Session 108: When Last We Met 12/22/24
General Summary
When last we met, The party had just finished dealing with a terrible Old man. As the commotion of battle died down, they realized that two of their party members were not who they said they were. Flint's Auldsod Brogue had been replaced by a gruff street urchin accent And Celeste's feminine voice had dropped 2-3 octaves.
Vandread proceeds to pick up Flint by the scruff and Mistral holds Celeste at a standoff as they question these imposters. Vandread casts identif on Flint and finds out he is under the effect of a Magic Jar spell. He ascertains from this that their true friends' souls are now trapped inside the nearby jars. Vandread talks reason into the imposters and says that he will do everything in his power to get them new bodies and free them from the bondage of the magic jars. After promising that he will do this for all their crew members and not just the two present, they agree and swap souls with celeste and Flint who both return to themselves thoroughly shaken and confused.
Flint calls for them to be destroyed but vandread convinces him to see mercy. They wrap up the five glowing jars and place them into their bag of holding. They then go about searching the old man's house and find quite a fair bit of treasure including a copy of The Book of Vile Darkness which Mistral ends up deducing is a fake. They then torch the place and head out to return to their patrol of the forest road. They pass a few pitfalls and manage to avoid all of them.
The party camps for the night and on long rest, they find their ally, Flint, in great distress as he sleeps. The party are unable to wake him and he begins bleeding from his nose and mouth as he screams into the night. Unable to see anyone or anything that could be the cause , Romaia picks up her crystal ball and peers through it, In which she sees a gnarled old woman pressing a hand to Flint's temple. She launches two Eldrtich blasts which pass through the ethereal creature who then runs off into the night.
The party then wake Flint and offer him some healing and comfort. They remain vigilant and awake for the rest of their rest. Vandread participates in a game of Farkle to calm Flint's nerves till he falls back to sleep. Their rest goes undisturbed for the remainder of the night.
The following day they press on along the road. They find a bucket marked "Donations" filled with severed fingers and toes. Not knowing what this is for or where these digits came from, The party proceed to get rid of them and smash the bucket to splinters before carrying on.
The party then come to an area called the Wailing grove which they recognize as the place where they first fought and killed the banshee on one of their first adventures. Nearby, they hear the telltale chanting and calling of a Hag Coven. The party steals up to their abode in a hollowed out tree and slowly approaches. Vandread sends out his new Homunculous servant to try and scout ahead. Minutes later a beautiful young woman trapses down the walkway with the Homonculous on her arm. She warmly greets the party and welcomes them to her Barrow, inviting them in for tea.
At the behest of the party, Romaia once again peers through her crystal ball and sees the visage of this beautiful girl is an illusion hiding the true form of a Green Hag.
And that's where we'll pick up next time!
Rewards Granted
- 2500 pp
- Ivory Statuette 250gp
- Bronze Crown 250gp
- Large gold bracelet 250 gp
- Ioun Stone (unknown type)
- Book of Vile Darkness (Forgery)
- Six +2 arrows
- 1 Potion of unknown type.
Found in the home of the Terrible Old Man
Character(s) interacted with
Flint Mckellan - Their Halfling companion through the wood, Was body swapped by an ancient outlaw and then attacked in the night by some creature feeding him intense nightmares.
Ukko - Their Dwarf Companion, Tagging along through the Hagswood
"Celeste" - Whatever soul that took over Celeste's body relinquished it on promise of freeing them
"Flint" - Whatever soul that took over Flint's body relinquished it on promise of freeing them.
Notes
16th of Brigid
- Party swapped Flint and Celeste's bodies back to their original selves
- Looted the house of the Terrible old Man
- Burned it to the ground
- Traveled further down the road
- Took a long rest
17th of Brigid
- Flint was attacked in the night by something plaguing his dreams
- Romaia forced the creature to flee
- Finished their rest
- Found a "Donation" bucket
- Came upon the Wailing Grove
- Snuck up on a Hag Coven nearby
- Greeted by a hag in an illusory disguise
It is midday when we pick up next time.
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