Shenanigans: Episode 067

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==Recap==
In Shenanigans the staff everyone is dressed up. Desmond tells the party a food review is going to occur today and he wants to sent out the party on a quest so the party doesn't bring the score down. The party is to deliver a bronze lockbox to a friend of Desmond, Arc Acolumn, who lives in The Pocket north of Wikk Lamdo. The party will be paid 100 gold each. Desmond warns the party not to look inside. The lock box weights 20 lbs. Desmond tells the party not to take the roads but to follow a path on a map in the woods.
The party put the package on Arty's Donkey, Orange and set out along the path on the map that Desmond gave them.
During the night while camping, Arty, Aedan Silaway, and The Wrok are drawn to open the chest while the rest of the party try to stop them. The party argue all the way to dawn.
At dawn Arty tries to casts Hold Person on Gerald, but he is immune. Aedan Silaway casts which ends up stunning The Wrok. Tapion reacts by drawing his sword. Arty tries to Command: Disarm on Tapion and it fails. Tapion gets fed up and just puts the box back on the Donkey again.
The party then set off on their journey. Later into their trip near dusk, while going along the trail, the party come across an abandoned wagon. The wagon looks long abandoned and broken down. The wagon has ruined ale casts on the back with the Draft Punk Brewery logos on the sides. The party hear skittering noises from the woods. Some giant beetle the crawls into view and move towards the party. The party defend themselves and defeat the beetles. Aedan gets knocked out but Gerald heals him up.
The party move on and camp next to a creek. Gerald fishes in the creek and catches a catfish. Gerald then cooks the food.
Overnight Arty is on watch and he is again drawn to the box. Arty tries to read the mind of the box with a spell and finds nothing alive inside. Arty then senses an animal in the woods around them that desires the box. It swings down from a tree and grabs the box. Arty wakes up the rest of the party. The party give chase to the creature swinging in the trees. Gerald casts entangle, trapping the beast in the vines. The Wrok hits the beast with his rock. The beast however manages to open the box with a key, then vanishes. The box fall to the ground, open. Spilling out of the box are a few ornate carved ivory mini-tablets as well as a brown sack.
Tapion goes over to put the things back in the chest, but ends up grabbed by the bag. Tapion manages to pull himself free with The Wrok's help, but looses his left hand to the bag of devouring. The Wrok uses a stick to put the bag back into the box. The Wrok, Aedan and Arty however are magically tempted to go for the box and pick up the tablets. Tapion drags Arty away with his right hand from the chest.
The Wrok pulls a tablet from the chest and "Knows the Answer to his next Dilemma". The Wrok realizes this is a very powerful magical artifact that could either grant you whatever you with or turn your desires into your greatest nightmares. The Wrok sees the big picture that Desmond was trying to get this box into a s safe place, and The Wrok no longer is magically compelled by the box.
Aedan grabs 4 tablets. TAedan's soul away from his body, he feels a great hatred aimed towards him his clothes vanish, has haste cast on him, then a large rock hits him on the head, goes blind, dancing lights swirl around him, and turns invisible, gains 10,000 exp, and gains 2 more tablets, so ends up gains 1 Dexterity, 1 Constitution, 2 Intelligence, and then goes down to 14 Intelligence. He then feels something else have great hatred for him. Aedan goes unconscious from all of this and is bleeding out.
Gerald goes over and heals the unconscious Aedan. The Wrok locks everything inside the chest.
The party break camp and continue onward along Desmond's Map path.
The party travel arrive at the magical tower Desmond told them about. Arc Acolumn appears in front of the party to take the box. The party hand over the box gladly. The wizard then teleport the party back to Shenanigans.
Tapion confronts Desmond about what happened, but Arty point out the party should have expected something since Desmond was paying them a lot of gold to transport the box to a remote location and told them top avoid roads. Desmond pays the party with gems worth 100 gold each.
Tapion visits with Cogwrench Hammerbench to get a artificial hand.
Aedan is take in by Desmond to be the serving robot, since he lost his soul he became an automaton.
==Experience==
1050 exp each
*Aedan levels up to 2 Fighter/2 Mage
** Max HP from 7 to 14 (+7.5)
*Tapion levels up to level 2
** Max HP from 13 to 15 (+2)
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