Session 19 · The Borderlands

Vinethelen 1, Ammonadras

Chilly, Clear, Very Strong Wind

We approach the temple and find 4 kobolds guarding the entrance again. Uthman successfully commands them to take us to their king, before attacking them. Yngvi brutally kills three of them and Uthman slays the last.

17cp

Uthman leads the way as we explore the south-west corner of the temple. We enter into a room which is empty other than a skeleton. Uthman inspects it and finds that it's clothes are actually spider silk, and it is filled with spider eggs. We carefully remove them and move on through a curtain door.

Inside we find a large number of shattered jars and 10 whole jars. On the ceiling we see two giant spiders. Yngvi throws his axe at one, dropping it from the ceiling. Titania buries her cavalry sword into the other's thorax, killing it. We search the room and open the jars and find:

Spider eggs 295 GP
10xIncense/Oil/Perfume, 25GP ea. 250 GP
Garnet 250 GP
96XP from killing the kobolds and spiders

The rest of the room is a dead end, so we head to another unexplored door and listen. Aurelia hears talking in what sounds like Kobold tongue. Uthman listens as well and is able to make out a few kobolds taunting someone. We burst into the room and find two guards tossing a coin pouch over the head of a smaller kobold. Titania moves forward and drives her sword through the larger as he catches the coin pouch. The smaller excitedly yaps as he gets the coin purse, realization hitting him just before titania's blade. Yngvi charges past her and sweeps his longsword in one long arc, beheading three kobolds and then turns and casually cuts the last in two. We loot the bodies and find:

22sp, 20GP
30xp for killing kobolds

We continue exploring and find another room with over a dozen beds. We find 10 kobolds who are being roused due to the noise. Yngvi rushes in and greedily slays five of them before anyone else is able to claim one. Aurelia resorts to attacking sleeping kobolds in an attempt to contribute before Yngvi kills them all.

50xp for killing Kobolds.
57cp, 23sp, 10gp

We continue on exploring and find a room which leads to a passage way. We follow it to a medium sized room with lit braziers and two burly kobolds guarding a door. Uthman barks an order at them which is followed by a tense pause as we realize Titania and Uthman are standing in oil. The tension is broken as Uthman and titania rush forward and after a brief struggle kill both guards before they can light the oil.

Aurelia listens at the curtain door and hears nothing, then at the guarded door and hears voices and movement. We take down the curtain to soak it in oil and explore the room beyond. We find a fresco dipicting 12 couples engaging in explicit acts. We it has another exit with a curtain which we remove to soak in oil as well

We bust into what we correctly assume is the throne room to find 8 guards, a king, and a bodyguard. Surprised, the guards stand slack-jawed as aurelia sprints down the hall and buries her blade in the king, killing him instantly. Yngvi charges down to the end of the hall and takes out the bodyguard. The rest of the guards are felled after an extended fight. Uthman is struck by two javalins, but remains on his feet. We search the room and find a lot of worthless spoiled food and drink as well as:

55xp For killing kobold king and guards
Urza's serpent headed torc 25 GP
Tarnished silver ring 10 GP

We encounter amongst the sacks a cobra which aurelia narrowly dodges it's strike before Yngvi cuts it in two.

13xp For killing the snake

We loot the last room and find:

1000cp
10 rolls of cloth, 10gp 4st ea 100 GP
14x bone fetishes, 32GP ea. - 1 sold 11.11 448 GP
Red gloss porcelain vase 1st. 700 GP
2 agates - 1 sold 11.11 25 GP
7x Opelenean tapestries, 20GP 5st ea. - 1 sold 11.11 140 GP

Totals from the run:

(17+57+1000)cp
(22+23)sp
(20+10)gp
(96+30+50+55+13)= 244xp 48 XP ea from killing monsters
(250+250+25+10+100+448+700+25+140) + 45.24 = 2002.24xp 400 XP ea from treasure
259XP 49 XP ea For spider eggs.