Session 11

## Members

* Oleander Thorne the Fighter (Matt)
* Paldrag Adinon the Paladin (Played mostly by Matt, partly by Natalie with the occasional piece of advice by Alex)
* Naryrr the Druid (Natalie)
* Enjolras "Jojo" the Tiefling Wizard (Brian)

## The Adventure

Waking from their short rest, our group of adventures find
themselves safe in their camp about an hour’s walk from the raiders’ hideout.
They waste little time in trekking back to their cave entrance, but when they
get there, they were surprised to find a makeshift barricade has been erected
at the cave’s entrance. Old furniture has been stacked atop itself to bar
entrance. While some of the party members, notably Jojo, wanted to proceed with
caution, they could do little before Naryrr set the furniture ablaze. It was a
slow process as her druid craft could only form a small flame, but over 10
minutes or so the makeshift barricade was little more than charred rubble.
Before the fire spread amongst the furniture, Jojo sent his lizard familiar into
the cave to investigate. Through his lizard, Jojo noticed that groups of spikes
were placed long the cave path and a group of archers were waiting on the
bridge. Overturned tables provided them with cover. As they entered the
hideout, Jojo relayed what he had learned to the rest of the team.
Unfortunately, Jojo’s lizard had not noticed 4 hidden hobgoblins in the first
room just right of the entrance. They got the drop on our party of heroes.
Things were looking a little dire as the party took damage from the hobgoblins
nearby and the goblins perched on the bridge.

 The party managed to
take out the hobgoblins only to be attacked by another pair of goblins that had
hoped to surprise the party as they ventured further into the cave. Most of the
group chose to proceed up the river path, but Naryrr thought it more prudent to
turn into a giant centipede in an attempt to climb up the garbage shoot to go
around and flank the archers. Unsurprising to all, but Naryrr when she entered
the previously unexplored chamber at the top of the garbage shoot, she was not
alone. Inside the room were 2 hell hounds and a large humanoid figure covered
in jet black armor sitting on a similarly styled throne. Naryrr had hoped that
in her bug form she would go unnoticed, but it was difficult for any of the
occupants to ignore the 9-ft. long centipede that burst into the room from the
garbage shoot. One hell hound blasted the centipede with its fire breath;
reverting Naryrr back into her half-elf form. The second hell hound did the
same, putting Naryrr in peril, before the black knight stood up from his throne
and let out a guttural laugh, saying, “You fool!” As the black knight raised
his arm, his hand began to glow purple. Streaks of purple magical energy burst
from his hand and one of them hit Naryrr. She let out a scream and fell
unconscious.

The rest of the party, unaware of Naryrr’s situation, continued
up the river path. Paldrag, unlikely to hit the goblins hiding behind cover,
used his sword to clear away the wooden spikes that had been planted along the
path so that the others could move by more easily. Oleander impressively leaped
and flipped over anything in his path and made it to the other side of the
bridge where he could attack the goblins. He pulled out his longbow, but it
snapped as he took aim. Then he was forced to use Temper, his magical throwing
axe. Oleander and Jojo managed to pick off the goblins and the conscious
members of the group converged on the door leading to the unexplored chamber. Jojo
used his familiar companion to peak under the door and inform the group of what
was inside. From outside the door, Paldrag channeled the divinity of Bahamut
and cured all of the allies around him, reviving and healing Naryrr at the same
time. Naryrr, now awake, beast shaped into the form of a dire wolf and made her
way towards the door so that she could join forces with her party once they
came through the door. Before that could happen however, the hell hounds
attacked her. One of the hell hounds bit her, searing her hide with the flames
in its mouth. The other used it’s fire breath burning her and the door. Finally,
the armored warlock came to attack, but his vicious mace missed its mark.
Oleander gave a knowing nod to Paldrag, preparing to attack with Temper as
Paldrag burst through the door. Paldrag swung for the armored figure and missed
his first attack, but connected with his second. Aware that the warlock would
be a challenge he reinforced his attack with Bahamut’s smite. As the battle
waged on the group suffered powerful blows from the warlock and were engulfed
in flames from the mouths of the hell hounds (except Jojo, who kept at a
self-preserving distance). Jojo attempted the manipulate the mind of the warlock,
but the warlock’s mind was too powerful. The situation seemed critical until
Paldrag drew the attention of the warlock, challenging him to a duel, and the
others focused their attacks on the hell hounds. The warlock had great difficulty
landing an effective strike against Paldrag, clashing with his shield or armor.
And the party cheerfully attacked and killed the hell hounds one by one, glad
to be rid of the fire-breath that had already brought Naryrr to the brink of
death a second time. Once the hell hounds were killed the warlock eventually
followed (if only he had remembered to use the potions he had or one of his
spells). After Naryrr was revived, the group quickly went about searching the
Warlocks body and possessions. They found a slew of magical items, some of which
they are unsure who will wield, some valuables and a jet-black iron key.

 Remembering why they
were here, they group continued into the cave and soon found a gladiatorial pit
surrounded by goblins and hobgoblins. Above the pit were 4 suspended cages and
in the pit were the corpses of 2 humans, a lion and 2 wolves. The raiders had
taken human prisoners to pit them against beasts for entertainment. In one of
the cages was a badly tortured Magnus. The party was not quite enough to avoid
attention and a battle soon ensued. However, Jojo ended it quite quickly with a
well-placed fireball that evaporated all of the enemies except one; and he was
quickly killed. The crew rescued and treated Magnus, but he was in no condition
to fight. They then split into two groups; Oleander and Jojo went into the pit,
while Paldrag and Naryrr descended a flight of stairs to a pair of doors. They
entered at the same time to find a room filled with cages, some animals were
inside. In the separate cages they saw a wolf, a boar, a hell hound and what
they thought was a lion. Jojo noticed something was strange about the lion, but
before he could say anything a giant badger seemed to appear from nowhere. The
party quickly killed the badger and then turned their focus on the ‘lion’. Knowing
that his deception was unsuccessful the bugbear beast-master attacked Naryrr;
smacking her with his morning-star. While Paldrag and Oleander attacked the bugbear
respectively, Jojo used detect magic to see it’s armor and a bag it held were
magical and yelled at the group to ‘attack’ the bag. Naryrr cast an especially powerful
dispel magic against it and removed its magical properties. The next time the
bugbear reached into the bag he was disappointed that there was nothing inside.
Meanwhile, the hell hound in the cage was able to catch Paldrag and Jojo in its
fire breath, but could do little else because the cage door was closed. After
killing the bugbear, the group turned its attentions to the hell hound and
attacked it from a distance. Like the other hell hounds, upon its ‘death’ the
hell hound burst in a brilliant flame returning to the hell plane it had been
summoned from. Luckily for the group, Jojo managed to spot a key made of bone,
hidden amongst the hell hound’s food tray.

 With two keys in in
hand, the party knew there must be a hidden door or chamber somewhere. There
were some foolish attempts to use the keys in mid-air, but the party quickly
moved to the pools of water where the floodgates had been set up and a waterfall
now fell. Behind the waterfall they found a large iron door and using the iron key
they opened it without detriment. This lead to a small room. Inside they found
a locked chest. Everyone checked from traps and couldn’t find any mechanical
traps, but Jojo detected a magical trap on the chest. Luckily, using the key
meant that they trap was not trigger, and the group found the warlock’s hidden
stash of magical items.

 Satisfied that the
hideout had been sufficiently ransacked, the party, along with Magnus, gathered
the bodies of Jerry and Terry. Naryrr released the wolf and boar upon the agreement
that they would not attack a group of animals consisting of 3 horses and a
donkey. The wolf reluctantly agreed. And the party trekked back to the cart and
carriage. Magnus had wanted to reward the party for rescuing him, but the
raiders had found his hidden chest and taken everything, so it was safe to
assume that the party had retrieved his valuables from the raiders hideout and
he was happy for them to keep it. They removed the felled tree from the road
and continued to Drellin’s Ferry. The journey took another 3 days, but along
the way they picked up Kerry. Once they reached Drellin’s Ferry, the first thing
they did was go to the church of Bob and revive Jerry and Terry, grateful that
they were not as fanatic as Perry had been. Magnus talked with a colleague and payed
the party their agreed upon 125 Gold Pieces each. Once their business was concluded,
Magnus and his group said goodbye to the party, then made arrangements to
continue their journey. The party decided to stay in Drellin’s Ferry to explore
the area and better understand the town.

## Rumors (plot hooks)

1. Lizard-men live in the marshes.
2. Beware the mad hermit of the north lands.

XP
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1750 Each

Current XP: 14,750

Current level: 6; 8250 XP until next level

(Chris might change this later)

## Loot

* 76 GP
* 213 SP
* 66 CP
* 4x fur coats (4 GP each)
* salted meats (2 GP)
* boots of levitation
* Doss flute
* Thunderous Cymbal
* Mace +1
* Plate armor
* Cloak of Protection (currently worn by Naryrr)
* Potion of Hill Giant Strength
* Potion of Greater Healing
* Studded Leather armor +1
* Bracers of Archery (Currently worn by Oleander)
* Poison arrows (20) 1d4 poison damage DC 10 CON save or poisoned for 1 hour - (Currently held by Oleander)
* Lion Hide Armor (Hide armor +1 and Keen Smell) (Currently worn by Narryr)
* Glamoured Studded Leather Armor (Studded Leather Armor +1, but can change it's appearance to match any clothing) (Currently worn by Oleander)
* Wand of Lightning Bolts
* Cape of Mountebank
* Sun Blade (Currently held by Paldrag)
* 1 poison needle - 2d10 poison damage and poisoned for 1 day, DC 15 CON save
* (Magnus' chest) 100 GP
* (Magnus' chest) 3 diamonds (50 GP each)
* (Magnus' chest) 2 emeralds (15 GP each)
* (Magnus' chest) 2 rubies (25 GP each)

Oleander, Naryrr, Jojo and Paldrag each receive 125 GP

Note: This is the accumulated loot from both sessions for the One-shot. Unclaimed items are currently in the bag of holding.