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Game summary for June 29, 2021, Classic Quest campaign, Dungeons & Dragons BECMI / RC Edition, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Arminious Ironkeep (Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Garadal Davster (Halfling played by Parker Harmon), Katarina Magdanov (Magic-User played by Casey Scruggs), Koehan Rumisar (Elf played by Peyton Harmon), Levi Ackerman (Thief played by Andrew Renfrow), and Valor Eagleclaw (Fighter played by Preston Harmon). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons. This was a Roll20 session.

The group went up the stairs and found a room with two jade statues that animated and attacked!  One ripped into Levi, wounding him to the edge of death.  Valor smashed one with his sword when suddenly magic missiles ripped into the team!  Golthar fled through a secret door and up another stairwell while the remaining statue continued to rain down blows.  The second statue was shattered, and the group sped across the room in pursuit of the fleeing wizard. 

They got to the top floor in time to see Golthar flying off through a shattered window, and they lobbed ranged attacks at him but missed.  The group talked to Stephan and learned about a tapestry at Sukiskyn that might be part of a long lost map!  They ransacked Golthar’s quarters and found a chest filled with a huge fortune in gold and gems.  Levi was able to read an old scroll and confirm that the tapestry will reveal a map when combined.  In another container they found the silver needle and golden thread!

A crash resounded, and the team remembered the minotaur!  They debated strategy a moment and thought about trying to descend ropes outside the tower, but the 1,000 pounds of gold was a problem.  Levi set a snare under a sheet on the floor, and the rest of the team pushed the heavy bed to the window and tied the rope to it.  When the minotaur ascended the stairs, Arminious began taunting it and talking about its mother.  Enraged, the minotaur began to charge!  The pulled the rope, and the snare closed on its leg.  A mighty shove pushed the bed through the window, and for a moment the minotaur stared in disbelief.  It then found itself on its back and flying across the flagstones!  Its sword clattered down the stairs as the minotaur whipped out the window and followed the bed all the way down to the crashing ground! 

With the minotaur dead, the group packed up the treasures and fled down the stairs to try and escape the tower and Xitaqa!

Game summary for June 22, 2021, Classic Quest campaign, Dungeons & Dragons BECMI / RC Edition, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Arminious Ironkeep (Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Garadal Davster (Halfling played by Parker Harmon), Katarina Magdanov (Magic-User played by Casey Scruggs), Koehan Rumisar (Elf played by Peyton Harmon), Levi Ackerman (Thief played by Andrew Renfrow), and Valor Eagleclaw (Fighter played by Preston Harmon). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons. This was a Roll20 session.

The team returned to the tower and decided to avoid the library.  They ascended a level and found lots of beds with polished iron manacles hanging above them.  One had a foot locker, and Levi picked the lock and opened it to reveal some coins, a silver belt, and some equipment with the Sukiskyn’s brand emblazed upon it! 

The group went up another level and opened the door from the stairwell.  On the other side was an empty room, but they could hear voices.  Suddenly, the voices stopped, the far door opened, and a skinny man in yellow robes briefly appeared and sneered at the team before slamming the door shut.  A disembodied voice cried, “Look out!” and a loud bellowing erupted from the empty air.  The team advanced into the room to discover anyone moving across the threshold turned invisible!  The group stumbled about a bit, running into walls and tripping over a bound man.

Levi determined the man to be Stephan, and he began untying him with haste.  Meanwhile, some massive monster stomped forward, bellowed again, and viciously attacked Garadal.  The halfling was able to sink an arrow into his unseen opponent before fleeing.  Levi got Stephan up and moving before they ran into a large muscular figure and fell down. Levi stabbed the unseen entity only to learn it was Valor!  Fortunately, the dagger glanced off his armor.

Valor took his two-handed sword and broke one of the glass walls to pieces which caused the invisible entities to begin blinking in and out of sight.  This revealed a massive sword-wielding minotaur!  Several of the group rushed across the room to the far doorway but cut themselves on the huge glass shards from the shattered walls.  Katarina was able to cast wizard lock on the stone door, and the group piled behind it and slammed it shut.  Arminious’ knowledge of lore clued them into the massive strength of minotaurs, so they are unsure how long the door will hold if the beast tries to pursue!   

Game summary for June 1, 2021, Classic Quest campaign, Dungeons & Dragons BECMI / RC Edition, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Bathory Battleblade (Dwarf played by Preston Harmon), Garadal Davster (Halfling played by Parker Harmon), Gordi Alebarrell (Dwarf played by Andrew Renfrow), and Koehan Rumisar (Elf played by Peyton Harmon). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons. This was a Roll20 session.

The team decided to explore the door behind them and found a dusty stairwell descending into the depths.  On a landing below, the found another door.  On the other side was a clean, empty crypt.  The group moved in cautiously and found a gelatinous cube!  Gordi backed up to get a clear shot and was attacked by a second cube!  Bathory took a hit to the chest but shook off the paralysis!  The group ended up killing both the oozes and finding several valuable gems.  They also discovered a door leading out to another city street.

The group then went back upstairs and through the double doors to discover a web-shrouded library filled with books and scrolls written in a language Koehan could not decipher.  After standing around in the library a few moments, a pony-sized black widow spider dropped from the ceiling!  The monstrosity bite Gordi and injected him with venom!  The dwarf thrashed and frothed at the mouth for a moment before dropping to the ground in spastic death throes!  A second spider dropped out of a teeming nest and attacked Koehan who was able to fend it off and head back to the stairs.  The group was able to cut down one of the spiders, but the other drove its mandibles through Bathory’s armor and into his heart and lungs.  He died instantly, not even feeling the effects of the poison. 

In full retreat, the survivors dove through the library doors and slammed them shut behind them as the spider slammed into them trying to get through.  Fortunately, the stone doors are sturdy, and the spider cannot work the handles.  Temporarily safe, they debated what to do and fled back to the “safe house” created by Katarina’s wizard lock spell.