Terminal Jelocity

## Premise

An old explorer has recently kicked the bucket, and his old mansion out in the wilderness of Gisnep is ripe for the exploration and ransacking before any family or legal matters can get into action. Boomer, Pipsqueak, and Eddie Rowan all travel out there to beat anybody else to the punch and nab all the riches they can.

## Plot Summary

The party individually break into the manor and realize they are not the only ones with the same idea, to Eddie's displeasure. This issue is tabled when the party figures out that very shortly after their forced entry the manor has been completely swallowed up by green jello. A knock sounds from the front door, which the party decides to ignore despite Boomer's suggestion they answer it, and the appearance of a person at the window, continuing to knock.

Having no interest in dealing with NPCs, the party leaves the sucker to die and progress upstairs, where they find themselves in a library fashioned to be a maze. Pipsqueak climbs atop the bookcases to guide Boomer and Eddie forward, though they quickly find they cannot avoid the jello, as it is slowly leaking through the windows and eating through the walls.

Things are going reasonably well for the party, despite a tumble and Boomer's insistence she eat the jello, when the doors open and a *FURIOUS* NPC enters the maze. A medium-speed chase ensues, with the party trying not to take a wrong turn into a deadend and the NPC trying to catch up to them by climbing bookcases. When this does not work for them they resort to skating atop the jello and knocking a bookcase over, which very nearly lands atop the party.

The NPC turns out to be a frazzled wizard named Craigory who is *extremely* unhappy they did not let him inside the house. Indignation is eventually put aside for progression, and the party ascend the next stairway. Halfway up, they find that a section has collapsed under the onslaught of jello, leaving a large gap. Eddie takes the leap after failing to convince Craigory to do the same, but misses and is left dangling precariously over the hole. Boomer follows to help him up, but isn't able to pull him up herself. Pip prods Craigory into action, who casts Mould Earth to extend the last step far enough to reach to reach down and haul Eddie up.

The stairway leads to an exhibition hall heavily ravaged by knee-height-and-climbing jello, with multiple traps already set off. Some, like the dart trap, are entirely neutralized, while the swinging-axe trap is already active. Eddie makes his displeasure about the staircase debacle known by stabbing Craigory for Many of his hit points and leaving him at 4HP.

The party finds the objects on display in this hallway to be overall lackluster, though a few items catch Pipsqueak's eye. Upon nabbing them, a floor trap clicks opn underneath them and Boomer. Boomer catches herself on the edge, but Pip falls to the bottom of the trap. Instead of being speared on a bunch of floor spikes, they fall into a pit of jello, taking no damage after succeeding on a constitution saving throw. Boomer and Craigory stick around to offer any help as Pipsqueak fires an arrow into the ceiling for their escape, while Eddie forges ahead to look at the swinging axe trap.

On deciding there's nothing *he* can do about it, Boomer disables the trap by casting Thunderwave. This reveals an unlocked door- a situation the party trusts not a single bit. After a whole bunch of crappy Investigation rolls revealing little more than a "pull" sign above the doorframe, Craigory loses patience and opens the door, which is in fact a *push* door. I just really need to note here that Boomer has decided to hold Eddie and Pipsqueaks hands at this point, it's very good.

This reveals the study, which has a few items of note. Pipsqueak stakes claim to a notated map pinned to the wall. Eddie and Boomer crack open a small safe, finding gold and legal documents inside, which Eddie takes except for 2 gold he trades to Boomer for a copy of the manor owners will. Boomer rips a painting of the manor owner off the wall, finding a far larger safe hidden behind it. This vault proves to be *much* more interesting- Pipsqueak and Eddie waste no time in emptying it.

Study thoroughly ransacked, Craigory impatiently urges them to get the show on the road, suggesting everybody get some form of helmet to use for going outside. Boomer, Pipsqueak, and Craigory all do so, but Eddie experiences a stunning series of hammerspace failures and Craigory, vindictive, simply opens the roof access. The study is near instantly filled to the ceiling with jello, and the party steps on top of the roof.

Just about everyone slips almost instantly. Craigory and Pipsqueak almost fall off the roofs edge before Pip can grab a tail-hold of something and let Craigory get his feet back under him. Eddie, blind, taking acid damage, and holding Boomer's hand, feels Boomer almost do the same and yanks her back upright. After an uphill slog, the party reach the peak of the roof and breach the top of the jello.

Using the large painting Boomer took from the study, the party toboggan at ludicrous speeds down the side of the jello. The painting gets tragically destroyed when it hits a tree at mach 1, but the party bailed once off the jello and are themselves fine. Behind them, the manor cracks down the middle and continues to get digested by the gigantic jello, who continues it's slow, meandering way through the Gisnep countryside.

Craigory confirms himself to be the creator of the rogue acidic jello, citing the cause to be a "cooking accident". Eddie, showcasing a terrible taste in men, demands a coffee date out of Craigory. Craigory, showing equally terrible taste and a chronic talent for bad decisions, says yes. The session ends with Craigory relenting to let Boomer keep his old wizard hat.

## Cast

* Kraken (DM)
* Boomer (Gently)
* Pipsqueak (Noodle)
* Eddie Rowan (Noa)

## Notable NPCs

* Craigory Danthew

## Continuing The Story...

* 12FPS: Becalmed
* 12FPS: Tea for Two
* Wizard Crimes
* 12FPS: Ice to See You
* Buccaneer Bay
* 12FPS: A Helping Hand
* Tangled Strings 2: Electric Boogaloo
* Terminal Jelocity 2: The Gelatining

## External links

Session video here

Session transcript here