Ox ---> Tiger --->Rabbit --->Dragon Campaign Session #158

Festival of the Blazing Sun

 

Session 158- A Return to Barovia Part 9

12/31/2024

• Rams arrive at Vallaki Town Square for the Festival of the Blazing Sun.  

  They are escorted to a raised viewing platform.

• The Burgomaster’s Procession enters Vallaki Town Square.  The 

  Burgomaster’s wife Lydia Petrovna Vallakovich joins Rams on the 

  platform.

• Burgomaster Vallakovich begins lighting the Wicker Sun effigies on 

  the western edge of  the town square.

• Due to persistent rain, the Burgomaster’s torch goes out.  One of the 

  present Town Guards begins laughing uncontrollably at the 

  Burgomaster.

• The Burgomaster orders 2 other Town Guards to arrest the laughing 

  guard and put him in the stocks.

• The Burgomaster goes back to lighting the Blazing Suns.

• Tim is attacked by Clavdia with a Ray of Sickness.  He fails his Save 

  and takes significant damage.

• Izek and Clavdia win initiative.

• Clavdia casts Invisibility and disappears.  Izek hurls fire at Gugula.

• Fecus puts Gugula out; Shelby uses Command on Izek and he rips 

  his testicles off.  Tim casts MM on Clavdia and kills her.

• Izek stems the blood flow in his groin region with an Ireena doll he 

  pulls out of his armor.

• 30 Commoners begin to rush the platform that Rams are standing on.  

  A conspiracy/unkindness of ravens swarms down on the Commoners 

  pushing them back.  2 ravens drop healing potions on Rams’ platform; 

  Tim and Gugula drink the potions.

• Gugula attacks Izek with the Spider Pike.  A 1 is rolled and a Dex 

  check fails, so the Spider Pike shatters on Izek’s monstrous arm.

• Tim casts MM on Izek and kills him.

• Rams attend a party at the Blue Water Inn to celebrate the defeat of 

  Izek and the Barovian Witch Clavdia Cantemir.

• Rams talk to the patrons of the Blue Water to get a feel for whether 

  they think the Burgomaster’s son, Victor, was in any way a conspirator 

  with Izek.  The rumors are inconclusive, but Rams are still suspicious 

  of Victor.

• Heal, set watches, and sleep.

• The next morning they find a bundle of clothes on their stairway to the 

  Inn’s ground floor.  The clothes have a few black feathers stuck to the 

  inside of the garments.

• That morning they receive a letter from Lady Wachter saying that 

  Stella has recovered from her shock and madness.  She has left the 

  Wachter household and taken up residence at St Andral’s.

• Rams visit Stella at St Andral’s.  She is helping in the kitchen there 

  baking bread.  Tim casts ESP on her to learn more of her time as 

  Victor’s wife.

• 6000 CP = 60 XP

• 6000 EP = 3000 XP

• 200 PP = 2000 XP

• 16 Potions of Human Control

• Spellbook of Clavdia Cantemir

• Izek Strazni killed = 1800 XP

• Clavdia Cantemir killed = 100 XP

• Total XP = 6960

• Tim and Fecus each receive 2319 XP

• Gugula and Shelby each receive 1160 XP

   

   

  1/21/25 Perchance Prompt wicker effigies of the Sun in a bleak 

  town square getting lit by a downtrodden nobleman, 

  horror concept art