Cave of Deception

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Summary

Adventure: Cave of Deception
GM: Kita
Season: Autumn 823
Night: Wednesday
Place: Birdlands
Level: Bunny Low

Party
Employer
  • Ollie
Mission
  • The story of Aladdin needs your help
Pay
  • 5,000 sp and the loot we find along the way.

Scribe Notes

Session 1

Introductions

We are met in the Guild meeting room by a familiar face to a few of the adventurers in our troop, myself included, by a sweet, easily distracted, bald, orcish man named Ollie. He works for a magical library on a plane called Storybrooke, I've been there myself fairly recently to help with another book repair mission.

He introduces himself to us all, and we all spend a short while getting acquainted, two newer guild members are going to be partaking on their first assignment and surprisingly both Boom Boom and I are the most experienced in the room, The bunnies are Cyrus an elvish fire mage and Horváth (Vath from here in my notes) Vath seems to be a bit hesitant to begin on an adventure and needs more guidance than the others.

Ollie lets us know the pay and that he wants to discuss the details of what's wrong with the book 'Aladdin' once we get to the library itself. (I think he enjoys surprising people with his library) But tells us we're heading to a fully pink tree in Kazalah, which throws Tallan off quite a bit as it's really unnatural to see a tree of that description. (I think Ollie might not be the best at big descriptions but he's very lovely)

Quick Shopping

After our introductions we head off to find an earth mage to give us a greater for the trip and then head towards Seagate for a few supplies, picking up a few new haven starter kits along the walk. We'll meet ollie back in the same room in the morning so we can set off at dawn. We learn from ollie the climate of the place we're going is going to be a desert so we all buy a few water skins and are going to rely on my rough understanding of how to make ice from air to fill them again. Tallan can produce some restoratives so she buys some empty vials for our trip.

Carnival Games

We meet Ollie again back in the guild meeting room and ask him to start leading the way, he's not very familiar with Allusia so we're more following a rough direction than a planned route, we make our way southeast towards a forest in Kazalah, this is where the portal pink tree is going to be. Coming into the afternoon Ollie seems to notice some music and food like things nearby our route and starts wandering off towards them much like a kid.

We all follow him only to find a lovely small town carnival in a clearing, it has about a hundred people and children running around eating sweets and playing simple games for prizes, ollie rushes in and goes to take in the scenery, this all seems really novel to him. We again follow and decide there's enough time to enjoy some treats before a trip to the desert.

Vath takes the lead towards a game where we have to use some sharp tools to pop balloons, he manages to get all but one in a flash of dart throwing and wins a cool-looking mug, I tried after him with a bow and won a neat green hat that seems to have been owned by a 'P. Pan' before I got to it. Boom Boom found the game of strength where you hit a hammer onto a lever and it launches a ball up a wall, the higher the better. He tried a few times but managed to slip 3 times on the same pile of food which was hilarious I think he won a few paper flowers as a consolation prize but they got burned in frustration.

From there Cyrus and Tallan both gave it a go and won some plush animals, a bird and a weirder owl and bear hybrid called an owlbear. Callie Went off to play a different game for horseshoe throwing, she did great and won an Amulet of Elder Flowers.

We all figure a group game would be fun so we made our way to a game of disarming and sneaking past traps, Tallan, Callie and Vath all made it through unscathed, me and the others not so much. We got coated in dirt, flour and flowers as punishment, it was great.

We all won something for the attempt though, Tallan an Amulet of Luck, Cyrus a potion of a fire spell, Vath won a lamp wrapped in a sling, Boom Boom won some confetti grenados, I won a uniform plushie and Callie got a Bag of hopefully magical rocks and an amulet of some kind.

Around this time we found Ollie again, he'd gone to buy us some snacks which we happily accepted and we all wandered towards the carnivals fortune teller, Tallan being a Witch had huge doubts it'd be accurate but we thought 'eh, why not' and went anyways.


Session 2

Fortune teller

We all made our way to the fortune teller to get our fates read, it was exciting to try and guess what the adventure held but there were sceptics among us. The fortune teller was a much older Human woman in long robes, she pulled out a crystal ball to gaze into and read our fortunes one by one starting with Boom Boom;

  • I see much fire in your future - Boom Boom
  • You will be a muse for men, women and children - Callie
  • Use your magic right and you will succeed - Tallan
  • You will hold the world in your hands - Cyrus
  • You will be pursued for your skills 4 times a year - Vath
  • You will experience great distress in the baking sands - Me, Elidon

She stated a last fortune for us all as a group, "You possess something which will come of importance later", we're not quite sure what that means yet but oh well.

Pink Tree Portal Hugging

Around mid-day, we all set off for the pink tree with Ollie retaking the lead. It takes us about half an hour from the fair to see a pink tree on the horizon, getting closer it really is pink from top to bottom. Ollie brings us closer and shyly tells us we have to give the tree a hug to travel to Storybrooke, Boom Boom goes first and gives it a deep hug, vanishing suddenly, THe rest of us go one after the other with Vath being last. He seemed very hesitant but talked himself up and gave it a go. "I can do this.. I can do this.. I'm an adult!"

Each of us arrives in a massive library, full from floor to ceiling with intricate shelves and thousands of books. The room looks to be made of marble and gold detailing it looks stunning. With a big grin, Ollie shows us around and tells us a few more details about the library as he introduces us to a smaller girl named Pixie sitting at the librarian's desk. It seemed like Pixie remembered Boom Boom and greeted him with "Nice to... I remember you.."

She gets our names and makes a joke about Vath sounding close to Bath, We're being sent to help the story of Aladdin, where a poor boy finds a genie that can grant wishes, he becomes a prince and finds love marrying a princess.

Some drama ensues about Djin and Genies in Allusia, but get some details about how the plane of Storybrooke works, and that it's in trouble if the books are not fixed. We learn that we'll be given a magical book on what is going wrong currently in the book and have to try help, and a copy of the original book to guide us on what to do. Three people are trapped in the cave of wonders and our fist task is to find them, Cyrus gets the magical tome and Thallan the original copy.

Pixie presents the broken story and asks us to place our hands on it, and we do. She states we're looking for "the cave of wonders", and she chants "One for all, and all for one!" as we all get transported suddenly to a desert landscape. We start looking in the books for some directions and find the city should be to our north, and with that, we start looking for Aladdin's path to the cave entrance.

Sand Sharks?

Upon being teleported into the book, we are surrounded by sand as far as we could see, with the city located to our north, we checked our magical book for updates but nothing new since the teleportation. We get our spells ready and cast and begin setting off looking for a trail left by the missing people.

Boom Boom and I spotted a number of fins on the horizon, looked to be about 8 total racing towards us. We got our weapons out and readied for a potential fight as Cyrus cracked a joke; "gone fishing boys".

Sand Sharks.

A pretty intense followed, with many heavy blows to us and from us. Cyrus damaged his blade, Boom Boom got surrounded and more jokes followed: "The universe is trying to correct its mistake, and abort boom boom, better late than never". Unfortunately, poor timing as boom boom got knocked out mid-joke. Thallan got first blood and took one down.

Vath seemed to be having a blast, figuratively and literally. He ended up belly-flopping on Boom booms body, setting off a ton of grenados and engulfing them and the land sharks in a pillar of flames, he fed Boom Boom a potion to get him on his feet. At the same time, Cyrus took a very heavy blow and was left barely standing. Callie killed shark #2 as we all realised that boom booms prophecy was fulfilled now being surrounded by so much fire.

I'm told that I fell unconscious after this point in the fight apparently so did Cyrus, Thallan killed another shark, Vath killed one, Boom Boom killed one, Thallan went down, Callie killed another one, and Callie accidentally threw her weapon instead of hitting a shark with it.

Vath killed the final 2 sharks and collapsed on the ground as the rest of us were revived. It was a tough first hour in this book.

Session 3

tbd

Mil-Sci

Daily pattern

‘’How much time does the party spend sleeping, eating, traveling, doing rituals, etc each day’’

Travel Magics

‘’What travel magic options does the party have, how far per cast/or per day if duration is longer than usual travel time.’’ ‘’Can the party eat/sleep/etc on the mode of transport.’’

Watch Order

Day Watch. ‘’Used when stationary, or on a larger transport such as a ship’’
First - ??
Second - ??
Third - ??

Night watch
First - ??
Second - ??
Third - ??

Marching Order

Skirmish Formations (Front)
Double File Single File

Buffs

General Buff Notes

Buffs listed in the table don't need to be detailed, other buffs not on the table must be mentioned at the time they are cast.
Y means always on, N/- means never on, 'Sit.' means when the party has time for buffs before a fight.
Weapon Spells which weapon/s it is going on normally should be noted also


Long duration buffs

Magic Rk Effects Dur ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Name (??) ## ???? # Day ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Name (??) ## ???? # Hours ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Name (??) ## ???? ? Hours ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Short duration buffs

Magic Rk Effects Dur ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Name ??? ?? ???? ? Mins ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Name ??? ?? ???? ? Mins ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Name ??? ?? ???? ? Mins ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Loot and Expenses

SP & other cash value loot

Sand Sharks Loot

  • Land Shark hide

4 City Guards Loot

  • 100 sp
  • 4x Scimitars
  • 1x 5pt Leather Armor

Significant Items

Gifts/Prizes

Carnival

  • Small Bird Plush Toy - Cyrus
  • Owlbear Plush Toy - Tallan
  • Amulet of Elder Flowers - Calliope
  • Mug of Ale Making - Horváth
  • Peter Pan Hat - Elidon
  • Amulet of Luck - Tallan
  • Potion of Cleansing Flame (Rank 1, consumable) - Cyrus
  • Misc. Lamp - Horváth
  • Sling - Horváth
  • 3x Confetti Grenados - Boom Boom
  • Unicorn Plush Toy with a pin - Elidon
  • Bag containing 3 Misc. Rocks - Calliope
  • Misc. Amulet - Calliope
  • Toffee Apple - Everyone
  • Candyfloss - Everyone
  • Ginger Maple Cookie - Everyone

Purchases

Minor Items

Calendar

Autumn

  Moonday Duesday W'ansday Th'rsday Frysday Reapsday Sunday
Lugnasad
Fruit (4)
  1 Guild Meeting 2   3   4   5   6  
7   8   9   10   11   12   13  
14   15   16   17   18   19   20  
21   22   23   24   25   26   27  
28   29   30    
Harvest (5)
  1   2   3   4  
5   6   7   8   9   10   11  
12   13   14   15 Equinox 16   17 Seagate Autumn Fair 18 Seagate Autumn Fair
19 Harvest Moon 20   21   22   23   24   25  
26   27   28   29 Michaelmas 30    
Vintage(6)
  1   2  
3   4   5   6   7   8   9  
10   11   12   13   14   15   16  
17 Blood Moon 18   19   20   21   22   23  
24   25   26   27   28   29   30 Beerfest
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