Journal - Session 7 - The Chill of the Night

General Summary

The 7th of Serrum, 1390 of the Storm Era, On the Road to Marfallow, Side of the Road Tree Encampment


In the morning the party woke up and prepared for the day. The party went down to where the skeleton battle had taken place and inspected the remains of the skeletons. They found them in various states of decay and having armor that seemed to have been cobbled together from scrap metal and parts of farming equipment. Upon returning to camp to collect their things the party found a part of the earth that seemed to have been disturbed. The party excavated that area and found a chest that had been buried there. Inside the chest the party found a set of magical armor.

The party set out again headed north toward Marfallow. After several hours the party came upon a homestead along the road that seemed empty. The party decided to investigate. Upon inspecting the barn suddenly some ghouls jumped out from the hay within.
The Battle of the Abandoned Homestead

• Dink attacked one of the Ghouls, dealing 11 damage with his crossbow.
• Milo cast Magic Missile dealing 13 damage to Ghoul 1 killing it.
• Vex began to search the hay for more enemies.
• Ghesh began to search the other building for more enemies.
• More Ghouls jump out from the hay and begin to attack. One of them hits Kobo dealing 7 damage.
• Moloch attacks Ghoul 2 dealing 6 damage with his fists.
• Dink attacks Ghoul 2, dealing 11 damage with his crossbow.
• Milo takes a step back casting Magic Missile hitting Ghoul 3 for 6 damage, Ghoul 4 for 7 damage, and Ghoul 5 for 4 damage.
• Vex attacked Ghoul 3 with his scimitar but missed.
• Ghesh raised his Holy Symbol and yelled out “Be gone in the name of Ava!” and Ghoul 3 and Ghoul 4 fled.
• From behind the party they heard a door open and 2 arrows hit Milo dealing him 10 damage (hip and shoulder).
• The party turns to see a Wight in the doorway retreating into the shadows.
• Moloch attacks Ghoul 2 twice, hits once dealing 8 damage.
• Dink cast Cure Wounds on Milo, restoring 9 hit points.
• Milo attacks Ghoul 3 but misses.
• Vex attacks Ghoul 3 hitting it dealing 5 damage with his scimitar.
• Ghesh moves to the door ready to attack.
• The Wight returned to the doorway and with his readied attack Ghesh used his breath weapon. The Wight counter attacked Ghesh, dealing him 8 damage.
• Moloch attacked Ghoul 3 but missed twice.
• Dink sent Kobo into the house and Kobo grappled the Wight.
• Milo attacked Ghoul 3 but missed.
• Vex attacked Ghoul 3 with his scimitar, dealing 8 damage.
• Ghesh climbed on top of the wood pile on the side of the house and reaching the roof he used his mace to destroy the roof causing light to flood the room.
• The Wight used Life Drain on Kobo, dealing him 4 damage.
• Moloch moved to the house.
• Dink instructed Kobo to repair himself, restoring 10 hit points. Dink then shot the Wight with his crossbow, dealing 7 damage.
• Milo moved to the door.
• Vex moved into the building and attacked the Wight, missing it.
• Ghesh jumped down into the building and began to attack the Wight with his mace, dealing 8 damage.
• The Wight attempted to break the grapple but failed.
• Moloch did not take action.
• Kobo attempted to pin the Wight but failed.
• Dink attacked the Wight with his crossbow, dealing 6 damage.
• Milo used his crossbow to attack the Wight but missed.
• Vex attempted to attack the Wight but missed.
• Ghesh attacked the Wight with his mace and dealt 5 damage.
• The Wight attempted to attack Ghesh with his Life Drain ability but missed.
• Moloch did not take action.
• Kobo attempted to pin the Wight but failed.
• Dink attacked the Wight with his crossbow but missed.
• Milo cast True Strike.
• Vex attacked the Wight with his scimitar dealing 6 damage.
• Ghesh attacked the Wight with his mace and hit, dealing 9 damage killing it.

After the battle the party gathered all of the undead and piled them up outside the house and burned their bodies. The party then rested for about an hour and ate some rations. After a little while the party continued heading north to Marfallow and not long afterwards they arrived in town. The town was abandoned but the party carefully began to examine each of the buildings one at a time.
After searching all of the buildings and finding no more enemies the party found a ruined building and found a chest within that had a set of Magical Bracers of Defense which Milo got and equipped. The party decided to take the rest of the night and barricade up a building, they chose one near the center of town with a small window above the door. After barricading the door the party went through their bed time routine and then went to sleep.

In the middle of the night the party was awakened by the sound of much movement outside the building. The sound of clanking bones and rattling metal. Dink used his levitate spell to hover up to the window and see what was going on. Outside the building was an army of skeletons marching due north but they were equipped with pickaxes, shovels and wheelbarrows. The party waited out the sound and then went back to sleep.
The 8th of Serrum, 1390 of the Storm Era, In Marfallow in an Abandoned House
The next morning the party awoke and after preparing for the day went outside the building. They found tracks headed north and began to follow them. They passed by Marfallow cemetery and found that every grave had been exhumed. The tracks lead out of town to the north where the party found the skeletons in the hills north of town.
Vex stealthily moved up the hill after failing a few times and at the top of the hill was able to observe the skeletons at work excavating what looked like a mine shaft. He didn’t see many skeletons; he just saw some of them come out with their wheelbarrows and unload rocks into a large rock pile and then go back in. Vex then went and reported all of this to the rest of the party waiting at the bottom of the hill.

Report Date

13 May 2023