Into the Gray

Session Summary

We come across an illusionary bridge, and Arachne detects that it is fake. I toss a rock to test it, and we hear a splash. Arachne presses a button on the wall, and the bridge becomes solid, allowing us to cross. We find a bedroom and a skeleton, as well as some mostly empty shelves with basic board games and playing cards. Star finds a special playing card. We come across another room with crests on flags, and Elzira recognizes it as having something to do with smuggling elements in Conqel. I find six buttons on the throne, and Wash starts pushing them, causing a massive pillar to come out and deal Arachne damage. Elzira casts a sleep spell on Wash to stop him from pressing buttons, and I open some double doors to find a spectacular display and a destroyed disco ball. We find a cool map, and Star tries to open the trap door.

Log

We continue down the hallway. There seems to be a bed. Star looks for traps on the bridge. He notices a small indent on the wall next to the bridge. Something feels off about the bridge.

Arachne casts Detect Magic. There is an illusion cast. We guess that the bridge is not real. 

I toss a rock at the bridge to test it. The rock rolls and lands as it normally would, but shortly after we hear a splash.

Arachne power walks over to press what we believe to be a button in the wall. She hits the button. We hear sliding and a thunk.

I leap over the gap. We all cross over. We find a little bedroom area. Arachne looks around and I look under the beds. Some look like there were storage units but they appear empty. I tap on the bottom of the boxes to see if there is a false bottom. I can’t seem to tell.

There are lots of blankets and pillows.

Arachne finds a skeleton in a little closet area in the back. 

There are some mostly empty shelves with basic board games and playing cards. 

Star looks for and finds a special playing card.

We run into another wall. Elzira is able to figure out how to get through again. Arachne still has detect magic running and can sense illusion magic again.

Star throws a pebble and we don’t hear it splash. He pushes through and seems to be able to stand on the bridge.

We all follow across after he summons us. 

We see crests on flags in the other room. I make a quick sketch of the crest using a piece of parchment and charcoal. Wash doesn’t recognize it, but Elzira thinks that it has something to do with smuggling elements in Conqel. 

In the back of the room are stairs that lead up that appear to be a throne.

I go to look around the throne. Star checks some double doors.

I find two rubies and a bevy of buttons. Six buttons each side. I pocket the rubies. #items

Wash sits down on the throne and starts pushing buttons. As he hits the first top right button.

Arachne makes a DEX saving throw as a massive pillar comes out from the right, it deals her 9 damage but she leaps out of the way while it smashes on the other side of the wall. 

Elzira is angry and goes to stop Wash from hitting more buttons.

Star recognizes the buttons to be labeled in Thieves Cant. The right side is death and destruction, the left is all relaxation buttons.

They push the coffee button. A little ringing happens and a coffee pops out.

I feel an awful sensation on my neck and take 36 damage. Star also takes full damage.

Arachne casts Beacon of Hope and then uses Cure Wounds. We each get +19 HP. I get knocked out by the sleep spell that Elzira casts on Wash to stop him from pressing buttons.

They wake me up. I am surprised that Wash is tied up. Elzira and Star and very off put by the events in this room.

I drink the coffee that came out earlier. It’s pure black coffee at a really nice temperature. 

I try to open some double doors. I am able to open them easily. Inside is a spectacular display. It looks like there used to be a glass case but it is now shattered. On the ground is some ripped up paper. It looks like a larger version of the ball that hit me. 

I place my note from earlier on the pedestal. Nothing happens.

Arachne looks at it and puts it in her pocket as I begin to look around the room. #items

Arachne has no idea anything about ritual sacrifices. From the way the room is set up, that the person who built this was really into that aesthetic.

I open the doors off to the sides. There are impressions as if heavy items were stored here.

I tell them they should let Wash go.

We get across the way and find a cool map. There is a set of stairs that lead to a trap door. The desk where the map is laid is empty. #items

Star tries to open the trap door. He blasts at it with Eldritch Blast. He realizes that packed dirt is blocking the other side. He keeps trying to blast and keep going through the dirt but the dirt starts falling down.

I ask Wash whether he wants help and he says “It’s all good.”