X - Captured

The party attempt to bust their way out of the dungeon. However, the vampires have been waiting for them - made aware by their compatriots escaping the earlier battle in mist form. In the kitchens, ghouls leap at the party from hiding, and a long brawl ensues, as more and more paladins pile in.

Despite slaughtering the ghouls, and attempting to form a bottleneck in the door, most of the heroes - Jumurak with a mangled arm - are separated, and surrender. They are stripped of their posessions (save for a few hidden items, notably the Wand of Wonder and Jumurak's vial of poison) and loaded into coffins for transportation "for sale to those below". Meanwhile, Fiona manages to hide, and follow the others from a distance.

The coffins are taken out of a city to a guarded cave, and from there deep, deep down. A switchover takes place between the vampires and dark elves, who take the coffins yet further down, and eventually to a cliff-hugging outpost. Here the prisoners are put into a holding cell - but Fiona manages to remain, undetected.

We decided at the end of the session that the boat just sits in the harbour in Grimheim for the forseeable future.

Alvaro left for good, so I'm going to assume his character is left in the vampire's castle, where he will be turned into pie meat in 1d4 days. On that note, Elijah Doon is also lost to the port-side taverns.

Enemies slain:
8x ghouls (1,000 exp)

Bonuses:
Cool scar (Jumurak, 50exp)
Taken to the Underdark (50exp)

433 exp each

Exp totals
Fiona (Christina), Lightfoot Halfling Rogue (lvl 3) 2559 + 433 = 2,992 exp Level up!
John Crystal (Al), Aasimar Sorcerer-Warlock (lvl 4) 2883 + 367 = 3,316 exp
Jumurak (Fraser), Duergar Fighter-Wizard (lvl 2/1) 2559 + 433 = 2,992 exp Level up!

Absent
Tommy O'Leary (Simon), Human Fighter (lvl 3+1) 3369 exp
2-Peck (Chloe), Aarakocra Bard (lvl 3) 2209 exp
Luke Conner (Rowan), Human Sorcerer (lvl 3) 1429 exp

IX

3x vampire paladins (3,300 exp)
1x vampire servant boy (50 exp)

3350

Delicious cake bonus (Cris, 100exp)
Busted JC out of jail (50exp)
Busted a French thug out of jail (25exp)
Crom cameo (25 exp)
Fried up loose ends in the Chiffon quest (100exp)

200/300 exp


Fiona (Christina), Lightfoot Halfling Rogue (lvl 3) 1589 + 970 = 2559 exp
John Crystal (Al), Aasimar Sorcerer (lvl 3) 2013 + 870 = 2883 exp - level up
Jumurak (Fraser), Duergar Fighter-Wizard (lvl 2/1) 1589 + 870 = 2459 exp
Tommy O'Leary (Simon), Human Fighter (lvl 3) 2399 + 870 = 3369 exp - level up
2-Peck (Chloe), Aarakocra Bard (lvl 3) 1339 + 870 = 2209 exp

Delinus (Alvaro), Duergar Wizard (lvl 3) 1339 exp
Luke Conner (Rowan), Human Sorcerer 1429 exp

VIII

In which the party commandeers a vessel, plunders its treasure, and successfully tricks the paladin police. Bloody pirates!

Enemies defeated

• 7 bandits 175exp
• Crom the berserker 450exp

= 89 exp each

Treasure obtained

• The Ashen Chanterelle!

• A rather smelly, but well-serviced, caravel:

A ship needs a name...

• 2 sets of fancy clothes
• Crockery worth 100sp (captain's cabin)
• Four poster bed worth 300gp (captain's cabin)
• Bearskin rug (captain's cabin)

• VERY LIFELIKE Statue of one of these:

10 volumes of ancient scaled books, in draconic, giving a long history of the mythic Reptile Empire and their creation of an ancient archive. If you have a spare few hours to read it, you now know the following:

Possibly 30,000 years ago

Rise of the Reptile Empire.

Maybe 20,000 years ago

The Reptile Empire conquers the Selenium Isles and dispossesses "the Elephant King".

The Reptiles build an archive on the Selenium Isles.

Probably around 14,000 years ago
The Reptile Empire reaches the peak of  its cultural and military influence.

About 8,000 years ago

The Reptile Empire goes into very slow decay.
Self-mummification becomes a thing.

By mutual agreement the Reptiles cede the Archive to the Blue Medusa. She expands it to create the Maze. The Maze then disappears.

About 4,000 years ago

Rise of the Triarchy, a rival empire which quickly becomes a murderous hell-state.

The Last Thousand Years, i.e. familiar recorded time

The Neonate Empire of Muetar rises around Pennol, the old capital of the Reptile Empire.

It is rumoured that some of its blue-skinned reptile citizens have begun mating with demons.

• A number of books on ship crew positions. Find them at the end of this document. If you can't be bothered to reall all that, I'll also bring printouts to the next session.

You can find all the treasure, and allocate it, in Al's magnificent treasure spreadsheet.

Bonuses

• Found the Ashen Chanterelle! (150 exp)
• Captured a pirate ship (75 exp)
• Deceived a very lawful paladin and his crew (50 exp)
• Rescued Igweena the sea elf (75 exp)

= 350 exp each

Delinus (Alvaro), Duergar Wizard (lvl 3) 900 + 439 = 1339 exp
Fiona (Christina), Lightfoot Halfling Rogue (lvl 3) 1150 + 439 = 1589 exp
John Crystal (Al), Aasimar Sorcerer (lvl 3) 1574 + 439 = 2013 exp
Jumurak (Fraser), Duergar Fighter-Wizard (lvl 2/1) 1150 + 439 = 1589 exp
Luke Conner (Rowan), Human Sorcerer 990 + 439 = 1429 exp
Tommy O'Leary (Simon), Human Fighter (lvl 3) 1960 + 439 = 2339 exp

2-Peck (Chloe), Aarakocra Bard (lvl 3) 900 + 439 = 1339 exp