Jasper Fiasco and the Chocolich Factory

**Jasper Fiasco and the Chocolich Factory** was a one shot DMed by Shane. The party foiled the recruitment operation for the hordes of Vecna

## Synopsis

At a meeting in the Adventurers' League Headquarters, Michael attempted to proselytize on behalf of his new god Hyperia, while the League discussed the aftermath of the mission to Gilderain. Cressida then held a discussion on the naming of the stolen githyanki airship. Ambiguous Tommy suggested they name it *Jennifer*. No one else made any suggestions other than Sheena Spearbreaker, who wished to put a holy verse of Kord on the side. This was refused by Cressida in the name of religious balance.

Cressida then reported that they had located one of Vecna's major lieutenants, running a recruitment operation in the city of Aldarhold. Aldarhold had been one of the first cities to be overrun by Vecna's undead hordes, and the lieutenant seemed to be overseeing some sort of proving grounds in an old factory on the city's outskirts. Cressida declared that they wanted the operation disrupted and the lieutenant killed. Michael, F'keek, and Remi agreed to go. F'keek and Remi additionally agreed to join the Hyperian Crusade, although both they and Michael seemed to have a serious misunderstanding as to what the Crusade stood for, in comparison to the paladin who had converted Michael, Faithbringer. In a final conversation before the party left, Faithbringer reminded them to act according to the moral code of the war goddess, and gave Michael a copy of the *Testament of Hyperia*. They then boarded the *Jennifer*, where Darkfather attempted to teach Ambiguous Tommy how to pilot the ship.

The *Jennifer* landed just outside the factory. The party went inside, and found themselves in a large garden of delicious looking plants, with a river of chocolate running through it. They were greeted by the current master of the factory- the now undead Jasper Fiasco. Fiasco attempted to welcome them all to attempt the trials to join Vecna's horde, but was halted when the trio began describing an elaborate metaphor involving boats, wheels, hats, and pages. Fiasco refused to join what he saw as their weird cult, as he was already part of his own weird cult, and so the party agreed to undertake his trials. He then disappeared.

Michael approached a boat which was moored on the chocolate river, and began to speak to the three xvarts which were manning it. Surprised to meet someone who could understand and speak Abyssal, the xvarts nevertheless refused to join the Hyperian Crusade on the basis they were very happy with their own god, Raxivort. The party nevertheless boarded the boat and were brought down a tunnel to the inventing room.

Inside the inventing room, the party found a xvart unnaturally inflated in the form of a giant blueberry. Fiasco told the trio the xvart had eaten some experimental chewing gum and was now wedged between the wall and some machines. Remi ran across the wall to the otherside of the blueberry xvart, and activated a machine which started producing pop tarts. F'keek bounced off the enormous xvart, and Michael asked him what would actually get him free. The blueberry xvart replied they would ideally shrink him somehow, if not drain him. Remi proceeded to pierce the xvart with his spear, causing a sizable stream of blueberry juice to erupt from his body, and getting him to deflate. As some other xvarts rolled up the blueberry xvart, the party proceeded to the next room.

In the next room, the trio faced six monstrous squirrels. They quickly defeated them and proceeded.

Fiasco admitted that the next room wasn't actually a trial; they had just lost the key to the door so the party would have to find it. The room itself contained a shrink ray and a table of baking ingredients. While Remi tinkered with the shrink ray, F'keek attempted to make a soufflé. While he did not have the ingredients for a full soufflé, he did find a tiny gnome hiding in the butter- the former factory owner, Gary Golly. Golly requested that the party take him with them when they leave, to which the party sort of agreed. Remi then shrunk the door with the shrink ray, and the party entered Fiasco's throne room.

Fiasco started to welcome the adventurers into the cult of Vecna, but they finally refused to join. They then agreed that Golly would do a much worse job running the factory, and that would clear the market competition for the Hyperian Crusade. Fiasco however refused to have another one of his business ventures taken away from him, and so summoned the floating animated head of his dead tarrasque to kill the party. F'keek however managed to stun the tarrasque head, and the party quickly dispatched it. Michael meanwhile cast a spell of fear on Fiasco, and succcessfully intimidated him into surrendering. Golly refused to take back ownership of the factory as it was in a city full of undead, and so the party decided to just leave, shrinking Fiasco with the shrink ray before doing so.

At the factory gates, they were stopped in their tracks by the arrival of Vecna himself. Vecna asked what they had done with Fiasco, and was told they had dropped him somewhere in the factory. Vecna then destoryed the factory in a volley of destructive magical orbs. He was somewhat grateful to the adventurers for exposing weakness within his organisation, but remarked that he couldn't well just let adventurers run around foiling his plans willy-nilly. After a convincing speech from F'keek however, Vecna agreed to just kill one member of the party. Without hesitation, Michael tossed Gary Golly to the archlich, who Vecna promptly incinerated in green fire. Vecna then flew away.

Returning to the Adventurers' League, the party reported that they had captured Fiasco and the factory was destroyed. They made no mention of Golly or the xvart workers who were still inside the factory when it had been flattened. Faithbringer then asked the group if they had followed Hyperia's teachings and used their strength to protect the innocent, to which they replied with a noncommital sort of.

## Player Characters

Main:

* F'keek Floor'ooah
* Michael
* Remi

Featured:

* Ambiguous Tommy
* Sheena Spearbreaker
* Áine (mentioned only)

## NPCs

* Cressida
* Faithbringer
* Darkfather
* Jasper Fiasco
* Gary Golly
* Vecna
* The Therapist
* Hyperia (mentioned only)
* Raxivort (mentioned only)

## Locations

* Adventurers' League Headquarters
* Aldarhold
	+ Gary Golly's chocolate factory