Session 5: Gundrir In the Boll

General Summary

Finishing up the feast, the party used the opportunity to explore in the Boll itself. They looked down the tree stump, and examined some of the different alcoves where repair materials are stored. When they got to the forge, Visayan was intrigued by the different colors of smoke bundles, and stole 1 red one and 1 blue one. While trying to understand how the city functioned, Visayan used Detect Magic to see what school powered the city. To his surprise, he saw the glow of abjuration magic emanating from underneath the forge room, with no apparent way down. Using Claudia, he watched through the weasel's eyes and had her tunnel down. Breaking through a dead tree root and finding it hollow, Claudia came out in a 5 foot sphere of open space, occupied only by the bones of Gundrir. Using her keen sense of smell, Claudia explored the space and found the roots of the tree grew through the back of Gundrir's skull, out his eye sockets, and back through his mouth and nose holes. The roots also grew through his back and hands, fusing them to the wall and his skull, respectively. Claudia got the faint smell of metal, and followed that to Gundrir's hand, and the ring he wore. She took it and brought it back up to Visayan. This ring was not the strong source of Abjuration magic, although it is enchanted to cast Armor of Agathys at a 5th level, once per day, reflecting acid damage instead of cold damage. Surmising that this ring is not the sole source of magic in the hollow, Visayan and Khashayar resolved to come back and unearth the spell circle beneath. . Kestrel armed a small militia in preparation of Bristlebelly, giving out the bows from the scouts. Then the crew convinced Vanderbiek to steer towards Thywicket, both to get the party closer and to avoid the path of Bristlebelly.
A few days out, they saw a massive dust cloud. Realizing it was along a migration path, they decided to move toward the migrating herd of beasts. They moved close enough to make it a one-day ride to the migration path. In the night, Visayan cast Leomund's tiny hut. The grass started to grow up the sides of the dome by morning (about 2 extra inches), and an odd boat blew past the hidden hut. They awoke to the trail left by the vehicle that sped past in the early hours.

Report Date

04 Dec 2024