So we got back to town from slaying the Satyrs, passing a party of adventurers on the way back who were coming to do the job we just did (and one of the is a Paladin, one too lazy to detect evil). Upon returning to the in, we get hired by a guy named Jonusa who owns a mansion outside of Kormine. He wanted to sponsor the party, as well as hire them to get rid of ghosts in his house. While exploring his mansion, we discover a secret room with a diary in the basement (and a way to get to the room from the pantry). At dinner, we meet with Kel, a half-elf (actually half-drow, but hey, we can't figure out the Jess the Maiden is a succubus with all the evidence presented, so Kel will be a hal-elf until the day we die). Kel is the replacement character for Vargus, who, that night, tries to investigate a ghost while the rest of the party is too busy to notice (and I'm too busy getting drained in two ways by a succubus ;) lol).
Knowing from a ghostly encounter we had with Jonusa's wife's ghost, we barge into his room and break into the attic, in which we find a Flesh Golem!
Yes, we are fighting a Flesh Golem, in a thunder-storm, while it is attached to a lightning rod. This is not going to end well. Plus, only Krusk can damage it. So I was, in general, useless this battle. However, since most of the Flesh Golem was Jonusa's late wife, and he had to steal and grave-rob for the other parts (as well as acts of necromancy), we had to bring him to justice, so our Lawful Good half-orc fighter suggested. I tried to reason with Jonusa, where he would sponsor us for free, but he still refused, and I try to pistol whip him with my hand crossbow. So when he ran off to get us arrested for assault, I took the Flesh Golem body into the main atrium, so when the town guard walks in, they see a nice lovely pile of rotting flesh on the carpet (as well as a missing painting and a few missing candlesticks, maybe not the brightest idea).
Kel casts a Rope Trick to send us into an extradimensional space, into which Ollie tried to bring a Bag of Holding into. So yeah, we narrowly avoided the end of the world in our DM's setting (or something equivalent to Bart's megaphone prank combined with FUS RO DAH). Again, I get drained by the succubus (I should mention that Vargus before his death gave me his Cloak of Resistance). However, the next day, while getting ready to go on the airship from before, Kel almost discovers the succubus, however, her magical wiles win the day for her, but now we are heavily suspicious. Another thing we become suspicious about is how suddenly, Ollie cannot cast spells. That, and the slave labor of the ship being enchanted somehow, and excited and nervous to go see "the Master."
Trust me, I wish!
So we get to the island, to find a tower, and to find Ollie tied up in the bowels of the ship. As it turned out, a doppleganger was investigating what was going on, and disguised itself first as Ollie, and then as the captain. So "the Master" turns out to be a Mind Flayer. Oh joy! And yes, most of us get charmed besides Ollie (the real Ollie), and Kel. Doesn't last long, since the Mind Flayer accidentally attacked us, dispelling it's charm.
And so the fight begins! I draw first blood with a crossbow bolt at a charmed crewman. So yes, we have to slaughter our way through the crew. I sure hope someone survives who can fly the ship. Kel casts fly on Krusk, who is now fighting a flying Mind Flayer (the MF cast fly in himself, or itself, can't tell gender with aberrations). So now picture this awesome scene before you go to bed tonight: A human firing a hand crossbow while getting attacked by the captain of the airship while a flying half-orc fights a flying mind flayer with a spear... AWESOME! I asked a few artistic friends of mine to try and make that scene an actual print, hopefully I can show it off on here in the future!
Oh yeah, and the captain, remember how I told him my name was Roxlin, well in a scene Quentin Tarantino would have loved, I have a "the name is Bond, James Bond" moment, and begin carving my name into his body.
So I go from James Bond to Pulp Fiction
Well needless to say, we win the battle, some of the crew survived, and the captain will forever know that my name is not Roxlin Oxlin. Oh, but what killed the Mind Flayer? Well, Jess the maiden was charmed, and upon getting uncharmed, was so angry a Vrock came in and killed the Mind Flayer, totally not because we were about to have a TPK at all.
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