Session 30
General Summary
Recap
Alexander got a spare armor while his own is getting fixed. (It is a hand-me-down so it isn't great but it will do.) He also went and got some healing potions that were divided amongst the group. After gathering the group back together we went back to the glade to find the cultists.At the place we found Alex, we noticed the cultist footprints just stopped: turns out they can shapeshift into birds and the like. So instead of following the prints Saga used her smell to track further.
We managed to find 2 cultists guards but they spotted us. One turned into a bird while another into a fox (assumed, not confirmed). We managed to KO and capture the dwarvem bird cultist while Saga gave chase to the fox before turning back.
They were guarding the cultist hide out, a burrow in the ground. Inside the burrow we found some supplies, a sleeping chamber with around 30 bedrolls (this cult is bigger than we thought) and a chemistry lab. The chemistry lab contained all the general chemical supplies and wasn't all too specific but we found Mazil's research journal/personal diary there. Turns out the cult has been here for a while already and they seem to be responsible for all the fungus issues in this part of Azuros. They also are planning to attack either Harbeld in its entirety or at least the temple to Kishar soonish. We are planning to inform the mayor and hopefully prepare for the attack.
Summary
Muireal and Alexander went to inform the mayor of the imminent danger. He wan't in so the clerk went to look for him with Alex secrelty following.Not long after chaos ensued. Arti noticed smoke from the west and muirreal went to check and wake the people to evacuate from the fire.
The city was being attacked on the west side by the troll we had previously encountered, only he had grown in size by a lot. Additionally people (controlled cultists) were setting their homes ablaze. Once the mist enveloped them all Muirreal ran back to the temple. She couldn't/didn't convey this to Alexander who fought off the troll alone with the aid of the figure in the mist which he did not see but briars were sticking out of the troll. He got beat bad, but survived and beat the troll. The westside of town was however destroyed and lots of people were eaten.
At the same time a pale looking figure smelling like rot and decay approached the temple. Arti and Saga who were keeping an eye out, attacked him on sight. A little later Muirreal joined the fight upon her return. During the fight the figure broke one of the panes of the cairn, the forest side, and Arti casted silence on it to prevent him from doing it again. He tried to feign his death but Muirreal wanted to chop of his head forcing him to act to safe his life. The unknown assailant turned to dust shortly after with only his equipment left behind.
Besides the broken panel there were no damages to the temple. Muirreal suggested to gather the people who lost their homes in the west in the temple for medical aid, food and shelter. Alex told us that the clerk didn't even look for the mayor and that the mayor might be dead becaus the clerk killed him.
Arti peeked inside the broken cairn and saw a floating piece of bark/wood with pink flowers: possibly a part of the long gone tree of origins. Using detect magic she also saw that the assailant's armor is magical (necromancy and abjuration), the belt Alex got from the troll is magical (evocation) and the cairn is also classed as evocation.
Session Notes
at the cathedral - evening
Saga tried to talk to Kishar and failed as gods can't answerchild of yothga did answer some, but saga didnt ask about the Doran Descendants
muir + alex to mayor with notes copy
art + saga at church playing defense
town hall
clerk working on a puzzlemayor not in
clerk is to go find the mayor
muir is waiting outside for his return
at church
Saga is checking the dwarfhe is just wearing a druidic focus, standard peasant clothes and damaged cloak
no external bleeding but bruised and beaten
short bearded young dwarf
gagged and bound tightly
arti checks outside no sus peeps smt not on streets attention
but big plume of smoke in the direction of the Camp
relatively nearby
Muir goes towards it
muir is gonna thunderclap multiple times to alarm peeps
peeps running from that direction
guard shouts there a troll
troll might be a distraction
the Camp is still intact
troll has become bigger than last time (same one we met on the way)
there are peeps attacking the guards in the confusion
arson their own homes
muir gonna figth alone against cultist and troll
cultist harm/bother the guards
sus mist from side roads into the village
muir murders a cultist
mist is probs flower thing, it has covered the entire field
alex vanishes in the mist
scream of anguish from troll as he rushes out of mist
there is smt sticking out of him
muir sees a vague figure, no idea what it is resembles humanoid
back at the temple
peeps rush towards or axay from smokepale looking figure approaches
he bad Arti fires
one of the walls of the cairn broke - the forest
dude turns to dust it covers saga
only his equipment remains - Muir takes it and stuffs it in backpack
both health potions used
outside
alex is there looks not that great and some guardslots of peeps got eaten
entire west side of town is gone
troll is dead
he had a big belt - magical
mayor is missing
clerk might have killed him
cairn after broken pane is a piece of bark/zood floating with pink small flowers growing on it
arti gathers all broken pane pieces
muir told guard to bring peeps without homes to temple
legend of kishar - first thing she made was a might tree with colorful flowers from this she created everything else - the tree of origin this piece might be part of that tree, the tree no longer exist
alex saw the mist not the thing but did see some briars
alex skilled the troll it had clumps of thorns on me
refugees gathering in the temple
next time:
help refugeesno leader in town
check equipment if it can tell id of the guy: armor is magic, troll belt is magic
cairn is magic
armor is necromancy and abjuration
belt is evocation (healing)
cairn is evocation
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Rewards Granted
Arti
NASaga
NAMuirreal
Equipment of bad guyAlex
Troll beltCharacter(s) interacted with
Created Content
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To Do:
help refugees no leader in town: find Etrush('s remains) and/or someone to take lead root out/find rest of cult identify loot get Nax gift in cairn and make sure no one takes wood out!
In game date
1051 AS, 25 October
1051 AS, 25 October
Report Date
08 Feb 2025
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