Session 3 report

General Summary

A new friend

As the debris started to shift, the party heard singing coming from down the hall. It turned out to be an aarakocra named Fassi.
Fassi was in Quill's party before they were attacked by wolves and Quill abandoned them.
The re-union was awkward.

Walter

Markadoo's new spider friend managed to entangle the flesh mound in webs.
Quill began to sketch it.
Party members began to run from the mound, Fassi was so overwhelmed by the situation that she charged in to fight the mound.
Markadoo named his giant spider friend "Mclairy".
The heros were not having much luck hitting the monster despite it being webbed. Mclairy got fed up and valiantly charged the flesh monster.
The heroes were second guessing themselves but Fassi doubled down and refused to run.
Kriz got insired by this and joined the assult and shot it with a cross bow.
It was at this point that Markadoo turned in to a cow and charged in too.
Mclairy bites the flesh mound.
Quill ran in and threw her daggers, hitting the flesh mound.
Fassi continued to inspire her new found friends. She made fun of the monster, but the monster was unaffected so she ran off.
Kriz ran in and struck the mound with his morning star.
The flesh mound picked up Mclairy and sucked him in to itself.
Markadoo got pissed off and charged the mound. Quill stood eagerly waiting for an opening to attack.
Fassi continued to make fun of monster to no avail.
Kriz smacked it with a divine smite, crippling a tentacle.
The flesh mound smashed a tentacle down on Kriz doing massive damage.
Markamoo gored the mound.
Quill continued to wait for an opening.
Fassi continued her moral support and finally managed to offend the mound.
Kriz healed himself.
The pissed off mound reached in to itself and pulled out a now dead Mclairy before smashing Mclairy down on Markadoo. Mclairy splatted everywhere. It didn't effect Markadoo physically but it did emotionally.
The enraged Markadoo gored the flesh mound.
Quill shook water off her paws.
Fassi threw a dagger and hit the mound in the cheek, causing an addition of a fart noise to the crying.
Kriz bonked it with a morningstar again crippling another tentacle.
The mound tried to pull Kriz in to itself but failed.
Markadoo continued to gore it with his horns.
Quill began drawing it again.
Fassi continued to hurl insults at it, hurting it's feelings.
Kriz swung again, but dropped his morningstar and it rolled under the monster.
The flesh mound picked it up and turned to Kriz and swung it at Kriz, but missed.
Markadoo continued to gore the mound in his rage, enboldend by how much damage he was doing.
Quill finished sketching and went back to waiting for an opportunity to attack.
Fassi failed to insult it.
Kriz began retreating which gave Quill the opportunity she was looking for. She ran in and with a slash of her rapier killed the mound. She stuck the rapier through the mound's head before removing it and wiping it on markadoo's fur. " That's how it's done".
The mound deflated and shriveled before becoming a puddle that began merging with the water in the room. This revealed the corpse of a baby. The party exited the water in disgust. Kriz ran over and picked up his morningstar and the dead baby. Fassi and Quill retrieved their daggers.
Heehoo was absent for the entire combat.

Finding Heehoo

Fassi followed the party out of the chamber through the prison.
The party found Heehoo hiding in the artifact room.
Heehoo is a little overwhelmled by being showed a baby corpse, a drawing of the flesh mound and that Markadoo is now a cow.
They continued upstairs and on discussing leaving, Markadoo and Kriz panic a little. Fassi began to question her life choices.

The shrine room

The party comes across a room with a wooden shrine depicting Strahd holding a swirling orb. Quill grabbed the orb and the eyes on the statue lit up. She then replaced the orb with the eyeball she found earlier.
Markadoo tried to comunicate with the statue in cow but the statue could not comprehend him.
Meanwhile Veline took Heehoo aside and let him know he doesn't approve of the devil symbol. He doesn't want Heehoo holding false idols. Heehoo promises to sell it ASAP.
Quill and Fassi made amends.
The party realise there is a false wall and open it up.
The party start to discuss leaving, causing Markadoo to grow anxious and headbutt an adjacent door.
Kriz mounts Markadoo and together they manage to get the door open.

Cult leader bedroom

Fassi tries to convince the duo to leave. In doing so she picks up a clay flagon and takes a swig. She drinks what tastes like vinigar and becomes more upset.
The party relent and follow the duo.
They find themselves in the cult leader's bedroom. Heehoo opens a footlocker at the end of the bed containing various items.
Hee hoo grabs the items including a cloak of protection, four potions of healing, a chain shirt, a mess kit, a flask of alchemists fire, a lantern, a set of thieves tools, and a spellbook.
As heehoo is grabbing the items the walls in the bedroom break and out step two ghouls who can be seen to be Gustav and Elizabeth Durst.
Heehoo turns and blasts Gustav out of fear.
Quill ran in stabbed Elizabeth and then ran away.
Kriz runs in and jumps on to the bed before firing his crossbow at Elizabeth but misses.
Elizabeth shambles over and attacks Kriz but fails.
Fassi cowers behind a table, ready to make fun of anyone she sees.
Markadoo runs in and gores Elizabeth.
Gustav swipes at Heehoo and missed.
Heehoo swipes back and missed.
Quill runs in and jumps on to the bed before stabbing Elizabeth (killing her), doing a flip and landing next to her.
Kriz shoots Gustav through the eye while standing on the bed.
Fassi pops her head around the corner to see what is happening.
Markadoo begins eating a pillow.
Gustav slaps Heehoo.
Heehoo slaps him back and runs off.
Gustav tries to slap him back and misses.
Quill runs in and stabs Gustav in the head, killing him.
With Gustav and Elizabeth dead, the party splits the goods.

leaving the death house

After leaving the bedroom, Quill and Fassi attempt to push Markadoo (still a cow) up the stairs to the exit of the house.
Kriz helped push the cow away. Heehoo watched from the side before trying to intimidate the children possessing Markadoo and Kriz but he failed.
At the mentioning of the names rose and thorn Quill got confused and questioned whether she had gotten Markadoo and Kriz's names right.
Kriz and Markadoo push Quill and Fassi backwards, Fassi tried to convince the spirits to leave the house unsuccessfully.
Heehoo suggests exploring the rest of the basement.
On walking past the dining room where Markadoo met Mclairy he cries as a cow. The rest of the party is reminded of the fact that in this room there were likely acts of cannibalism. Fassi doesn't know what the hell she's gotten in to while Quill licks her feathers to calm her.
The party find the crypts of the Dursts, Heehoo manages to pry off the stone slabs at the entrance to their rooms and Kriz and Markadoo manage to put the remains of Rose and Thorn to rest. They become unpossessed.
The party then left the house
They Buried Walter.

Meeting Strahd

Strahd congratulated the party on escaping the death house before taking markadoo aside and giving him gold.
He hinted that fate alone did not bring the party to Barovia and rode off.
The party was suspicious of Markadoo but he managed to convince them that he was on the level.
Kriz and Fassi buried the baby next to the death house.

Bildrath's Mercentile

Heehoo sold his devil talisman for 3 gold
Markadoo sells a gold comb for 3 gold
Kriz sells his treasure for 9 gold
Kriz swaps Quill. Quill gets a silvered short sword in exchange for her short sword and a magic book.
Kriz sells the spell book for 2 gold
The party try to Barter for a map of the village and Perriwimple comes out to make sure everything is going smoothly.
Quill steals an orange and leaves
The party learns Strahd's name.
Markadoo leaves and disguises himself before returning. The disguise did not go well and Bildrath immediately knew it was Markadoo.
Fassi trades her drum for a map of the village.
Kriz sold his hankie for 5 silver peices.

Blood on the vine tavern

The party buy a room for the night, unfortunately there is one bed less than party members.
Fassi and Markadoo go to talk to the Vistani (Mortu).
The vistana insult the party members that try to talk to them
Ismark calls them over for drinks.
The party all have wine while Markadoo passes Quill a glass of milk
They all get aqainted.
Ismark tells of Ireena being bitten twice and persued by Strahd
He tells them his father is dead. He invites them over to his house.
He convinces the party to stay at his house for the night.

Burgomaster's mansion

Ireena lets them in
Ismark makes them wolf.
The party are not convinced that the burgermaster is truely dead.

Rewards Granted

Level up!

• a cloak of protection

• four potions of healing

• a chain shirt

• a mess kit

• a flask of alchemists fire

• a lantern

• a set of thieves tools

• a map of the village

Quill

• swirling orb

Heehoo

• 3 gold

Kriz

• 11 gold 5 silver

Campaign

Barovia Campaign

Protagonists

Ivory Quill

He Who Looks Upwards

Kriz Topher

Markadoo Gentleheart

Report Date

17 Jun 2023