# [[006_20220528 Begrudge not the thieving monkey]] %% art:: [[otari-fishery-troglodyte-cave.png]] %% ## Session Summary > [!tldr] [[006_20220528 Begrudge not the thieving monkey]] > Karsh climbed up the ledge, causing the troglodytes to spot us. We finished them off, and got some strange coins from them. We followed the tunnel that led deeper underground for two hours without seeing anything, so we turned back around and went to the other tunnel, which went back to the kobold warren. We took the path that we didn't take earlier, and came face to face with a kobold queen on a throne and three kobold warriors. > > After a tense fight where the queen used Magic Missile to auto-hit us from afar, we did eventually kill them all and got quite a bit of loot, some of it mundane and some of it magical. We also found a broken egg that matched the eggshell particles that we had on our necklaces. We also got a map that matched up with a nursery rhyme I recognized, about a lighthouse just outside Otari. ^summary %% [Video](https://youtu.be/Vdi5Xui-GPI) %% --- ## Recap ![[005_20220521 The Undead Unkillers#^summary]] --- ## Log [[Troglodytes]] in [[Otari Fishery#Troglodyte Cave]] - Territorial, organized into family groups - Used to have a huge underground empire, with ziggurats. We don't know what happened to them. - Fierce underground warriors - Round 1 - Bolt - Me - Bolt - Inspire Courage (_Cause we don't like the way they look that much, oh party let's just go and kill these guys_) - Skram - Learns about troglodytes - Worst save: Will - Physically formidable - They are our level. - They are from the Darklands? - Karsh - - Round 2 - Me - Inspire Courage (_Scary Karsh_) - Stride - Sling attack - Skram - We find a handful of strange coins in one of the troglodyte warriors. On one side, they show a tower inside a cave. On the other, a sinister-looking elf's head. 38 and 4 gold. ^4e675e There are two passageways leading out of the room. - One leads into darkness - The other doubles back around and leads to the kobold warren ![[otari-fishery-troglodyte-cave.png]] I tell Bolt's fortune: > Begrudge not the thieving monkey, lest you take its place in the tiger’s jaws. We are ankle-deep in clear but stagnant water. Bolt sneaks ahead, and I follow not too far behind him. We spend an hour going down the tunnel, slightly curving. There are no tracks or changes in elevation. Karsh says his entire city was destroyed by dead things. We spend another hour going deeper into the tunnel and we don't see the xulgath that fled. The air smells better and we don't see any signs of anything. We eventually decide to turn back... it takes two hours. Skram is part of an organization called [[Rat Pack Gang]] that used to delve into ruins and look for treasure. We go back to the kobold warren. There was another way going up. - Gaping pit opens on the floor on the centre. - Ledge overlooks entry - Ornate throne that looks out of place. Regal kobold sits on the throne with a fish crown. She yells about intruders to the two kobold guards. - Queen is wearing an eggshell necklace, robes, staff. ![[golarion-kobold-queen-room.png]] - 26 Quen - 20 Kobolds - 11 Bolt - 9 Skram - 9 Karsh - Round 1 - Me - Electric Arc - Shield - Kobolds - Attack me (miss) and Bolt (hit). 2 damage. - Queen - *You are face to face with Zolgran! Tremble before me!* - magic missile x3 - Bolt - Skram - The Kobold Queen is Level 2, which is a higher level than us. She looks frail. It's unusual for her to know magic. - Round 2 - Me - Move - Telekinetic Projectile: 5 damage to queen (her AC is 17) - 20 foot deep pit with mangled bodies that look humanoid. One is a xulgath. - Kobold attempts to hit Karsh, but doesn't succeed. Runs up the stairs. - [[Zolgran]] - Magic Missile - Skram - Can cast Fear, Magic Missile, Ray of Frost, Ghost Sound, Mage Hand - Shoots queen - Karsh - Sudden Charge on kobold - Round 3 - Me - Inspire Courage - Demoralize Will 17) > [!info]- Inspire Courage > Zolgran you're a kobold queen > hitting us with spells > Gonna be a big pain someday > You got fish on your face > You big disgrace > Sending your missiles > All over the place, singing > We will, we will kill you! > We will, we will kill you! - Shield - Kobolds - Zolgran - Round 4 - Me - Demoralize (failed) - Inspire Courage - Move behind the column - Bolt Karsh kills the queen and the remaining snivelling kobold. They took the trap from upstairs in the throne room and put it next to the wall. There is an old, rusty iron chest. There is a two-foot egg with green veins running through it. ^aacb20 Treasure - Staff that the queen was holding - Silver bracelet with a fish pattern, 5 gp - Very old map depicting a strange-looking dungeon - Materials - Sword with dwarven runes carved into the hilt - Intrincately carved stick (wand) about six inches long - 2 fragile-looking glass vials tunnel that looks musty, dusty Egg - The pieces of eggshell that we are wearing come from here for sure - There are claw marks on the inside of the shell - 2 feet tall, 3 feet long - I am sure it belongs to the natural world (used Occultism) I couldn't identify the stick! The map - I remember a nursery rhyme: *When the fog is creeping and the moon is low, when the town is sleeping, gauntlight starts to glow. That's when she arises for her midnight lunch. Naughty kids are prizes for her teeth to crunch. But if you obey me and obey the rules, you're safe from Belcorra. She just eats the fools.* - It forms roughly a round area which looks like a lighthouse. There is a lighthouse outside of Otari. [[The Gauntlight]] ^b24f9f %% Songs ### Shape of You Hey, you know we want your heads Your head was handmade for somebody like us Come on now, follow my lead I may be crazy, don't mind me Say, hey, let's not talk too much Grab on her dagger and we'll show you what you need Come on now, show us how you bleed Come, come on now, show us how you bleed (mmmm) %%