Session 5

General Summary

The party awoke to the sounds of hooves on the trail as Captain Nugget and his cart came up the road. Jumping back on the wagon, the team road to the small town of Seabreeze (not on the sea). There, they found an odd sight. Everyone was hiding in the local tavern. None of the shops were occupied, the rest of the stores were empty. Discussions with the mayor, Aria, soon exposed that a monster of some sort was in the area. The town had sent for help from the University, but had not received any yet. They were hiding in the tavern until help arrived. To make matters worse, the mayor Aria and her husband Torin seemed to be at each other's throats constantly. An odd recent change according to the locals. Further investigation into the monster with the help of the local priest, the drunk Father Robert, helped the party discover a place in a local field where something had been sacrificed (apparently) leaving traces of necrotic and radiant magic. Returning to the tavern, the party found some evil magic connected to a locket around Aria's neck. Confusion over where she got it didn't help, but there was a tendril of magic leading under the feet of the city. Exploring a field well found the sewer system under the city where some cultists were most likely up to no good. Just as the party confronted them, christmas bells rang through the halls... The Cultists committed Seppuku just as a corrupted raindeer and a few creepy elves / gnomes appeared, attacking the party. Soon the big guy appeared, Krampus, with threats and prophesies being hurled as much as his hammer. A fight of frosty and blinding control carried on for several rounds before Krampus was brought to his knees by the final blow from Ardisia. Rising from the fading corpse of Krampus, the appearence of Saint Nick's spirit came forth. More prophesies came from his lips, and some light treasure from his bag of holding left the party with some holiday cheer...