Conquering the Barbarian Altanis: Session 167
Adventurers
| Character | Race | Class | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sieghart Totschinder | Human | Fighter level 1 | Soldier of fortune hailing from the City-State of the Invincible Overlord. Impoverished into desperation. |
| Syd Grundy | Human | Ranger level 1 | Tall, middle aged and scruffy looking man of the wilderness. |
| Thorinda Bung | Human | Monk level 1 | She has blonde hair done up in a tight pony tail and wears light, loose suit. |
| Ambros | Human | Cleric level 6 | Follower of Aniu, Lord of Time. |
| Ignaeus | Elf | Fighter level 4 / magic-user level 5 | A slightly weathered looking elf with dull blonde hair and chiseled features. Seeks wealth and knowledge. |
| Kenso San | Human | Fighter level 3 | An arrogant and self-assured sellsword wandering Wilderlands to prove he can best anyone. |
| Tam o' Shanter | Human | Cleric level 3 | A boisterous wine-lover of Losborst on a Great Crusade of the Grape. |
Blackmoon 3rd, Earthday
Ignaeus and Ambros assembled a party of seven, intent on plundering the depths of Castle Yukanthur. After their last visit was naught but a scouting mission. This time they would return with some wealth. So they said, and so it shall be done.
The party reached ruined remains of Yukanthur's last resort by early noon. They spent half an hour scouting the surroundings and ruined gatehouse for any signs of change. Then they descended down the spiral staircase in the south-west tower.
A chipped and weathered stone statue faced them at the bottom of stairs, unmoved. Upon approach large mouth formed above the statue, booming:
“WHO DARE ENTER THE CASTLE OF YUKANTHUR?!”
Like before, adventurers ignored the warning and turned left. They passed the illusory wall, headed straight, then left, and then straight until they were at the spot where few of the adventurers had fought a tentacled monstrosity a month or so ago.
They forced open doors leading east, entering a thirty by thirty chamber with many doors. There were in total four doors, two on the west wall, one on the east wall, and one on the south wall. Syd immediately picked up on the clues suggesting that there is a lot of passage through this chamber.
Keen elven senses tipped off Ignaeus that something is amiss. After thorough search he had found secret doors in the south-east corner. By all accounts it was a sliding panel activated by pressing on the flagstone.
Adventurers lined up, weapons at ready. Ignaeus stepped on the stone. Doors slid open. Before them a room opened up, some twenty by thirty feet. Unpleasant smell of dozens of tallow candles hit their nostrils. Two large workbenches were lined up against the east wall. A robed figure was hunched over one of the tables. A large man dressed in chainshirt faced the adventurers.
Sieghart charged in first, attacking the armed man. The duo locked in wicked duel, exchanging blows. Sieghart successfully parried all of them. The man was promptly slain by Kenso and Ignaeus.
Tam ran at the robed man, just in time to get blasted in the face by projectile discharged from the wand wielded by the man. Sieghart seized the robbed man like he was a mere child. He broke his back with a mighty squeeze. Thorinda finished the man by glaiving him.
Flesh of dead mage exploded with gore as the skeleton set itself free. Rubble and garbage around one the floor assembled into six more skeletons. Mage's skeleton still wielded the wand. It blasted Tam once more.
Ambros, whom had remained by the secret doors, held up golden gavel and uttered holy words. One of the skeletons turned to dust. Others attacked the adventurers, Thorinda was violently penetrated, and she succumbed. Cleric of Aniu called on Forseti once more, banishing all the skeletons.
Victorious, the party turned to plundering the chamber. Besides two workbenches, there were also some stools, a chair, several shelves, and miscellaneous laboratory equipment like beakers, alembics, empty vials, and similar.
Sieghart stripped the dead warrior of his chainshirt. He also took the sword, which was most definitely magical. He passed it on, preferring his own morningstar. In total, adventurers took 250 gold pieces, twelve small bottles filled with brown red liquid, and man's spell book. They also packed twelve books for later retrieval.
The chamber had but a single doors, those leading north. Opening the secret doors revealed that the chamber they came through was now filled with giant rats. So adventurers closed the secret doors and opted to focus on the regular doors to the north. All efforts to force it open result with miserable—and shameful—failure. In order to save face, they hacked the doors down with a battle axe.
Corridor led them to another doors, connecting to chamber of many doors, as well as to a split, the latter leading to another doors, and another long corridor. This doors were easy to open, revealing naught but empty chamber. This perplexed the adventurers so much they spent significant time investigating the chamber. They found nothing.
Emboldened, they returned to many-doored chamber. This time they went south, emerging into a large chamber with six skeletons. Ambros turned them to dust.
Onwards, south, through another door, and then through winding corridor, led to yet another stuck doors. Sounds of barking and combat could be hear. Adventurers broke through.
Four kobolds were bunched on a wood table in the centre of the room. They were fighting off a dozen giant rats attempting to climb.
Adventurers killed them all.
Searching the room did not yield any interesting treasure. Besides doors to the east they came through, there were two more doors, one to the south, and one to the west. Adventurers went through the last ones.
Thirty feet long corridor connected to another doors straight ahead before turning further right. Carefully moving forward, party could see another doors to their right. They were wide open.
Shining bullseye lantern in that direction revealed a square chamber bereft of anything but one thing—butt-naked male corpse in the center of the room. Coming closer confirmed the man was indeed naked. His crack faced the party, while his finger pointed to north-east corner.
Coming yet closer resulted with a surprise attack of transparent goo that coated the man. Striking it result with a dissolved weapon. Ambros and Ignaeus poured military oil on the creature and then set it on fire.
Everyone fled the room. Sieghart closed the doors shut. Burning ooze seeped through the cracks. It seized his feet and crawled up, engulfing him up to his belly button. Sieghart feinted from the terrible shock and pain he endured.
Syd and Ignaeus ran toward Sieghart, grabbing his arms. They tried to pull him out of the burning ooze coating his lower body. Alas, they only managed to drag him with the ooze still attached.
At this moment doors they passed swung open. A gang of pig-faced beastmen spilled out, grunting and wielding wicked scimitars.
Adventurers were now squeezed between a burning acid ooze on one side, and a gang of violent orcs on another.
Sieghart's lower was coated with flesh dissolving ooze, which in turn was mixed with military oil, which was on fire. Thorinda was hunched over, barely containing her guts after being pierced open by skeletons. Tam was still mangled up after repeatedly taking Magic Missile to the face.
Will Castle Yukanthur claim more than one man's manhood?
Memes by Jan.
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