Wednesday, January 10, 2018

D&D Post game 12-23-17 Part 1


After a quick pitch and a glass of the Slaughtered Hogs’ finest brew ( a mix of ale and blood from the slaughterhouse attached to the bar, it’s a thing ) Lukas Fuddered had convinced the ½ orc barbarian, human monk and elf bard to help him. They would all travel to the uncovered tombs and split anything of value found 50-50. The small party was skeptical, but a few hundred gold crowns on top of the 50-50 split sealed the deal. Lukas had a bodyguard/muscle to accompany him to the trio of uncovered tombs.
Along the way Lukas had informed the party that he believed this could be the lost tomb of the Crimson King. An ancient tribal barbarian leader who had a passion for viciousness, bloodletting and hoarding of bloodstones. The location of the tombs, the artifacts found around the area and the age of said artifacts all point to the tribe of barbarians that the Crimson King was part of and lead. If this was the case then these tombs could be full of loads of treasure and artifacts of historic value.
After a day of steam carriage travel and another on the backs of pack mules, the party arrived at the now covered and abandoned excavation site. There was a light dusting of snow covering the ground and tarps. The party dismounted and gave the area a quick once over. The main dig site was still covered by canvas tarps as were two of the three tomb entrances. However, one entrance had the tarp ripped away and it appeared that the doorway had been smashed open. The group began to police the area. They quickly noticed large humanoid footprints in the snow. They also found a few splashes of blood frozen in the snow. They also discovered what looked like a quartet of large clawed animal tracks. It was then that they heard the most horrible bellowing coming from within the uncovered tomb.

As the party looked toward the door, out charged a wild eyed ogre! He ran and stumbled past the party. Weapons were drawn but the ogre was not engaging in combat. It appeared he was in flight, but from what? That question was soon answered as the largest owlbear the party had ever seen rushed out of the tomb after the ogre. Following behind were two more owlbears of normal size (still very very large ). The beasts noticed the new smaller prey and attacked. The barbarian engaged the giant alpha owlbear while Lukas, the monk and bard faced off against the other two. Several minutes later the giant beasts had been put down and the party members had only sustained a few minor injuries.





Lukas ran off to explore the first stone door. It was covered in strange script and had several small circular holes in the center of the door. Lukas opened a small pouch and removed a handful of small multicolored stones. He quickly began placing them in the holes in the door. As the holes filled there was a small clicking sound and the door slowly rolled to the left. The door was now able to be rolled to the side into a small recess within the entry way. Inside was a set of stairs leading down fifteen feet. Lukas said a few words of gibberish and suddenly a small ball of light began to float over his head.  He and the party began to walk down this stairway tunnel only to discover that the tunnel looked to have collapsed. After moving a few stones, it was obvious that the mix of age and land slide had collapsed the ceiling of this tomb. There would be no way to explore further.
They moved to the tomb that the ogre had ran from. The doorway opened into another fifteen foot hallway and then into a large circular stone room. Inside they found the partial remains  of a deer or possibly an elk, a small fire and a large pile of foliage debris. It appears the ogre had bashed in the door and looked to make this a den for the coming winter. Well that was until the owlbears grabbed the scent of the dead deer/elk and came looking for a snack.


The party spread out to investigate this room. They first noticed that there were around 50-60 small alcoves in the walls. The majority of these alcoves were housed small clay pots and urns. They also noticed several of these had fallen and broken on the floor. The contest within looked to be dried plants, bits of bone and stone jewelry and what appeared to be ashes. As they investigated further they managed to find a few handfuls of small gold and silver baubles in the shapes of animals and what looked to be some religious icon or deity. Lukas confirmed that this was common for these people.
After nearly an hour of searching this room the part found nothing else. There was no hidden doorway, secret room or any hidden way out of this room. The party began to gather up all of the tokens they could find. It would be easy to melt down or sell the gold and silver for an equivalent amount. They then moved to the last door. This had to be the entrance to the tomb of the Crimson King!
Lukas worked his same trick to open this door as well. It too clicked and slowly rolled into a recessed pocket in the wall. The doorway also opened into a fifteen foot descending hallway stairway, but here there was a second stone doorway! This stone door was  similar to the others , but the pattern of circular holes was different. Lukas began to work on this door and noticed the clicks were a different pitch. It was then that the entrance door rolled back into place. Then there was another series of clicks and the sound of stone slowly scraping against stone. Lukas looked back toward the party and then back up the stairwell.
The walls! They were closing in on the party!


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