Session 43: The Power of Books Events

Miscellaneous

  The party fight off an animated library as Jacoby "Disappears" while using the sigil on Solec's shell.

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Lowsun 8, 2023 KC, Late Morning

  Jacoby's Eushia Home houpetor skatuch', Possibly on Eushia Not sure exactly.   Tabletalk   Adventure Recap   Shadow in the Snow listens at door to the North. Dead-quiet, very alarming as it is very quiet. There is some movement to the NW and the South there is an ozone smell.   They go to the West door, Barlo inspects. Sees a trap (gears) and the door is locked. Looks easier than others. He takes off a cog to break the trap, and then picks the lock. He sees a short hallway that turns to the North. He slowly comes in and investigates with Shadow in the Snow helping.   They don't get good rolls. There is no light in this room. Barlo does not do good with the door. As he messes with it, Shadow in the Snow notices that the "scurry" sounds on the other side has stopped. Sounds like multiple sounds, but they stopped.   They prepare to open the door.   They see a pile of various corpses and bodies to the North. A large table in the center, with a corpse and a Goblin working on it. Two Goblins and a Bugbear are looking right at the door as they heard the noise.  

"What the fuck is going on here?" Barlo   Shadow in the Snow shoots an arrow straight into Bugbear's Chest "GET THEM!!"

      The pieces fall apart and it goes down....   Investigations. Bones have barbs. Bear parts. Bastion ritual casts Identify.   The rest of the party comes in. Shadow in the Snow casts Cure Wounds.   The spell tells Bastion it was an undead creature. Sas searches the other corpses finds a     This looks like an experiment room. The thing on the table is made of various creatures... There is a hole in the forehead of the creature. They see another door.   Bastion had read about this in the Necromantic Artes, v.1 Book, some Beasts and corpses can be reanimated without any apparent cause.   Shadow in the Snow realizes the blue stone from the Meenlock would fit in the hole in the haead of hte creture on the table, and the stone was similar to the stone from the Green Hag May Greenteeth. Also how there were discussions of strange beast experiment creatures lately.   They return to the silent door. Fight with the lockpicks, then a crowbar against it... they also see it has an Arcane Lock and a trap. Used the Chime of Opening to open the door against the two locks. The ceiling crashes down on Barlo and they see the workroom with various tinkering tools. It is very quiet.   Shadow in the Snowuses Mage Hand and as it slides things or moves things they make no sound. There is a door to the East and a very bright light coming out from under the door. Shadow in the Snow goes in. Can't talk.   There is a Silence in the room or something to that effect it seems to the resident arcane in the group.   Barlo goes to inspect the door, doesn't find anything but is sure that there is a trap.   Shadow looks down to peek and almost is Blinded.   Barlo picks the lock with some Guidance. Shadow uses Mage Hand, but it isn't able to. It is unlocked, but it doesn't seem able to open. Calliope goes to use her glove on the door, she sees many random visions with Jacoby, and sees him with Solec -- an arcane spell was cast on the door and Solec was being dragged by Jacoby.   A discussion takes place. Dispel Magic? The Silence is a problem. Then it is realized that the chimes work 120 feet away.   Shadow uses the chime and gets the door unlocked. Mage Hand from doorway to open it. As it opens, a large wind comes in from the wall pushes back. It hits Barlo, but he is able to keep his place. The wind comes around the corner and hits shadow. The wind dispels the Silence.   A 15 x 15 room with very tall bookshelves, and in the back corner Jacoby has one hand on Solec's shell which is very bright. Jacoby speaks gibberish with the book in the other hand.   Jacoby hears them enter and something goes wrong "How dare you disturb me? I was so close..." and the disruption seems to alter things. and the light goes out.   The party is aware they were there.