Session 19

The party:

• Konn, F1 (NtH)
• Ploikal, MU4 (TM)

Treasure:

• 611 SP
• Two gems worth 110 SP each

XP: 831.

Casualties: None.

Report:

• They decide to scope out Farmers’ Guild Hall.
• Ploikal uses his crystal ball to see into the hall.
• Discovers it is used by a mystery cult devoted to the harvest goddess Yiggub.
• Offerings include silver, so they decide it is worth a try to break in and steal some valuables.
• During the day, they observe the hall to check for alternative entrances and find one back entrance.
• At night, they once again scry to ensure no ceremony is going on. They only see guards posted throughout the building.
• They go through the town’s deserted streets to the hall at its western edge.
• They cast a Wizard Lock on the front door.
• Ploikal turns Konn invisible and summons a pair of Devil Apes.
• Konn tries to open the back door, expecting it to be unlocked by Ploikal’s magic.
• The noise alerts the guard inside.
• Ploikal casts a Knock spell to open the door.
• The Apes go inside and are blocked by the guard at the door.
• Apes are killed.
• They see a horde of skeletons approach from the fields.
• The party attempts to sneak in but bumps against the guard.
• More guards arrive.
• The party heads upstairs.
• Some guards chase them.
• Guards upstairs are alerted as well.
• Konn makes a lot of noise up the stairs.
• Ploikal chaffs a potion of Mastery over Men, putting a charm on most of the guards on both ends of the stairs and ordering them to take everyone downstairs and into the main hall.
• Meanwhile, skeletons have arrived at the door and begin to bash it in.
• The lone guard desperately tries to bar it and asks for help from charmed colleagues, who grapple and drag him off.
• Upstairs, the party begins breaking open chests and filling their pockets with coins.
• Skeletons break down the door and stream in, begin attacking guards.
• Upstairs, the party searches the rest of the rooms.
• Downstairs, an epic fight between skeletons and guards develops, taking the lives of many and slowly moving into the main hall.
• Upstairs, the party finds little of note, but Ploikal takes one curious-looking scroll from the library.
• Downstairs, two remaining guards battle the remaining skeletons.
• A single guard remains standing when all skeletons are defeated.
• The party enters the hall try to mind-control the guard but fails.
• Konn faces off against the guard, takes a nasty cut, but ultimately prevails.
• They pry the gemstone eyes from the statue of Yiggub and leave like thieves into the night.