Session 18: House of Skulluta
General Summary
The session started with the Water Merchants in the smoking room of the House of Skulluta having just defeated two bubbles and activated an unknown mechanism in the walls by turning a decorative ship wheel. They then decided to go investigate the sound of rummaging that came from on the opposite side of the mansion's ground floor. They entered the room, which turned out to be the kitchen. Inside, they discovered the rummaging sounds were coming from a Poe in a chef's hat rummaging through cabinets and cupboards and tossing ingredients into a boiling pot of water on a stove.
As the fight started, several addtional poes entered the fray, coming from the next room, the icebox, the stairs to the basement, and cubboards. The water merchants were able to make short work of the poes. They searched the kitchen but didn't find anything of interest. They then went down into the cellar, discovering a well with the bucket descended. They raised the bucked to find a key inside of it.
The group then went back and went into the room on the ground floor that the trail of blood lead into. This room was the trophy room, with several bookcases, various trinkets and statuettes, animal heads mounted on the walls, a taxadermied mountain lion, and a bearskin rug. There was a bejeweled dagger on the ground where the blood trail ended. After spending a few minutes examining it, they collected it. They then started checking the varous back rooms. Most had small beds for the servants. There was a bathing room. When they found the latrine room, a sickly hand and arm emerged from the latrine. After some puzzlement, Sunny closed the door and went into the trophy room to get some paper from a book. When he entered the room, the animal hunting trophies came to life and attacked.
The party started taking out the mounted animal heads. The bearskin rug wrapped itself aroudn bear-shaped Thistle, which was an odd sight to see. Bear-Thistle was able to break free, and in the battle of bear supremecy, Thistle emerged as the one.
After defeating the creatures, one of two candles on the wall near a bookcase ignited. Sunny investigated the bookcase and found there was something off about it. Sunny picked up the candle to light the other candle. When he put the first candle back, the bookcase slid backwards, revealing a secret room behind it. Inside the secret room, there were several display cases which contained: a diamond necklace, an old piece of parchment with a map on it, a metal glove, a red cane, and a set of winged boots. One of the cases was empty. Also, along the walls, there was a small chest-like crate, which contained seveeral bricks of Stovepipe Weed and a key, which they took.
The group then went up to the upper floor, and used the key they just found on one of the locks on a door. Inside, they encountered a whole mess of creatures: keese, small skulltulas, poes, and a bubble. The party began fighting the creatures. During the battle, Kassu became possessed by a jalhalla poe that they did not see, and attacked Sunny. Kassu was able to shake the jalhalla poe out of him, and the group proceeded to clear out the rest of the nasties. The group then took a short rest in the trashed bedroom.
Report Date
06 Jun 2024
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