A Stroll Through the Woods

Today, or rather these few days, was truly a blessed time. So many sights! So many gains. It was, glorious. I got quite a bit out of it. Oh! Right. The mission was mapping out Morgannwg’s Forest. Well, more of it anyway.
 
So the team for this mission was Ilelynn, the all black wearing half elf. She had with her a bald eagle named Fred. Didn’t know she had pets but he seems friendly enough. Next we have Nuvian, a dark elf with a red cloak and a mechanical leg. A man whos clearly seen better days. Next we got Leo, the alcoholic half elf, and human wizard, Emrys. Honestly he could of probably been a good fighter with his height. he looks around, 6' 1" with blonde hair. Then again he is pretty formal and seems much like a scholar. Normal magic caster. He also seems to be pretty level headed as well. As much as Ilelynn is anyway.
 
So I think we were greeted by Luthric the Overseer. Fancy armor and all that. I think he's the same guy as last time but I don't remember all that well.
 
Well aside from that, Leo tried to give one of the guards alcohol before we entered. I'm not sure if she was drunk or not but knowing her, she probably was. I tried what she was drinking and it is one of the stronger drinks I've ever had. I think I want to ask her for more sometime.
 
Anyhow, the first area was just an apple orchard. Our concern was unwarranted. It was just apple trees. Normal trees. Juicy, sweet, delicious, apples. I took a few back. Maybe Romilius can find a way to farm these things. Fun times were not to last though. We were met by the smell of fresh corpses in the next area. It was a field of death and standing in the middle were ghostly avatars. Tall four legged, two armed fey creatures with skin coming off in tendrils. A dark ethereal, glow seems to radiate from them. They say they shepherd the dead and as long as we didn't disturb the corpses, they wouldn't attack us. Thankfully, Emrys quickly mapped it out. I don't think that we would have won against those creatures. The map however, is just as buggy as last time. The previous area wasn't mapped but it doesn't seem to map out the older area. It seems that we will have to leave that to some other party.
 
In the next area we came across a beige pug. Nothing too out of the ordinary. Her name is Cinnamon, as discovered by Ilelynn who can talk to animals. We brought her with us as we traversed the forest figuring we could bring her out when we left.
 
Next area was a clearing with Quicklings. The others seemed to be wary of them as they were fast and difficult to hit. I'd agree. I like to think that I had good eyes but these things were just blurs. Needless to say, we left the area quietly.
 
After that we had the most eventful part of the trip. We arrived at the opening of a cave. Very different to the last cave. This one had cyan glowing mushrooms that screamed magic and "hey come grab me." So I grabbed a couple of these mushrooms surrounding the opening of a cave. Again, don't really know what these to but they'll probably sell well. Maybe Romilius will find a use or something.
 
Anyway, we heard a voice calling to us from within the cave. We believed it to be a maiden and so we entered. The glowing mushrooms lead down into the tunnel and decorated the entirety of every passage. In several areas within the cave there was an interesting green liquid. It was a sort of acid. Magical considering the way it glowed and all that. Ha. I should know. I got a bit of it on me as well. Burns but nothing that a little rest would take care of. At the end of all this there'll probably be no scar. I should invest in acid proofing the backpack though. Maybe some jars for collecting liquids too. I have to expand my ability to harvest things.
 
The cave had some stranger and more deadly mushrooms. There was a suspended spherical mushroom. It tried to grab Leo with its sinews. Also figured out that it explodes with spores when touched. Emrys and Nuvian had a bit of a problem with the blasts. The entire cave was filled with the things. Next up were some wolf like mushrooms. They could move on their own and looked similar to wolves but made out of mushrooms and vines. We didn't touch them immediately but they came at us once Nuvian blew up an acid pit. I wasn't there initially as I got stuck in a pit with one of the mushrooms but when I climbed out there was a fight going on behind us and in front of us. Luckily, I don't think that any of them saw me trying to get out. At least I hope so. It was a little embarrassing.
 
Well, when I got out I helped kill a few of the wolf shrooms. Strange thing is that the creature we thought was the maiden reacted with pain. We later learned, after moving through an extremely claustrophobic area in the cave, that it was connected to all of the mushrooms in the area. That part of the cave though. Everyone panicked. Emrys teleported face first into a wall. Leo got out chasing alcohol. I helped pull Nuvian out, helping him after he pushed me through. Thankfully the ex Maiden just teleported us back out to the front of the cave after pulling the spores from Emrys and Nuvian.
 
We took a break outside of the cave before continuing to map the area. This is where things got really good. The next area was Will from the last time I was in the forest. He seemed to be burying is treasure this time. It looks like he went forward in time in the forest. I've pretty much accepted that this place has it's own rules. Regardless, it doesn't matter to Will anymore. Ilelynn went up to intimidate him into handing over his treasure. Naturally he refused and declared that he wanted a fight, taunting us. So, Leo shot him, Nuvian blinds him, Leo casted vine growth, and I shot him a couple times with my new handcrossbow, and Ilelynn then finishes him off, bisecting him vertically. After that we split what he had. Nuvian got the man's pirate hat. I took his coin pouch, his 2 scimitars, his shovel and his light crossbow. Leo took the chest after splitting up the 500 gold inside it among ourselves. To finish off that area, Ilelynn pushed him into the hole he dug and I pushed the dirt over his corpse. He was half buried but that was the best we could do since Emrys mapped it pretty quickly.
 
In the next area we approach a pit of tar. There's a crying creature in the pit, its small and secreting the tar. Apparently its called a boggle. It was crying but we left it there. We considered putting it on the pug after Ilelynn got it but in the end we left it. The next area, there was a new creature. It had five spiky arms and it looked like a mutated molted humanoid. Nuvian said that he fought it before, as in this exact one, so we decided to kill it with a volley. It promptly dies from the spells, bolts, and arrows that pelt it. I take its head as a trophy and help Ilelynn harvest its arms. They seemed to be coated in poison. I should probably ask if she needs help synthesizing the poisons.
 
After that though, we backtracked pass the Boggle, and then the dead, partially buried pirate and somehow just ended up walking out. Three days have passed out here but only one in the forest. Looks like a gained some time haha! Luthric met us out there and we rested up at the camp. Overall, we earned 110 gold from Luthric. Considering all of the other things we got, I think it was a good haul. Even Cinnamon survived. We, as in me and Ilelynn, returned the pug to the Golden Shores. The owner, Fredrick, was a baby. Apparently the pug traveled back in time. The pug went in with adult Fredrick and then came out when Fredrick was still a child. The ruler of this kingdom was changed. According to the pug, the king was named Morgan something and not the queen Morgana. I honestly can't wait to go back to the forest. It's good the best stories and a sizable paycheck.
 
Damage Done: Attacking shrooms +7/+20, +12/+10, Attacking WIll, +8/+0/+18, Attacking Spike monster, +5/+7+9
 
Damage done by Allies: 0
 
Damage done by Enemies: +7 Acid, +1 bludgeoning,
 
HP Healed: +8 Short Rest
 
Times Down: 0
 
Natural 1s: 0
 
Natural 20s: 1 to hit a Wolf Shroom, Crit on Will