Session 35: Falling Leaf, or: How We Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Pit
General Summary
The Coast Guard trudged their way through the Domain of Decay, nearly reaching Acropolis Amanita without being harried. Just before they arrived, however, they were surprised by a humming Latrophyte and two festering undead spirits. A 50-foot crevasse imposed a disadvantage on the group against the flying enemies, but the Coast Guard found ways to make it work.... by jumping a lot.
Khalog leapt across the crevass to engage with the spirits, and the latrophyte focused on the rest of the party. It seemed to have slightly different abilities than the last one they fought, though; instead of the droning hum attempting to charm them into complacency, the wings vibrated at a frequency meant to lock the heroes' joints in paralysis. Luckily, the party is dummy thicc and had no problem resisting its thrumming and ejection of razor-sharp spores. Leaf boldly Misty Stepped into the air above the Latrophyte and turned into a bear, pile-driving the creature (and himself, to a lesser extent) into the ground far below. Calloway fired chaotic orbs at the spirits.SNTR-1 and TA-2 fired from afar -- TA-2's force attacks clearing small patches of spore-laden air. Emelia tried to spit acid on the latrophyte, but it rose out of the air grappling an un-bear-ified Leaf.
From inside the grasping tentacles that seemed to be trying to worm their way into his mind, Leaf cast Moonbeam and drank a potion of Flying. Emelia threw herself on top of the latrophyte because she really, really didn't want to be left out of the combat. Khalog and SNTR-1 (et. al.) dispatched the spirits, Calloway fired a somewhat dangerous shot of energy, and Leaf dealt the final blow with his delicate spear (NOT a euphemism). In a beautiful moment of teamwork, Emelia threw herself at Leaf, trusting him to save her from the fall... but apparently did so with her eyes closed, missing him completely. So much for that cool moment.
Just after the fight, a message from Captain Sultana came in through the Coast Guard brooches -- "“Rhosos says termination will weaken, not disable you. Altunka under guard. Told Baron she was your target. Won’t last long. Greycaps growing bold.”
Finally, the group arrived at Acropolis Amanita (follow link for detailed descriptions if you are so inclined). There, they found an unsettlingly preserved sanctum of art. Mosaics depicted various scenes of importance. The life cycle of the Grey Caps was depicted in columns. Each member of the group set off to explore on their own.
SNTR-1 found and restored the functioning of a communication device that allowed him to speak to anyone in the Acropolis. Leaf found a mirror across from a mural of the Baron & Baroness's wedding that revealed a hidden keyhole. Emelia & Calloway found a hole. A big hole. A dark hole. They should probably try to find out how deep it is. Maybe they could light a candle and drop it. That might work. Or a Firebolt. That could work also. They wonder how deep it is. Maybe they could light a candle. Or cast a Firebolt. This continued for 15 minutes while Leaf and SNTR-1 investigated their own discoveries.
Eventually TA-2 pecked Emelia out of the recursive thought loop and they actually performed the acts they had been debating for some time.
Khalog leapt across the crevass to engage with the spirits, and the latrophyte focused on the rest of the party. It seemed to have slightly different abilities than the last one they fought, though; instead of the droning hum attempting to charm them into complacency, the wings vibrated at a frequency meant to lock the heroes' joints in paralysis. Luckily, the party is dummy thicc and had no problem resisting its thrumming and ejection of razor-sharp spores. Leaf boldly Misty Stepped into the air above the Latrophyte and turned into a bear, pile-driving the creature (and himself, to a lesser extent) into the ground far below. Calloway fired chaotic orbs at the spirits.SNTR-1 and TA-2 fired from afar -- TA-2's force attacks clearing small patches of spore-laden air. Emelia tried to spit acid on the latrophyte, but it rose out of the air grappling an un-bear-ified Leaf.
From inside the grasping tentacles that seemed to be trying to worm their way into his mind, Leaf cast Moonbeam and drank a potion of Flying. Emelia threw herself on top of the latrophyte because she really, really didn't want to be left out of the combat. Khalog and SNTR-1 (et. al.) dispatched the spirits, Calloway fired a somewhat dangerous shot of energy, and Leaf dealt the final blow with his delicate spear (NOT a euphemism). In a beautiful moment of teamwork, Emelia threw herself at Leaf, trusting him to save her from the fall... but apparently did so with her eyes closed, missing him completely. So much for that cool moment.
Just after the fight, a message from Captain Sultana came in through the Coast Guard brooches -- "“Rhosos says termination will weaken, not disable you. Altunka under guard. Told Baron she was your target. Won’t last long. Greycaps growing bold.”
Finally, the group arrived at Acropolis Amanita (follow link for detailed descriptions if you are so inclined). There, they found an unsettlingly preserved sanctum of art. Mosaics depicted various scenes of importance. The life cycle of the Grey Caps was depicted in columns. Each member of the group set off to explore on their own.
SNTR-1 found and restored the functioning of a communication device that allowed him to speak to anyone in the Acropolis. Leaf found a mirror across from a mural of the Baron & Baroness's wedding that revealed a hidden keyhole. Emelia & Calloway found a hole. A big hole. A dark hole. They should probably try to find out how deep it is. Maybe they could light a candle and drop it. That might work. Or a Firebolt. That could work also. They wonder how deep it is. Maybe they could light a candle. Or cast a Firebolt. This continued for 15 minutes while Leaf and SNTR-1 investigated their own discoveries.
Eventually TA-2 pecked Emelia out of the recursive thought loop and they actually performed the acts they had been debating for some time.
TLDR:
Captain Sultana gives an update. Acropolis Amanita's mysteries are explored. SNTR-1 fixes the PA system.Bookkeeping:
Report Date
07 May 2024
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