Sessiono #110: Another Door Opens

 [run and written up by Max--thanks for the game, especially on such short notice!]

A group gathered together in The Herm & Stone library, with a hmela in tow.

The Herm & Stone

Najm magic-user
Alianor, fighter
Bart, magic-user
Gan, fighter
Heijo, magic-user

They later left the library, sans hmela. Rumors abound of another strange door that leads to even stranger places have started to spread in another of the four great taverns.

The Lucre

1000 nisab (platinum worth 10 dn each)
1262 dinars
427 dirhams
Coat, red with magic runes inlaid in gold thread inside
67 candles (worth 167 gp for experience)
17 cigars
Scroll of Message Morokar
Scrimshawed human teeth and knucklebones to be used as dice
Snuff-box, made of a hard bone with a glittery powder inside

The Learning

Paper Bees 10 xp +9 hp
Floating Brains 3,250 xp +20 hp
Ogre Spider 50 xp +12hp
Die of Torment 200 xp +6hp

The Cut

4190 xp to Najm, Bart, and Heijo
    2095 xp to Alianor, Gan
250 nb, 157 dn, 113 dr to Najm, Bart, and Heijo
    125nb, 78 dn, 62 dr to Alianor, Gan
Coat, red with magic runes inlaid in gold thread inside (magic)
67 candles
17 cigars
Scroll of Message Morokar
Scrimshawed teeth and bone dice
Snuff-box of hard bone, filled with glittery powder

Session #97: Riddle Me This ...

[numbers provided by Max, who ran the session--thanks Max! The Scribes interpolated the description of the company's preparations and return]

A company was seen assembling at Cothon-Under-Star with the apparent intent of an expedition. The destination was not outside of the Dual-Cities, however--or, not exactly outside in one sense, but entirely outside in another. For they had purchased a hmelu to be sacrificed for their esoteric purposes--the carcass delivered over to Althalos for carving up and roasting to serve to the company and other guests later--and with the hmelu entered into the library where a strange door has lately been remarked upon by those allowed to enter there. From there--who knows what happened?

• Bart magic-user 9
• Gan fighter 6
• Durham fighter 8
• Pako thief 4
• Sesel fighter 8
• Raoden magic-user 5
• Najm magic-user 7
• Alianor fighter 2
• Heijo magic-user 6
• Arngeir fighter 5

The group returned to the common room some time later, and gladly partook of the roasted hmelu they had supplied. Other patrons heard them muttering to themselves, something about "A thousand bottles of wine, poison, and ten slaves ... how to figure out the one poisoned bottle?" Perhaps a riddle they had encountered on whatever strange "trip" they had engaged in? There was also mention that, "someone else had been there!" It may be surmised that the company ventured into the mysterious "library" that has been rumored to project at some magic angle out of the guild-library of Cothon-Under-Star.

They also had strange orbs somewhat like this

The Lucre

• 60d (gp) in gems
• 42d in coins
• Lapis Luzili Lantern (80d), magic
• 7 Occultium (worth 10000d a sphere), extremely magical*
• 1 Shattered Magic Mirror in an ornate box

The Learning

• 30 xp from Obsidian Marmosets x4 (+14hp)
• 70,182 xp from treasure

The Cut

• 14 dinars to each player-character
• 7 dinars to Gan, Pako, Raoden, Alianor
• 11,702 xp to each player-character
• 5851 xp to Gan, Pako, Raoden, Alianor
• 1 Occultium to Bart, Durham, Sesel, Raoden, Najm, Heijo, & Arngeir*
• the magic lapis lazuli lantern
• the shattered magic mirror

*It isn't clear what an Occultium may be, or what its value might mean, exactly--could the "right buyer" be found to realize that 10,000 gp valuation? Are they magic items that should be used, rather than sold? They definitely need to be researched!

Session #77: Another Jaunt through the Stacks

[written by Max, who ran the session--thanks, Max!]

 

Curious patrons of Cothon Under-Star are once again shooed away from a strange door in its library by adventurers.

Durham, fighter 7

• Pako, renyu

Najm, magic-user 5

• Alianor Drake, fighter 1

Heijo, magic-user 6

Arngeir, fighter 5

The party exits some time later. Onlookers notice Durham’s renyu, Pako, clutching a small book. Rumors have begun to circulate about how every time the adventurers enter with a hmela, but don’t leave with one. Perhaps some dark magic is necessary to use the door.

The Lucre

• Barrel, precious stones 2000* dinars (gp)

• Book, The Ninja’s Handbook (claimed by Pako)

• Notes on serudla, copied from A Bestiary of Strange Heraldic Monsters (claimed by Arngeir)

• Miniature door

• Marble #20 (claimed by Najm)

• Femur of Gustav Durst (1400g)

• Librarian Summoning Bell

The Learning (3,568 xp)

• 3400 xp from treasure

• 75 xp from Furious Catalog

• 28 xp from Library Slug

• 13 xp from Dust Elemental, Injured

• 35 xp from Yawper

The Cut

• 892 xp to each player-character
  446 xp to Pako and Alianor Drake

• 400* dinars to each player-character
  200* gp to Pako and Alianor Drake

• the miniature door

• the Femur of Gustav Durst

• the Librarian Summoning Bell

• Marble #20 and serudla notes claimed by Najm and Arngeir respectively)

*This “raw” dinar-value assumes selling the precious stones at “market” value and without trying to go through the Piedrejoya Guild—any characters with connections to that guild of Jewelers and Lapidaries could well net a higher value and win the company more “take-home” lucre

Session #75: Return to the Library

 [write-up by Max, who ran the session, a couple weeks back--thanks, Max!]

A group once again gathers in the library of Cothon-Under-Star with a hmela in tow.

Sesel, fighter 7

• Raoden magic-user 5

Bart, magic-user

• Gan fighter

Najm, magic-user 5

• Alianor Drake, fighter 1

Heijo, magic-user 6

Revna, magic-user 5

The group returns once again from the library sans hmela. They seem in good spirits but otherwise say little of what they are up to in the library. Patrons continue to talk about a mysterious door with seemingly no way to open it.

The Lucre

• 120g

• 600s

• Dice, bone (40g)

• 7 Books
  Ciamar a mharbhadh torc
  Essays on Gambling
  Shipping Documents
  ᴁ (Claimed by Revna)
  Дракула
  Tave Jidai Tvarka
  The Blessed Light, a spellbook: I. Light, II. Bless, III. Continual Light
  

• 5 Flasks of Ink
  Black (100g)
  Red (200g)
  Blue (200g)
  Green (200g)
  Infernal (500g)

• Strange Crossbow like metal tube

• Stinger, trapdoor spider (Claimed by Revna)

The Learning

• 1440 xp from treasure

• 125 xp from Trapdoor spider

The Cut

• 313 xp to each player-character
  157 xp to Raoden, Gan, and Alianor

• 18 dinars (gp) and 92 dirhams (sp) to each player-character
  10 dinars and 47 dirhams to Raoden, Gan, and Alianor

• Dice, bone (40g)

• 7 Books
  Ciamar a mharbhadh torc
  Essays on Gambling
  Shipping Documents
  ᴁ (Claimed by Revna)
  Дракула
  Tave Jidai Tvarka
  The Blessed Light, a spellbook: I. Light, II. Bless, III. Continual Light 

• 5 Flasks of Ink
  Black
  Red
  Blue
  Green
  Infernal

• Strange Crossbow like metal tube

• Trapdoor Spider stinger (Revna)

It is up to the company to decide whether to sell the various strange inks claimed from the so-called Infinite Library, or to keep them. Those in the company who wish to claim something may pony up the dinars from their personal hoards to "buy out" the item, the money thence to be divided by the remainder of the company.

As always, write-ups or art will earn a character 100 xp per level ... the scribes doubt that any map of the Library would prove useful, other than as a piece of art ...

Session #74: The Infinite Library

[run by Max, a session venturing into some kind of infinite library outside of space and time ... recap written by him, with some edits by the Scribes. Thanks, Max!]

A recent increase of undead attacks near Tsur al Qadim and sightings of the Stygian [some kind of dreaded vorodla, apparently? Released (by accident?) some months ago ~the Scribes] attacking closer and closer to Cothon-Gadeed prompted a group of adventurers to seek out Sylvaine to learn more on its destruction. The group, with Sylvaine, was seen heading into Cothon-Under-Star’s library later that day with a hmela in tow.

Sesel, fighter 7

• Raoden, magic-user 5

Durham fighter 7

• Pako, renyu

Heijo, magic-user 6

Najm, magic-user 5

• Alianor Drake, fighter 1

Revna, magic-user 5

The group was in the library for an hour before returning, sans hmela. Curious patrons searched the library and rumors are spreading of a strange door that was never there before.

The Lucre

• 8500 dirhams (sp), 5000 dinars (gp)

• Whip, leather

• Glass Eye

• an ulna (fore-arm bone) scrimshawed with imagery of crawling worms, with a squiggling red line painted along it which ends with a red circle radiating five carved worms

• a crystal ring, cunningly carved to resemble a tiny river flowing around one's finger

• 11 Books:
  Your Future
  The Moon Gods (heretical scripture)
  Trachat Ohna Informo Teori
  Virmse Vmteda nuo Ilserzese Sventen
  Hikaku shingaku ni kansuru
  The War of Maneuver: A DDF Tactical Manual
  Go the Fuck to Sleep (children's picture book)
  Adressbuch
  Talhofer's Fechtbuch (a martial arts book)
  Guidebook to Cothon-Gadeed
  Dungeons & Dragons 5e

• Jar, Green Liquid

• Prosthetic Arm, wood (1gp)

The Learning (7381 xp)

• 5,851 xp from treasure

• 30 xp from Ink Blots (3+ hp)

• 350 xp from Ink Elemental (30+ hp)

• 650 xp from Grey Librarian (30+ hp)

• 500 xp from completing “Test Subjects”

The Cut

• 1476 xp to each player-character
  738 xp to Raoden and Alianor

• 769 dinars (gp) and 1308 dirhams (sp) to each player-character 
  384 dinars and 654 dirhams to Raoden, Alianor, and Pako

• Whip, leather (magic)

• Glass Eye (magic)

• the scrimshawed ulna (magic)

• the crystal ring (magic)

• 11 Books:
  Your Future (magic)
  The Moon Gods (heretical scripture)
  Trachat Ohna Informo Teori
  Virmse Vmteda nuo Ilserzese Sventen
  Hikaku shingaku ni kansuru
  The War of Maneuver: A DDF Tactical Manual
  Go the Fuck to Sleep (children's picture book)
  Adressbuch
  Talhofer's Fechtbuch (a martial arts book)
  Guidebook to Cothon-Gadeed
  Dungeons & Dragons 5e

• Jar, Green Liquid

• Prosthetic Arm, wood (claimed by Najm)

As always, items without explicit value may be divvied by the company however is deemed fair, or may attempt to be sold "to the right buyer" with the use of downtime to increase shares of treasure (and xp). Explicitly valued items may be "bought out" at their gp-value by any player-character especially desiring them. And reports, drawings, etc. provided by player-characters to be published to this chronicle will earn the corresponding character 100 xp per level.