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The Steel Cave in the Sunken Hole Under the Melted Spire

The Cloud Giant, Vort

A Cloud Giant sits in front of us twirling a dagger (to us, a broadsword)

Z and D get the vibe from P that P has this under control and has a quiet confidence (however he's deceiving us)

The giant, Vort, is on a job (an assassination? - later we learn it is a relic retrieval)

P is weighed down pretty heavily by having Vort show up. Former "work friend" who was never actually nice to P.

D mentions the Night Hag to Vort... which got a reaction, but he hid it pretty well. Not sure what the implications are.

The Deal

Vort says he will keep baddies away while we rest and recover... if we go get this relic for him.

What: Retrieve The Crystal Chalice (with blood-red liquid)

• pure clear crystal, a blood red center like a gemstone. A liquid inside that must not be spilled.
• Vort doesn't know what it does

Where: The bottom of this dungeon

Two conditions

• not a scratch
• don't spill a single drop

For Whom: An Unnamed Client

From Whom... ???

• Chalice is in the possession of an attentive and alert entity
• Don't try any cheap tricks
• Avoid the owner, don't confront

Bonus: other treasures around, We can keep some

We so hurt, Z so tired... we accept

Z is sooooooo tired
Pim gives him the Giant Smut book

Dreams

going to sleep, d20 roll

Pim

deep sleep befalls him
strange dream, knows it's a dream

Dream

In an ornate noble bedroom
a form on the other side of a canopy bed

Vort's hand, it's Ps hand,

Sees Z, all noble and fancy
turns to leave
sees Vort

P's hand is out over Z with a dagger
hovering over her neck

Vort's hand pushes Ps hand down onto Z
P resists

Suddenly, D appears and is also struggling with the knife.
Helping P? hmmm....
Then D says: Let's do it, she's been holding us back for too long!

Zelda

Wakes and sees P restlessly sleeping
casts Protection from Evil and Good
dusky light forms into a little blanket
the dream evaporates!
hears a cackling woman's voice

Pim awakens

disoriented
looks at D angrily
cold sweat
Z is calming him down
P has some wine

Z tells him a bedtime story of her 2nd favorite kill... a knife into the crotch of a pedo... which of course, further traumatizes P

Z sings him to sleep a lullaby he mom used to sing

Deuce

uneventful sleep
but, from later behavior, it seems like the good night's rest either made him feel invincible or stupid

A New Day, let's head into a dungeon!

Vort still there, we head into the cave (again)

Near Entry

P is stealthy and avoids the zombie things
P Mage Hands the journal from under the dead noble woman's body.

• journal stained with blood #WSS/To/Pim

Journal

partially ruined
a villager of Copmora (lots of years ago, at least a generation ago)
last entry, mostly untarnished

• "I think I’ve decided afterall that he has been a guide to me - if not a most curious one. To see Myra again, I shall endure eccentricity, as I have already endured the dangers of the Shallows. Compared to the monsters that live here, he is not so strange a creature. Tomorrow I shall go into this so called Spire, and I shall rescue my little girl.”

• who was the "guide"?

• why did the little girl get taken? Is it related to the "mark" at all?

Unexplored passages

D is an idiot and gets hurt

oops...

Shark Tank

Shark in the hallway is no longer there
streak of blood going up the wall

Z sniffs
fungal smell to the soft breeze

Z misty steps to the island
D tries to swim it but gets attacked by a shark, motherfucker.
P ice canoes over

Ice bridge, D makes it but slips and falls

we murder a bunch of sharks

P perceives a Giant Spider in the cave to the left

Swim up the northern passage

A Room and a Waterfall

Waterfall to left
Room to the right, entrance ~4 feet up above the water
fungal smell is stronger

open portcullis
fungus glowing
rusty desk

swamp water falling from above

P makes ice stairs so we can get up to the room

Leave it to Lever

two stair cases going down, blocked by steel bars
warm air from below

levers all over it

right side stair (dirty 20 on disadvantage roll)
air coming up is stale warm and dry... mixture of mustiness, blacksmith

left side (14)

Wortcamp

• The glowing fungus is Wortcamp
  • faintly magical, popular in potions, medicinal, healing potions
• what Felix Moon wanted 2024-05-09 SLAG 005
• What was referenced in the Storeroom near the original "Door" and Randy's Room (2025-01-02 SLAG 020)
  • “Divine immortality - different from arcane? Linked to Spire? Must be some way to negate. Nightshade? Wortcamp!”
• Z eats one

levers levers levers

we get the gates open!

Z grants Eyes of night (300 ft in darkvision)

We go down the right side

Deeper below

two huge fresco statues
bearded men, armor helmets, ornate and geometric
brutalism meets impressionism

another holding a huge smith hammer

doors doors doors

A

B

office (top right)

Letters

we too dumb

Safe

tough safe to crack

Long Hallway (Bottom Right)

Armory (Top Left)

Locked door,

• 4x pickaxe
• 8x warhammers
• 6x javelins
• 2x battle axes
• 1 shield
• 1 warhammer, +1 #WSS/To/Party

Long Hallway (Bottom Left)

Cafeteria

Rolling for initiative
Pim has advantage on this initiative roll