The City with the Unpronounceable Name Season 2: Session 1

The Locus in Quo

Fulray the 9th was getting frustrated. He was clad in only a codpiece and his codpiece was itching. He looked down at the cuts on his arms and tried to figure out ho long he had been trapped in that dungeon.  The cuts were in various stages of healing. Some were well on their way to becoming scars; some were still covered in lard to protect the raw lacerated flesh. He was too impatient to come to a conclusion.

He kicked the door in front of him open. More Skeletons.

His fellow escapees urged him to shut the door. They were almost naked and had already almost died at the hands of another group of skeletal archers.  This group of skeletons would remain unmolested.

They had been stumbling around the castle for over an hour now. They did not remember much about who they were how they wound up prisoners. There were faint flashes of memory of course; but those consisted solely of being drained of blood and being drugged.

Fulray continued his agitated and furtive glances. They had stumbled upon the parapet of the castle and the castle was under attack. That much they had surmised. The clues they had were roving bands of enraged peasants and armed guards fighting them off. On the parapet were six human archers and the further enforced the notion that they were in a castle under siege. The archers were distracted shooting at peasants wielding torches and pitchforks. The archers lined the parapet and passed them was a door.

The door must have tantalized and enraptured Fulray because he rans straight for it. Now, peasant uprisings can take up most of a man's attention but there is always room for a man wearing only a codpiece and wielding a shield and a poker from a fire place.

In short, the guards noticed Fulray.

They turned and shot; five arrows bit at Fulray's mostly naked flesh. He almost made it. He almost touched the door, but the arrows drained his life away and he fell just short and was still.

The question that remained was "did the guards notice his companions?" 

Where the Alchemist's Lair Comes From

I've been expanding the Holmes sample dungeon. The 3rd level comes from an old map I drew years ago; it was supposed to be originally the 4th level of the Mentzer sample dungeon.  I was going to make that the 2nd level originally but I decided that putting a dragon's lair on the second level of a dungeon wasn't playing fair. So, I started researching how other people had expanded the Holmes Basic dungeon. I found this. The author, Bliss_Infinite filled out the dungeon with some single page dungeons. I decided that was a good idea so I found some too and made the second level of the dungeon some themed sublevels. One was shrine to Blibdoolpoolp created by myself years ago, the other was a goblin lair, and finally a ghost library.

The players have now at least partially explored all the sublevels. The shrine to Blibdoolpoolp I had to populate with cultists and fishmen. The goblin lair I had to change drastically and I was honestly disappointed with it when I ran it. There was not enough detail on the treasure and items which created momentary confusion and it was pretty generic. The idea of an alchemist hanging out with a bunch of goblins was pretty interesting though. The Forlorn Archive, which became the ghost library sublevel, I ran without any changes and I thought it was neat. It was in some contest and I don't think it even got an honorable mention or anything. Well, I thought it was the best.


Also here is a magic item:

The Inconspicuous Wardrobes: Two large wardrobes, large enough for a man to walk into. The two wardrobes are linked, someone walking into one wardrobe and closing the door will be teleported to the other wardrobe. They can then open the door and walk out or just hang out in there. Only adult human sized creature can fit in at a time.

The wardrobes are hard to notice. If someone does not know where they are they will be unable to find them unless they are searching for secret doors. Elves have  their passive secret door sensing chance to see the wardrobes. Players that explicitly state they are searching for secret doors near one of the wardrobes will find it regardless of what they roll. The wardrobes do not detect as magic when they are closed.

The wardrobes only function properly if they are both in the same plane of existence. Anyone who enters one of the wardrobes while they are in different planes will be teleported to a random location in the multiverse or lost to time and space completely.

Fishbert the Kuo Toan

The Last 2 sessions of Portown

Lady Lemunda’s  Briefing on The Church and the Library.

Adventurers broke into the abandoned church and raided it. Fortunately we have started using the cemetery for our internment needs. All the more fortunate since the church had been overrun by ghouls. The ghouls were slain and we believe the crypts were looted by ghoul and adventurer alike. Such is the cost of allowing adventurers in our midst. Perhaps we should take steps to seal the entrances to the ruins.

Then it is believed that the adventurers discovered an underground library filled with spooky ghosts. I would advise the lady not to venture down there on account of the spookiness and the fact that the library was looted and there is now a golem running amuck.

The adventurers have fled town leaving the golem somewhere below ground.

Lady Lemunda’s Briefing on the Fate of the Golem.

Adventurers are offering up broken golem fragments for sale about town. The adventurers returned with some other strange looking people and went back into the ruins and somehow destroyed the golem. The final confrontation was in the thaumaturgist’s basement, which was largely destroyed. He is very upset. His screams could be heard in town. He is also asking for a rent abatement until his tower has been repaired. What is your response to his request?

Map created by +Paul Haupt III depicting the path of the golem.