Dicing with Death: Episode 202

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==Synopsis==
The boat Divan is on gets a hole in it. Divan patches the hole with his magic. Divan stays away for a few days before pulling the boat to land. Divan then hunts down some Deer Hide to patch up the hole more permanently. Eventually the boat gets back to the fishing village it is from. Divan and his new Blacksmith head in-land on foot towards Nekkraut. Along the way they find the nearby giant's family have been murdered except one by the Cyclops Grindel. Divan invites the giant child to come live with him in Nekkraut. After Divan drops off the blacksmith and giant child at Nekkraut he heads out to hunt down the Cyclops. Divan is outmatched by the Cyclops and retreats for now.
==Recap==
===21th November===
Divan is on a boat on the way back from Hearthome. On board is the ship's owner Roxanna as well as the Blacksmmith Heffer. As the Roxanna attempts to pilot a distance away from the "Medusa Island" with the giant stone giant when she runs into some submerged rocks. The party is half a mile from the mainland shoreline.
Roxanna goes to patch the hole in the hull. Divan uses on a nail in Roxanna's supplies, then casts to make a thin metal patch to cover the hole. Roxanna hammers the plate in place. The ship gets off the reef. Divan has to stay concentrating on the patch for it to keep existing.
The ship limps along down the coastline at 30 speed instead of 40 speed for the rest of the day to get away from the Medusa Island. When the ship gets out of the bay it is rougher water. The ship drops anchor at nightfall. Roxanna gives Divan a coffee beams to stay away overnight and keep the patch in existence.
===22nd November===
At dawn the ship keep travelling. By evening they arrive at an empty rocky coastline of some plains. The ship is pulled ashore and the party rest overnight.
===23rd November===
Divan wakes to see some deer in the distance. Roxanna asks Divan to get a deer to use their hide to make a patch that way. Divan tries to sneak up on the herd of deer but they are spooked. Divan gives chase to the herd.
After a few hours the deer are exhausted and Divan closes in. Divan casts to trap a buck in place. Divan spears the deer to death, the rest weakly flee. Divan guts the dead deer and takes it back to the boat.
Back a the boat the party get to work to patch it up. After the boat is fixed up the group get back into the boat and set sail again.
===24th November===
The ship ends the day near the swamp. They are 10 miles from home, but are being cautious so don't push into the night.
===25th November===
The boat arrives back in in Equinus (called Iberia here). Divan pays Roxanna her 11 silver coins she is owed.
Divan and Heffer rest overnight in Equinus.
===26th November===
Divan buys a cart from a lumberjack and uses it to carry Heffer's belongings. Divan and Heffer set out East towards Nekkraut. They arrive near Brutus's Lair and find it has suffered fire damage. Divan goes into the gully to investigate the cave on his own. Divan smells the scent of burnt flesh. Divan then uses his magical crown, Sorona, to try to information about what happened but doesn't find out anything from it. Divan heads inside the cave to investigate. Several burnt dead giant bodies are inside and one unburnt giant body is unburnt but has a crushed skull. The belongings of the giants have been burnt or damaged.
As Divan investigates he is found by a juvenile giant, Chronos, who survived the attack. Chronos recognises Divan and explains that Grindel the Giant was the one who did all of this. Divan promises to get revenge on Grindel which pleases the giant. The giant agrees to travel with Divan to Nekkraut. Divan introduces Chronos to Heffer outside the cave, have a meal and rest for the night.
===27th November===
The group arrive back in Nekkraut. Everything is well in the town and there appears to be new townsfolk lviing in the town. Divan introduces Chronos and Heffer to the townsfolk of Nekkraut.
Divan meets with Uncle Vinne who has prepared the vineyard for the coming spring. Vinnie introduces Divan to Mona who just moved to Nekkraut from Psynes, who is helping Vinnie with the vineyard.
===28th November===
Divan wakes in the morning to see it is storming outside. Chronos and Heffer have taken refuge in the qanat. Divan goes to visit with Akitos about the construction projects. Akitos says he can't do much about the qanat while Chronos the giant is inside it. Divan suggest that Chronos become an apprentice to either Akitos or Heffer. Divan also says to make arrangements with Heffer about building a forge.
Divan goes to Heffer and invites him over for breakfast. Divan says while he is out of town, Heffer can use Divan's house. Divan leaves the gold core with Heffer to deal with. 
Divan then goes into the storm to visit Atropos in her cave. Divan asks where Grindel's lair is and Atropos says it is north and to follow the snake there. Atropos then roughly seizes Divan and tells him to breath in the vapors of the crevice in the cave. Divan breaths in deeply of his own free will. He sees a snake with blue scales with white trim. Divan follows the snake out of the cave and to the north.
Divan comes to his senses outside a great cave. Divan, standing in the storm, calls out for Grindel to come out and face him. Grindel steps out into the rain. Grindel has grown in size from 16 foot to 20 foot tall, her one eye now in the centre of her head, and is more heavy-set, around her neck is a holy symbol of Velthara.
Divan throws a as Grindel throws a boulder, hitting one another. Grindel then produces a giant bardiche with a symbol of Velthara upon it. Divan hits Grindel with another and she almost hits Divan with her bardiche. Divan attacks with his spear & fist. Grindel tears away Divan's . Grindel hits Divan hard with her bardiche, knocking him a distance away. Divan drinks his potion of gaseous form and turns to mist.
Divan uses his his magical crown, Sorona, to ESP messages into Grindel's head that he will be doing vengeance upon her. Grindel retreats into her cave as Divan follows, whispering more messages and threats. Grindel calls out to Velthara for help.
Divan leaves the cave and returns outside into the storm. Divan finds shelter and rests for the rest of the night.
==Experience==
No experience given this session.
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