Session 2

Sessions

Session 1

Session 2 – Mandrake Islands

* Rei disassembled and broke the boat Prim and Tetzo took a look and "fixed" the boat, the party went a bit in land and bedded down for the night.
* During 3rd watch they were attacked by stirges. They completed a long rest and continued on.
* They encountered a 6 grung and fought them they killed them, got several poisoned daggers and 2 short bows, Tetzo scavenged for their toxin and bones that could be used for weapons, at the edge of this clearing the party found a skeleton that had 5 gold and 5 fire stones and blue powder residue at it's right hand. They inferred from this that this was one of the missing blue team members.
* The group also discovered that all the rations have rotted or gone bad.
* The party came to the second bayou, Rei assembled the boat and they crossed the second bayou and landed without incident. Rei and Thiana disassembled the boat.
* After they land the party noticed the ground shaking at irregular intervals. Tetzo discovered a distinct lack of grung foot prints and an increase in blue vine.
* Toward noon the party comes to a clearing with a house on the opposite side it looked like it was old and falling apart. The house then stood up on two giant bird legs and approached the group with a long striding gait the matched the rhythm of the ground shaking.
* Prim and Thiana flee, Rei chases them and catches Prim by falling on her. Thiana gets caught in blue vine and covered in sap. Rei retrieved solvent from Tetzo and freed Thiana while Tetzo held onto Prim.
* The house came to a stop in front of Tetzo and Prim and Mama Nava came out and invited them in for the night. Rei freed Thiana and the party goes into the house.

Session 2 – Mama Nava

* Inside the house is well kept and there appear to be many things that are not native to the Mandrake Islands, the humidity is quite livable here, she offers them a meal of stew again with meat that is not native to the islands.
* Prim and Rei do not eat the stew but Thiana and Tetzo dig in.
* Mama Nava sits in the living room, knitting while the party eats.
* While sitting at the table, the group make note of the furniture and decoration. Going back and to the left from where they sit, there is a staircase going up to a second floor loft. The area under the stairs is curtained off. To the right of the stairs there is a sitting area with a rag & fur rug, fireplace, several chairs, rocking chair, and knitting basket. Over the fireplace there is a painting. From the sitting area, toward the door, there is a cooking stove and prep table. To the left of the door there is another prep table, the dining table the party is seated at, and some shelves. There is a ship in a bottle at the top of those shelves among the pots and pans. After the shelves, at the bottom of the stairs there is another painting.
* Rei got up and briefly talked to Mama Nava who indicated quite openly that the house is infused with magic, he notes that the ship in a bottle looks like the Sea Breath and does she know Captain Morgan? She indicates they have been associated and seems to pity him. Rei asks if there is a bath and she indicates there washing facilities and beds on the landing. As he turns to go Rei notices that the painting over the fire place is a very familiar scene of Mount Trelmyr.
* Upstairs he finds a bath tub full of hot water and bathes.
* Tetzo has now taken up a strategic position and cataloged exits (a window at the back near the old woman's rocking chair and the door they came in through).
* Thiana then went to speak with Mama Nava, asked if Mama Nava knows the Lord High Despot, Mama Nava indicated that was a good and clever man, if a bit misguided. But mentioned that Thiana is better off right now away from home because of her family connections.
* Thiana then went upstairs where she got a look at Rei not fully dressed and noticed how scared up he is. Once he was out of the bath she pulled the curtain to take a bath, the water was still hot and clean.
* Prim sat down and observed Mama Nava knitting, the yarn was not getting less as she knitted, Prim asks about the magic Nava is using and gets nothing helpful at the moment. Prim heads upstairs and starts to bath when Rei interrupts her looking for his ducky chew toy. Thiana gets him away and Prim is left to bath in peace.
* Tetzo heads upstairs and heads to bed under a bed.
* Rei heads downstairs and asks Mama Nava about the painting, she indicates that her friend Glen gave it to her. Rei recognizes that is the hermit who wanders the mountains in the area. Rei heads to bed.
* In the night Rei wakes up in the night and finds bright light shining out of Mama Nava's knitting basket. Mama Nava finds him and sends him back to bed.
* In the morning the party is fed and they find the house has moved across another bayou and is at the cave entrance.
* The party says good bye to Mama Nava, who gives them rations and shows Prim the preservative magic, Prim doesn't quite get it, but notices how much power she pulls to do the magic.

Session 2 – The Cave

* The party enters the cave and runs into 2 earth elementals and 1 water elemental.
* They are chased into a cavern where there is chest with the red gem lock. Tetzo makes friends with an alligator who tells him the red key is in the fountain room and barfs up a key with a yellow stone.
* The party rests in the room and when they send Harry to check later, they find only one of the earth elementals remains. Rei runs across to a room with a fountain and the door closes, he finds the key with a red stone on it and when Rei presses a button on the top of the fountain the room goes dark and a countdown starts. Rei finds that when he presses the button the countdown resets. If he does nothing it just ends and the door opens. In the course of all this he finds that if he dips his claws in the fountain they seem sharper he also dips his rapier into the water.
* The red key opens the chest and they find some gold, some stones and a black piece of stone wrapped in cloth it's 1/2" x 2" x 4" in size.
* The group goes and finds the next room locked, the lock has a yellow stone, they opened the room and find what looks like a teleportation circle but it is inactive.
* The next room has a series of platforms going across a chasm with spikes in it. There is also a skeleton on the far side which appears to be another blue team member. Thiana tries stepping on one of the pillars and her tail slides off and hits the platform next to it and it shatters. The group test the platforms and finds some are friction-less, some shatter under the least weight, some are invisible walls and a very few are safe. The party tests and finds the path and Rei goes across. On the other side there is an arch with a wall in it and a woven pattern circle in it. There is a blue stone key on the ledge.
* The party takes the key to the other room. They used the red key on a lock in the wall they find this time, which activates the circle, and the party all step through eventually.

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Session 3