🗓 Session 10 – 🔥🤖Deeper into the Monster Menagerie

📅 Date of Session:

2025/10/05

👥 Party Members Present:

• Zane Umbralight
• Nelvax
• Harlekk Wynnchym
• Eldvarr Ulfridsson
• Voss Dain

📍 Locations Visited:

• Monster Menagerie (Underground Chambers)
• Furnace Cavern
• Subterranean Tunnel Network

🎲 Session Summary:

🛠️ (System/Rules Discussion)

• No major rule clarifications this session.

🎭 Event / Encounter 1 – The Hidden Passage

• The party investigated the grounds of the Monster Menagerie, finding a tile etched with a strange symbol—a hammer inside a circle within a triangle.
• Nelvax discovered a hidden lever under a bush and activated it, revealing a secret passage below.
• Inside, a wooden crate filled with 15 bags of animal rations (grade C) was discovered—each weighing about 20 lbs. They stored them in the Bag of Holding.

⚔️ Event / Encounter 2 – The Furnace Construct

• Eldvarr and Voss descended the metal staircase first, encountering jets of scalding steam. Voss took the brunt of it, while Eldvarr narrowly avoided a worse burn.

• At the base, the group entered a massive cavern filled with piles of broken constructs and bones. In the distance, a furnace burned with eerie, sentient light.

• When Voss approached, the blue flame shifted and possessed a nearby pile of metal and bone—creating a massive furnace-born construct.

• Combat ensued:

  • Zane unleashed Fireball to melt away flesh.
  • Eldvarr charged with Hunter’s Mark and landed several heavy blows.
  • The construct retaliated with magnetic force, pulling weapons and slamming its bulk into the group.
  • Nelvax identified a weak spot and stunned it.
  • Harlekk cast Faerie Fire, illuminating it for all to see.
  • Zane maintained a Witch Bolt connection, discharging energy through his hand.
  • Eldvarr finished the fight with a pair of mighty slashes—the last a critical hit that destroyed the creature.

• The construct’s death triggered a massive explosion of blue fire and shrapnel, sealing off their way back. The only route left was forward.

🧩 Event / Encounter 3 – Relics of the Past

• Nelvax discovered a small red crystal, faintly pulsing every 20 seconds. Upon touching it, he sensed its name: Lorain.
• Zane identified it as the power cell of an ancient construct.
• Eldvarr examined a set of inky, black full plate armor taken from a corpse earlier—identified as Entropic Plate Armor (+2 full plate), offering resilience to unmaking and immunity to slowing effects.
• Harlekk’s Bardic Inspiration and pep talk granted +10 temporary HP to the party during their short rest.

🎭 Event / Encounter 4 – The Tunnels Below

• Moving deeper, they found a twisted passageway that looked torn open by force, the air thick with a coppery tang and echoing footsteps.
• The sound of metal creaking and distant footsteps followed them through the dark.
• At a three-way intersection, the group heard Harlekk’s voice mimicked from one direction. After debate, they chose to follow it—Voss casting Pass Without Trace for stealth.
• A bridge ahead was marked with writing in blood and oil: “Don’t run.” Two vats of acid bubbled on either side.
• Eldvarr tested the fumes, which burned his nose hairs—definitely acid.
• They crossed carefully, but as Voss led the way forward, a creature dropped from the ceiling—two red eyes glowing before it attacked.
• “Ravens!” it screeched, then darted back into the ceiling, escaping after being struck.
• The mimicry and strange voice marked the beginning of the hunt for the false Harlekk—and the end of this episode.

💰 Loot:

• 15 × Animal Ration Bags (Grade C, 20 lbs each)
• Entropic Plate Armor (+2 full plate; immune to slow effects)
• Lorain (Ancient Construct Power Cell)

🗨️ Quotes:

“Voss, when things that are inanimate are breathing, we shouldn’t approach them!” – Zane
“Hi little guy, what do you do?” – Nelvax
“Ow!” – The False Harlekk

✅ Things to Do:

1. Determine what Lorain (the crystal) truly is and how it functions.
2. Find a way out of the sealed tunnels.
3. Identify the creature mimicking Harlekk’s voice.

📦 New Items:

• Entropic Plate Armor – Eldvarr (unattuned)
• Lorain (Crystal Power Cell) – Nelvax
• Animal Rations (Grade C) – Stored in Bag of Holding

🧍 Major NPCs:

• Lorain – Sentient construct crystal of unknown origin.

🗺️ Quest Updates:

• Secure the Royal Architect - Completed

🏳️ New Factions:

• Ancient Construct Makers (unnamed) – Possible pre-collapse civilization or Tower-linked group behind Lorain and the mechanical horrors.

• Secure the Royal Architect