Session #47: "That's No Meadow!" *UPDATED with sale of "coins"*

(written by Jacob, who ran this session in "the Facility", an area developed by him)

*update of earned wealth at the bottom*

Seeking a tutor to further his knowledge of charms and prayers, Najm found himself in Cothon-Under-Star speaking with Bartholomew Pettibone and Hay-Jo. After a few moments coming to an arrangement for mutual sharing of spells, Lars Fangripper wanders into the tavern. The group recalled that it has been some time since the previous expedition to the Facility, and began making plans. Perhaps reminded by their recent expedition to the Denyan Islands, a group of scholars and fisherman does not a strong front line make, and so the group set about hiring a number of individuals, including one Citizen Sesel (hired as a classed hireling) who found himself rather desperate for a break from his recent projects and work.

And so the group set out to Gadeed, granted entrance by Sesel, to meet with the Bani Dawr and investigate further into the Facility.

• Bartholomew (Magic User 5)

  • Tumu the Assassin (Fighter 1)

• Najm (Magic User 4)

  • al Rabb (Renyu)

• Hay-jo (Magic User 4)

  • Manto Manlius (Footman)

• Lars Fangripper (Magic User 3)

  • Sesel (Fighter 6)

The group returned a few hours later, and while they didn’t seem to have any major wounds Najm was none-the-less obviously somewhat distressed.

Tumu took his new found coin and made a night of it in the taverns, between flowing wine, and laughter at a night well spent, something of a story unfolds as to their adventure.

It would seem that their adventure was fraught with oddities, even from the very beginning nothing was as they expected. Indeed, they arrived at the Facility expecting a forest and grassy meadow with an unguarded fortress. What stared them down when they arrived instead was a massive face with glowing red eyes! And then as they slayed their first foe the blood that sprouted fourth from the wound congealed into a snake that struck at Bart! Then they found a dagger, Tumu struggling to get his story out with a straight face, that knocked Bart to the floor just for picking it up. With ensuing hilarity as Najm joined him passed out!

Tumu wraps up his story recalling a truly bizarre sight at the end of a ‘village’ made of ‘structures’ where the hostages they rescued seemed to have lived. He describes the place like a dream, for what they were experiencing made about as much sense, bits of incomplete buildings, mismatched architecture, a jagged stone structure (like an inverted cave) with a door. By the end, he was indeed ready for a strong drink!

The Lucre

• A fine necklace of ancient design (1400 gp)

• A small pouch of coins

  • Though, upon inspection, these ‘coins’ are unlike any modern coinage. Instead they are small (approximately ping pong ball sized) glass spheres, each with a gem set in the center. All told, there are 20 of these spheres,with several being of the larger denomination. These could be sold simply as gems for 3,000 gp, but perhaps by ‘finding the right buyer’ for the whole collection one could collect a far greater value.
    

• A strange upside-down dagger with a very dull ‘blade’ and square, milk-white ‘hilt’
  

• An ornate short sword whose blade is sharp, but of a glossy bone-white color. There is engraved writing on the blade itself in an unfamiliar language.

The Learning

• 48 xp from cultists x5 (5+hp each)

• 70 xp from blood-snakes x2 (25+hp each)

• 883 xp from the white skinned creature (850+hp)

• 7500 xp from treasure

• 200 xp each character for exploration

  • An additional 200 xp to some characters for last-minute explorations

The Cut

• 245 dinars (gp) to Bart, Najm, Hey-Jo, and Lars

• 35 dinars (gp) to al Rabb and Manto

• 175 dinars (gp) to Tumu and Sesel

  • Further treasure to be split depending on how the spheres are sold

• The strange dagger

• The ornate sword

• 2175 xp to  Bart, Najm, Hey-Jo, and Lars

  • An additional 200 xp to Bart, Najm, and Hey-Jo

• 1087 xp to Tumu and Sesel

Added to the Cut through Gan ad-Din finding the right buyer for the bag of "coins" or "gems" recovered from the Facility:

• 1576 dianrs (gp) and 4 dirhams (sp) to Bart, Najm, Heijo, and Lars
• 793 dinars (gp) and 2 dirhams (sp) to Tumu, Sesel, and Gan ad-Din
• 157 dinars each to al Rabb and Manto Manlius