Frontier Session 37
General Summary
Session 37: 23-01-2026
The party takes the Sky Fortress to fly across the mountains over the wasteland. They see a vast desert stretching to the horizon, dotted with flowing sand dunes.
Scouts call in an emergency message over the radio but they get mostly static. They can make out a few words like 'Mayday' and 'going down' but are unable to communicate.
They decide to go down on foot to see if they can recover the craft. Close to the edge of the desert Jock notices that the dunes are emanating powerful wild magic and that entering the area will trigger wild surges. Suicu experiments with a mage hand spell and sees it transform into a tiny turtle who he names Chiki. For safety Hiron stays behind on the ornithopter.
They go into the area with Jock on Suicu's back and Quints using his psionic powers to fly. On the ground they see an impact area where the ornithopter has hit the ground. They start digging into the sand and find the tail of the craft. Also they start feeling the ground start to move and shake.
Suicu notices that something is approaching from underground and they race back to the edge of the wasteland. A gargantuan purple worm bursts out of the sand and swallows the Ornithopter and it attempts to attack the Ravager Ornithopter. Suicu blocks it with a Wall of Force and smashes itself into the barrier.
It attacks and swallows Quints where he is stuck inside of it. Suicu gets hit by its giant stinger and passes out but Jock uses a healing tincture to bring him back to consciousness.
Quints uses his psion powers to create a firestorm inside of the creature to force it to regurgitate him while the other launch attacks on its body. Hiron high up with the Ravager Ornithopter he starts firing its weapons on the beast including a missile barrage that leaves it head bleeding and burned. Eventually they wear it down and Jock scarves his way through the head and kills it.
They set down and harvest its organs, blood and teeth. While exploring its body they find a humanoid skeleton wearing a pair of green boots. Suicu takes its skull and the boots which Jock identifies as Boots of Elvenkind.
Setting course down the edge of the desert to fly out over the ocean. Halfway they see a floating structure on the horizon but they keep going. Eventually they see a mountain range on the edge of the desert and fly out into a land with a bamboo forest with a massive city of white stone and red tiled roofs in the distance.
Rewards Granted
Purple Worm Blood (9 vials) - The dark blood of a purple worm has a good deal of healing properties. Once refined with other ingredients, it is often used by the healers of many underground communities. The nutrient-rich substance can also be used to make a fertilizer for fungal crops.
Purple Worm Tooth (x6) - The teeth of a purple worm are sharp, stone-like protrusions inside its gigantic maw. The teeth are made of ivory, covered in a layer of stone-textured keratin that is as hard as steel and able to chew through rock. The large teeth are often used by weaponsmiths to create unique weapons, which accept enchantments fairly well.
Purple Worm Stomach Acid (3 vials) - The stomach of a purple worm contains a highly acidic mix of chemicals that eats slowly eats through rock and stone. This stomach acid is useful to many craftsmen. The acid can be hard to harvest. Failing the harvesting DC check by 5 or more results the stomach bursting, spraying acid in a 10-foot radius. Any creature in range immediately takes 2d6 acid damage.
Purple Worm Stinger - The large stinger on a Purple Worm's tail contains a powerful venom.
Proficiency with the poisoner kit may be used for harvesting this stinger. On a successful check, the character harvests the creature's stinger, which must be refined before producing 1 dose of Purple Worm Poison (see below). On a failed check, the character is unable to extract the stinger. If the character fails the check by 5 or more, the character is subjected to the creature's poison.
Refining the Poison: Once the stinger is extracted, an alchemist (or someone proficient in the poisoner's kit) can spend 6 days and 1500gp worth of material to create 1 dose of Purple Worm Poison (DC 14 Poisoner Kit or Alchemist Supplies check). You create 3 doses of Purple Worm Poison (DC 19 Poisoner Kit or Alchemist Supplies check).
Purple Worm Poison (Injury): The poison can be used to coat up to 3 pieces of ammunition or one slashing/piercing weapon. Applying the poison takes 1 action. A creature subjected to this poison must succeed on a DC 19 Constitution saving throw, taking 42 (12d6) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. This poison usually sells for 2,000gp, but the poison is often considered an illicit good (and may not be sold to normal vendors).
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