Ynn Solo #4: Out of Ynn!
This is part of a series of blog posts in which I play Into the Odd as a solo rpg. I am using the Gardens of Ynn to procedurally generate a depthcrawl. You can read the first entry here or the previous entry here.
You can check out my Depthcrawl Time Tracker sheet for Ynn here [Itch.io].
The party is composed of Grobina Gill the Crossbow-woman, Augosta Parfait the Axe-Mistress, the Dread Pirate Istan Jongler, and Vanissa Gullwin with her new Moss-Rat friend Weckin.
In the previous session, Vanissa got eaten and then cut out of a giant, mobile Battenberg cake; the party attempted to backtrack but were forced by shifting ground to take the long way; Vanissa got mutated (and Augosta might have been too); but they made good progress getting back to the entrance.
This is a short post! Not very much happened on the way out.
Area 3B: Rose Garden, pt. II
[Area 3B was first visited in Solo #1.]
The party found themselves again at the edge of the overgrown rose garden, thorny vines winding their way in large diameter around a black iron lamp post—the lamp post itself adorned with a single black rose.
They press through, slowly and carefully, though eager to reach the other side. As they move along, a strange creature appears before them: the body of a stag with the head of crow, standing upright with human feet and hands. The party all think this is very odd, but worthy of investigating. For its part, the hybrid beast seems more curious than anything.
They attempt to converse with the creature, but it is largely "just" an animal, not to mention that Istan's parrot erupts into terrified squawking. The beast runs off, deeper into Ynn. The party continues along through the rose garden.
Area 2B, 1A, 0A; pt. II
The grounds of the kennel cluster was still soggy from the recent downpour. The ponds beyond the kennels were appropriately wet. And finally, the party reaches the door back to their world, surrounded by vine-laden trellises.
All four characters, plus Weckin the moss-rat, successfully return from their adventures and become professional expeditioners!
Vanissa Gullwin returns visibly mutated, with venomous spurs sprouted from her heels. Augosta Parfait returns invisibly mutated, with the extra sense that she knows when a promise made to her is broken.
The party returns with loot: each has 125 shillings worth of silver filigree and Augosta returns with a handful of (14) Sidhe bones.
Back in the City of Bastion, the party seeks a buyer for their treasures. They finally settle on Tiva Ingle, a charming, oily, plucky little thing, willing to give them 10% more than the other collectors canvassed.
The party sells the silver filigree for 550 shillings, one bone for 11 guilders, and take the other 13 bones to the bank. For 10 guilders they buy a house as a home base.
Grand total: 550 shillings, 1 guilder, 13 bones, 1 house.
The next session will pick up a week later, after Vanissa has had a full rest and recovered her Strength from the Battenberg attack.