Fishy Favors: Session 9

This mission was strange. Not because of any mystical power but the target of the mission. We headed to Kinzokolos aboard the Tempest to help the kobolds and establish good relations. Mission accomplished but... just but.
 
The team was Atak Malion, an human archer, magical, knows some spells I think. Well, he seemed pretty magical while he was conscious. White Sun in her ton of armor. Jel wearing a torn coat with bloody edges, a spider familiar, and a spell tome. A bit more tattered but not a dress like the last two times I’ve seen them. Most interesting from appearances, Khurin Lowwalker, a grey balding muscular goliath standing at 8'2". He’s got plenty of needles all over his body and is easily recognizable by the saber tooth bone mask he’s got.
 
So, we arrived and headed further inland where we were met by the scent of blood. So far so good. Normal strangeness. Soon we arrived at the Kobold’s village where we finally got our actual mission details. We were to find a "pufferfish" for them so they will be led to a new land. It's a pointy golden fish of some sort. There's a really shoddy made ship made from wood scraps and wood with a place for the fish to pull the ship. I guessed it was pretty large but that was a bit of an understatement. Still, thought that a fish doing a horse’s job was pretty weird. Hiring Luminaries for a simple fishing trip was quite strange too.
 
I thought that the Kobolds were pretty dumb and I still somewhat do, but they knew what they were doing. The smallest child looking Kobold said to follow the coral to find the reef three days from here. There, at the reef, we would find the puffer fish where we would subdue it alive. Obviously we left using the Tempest instead of the Kobold's ship on the basis of not knowing how to sail and that the kobold's ship is pretty shoddy.
 
The first day was pretty peaceful, then it wasn't. Dark red leach like creatures started climbing up the ship. Jel summoned some black tentacles in front of the ship as these creatures were brushed off by it. A small hiccup but not too bad.
 
Day two was more difficult. Atakgot clobbered by the giant octopus that had snuck up the side of the ship but was recovered by Khurin’s medicine. It surprised me of how quick it was. It was delt with pretty quickly. As the entirety of the party beat it down. Jel paid 50 gold to have it brought up and after White Sun harvested it, Jel attempted to cook it. It was pretty bad. Like it was somehow burnt but also under cooked. Really gross texture wise and flavor wise. In fact, it was so bad that Jel actually got food poisoning from his own food.
 
The third day started more upbeat then the previous day, starting with the discovery that Khurin knows how to play the flute. It was nice. Then the shipped seemed like it hit something and once again, something climbed up the side. It was a large creature with sharp teeth and tentacles. It came with the scent of decay and bit off the arm of the captain. It had a foul aura that rendered most of the party nauseous unable to react. It was covered in barbs which were themselves covered in a dark essence that seemed to prevent healing. The creature did go down, mostly Khurin doing the work being entangled by the creature and beating it to death. I shot a few bolts into it but it wasn’t anything special.
 
While harvesting it, I learned it was called an Echinoloth from White Sun. I harvested a barb from it but it's black essence faded away soon after. It's apparently called the echinoloth. The wounds it inflicted on the captain and the party did not heal but the black essence. I attempted to get it’s other organs but most simply burst upon contact. It’s insides were very soft and weak. I only managed to harvest it's liver and kidneys, and attempted to get it's skull. Sadly it was a bit too large for me to handle. Like the octopus, after harvesting it we tossed the corpse into the sea.
 
Later on the third day, we finally arrived at our destination. On the surface was a small island with a single palm tree on it. Around it was a colorful reef with a collapsed statue at the bottom of it. There are many colorful fish of all colors of the rainbow in this reef but we also saw our prize. There is a large puffer fish, twice the size of Khurin, which managed to appear exactly how the Kobolds described it.
 
So we went out in smaller vessels to take out the fish, initially trying to get it back by luring it in. Made a bit too much noise and startled it into a fight. My bad. Anyway, a fight ensued, poisonous gas was released by it in waves. Atak went down and Khurin went down in the fight, Atak had his eyes singed by poison. Jel went up into the sky and started raining down spells while I and White Sun were bashing it.
 
I delivered the finishing blow on the fish, beating it with my maul, and we stabilized Atak and Khurin once the battle concluded. Of course I left the fish alive. We towed it back using my Mithral hook and the kobold leader, Bogger, rewarded us. Small aside but this was the first time I used my maul in an actual fight. It might actually be more effective then my ranged way of fighting. Not that I’ll change it of course. I won’t.
 
Anyway, the Kobolds asked where they could migrate and live but we didn’t really know. They were sent off somewhere but I don’t remember except for the fact that it wasn’t at war or recovering from war. Their new God, the pufferfish, would be their guide I think. Considering it felt like fighting Praxalandos again, I’d say that the Kobolds are in powerful hands. Well, fins. Fins that may not recognize them as servants. Oh well, that’s not my problem anymore. Hopefully they don’t cause some for others.
 
 
Gain a barb, Echinoloth Liver and Kidneys. +250 gold. Luminous arms +25 GP for Heavy Crossbow
 
Level up to 8. +9+4+1 HP
 
Damage Done: Day 2: +14/+0: Day 3 +12/+8, +13/+8: Pufferfish: +0/+0, +13/+17, +Finishing blow/+overkill
 
Damage done by Allies:
 
Damage done by Enemies: Echinoloth: +5 Pufferfish: +7, +3
 
HP Healed:
 
Times Down: 0
 
Natural 1s: 2 Nat 1 on the second day initiative (Was with Advantage.)
 
Natural 20s: Nat 20 to see the pufferfish