Magic Shop Owners Session 19

Session Notes

Calendar Date: 35-3-596 - 36-3-596

AI Podcast Overview (From NotebookLM)

The Beast Emerges

• As silence settled over the hole that was once Stagbrook. A scurrying came from the hole. Thousands of legs crawling. Ants came running from the hole in great numbers, but ignored the party. The Spiders from the keep followed them also running straight by. Then for a few moments there was silence. Then crash, crash, crash. Steps echoed up from the hole. Crash, crash, crash. They keep getting louder. The earth shook with each crash, crash, crash.
• The party hid behind a nearby rock as the Tarrasque emerged from the hole. It was a huge scaled creature with a terrifying aura
• Maia and Geog began to flee from their cover in fear while, Jutara and Smuv were frozen in place
• The beast who had been charging after the ants saw Geog and charged at him impaling him with its horn and then throwing Geog into a nearby cliff nearly killing him
• Jatumal attempted to fire a cupid arrow at the beast but even with his incredible marksmanship the arrow deflected off the Tarrasque's natural armour. Jutara used here magi missile on the creature which hit, but the beast was unfazed and continued its charge after the giant insects and towards the Howling Woods.
• After the encounter the party knew they were not ready to face the creature, but also wanted to stop this terror they had unleashed onto the lands
• Maia use her cure light wounds spell on Geog but he was still in a bad way
• They entered the original Sarzan painting which Jatumal had stored in the magic boat, The Kraken, and hadn't been destroyed by the collapse of Stagbrook
• Inside the asked Sarzan about the creature. He identified it as the Tarrasque. He had managed to trap it below the keep where it had been in an eternal slumber when he was still alive. He explained its incredible strength. It had near impenetrable armour, could only be harmed by magical items or spells and had incredible regeneration capabilities which could only be stopped by the use of a wish.
• Sarzan even suggested that an army may be needed to stop the creature.
• He said there was a tomb in the desert to the north of The Rocky Slopes, called the Tomb of the Elephant King, where they might find a Djinni that could grant a wish. However, it was heavily trapped and few knew the location of it.

A New Quest

Rocky Slopes Hex Map (the Emerald Desert is north of this):

• With this the party decided their new goal was to gather people to fight the tarrasque, to find a wish and to kill the beast.
• Along their way north the party stopped off at various locations recruiting people to help with the fight
• First they visited Acman's old tower, where Pavnutia was currently staying. She popped up behind them as they entered. She wasn't too happy that they had been building defences in Stagbrook, but saw that as a minor inconvenience compared to her freedom from The Obsidian Keep and agreed to help. The party had offered to capture the beast and use its regeneration capabilities to give infinite blood to the vampire. She would travel to Whiterock and see if she could recruit any others to help with the fight. She believed the surviving princess from The Obsidian keep might be interested in helping
• Next they stopped at Stonehell, or Stonehaven as they were now calling it, and checked in with the goblins.
• The goblins were in a stalemate with the war with the lizard folk. Gobbo had been appointed the military general and was temporarily in charge. Gary had been running messages between the command centre and the frontlines.
• The party decided this was unproductive and wanted to deal with the issue so Gobbo lead them to the frontlines. Along the way they witnessed injured goblins being tended to in a makeshift infirmary
• At the frontlines the goblins had a gate with crossbowmen posted in rooms with arrow slits at either side of it. The lizard folk were charging one man at a time at the gate. They were sending a man every five minutes or so, but if the goblins tried to push past the gates they were overwhelmed.
• They told the goblins to stop shooting and Jutara used her beguile spell to charm the next lizard man who entered. She told him that she was a lightning god and asked him to bring his leader in chaotic (no one knew lizard folk language)
• After a short while the lizard leader came wearing a large feathered headdress. He slowly poked his head around the corner and negotiated a meeting in the corridor
• He was convinced of Jutara's godly status as the lizard folk had many gods and listened as Jutara tried to negotiate a peace. The lizard leader was uncertain at first, but Geog made Gobbo bring a scroll with the Stonehaven business plan.
• The whole scroll was poorly spelt by the goblins and it was mostly lies but the pictures and presentation from Geog and Gobbo almost convinced the lizard man. They had explained that Stonehaven would be luxury apartments and they would receiver a percentage of the profits if they joined forces with the goblins. The lizard folk didn't know what a percentage was so Geog explained it in terms of pie. The lizard folk were more convinced by the idea of more pie than profit, but since Sam had survived the collapse of Stagbrook they were going to move him into Stonehaven so they would soon have a source of pie. This sold the lizard folk on the plan.
• Everyone shook hands, the goblins were told by Maia to use diplomacy first and then if that didn't work violence in the future which they agreed to. Some plans were made for Stonehaven such as boarding up the stairs down to the lower floors where the orcs were, continuing to clear the second floor and preparing their best soldier to fight the tarrasque. They also sent Gary to collect any survivors from Stagbrook. They then had Gunther the strongest goblin join the party and Lando one of the best lizard fighters
• Jatumal told the goblins to send Gary north if they needed help and gave him Prospero's eye for guidance (this is they eye of a mean wizard who is generally not very helpful)
• After resolving the conflict in Stonehaven the party continued north towards the Dragi Castle. Along the way they were stalked by a mountain lion, they tried to coax it over with little luck. Maia left some food out and as they moved away the lion crept down from the cliffs to eat. Smuv attempted to lasso the lion but it noticed and backed away before Smuv got close
• Magma was originally from the Dragi Castle and his father ran it, but he had been banished. The party knew they would not let him inside, but he had spent the last day or so in the Sarzan painting resting and was still unconscious (Ant was not here for this session to play him)
• Jatumal decided to puppet Magma's unconscious body and the rest of the party decided to stay well away while he did this. He claimed that he wanted to reconnect with the Dragi and wanted to extend an olive branch by setting up trade between the Dragi and Stonehaven. Miraculously the Dragi were convinced. Geog then explained the luxury apartments in Stonehaven which the Dragi were interested in and how they would give free accommodation to those who helped to slay the tarrasque. Their honour had them happily agreed to the endeavour of fighting the beast. They asked them to send word when they needed help
• They would convey all this to their leader, but could not allow them to enter the castle due to Magma's banishment. The provided a small camp for them to stay in outside the castle overnight and sold some supplies and rations to the party. Geog notably bought some dragon forage plate which had fire resistance properties and Jatumal bough dragon forged chain
• Overnight the party took turns taking watch. On Jatumal's shift he gambled with Gunther and Lando, but in the middle of this was taken by surprise by a snake. He managed to knock it away and Gunther chopped off its head. He was impressed with himself
• Jatumal found out that Gunther and Lando had been teaching each other words from their languages. They had each claimed to teach each other how to say hello, but Lando had actually taught Gunther to swear
• Before leaving the Dragi supplied the party with a map to the Tomb of the Elephant King, but warned they had sent many there before and none had returned
• The party continued their journey north and slowly the rocky crags were replaced by the green sand dunes of the Emerald Desert. Along their way into the desert they came across a band of hobgoblins who had the same banners as the hobgoblins from Stonehaven. The hobgoblins drew their weapons upon seeing the part, but when Maia spoke to them in goblin they lowered their weapons
• The hobgoblins were on their way to Stonehell/Stonehaven to meet up with the rest of the hobgoblins who had been a scouting force to set up a base there. They were planning to use it as a base to raid the towns in Elbon. Geog and Maia suggested that this wouldn't be profitable and that they could give the hobgoblins all of their desires if they worked for them. They told them to go and work for the goblins in Stonehaven and said they would be called to fight the tarrasque. Jatumal used his charm ring on the lead hobgoblin and he agreed although they weren't entirely happy the goblins rather than hobgoblins were in charge in Stonehaven
• Geog gave one of the hobgoblins his ring of cleaning and said that it might be helpful in Stonehaven
• Soon they were in the desert proper. Maia wrapped herself up carefully to protect against her light sensitivity and they continued their march to the Tomb of the Elephant King.

XP

750 xp = 50 x Hobgoblin
50 xp = Mountain Lion
12 5xp = Snake
925 xp total
925/5 = 185 xp each

Published Content Used

• OSE (Classic and Advanced)
• Stonehell