Session 9 - "the Scritening"
General Summary
The Recap:
Last time, on Strength of Thousands...Nymeria’s strange waking nightmare ended swiftly with the arrival of Uduak Basni, who brought with him word that Teacher Ot was looking for her cohort. However, the nightmare took priority, and Noxolo spirited her to the library to speak to Rubina and Eshe. At the same time, Orvin and Adira were sparring on the grounds under Teacher Mafika’s supervision. After receiving some tips on wrestling takedowns (to Orvin’s chagrin), they also heard of Nymeria’s nightmare from Uduak and swiftly ran to the library. There, Eshe’s mirror revealed the apparent source of the weirdness: an eidolon, linked to Nymeria’s spirit. This eidolon manifested thereafter in front of the whole cohort, introducing itself as Tonali—and though it melts and dies when touched, it seems to be unaffected by this process.Afterwards, the group visited Ot and learned about the Tree Stump Library. Tasked with retrieving rare books from its interior (and checking out some strange shadows Chizire saw in the night), the heroes rested and then visited the site—but not before Nymeria spoke to Ot about her new Summoner complication. Ot promised to speak to one of his contemporaries about this and get them in contact with Nymeria. At the same time, Orvin and Adira investigated Teacher Ulawa’s office and saw her communing with Kurshkin, the pugwampi, in a language neither understood. The next day, they arrived at the Tree Stump Library and, noticing the bells broken by the door, entered wary—and directly into an ambush by diminutive demons called scrits. The scrit truly hit the fan in the encounter, and though the heroes were victorious, some other creature in the library seems to have become agitated by their presence… !
Decay is Another Extant Form of Life
The party collects their thoughts from the recent fight with the scrits, and is suprised by slamming on nearby doors. The party moves to investigate to find several nests of huge wasps! combat ensues.
After some injuries to Rubina and Adira, the party is victorious over the wasps. Rubina, collapsing, is brought to temporary health against the poison with the assistance of Nymeria. The party takes time to recooperate when injured, and are left to their own devices.
Eshe and Nymeria take some of the wasp nest for later. Finding some treasure along the way the party collects the resources, and one of the books requested by Teacher Ot. This book partially damaged due to the wasps. Nymeria and Orvin are able to find some larva and quickly stamp them out to ensure no more wasps will be coming from the library. The party moves forward to a new door just south of the double doors to the wasp nests.
Adra enters the space to see chairs and other furniture is destroyed and tossed around. books everywhere on the floor that makes it hard to see the floor boards at all. Eshe casts Detect Magic to try and help find one of the books that was requested.
Eshe and Rubina are able to locate a cauldron inlaid with onyxes within the refuse in the room. Eshe inds that this item was used in allowing spirits (alcohol) poured into it could then be used to beckon the undead. Rubina and Eshe discussing that Noxolo may be interested in this item. Rubina lugs the cauldron away with her.
Orvin waiting last in the room sees a frog within the corner of the room. Orvin calling in Nymeria to explore this, it is found that many folded paper frogs are present. they attempt to share a message with the party, but it is not understood. Esehe is able to understand that these beings are harmless creations from spellcasters, and are usually familiars in some way.
The spellskeins (the oragami frogs) are expressing concerns about silverfish within the library. The party offers to take the lil guys away from here, which appears to be exactly what they want to. Finally the party is able to understand that the spellskeins are warning the party of human sized silverfish somewhere to the east, and expressing that the party should use caution.
After returning from the spellskein's room the party is able to successfully identify the cauldron as being able to utilize the spell Talking Corpse once per month.
the party moves to open another closed door to the south east. Opening it to find a silverfish the size of a st. bernard. Adira alerting the party, and the silverfish proceed to attack.
After a more harrowing battle, the party is successful over the large and small silverfish hiding within the bed storage room. Rubina and Adira are able to move aside some of the bed frames to find a box that had been buried underneath. Successfully finding two more of the books that Teacher Ot had requested. this making 4/6 of the books we were tasked to obtain.
Orvin entering the room that the party had briefly entered and found a lockbox with another requested book and a magic item of dashing. adira is able to crack a magical lock on the NE door within. Looking within is a perfectly preserved room coated in dust. A scorched marking of a humanoid burnt into the ground.
Eshe learning that the book was a wizard's spell book. Mainly barren, but what is left is high level spell work that is beyond the level they are able to recognize. The individual who left this shows that this was someone incredibly talented. Several pages covered with names, locations, things that happened. "I must return posthaste. these ones must die before I leave. Strike. Tukulu Ot, The woman, her man, Genatimo, Nahara Zenia, Nazra the coward."
"Ott was in a polycule with adira's parents and this person was the 4th but they were kicking him out because the vibes were rotted"
Adira explained that her parents had come to the magaambya before. Eshe realizing that many of the books that they are reading for school were written by Adira's dad.
Rubina finds underneath the desk was a manacle that reacts to touch. Glowing with several small runes appear on the item. touching them creates a stomach ache and gives the feelings of being exhausted. Seeing the runes are Thasolonian in nature, and is the rune of greed. Putting on the manacles would stop someone's connection to their spell casting ability.
Greed tied to transmutation magic, bringing power at a price. Blood debts are most potent version of magic like this.
Eshe asking Adira if their parents owed anyone anything, and Adira explaining that they don't know. Adira knowing that the ritual used to free themself from the manacles resulted in the individual becoming ash on the ground.
After moving towards the last room an ooze appears and combat begins. After a hard fight and Rubina unfortunately being knocked unconscious briefly, the party is victorious and will collect themselves in the following session.
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