Session 13: Bubba Walker and the Gummy Sarcophagus

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Session 13
Session 13: Bubba Walker and the Gummy Sarcophagus
Session
In-fiction date26 March 843 A.I.
Recordedunknown
Party presentTerry, Hugo, Caelumn, Vasquez, Ruin
LocationsCandy Cottage interior, Pin-roll trap hallway, Bubba's room, Cottage tunnel, Treasure room with sarcophagus

Session 13 of the campaign continued the Candy Cottage arc inside Uncle Nibblecheek’s house of sweets. A rolling-pin trap turned most of the party into gingerbread [192]; the party then picked a fight with the seven-foot cyclops baby doll Bubba Walker, although the DM said more than once that it could be avoided [19][20], and ended it with a bargain for three kinds of candy [285]. In the basement they killed four Gingerbread Steves, freed the Bubblegum Halfling, who turned out to be Edith Applegarth’s lost brother [32], and took a +1 greataxe from a caged skeleton [33]. The session ended on a cliffhanger as Caelumn reached for the gold in a tomb and the sarcophagus began to open [34].

Session 13: Bubba Walker and the Gummy Sarcophagus

Metadata

  • In-game date: the same day as session 12; the party never left the Candy Cottage [8].
  • Locations visited: the Candy Cottage: the floured peppermint hallway and Bubba Walker’s post at the kitchen door; the candied-apple orchard; the study at the top of the tower stairs; the living room and its hidden hatch; the basement dungeon of candy-cane cages; the tunnel beyond it; a tomb with a sarcophagus.
  • Major NPCs present: Bubba Walker; three tree creatures in the orchard; four Gingerbread Steves; the Bubblegum Halfling; the voice in the sarcophagus (the Gummy Mummy). Referenced: Uncle Nibblecheek, Briochebane, Edith Applegarth.
  • Factions involved: none; Uncle Nibblecheek’s household is the opposition.
  • Sessions referenced (callbacks): s11 (the owlbear soul, the black potion), s12 (Edith, Phil, Brioche, the taffy).

Recap heard at start of session

The DM’s roll first picked Caelumn’s player, who had just woken from a nap and declined, so with Dylan not yet there the DM turned to Terry’s player Chris and his notes [9]. Chris recapped session 12 from AI-generated notes, in his own words [10]: the watches, the orchard and Thomas Feld’s dragon, the fire at Edith’s, Phil’s confession about Briochebane, Ruin’s side deal, the Candy Cottage, the rug and the candy goblins, and Vasquez’s turn as a taffy man [11]. He skipped over Hugo’s talk with the Black Mask as something the others should not know [12]. The DM remarked that “AI is still not the greatest” and gave Chris an inspiration [13].

Executive Summary

The party pushed deeper into the Candy Cottage. A pressure plate dropped a giant rolling pin, the “pin roll”, which knocked down everyone who failed the save and turned them into gingerbread; only Caelumn and Vasquez escaped [14]. Bubba Walker, a seven-foot cyclops baby doll guarding the kitchen door for Uncle Nibblecheek, wanted candy [15][16], but Caelumn spent the owlbear soul in his Soulbinder’s Packed Ring and started a fight [17][18] that the DM said more than once could have been avoided [19][20]. Bubba, made of wood, tore the owlbear apart in three rounds [21][22]; once the party had him bloodied, Vasquez talked him round, and he agreed to stand aside if they brought him three kinds of candy [23]. They gave him taffy and a candied apple won from the orchard’s tree creatures, and Hugo gathered gingerbread [24][25][26][27]. Upstairs, Caelumn found a storybook telling how Edith had betrayed her brother to the hag of the cottage, and took a pair of dentures stuck in a candied apple and a crooked broom [28]. Through a hidden hatch the party found a dungeon of hanging cages, killed four Gingerbread Steves [29][30] and freed the Bubblegum Halfling, who told them about Nibblecheek and his dentures and asked after his sister, Edith Applegarth [31][32]. Ruin identified a skeleton’s axe as a +1 greataxe [33]. After a short rest Caelumn reached for the gold in a tomb, the statues came alive and the sarcophagus spoke: “Who has disturbed my slumber?” [34].

Narrative

The party stood in the floured peppermint hallway where session 12 ended [8]. Terry led, leaving footprints in the flour [35]. Round a corner sat Bubba Walker, a diapered baby doll more than seven feet tall even seated, with a single cyclopic eye and a menacing lollipop, in front of a double door of hinged chocolate bars; “kitchen’s closed”, he boomed [15]. When Ruin stepped back, a plate sank under his foot [36]. Everyone in the hallway rolled a Dexterity save, and only Caelumn and Vasquez succeeded [37][38]; a giant rolling pin, the “pin roll” [39], flattened the rest for 7 bludgeoning damage, knocked them prone and smashed the door behind them [40]. When they got up, all but Vasquez and Caelumn had been turned into gingerbread [41]. The trap seemed to be a single shot [42].

Bubba chuckled, would not help, and told them not to step on the trap tiles, “dummy” [43]. He asked whether they had candy and whether he could eat the taffy Vasquez [44], and explained that “Uncle Nibblecheek don’t like visitors” [45] and that Nibblecheek gave him candy to watch the door [46]. Vasquez fetched a handful of taffy from the goblins’ buckets to offer him [47]. Terry asked Caelumn to make it “taste like it’s full of cocaine” [48], then whispered about sleeping draughts, and Ruin suggested Alston’s black potion [49].

Caelumn had a better idea, by his own account: he summoned the owlbear soul from his Soulbinder’s Packed Ring as a black owlbear of pure essence [50], walked it up and down the hallway without setting off a trap [51], and, with only a minute of it to use, decided to start a fight [52][53]. Vasquez’s player protested that he had offered the taffy precisely to avoid this [54], and the owlbear charged [55]. The DM’s verdict: “if only there had been a non-combative version of this” [19], and “that’s just not the way that Toby rolls everything is combat” [56].

It went badly, and Dylan arrived in the middle of it [57]. Bubba was made of wood and barely noticed most hits [21][58][59]. Caelumn’s Witch Bolts and Chromatic Orbs did little [60][61][62][63], and Terry, out of spell slots, put a True Strike bolt into the cyclops eye to no great effect [64]. Bubba hit the owlbear three times in a round [65] and tore it apart in the third round [22]. Ruin’s Hex and Eldritch Blasts chipped wood off him [66][67]. A second rolling pin, set off as Hugo crossed the hallway, flattened Ruin again [68]; Hugo’s offer of “unlimited taffy as a peace offering” failed on a Persuasion roll of 9 [69], and his second barrel of taffy, thrown at Bubba as an improvised weapon, hit Vasquez in the back instead [70]. When Bubba threw a splinter of his own arm into Ruin, Ruin’s Hellish Rebuke engulfed him in flame [71]. Vasquez, blaming Caelumn for the whole fight [72], and Hugo did the real damage [73][74][75].

Once Bubba was bloodied [76], Vasquez pointed his sword at him: “Look, we don’t want to have to finish this. Just move aside.” [77]. With advantage on the Persuasion roll [78], it worked: if they brought him at least three kinds of candy, he would step aside from the kitchen door [79][80]. Candied apples from the orchard, chocolate eggs from the barn, or gummies and gingerbread from the basement would do, alongside the taffy he already liked [81][82][83]. Ruin, who had wanted to finish him off, was not pleased [84][85].

Terry’s owl found a door from the cottage into the orchard [86]: a courtyard of four peppermint-bark trees hung with candied apples, walled to the south with bubblegum bricks [87]. As Terry reached for an apple, three tree creatures stopped hiding and attacked [88]. One lashed a vine at Terry and charmed him with Charm Monster despite his inspiration [89]; Terry hit another with Shocking Grasp and retreated through the door [90]. The tree creatures opened it again, teleported from tree to tree, charmed Ruin and dropped Caelumn with their vines [91][92]. Hugo carried Caelumn out [93], and Terry went back in, snatched an apple and closed the door behind him, at which the tree creatures melted back into the trees [94]. Ruin healed Caelumn, with a kick and a lecture [85]. Bubba, who had somehow healed back to full in the meantime [95], wolfed down the apple [26].

Caelumn climbed the tower stairs alone to a study of curved rock-candy bookshelves and dark-chocolate furniture [96]. On the desk lay an open storybook for children, which told how Edith had visited the cottage as a girl and “betrayed her brother and struck a bargain with the hag that lives in this cottage”; its last pages were blank, “because it seems the story isn’t over” [97]. He pocketed a pair of dentures clamped round a half-eaten candied apple, without prising them out, and noted it as “definitely cursed. Do not remove dentures.” [98][99]. He took a crooked broom too, which seemed a very ordinary broom [100]: “This hag is going to be pissed when she comes home and finds all of her shit’s been taken.” [101].

In the living room where Terry had made tea, Caelumn lifted a small rug and found a hidden hatch [102]. Ruin stopped him lighting the dark with fire and cast Light instead [103]. Terry went down first and found himself among candy-cane cages hanging in a sugar-glazed dungeon: in one a boy made of pink bubblegum humming to himself, in another a large human skeleton loosely holding a hefty axe, and between them four six-foot gingerbread people armed with rolling pins [104]. They turned on him [105], one hit him with a natural 20 for 10 [106], and he squealed for help and withdrew into his shell [107][108] while the others came down one by one.

Caelumn’s Burning Hands caught three of the four Steves, and Terry in his shell [109]. Hugo flew down on his Winged Boots and cut down the bubblegum boy’s cage, which landed without breaking [110], then chopped the first Steve in half with a reckless natural 20 and pocketed pieces of the gingerbread [111]. The Steves ganged up on Vasquez and dropped him [112][113]; Hugo picked him up and fed him a healing potion from the party’s stock for 9 [114], and Vasquez then drank a regular healing potion himself [115]. Ruin crumbled a second Steve, to the cry “No! Steve! Steve!” [116]; his Hellish Rebuke burned the next for 21 [117], and Hugo and Caelumn cut it down with opportunity attacks as it ran, to the cry “No! Steve Three!” [118]. The last begged to talk, and Hugo ran his sword through its back as it offered to say where the treasure was [119].

Freed from his cage [120], the bubblegum halfling told them that Bubba is Uncle Nibblecheek’s little kid, “kind of my brother, a little bit”, and that Nibblecheek, who owns the cottage, is a mean old man who eats nothing but candy and the people he turns into candy, who lost his teeth long ago and cannot eat without his dentures [31]. Caelumn glanced at the toffee apple in his pocket [121]. Nibblecheek had made the boy a kitchen helper, then locked him up after a string of baking mishaps [122]; he usually stays in the kitchen behind Bubba’s door [123], with Briochebane as his new assistant, kept on a short leash like Bubba [124]. Then the boy asked whether they had seen his sister, Edith Applegarth [32]. Caelumn, remembering the storybook, judged him sincere in missing her and said nothing of the betrayal [125]; Nibblecheek had adopted him, and it had been a long, long time [126]. He would like to go home but is “a bit small to be walking in the woods alone”, so he went to wait in Bubba’s room [127].

Ruin identified the skeleton’s axe as a +1 greataxe, though not whether it was cursed [128]. Vasquez could not use it, since his gunblade works only as a longsword [129][130], and Hugo kept his dragon-slaying longsword, holding the greataxe in reserve for particular fights [131]. During a short rest [132] Caelumn used his Bloodwell Vial to recover sorcery points [133], and the DM observed that Caelumn may have wasted a CR 3 creature, but had at least seen both endings [134].

Beyond the dungeon a tunnel led to more doors and a staircase to another portal [135]. Behind one door lay a tomb: a sarcophagus of hard candy between two statues of crystalline sugar and coconut, amid a trove of gold coins and precious objects, under the inscription “May death curse all who interrupt my rest.” [136]. Hugo named Caelumn’s weakness, dragon sickness [137], and the party at first decided to pass the tomb by [138]. Ruin’s Detect Magic showed only the magic that filled the whole house, and the treasure did not glow as conjured, so it was real gold [139]. “Alright, everybody wants to know what it is, but everyone’s too scared to do it, so I’ll go do it,” said Caelumn [140]. As he reached down for the gold, the statues cracked and came alive, the sarcophagus lid scraped aside, and a voice asked, “Who has disturbed my slumber?” [34]. The session ended there.

Dialogue Highlights

  1. Bubba Walker, from the kitchen door: “kitchen’s closed” [15]
  2. Bubba, after the pin roll: “Just don’t step on the trap tiles, dummy.” [141]
  3. Bubba, eyeing the party: “Do you have candy?” [142]; told that Vasquez was taffy: “Can I eat him?” [143]
  4. Bubba, on the cottage’s owner: “Uncle Nibblecheek don’t like visitors” [45]
  5. Bubba, on his job: “Bubba Walker watched the door Uncle Nibblecheek gave me candy and I like that” [46]
  6. Vasquez, as the owlbear charged: “if only we had given him some taffy to avoid combat” [144]
  7. The DM, on Caelumn’s player: “that’s just not the way that Toby rolls everything is combat” [56]
  8. Vasquez, walking past Caelumn into the fight: “If I die, I want my gravestone to read Caelumn’s fault.” [145]
  9. Vasquez, sword levelled at a bloodied Bubba: “Look, we don’t want to have to finish this. Just move aside.” [77]
  10. Bubba, accepting: “If you bring me at least three kinds of candy,” … “then you can get into the kitchen.” [79]
  11. Caelumn, taking the crooked broom: “This hag is going to be pissed when she comes home and finds all of her shit’s been taken.” [101]
  12. The last Gingerbread Steve, with Hugo’s sword in its back: “Wait, I’ll tell you where the treasure is.” [30]
  13. The Bubblegum Halfling, on Uncle Nibblecheek: “He’s a rather mean old man. And he eats nothing but candy. And the people he turns into candy. He seems to have lost his teeth a long time ago. Can’t really eat anything without his dentures.” [31]
  14. The Bubblegum Halfling, asked to go home to Edith: “I mean I’d love to but it’s, I don’t know the way and I’m a bit small to be walking in the woods alone” [146]
  15. Caelumn, in the tomb: “Alright, everybody wants to know what it is, but everyone’s too scared to do it, so I’ll go do it.” [140]
  16. The voice in the sarcophagus, at the session’s end: “Who has disturbed my slumber?” [147]

NPCs

  1. Bubba Walker (named, in-fiction): a diapered baby doll more than seven feet tall even seated, with one cyclopic eye and a menacing lollipop, made of wood, who guards the kitchen door for Uncle Nibblecheek in return for candy [15][46][148]. He fought the party, tore the owlbear apart and was brought to bloodied [149][150], then agreed to stand aside for three kinds of candy [79]; he healed back to full soon after [95] and ate the orchard apple [26]. He is Nibblecheek’s little kid [31]. Status: alive, bargained with. New this session: yes.
  2. Three orchard tree creatures (unnamed, in-fiction): hidden in the candied-apple trees; they lash with vines, cast Charm Monster and teleport from tree to tree [151][89][152]. They charmed Terry and Ruin and dropped Caelumn, then melted back into the trees [153][154]. Status: alive. New this session: yes.
  3. Gingerbread Steves (new creature type, in-fiction): four six-foot gingerbread people with rolling pins in the basement dungeon [155], all apparently called Steve [156][157][158]. Status: all killed [159][160][158][30]. New this session: yes.
  4. Bubblegum Halfling (in-fiction): a boy of pink bubblegum caged in the basement [161] and freed [162]; once Nibblecheek’s kitchen helper, locked up after a string of baking mishaps [122], adopted by Nibblecheek [126], and Edith Applegarth’s brother [32]. Status: freed, waiting in Bubba’s room [163]. New this session: yes.
  5. Uncle Nibblecheek (off-screen): owner of the cottage, a mean old man who eats nothing but candy and the people he turns into candy, toothless without his dentures [31]; he keeps to the kitchen [123] and has probably killed a good many adventurers [164]. The storybook calls the cottage’s owner a hag [97], and Caelumn’s notes later call him “Nibble Dickhead” [165]. Status: unseen. New this session: yes (first named, [45]).
  6. Briochebane (off-screen): now Nibblecheek’s new assistant, on a short leash, probably in the kitchen [124]. Status: unseen. New this session: no.
  7. Edith Applegarth (off-screen): in the storybook, she betrayed her brother and struck a bargain with the hag as a girl [97]. New this session: no.
  8. The voice in the sarcophagus (the Gummy Mummy): woke when Caelumn reached for the gold [34]. Status: rising. New this session: yes.
  9. The owlbear essence (summoned): the soul from the Soulbinder’s ring, conjured as a black owlbear of essence [17] and torn apart by Bubba [22]. Status: destroyed.

Locations

  1. Candy Cottage, peppermint hallway: checkered peppermint tiles under flour, with pressure plates that drop magic rolling pins and turn victims into gingerbread [8][14]. The first trap was a single shot [42], but a second rolled in from the other direction [166].
  2. Bubba’s door: a double door of hinged chocolate bars to the kitchen [15], with a staircase beside it [167].
  3. The orchard (unnamed, first appears [87]): a courtyard of four peppermint-bark trees with candied apples and a four-foot bubblegum-brick wall to the south, reached by a door from the cottage [168][87].
  4. The tower study (unnamed, first appears [169]): curved rock-candy bookshelves of children’s books and dark-chocolate furniture [170][171].
  5. The living room hatch (unnamed, first appears [172]): a hidden hatch under a rug, with a ladder down [173][174].
  6. The basement dungeon (unnamed, first appears [161]): candy-cane cages hanging ten feet up in a sugar-glazed, striped dungeon [161][175].
  7. The tunnel (unnamed, first appears [176]): beyond the dungeon, with several doors and a staircase to another portal [135].
  8. The tomb (unnamed, first appears [136]): a hard-candy sarcophagus, two crystalline-sugar statues, a trove of real gold and a warning inscription [136][177].
  9. The barn (referenced): where the chocolate eggs are [81][83].

Items & Loot

  1. A +1 greataxe: taken from the caged skeleton and identified by Ruin; whether it is cursed is unknown [178]. Hugo’s spare [131].
  2. Candied Apple with Dentures (Caelumn): from the study; “definitely cursed. Do not remove dentures.” [99]; perhaps Nibblecheek’s missing teeth [179].
  3. Crooked Broom (Caelumn): from the study; the DM called it “a very ordinary broom” [180].
  4. The taffy buckets (from s12): Vasquez offered a handful and took one tub, Hugo the other two [47][181][182]; Hugo threw one barrel over as a peace offering and the other at Bubba, then set the barrels out for him [183][70][24].
  5. A candied apple from the orchard: snatched by Terry [184] and eaten by Bubba [26].
  6. Gingerbread pieces: Hugo gathered some from the first Steve [185].
  7. The owlbear soul: spent from the Soulbinder’s Packed Ring [17].
  8. Healing potions: Ruin drank one before the orchard fight [186]; Hugo fed Vasquez one from the party stock, which holds four [187]; Vasquez drank another [115].
  9. A greater healing potion (Vasquez): the potion he had not identified turned out to be one; still unused [188].
  10. Bloodwell Vial (Caelumn): restored sorcery points on the short rest [133].
  11. The black potion (Caelumn): suggested by Ruin as a sleeping draught for Bubba [189].
  12. The tomb’s gold: real, not conjured [177]; untouched when the session ended [34].

Combat Encounters

  • The pin-roll trap [14]
    • Trigger: Ruin stepped back onto a pressure plate [36].
    • Saving throws: Dexterity, made only by Caelumn and Vasquez [38].
    • Effect: 7 bludgeoning damage, prone, and a gingerbread body [40][41]. A second trap, set off when Hugo stepped on a tile, caught only Ruin [68].
  • Bubba Walker [190]
    • Trigger: Caelumn’s summoned owlbear charged [18].
    • Enemy: Bubba Walker, made of wood, AC above 16 [21][191], with three attacks a round [65].
    • Party state at start: Terry and Ruin in gingerbread and down 7 hit points [192]; Hugo idle until his player arrived [193][57].
    • Notable rolls: Bubba hit the owlbear for 11, 13 and 12 in one round [194]; Terry’s True Strike bolt in the eye [195]; Hugo’s Persuasion of 9 [196] and his sword hit for 18 [75]; Vasquez’s Persuasion with advantage [197].
    • Resources spent: Caelumn: the owlbear soul, two Witch Bolts (one from a slot made of two sorcery points), Innate Sorcery and Chromatic Orb at first and third level [17][198][199][200][201]. Ruin: Hex, Eldritch Blast and Hellish Rebuke [66][67][202]. Terry: Blade Ward, True Strike and Second Wind twice [203][204][205]. Hugo: two barrels of taffy, a hand axe and his sword [183][70][206][75]. Vasquez: Dodge, Second Wind twice and his gunblade’s charge [207][208][74][209].
    • Damage to the party: Vasquez 6 bludgeoning and Ruin 12 piercing [210].
    • Resolution: the owlbear destroyed [149]; Bubba bloodied [150], then the candy bargain [79].
  • The orchard tree creatures [211]
    • Trigger: Terry reached for a candied apple [88].
    • Enemies: three tree creatures with vines, Charm Monster and a teleport between trees [89][152].
    • Party state at start: surprised; initiative at disadvantage [212].
    • Notable rolls: Blade Ward turned a vine [213]; Terry failed against Charm Monster despite his inspiration [214], and Ruin failed his Wisdom save too [215].
    • Resources spent: Terry: Shocking Grasp [90]. Ruin: a healing potion, Hex and Eldritch Blast [216][217][218]. Hugo: carried Caelumn out [93].
    • Downs: Caelumn, after vine hits of 9 and 12 [219][220], healed by Ruin afterwards [221]. Terry took 12 [222].
    • Resolution: Terry took an apple and closed the door; the tree creatures melted back into the trees [223].
  • Four Gingerbread Steves [224]
    • Trigger: Terry came down the ladder [225].
    • Enemies: four six-foot Gingerbread Steves with rolling pins, with advantage beside an ally [155][226].
    • Party state at start: Terry alone at the bottom, the others following one by one [227].
    • Notable rolls: a Steve’s natural 20 on Terry for 10 bludgeoning [106], after which his shell turned every attack [228][229]; Burning Hands at DC 14, failed by three Steves and by Terry, at disadvantage in his shell [230]; Hugo’s reckless natural 20 [231]; Ruin’s Hellish Rebuke for 21 [232].
    • Resources spent: Caelumn: Burning Hands, then Fire Bolt once he was out of everything [233][234]. Hugo: Winged Boots, reckless attacks and a healing potion for Vasquez [235][236][187]. Ruin: Hex, Shocking Grasp and Hellish Rebuke [237][238][239]. Vasquez: his gunblade [240].
    • Downs: Vasquez, hit for 16 in one round and dropped by a further 6 [241][113], brought back by Hugo with a healing potion for 9 [242].
    • Resolution: all four Steves dead [159][160][158][30] and the halfling freed [162].

Clues & Foreshadowing

  1. Edith’s betrayal (DM narration, from the storybook): Edith visited the cottage as a girl and “betrayed her brother and struck a bargain with the hag that lives in this cottage”; the last pages are blank [97].
  2. The dentures (player inference): Nibblecheek “Can’t really eat anything without his dentures” [31], and Caelumn is carrying a pair clamped in a candied apple [99][121].
  3. Edith’s brother does not seem to know (Insight): he misses Edith sincerely [243], and the party has not told him of the betrayal [244].
  4. Nibblecheek’s household (NPC statement): Bubba is his little kid and the halfling his adopted helper [31][126], Briochebane his new assistant [245], all kept on short leashes [246][247].
  5. The adventurers’ leavings (NPC statement): Nibblecheek has probably killed a good many adventurers, whose things may lie about the cottage [248].
  6. The tomb’s gold is real (DM-confirmed): it did not glow as conjured under Detect Magic [177].
  7. The crooked broom (DM-confirmed): “a very ordinary broom” [180], though Terry noted it was the only thing in the study not made of candy [249].
  8. More of the cottage: the tunnel has other doors and a staircase to another portal [135], and the barn holds chocolate eggs [83].
  9. Vasquez’s new racial feat (DM statement): the DM reminded Vasquez’s player that he now has Abyssal Eruption [250].

Open Mysteries & Unanswered Questions

  1. Was Hugo turned into gingerbread? The DM’s “all except for Vasquez and Caelumn” [41] would include him, but he later told Hugo’s player he did “miss getting turned into Gingerbread” [251].
  2. Will the party tell Edith’s brother about the storybook [252]?
  3. Are the dentures Nibblecheek’s, and what will he do to get them back [179]?
  4. What is the voice in the sarcophagus [136][147]?
  5. Will Bubba keep his bargain [253]?
  6. Is the +1 greataxe cursed [254]?
  7. What lies behind the tunnel’s other doors and portal [135]?
  8. Can the gingerbread and taffy forms be undone? Bubba could not say [255].

Quests

  1. [Status: active] Brioche Retrieval (Phil): Briochebane is probably in the kitchen with Nibblecheek [256].
  2. [Status: new] Bubba’s three candies: taffy and a candied apple delivered [24][26] and gingerbread in hand [27]; chocolate eggs or gummies would also do [83].
  3. [Status: new] Take Edith’s brother home: he cannot cross the woods alone [146].
  4. [Status: active] The Egg Quest: Terry would have saved the owlbear for the dragon [257].
  5. [Status: active] Undo the transformations: Bubba would not help [255].

Faction & Relationship Changes

  • Uncle Nibblecheek’s household: Bubba fought the party, then bargained [258]; four Steves are dead [30] and the halfling freed [162].
  • The halfling: grateful, and willing to wait for the party [162][259].
  • Caelumn and the party: Vasquez blamed Caelumn for the fight with Bubba [72], and Ruin was angry that the party stopped short of killing Bubba [85].
  • Hugo and Vasquez: the two front-liners were the ones who argued for peace [260].

Table Rulings

  1. Hex gives disadvantage on ability checks, not saving throws [261].
  2. Bloodlust (Hugo’s homebrew) now works only with melee attacks [262][263].
  3. Converting sorcery points: two points make a first-level slot, as a bonus action [201].
  4. Hellish Rebuke from the tiefling’s Infernal Legacy: the free cast is at first level [264].
  5. Healing potions: as Ruin read out, drinking one or giving it to a creature within five feet is a bonus action; the table had been ruling an action to feed one to someone else [265].
  6. Closing a door is a free action, but holding it against a creature would need a reaction or a held action [266][267].
  7. Familiars cannot attack, and the cottage’s windows are locked [268].
  8. Terry’s shell gives disadvantage on Dexterity saves [269].
  9. Improvised weapons take a normal attack roll, with no called shots [270].
  10. Twin Spell: Caelumn decided it did not apply to Chromatic Orb [271].
  11. The summoned owlbear: walking it over the tiles set off nothing, and the DM left open whether a soul has weight [272].
  12. A second peace attempt earned a Persuasion roll [273].

Callbacks

  • The owlbear soul (s11): bound in session 11 [274], spent here [17] and torn apart by Bubba [22].
  • Edith Applegarth (s12): Hugo carried her out of the fire [275]; the storybook says she betrayed her brother [97].
  • Phil and Brioche (s12): retold in Chris’s recap [276]; Brioche is now Nibblecheek’s assistant [245].
  • The black potion (s11): Ruin’s idea for drugging Bubba [189].
  • The taffy (s12): the buckets from the taffy room became Bubba’s candy [47][24].
  • Dragon sickness: Hugo named Caelumn’s weakness for gold after Lord of the Rings [137].
  • The last dragon’s backup: Terry recalled that the party’s last dragon had had backup [277].

Meta notes

  • Dylan (Hugo) was not there at the start [278]; the DM kept Hugo with the party but idle until Dylan arrived during the fight with Bubba [193][57].
  • Chris read his recap from AI-generated notes, in his own words [10][279].
  • Hugo’s homebrew subclass has been reworked: ranged attacks no longer build his Bloodlust [262][280].
  • A 15-minute break came after the orchard fight [281].
  • Vasquez’s player showed his design for the gunblade at level 5 [282].
  • The next session is two weeks away [283].

Next Steps

  • Face whatever rises from the sarcophagus [147].
  • Deliver Bubba’s third kind of candy and get through the kitchen door to Nibblecheek and Briochebane [79][123][245].
  • Explore the tunnel’s other doors and portal [135].
  • Take Edith’s brother home to Eldwythe, and decide whether to tell him about the storybook [252][146].
  • Bring Briochebane back to Phil for the reward [284].
Entities in this session

People (9)

Locations (3)

Things (8)

References

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  2. ^ Session 13, line 102-150: Bubba Walker introduction, pin-roll trap, gingerbread transformation.
  3. ^ Session 13, line 263-918: The fight with Bubba Walker and the candy bargain.
  4. ^ Session 13, line 954-1198: The orchard and its tree creatures; the candied apple.
  5. ^ Session 13, line 1200-1258: The tower study: the storybook, the dentures, the crooked broom.
  6. ^ Session 13, line 1339-1842: Tunnel ladder combat with four Gingerbread Steves, bubblegum halfling rescued.
  7. ^ Session 13, line 2080-2146: Treasure room sarcophagus, cursed-gold mechanic, Gummy Mummy cliffhanger.
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