Session 34: To The Keystaff Report

General Summary

The session began with the party purchasing winter clothing before heading out to find the Keystaff at Beggar's Ridge. On the way there, they came across the village of Yorkham, where they found many corpses lined up and their heads missing. They found children of various ages hiding in a large, rectangular house. The children were afraid and told the party that a group of individuals sought refuge in their village, but it was a ruse as they killed all the adults in front of the children, saying that it was for their sake and they would be thankful. Zeal sent his bird messenger to the city, asking them to pick up the children so that they are safe   The party then continued to Beggar's Ridge where they came across a pit trap that they tried to cross through, but there was an arrow trap with in it, which hit most of the party. The party then found a hidden door within the rockside by the trap and entered into the place where the keystaff should be. They first encountered kill holes in the entrance, which they countered by covering the holes with shields, flags and dancing lights. They continued forwards, with Geraldt scouting ahead of the party and encountering Draconians, which ended up a fight where a Draconian Mage caused a lot of trouble for the party with an array of spells and him fleeing. After this fight, the party secured a room and rested for a while, regaining their strength.    They then continued forward, with Orion casting invisibility on him so he wouldn't run into trouble like before. He found two Draconians with mancatchers who were apparently waiting for something. A huge bat-like creature jumped on zeal, with many, centipede like legs. Zeal ended up gutting it, and then the party headed to help Geraldt who got into a kerfuffle.