Shocktroopin

Session Notes 12/6
by: OrTree - Chris

Day 26:

Arrive at Keep After 2 Days travel - Keep has 100 Feet all around that is cleared forest.  The walls are 15 feet tall and there is a crushed tower. 

·         The land has been blighted around the keep - it is unnatural

o    "it's unnatural, that ain't right"

·         Tomoe scouted the keep

o    Keep has a room full of 3 Guards sleeping and 1 dog

o    The tower has 1 guard

·          Party crosses the field and uses the ladder from the Robe of Many things to get onto the second floor.

o    Erol can't climb ladders and begins cursing. (bad Stealth check)

·         Tomoe hears the guards waking up

·         Rogtar & Jobin engages the guards via jumping down in the guardroom

o    Erol trys to color spray an older guard with a great sword and ends up providing him a sweet entry

o    Sweet Entry ends up calling out the dogs and is brought down with an arrow from Ortree

o    Dogs and "bandits" surround Rogtar & Jobin in the guard room

o    Cowl jumps down from the side of the keep and color sprays the dogs and bandits in front of the door taking down most of the party.

·         "DON’T JUMP IN THE WELL!"

o    Area is cleared - Jobin pins a bandit against the wall with a table using bull rush.

·         During search the Party finds  "Heydruss"

o    Heydruss says the BANDITS were kidnapping people

·         Balrat  was an evil bandit running the group (Party Killed him)

·         Jennelith came through the area ( or someone who looked like Jennelith)

·         Heydruss makes a map of the dungeon

o    Ranchefus, the Cleric that attacked the party earlier (Session 2) is hiding in the dungeons

·         Loot

o    +1 Light Crossbow - Cowl

o    15x +2 Bolts - Cowl

o    +1 Bastard Sword

o    +1 Ring of Protection - Jobin

o    Bracer of Armor +3  - Cowl

o    +1 Short Bow  - Tomoe

o    +1 Short Sword

The Party finds out that there is dungeon/basement under the keep. They find two entrances and the party barricades one entrance. The party finds a second entrance under the tower, they head downstairs

·         The Party heads down the stairs and discover a secret door.

·         Opening the secret door  reveals 4 zombies and Ranchefus

o    Jobin rushes in and Smites Ranchefus, laying down the Smitey justice of Yondala. 

(Poor Ranchefus, he had all kind of wondrous things to show you before he got merc'd in a round, that initiative!)

·         Ranchefus called for help and 2 Orcs with the same symbol that attacked the party before appeared (Skull with Crossbow bolts through the eyes)

o    The rooms these enemies were in were very well furnished.

o    Ortree takes the skull of Ranchefus and swears it’s a spell. (What the heck are you going to do with his skull, lol)

o    Searching Ranchefus's room, Tomoe discovers a tunnel heading into the earth

o    The PARTY interrogates an ORC that survived and he gives up his clan's name and location.

·         ALTAR OF TORM DESECRATED with 2 zombies guarding it - zombies are slain

·         Wizard quarters are searched

·         A skeleton wearing a golden ring of Lower Planar Resistance (+2 Resistance bonus to saves against all effects originating from (Evil, Outsiders)

·         AT THE SAME TIME

·         While investigating the area the party named "Prison" the party is ambushed by a slim crazy looking women with black hair drops down and attacks Tomoe and Erol

·         Erol, Tomoe & Cowl manage to take down the black haired lady

·         Searching the room they find a coffer & dwafish runes - detailing a new NPC Snag

·         Jobin and Rogtar investigate the toilet see a lady hiding in the trash pit 

·         Jobin and Rogtar Slay the Trash Lady

·         Rogtar in a rush for the storeroom opens the door and a giant rat appears

·         Rogtar does smash-ru and it does in one blow

·         In the Storeroom there is nothing of interest just garbage/broken items.

·         The party investigates a room called "Dead Things"

·         In this room there are bones that appeared to be burned in some way. There are piles of rusted and useless armor strewn throughout the room.

·         Searching the area Tomoe finds a locked secret door in the corner of the map.

·         IT’S A TRAP - very cold breeze hits the party

·         There is a chest full of phat loot - however it is trapped

·         Loot

·         Lower Planer Ring - Cowl

·         Poison Needle Trap

·         Two bags of coins - 945 gp 285 pp

·         Small pouch of gems (opals) 2k gp

·         Wizards Spellbook (presumably)- GM has info of spells - Erol

(Spellbook Contents)

1 Air Bubble
Detect Secret Doors
Moment of Greatness
Sleep
Expeditious Retreat
Shocking Grasp
2 Protection from Chaos, Communal
Fire Sneeze
Shadow Anchor
See Invisible
3 Mad Monkeys
Twilight Knife
Slow

·         Jade Scroll Tube 200g -

·          Scroll of Dispel magic, Melf's acid, and Hold Person CL 7 - Cowl

·         Ranchefus - had

·         +2 Chainmail 

·         Wings of Flying

·         Heavy Mace

·         Decanters - 200g

·         Coffer  containing -

§  600gp

§  Small pouch with 150pp

§  Exquisite platinum bracelet

§  SWEET Key for door in the cave fisher cave

§  Two Silver flasks of Fishy liquids

·         Charcoal Lady Coffer -

§  60gp - 40pp

§  Large collection of small trinkets -

·         Orcs - had

·         Silks - 400g

·         Silver fox furs - 1500g

·          +1 Battle Axe

The Ramblings of Jobin

Broken Spire Top Fight -
3 rogues, 3 warriors, 3 underlings, Balrat, Wilmors, 4 dogs - 1350 EXP

Basement Fight -
Ranchefus, orc, slightly larger orc, 4 zombies - 550 EXP

Basement Cleanup - Trash archer, zombies leftovers, sneaky jail rogue, 2 traps - 350 EXP

 
Clearing out the keep/determining where the kidnapping victims are going - 500 EXP