Session 24
General Summary
Recap
We investigated the silence and found that mushrooms were the cause. The veiled blossom didn't know about them.Asked Alexander about why he isnt noticed by people and he said he's been that way since his youth.
We handed out Arti's gifts.
Alaric provided supplies for a week of travel by foot.
Summary
We left Seeblick and headed to Harbeld by land.On the first day/night Saga noticed a thin shadowy figure in the mist that fired a needle at her but missed. Everyone else was sleeping so we didn't notice. That morning we found a corpse dangling from a nearby tree on a briarthorn noose. We didn't know the victim but he had jaundice, enlarged extremeties and had fairy banks growing on him. We assumed he also had a version of the infection and that who/whatever attacked Saga in the night killed this thing.
On the second day we found a glade withe the grave of Dorald, a druid. The name rang a bell for Saga but she couldn't recall wherefrom. We each gave a token and in turn received a boon/blessing.
The following days were uneventful until we were a day off of our deestination. We noticed Troll tracks on the road (destroyed trees, fire/acid handprints,..). We continued and found more later in the day so we decided to call it an early day to find a suitable spot to hole up and be safe for the night. However during the night watch Saga was caught by the stealthy troll and now we must save her.
Session Notes
We went to bed early to leave early.It's temperate weather and everything is packed.
Alex is waiting and called out to us to let us know.
Granny is in the hands of Radboud - please be safe
we go outside
Time to Travel
6 - first day 17th: relaxing and easy road, well used dirt road, when dusk comes lots of mists rolls in from between the trees, we barely see each other mist mozes doesnt work very wellwe make camp early using wind spells and finding a good spot - somewhere of the road we hope but we kinda lost the road
further in the mist Saga spots thin shapes for a moment a thin figure, shadowy shade
behind us from saga's point of view
quiet normal wood sounds - no eery silence
muir does thundercla to scare animals away
but if it wasnt we notified them of our position
she uses warding wind to give some more visibility
plan to tie rope to each other to not lose each other in the mist
camp set up is easy thanks to alex
watch shift: arti - alex - saga - muir
cooking some food: looks bad but tastes well
Harbeld is known for meatpies
sagas gonna study a bit of plants
Night
arti - saga is looking at her shrooms, dont see anything and only hear saga working on her notes, alex shifting in sleep - very peaceful 2 hrsalex time - watch ends peacefully
saga - mist is still there some wood left for fire, sees the thing again - i knew it wasnt an animal - its like a shadowy stick figure - it vanishes again, its 20-30 feet away so pretty close - didnt hear anything tho, just saw it
she checking on everyone - we all still there
she calls out in sylvan,elvish,common and druidic to it - no response
she barely dodges smt that shot out from the fog - a sharpened piece of wood with a flowerbulb like thing at the end - like a needle the size of a longsword - bulbs open up in flower then entangling thorny vines cover entire tree it hit - it wilts rapidly and dissappears - she checks us again, we still ok
she stays on guard for remainder of the watch but nothing else happens
Muir - informed of visitor,warning shot - fog diminishes as dawn approaches but still thick, nothing of note so she says a prayer and get the weather report: not gonna storm, not gonna rain
Morning- Day 2 18th Oct
fresh fruit, fish as breakfast, apple slicesmakeshift pancakes
no more fog - sun shining
the tree that was shot only has a small notch in it
it might have been a dryad?
we find the path again to continue forward
saga notices on the road heading back to town smt is dangling from the tree - a person
they have been put to the noose - old man strapped to a tree with a thorned briar round his neck
He was infected but now totally dead
the infection is here - he has fairy bank mush growing on him and has jaundice - extremeties are swollen
never seen this person - maybe from Harbeld
he might have been dead for 4-5 hours
different kind of infection??
did the figure help us? or just protecting their wood?
Day 3 19th oct
4 - more cloudy, after lunch: the road diverges there is a small side path (hunting track) that is relatively used, mini cairn stones to the side of itwe go explore - 1 hr later opens up in a glade with a creek going through it. in middle of creek small island with at the center rocks - burial site/grave
stone are covered in harmless moss - glimmermoss: colorfull pretty harmless moss
recent token is left at site a branch with fresh leaves muir looking for pretty shiny rock to give as token
moment I place Nax's box the moss seem to rustle
cornerstone druidic: Here lies Derald,Son of the Woods
Saga sows some flower seeds around it
Derald rings a bell to Saga, but she doesn't know where from
Saga asks Blossom but no response failed wis save
alex gave one of his bangle as a token
we leave the glade = thanks to token we get following
boon/blessing: next medicine/nature check 1d8 can be added + 5 temp hp that doesn't expire upon long rest wooo
Day 6- 22 oct
it was a verny nice hike besides the dangling corpse until nowArti falls in a pit - its a giant footprint, twice as big as Arti, and humanoid
O no Trolls - Arti
it seems to be left recently
troll or etten
it came from south crossed over the road and went further up north, broke some trees and left a trail of destruction
immense burn/corroed handprint into the wood (fire/acid)
track appears again few hours later, older went north to south this time
we find an abandoned badger den (big badger) too small for troll, means only half day break
alex vanishes muir tries to cover entrance
Arti carves a big badger to leave a Nax gift here
watch: same list
Arti - nothing happens, just hear birds and deer, nothing of note, peaceful
Alex - nothing happened
Saga - nothing until in the end creak enormous next to her o no she caught
grabbed by big hand with broken nails and warty fingers long nose and yellowing jagged teeth
big ass troll tries to eat her
her screams wake everyone up
I do not care - the troll in common
Next time
Troll Battle________________________________________
Rewards Granted
Arti
NASaga
NAMuirreal
NACharacter(s) interacted with
Created Content
Related Reports
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Save Saga
+ 1d8 an next nature/medicine check
In game date
1051 AS, 17-22 October
1051 AS, 17-22 October
Report Date
07 Sep 2024
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Secondary Location
Related Plots
Related Characters
"Here lies Dorald, Son of the Woods"
"O no... Trolls."
"I do not care."
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