Session date: 09/28/2019, Toby’s house

Previously On

Jon Tobart is defeated, and Flynn just used the astroid to destroy the beholder fleet.

Session Notes

• The astroid, being an ancient evil artifact, quickly corrupts and absorbs Flynn’s mind, compelling him to do nothing except use the astroid’s “eyes” to carry out petty personal vendettas. He prepares to find and destroy Quodeth, as revenge for not being invited to join the wizard council. Grimbok knocks him out of it with a cantrip, granting a new save. Grimbok also generously provides a +5 bonus. Flynn makes it.

• (By the way, the eyes of the asteroid function as 300ft wide beholder rays, with no dex save unless the target creature is itself at least 300ft wide. Other saves still apply. There is no central eye. When Flynn destroyed the beholder fleet, it wasn’t specified, but he was probably using the disintegration ray.)

• Flynn realizes that if he withdraws from controlling the astroid, it will revert to its unarmed state, and the party lacks the knowledge/means to reactivate it. Maybe Jon Tobart left his research on the matter in his tower?

• Flynn sets course to pilot the astroid back to the greater Quodeth area. It seems to be okay operating within planetary atmosphere and gravitation. The trip takes three days.

• On the way, party gets a view of their planet’s continents. They look something like this:

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• Also on the way, the party discusses the best place to land the astroid. The mountains north of Quodeth are considered, but the the ocean a bit south is eventually settled on.

• But first, the party wants to blow something up with their doomsday weapon. Marvus reaches far back into campaign setting lore and suggests the sentient glacier that is slowly engulfing Thule, but then realizes that it’s too far away from Quodeth, and actually he might not even know about it.

• So maybe that castle on the island below Quodeth? Or maybe the artifact was actually on to something, and they should destroy the Quodeth Wizard Council for snubbing Flynn!

• Grimbok prays to Carnifex for advice on the matter, and surprisingly gets a response: a weapon this powerful should not be used capriciously, but should be hidden away until the proper time.

• Sure, ok, but the party decides that first they should at least destroy Osgood Flumph’s tower. Osgood Flumph is the reason for the Wizard Council snub, after all, and is also responsible for the gambling addiction curse that destroyed Irtrep’s life and drove him into microscopic hiding. And anyway, destroying a building as revenge is demonstratedly the sort of thing the Carnifex would do (see Session 309: Epilogue II).

• Flynn sets course for a Quodeth flyover, and the deed is accomplished with four blasts from the disintegration ray. Flumph Tower and its grounds are reduced to a fine dust. The neighborhoods around Flumph Tower are treated to generous applications of the charm ray, with hope that this will cause any witnesses to have a favorable impression of the building-destroying UFO.

• The party decides they’d better head out when a wizard in Quodeth tries (but fails) to scry them.

• The asteroid is landed in the ocean, positioned with the dome facing up and obelisks pointing outward. The water level is just high enough so that the astroid can rest on the ocean floor without submerging the obelisks or the entrance crevice. [Note: the interior of the astroid has, so far, retained its weird internal gravitational schemes, but the surface now functions under normal planetary gravity.]

• Flynn relinquishes control of the astroid and it reverts to it’s unarmed status: the lasers stop as the platforms, the central crystal, and the eye crystals all return to their previous positions.

• Now the party has to figure out how to get themselves and their spelljaming furnace back to Quodeth. It can in theory be used to power the bubble car, but there isn’t a good way to secure it to the exterior, and it gets too hot to be in the passenger area.

• The party decides to use the furnace to power the Defiance, despite the vessel’s extremely poor condition. The furnace is activated by burning the Sword of Vengeance, with Flynn acting as the spelljammer. Going from the asteroid to the Defiance is a devestating letdown, and Flynn vows that he will someday learn the secret to activating the astroid.

• (Burning the sword powers the furnace for one week of active spelljamming, with a top atmospheric speed of 40mph.)

• (For some reason, flying the bubble car under its own power, with the furnace in the passenger area but safely powered down, never came up. Also, why is the party carrying around a weapon that no one is using and that they know to be cursed? Weird.)

• The trip back to Quedeth is short but harrowing, with pieces of the Defiance falling off along the way. At Marvus’ suggestion, the party lands directly atop the remains of Flumph Tower, a blatant (but vague) statement connecting the party to the astroid’s visit the night before.

• The Defiance is designed for zero g and has no landing capability even if it wasn’t a wreck. It falls to its side and takes even more damage.

• The Party (minus Ovek) heads directly to Tobart Tower to check out their new real estate acquisition. Ovek drives the bubble car back to Irtep Tower to park it and check in with the butler. All is well at Irtep Tower, but it doesn’t actually have a place to park a bubble car. He instead parks on the roof of Tobart Tower, meeting up with the rest of the party.

THUS ENDS THE PARTY’S (FIRST?) ADVENTURE IN SPACE.

Foes Vanquished

• Flumph Tower
• Osgood Flumph, if he was home

Loot obtained

• Tobart Tower, or at least the roof so sar

Goals Achieved

• none

New Goals

• Learn how to reactivate the astroid (Flynn)

XP Earned (per PC)

• 1100