The Frozen Tomb
General Summary
The party, consisting of Ava, Marrajo, Roger, Marco and Nahshon, met together to respond to a posting from a chief up in the northern continent. Meeting in the city of Xiomara, the party searched out the assistance of a captain to help them get up north. After finding the dwarven captain Sten Earthstrike and after striking a deal, they set sail for the know port up north, Ulm's outpost.
After sailing for a few days, and some brisk nights then party landed in Ulm's Outpost. Asking Sten to wait a few nights, they started the two day journey to the city of Alost. While the cold at night started to get to the party, they were well prepared with items and spells to keep the cold away. During their travels, the party was ambushed by a glacial toad, hungry and ready for its next meal. Despite it getting its maw on Marrajo, ultimately it was not able to keep its meal as the party quickly felled the beast, cutting their companion from its stomach. (It's name was Fred, you monsters!)
Making their way to Alost, the party walked through the oversized city before making their way to the chieftain's hall, the party stood before towering guards. Some quick words getting them in, they were greeted by the essentric chief of the town, Jorn. Speaking with him, he asked the stories of the party before getting to the crux of the issue. He believes something in a crypt meant for the honored dead is reanimated their old warriors, and wants a stop to it. He asked the party to not desecrate the area, leaving the bodies there and returning them to their grave, and to retreive a key hidden amonst the remains. He gave a stern warning against looting, but promised he would reward them hansomely. Jorn had his priest give them some holy water to assist, and then lead them to the trail leading up to the crypt.
On the road leading to the crypt, the party first encountered the reanimated bones of the dead, heading away from the crypt toward the town. Though tougher than what they had expected, they were able to fell the necromantic creatures. Investigating the remains, they noticed they had begun to regenerate. Pouring the holy water on it, the undead stopped its regeneration. The party gathered the bones to return to the crypt, and continued to the location.
Upon entering the crypt, and using their magic to illuminate their way, The party noticed a grouping on butterflies, glowing in a translucent yellow, fluttering past them. Observing the beautiful sight, they were surprised to see it enter into a nearby coffin, before another of the skeletons jumps awake, ready to fight. As the party fights the creature, they continue to see butterflies spawn from deeper in the crypt. As the continued deeper, with Nahshon triggering a particularly lethal trap, they fought through the undead to find the object, a yellow orb that was creating these reanimating butterflies. The party managed to fight back against its own defenses, the undead, and destroy the object spawning the butterflies. After examining the remains, they found that it had a crest that goes to a demon lord by the name of Kostchtchie. Searching the area for the keys, they gather the glass and head back to Alost to tell about their victory.
As they return, Jorn celebrated the party for their success. Turning over the remains of the orb Jorn explains that it likely came from the cult of Kostchtchie, who are coming to distrupt the followers of Thrym there in the city, and to find a mystical hammer lost to time. He handed the pieces to his priest, and then threw a celebration for the party. After a large feast, Jorn rewarded the party and sent them on their way, letting them know they would be treated as allies should they ever return.
A long voyage home had the party scatter to their homes, waiting for their next adventure.
After sailing for a few days, and some brisk nights then party landed in Ulm's Outpost. Asking Sten to wait a few nights, they started the two day journey to the city of Alost. While the cold at night started to get to the party, they were well prepared with items and spells to keep the cold away. During their travels, the party was ambushed by a glacial toad, hungry and ready for its next meal. Despite it getting its maw on Marrajo, ultimately it was not able to keep its meal as the party quickly felled the beast, cutting their companion from its stomach. (It's name was Fred, you monsters!)
Making their way to Alost, the party walked through the oversized city before making their way to the chieftain's hall, the party stood before towering guards. Some quick words getting them in, they were greeted by the essentric chief of the town, Jorn. Speaking with him, he asked the stories of the party before getting to the crux of the issue. He believes something in a crypt meant for the honored dead is reanimated their old warriors, and wants a stop to it. He asked the party to not desecrate the area, leaving the bodies there and returning them to their grave, and to retreive a key hidden amonst the remains. He gave a stern warning against looting, but promised he would reward them hansomely. Jorn had his priest give them some holy water to assist, and then lead them to the trail leading up to the crypt.
On the road leading to the crypt, the party first encountered the reanimated bones of the dead, heading away from the crypt toward the town. Though tougher than what they had expected, they were able to fell the necromantic creatures. Investigating the remains, they noticed they had begun to regenerate. Pouring the holy water on it, the undead stopped its regeneration. The party gathered the bones to return to the crypt, and continued to the location.
Upon entering the crypt, and using their magic to illuminate their way, The party noticed a grouping on butterflies, glowing in a translucent yellow, fluttering past them. Observing the beautiful sight, they were surprised to see it enter into a nearby coffin, before another of the skeletons jumps awake, ready to fight. As the party fights the creature, they continue to see butterflies spawn from deeper in the crypt. As the continued deeper, with Nahshon triggering a particularly lethal trap, they fought through the undead to find the object, a yellow orb that was creating these reanimating butterflies. The party managed to fight back against its own defenses, the undead, and destroy the object spawning the butterflies. After examining the remains, they found that it had a crest that goes to a demon lord by the name of Kostchtchie. Searching the area for the keys, they gather the glass and head back to Alost to tell about their victory.
As they return, Jorn celebrated the party for their success. Turning over the remains of the orb Jorn explains that it likely came from the cult of Kostchtchie, who are coming to distrupt the followers of Thrym there in the city, and to find a mystical hammer lost to time. He handed the pieces to his priest, and then threw a celebration for the party. After a large feast, Jorn rewarded the party and sent them on their way, letting them know they would be treated as allies should they ever return.
A long voyage home had the party scatter to their homes, waiting for their next adventure.
Rewards Granted
Loot:
10,000 gp, provided to the party from Jorn
Armor
[1,650 gp] masterwork full plate
[200 gp] masterwork scale mail
[300 gp] masterwork chainmail
Potions
[50 gp] potion/oil of erase (CL 1)
[50 gp] potion/oil of sanctify corpse (CL 1)
Weapons
[330 gp] masterwork dwarven waraxe
[301 gp] masterwork shortspear
Experience:
Ava (7): 3020xp = 420xp (Sneaky toad) + 420xp (roadside skeletons) + 360xp (how cute, butterflies!) + 840xp (zappy floors) + 420 xp (okay, butterflies arent cute) + 560 (orb of butterflykind)
Marco, Roger, Marrajo, Nahshon (6): 3780xp = 540xp + 540xp + 360xp + 1080xp + 540xp + 720xp
10,000 gp, provided to the party from Jorn
Armor
[1,650 gp] masterwork full plate
[200 gp] masterwork scale mail
[300 gp] masterwork chainmail
Potions
[50 gp] potion/oil of erase (CL 1)
[50 gp] potion/oil of sanctify corpse (CL 1)
Weapons
[330 gp] masterwork dwarven waraxe
[301 gp] masterwork shortspear
Experience:
Ava (7): 3020xp = 420xp (Sneaky toad) + 420xp (roadside skeletons) + 360xp (how cute, butterflies!) + 840xp (zappy floors) + 420 xp (okay, butterflies arent cute) + 560 (orb of butterflykind)
Marco, Roger, Marrajo, Nahshon (6): 3780xp = 540xp + 540xp + 360xp + 1080xp + 540xp + 720xp
Report Date
30 Mar 2024
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