October 04, 2025

Hook

The Abyss Which Stares Back [Dirge of the Depths] 3

Plot Synopsis

additional Characters
- Varis

The Party starts out the session getting out of the water and back onto the boat, meeting back up with some of the party members that did not head down, and informing them of what occurred underwater. After some discussion, the party considered making bombs to destroy the dome surrounding the city, but realizing it was a bad idea, they went on to discuss how they would deal with Roche’s tentacle and the trading situation. After debating and coming up with the idea of splitting up the party, they came to realize that they shouldn’t do that and instead decided to head back to Sautham together, taking the 2-day trip there with some shenanigans occurring during their trip. As they arrived back in Southam, they headed over to where their hirer, Ryllae, was, inside one of the Prelate’s headquarters, and gave a rough summary to Ryllae. After they finished giving a summary and Ryllae was able to obtain a good understanding of the important details. Then the party received some magic items and payment of 900 gold as a thanks for what they had done so far, and were told to plan for a trip back out to the city, this time bringing Ryllae with them to establish trade. The party then took the rest of the day shopping with Stilt buys 2 empty barrels and hamster food, Fisk gets 4 bottles of wine, Bard geting a bottle in the shape of a fish, and Roche gets duct tape, and then a few party members worked together producing over 15 batches of cookies with one of the cookies having a jinghua candy placed inside them. After they spent their time shopping, the party rested once more and headed back out to sea, with Ryllae taking on the 2-day journey with not much else occurring. Once they arrived back where the Neptunian was, they reapplied water breathing magic and incants and dived back down into the depths, finding the underwater city surrounded by figures assumed to be abysslings. After taking a long time debating on what they should do, the party saw an abyssing shark charge at them. After 4 rounds of getting closer to each other and the shark teleporting, a few of the party members landed a good shot on the shark, while the shark got a mass punch on the party, hurting many of the party members. After 1 more round and the party taking a bit more damage, they killed the shark, causing it to explode in goop. After that fight, the party had a little time to heal, and the session ended with the party seeing 27 more presumed abysslings coming their way and deciding if they should flee or fight.

Rewards
EXP: 5000(2500)
Gold 900 - from the previous sessions
1 expert Item

Noteworthy Postgame Events