50. Bloodthirsty Gnomes Report
General Summary
26th Olarune, 999 YK
- The party arrives in the Summervine vineyard. There is a notice board outside! Looks like the vineyard is having trouble with bloodstained, vicious gnomes.
- Also, someone named Williance Emond is interested in some weird mushrooms.
- They go and speak to Williance about the mushrooms, and they love him.
- Williance sends them into the estate to speak with Elvéline Monnet, who tells them about the bloodstained gnomes.
- Williance takes them to where the mushrooms are. Warden identifies the mushrooms as Fly Agaric mushrooms, or Redcaps.
- This is also where the gnomes were!
- They explore looking for holes or caves, and while doing so, Lozaal witnesses a mushroom pop out of the ground!
- The mushrooms are hats being worn by the bloodstained gnomes!
- The gnomes are also wearing heavy iron boots and carrying giant sickles. They attack, surprisingly agile considering.
- The gnomes dropkick people!
- The boots are Big Heavy. Also they Big Hurt.
- Kalshana ends up on the floor with one of the gnomes on top of her, crushing her lungs with it's boots.
- The party manage to defeat the gnomes, it seems like they just give up and "switch off" at a certain point.
- Once they dealt with the gnomes, Lozaal identified them as Redcaps. They are from Thelanis, and are the personification of serial killer stories.
- They sprout from the mushrooms!
- The party goes about destroying the mushrooms to remove the infestation, including the ones on the mature redcaps. They just pop out of existence when they die!
- Elvéline pays them 30 gp and 10 bottes of Summervine (Fine Wine)
- Warden tries to convince the snooty Aundairian pigeons to keep a look out for the mushrooms, but Williance isn't keen on the idea. Scarecrows are there to keep the birds away!
- After saving the vineyard, they continue towards Passage.
- On the road, they summon Kosaten again and trade with him. He doesn't have the Khyber shards anymore.
- They trade Shura to Kosaten in exchange for Illusionist's Bracers.
