Chapter 3, I: Operation Bug Squash

Frost Season
1760 Age of Rule

Cartographer - Darwin Fox

Written by Justin

Weird little guys were probably infused with the Element 707

3 living people in the worker's quarters

Artemi and Nix approach the workers

In the guard barracks there is Conjuration magic coming from one of the lockers, Victoro opens the locker and takes the bag

Burbling coming from the test chamber, noise of machinery

Victoro finds 200 gp across the lockers

Armory has a few magical weapons (hand crossbow (Victoro), dagger (Aer), Maul (Mews)

We enter the test chamber, four cylindrical tanks filled with a swirling liquid, 3 are white and transparent on the left, the rightmost one is blue and opaque, metal grate in the floor, clanging as we walk

Big gross monster comes out of the blue tank

Elven man falls out of the far tube when Nix breaks it

Myself, Aer, Artemi and Mews went to the kitchen to look for "Tommy", used major image to distract spider guy who came out of the ceiling

Victoro, Nix and Guy went upstairs to Chuck's office, there's a weird candle and crystal thing (related to explosion of place??)

Guy knock the crystal into the bag of holding

Nix finds a letter addressed to Chuck in the desk

Victoro opens the cabinet and it's a door to a further space with a cabinet, a vault and two lifted platforms

Victoro opens the cabinet and it appears to be a collection of contraband, including possibly magic items (a necklace, a dagger, a boomerang, a shield, a cloak, a ring, an amulet, and bracers)

Aer finds the vault code (8008)

Inside the vault is a LOT of gold, into Aer's new bag of hopefully holding

Guy finds a schematic for a giant mechanical suit, info about how it works

We escape and the tower blows up, some people take damage, a magical, hot, red and white shield protected me. Reminds me of a moment growing up when I was saved from a fire in the neighborhood

Only a crater remains where the tower once was

Short rest, I used 6 hit dice

Ring of Protection
Bracers of Defense
Lightning Boomerang? Storm Boomerang
Vicious Dagger
Amulet of Health
Necklace of Fireballs (6 Fireballs)
Cloak of Protection
Sentinel Shield
16000 gp

We head back to Thetchery, it looks like the people have it under control

Aer and Mews attempt to track down the town elder, she is probably at the infirmary

We let Beatrix know about what we found at the tower, and that it's gone now

Infirmary is much fuller after the battle for the town, healing magic is being used

Aer's dad has his memory back? He has been forced to work for Shuck Mining for 4.5 years

His intent was to get some Element 707 for himself to help his town

Mews tries to give her share of the money to the town but the elder refuses, saying we earned it

Artemi stays behind and tells Aer's dad how cool she is

Jules is going to give me everything she knows on the refined Element 707

5000 gp to us for completing the quest

Orc and Elf that we saved are at Violet's house

Warkeeper - Mews

Written by Sara

We "rescue" and speak with some prisoners. We get them to the safety of the infirmary and lock them in so no one can hurt them.

We search some guard Locker Rooms; Aer fins a magic bag and hears weird sounds at the door of the Test Room.

We decide to head to the Armory (Mews perks up at mention of weapons) before opening the Test Room door(s).

We get to opening the Test Room; there are machines with blue/white/green containers holding liquids; it is making sounds.

Suddenly it shatters! Big bad SPLUSH something comes out?!

Initiative:

Artemi
Nix
Darwin
Victoro
Mews
Guy
Aer

ARTEMI sends in the battle spiders the big purple creature and stands in front of Darwin. Hits 2X with Action Surge.

NIX drinks something, insults the gross guy and runs into action; punches a ton! But... big purple baddie swallows Nix?!!

DARWIN turns into a T-REX and gives inspo to Nix.

VICTORO makes cat food joke... RUDE. Misses a shot at a centipede dude; looks at books to steal.

MEWS Hits 2x

Another ugly bug dude (smaller one) comes out!

GUY comes up into the mix! Aura of Protection (+5 saving throws) and #BLESS Darwin, Mews, Nix and self.

BIG PURPLE's stomach acid is starting to hurt Nix. The big bad also attacks T-REX.

AER casts Blindness on Big Purple, force to fail and moves away

We all hear the machine start making very big and bad noises *White container goes blue!

Aer yells to break the white container(s)!!

LIL BETTLE bug attacks Me2ws, hits a little bit.

CENTIPEDE attacks Mews too, bites and poison damage, and Mews is grappled.

ARTEMI hits at the white container and cracks it, it breaks a little and starts to leak!

NEW ANT bug creature is born.

NIX attempts to attack the Big Purp from INSIDE it and misses; tries to grapple it from inside?! Cat Claws at it!

DARWIN REX attacks Big Purp and hits, it spits Nix out! It tail attacks at the Ant bug.

The tubes and machines turn blue more.

VICTORO attacks the blue tank, it cracks.

MEWS hits at Big Purp dealing BIG damage; but then it swallows Mews AND the Centipede dude that was grappling Mews.

GUY attacks Big Purp with Smite and shit!!

BIG PURPLE attacks TREX

AER Magic Missiles at a canister 5 darts at one with no damage (white one)

BIG PURP attacks Aer; Big Eye/ disintegration energy

Mews (Sara) -- Yesterday at 3:11 PM

AER rolls bad then well; tank that was hit by Aer starts to turn blue.

LIL BEETLE attacks prone Nix – deflects to Big Purp

LIL ANT attacks echo, it drops.

ARTEMI moves to a container and attacks it; it starts to break like the other one. First tank is almost empty, there is an Elven head in it?! Resumes echo, tries to hit and misses.

NIX drinks and stands up, hits at white tank, it shatters. An Elven man with tubes falls out of it. It attacks another container and breaks it, ¼ of the liquid pours out.

DARWIN attacks Big Purp but it doesn't spit Mews out. Hits the Ant, takes another turn. Mews is out, kills the Ant bug with tail.

The container that is getting blue gets more blue, starts draining.

VICTORO hits Big Purp, nat crit + sneak attack, runs over to other tanks of liquid.

MEWS now out of Big Purp hits it once misses it once.

GUY attacks Big Purp Smites it again and moves so Aura is more helpful.

CENTIPEDE is swallowed by Big Purp, weird, Big Purple attacks Guy with tentacle.

AER Mind Spikes and hits Big Purp

BIG PURPLE disintegration ray at T-REX – Darwin saves.

Blue liquid pouring from broken tubes onto the floor, containers(s) are shattered. A creature falls out, it is a human once but is changing now.

LIL BEETLE attacks T-REX and poisons Darwin

CENTIPEDE dies inside Big Purp, and it reforms a little.

ARTEMI hits Big Purp, big damage

NIX picks up the tank creature and carries it out. It is an Elf that doesn't seem as weird and gooey as the other creatures.

DARWIN is poisoned, Guy takes the damage so he can stay a T-REX. Hits at Big Purp with tail attack and beetle, kills the beetle.

It reforms again?!

Blue liquid spills again from the ceiling.

Weird human creature from tanks attacks at the Echo, misses

VICTORO attacks "The Lonely" gross formerly humanoid, sneak attack trip as well; hits big + it is prone

MEWS hits 2X at Big Purp

GUY hits and Smites at Big Purp

BIG PURPLE goes after Guy 2X, swallows him, big damage, reforms a little

AER Mind Spikes Big Purp and drinks a health potion

Another BEETLE comes out of gross puss

BEETLE attacks Mews, poisons them; other 1 HP Beetle regenerates.

ARTEMI attacks Big Purp, crits

NIX runs with Elf

DARWIN poisoning, almost taken out of T-REX but Guy takes the damage. Guy goes down!

T-REX hits at Big Purp and Kills Him! Kills the Beetle

**Guy is out, prone

Darwin drops T-REX to heal Guy

THE LONELY moves to Artemi and hits, sends out psychic damage, Darwin gets hurt

VICTORO moves away a little and shoots at The Lonely

MEWS crits on it, cuts it in half! It explodes, Darwin goes unconscious and Guy back to unconscious.

Out of initiative... healing