Through Ultan's Door

Campaign News for 6/30 The tensions mounted between the hewers and the carver, and their respective supporters at court, in the wake of the defeat of the carver's mercenary force. Just when it was reaching the breaking point, the Chatelaine finally took the reins of power again returning to court in a most decisive fashion. In a surprising move, she has sided with the hewers, taking the opportunity to humble the Voluptuaries. The violence has been pinned on a mid-level priest name Gondrogo who Captain Valmoreaux executed with great relish. The High Voluptuary was even made to offer a humiliating public apology for the overzealous action of his underling. The hewers got their higher prices, and trade and production has begun again. (Most of Rastingdrung's trade with Wolsdag and Loktole and points beyond is in timber and fine furniture.) In a further slight to the Voluptuaries, the Chatelaine has welcomed the charismatic reptilian hero of the hewers to her Court, where he has reg...

The Take for 6/23 The party consisted of One-eyed Salinger and his dog Jabber, Sir Tresken, Dozar the Gross, Cletus the Palsied Former Torchbearer. With Selwin the simpering torchbearer (hireling), and Magdelana an over-the-hill temple prostitute (hireling). They proceeded once again through Ultan's door. They traversed the seemingly endless apartments, chambers, sunken plazas, and abandoned estates of the Inquisitors Guild heading in an eastward direction. At one point they spotted some guildless, who fled at their sight. After about an hour's progress they stumbled upon large copper doors bearing unnerving iconography and barred with a wooden beam. Removing the beam, they discovered a new area I am calling the Lunar Caverns. Within they found a natural cave system of jet black stone, flecked with deposits that sparkled in the torchlight. Passing an altar and recovering a strange horn, they proceeded south. They discovered a large cave occupied by faceless spider apes, came up...

Adrianna and Your Other Contants When you bring her your loot for the purposes of identification, Adrianna the child witch and Fifth Apprentice to the Chatelaine informs you in her gravelly voice that the four potions you had her prepare from the sludge of the Oneiric Pudding are complete now. In heavy glass chairs, you see a thin grey substance across which absurd images flicker. She informs you that "to the best of her knowledge" when one consumes them before sleep a "shimmering priaduct" will form around the sleeper's body, transporting him and his possessions to any location from Wishery that he has previously visited. He must only recall the image from memory firmly in his mind as he imbibes the possession. The priaduct will remain open for "24 hours" (this is an upward estimate from what she told you last time--she says that she has done further research.) After investigating the glass globes, Adrianna reports that the substance isn't magical...

Hirelings available for 6/23 Selwin HP4 Knife 1d4 50gp As always, the ingratiating linkboy-plus is available. If he survives one more session I will give him a level in either fighter or thief, as you prefer. Rhaskos F1 HP5 AC6 Longsword 1d8+1 ½ share experience and gp Sleepy-eyed Rhaskos is a follower of the Slumbering God. He is part of the guard accompanying the representative of Loktole in Rastingdrung Athanais Th1 HP3 AC6 Dam Shortsword 1d6 CW4 PP1 FRT1 PL1 MS1 HN2. ½ share experience and gp A cutpurse and dissident, Athanais has thus far avoided incarceration in the dreaded white halls of the Voluptuaries by the skin of his teeth

Campaign News 6/23 The Guild of Hewers has continued to refuse to supply shining timber to the Council of Carvers until they up the customary fees. Using mercenaries supplied by the Voluptuaries, the carvers tried to break the strike, but the lumberjacks surprisingly routed the sell-swords in a nighttime clash. According to wild rumors, the lumberjacks were aided by a strange warrior: a charismatic saurian gladiator from distant lands. In light of their victory, various rivals to the Voluptuaries at court have thrown in with the Hewers, including the Captain of the Storm Riders, Sir Valmoreaux. They are demanding that the organizers of the violence be brought to justice. The Chatelaine remains withdrawn and has not stepped in to halt the conflict. In other news, the Chatelaine’s Fifth Apprentice, the unwholesome Spaldiv has casually paraded before shocked members of the court several necromantic hulks of alien forms, including white swine with the hands of children, and a corpulent hul...

Current Campaign Map This map shows in quasi-point-crawl fashion the locations the party has visited thus far. It is obviously not to scale. It also illustrates some of the avenues currently open to exploration. You can use this to discuss the party's priorities, which will be helpful to me in planning. Here is a brief rundown of the locations shown, as far as the party knows. Ultan’s door deposits you in the Ruins of the Inquisitors’ Guild. It is located in the undercity or sewers of Zyan, a flying city in the dreamlands. It is an abandoned area that the party has mostly explored. To the north, the Ruins of the Inquisitors’ Guild opens onto the great sewer river that runs from Zyan above. The party has access to a boat. Across the river is the Churning Gate. The gate is currently blocked by a strange spatio-temporal phenomenon. However, stairs here lead up to a doorway that the party picked in the last session. It leads to an area I’m calling the Temple of the Horoscops. The Horos...

Friends, Let Us Return to Immortal Zyan, The Floating Pearl of the Dreamlands, City of Kings Both Visible and Hidden, in Which Nestles the Root of the Dangling Jungle of Lamias! I will be starting this game up again over the summer. It will run regularly, once a week, in the evening. The first session of the season will be next week. If you are able to play and have a preference about days, feel free to comment below.