- Beware the depths.
- All the mushrooms are edible.
- The Dead Gnoll's Eye Socket is safe.
- No one has ever escaped from the Mountain.
- The mushrooms are poisonous.
- The derro are watching everyone.
- Mind control is real.
- There is a gem that grants wishes.
- The boiling bubble bursts boldly.
- The tiny men are everywhere.
02 July 2016
Rumors of White Plume Mountain
After doing some reading and asking around, here's what our brave adventurers found out about White Plume Mountain:
A Short, Sharp Shock [session 27]
Adventurer's Present
Bilbo, a hobbit
Mossmullet, a dwarfley cleric of winter's bite
Orsek, a dwarfley barbarian wizard
SMASH, a dwarfley cleric of root cellars
This round of adventuring was a rather abbreviated and goal-driven undertaking. The party simply walked up and away from their captured campsite North of Cheddarbend up to the southern edge of White Plume Mountain. Their journey cannot be said to have been uneventful, but it didn't take more than a day of game time, nor more than an hour or two of real time.
The first encounter (other than some briefly-sighted jackalopes which ran for cover) of the day was a giant of some sort. Approximately 20' tall, slovenly, and armed with a tree trunk, he seemed vaguely inclined to pass the time talking with the dwarfs of the group when they approached him on the road. The hobbit (and maybe the ghost of some past elfish rogue?) hid in the bushes. Well, the hobbit was still cursed with invisibility, soooo… not really hiding so much as standing. The parley went fairly well until the giant turned his thoughts to his rumbly tumbly, and mentioned his willingness to make due with dwarf-meat. Then, of course, it was ON!
Orsek cast a Grease spell upon the oversized oaf, causing him to slip and fall when Bilbo utilized his enhanced Jump, which Orsek previously cast upon the invisihobbit while the giant was babbling. Bilbo's sudden landing upon the giant's shoulder, and the sack he had slung over that shoulder, caused him to shift about and lose balance. In a bit of bad luck, the Greased ground gave Smash and Mossmullet the slip as well; they miserably failed at dodging the falling giant, and he inflicted heavy damage. (Grin!) Despite being grounded, the giant managed to smack Orsek with his tree-club while the other dwarfs crawled out from under him. Bilbo helpfully searched the giant's sack for the rest of the battle, ultimately finding nothing of real interest.
The battle continued, with Smash invoking his deity's aid to causing binding roots to grasp the giant. He attempted to gain his feet, but failed to do so immediately. Mossmullet surveyed the skies, and noted that conditions were ripe for Varga's aid to take the form of Called Lightning to come down from the stormy skies. Three bolts of lightning, and some root-damage later, the giant died a large death. The heroes bandaged their wounds, then resumed their march.
The next and last encounter was with what must have been the least competent war-band of orcs in the land. They utterly failed to inflict any real damage upon the party. Six orcs and a wolf assumed an attack formation and came at the adventurers, but a Digging from Smash opened a pit beneath three of the orcs, and only one was able to jump to safety. The other two fell down, and never could get up again. They died rather easily, and the magical pit proved to be their grave. The other creatures succumbed to a thunderous Blitzkrieg by Mossmullet, and a sharp pointy from the hobbit.
Before taking their night's rest in the safety of the Dead Gnoll's Eyesocket (really just a cave, luckily marked with the dwarfley rune for "Safety"), the group reviewed the rumors and knowledge they'd gleaned from various sources. Also, Smash had the inspiration to ask again for his hamsterish lord's help, and managed to Remove the Curse of the Invisibility amulet from poor Bilbo. The amulet crumbled to dust under the Hamster God's eye, and Bilbo returned to normal visibility. Then, it was off to sleep. For tomorrow, White Plume Mountain, with all of its sketchy and barely-known environs, awaits!
Party Experience Gained
Combat: 208 each
Bilbo, a hobbit
Mossmullet, a dwarfley cleric of winter's bite
Orsek, a dwarfley barbarian wizard
SMASH, a dwarfley cleric of root cellars
This round of adventuring was a rather abbreviated and goal-driven undertaking. The party simply walked up and away from their captured campsite North of Cheddarbend up to the southern edge of White Plume Mountain. Their journey cannot be said to have been uneventful, but it didn't take more than a day of game time, nor more than an hour or two of real time.
The first encounter (other than some briefly-sighted jackalopes which ran for cover) of the day was a giant of some sort. Approximately 20' tall, slovenly, and armed with a tree trunk, he seemed vaguely inclined to pass the time talking with the dwarfs of the group when they approached him on the road. The hobbit (and maybe the ghost of some past elfish rogue?) hid in the bushes. Well, the hobbit was still cursed with invisibility, soooo… not really hiding so much as standing. The parley went fairly well until the giant turned his thoughts to his rumbly tumbly, and mentioned his willingness to make due with dwarf-meat. Then, of course, it was ON!
Orsek cast a Grease spell upon the oversized oaf, causing him to slip and fall when Bilbo utilized his enhanced Jump, which Orsek previously cast upon the invisihobbit while the giant was babbling. Bilbo's sudden landing upon the giant's shoulder, and the sack he had slung over that shoulder, caused him to shift about and lose balance. In a bit of bad luck, the Greased ground gave Smash and Mossmullet the slip as well; they miserably failed at dodging the falling giant, and he inflicted heavy damage. (Grin!) Despite being grounded, the giant managed to smack Orsek with his tree-club while the other dwarfs crawled out from under him. Bilbo helpfully searched the giant's sack for the rest of the battle, ultimately finding nothing of real interest.
The battle continued, with Smash invoking his deity's aid to causing binding roots to grasp the giant. He attempted to gain his feet, but failed to do so immediately. Mossmullet surveyed the skies, and noted that conditions were ripe for Varga's aid to take the form of Called Lightning to come down from the stormy skies. Three bolts of lightning, and some root-damage later, the giant died a large death. The heroes bandaged their wounds, then resumed their march.
The next and last encounter was with what must have been the least competent war-band of orcs in the land. They utterly failed to inflict any real damage upon the party. Six orcs and a wolf assumed an attack formation and came at the adventurers, but a Digging from Smash opened a pit beneath three of the orcs, and only one was able to jump to safety. The other two fell down, and never could get up again. They died rather easily, and the magical pit proved to be their grave. The other creatures succumbed to a thunderous Blitzkrieg by Mossmullet, and a sharp pointy from the hobbit.
Before taking their night's rest in the safety of the Dead Gnoll's Eyesocket (really just a cave, luckily marked with the dwarfley rune for "Safety"), the group reviewed the rumors and knowledge they'd gleaned from various sources. Also, Smash had the inspiration to ask again for his hamsterish lord's help, and managed to Remove the Curse of the Invisibility amulet from poor Bilbo. The amulet crumbled to dust under the Hamster God's eye, and Bilbo returned to normal visibility. Then, it was off to sleep. For tomorrow, White Plume Mountain, with all of its sketchy and barely-known environs, awaits!
Party Experience Gained
Combat: 208 each
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