Session 4: the Middle of Somewhere Report

General Summary

Having ended up in an unknown valley, the party leaves Rallos the Cleanly behind in a drunken stupor and sets out to find their way home. On the way, they encounter an acquaintance of Angus's, the half-elven botanist Ollie, who tells them he ended up in the valley after passing through a waterfall in the Oberdorf foothills. Deciding to retrace Ollie's steps, the party finds their way to a thick neck of the woods where they notice huge footprints which turn out to belong to a pack of creatures they have not yet seen before which Angus dubs "magnosaurs" (but are actually brontosauri). They save a pack of brontosauri with their baby from a pack of velociraptors led by a deinonychus, and camp out in the valley. When Gamrumm wants to make a fire, strange modron gardeners kindly request them not to make a fire.   When they party sets out again, they come to a loch where Cyrano spots a glimpse of a mysterious, monstrous entity. Ollie determines that they should make their way west here, and they set out to find the waterfall, following the stream that comes down from the strange coloured pools on the opposite side of the valley. They drink from its waters (known as sithwaters) and suffered strange effects, including dancing, whistling and singing. Cyrano had a vision of a strange dragonborn, who commanded him to take off his shoes because the ground on which he stands is holy, because it was made by God. Cyrano obeys the command.   Continuing on the path, Ollie notices something strange: there is now a hill here that Ollie did not encounter before and seemingly sprang up overnight. While resting for the second day in the valley, the party realises they are being watched by shadows with a reddish hue to them. The next day, they encounter the modron gardeners again and question them on how to get out. Puzzlingly, the modrons claim there should be no exit or entrance, much to the frustration of Gamrumm.   The party eventually finds the waterfall and make their way out of the valley, through the Ever-Created, back into the Material Realm and the Abbey Lordship of Oberdorf. They rest in Obforst, returning the locket to Canon Berthoman, who is duly grateful and grants them the right to stay at the abbey. As the rest of the party celebrates their return at the Drachenlache, Odalys goes to the Abbey and strikes a deal with the chantry minister residing there. The session ends as Odalys, Gamrumm, Taeral and Cyrano bed down in the abbot's house for the first time.

Rewards Granted

Right to stay at the abbey.

Missions/Quests Completed

Berthoman's lost locket was returned to him.

Character(s) interacted with

Met Ollie the botanist.