Pawns and Patrons: Episode 12

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==Characters==
Anna: Babs (level 1 Rogue) the Brewer (and drunkard). Level 0s: Scribbles - Female Human Scribe, Hawkeye. Henley - Non Binary Human Chicken butcher, seventh son
Gen: Streje Dude (level 1 Spell Sword) the jester Frog-humanoid. Level 0s: Bescri - Female Human Scribe, Survived a Spider Bite. Ler Jwee - Female Human Jeweller, Survived the plague
Neal: Level 0s: Sir Bellon of Mordland - Frog-humanoid Spice Merchant
Rachel: Agnes (level 1 Wizard) is a seller of chests, has one leg, (familiar is Senga, an elderly miniature version of herself). Level 0s: Eevee (renamed Evelyn) - Female Human Noble, raised by Wolves,
===Significant NPCs===
* Sophia - Knight of the Overlord, leads the survivors of a team sent into Frogomance
==Recap==
===The Froghemoth===
The party are in Frogomance, where the demonic Froghemoth has been summoned. 
In the caverns under the Frogomance, five of the Overlord's Knights, lead by Sophia, are in front of the Froghemoth Ler Jwee who is impersonating a Overlord Knight. 
Froghemoth, holding a huge black-iron mace, roars out and attacks one of the Knights, killing her in one blow, the bites on another knight, injuring him. The rest of the knights attack, managing to injure the Froghemoth and disarm it. Ler Jwee decides to join the fight, landing a blow against the monster.
Babs, Agnes and Eevee come down the stairs to see the fight occurring. Babs tries to throw a magic missile at the Froghemoth, but fails. Sir Bellon, Streje Dude, Bescri arrive behind the rest of the party on the staircase.
Froghemoth tries to bite Sophia, but her armor prevents her being injured. The Froghemoth then swings a claw in Ler Jwee's direction, but misses. The Froghemoth, infurated, rushes over to pick up their mace from the ground, giving the 4 surviving knights and Ler Jwee attacks of opportunity. Only Sophia lands a hit.
The knights go for their attacks and all miss, but Ler Jwee lands a critical blow. 
From the stairway Streje Dude tries to cast Choking Frog, but it fails. Agnes casts enlarge on Babs. Babs charges into the fight with her pitchfork, but misses her attack.
Froghemoth attacks Ler Jwee with its black-iron mace, but misses. The Froghemoth then bite Ler Jwee to death. The Overlord's Knight are sorrowful over Ler Jwee's death, and renew their attacks against the Froghemoth. The Knights slay the Froghemoth in their furious attacks.
:Experience: All level 1 characters gain 4 exp. Lawful characters recover 1 luck.
===Aftermath with the Knights===
Streje Dude sings a song in honor of Ler Jwee from the stairway.
:Note: Lyrics to be added later.
The 4 surviving Overlord Knights applaud the song. Sophia, leader of the Knights, addresses the party, and recognises Sir Bellon.
Sir Bellon accuses the party of stealing his horse Dartanion, and abandoning him in the middle of the swamp to be captured. The knights get out their wanted poster of Streje Dude. Streje Dude accuses Sir Bellon of being the real Streje Dude. 
The knights don't know who sang the song, so summon both Frogs to stand before them. One of the Knights, Hanold, asks both Frogs to sing with the better singer being clearly the real Streje Dude. Sir Bellon, never wanting to do anything less than his best, sings the best he can do. Streje Dude sings poorly on purpose. Hanold says that Sir Bellon is clearly the better singer so the real Streje Dude, so arrests him and escort him outside.
===Searching for Secrets===
As the knights are busy with Sir Bellon, Babs searches for the Eldritch Scroll of Zocarzan and only can find the black-iron mace, which is a 2-handed weapon for her. On the side of the mace are glowing runes. Babs takes the weapon for herself. Bescri loots Ler Jwee's remains.
Babs finds a set of double doors at the far end of the chamber. There are 2 levers on the door, one blue one green, as well as a red switch. Babs tries the blue lever but it doesn't move. Babs tries the green lever and the double doors open.
The vault is a circular chamber with a wrought stone floor. In the centre of the room is an empty raised platform. The raised platform is only 2 inches off the ground. Babs goes onto the platform, after testing the weight with her mace first. Babs returns to the leavers and gets the raised platform to lift up like an elevator. When the platform gets 8 feet high, an iris opening in the ceiling opens and swamp water pours in. Babs undoes the lever before she is knocked over by the deluge of water.
Babs explores the rest of the chamber where the Froghemoth fight was. She finds the pond of water in the corner of the room is deeper at one part. Babs is unable to touch the bottom of the pond, even using the human femur she took from upstairs for further reach. The hole is 5 feet across. Babs casts Detect Magic and detects no magic in the hole, but finds her huge mace is magical.
Babs searches around the room for more magic and ends up getting attacked by 3 giant leeches. 2 leeches attach to Babs. Babs yells out as she removes one of the leeches and tries to make her way back to the party. Fiona & Bescri go over to help. Babs rips off the last leech and runs.
The party regroups and heads upstairs to explores places they haven't explored yet.
===Up the Stairs===
The party explore more upstairs. Returning to the Rotunda with Treasure in the centre of it. The party take a side corridor off the rotunda. While on the side path Babs detects some magic nearby though a doorway. On the door is a burning eye sigil. Bescri takes out the Overlord eye amulet from Ler Jwee, but the designs of the eye symbols are very different.
Babs finds 2 more doors in this corridor have the same magical aura, and each have the same eye-on-fire symbol, drawn in charcoal. Then there is a non-magical door without a sigil upon it. Bescri opens the non-magical door and finds it is a dormitory room. It was a room for a stundent of the Frogomance School. Bescri loots a bag of 23 gold coins from a table in the room. 
Agnes shouts out, trying to find someone, and hears someone shouting for help from one of the rooms. A Male Dwarven Stonemason with 1 HP, AC 9 name Suppy. Suppy had been wandering the swamp but was captured by a hag and brought here a day ago. Suppy overheard the hag talking about storing things in the tower.
Bescri tries opening another non-magical door and there is a gargantuan ooze monster is inside. Bescri quickly closes the door. Bescri then writes a note that says "Nope" and puts it on the door.
Eevee suggests to Babs to pour some ale under one of the sealed doors. Babs refuses, and instead kicks on the door, asking if anyone is inside. The rune on the door flashes.
Suppy and Babs open their eyes and find themselves in a beautiful meadow with a cottage nearby. A talking mule approaches them and offers them some stew them made inside.
In reality, a fireball explodes around Babs and Suppy, killing them. Scribbles loots Babs then opens the door that exploded. Inside the room is another dormitory, and on the desk is an block of charcoal with a tiger engraved upon it.
The party leave the corridor and return to the Rotunda and they head upstairs.
===Climbing the Tower===
The party keep traveling. On the upper floor they find a circular room with a pile of belongings, including Sir Bellon's belongings. Streje Dude takes Sir Bellon's had. Henley loots some coins.
The party keep going up around the circular path upwards and on the next floor is a room with bedrolls, some alchemical supplies and a writing nook. On a table Henly finds a scroll that says it is the "Last Will and Testament of Zocarzan". The writing on the scroll is unintelligible after that. The party assume it is the Eldritch Scroll of Zocarzan. Scribbles picks up the scroll. Bescri takes a book also on the table.
===Leaving the Swamp===
The party decide to leave Frogomance and head back north back to Old Rebuzaan, Eminaxes, or Lothpurtinance (the City Great).
:Experience: Level 0 Characters gain exp each. All surviving characters get to level 1.
==Level Ups==
Neal
* No surviving characters this mission.
Anna
* Scribbles levels to level 1 Cleric
** +6 HP (7 Max HP)
** Alignment: Neutral
** God: Amon-Tor (God of Riddles & Mysteries)
** Languages: Common
** Spells: Blessing, Detect Evil, Detect Magic, Resist Cold or Heat, (Divine Aid, Turn Unholy, Lay-on-hands, )
* Henley levels to level 1 Fighter
** +9 HP (10 Max HP)
** Lucky Weapon: Great Mace
** Alignment: Neutral
** Languages: Common
Rachel
* Eevee levels to level 1 Warlock
** +4 HP (5 Max HP)
** Alignment: Neutral
** Patron: Bobugbubilz (Chaotic Deity)
** Languages: Common
**Spells:
*** Flaming Hands (Counter-Magic Bubble)
*** Magic Shield (Odd Growths)
*** Ward Portal (Count of 10)
Geneviève
* Bescri levels to level 1 Knight
** +1 HP (2 Max HP)
** Alignment: Chaotic
** Languages: Common
==Deaths==
Deaths this episode:
* Anna: Babs
* Gen: Ler Jwee
* Neal: Suppy (Sir Bellon arrested)
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