Nightwick Abbey - Session 137 - Hexcrawl for the Cure

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Session 137 - 4th of December 1399

This week's adventurers:

Blossom (Rogue 6) 

Mayfly (Magician 6) 

Ulf (Magician 6)

Poppy (Fighter 6) 

Liminal Space (Changeling 5)

Hirelings: Hartnid (Rogue 3), Baldekinus, Elger, idk a bunch others?, Catherine

Downtime in the Village

Last week, Pataki's body was overtaken by a host of demons.

We managed to subdue her in part by sending in a disembodied undead (dead) necromancer to possess her body instead.

This week, Ulf and Gerung consult with the town Sewing Bee, a powerful group of pagan magicians, for a solution.

They speak of Knecht Ruprecht, a servant of Father Winter who resides at his shrine south of Blackleg.

According to the Mothers of the Sewing Bee, "He is known for banishing the sin of Naughtiness through beatings."

He might be able to save Pataki from possession. 

Nightwick Abbey - Session 136 - The Nightwick Polycule From Hell

Pataki's character art [mostly] taken from Emmy Wahlbäck

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Session 136 - 3th of December 1399

This week's adventurers:

Blossom (Rogue 6) 

Mayfly (Magician 6) 

Ulf (Magician 6)

Liminal Space (Changeling 5)

Yevgeny the Coward (Cleric 5) 

Pataki (Rogue 5)

Felix (Dwarf 4)

Hirelings: Hartnid (Rogue 3), Baldekinus, Elger, idk a bunch others?

Downtime in the Village

Last week, sans Ulf, the party recovered a Ring of Summon Genie from the Abbey.

In our downtime since, Liminal has summoned the Genie solely to become better friends with them. 

The Genie tells Liminal that the Countess of Blackleg has a magical letter in her possession that they desire. Should he recover this letter for the Genie and replace it with a counterfeit so she doesn't notice, the Genie will become his friend.

Ulf seeks knowledge to create beastmen of his own, like the type found in the Abbey, but all he learns is that his magic is yet beyond his grasp.

DM tells me that Ulf needs to be level 9 for such magic.

Felix searches for other dwarves to befriend(?) in the village, but finds none. He hears that there are groups of dwarves in nearby Blackleg.

Pataki's possession worsens and hits a tipping point.

Nightwick Abbey - Session 134 - And A Bronze Head For The M-U!

Pataki's character art taken from Emmy Wahlbäck

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Session 134 - 6th of November 1399

This week's adventurers:

Mayfly (Magician 6) 

Ulf (Magician 6)

Thekla (Magician 5) 

Liminal Space (Changeling 5)

Yevgeny the Coward (Cleric 5) 

Poppy (Fighter 5) 

Pataki (Rogue 5)

Felix (Dwarf 4)

Hirelings: Hartnid (Rogue 3), Baldekinus, Elger

Downtime in the Village

Poppy goes on a heavy night of drinking during the week. In her drunken stupor, she finds herself at a Bogdani hut somewhere in the Fog-Bound forest outside of town.

She stumbles inside where three old women tell her future (she knows the result of her next 3 d20 rolls).

Mayfly finishes his studies to learn the spell Haste!

Felix adorns his plate armor with the names found on the Kings' List on level 4. Surely this won't have some repercussions later.

Into the Abbey 

We delve back down to level 4 this week, continuing our exploration and search for level 5.

We journey south, then east towards unexplored sections of the abbey.

At this point, the northeast and south eastern corner of the level are the biggest blind spots on our map. 

We come into a large room, 100' by 30', on the way.

A large, steaming, pool of water sits in the middle. 

Nightwick Abbey - Session 133 - Visible Demons and Invisible Treasure and Dead Hirelings

Pataki's character art taken from Emmy Wahlbäck

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Session 133 - 23rd of Shocktober 1399

This week's adventurers:

Blossom (Rogue 7) 

Mayfly (Magician 6) 

Ulf (Magician 6)

Thekla (Magician 5) 

Liminal Space (Changeling 5)

Pataki (Rogue 5)

Felix (Dwarf 3) 

Hirelings: Cuncze, Hartnid (Rogue 2), Merlyn (Fighter 1)

Downtime in the Village

Ulf identifies the magic ring as a ring of Control Human.

Late one night, prodded on by the evil voices in her head, Pataki, along with Liminal Space, sneak off to the church and set it ablaze.

Liminal accidentally steps on a sleeping priest, but he quickly puts him and another nearby priest to sleep with magic.

They pour oil all over the altar and interior of the church and Pataki sets it ablaze. Before they leave, the voice of evil in Pataki's head urges her to do the same to the priests, but she and Liminal spare them and drag the sleeping figures outside.

And they do! The priests are dead. Burned alive.

It becomes the talk of the town, with many folks (rightfully) suspecting our lot, however no one comes forward with a formal accusation or proof of Pataki and Liminal's misdeeds.

Mayfly seeks, with his magical fake eye, a great host of shadows surrounding Pataki.

Nightwick Abbey - Session 132 - A Short Delve With Psychosexual Implications

Pataki's character art taken from Emmy Wahlbäck

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Session 132 - 16th of Shocktober 1399

This week's adventurers:

Blossom (Rogue 7) 

Ulf (Magician 5)

Thekla (Magician 5) 

Liminal Space (Changeling 5)

Pataki (Rogue 5)

Hirelings: Hanslo, Cuncze, Hartnid (Rogue 2), Merlyn (Fighter 1), Elgar

Downtime in the Village

Liminal, while carousing, performs some blasphemous drunken foolishness and loses all of his hireling over the week.

Ulf hires the heavily scarred barber Elgar to beef their ranks.

Into the Abbey 

We delve down to level 4 without incident, intending to continue our explorations.

We go north to where we explored last time, to a room filled with a misty air.

Dangers in the Mist 

As we stop for a rest turn, Cuncze cries out.

"Something in the mist tried to touch my face!"

Nightwick Abbey - Session 131 - Pataki Can't Stop Hitting Liminal Space With A Shovel

 

Pataki's character art taken from Emmy Wahlbäck

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Session 131 - 2nd of Shocktober 1399

This week's adventurers:

Mayfly (Magician 6) 

Ulf (Magician 5)

Thekla (Magician 5) 

Liminal Space (Changeling 5)

Poppy (Fighter 5) 

Pataki (Rogue 5)

Yevgeny the Coward (Cleric 5)

Felix (Dwarf 3) 

Hirelings: Baldekinus, Wolfheart

Downtime in the Village

• Felix buys steaks and garlic to deal with some one-eyed tick-like vampyres the party found on level 4 last time.
• Ulf spends his time carousing and gets into a drunken fight with some of the Howling Commandos.
• Pataki steals holy water from the local church.

Into the Abbey

We make it to level 4 without incident and begin retracing our route through the dungeon from last delve, which Ulf was absent for.

Along the way, he picks up bits and pieces of last week, learning that they encountered some Sword Brothers and possibly vampyres.

Nightwick Abbey - Session 129 - We Should've Given Duncan That Silver

  

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Session 129 - 28th of Sextember, 1399

This week's adventurers:

Blossom (Rogue 7) 

Ulf (Magician 5)

Thekla (Magician 5) 

Liminal Space (Changeling 5)

Pataki (Rogue 5)

Yevgeny the Coward (Cleric 4)

Felix (Dwarf 3) 

Hirelings: Cuncze, Petra, Hartnid (Rogue 2)

Downtime in the Village

Over the week, the voice in Pataki's head grows stronger, urging her more and more towards evil.

Ulf meanwhile purchases one (1) magic bean, trading a dagger and two rations for it.

We give Felix a spare magic sword and Liminal his shield.

He celebrates by drunkenly burning down the house of Duncan the Blacksmith.

The villages can't prove its us, but we're really the only likely suspects.

Liminal hires Petra the Woodsman and kits him out for this delve.

Into the Abbey

We return to level 4, without incident, and again go to the map south, through some rooms to where Liminal betrayed some Flymen a few weeks ago.

That room is newly reoccupied by a large figure with a too large brazen head, surrounded by 7 rotting figures dressed in the garb of monks.

The brazen figure begins to float, the chant of a spell on its lips.