AWR Session 8

-Eclipsa/Lucian have a chat. So do Mei/Callus. Callus has a little talk with the Traveler (not typing out so secrets stay secrets for whoever wants them to be)

-Lucian gives Callus his shield since he keeps throwing himself in front of stuff

-4 throws a rock, Eclipsa consoles him

-Musty stale water hallway, Dancing lights, can see skulls stuck in the walls

-Lucian's sword is gone. Mei seems to be the only one to notice

-Corridor narrows, Mei sneaks out ahead and finds footprints, gets group to follow

-Shiny Voldemort is making footprints. Has a mask and a hood, takes them off and he's a blue guy who is studying monsters. Eclipsa invites him to join us, but doesn't trust him to be behind the group in the hall

-Mei finds new footprints, going up femur railing hall, leads outside to tower. Sign says Quill Catacombs, open 7th-9th Fleep. None of us know why that sign says that.

-Eclipsa knows there's rumor of a satyr village caretaking the tower

-Eclipsa says she has a home in Quill

-Considering where the thing we're following went, assume he's going to the islands to get the book he needs for the ritual, decide to check out the tower rq (lol)

-Lucian getting weird vibe from tower, can't decide if it's bad or good

-Octagonal shaped tower, fancy gold filigree, frog butt knocker. Callus knocks frog butt, opens after three knocks on its own

-omg books.

   -Iron Council > Harogash

   -Bella Luna > Lucian

   -Fall of Everstone > Callus

   -Thief of Knight > Eclipsa

   -Rise of Stormspear > Mei

   -Ham > 4

-Eclipsa checks out orbs and sigil on floor, giving off evocation magic. 4 checks out lightning blocking trap door. Displacer beast statues on either side. Harogash mage hands trap door, is a ladder leading to basement

-Lucian convinces Mei not to go upstairs by herself, but when whole party goes up the stairs, start disappearing behind them. No one seems to mind this.

-Mei checks out doors. Blue light one and one with a handle. Callus tries to kick open blue light door but it doesn't move. Handle door moves, though

-Room with lady on the floor with a locket. Table has a bird in a cage, a blade, a key, and a bowl. All have cherry blossoms. Lucian recognizes the cover of his book. Tells us that Bella Luna received second chance from Shar when she was killed. Eclipsa kills the bird, dunks it in the healing potion in the bowl, 4 lets it out the window. Door opens. Everything that was there disappears.

-Woman in next room, naked/white, snake tiara, tells everyone to chose one to receive favor over everyone else's misfortune. Callus receives blessing and raises charisma, everyone else gets fucked. Mei's is she can't attune to stuff or people can't take rests near her. 4 is fire snuffs out around him. Didn't get anyone else's because I was too busy figuring out if I was attuned to anything.

-Feast in next room. Harogash takes first bite to prove he's trustworthy. Turns out it was a good thing. Whoops. Oh well. Next room.

-Room with alchemy supplies, red blue and green potions, man strapped to rack begging not to be fed more. Has had plastic surgery to look more like Rina Trueflower, former leader of Everstone, had been held captive and poisoned. Lucian knows she was freed, but not before being maimed

-"Life of one saves the masses"

-Mei releases man, but he lays back down in the same position, won't answer questions

-Mei is trying not to let anyone hurt this guy. Smashes 2 of 3 potions before Callus leads her away. Lucian finds out it's a fiend. "I watched her die once, I get to feel it again" Dude starts laughing. Eclipsa (? I think?) pours potion down his throat. Gloves appear and door opens. Lucien stays behind to punch the fiend around a little.

-Mei puts caramel gloves on, callus puts tan gloves on, opens the door very very pissed off

-Floor of room has a flute. Lots of flutes. One for each of us. Sound plays when one of them is picked up. Eclipsa tries to play, flute crumbles. Callus plays, door opens.

-When we're all in room fills up with water. Four pictures: owlbear under tree, pair of Pegasus, three elephants, 4 nagas. Eclipsa types in OPEN to the door and the water drains and door opens. Callus finds out Mei can't swim. Not any less pissed off at this, really wants to turn back, talks to Callus about it, but they go on anyway

-Next room, sachet and two flints. Super dark, dancing lights don't work. First attempt to light, 4's proximity snuffs it out. He walks away and the next attempt works, door across way says "our secrets set us free"

-Lucian says he's scared of tight spaces. Amazingly, nothing happens.

-Callus says he's got a spirit in him that makes his affliction worse and why it hurts to look at him. Mei says she's got another name: Sterling. Doors open.

-Oh hey it's the Traveler room. Who do we fuck with, birth, wedding, or funeral? Callus picks wedding crystal ball. Bunch of rewards come up. Bride gets left at the altar. Lucian takes ruby staff ( +1 wand of the warmage) Harogash takes needle (ghost step tattoo) and someone takes pouch (dust of dryness) - think it was 4?

-Next room, green fields, zombie spider person in the middle of it. Callus fronts. It attacks him. Mei drops a boat on it, tries to get everyone to run. Lucien can summon his sword. It's big now. Ensuing prone condition means 4 and Lucian get it super dead, but not before it does THIRTY TWO damage when Callus takes a hit for 4. Door was already open on the other side.

-Dice tray, Lucian rolls and gets above a 6. Door opens. Fucking hell Tae fuck why would you do this to us it's the fucking deck of many things isn't it yep it is jesus in session \*8\* really?

-Nothing catastrophic really happens, amazingly. Everyone has to pull a card for it to work

   -Mei loses one Int and has a big heavy box. Immediately puts it in the bag of holding, will deal with that later.

   -4 > mortal enemy is frog

   -Harogash > loads and loads of jewels

   -Lucian > Singlehandedly defeat next monster, can level the whole party

   -Eclipsa > 1 question

   -Eclipsa > Int +2

   -Callus > GETS THE MOTHERFUCKING WISH SPELL EVERYONE FREAK OUT

-Callus tells Mei he needs to talk to her. Mei DOESN'T KNOW WHY BUT IT'S THE FUCKING WISH SPELL

-Next room, 4 rings that look like Valie's fire resistance. 4 just walks out and snuffs the whole lava room. Puzzle solved.

-Candles. We struggle. Mei and Lucian go strap themselves to the wall in shackles. Lucian tells someone to snuff his candle first. Callus's response is WITH PLEASURE what.

-Snuffing candles hurts real bad. Callus goes unconscious and Lucian heals him. Eclipsa uses her question, entity says she needs to snuff out the candles and suffer the consequences. All the candles are out, but the shackles don't come off. Uh oh. Mei is ready to break her own hand, but Lucian chops them both out, they now have super cool obsidian bracelets.