Blingdenstone

Aftermath of the Battle for Blingdenstone

Throne Room of the Pudding King

• after the fall of the Pudding King, all the meandering oozes begin to dissipate
• Oneshoe investigates the body of the Pudding King
  • she finds only goop and mush
• Cynlant looks at the king’s fungal footstool and throne
  • the footstool and throne appear to be merely covered in gloop
  • he begins to attempt to Detect Magic in the area
  • Cynlant feels magic emanating from within the footstool
• within a hidden compartment Cynlant finds
  • 55 gp, 35 ep
  • potion of poison (in a gourd)
  • 2 spell scrolls
    • conjure minor elementals
    • speak with plants
  • varnished nothic eye
    • faint tendrils of magic spiral off of the eye
    • divination magic
    • functions as crystal ball of true seeing
• Bon and Oneshoe go back and forth on who should take the eye
  • Oneshoe agrees to let Bon have the eye
  • she takes the fungal footstool
• the party agrees to draw cards after they get a good night’s rest
• Cynlant picks up the headless, armless body of the pudding king
  • he tosses it into Glabagool, who gluuuurps it up

Traversing the Battlefield

• on their way back to the Blingdenstone proper, the oozes appear to be thinning out
• Bon, Cynlant, and Oneshoe spend their remaining spell slots to heal many of the injured fighters

Meeting of the Leaders

• the partyrew see Dorbo and Senny taking count of their soldiers
  • they thank the partyrew for their service
• Cynlant asks about repairing or replacing Ront and Droopy’s armor
  • Oneshoe gestures to Ront’s exposed nipple and dick
  • it will take a few days, but the forges will be back up

News at the Foaming Mug 🍺

• Oneshoe bursts into the tavern exclaiming “the Pudding King is dead!”

  • the gnomes in the tavern murmur and mill about amongst themselves before some of them leave

• Tappy Foamstrap is ecstatic to see the partyrew, she begins prepping drinks

• Oneshoe pulls Jim Jar aside to talk with him

  • he tells her he plans to stay in the city to help in the repairs
  • She is rightfully bummed out, as he hands her back the deck that he “borrowed” from her
  • Oneshoe asks him to continue adventuring, to figure out the mystery of how he was revived
  • Jim Jar deftly avoids Oneshoe’s questions

• Cynlant mentions the fact that Entemoch’s Bane is still in a bag of holding

  • the partyrew discuss how they could dispose of it
  • sometime later Yvelia communes with Mr. F, and negotiates 2000gp for the sale of the Bane
  • after communing, she wakes Cynlant to discuss the details of the deal
  • a half asleep Cynlant sheepishly agrees, on the condition that it will never find its way back
  • Ront’s half exposed body stirs in the background

Post Battle Blues

Card Draw

• in the morning the boyscouts rise early to being their exercises

• Oneshoe rises late from her death-like sleep

• the rest of the partyrew wakes up and makes their way to the orb palace to draw cards

• Hunt- Yvelia

  • a pair of piecing eyes amongst the shadows appear in the card
  • within a mile an adversary appears, it hunts
  • the first to slay the other with cause the other to transform into a magical weapon

• Angel- Bon

  • the kindly face of an angel smiles before you
  • an illusory pair of wings sprout from Bon’s back
  • while he has them, he can fly at half speed or use revivify one time
  • if he dies with his wings, they are immediately consumed

• Plague- Cynlant

  • a field of bloated corpses, a reek of death fills the drawers card
  • Cynlant becomes afflicted with a disease Mindfire
    • under the effects of confusion during combat
    • disadvantage on intelligence saving throws
    • 1 con check per day, gets advantage on checks if he rests the whole day

• Sun- Oneshoe

  • the golden radiance of sunlight marks the drawer of this card
  • 3-4 hours can be spent in the sunlight in place of eating
  • after spending a few hours in the sunlight, she can cast daylight once a day

Back in Town

• upon returning to town Oneshoe gifts Jim Jar the bag the deck was in, and thanks him for adventuring with the partyrew
  • they banter back and forth and go to shake hands
  • they both had prepared shocking grasp and stunned each other

Grand Celebration

• Cynlants’ condition begins to slowly improve over the coming days
• the rest of the partyrew goes to celebrate
  • Bon panhandles near by her
  • Oneshoe begins busking
• they being back a plate of bioluminescent fish and mushrooms for Cynlant

Next Task

• Cynlant sends a message to Grazilaxx, informing them that the partyrew is almost ready to take on the Illithid threat

• the party thinks about the ramifications of taking a mind-wave blocking tadpole

• as a group, the partyrew strategies how they might handle the mind flayer colony

• the partyrew kills the remaining time at the tavern

  • Oneshoe starts working behind the bar without being asked

• a sassy winged cat-like creature (sphinx of wonder) insults Oneshoe

  • it has a New York accent and its name is Supridin
  • the cat is Cynlant’s childhood cat from the upper (east) planes
  • he is there on a mission (familiar of Cynlant)

• the remaining days the partyrew spends in town are mostly uneventful

Squashing the Elder Brain

Preparation

• after a couple days travel the partyrew arrive at the meeting spot

• they wait for an hour until Grazilaxx teleport in

• he begins to draw a teleportation circle

  • once completed, he reveals a jar of squirming worms from his cloak

• the partyrew discuss how they will handle the revived elder brain

• Yl’lib toys with Oneshoe, lying to her that he is forcibly bound to her, unable to return to his wife and kittens

• Grazilaxx thwunks open the jar and begins to implant the worms in the partyrew

  • he raises a tentacle with a worm

• Glabagool suffers in silence (flashbacks of an army of oozes surround him)

• Bon begins to cackle uncontrollably

• Eldeth suffers vivid hallucinations for the next 48 hours (disadvantage on all ability checks)

  • she expends lesser restoration to restore herself

• Grazilaxx finishes casting the spell, which the entire partyrew jumps in

In the Shitter

• a foul smell hits the partyrew first as they come to

  • they are in the latrines of the colony
  • Bon begins to take a shit in one of the stalls

• Cynlant and Oneshoe hear the sounds of dice rolling and chatter just past the door

• Kyem swushes invisible and prepares to scout ahead

• Oneshoe opens the door after Bon casts Pass without Trace

  • she sees multiple drow and deep gnomes armed and armored

• the partyrew debates how to sneak out of the room

  • Oneshoe calls for a non-violent approach
  • Cynlant goes invisible, and prepares to sneak around the walls
  • Oneshoe sends them a message asking “are they their of their own free will”
  • the messaged thrall looks about confused, and asks if any other
  • they respond no, which causes Oneshoe to ask again

• Oneshoe steps out and manages to deceive the thralls of her goal

  • she lies to the thralls that she has managed to find a group of outsiders
  • one of the thralls begins to stand up to get an mind flayer
  • Oneshoe hastily reacts, casting Hypnotic Pattern, incapacitating all of the thralls

• the partyrew quickly grabs the thralls and dumps them in the shit pits

• Oneshoe goes to check a bedroom, upon which she is struck with poisoned gas

  • she continues into the room, but all she finds is a drawing of children, a woman, and a mind flayer who is labeled “Daddy”
  • she checks another room and triggers another trap
  • the rest of the partyrew is beginning to grow tired of her antics and urge her to continue with the mission at hand

• Kyem flies down the southern hallway, until he finds an opaque electric barrier

  • he signals the rest of the party to investigate
  • Oneshoe investigates the barrier, which she discovers likely has a switch somewhere
  • the partyrew decide to go down an eastern tunnel

Pod Chamber

• Cynlant scouts ahead and sees two Mind Flayers performing experiments on creatures in pods
• he returns from scouting ahead to the partyrew
  • they decide to hop into bags of holding, have Bon wildshape, and sneak past the Mind Flayer scientists
  • in the pods are a multitude of creatures, twisted in an illithid form
• Bon is able to successfully sneak past the mind flayers
  • he returns to human form and whispers to the partyrew in the bag that they’ve made it past
• after the pod chamber, there is a another electric barrier
• there is a small divet on the side of the tunnel, there is a hole that goes 20ft down
• the partyrew makes their way down the shoot

Research Chamber

• Kyem scouts ahead invisible, which he sees 3 mind flayers at various tables researching and performing surgery on exposed skulls and brains
  • he informs the partyrew of his findings
• after a brief conversation, Cynlant goes invisible and carries bags of holding ING counting the partyrew
• Yvelia waves her hand and makes Bon invisible
• Cynlant and Bon are able to sneak past the mind flayers, into the next room