So been a bit slow to update here so a few posts uncoming. Last weekend we finally got to have our first in person session for this campaign!
Session 10

So a few of them heard some rumours as they were leaving the exams. These centred on the Rose Stage Festival and what crazy props or stunts the organisers had in mind for it. But Kaylah, Timmy and Py are blissfully unaware Kaylah coz she's carefree, Timmy is deep in thought and Py is already writing a letter of complaint about the exam.
The group go to their favourite haunt, The Bow's End Tavern, to chill and drink and soon Zanther comes along with message asking them to come to Captain Dapplewing's Manor at midnight and they've been challenged to liberate Sassy Sally-Jane. A doll confiscated decades prior for its disruptive influence in classes and supposedly in the manors attic. Every year a group is challenged to rescue her but sll have failed.
As its a few hours early the group try to do some recon. Py, Ophelia and Archemedes ring the front door and are answered by The Earl who works as the butler and doesn't let them in as a dinner party function is going on this evening. Archemedes immediately bugs out and Py makes a copy of his complaint letter to give to him to pass along to Proffessor Lang.
Py produces a boar form his bag of tricks and rides off to the Biblioplex to do some research on the house. He finds out some history on the house; how Captain Dapplewing become a professor after retiring from the military and as he taught classes for multiple colleges built his Manor house (styled after a fortress) on the central campus to make teaching easier and have stately functions. After his death he bequeathed his residence to the university which have continued using it for teaching and dinner functions.
He also learns about some of the security at the house. The Earl is in fact a clockwork man and with fight to defend the home at night. As well as a pair of statues by the front door which will attack intruders.
Meanwhile, Archemedes spies on the house and watched the guests leave with one professor locking up the residence. He follows the professor and bumps him while dropping some books to try and pick pocket the key but unfortunately fails.
The group reconvene and head up to the house as midnight approaches. A group of students is waiting expectantly by this time and is excited to see our heroes turn up. A mix of friends and rivals are here to see the team attempt to free Sassy Sally-Jane. Ophelia speaks with Mina and asks for help to find out about the rumours going round about the Rose Stage Festival.
Soon they head round the back and as archemedes goes onto a veranda to peer through the door to cacti attack him. The group swiftly dispose of the prickly plants. Archemedes is able to pick the lock with ease and heads in to scope out the joint. As he passes a series of stones busts, a scarf lated around them becomes a fire snake and attacks! This fight is a bit more tense but Elleva wild shapes into a dire wolf to finish of the ebast which winks out of existence as its defeated. They manage a pretty decent group stealth check to see how noisey they were.
They swiftly head upstairs and after opening a couple of doors find a bizarre pillar in the centre of the building. The soon find a secret door and discover a spiral staircase inside the pillar. Archemedes and kaylah head up first and find a curious room. Full of all manor of odds and ends including a fancy dress with wings of bones which attacks the pair unleashing arrows of bones as it flaps its wings and pummelling them with its surprisingly solid cloth fists. Back up soon arrives and they dispatch the dress which disintegrates.
Py quickly locates Sassy Sally-Jane and as he picks her up hears her say "Only you mother thinks your smart." (I was delighted when he rolled for this response!) Which he takes pretty personally!
They try to leave quickly but in the excitement of victory are not as careful as before and they alert the Earl to their presence who tries to apprehend them. A battle at the foot of the stairs ensues with Py ending the fight with a catapulted hammer to the head of the Earl! The group get out fast!
Most people are delighted to see them victorious and many want to hear the things the doll has to say. Kaylah squeezes the doll in front of Nora and the doll tells Nora "You call that a hairstyle?" The group of spectators pledge to pay for their lunches for a month and soon everyone disperses into the night....
They level up to level 3!