Character thoughts about last session
Cernan feels that there’s a lot more that we don’t know. We’ve underestimated the enemy. Naivete. Blind faith - some things that
Arabeth isn’t communicating. That we’re pawns in the middle of this thing.
Grasti and her pawns are much more savvy than we thought. What’s happening in
Alador is just one of
Amanita’s moves.
Cita - it’s not freedom and protection she offered. There’s more and this is HER town.
Rashid - It bothers him that Grasti knew him so well and that
Stormy sacrificed
Shimmer for him.
Thoradin - The darkness won’t stop here.
Fenyal will reunite the dwarves.
Stormy - now that she knows Grasti was a paladin of
Arabeth , Grasti is her on her hit list.
Shimmer's Sacrifice proves she's a Unique Ranger Companion
Picture of Grasti w/ wings add to her profile page
Do We Go into the Pyre or Cathedral?
People manning the wall throwing spells. Far enough away we can hear. But they can’t really see what’s going on here.
The Party at the Pyre near the Alador Cathedral
Insight - Stormy is focused on taking out Grasti. Remember what happened when we went to the first pyre. Grasti headed here with Cormal’s head. Grasti is likely in/at the pyre.
We search the outside of the pyre for the spots for the things to activate the pyre. Cita is watching our backs.
Thoradin says the outer wall is thick - like 20 feet. There’s got to be something inside.
We do a lap around it and check for doors and whatnot.
Moaning and weird sounds are coming from the Cathedral.
Rashid thinks there’s a connection between the Cathedral and the tower.
There is a very light blood trail into the front doors of the Cathedral. There are also footprints to and from the Cathedral and to the wall. Tunnels? (Bad tunneling area - can we bring it down more easily.
Scouting the Cathedral
Cita has been here for yearly festivities,with Lyda. Cita sneaks in. There’s a light coming from inside - dim. Not the usual one. Some pews are tipped over. There are figures moving around. Cots? Figures moving around a few cots. Maybe 6-10.
We’ll climb to the top. Cita knows her way around from there. She’s always wanted to do this!
We made noise. Nothing *seems* to happen.
On the flat part of the roof - a door behind us. Cita carefully opens the door. Cita Sees:
mushroom hat people downstairs. 8 cots w/ people. Priestesses attending to them.
does not see Gasti
Cita tells us to come in
Players investigate the Cathedral in Alador
Is there a basement? Cita doesn’t remember. Thoradin says there’s a big hole!
Cernan looks to see what is happening with the people in the cots. Cvery person on a cot is spored. They have a look of ecstasy. (like an opium den) Behind Cernan - LOTS of overwhelming sporeness.
Aladore Cathedral from Above
Fight!
Surprise round!
Inside the Alador Cathedral
Cernan and Thoradin leap. Rashid casts feather fall on all of us (not Shimmer), and casts a fireball.
No body expects and airborne Dwarf — Cita
Ginormous ball of fire! Kills 2 - guard and priestess. The shroom things shrivel.
Thoradin takes out a priestess.
Cernan took last priestess.
Cita fires at a guard.
Stormy takes out the last priestess.
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Next round
Thoradin attacks the head guard.
Rashid takes out the Michonid with mroe fire!
He’s well done - Rashid
Just a fun guy - Cernan
Taking out the guards
Guards move up (all girls)
Stormy takes out 2 guards (1 is the lead)
Cernan takes out a guard
Thoradin takes out a guard
Cita uses her whip to question one of the guards. Misses.
Rashid jumps down to examine one of the guys on the cot.
Guard attacks and MISSES!
What if she breathes spore?...
Have the dwarf question her.
Cernan tries to knock the guard out. Yep.
Rashid sees the guys on the cots have been injected.
We take the guys in the cots out
Two fresh sets of prints going into the hole. There’s a ladder. 16 feet deep.
This area of town is higher up. New tunnel.
Who is the 2nd set of prints w/ Grasti’s. Prentice!
Loot quick
priestesses - were really nurse types. not much
guards - spore hats have an ornate design. Really nice armor and long swords with Dragon motif. (Stormy wants one of the dragon swords)
Michonid - sicle in belt. Has bracers w./ daggers stuck in them. Dagger reappears in its place if take out. AWESOME balanced!!!
Knives don’t kill people. Mushrooms kill people. - Ethan
We find a jar that may have contained some kind of spore - empty. Quart size.
cot dudes - sworn the oath and turn came up. Stormy and Thoradin ensure they can’t come back.
# Questioning the Guard
she’s cranky. "I’ll tell you nothing!"
Thoradin shows Hew dripping with blood and points to the cots.
Like they told us nothing? — Thoradin
She’s petrified. "Grasti is playing with you."
- Only Grasti went through
Can't take implant out - the spore grows into their brain. We can’t reverse it. She’d be dead if we ripped it out.
who does she know who to listen to? Rashid says - do we know someone who lives eats and breathes everything for a team. Their life revolves around the team. That is what the spore does, until it becomes their brain. They become a super fan.
Who has Grasti come up against? Entire worlds?
- You came from another world? -> Of course I did!
- She is from Sulantree - a world.
- Our world for the campaign is Volaris (we picked the name)
- How did you get here? She isn’t willing to say.
- Did you all come over together? Grasti came first.
- Does Grasti come from Sulantree? Where does she come from? She says she’s from Travador?
- Where is Amanita from? She is eternal.
- Why choose to have the seed?
Renewal is the best form of service. It isn’t too late. You could be
Renewed - Amanita. I’m better and faster! I understand the ways of Amanita.
Cernan pulls out @Dawnbreaker and lops off her head
Cernan - says you’re not dealing with the entity that originally chose.
What was the thing about the hat? Has some kind of magic on them.
We grabbed the hats and swords of the guards and leather armor.
571 gp total - to split
We head into the tunnel. Cernan doesn’t sense any individual.
Thoradin sees something - a small form in the darkness. Prentice! “Not any closer.” She’s holding her side.
“Go head, go get that bitch!” She’s not getting better! “I’ll make my way back that way.” We’ll help her get to the Cathedral and go back down.
We get to the edge of the tower. Floor is stone. We go up the steps.
First level - Grasti has some “home” here.
Inner wall is the actual pyre.
Wham something snakes out of nowhere can knocks Thoradin down. Mimic!
Fight!
Now that is a get out of surprise card! - Ethan (regarding the Eye of Warning on Cita’s weapon)
Thoradin and Cita get grappled by them.
Cita feeds one spider poison
Sending this bookshelf back to Ikea - Thoradin
Grasti appears and throws a ball of energy at Cernan. Cernan yells that Grasti is here!
Cita throws the dust of sneezing in her face. She just gets really mad.
Thoradin - takes her out in one turn!
“You think you’ve won! You’re dead and just don’t know it yet” She spits blood in our direction.
Thoradin is drawn to the sword. Throws Valkyrya. Sword skitters further away. Valkyra doesn’t like hitting the sword.
Amanita's Kiss - cursed sword that Grasti carried
Now Cernan is drawn to it.
Thoradin tries to stop him, fails.
Cita stops Ceran with Duri Sabat.
Rashid makes a symbol on the sword - Arabeth’s symbol.
As the symbol starts to etch on the blade.
Rashid’s “magic number” is 3. (keep note)
- etches a triangle with a tree in it.
- Sword screams in Cernan’s head.
- Doesn’t glow any more
AWESOME RASHID!
And Grasti’s body ages 350 years. Suddenly is dust. Thoradin feels better. But can heal.
Looking Upstairs for the Bricks to Stop the Pyre
Search this floor. Nothing. Absolutely sure stones are identical.
We go up and come out the top.
To our knowledge - should be 8 magical somethings - arranged around the pyre.
We find nothing down below.
There’s levels we haven’t been to.
Rashi - detect magic. Some of the stones glow.
Thoradin Attacks the glowing stones!
- first one has softball sized pearl. Cita remembers the story of the pearl of Aladore in the treasury! 4 inches across.
- to the left: inside is decayed skull. Cernan scoops it out with a hand axe. The exact color of as alphonse. (Brother or DAD)
- 3rd: inside is black dagger - pommel has something that looks a lot like a spore.
- Rashid says - remember when we broke the first pyre. Experienced some weird stuff there. We’re going to have issues. Cold like Frostgrave cold. Ice demon will come out. The portal swallowed the pyre up. Uh-oh!
- Use the crane’s rope to remove the last item to remove it and feather fall away.
We get Grasti’s body out.
Stormy thinks we should totally use Grasti’s sword to show the witch is dead.
DM walk us through our plan to not have to play out every bit (he's excited to show us something...)
As we go around.
- next one - 12 Aladore steel ingots
- a severed right arm - Alphonse’s.
- bones of ancient person.
- a head - Cormal.
- last one - beautiful battle axe - Takes Thoradin’s breath away.
We tie the rope around it. Every time we take something out - it gets colder and colder in the room.
Pyre Destroyed and Schmebulock Appears!
The world shakes as the battle axe leaves the stone it was in. The tower vanishes.
As the tower vanishes there’s a huge creature with an awesome axe.
IT’s a GIANT! A frost giant! (DM's Code name: Schmebulock)
Schmebulock is revealed in all his Frost Giant glory
Is this what happened in Frostgrave?
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