%% date:: [[2023-11-28]] %% # [[113_20231128 Why did it have to be tentacles?]] ## Session Summary > [!tldr] [[113_20231128 Why did it have to be tentacles?]] > Sybell and Nika recognised each other. Sybell was a childhood friend of Lydia Truscan, and Nika had met her when Lydia's father Prime Arbiter Sydnock Truscan took her and Lydia to Nika's house. Sybell said that Nika's father, a cultist, was behind "this". Sybell also said that she had been smuggled in a barrel from noble house to noble house, dungeon to dungeon, only to be offered as a gift to the giants. She said she'd heard the Fire Giant King's voice. > > In the next room, we found 8 slaves. We had barely begun to talk about how to rescue them when we had to hide from some fire giants that were walking in our direction. We pressed ourselves up against the tentacle door, which did keep us safe until the giants and troll had passed... but to our horror, the tentacles of the door also came alive and a battle ensued. > > During the battle, we realised that the tentacle monster was actually of arcane nature, and a female figure in black as well as a male fighter/warrior, also in black, was hiding in the room on the other side of the tentacles. They put up a good fight, but eventually, Wally killed the female figure and Milla killed the fighter. We looted their bodies, and we got two tentacle rods and some gold. Xenia saw that the brocade hanging in the room was hiding another secret room behind it - one with a smouldering copper brazier and lounges, with a basin at the foot of each couch. ^summary %% ## Video [Video](https://youtu.be/TEe47L5cnj0) [TWC Video](https://youtu.be/pyHHgKW8zjc) 00:00:00 Recap 00:03:07 I paid attention, but Tyler just wants to know my birthday 00:05:34 Good girl and one point for Andy 00:08:00 Start of game, talking to Sybell 00:12:38 The question on someone's mind 00:16:31 Everyone except Scura has Daddy issues 00:17:19 Is she tied down? 00:31:15 Seeing the other slaves 00:33:56 Hiding from giants 00:40:42 A slightly different problem... roll for initiative 00:44:10 Round 1 - Nika's turn (pulls Scura away) 00:46:36 Milla's turn (disengage) 00:49:43 Scura's turn (pulls Wally away) 00:52:45 Discussion on attacks of opportunity 00:59:00 Xenia's turn (Shocking Grasp) 01:01:54 Tentacles' turn 01:04:39 Designer can't math 01:08:03 Pissing damage 01:10:48 Wally's turn, Sjoerd and Nicole are in sync 01:12:26 Round 2 - Nika's turn (attack) 01:15:01 Milla's turn 01:16:12 Attach your own ring 01:18:34 Andy's sound effects 01:19:01 Scura's turn (pulls Xenia away) 01:22:03 Xenia's turn 01:25:43 Tentacles' turn 01:29:55 Andy loves a good roper 01:35:17 Wally's turn 01:36:35 Round 3 - Nika's turn (Pass without trace lost) 01:39:39 Milla's turn 01:41:09 Figure's turn 01:43:22 Break 01:46:38 Andy's tech is all going wrong 01:47:41 Scura's turn 01:49:37 Xenia's turn 01:52:40 Wally's turn 01:56:51 Round 4 - Nika's turn (dispel magic) 02:02:51 Milla's turn 02:04:25 Figure's turn 02:06:53 Andy wants to show us the tentacle rod 02:07:09 Scura's turn 02:08:52 Sjoerd doesn't know the Leyla song 02:09:25 Warrior's turn 02:11:29 Just take the sex instead 02:11:45 Xenia's turn 02:12:24 Andy drumming 02:13:45 Wally's turn 02:15:45 Round 5 - Nika's turn (Nika has a lot of pluses) 02:18:51 Milla's turn 02:20:16 Figure's turn 02:22:12 Scura's turn 02:25:15 Warrior's turn 02:26:51 Andy fantasises about killing Scura again 02:27:10 Xenia's turn 02:31:10 Wally's turn 02:33:06 HDYWTDT, wettest spot on her robe 02:34:10 Andy spaces out again 02:35:01 Round 6 - Nika's turn 02:36:35 Milla's turn 02:37:54 HDYWTDT %% --- ## Recap ![[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/112_20231121 The room of tentai frescoes#^summary]] --- ## Log [[Sybell]] is wearing a noblewoman's dress, but it's a little bit more hardcore. [[Veronika Alice Arness|Nika]] has recognised her because she has come with [[Sydnock Truscan]] - she is a childhood friend of [[Lydia Truscan]]. Sybell also recognises Nika. ![[twc-sybell.png]] She's been passed on from noble house to noble house in dungeons, blindfolded. She was in a barrel! She's an elf. She thinks [[Kai Arness|Nika's father]] is behind it. Nika says her father's a cultist. She's been brought as a gift to the giants. Hall of the Fire Giants' King is a real person - when she was gifted, she heard some conversation in Common and what was probably Giant. She was in a throne room. There was a large booming voice that was from the king. Wally peers underneath the door. There are 8 people in there. Two storm giants walk north and a puffed up troll, proudly escorting them, goes with them. They tell the troll: "Return to your quarters. Your guards have already been returned, fed." We step back against the tentacles. Battle with tentacles, [[The High Priestess of Tentacles]], and two other cultists! ![[1701201830602 - Combat]] Shortsword and crossbow and they both have [[Tentacle Rod|tentacle rods]]. ![[twc-tentacle-rod.png]] - [x] We need to identify the tentacle rods. 16 gp Brocaded hanging of lilac and mauve. Xenia sees that there's a door behind it, and a smouldering copper brazier and two low black couches inlaid with silk that are sized for humans. - Low table with basin at the foot of each couch - Small stools