Tonight's game was an eldrith mix of Tolkien, Howard, & Lovecraft. After the party wrapped up the last bit of business with the inn from last game. They decided to pursue the wereboar necromancer into the Great Forrest at night. here the air is heavy with the aura of ancient evil. There are things that glide among the trees that are so ancient that they have no name.
They've just recruited Ilian Pozoff Of The Grey Magician's Guild to replace their scribe.
They set off after replacing food,flint, torches etc. The barbarian made his way carefully, quickly, & with no foot falls. His rolls were very good tonight.
Then he came upon his brother. A struggle ensued. Things didn't go well.Hovlurus The Six Fingered has left this world. He killed his brother just as he was opening a portal to the Outer Darkness. He sacrificed his life so that the rest of the party could escape! Both brothers are gone sucked into the void of the Outer Darkness locked in combat for all eternity howling for each others blood. Now their( the party) are lost in the Great Forrest.
Actually they've stumbled upon a cult of Shub Niggurth opening a portal to the "Lands Beyond" (Arcadia these are really, really nasty fey loyal to Shub Niggurth) they're are Screamer Mushrooms along with Violet Fungus waiting for them. Screamers are double sized shriekers.
The party dealt with the cult tonight with flint, oil, torch & steel! They're on the run from the cult which summoned a party of degenerate serpent men scared to Shub Niggurth after the party stole 200 gold's worth in offerings.
They're in dire need of the protection from a wizard of considerable power. The guys met up with another Barbarian within a village inside the Great Forrest. Three Words - Degenerate Serpent men!
The PCs were able to move past several obstacles including a group of mountain trolls, a lone forrest harpy, & some bandits. They made their way to the castle of Lord Ferious Bile. The local lord hasn't been seen in 12 years but several of the villagers the party stumbled upon said that the man was hiring adventurers.
The party made their way there only to be confronted by a series of odd machines, weird screens of black science, & finally the image of the Lord himself! He conducted a brief but harsh interview with the party. The Lord was actually a Gelatinous Lich!
The PC's are now in the employ of a Gelatinous Lich - An undead prince whose flesh & spirit are slowly being preserved & devoured by a gelatinous cube. He talked to the PCs through a Wizard Of OZ like machine. He may at times leave the confines of his jelly like cube for a few hours at a time but must return before sun up. The players were creeped out by the 10 level black magician as they could hear through the speakers the sound of his flesh being slowly ever so slowly dissolved. He wants the cult within his domain destroyed.
The PCs were shown to their rooms for the evening as guests of his Lordship. Meanwhile their grey magician got the idea that something or someone was prowling outside their windows
In the background of tonight's game this was playing! All in all a very classy game tonight with some really nice imported beer to go along with the fish!
Gelatinous Liches? Degenerate Serpentmen? This adventure had it all! Sounds like a great game.
ReplyDeleteThanks I'm looking to the next one! I'm going to be writing some new stuff over the weekend. So we'll see what happens with this upcoming couple of games. Can't go wrong with Lovecraft & Howard . Thanks for the great comment!
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