I’m
hopelessly behind on session reports for our science fantasy campaign, The
World of Tomorrow! The thing is, we played two more online sessions, then we met
up, holed up in our summer house for four days, and PLAYED A LOT OF D&D. A
LOT. “Sessions” flowed into each other. So here’s a non-comprehensive re-cap of
where the campaign’s at right now.
Session 4
was still online.
The party delved
into the Salt-Encrusted Shrine of the Immortal Wave Cult (AKA Dank Cave of the
Immoral Weed Gang), a cool little dungeon I wrote. They explored the main hall,
caught a glimpse of a red glowing idol, encountered a giant crab, then met with
the local cultists, decided NOT to join the cult just yet. They explored the
complex, deciphered some reliefs, found the magical Seaweed Orb, then a secret
door too, which gave them access to a hidden room. In this chamber, they found
the high priest of the cult, dormant in a stasis pod. With a countdown timer
set to about 60 years or so. They also gained access to the main temple. And
they found a way to lower themselves into the idol chamber: gathered most of
the loose treasure, but shied away from grabbing the large crystal from inside
the idol. They fled the complex and went back to the city of Cryopolis.
Session 5 was for downtime and city crawling. They managed to hide some of the loot from their boss and divvied up the rest. Then they gathered some rumors. And rented a storage container for their stuff. They went to the Fighting Pits and gambled, winning some money on the gladiator fights. But their main reason to go there was to hire one of the gladiators. So that they have more muscle. They hired Ugazum the Fighter. Then, back at the Atomic Kitten, they got a new quest from their crime boss Ayesha. To go and find a weird dungeon complex in the Thunder Mountains. She assigned a guide and a porter with a pack Stegosaurus to them.
Ultimately,
we ended up generating two more player characters: the gladiator and the guide.
So now the
party consists of
- Psamtek, the psionic Grey pilot (Halfling 3)
- Keteus, the dark prophet or something (Magic-User 3 with Space Age Sorcery spells)
- Ugazum, the gladiator (Fighter 2)
- Phireus, priest of the Mountain Mother (Cleric 2)
Then we had
all those long sessions of live play. IT IS SO GOOD TO PLAY D&D FACE-TO-FACE
WITH YOUR FRIENDS. Ugh!
So, the
party of four plus the Stego and the porter went on a big wilderness track
through the labyrinthine canyons of Thunder Mountain. There were dangerous
pits, undead dragonflies, etc. Then they reached a valley with tour giant
crystal eggs.
Cue THE
SPIRE OF IRON AND CRYSTAL by Matt Finch.
