Category: Frosts of Alenostr: Experience and Treasure

Session 32 Experience and Summary

After feasting and merriment with the Stonespear’s, the party have launched the first assault on the forces threatening Crossing. Buoyed by their success and with two newly charmed prisoners on their side, they turn now to planning the next attack.

– Finally Finished Training: Otiben

– When In Doubt, Nu… Fireball it!: Urman the Blackstaff

– Apparently not Celibate: Canon Zho Ni Apolsede

– Silent Archer: Batukhan

– Still thinks he can save his tribe: Jungah, Bugbear Shaman.

Items and Money

– 120CP, 114SP, 12GP

– 6 Vials of Stinging Cloud Bombs

– 2 Jars of Healing Salve

Total XP: 18

Monsters Slain

– 28 Immolated Bugbears, 3848XP

– Captured: Shaman Jungah and Ug, Bugbear Warrior, 427XP

Total XP: 4275XP

Combatants: 25 (Minus Otiben)

Knowledge Gained

Stinging Cloud Solution

– The Bugbear Shaman Jungah has taught Urman a new recipe, a noxious concoction that causes heavy burns to those caught in it.

– Requires Bo’rish (Spicy Bean), Misir Pollen (From Fungus, Itchy) and Fire Flower Seeds. The liquid solution from this, when combined with salt in open air, will cause a reaction that produces an acrid green cloud. The solution is recommended to being kept within an air tight container until use.

Experience Roundup

Total Experience: 4293XP

Per PC: 175XP

With 10% Bonus: 193XP

For Otiben: 4XP (Fighter Only)

Session 30 Experience and Summary

With the Yuletide festivities in full swing, the party have spent some time in Manheim to sell off their gains and train for the road ahead.

– Boxing Champion of Manheim: Otiben

– New Canon of the Eostarian Church: Zho Ni Apolsede

– Semi-Retiring from the Adventuring Life: Bryn Freystein

– A source of great debate: The Cleric spell ‘Animate Undead’

Items and Money

– Dealt with in Session.

Monsters Slain

– Dwaven Boxer, 156XP

Total XP: 156XP

Combatants: 1 (Otiben)

Experience Roundup

Otiben: Fighter-86XP/Assassin-78XP

Session 29 Experience and Summary

The party infiltrates the trapped mound, but decide to not risk their lives combating the large number of spiritual undead there, leaving them to rising waters. Returning to Manheim, the Thane gives them Ironwood Manor as thanks for their efforts, but also asks that they now head north to assist Randall at Crossing. With the witch, Elosha back on the scene, who can say how they will fare?

 – Still plagued by nightmares: Bryn Freystein

 – Made of Leaves: Elosha the Witch

 – Does not know what is coming for him: Mydius, Hedge-Wizard.

Items and Money

 – Ironwood Manor, by Thane’s Edict

 – Further accounting to be covered in a later post.

Monsters Slain

 – Corrupted Spiritual Guardian, 119XP (8 Combatants)

 – Orcish Wight, 994XP (8 Combatants)

 – 4 Stirges, 172XP (5 Combatants)

 – 2 Yeti, 1105XP (10 Combatants)

Total XP: 2390XP

Experience Roundup

Total Party Experience: 2390XP

Per PC: 284XP

With Bonus: 312XP

Otiben: Fighter-156XP/Assassin-142XP

Embrek: 77XP

Bryn: 174XP

Session 27 Experience and Summary

The party have dispatched the giant, and with the sun trapping Vorigan within his crypt, they are able to pin him down and end his (un)life. The crypt is theirs, but with a temple to an ancient being known as ‘He Who Devours’, it may still prove deadly the group.

 – Bane of Undeath: Zho Ni Apolsede.

 – Blindfighters: Batukhan and Otiben

 – United in Love and Death: Alfbrande and Elyana

 – ‘Back, you fiend!”: Urman the Blackstaff

Items and Money

 – Vorigan’s Staff

 – Shrunken Head Charm

 – Vampiric Dagger

 – Gold ring with red stone.

(Two rooms filled with chests are also available, but not yet collected.)

Monsters Slain

 – Undead Stone Giant, 2354XP

 – 12 Zombies, 483XP

 – 3 Shadows, 1148XP

 – Skeletal Butler, 18XP

 – 4 Pit Ghouls, 318XP

 – The Vampire Lord Vorigan, Servant of He Who Devours, 4434XP

Total XP: 8755XP

Combatants: 15.5 (Half share for Embrek)

Experience Roundup

Total Party Experience: 17424XP

Per PC: 564XP

With Bonus: 621XP

Otiben: Fighter-310XP/Assassin-282XP

Embrek: 282XP

Session 26 Experience and Summary

The party, with the aid of Kymil and his bodyguards, have began their assault on the Necropolis. With fire and lightning and steel, Vorigan”s forces within the city are utterly destroyed. Revelling in the destruction, the party awakens an undead giant from its slumber.

 – Magical Artillery: Urman and Kymil

 – Flee from me!: Zho Ni

 – Tread (not so) softly and carry a big blade: Otiben.

 – MV…G?: Puck, the cavalry.

Items and Money

 – None

Monsters Slain

 – 16 Superior Skeletons, 3535XP

 – 5 Bone Golem, 10900XP

 – 52 Skeletal Soldiers, 1043XP

 – 50 Zombie ex-slaves, 1946XP

Total XP: 17424XP

Combatants: 16

Experience Each (Inc. Bryn and Embrek): 1089XP

Experience Roundup

Total Party Experience: 17424XP

Per PC: 1089XP

With Bonus: 1198XP

Otiben: Fighter-598XP/Assassin-544XP

Puk, Goblin Extraordinaire

Through his actions and the experience gained, Puk has grown as a warrior. He is now a Goblin Captain!

 – HP rises to 8.

 – AC rises to 5.

– Fights as a 1+1 HD creature.

Session 25 Experience and Summary

Upon return to Manheim, the party come under assault from Vorigan’s servants, a swarm of bats dropping skeletons right into the city. Seeing that the vampire needs dealing with once and for all, they wait only for Otiben to finish training, before making for the Many Mouths once more.

 – Driven batty: The party

 – Holidays shmolidays, let’s fight!: Embrek Forbolson

 – Exploding Enemies: Otiben

Items and Money

Sold/Lost/Destroyed

 – Thogi’s Shortsword (Damaged)

Gained

 – Sack of Giant Bats (5)

 – Sack of Normal Bats (24)

 – Sack of Skull Shards (10)

 – New Canoes

 – Clerical Scrolls (Crafted by Zho Ni)

 – Plant Matter from a Shambling Mound

 – 20GP, 30SP, 70CP

 – Deep Purple Gemstone

 – White/Pale Blue Gemstone (Obviously Moonstone)

 – Rusty Sword

Total XP: 21XP

Monsters Slain

 – 7 Superior Skeletons, 1700XP

 – 5 Giants Bats, 41XP

 – 24 Bats, 24XP

 – Shambling Mound, 1075XP

Total XP: 2840XP

Combatants: 9

Experience Each (Inc. Bryn and Embrek): 316XP

The Mine’s Assets

All the miner’s have returned to Manheim for the holidays.

 – Mithril ore has been completely dug out and awaits appraisal.

The Fighting Ring

– 11th-18th Rosenur: 10GP, 5SP, 7CP

– 19th-26th Rosenur: 18GP, 4SP, 7CP

Total Profits Uncollected: 41GP, 9SP, 14CP

Experience Roundup

Total Party Experience: 2861XP

Per PC: 321XP

With Bonus: 353XP

Otiben: Fighter-176XP/Assassin-160XP

 

Session 24 Summary

The party is mysteriously whisked away during the night to do battle with a werewolf. Victorious, they are returned to the mine, but wonder as to the cause behind this and quickly suspect the witch, Elosha. They return to Manheim once more to gather information and new skills, and seek to continue their business efforts. The party now plans to return to the Silken Forest and gather spidersilk.

 – Still confounded by new spells: Urman

 – Entrepreneurial: The Party

 – Money Signs in their eyes: Embrek and Thrannum Coalfinger

 – Inked – Otiben

 – Level Up! – Batukhan and Urman

 – Paid off some debts: Zho Ni

Items and Money:

Sold/Lost/Destroyed

 – Obsidian, Rock Crystal and Lapis Lazuli, 62GP

 – Enchanted Longsword, 1800GP

 – 3 1/2 Bars of Mithril

 – All Amber Darkword Seeds.

Gained

 – Werewolf Remains (Pelt, 4 Fangs, 6 Claws, Vial of Blood)

 – Large Iron Boxes

 – 1 Vial of Darkwood Poisoned Oil

 – Lodestones

 – Bows for Bryn

Total XP: 1862XP (Not including Mithril)

Monsters Slain

 – Werewolf, 310XP

 – 3 Common Wolves, 232XP

Total XP: 542XP

Combatants: 7

Experience Each (Inc Bryn): 77

The Mine’s Assets (5th-12th Rosenur)

Embrek has tasked four miners to work on digging out all the copper and two for the iron whilst he works on the Mithril. Under orders from the party, and on his recommendation, he has hired a carpenter (to fix up usable buildings and build supports for new tunnels), and a blacksmith (to smelt the ores and set the metals into bars). Additionally, a master smith,  Thrannum Coalfinger has been brought in to work on the Mithril when it is found.

– Embrek Forbolson (Current Chief)

– 6 Freelancer Miners

– Carpenter (1GP per week)

– Smith (5GP per week)

– 2 Continual Light Helmets

– Vein of Iron (Unknown Size)

– Vein of Mithril (Unknown Size)

– Leftover Copper (Unknown Amount)

– 1 Week of Rations per Worker (27GP Weekly)

– 63GP Funds

– Thrannum Coalfinger is on 25GP retainer to work with Mithril

Total Cost of Mine: 27GP

Total Profit: 0GP

Profits from The Fighting Ring (3rd-10th Rosenur)

– 13GP (Unclaimed)

Experience Roundup:

(Mithril Experience already claimed and distributed)

Total Experience:  1862XP

Per PC: 542XP

With Bonus: 595XP

For Otiben: Fighter-298XP/Assassin-271XP

Session 23 Summary and Experience

In need of more money and more experience in fighting the undead, the party returned to the valley where they fought the goblins, and the ghoul-infested mine there.

– Breaker of Bows: Bryn Freystein

– The NEW Blackstaff: Urman

– Proving Hirelings are still MVP: Frike

– One-hit Wonder: Otiben

Items/Money:

– The New Blackstaff (Anti-Undead Staff)

– The Blackstaff Research Notes

– 1579GP

– 530SP

– 437CP

– 4 Ingots of Mithril

– Barrel of Lamp Oil (4 Pints)

– 3 Gemstones (Black, Clear, Blue with Yellow Flecks)

– Magic Longsword

– A Mine?

Player Shares: 394GP, 132SP, 109CP, 1 Mithril Ingot

Party Fund: 3GP, 2SP, 1CP

Monsters Slain:

– 1HKO Half Orc Boxer, 19XP

– 10 Ghouls, 890XP

– Ghast, 279XP

Total Experience: 1188 XP

# of Combatants: 7

Total Experience: 170 (Inc. Bryn (Embrek wasn’t present))

Business Owned?

– Underground Fight Club, Manheim: 50% Profits Weekly

– Southern Vale Valley Mine?

Hired Workers:

– 6 Miners

Experience Roundup:

Total Experience:  2795XP

Per PC: 699XP

With Bonus: 769XP

For Otiben: Fighter-384XP/Assassin-349XP

Session 22 Summary and Experience

The party has finished gathering knowledge in Finnesheim, and after a brief cleanup mission to deal with some shipwrecked ogres, returned to Manheim. Now, they prepare to return to the swamp and face Vorigan, but the promise of hidden riches might be tempting enough for them to follow another path.

– Confounded by new magics: Urman

– Dreams of the sky, weighed down by gold: Otiben

Items/Money:

– Traded in Hilda’s Spellbook

– Traded in Research on Moon Rituals

– Traded in 4 Ogre Jawbones

– 1550GP

– 20 Gemstones (100GP each)

– Sunstone (Worth 1000XP in Gold)

– Scrolls (Map of the Necropolis, History of Vorigan)

– Used Giantslayer Longsword, 900XP

Monsters Slain:

– 4 Shipwrecked Ogre Sailors,

Total Experience: 725 XP

# of Combatants: 8

Total Experience: 91 (Inc. Bryn, Embrek)

Experience Roundup:

Total Experience:  6175XP

Per PC: 1453XP

With Bonus: 1598XP

For Otiben: Fighter-799XP/Assassin-727P

Session 21 Summary and Roundup

In search of knowledge and objects that may level the playing field against the vampire, Vorigan, the party heads to Finnesheim and The Library. Whilst there, Otiben confides the truth of Randolf’s mission to his companions, and they track down the hedonistic Merchant Captain, Drahsen Solbergsson-Annel, delivering to him his final ‘message’. The party now idles in Finnesheim whilst the Chief Librarian, the Drow Maescia, collects the knowledge they may need.

– Visited Equine Heaven: Batukhan

– But a Simple Country Bumpkin: Zho Ni Apolsede

– James Bond or Batman?: Otiben the Maul

– Slain by Deadly Opulence: Captain Drahsen

– Dwarven Spirit Incarnate: Embrek Forbolson

Items/Money:

– Purchased, Horses, a Pony and a Cart.

Enemies Slain

– Drahsen Solbergsson-Annel, 100XP

# of Combatants: 1

Experience for Otiben: 55XP Fighter, 50 XP Assassin

Knowledge Gained

Chief Librarian Maescia has provided the party on the known weaknesses of vampires (converting player knowledge to character knowledge). She also provided several other pieces of information:

– Known history of Vorigan in Vademor, before becoming a vampire (To be posted)

– The identity of what is presumed to be Vorigan’s patron, a primordial spirit of death from before the time of the Gods. (Represented by the statues,)

– Items that may prove useful in combating a vampire, if you can obtain them: Holy Artifacts, Sunstones, Anti-Undead Weapons, Mental Protection, Blood-drinker’s Bane (a legendary weapon), Certain Venomous/Magical Bloods(Injected/Imbibed/etc.), Death Wards.

– Ancient Maps of the Necropolis. (To be Posted)

New Hirelings/Henchmen

– Embrek Forbolson: An elderly Dwarven Warrior with experience in mining and carpentry. Joined the group as Zho Ni’s Henchman in search of glorious battle.