The Halls of Arden Vul (OSRIC) Session 40:
A brawl with a Fungal Mummy has left my dude with a nasty infliction: mushrooms growing beneath my skin. The clerics of Glosterwick can’t help, and the capital is a month’s journey away.
With the sickness fast progressing, we head back into the dungeon. Eccentric mage Kerbal Khan’s automatons may be able to fix me, but in addition to invasive treatments we’re expected to handle a new side quest…
The Halls of Arden Vul (OSRIC) Session 39:
Last couple sessions were devoted to a goblin treasure hunt, this session was devoted to carting a heavy golden sarcophagus back to town so we could benefit from our own scavenged treasure.
Fighting past albino baboons and giant chameleons, we left Arden Vul and returned to town. Made a tidy profit and ingratiated ourselves with the town’s ruler, who wants us to find treasures to advance her political standing vs her brother.
The Halls of Arden Vul (OSRIC) Session 38:
The goblin escort quest continues!
After facing stirges, skeletons, and skeletal stirges, we managed to find a unique flute (a symbol of office) that the goblin revolutionaries can use to challenge the current goblin king’s authority.
Now we’ve got to decide how involved we want to get in goblin politics AND also how to extricate some valuable but unwieldy treasure (a gold sarcophagus and an amphora filled with solid gold).
The Halls of Arden Vul (OSRIC) Session 37:
Goblins in tow, we launched an offensive on the fungal mummy and carnivorous plants that were responsible for a near TPK several sessions ago.
Recovered some good loot, but the goblins dragged us away to continue THEIR quest, to a recover a staff that’ll give them the authority to overthrow the current goblin king.
We think the staff is in a cave accessible via a ceiling shaft and swarming with stirges…
The Halls of Arden Vul (OSRIC) Session 36:
We continue to accompany a dozen goblins in search of a treasure they’ve heard lies in the Fungal Kingdom.
Fed up with the Setites obstructing our path, we battle through their checkpoint. Worried about the tales these dead men may tell (through Speak With Dead), we take their heads, planning to feed them to carnivorous plants. Dirty work, but we’ve got appearances to maintain.
The Halls of Arden Vul (OSRIC) Session 35:
We put the Forum of Set behind us, leaving with a platoon of goblins headed to the Fungal Forest to look for some treasure they’re in search of.
Along the way we chart a new path to familiar territory, but find room after room of blatant puzzle devices. We mark them on our map for future investigation.
The Halls of Arden Vul (OSRIC) Session 34:
We spent some time in the Hall of Set, hoping to buy the freedom of a priestess of Mitra sold into slavery.
We probably could’ve been more subtle with our inquiries, but it became pretty clear that they have big (sacrificial) plans for her, that she wouldn’t be available at a price we can afford, and that breaking her out of jail would be incredibly difficult and alienate the entire Setite faction.
So we chickened out. 🐔
The Halls of Arden Vul (OSRIC) Session 33:
We had an amicable exchange of information with the beastman in their home territory, trading info and maps. With much trepidation we met Mother, the alluring but intimidating matriarch of the beastmen. (My party members forbade me from calling her “Mommy.”)
After spending the night in their barracks, the beastmen escorted us to the realm of the creepy Setites, where we hope to buy the freedom of an enslaved priestess.
The Halls of Arden Vul (OSRIC) Session 32:
After a brief stop at the Troll Hall arena, we convinced some beastmen into escorting us back to their home territory (we only vaguely knew the direction).
We brought a big supply of their favorite mushrooms, hoping to trade them for a kidnapped priestess of Mitra, but appears she’s already been sold as a slave to Set-worshippers.
After introducing ourselves to the beastman matriarch, we plan to head to the Setite camp.
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