - 36xp, Sabrina - 36xp, Snape 0xp (not present for the game).
This Session's role-play vote points will be added to Session 33's XP. The results after the deadline are as follows: Brent - 44xp, Elestar - 24xp, Jarel - 32xp, Lance - 0xp, Leon - 24xp, Pandora - 48xp, Sabrina - 20xp, Snape 0xp (did not vote - would have been 64xp!).
After a night in Leon's parent's barn, the group is feeling well rested and prepared to move their "loot" to a new location.
Pandora feels a bit better after a good night's sleep, but is still not fully recovered from the venom of the snake. Leon helps her as best he can with his newly acquired spells from the mornign prayer, but she is still feeling quite poorly.
Snape Shylocke and Father Sobir have a chat.
Meanwhile
The party loads up their remaining chest of valuable items onto the wagon in preparation to take it to the church for storage.
The party enters town and heads to the church. They pass several dwarves lying as if dead in the street. Jarel pauses at each to check for a pulse. The smell of ale is strong upon them, but they are alive. Brent checks them all to make sure they are wearing pants.
Snape is outside the church when they arrive. He looks unhappy.
Out of game net effects: COMliness score (the way you look) is affected as follows: Pandora +6, Snape +3, Jarel +4, Leon +3, Elestar +4. However, these PCs detect faintly of evil now.
From the Journal of Leon Vespers:
I Feel Pretty
Roleplay Experience from the previous Session (Session 32)'s votes were allotted as follows: : Brent - 44xp, Elestar - 24xp, Jarel - 32xp, Lance - 0xp, Leon - 24xp, Pandora - 48xp, Sabrina - 20xp, Snape 0xp (did not vote - would have been 64xp!).
This Session's role-play vote points will be added to Session 34's XP. The votes fell in as follows: Brent - 0xp (not present), Elestar - 28xp, Jarel - 24xp, Lance - 0xp (not really involved), Leon - 24xp, Pandora - 63xp, Sabrina - 0xp (not really present), Snape 72xp (he voted!).
Party goes back to the village. Elestar makes serious moves on the "new, improved" Pandora. Jarel cautions the group against enjoying this situtation, as the effect is a "evil" one.
Party makes an offer for some oil and torches, and the merchant ups the amount of oil and torches he is willing to give the party for that stated amount. Leon suddenly protests that it is too much money. The merchant becomes indignant.
Party stays at the Draco Verde in his rather expensive rooms with baths. Jarel has his towel ripped off by a smartass dwarf.
The group all manage to wash off their evil and their new good looks. Pandora refuses. The party pours dwarven ale on her head to soak her down, forcing her to bathe. She is quite careful to stip away the stickiness only. She succeeds in removing the evil and the stickiness, but stays looking pretty (at least for now).
Pandora tells Jarel he is just jealous.
Early in the AM everyone has a dream about Leon being a pile of oozey goo.
Return to the ruins. Surprised that the green-colored slime has taken over most of the ruins. They burn off the slime after a lot of effort and uncover a plain stone sacophagus or coffin that contains naught but plenty of dust and an iron ball about the size of a softball.
In the last room they discover a great stink and mostly destroyed eggs. Two are not destroyed, and Jarel crushes them with his sword.
From the Journal of Leon Vespers for the 28th of Goodmonth:
Do It Yourself Secret Doors
Roleplay Experience from the previous Session (Session 33)'s votes were allotted as follows: Brent - 0xp (not present), Elestar - 28xp, Jarel - 24xp, Lance - 0xp (not really involved), Leon - 24xp, Pandora - 63xp, Sabrina - 0xp (not really present), Snape 72xp (he voted!).
This Session's role-play vote points will be added to Session 35's XP. The results are as follows: Brent - 32xp, Peastix - 48xp, Elestar - 8xp, Jarel - 40xp, Leon - 21xp, Snape - Did not vote so could not collect.
A Sticky Situation
Roleplay Experience from the previous Session (Session 34)'s votes were allotted as follows: Brent - 32xp, Peastix - 48xp, Elestar - 8xp, Jarel - 40xp, Leon - 21xp, Pandora - Not Present, Sabrina - Not Present, Snape - Did not vote so could not collect.
This Session's role-play vote points will be added to Session 36's XP. The results are as follows: Brent - 60xp, Elestar - 24xp, Jarel - 80xp, Leon - 27xp, Pandora - 0xp (Not present), Sabrina 0xp (Not Present), Snape 0xp - (Not Present).
From the Journal of some random character:
Experience:
Experience is for trying to work with Pandora's problems, ignoring a Great Dice game the Miners were playing, dealing with Agors the Merchant, and being concerned about how and where to sell their treasure. Also some experience for dealing with the threat of the cougar.
Brent - 169 xp; was at 7311 xp; - puts him at 7480 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Elestar - 145 xp; was at 5882 xp; - puts him at 6027 xp; Congrats on making 4th level!
Jarel - 169 xp; was at 8624 xp; - puts him at 8793 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Lance - 22 xp; was at 500 xp; - puts him at 522 xp; needs 1,000 xp for 2nd level
Leon - 160 xp; was at 5056 xp; - puts him at 5216 xp; needs 6,000 xp for 4th level
Pandora - 184 xp; was at 4449 xp; - puts her at 4633 xp; needs 6,000 xp for 4th level
Preece - 0 xp; was at 814 xp; - puts him at 814 xp; needs 1,000 xp for 2nd level
Sabrina - 149 xp; was at 7899 xp; - puts her at 8048 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Snape - 0 xp; was at 6621 xp; - puts him at 6621 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
27th of Goodmonth (con't...)
The party is still in the Ruins. Jarel figures out that his bastard sword's repairs included some extra balancing. His sword is estra easy to score a hit with. Andren Gemak has some talent!
The poison from the snake has hurt Pandora - she does not feel like herself at all.
Sabrina is very concerned about her sister. "How can we help her?" she asked the party in general.
"Y'all are gonna have to go to the church, and take some healin' for that snake bite," says Leon. "Father Mulcahie or Father Sobir could help ye."
"But I'll be indebted to the church for that!" protests Pandora.
"Not that you aren't already," scoffs Elestar.
"Yeah, ye still don't look quite right," says Leon. "Lookin' a little shadowless, as it were." Pandora looks down, and sees ... that she still has no shadow. Changing the subject, she says, "Well, who else got hurt? I'm not the only one here."
Her sister replies, "You and Lance got it the worst."
Leon digs out 100gp from the pooled party treasure for Snape to use to buy the ingredients he needs to cast the spell.
Despite some trepidation, Pandora decides to go into the church with him. The rest of the group tags along.
Brother Drake is there, deep in meditation in front of the coffin of St. Jostema. "Hi, Brother Drake!" says Leon loudly. Brother Drake blinks and comes out of his trance.
"Yes?" says Brother Drake with barely concealed irritation.
"Y'all wouldn't happen to have, like, a cure poison on ya, wouldja?"
"Cure poison?" says Brother Drake, clearly confused.
"Yeah, this one," here Leon points to Pandora, "Got bit by one of them there rattlers."
"Killed it though!" pipes in Pandora. As the others turn to look at her, she amends this statement with, "Well, Brent killed it. Saved my life."
Leon continues, "This one here, she's playin' at the school of Hard Knocks. And I have already used up all of my blessings of Pholtus already this day."
"Alas, Leon, I have no such thing," says Brother Drake regretfully.
Leon adds, "Well, she seems to be stabilized, but she's not as healthy and hale as she once was."
"Leon, Pholtus does not grant upon his Priests, a Cure Poison spell," states Brother Drake.
Leon thinks for a minute. "Isn't there a Neutralize Poison of Remove Poison?"
"Well, there is a Neutralize Poison, but that is not goign to help her, even if I had one, which I do not," replies Brother Drake. "But if you come back tomorrow, I think I can help bring her back to her old self."
Experience:
Experience is for a church visit, frustrations with the identify spell, a Centipede encounter, and the Trap of Gassy Pink Lovliness.
Brent - 185 xp; was at 7480 xp; - puts him at 7665 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Elestar - 195 xp; was at 6027 xp; - puts him at 6222 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Jarel - 255 xp; was at 8793 xp; - puts him at 9048 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Lance - 37 xp; was at 500 xp; - puts him at 537 xp; needs 1,000 xp for 2nd level
Leon - 236 xp; was at 5216 xp; - puts him at 5452 xp; needs 6,000 xp for 4th level
Pandora - 306 xp; was at 4633 xp; - puts her at 4939 xp; needs 6,000 xp for 4th level
Sabrina - 231 xp; was at 8048 xp; - puts her at 8279 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Snape - 300 xp; was at 6621 xp; - puts him at 6921 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
28th of Goodmonth
"Mr. Snape," calls Father Sobir as Snape prepares to leave the church in the morning. "We need to talk."
"Why does everyone call me 'Mr. Snape'?" Snape wonders as Father Sobir approaches. Its my first name, not my last.
"I haven't had a report from you in quite some time," says Father Sobir.
"I've been busy," shrugs Snape.
"Yes, your little group does seem to be going pretty steadily on exploring the ruin out there."
"Mmmm hmm," says Snape, somewhat distractedly.
"Is there anything the church can do to help?
"Umm. Some pearl dust to identify a magical item would be nice, but other than that..."
You have an item you need identified? I'm sure I could get Bancir to do that for you.
He has.. er... I could buy the component if I could find it.
Oh, just consider that an expense of your employment to me. We'll get Bancir to do that. What item is it? Is it another one of those evil items?
No. This is...no, I mean...I am capable of identifying it myself and I'm just looking for the component. If Bancir has the component, I'm perfectly willing to pay for the component and do the work.
I need you to stay with that group, whereas Bancir - I don't really have him doing anythign else at the moment.
As you wish
Just make sure you let your group know that the church has offered this service to them.
Yes.
Perhaps it will be more incentive for some of the other members fo the group to donate some of their gains to the church in the same manner s their leader, Jarel.
You don't have to worry about Jarel donat4ing to the church.
Those rooms that we were exploring were rather interesting. It seems to be an old abandoned stronghold of some kind of evil matriarchal.." Snape searches for the proper term.
"A Deity?" prompts Father Sobir?
"I don't ... think so. At least not a full-fledged Deity. Maybe something that could fake it."
"Hmmm..."
"There is the.. Jarel... if you remember Jarel did come by talking about a door tht he was advised just not to open."
"Yes. And at the time I agreed with him, that going through that door would be a very poor idea, but now I'm intrigued. Perhaps I may have to accompany you one of these days. "
"I'm sure you would be more than welcome."
"However, right now I am quite busy with this bridge rebuilding business and preparing for the trial.
"I will redouble my efforts to make sure I get you a written report.
"I think that as long as we get a chance to meet like this once in awhile, I think that a talk is probably a better idea anyway. I know how busy you are. I'm a bit busy myself and its a bit easier to find time to talk than to read."
"Ah-ha," nods Snape. "I agree."
"So," says Father Sobir in a somewhat livelier tone s he holds out his hand. "Let's have that item you want identified, then."
"Right," remembers Snape. He produces the Deck, wrapped in a cloth, carefully from his pouch and hands it gingerly to Father Sobir.
"Interesting, "says Father Sobir as he lifts the corner of the cloth to see the Deck. "From what I have heard of magical decks, this could be quite the item."
"Yes, that was what we thought as well."
"All right," says Father Sobir, replacing the corner of the cloth and covering the deck. "I will speak with you tomorrow, then, hopefully."
Pandora says, "So the idea here is that the church will store this loot for us in their catacombs, and after it is converted to cash, we'll give them some?"
"Yes," replies Jarel.
"How much?" asks Sabrina.
Leon smirks as Jarel explains that 20% is the standard "Theocrat's Fifth".
Sabrina says, "Five! That's my final offer."
Pandora whispers to her sister, "I think your pushing it."
Jarel explains that The Theocrat's Fifth is the normal Tithe.
Sabrina rolls her eyes as Pandora gives Jarel a dirty look.
"Its not like they haven't done a lot for all of us," adds Jarel. "And I don't believe they have actually charged us anything for it."
Sabrina says to Pandora, "Yes, they brought you back to life." She pauses for a moment and then adds loudly, "
Pandora says, "Yes, I kind of feel like I've been gyped. I'm going to ask him today whether he's found anything out about my lack of shadow."
Jarel says, "I'm sure there's a reason for it. Some day you could be hiding around the corner with a light behind you and your lack of shadow could save your life."
Pandora is not comforted.
Sabrina spots Snape's mood immediately as she jumps down from the wagon. "What's wrong?" she asks in a concerned voice.
"Father Sobir has taken the opportunity to identify the Deck for us," answers Snape.
He's taken the deck from you?" asks Sabrina.
Jarel says, "That's not what he said, he said that Father Sobir has taken the opportunity to identify it for us."
"I thought you were going to do that?" asks Sabrina.
"I was, but I couldn't find the materials," Snape answers somewhat sullenly.
Father Sobir offers to have the Deck of Cards identified for Snape.
Experience:
Experience is for trying to rid the newly beautiful of their "evil" taint, the Horrid dream about Leon turning into a puddle of slime, and dealing with the Gruner Schlamm.
Brent - 44 xp; was at 7665 xp; - puts him at 7709 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Elestar - 291 xp; was at 6222 xp; - puts him at 6513 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Jarel - 299 xp; was at 9048 xp; - puts him at 9347 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Leon - 291 xp; was at 5452 xp; - puts him at 5743 xp; needs 6,000 xp for 4th level
Pandora - 315 xp; was at 4939 xp; - puts her at 5254 xp; needs 6,000 xp for 4th level
Sabrina - 26 xp; was at 8279 xp; - puts her at 8305 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Snape - 267 xp; was at 6921 xp; - puts him at 7188 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
28th of Goodmonth
1st of Harvester
From the Journal of Leon Vespers for the 1st of Harvester:
Experience:
Experience is for knocking holes in walls, the discovery of the Bedroom/Torture chamber, and a basic XP award for the group as a whole. Still, not a lot of XP, but it was a good visit.
Brent - 125 xp; was at 7709 xp; - puts him at 7834 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Elestar - 153 xp; was at 6513 xp; - puts him at 6666 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Jarel - 149 xp; was at 9347 xp; - puts him at 9496 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Leon - 149 xp; was at 5743 xp; - puts him at 5892 xp; needs 6,000 xp for 4th level
Pandora - 63 xp; was at 5254 xp; - puts her at 5317 xp; needs 6,000 xp for 4th level
Sabrina - 0 xp; was at 8305 xp; - puts her at 8305 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Snape - 197 xp; was at 7188 xp; - puts him at 7385 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Peastix - 125 xp; was at 2153 xp; - puts him at 2278 xp; needs 3,000 xp for 3rd level
2nd of Harvester
Experience:
Experience is for knocking holes in walls, talking to Billiam Belvis' Ghost again, interaction with the hole in the floor, and the interesting and yet somehow perplexing Black Marble Floor trap.
Brent - 267 xp; was at 7834 xp; - puts him at 8101 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Elestar - 243 xp; was at 6666 xp; - puts him at 6909 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Jarel - 275 xp; was at 9496 xp; - puts him at 9771 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Leon - 256 xp; was at 5892 xp; - puts him at 6148 xp; Congrats on making 4th level!
Pandora - 0 xp; was at 5317 xp; - puts her at 5317 xp; needs 6,000 xp for 4th level
Sabrina - 0 xp; was at 8305 xp; - puts her at 8305 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Snape - 106 xp; was at 7385 xp; - puts him at 7491 xp; needs 10,000 xp for 5th level
Peastix - 154 xp; was at 2278 xp; - puts him at 2432 xp; needs 3,000 xp for 3rd level
2nd of Harvester (cont...)