Session #50: Demon Klackons? (w/art!)

[As noted on the previous entry into the chronicles, this expedition took place some weeks earlier; the Scribes abase themselves in apology]

Gathering at Cothon-Under-Star, a group of barbarians and one citizen Sesel discussed their next possible venture. It was ultimately decided that, though they have other pressing interests, they would go to the Necropolis of the Tel, to seek in Dalan's Heroön for whatever had become of their erstwhile hireling Ix, the Free Klackon warrior, whom they had formerly lost among the tombs.

Those setting forth on this expedition included:

• Bartholomew Pettibone (magic-user)
  accompanied by loyal Bearer-of-All-Things Gan ad-Din (fighting man)
• Heijo (magic-user)
• Durham (fighting-man)
  accompanied by renyu-servant Pako (renyu)
• Avin (magic-user)
  
• Voice of the Survivors Sesel (fighting-man)
• Ravna (magic-user)

The company returned laden with heavy sacks and backpacks that jingled heavily as they walked, and a light was in their eyes, though they also seemed somewhat shaken, as well as smudged with the residue of thick oilsmoke.

They returned quickly to Cothon-Under-Star from which they had set out, and rumors soon abounded that they had ransacked a motherlode of a treasure hoard--perhaps that of the terrifying serudla-dragon said to dwell in the tombs? But no, something far stranger--they had come away from the tombs--or prison?--of some kind of demon-klackons of old--and, save for the treaure, the prison-tombs were empty!

A vision of the demon-klackons inscribed on the tomb-walls
by Joel, earning his character Durham 100 xp per level

Nor was any sign of Ix's body discovered ...

The Lucre

• 13,000 coins of ancient Klackon mint, strung together on 1000-coin cash-strings; their value seems to be about half a dinar each (i.e. 1 ep or 5 sp), but they are not legal tender in Cothon-Gadeed and must either be changed (at a cost of 10% total value) or sold
• 12,600 dinars (gp) worth of gems (16 jade pieces @100 ea; 15 pieces of ghar nacre @150 ea;10 large star garnets @500 ea; and 5 fire opals @750 ea)
• 4000 dinars worth of small hepatizon ("black bronze") ingots (20@200 gp)
• 6 small sacks' worth of preserved "ingredients" of uncertain value or efficacy (think witches' stuff, like newts' eyes, belladonna, &c.); some items suggest flora of the distant "Toxic Jungle" to the north east; it would require a downtime to inventory and evaluate this materiel
• 2 curiously carved urns of a strange black tar, plus 5 flasks of the same tar
• the desiccated skull of an ancient Klackon

The Learning

• 23,100 xp from treasure
• 1359 xp from tsu'uru x5 (250 +hp ea.)

The Cut

• 2553 dinars (gp), 8 dirhams (sp) per player-character
  1277 dinars to Gan ad-Din
• 4077 xp per player-character
  2038 xp to Gan ad-Din
• the coins remain to be dealt with
• 6 sacks of arcane "ingredients"
• various containers of mysterious black tar
• the Klackon skull

As always, characters can "buy out" any valued item they wish from the gold total, and otherwise make claims on the remaining non-valued items. Any further art, or written adventure recaps provided to the Scribes will be published to the blog and earn the corresponding player-character 100 xp per level.