Blingdenstone

Entemoch’s Boon

Post Fight

• Prince Derendil coughs up some dust as he finishes shaking off the beginning of his petrification

• Bon and his children begin to dig into one of the corpses

  • he has to pull Slicer and Francine away from the head

• Oneshoe tries to look for the basilisks’ nest

  • she finds nothing except for petrified vermin

• Yvelia and Ally decapitate the head of the non-mutilated corpse

  • Oneshoe has a brief conversation with her god (BM) about if she would be a colored statue
  • her god answers no, which disappoints her
  • somehow Yvelia tries to assuage her fears, saying that she would paint her statue
  • as Yl’lib begins to speak up, Yvelia says it might not be a flattering paint job

• Cynlant casts identifying

  • detects the magic is conjuration
  • earth elementals summoned via the circle have additional hp
  • summoned creatures do not need conjuration
  • the length of a summon is extended by multiple days

• after identifying the circle, he messages one of the druids about its location

  • he also asks if he is allowed to use it, which he is

• Oneshoe looks down at her acid burned fingertips, before beckoning Glabagool to consume the basilisk corpses

  • he buuuuuurrrps a little as he engulfs the second corpse

Return to the City

• the partyrew has a mostly uneventful return to the city
• Oneshoe banters with Jim Jar, asking if he has a family or a house in the city
  • he does not
  • Oneshoe also thanks him for not abandoning the partyrew, which he retorts that the group has issues with that

The Lobby

• the city seems mostly the same, except for a few additional burn marks and rubble
• the partyrew makes their way to the druids and Gurnick Tapfinger

The Speaking Stone

• Cynlant steps forward and talks with Gurnick
  • Bon shows the map to him, but refuses to let him take it
• Yvelia convinces Bon that he should be the first to be restored, for the sake of his children
  • at the mention of his children, he immediately agrees
• as a reward, he reaches out and casts Greater Restoration on Bon
• Gurnick Tapfinger discusses the current issue with Ogremach’s Bane
  • gusts of wind can blow it
  • direct magic attacks don’t seem to do much to it
  • best solution is containment or banishment
• the partyrew discusses ways to handle the entity
  • seal it in a bag of holding
  • possibly send the bag to the astral plane
  • possibly seal the bag

Diggermatach Hall

• the partyrew march over to the Diggermatach’s

  • giant salt blocks are stacked outside

• the wererat king sits with Dorbo and Senny

  • they great the partyrew and begin to discuss the battle plans

• they have prepared a concoction to clear rubble

  • hundreds of oozes have begun to gather
  • they gather in the old palace, a large hollow orb

• Oneshoe feels additionally motivated at the mention of the orb

  • she goes on a tangent about the fun activities that can happen in a sphere

• Yvelia pipes up, asking for payment for services rendered

  • they oblige, but as they ask for their guards to retrieve them Yvelia has a suggestion * if they loan more spell gems, the partyrew can fill them with Gusts of Wind in order to capture Ogremach’s Bane

• the strategy continues

  • the wererats and svirfneblin will prepare the frontal assault on two fronts
  • the strike team slaying the pudding king should hopefully end the influence on the oozes
  • forces
    • 200 foot soldiers
    • 40 wererats
    • 30 earth elemental (big naturals according to Oneshoe)

• some back and forth happens on when to crack open the ooze filled cavern

  • one day before the weapons fully arrive the rubble will be cleared

• the partyrew receives 2 4th level spell gems

  • 4 quartz spell gems are shown to them before being taken to the druids to be filled

• Cynlant leads the partyrew out, in search of magic items

Shopping Time

• a new gnome greets a greedy looking Cynlant
  • he has just return from Gracklstugh
  • has many items worth of valuable goods
  • Cynlant’s eye grow WIDE at the mention of his wares, before sprinting off to sell various items
• Bon purchases a magic chain shirt
• Yvelia sells multiple gems for Oneshoe to buy the ring of spell storing

Downtime

• the boyscout resume their construction company, helping build defenses for the city
• Ront is cured of his alcoholism (from madness)
• Yvelia is cured of her murderous intent( from madness)
• Bon tends to Slicer and Francine who continue growing

Capturing Ogremach’s Bane

• at some point during the downtime the partyrew decides to track down the cloud

• once they find it in the residential districts Oneshoe entraps it in chromatic bubble

  • it swirls around malevolently in the bubble, before Cynlant captures it in an empty bag of holding

• the partyrew returns to the Gurnick Tapfinger to tell him the good news

  • they also return the unused spell gems to the Diggermatach’s

Trader’s Grotto

• on one day in the market, a merchant is selling
  • +2 short bow 2000
  • +1 short sword 300
  • +1 light crossbow 300
• a pale, tall, sickly green figure towers in the distance
  • it is the Merchant with cursed wares from before

Greetings. Oneshoe.

The Merchant

• black cloak with 2 tentacles 2000gp

  • cloak of displacement

• little ring +10 lockpicks, checks, finding of traps 100gp

• ornate, decorative dagger that is rather poorly constructed 25gp

  • the dagger of secrets

• mage hand in a box 25gp

• Oneshoe asks the Merchant to tell the partyrew of the curses

  • he says all of his items do exactly what they are named

• the partyrew agrees to purchase all of his items, as he lankly walks off into the distance

• Oneshoe tries to follow him, but as he rounds a corner the she can’t see him

• Cynlant identifies the cloak of displacement

  • if an attack hits the wearer, a random item in the person’s possession appears within 30ft of the wearer
  • he hands the item to Yvelia

• Cynlant identifies the ring, chuckles, then hands it to Oneshoe

• Cynlant identifies the mage box, chuckles even more, then hands it to Oneshoe

  • she opens the box, it immediately closes it
  • she tries to open it again, it immediately closes it
  • on her third attempt, she holds it with her legs and pets it
  • as she begins petting it, the hand closes the box

• Cynlant identifies the last item, the dagger, then tucks it into his pack

  • Oneshoe and Yvelia try to ask him what it does, but he refuses to share

The Tavern

• the partyrew walks to the tavern
• Oneshoe tries to open the front door, but it does not budge
  • she keeps trying, until eventually, Cynlant easily opens the door
  • she rushes in behind him
• the rest of the partyrew make their way to their rooms
• Oneshoe tries to open the door to her and Glabagool’s room, but fails
  • she uses mage hand to open it
  • once inside she tries to open it, but can’t until she doesn’t have the ring on her possession

Downtime Continued

• the boyscout construction company earns 100gp
• Bon started finding a place to start a daycare in the city
• the Oozes attack 9 days early! Only half of the svirfneblin are armed

Battle for Blingdenstone

• the partyrew gains an extra +5 damage per attack roll for each fight before the pudding king

• the partyrew also gains one re-roll of any saving throw throw or ability check

• the oozes are attacking on two fronts, with most of the partyrew defending the gate near the palace

Initial Assault ⚔️

• after the partyrew splits to handle the fronts, the Joaquin fires the first strike
• Jim Jar follows up soon after, steadying his aim for loosing arrows at a Black Pudding
• Cynlant moves towards one combatant, then strikes with the dagger he purchased from the merchant
  • the weak little dagger causes the ooze to splatter around him, looking grievously injured
• an allied earth elemental slams into a gray ooze, damaging it
• Ront uses his new flaming sword to attack critically strike a gray ooze, killing it
• Oneshoe fires attacks the black pudding, damaging it
• Yvelia eldritch blasts one of the oozes, killing it
• one of the oozes stares at Prince Derendril the best it can, causing him to hold his head and howl in pain
• the battle continues with attacks flying at the last remaining ooze
• Glabagool squelches out

You are a bad representing of us Goops

• Jim Jar deftly raises his weapon, and slaughters the last ooze

• Far off in the distance there is an echo

It is time!