[spoilers] Smash Monday

[Tundrra]

Session 1
2023/01/02
DM Koram

Level 4
Party Marching Order
-Melro (Tundrra)
-Sofia
-Fiadh (Roxanne) absent
-Django
-Edu
-Dimbel (Destroyer)

Voyage:

Mirtul14th Ship sailed from DragonRest to Port Llast
Roxy below deck, with Django, Sofjia and Edu chatting above deck
Mirtul 15th is quiet
Mirtul 16th Another ship is seen to the south, heading away towards Port Llast, where the ship just came from.
Mirtul17th is quiet.
Mirtul18th arrived at Luskan, at White Sails Harbor.


Luskan, at White Sails Harbor dock:
Arrival Midday on the 18th

-The party: Sofjia, Django, Fiadh and Edu disembark the ship to find a gnome awaiting at the docks looking for them. The gnome is Dimbel and he was instructed to meet the party arriving from Dragon's Rest aswell as his old friend Melro. However Melro is not immediately found, as he is currently perched as a alley cat observing the new comers till he can confirm they are the Adventurers General Varnoth had sent.

-Sofjia stops at the the herbalist booths and picks through their herbs. (prickly pear cactus extract 1gold) infuse with hops should make a interesting brew. She also replaces a lost javelin.
-Django haggles for 2 daggers and a hand crossbow, along with its bolts.

-Melro identifies a Half Orc and Drow, casing the market patrons, and at one point the drow uses thieves cant and the half orc leaves. The two suspicious characters have matching symbols on their shoulder armor, but it cannot be made out from the current distance.

-Group insists on staying over night after the long voyage, so Melro leads them to the seven sails inn. The party clocked 4 or 5 potential ruffians following the party. Melro took the party down some side streets till they safely arrived at the inn.

-Drinks and conversation took place about General Varnoth, before the party retired to their rooms. Django sets alarm spells on his doors and windows. Dimbel placed a grease spell in front of his interior door.

-A sound in the night awakes both Django and Dimbel, whom have adjacent rooms. Their spells have not gone off and no one is in their room. Neither noticed anything additional out of the ordinary and went back to sleep, and the long rest was successful.

(longrest) Mirtul19th

-Shortly after leaving the inn, the same dressed men from the night before seem to be flanking the party at the early hour.
-The wizards see another group coming up from behind. They are close enough to make out the symbol on their clothing. Which is a emblem of a circle with 8 arrows going outward, the center pointing down is longer and larger, all over a sun. The same symbol was on the sail of a ship that was parked out in the bay when arriving in Luskan.

-Once we made it to the North Gate, the suspicious crewmen had vanished again.
-Two fully loaded wagon equipped with drivers await our instructions.

[Roxanne]

January 10, 2023 - Session 2

DM Koram - Level 4

-Dimbel
-D'Jango
-Edu
-Fiadh
-Mel'ro
-Sofija

Arrived at White Sail Harbor in Luskin. D'Jango, EdU, Fiadh and Sofija disembarked and met up with Dimbel and Mel'ro. As the group explored Luskin, they started to notice that there were a lot of people dressed in matching leather armor. The armor featured a symbol of chaos on the breast. They also noticed that some of these armored troops seemed to be following them. The group ducked into the Inn that they were staying at for the night; none followed them into the establishment so they settled in for the night.

In the morning they headed for the stables and arranged for transport. Mel'ro stayed behind to see if they were still being followed. Sofija rode up front by the driver in the first wagon with EdU and Mel'ro riding in the back. Fiadh rode up front by the driver in the second wagon with D'jango and Dimbel riding in the back. As the group head out, Mel'ro and Fiadh notice a group of hooded figures follow them to the edge of town. They have symbols on their cloaks which Mel'ro and Fiadh recognize as having seen before. The symbol was a flag on a ship in the harbor. As the wagons leave the town, the hooded group stops, silently watching before turning back towards Luskin. The group have 4 to 5 days of travel before reaching their destination.

Being it is springtime, the roads are well kept. Fresh blooms line the trail; birds are heard in the distance. Mel'ro wildshapes into a fox and slips ahead, looking for potential trouble as the group heads east to Blackford Road. Mel'ro returns as the sun sets, shifting out of wildshape and joining the party as it sets up for the night. Sofija, EdU and Mel'ro volunteer for the nights watch, which is uneventful. In the morning, the group cooks a meal to break the evening's fast. Fiadh, full from the morning's rations, stretch's and let's out a happy belch to which Sofija matches. The party packs up and hits the trail, traveling in the same formation as the first day.

They make respectable progress before stopping for the night. They set up camp and set watch. At around 9pm, Sofija hears horses coming from the direction of Mirabar. The riders slow up and one of them approaches Sofija, asking who we were and what was our business. The riders are 3 humans, one half elf, one halfling and one half orc. The one that approached Sofija explains that they are a patrol. He is carrying a harpoon for a weapon. He explains that a lot of the marines had been conscripted to fight, which would explain why they were heavily armed. He introduced himself as Harpoon. Dimbel woke and began making coffee for the patrol. At his invitation, the patrol dismount. Impressively, their mounts stay where they are without having to be secured. The group join them around the fire, gratefully sipping the bitter brew. The leader explains that they are into the trade business rather than piracy. Dimbel, Sofija and EdU do not detect any ill well from them and D'Jango invites them to travel with the party. The patrol are going the opposite way so they regretfully decline. They tell the party that the humanoids have gotten bolder and more abundant and that they appear to be coming from the north. They caution the party about going off the road as no one patrols there and that they are only responsible for the road. They also share that trade with Mirabel has been going well. Mel'ro asked about the symbol that they had seen in Luskin. The head patrolman explained that it was a symbol of The Dusk League. They appeared to have several ships and that they were not pirates. They had not broken any laws so they were just watching them as their growing numbers were a concern. Dimbel asked about the road to Mirabar and whether their had been any trouble. The patrolman explained that their had been a few instances but it was basically safe, as long as travelers stuck to the main road. The patrol finish their coffee and prepare to leave. Mel'ro tries to tip them but they decline and leave. The rest of the night is quiet.

In the morning, the group get up with the sunrise and pack up. Dimbel sends his familiar, a hawk named Tagalong or Tag for short, out in front of us as the party loads up the wagons and heads out. Upon request, Fiadh pulls out a small lute which she had made herself, and plucks out a familiar tune. She begins to sing a bawdy tune which causes Sofija to laugh and join in. Dimbel's familiar alerts him to something coming up. As they round a bend, they come upon the remains of a large bonfire. They stop to investigate and find bones amid the ashes which they surmise to be unlucky travelers. There are embers among the bones and ashes leading them to believe that the fight appeared to be quite recent. Mel'ro finds a set of tracks headed north. Because of their size and shape he surmises that it is an Orc footprint. They appear to have come down the trail with another set going back north. Other than that, nothing of value is found. Anything of value appears to have been taken by whomever ambushed this unfortunate party. Mel'ro tells the group that we are now in Orc country and to be on guard from this point forward. Fiadh stows the lute and cautiously hums to herself.

At about 4, the party stop for the night. As they are setting up camp, Tagalong returns and shows Dimbel images of something burning. Dimbel faintly smells wood smoke and notices a thin sliver of smoke to the northeast. The smoke does not have the odor of food. Once he points it out, everyone can see it and there doesn't appear a way to get to it. They decide against a fire and everyone eats cold rations. Mel'ro reminds the party of what the patrol said and that it's probably Orcs or Goblins. Dimbel sends Tagolong out to where the fire is. Sofija tries to find an animal to talk to.

Tagalong returns and Dimbel can see a small clearing with man made items laying around it. The campfire is still smoldering. Mel'ro suggests traveling on foot as he suspects an ambush. We leave the wagons with the driver's guarding them. The group will act as bait. Mel'ro wildshaped into a fox and scouts ahead for whomever is laying in wait for the party. D'Jango casts Mage Armor on himself while the rest of the group prepares for whatever lays in wait. EdU readies his wand and the group continues on foot. About 150 feet ahead they see a trail leading north. They return to the wagons as night draws near. They set the watch with D'Jango going first, Dimbel second and Mel'ro third.

During his watch, D'Jango hears someone yelling towards the north. The sound is maybe 1/2 mile away. As he thinks about it, he can't tell if its animal or human. When they change watch, D'Jango tells Dimbel about the noise that he heard. During Dimbel's watch all is quiet. He relays the information to Mel'ro as they change watch.

It is now the 21st. The party awakens and eats a cold breakfast. They estimate that they should reach Blasingdell by mid day. Dimbel casts Mage Armor before leaving and they party sets out. Dimbel sends Tagalong out and Mel'ro scouts out ahead of the group. After awhile, Tagalong returns and shows Dimbel a bridge up ahead with 3 humanoid figures on the far side. Mel'ro reaches the bridge and notes that it is about 10 feet wide and is made out of stone. The water running underneath is shallow and easily wadeable. He also sees the 3 humanoids on the far side, 2 of which are Orcs with the 3rd being something he doesn't recognize. As he turns to leave the 3 beings spot him and begin to gesture in his direction. Mel'ro runs back to let the party know.

The party reaches the bridge and enter into a skirmish with the 2 Orc's and the unidentified! EdU strikes first, casting Ray of Frost and clips one of the Orcs. Mel'ro fires off an arrow and lands a solid hit on one of the Orcs. Fiadh tries to use her light crossbow and misses, causing her to curse. As the curse leaves her lips, another Orc appears, this one dangerously close to the group. The Orc charges EdU wielding a great axe! Fiadh casts Silvery Barbs which fills the attacking Orc with indecision and it stops in it's tracks. Fiadh gives Advantage to Sophia. One of the Orcs advances over the bridge and throws a javalin at EdU, hitting him for a solid 7. The large, unidentified creature moves up and throws a javalin at Fiadh for 8. Sofia, having advantage, goes after the closest Orc. She rages with Crusher, trying to move the Orc away from EdU. She critical hits for an ungodly 18, moving it 5 feet in the air and causing it's head to explode in a shower of blood, brains and bone!

Dimbel casts Grease on the large creature but the creature easily shrugs it off. To the south, another Orc appears and charges Fiadh, swinging an axe which hits her for 10. D'Jango casts Hold Person on the large creature but it doesn't work. He then changes position. The second Orc across the river then runs across the bridge joining the first Orc. It throws a javalin at EdU but misses. Another Orc runs out into the open, yelling something. Sofija immediately drops to her hands and knees, groveling and fearful.

The session ends for the night!

[Tundrra]

Session 3
2023/01/16
Sofija absent (Out of Town)
Roxanne absent

Mirtul 21st
Orc Bridge Battle

battle continues...
Round 2
-Fiahd Farie fire (lvl2 slot) and inspiration to Django.
-Sofijia demanded to grovel again and saves.
-Django kill an orc with ray of sickness

Round 3
-hunters mark on caster

Round 4
-dimbel torches the heavily armed orc
-Django hold persons the caster.

Round 5
-Melro takes out a orc with a arrow.
-fiadh holding a crossbow action on the held orc if he moves.
-sofjia smashes another orc covered in grease.
(game time is 1pm-2)
-fiadh's held bolt goes off after dimbels chromatic lighting orb

Round 6
-party runs across river
-last surviving orc throws his hands up "I surrender, your much more powerful than we thought"
-Django instructs the orc to stay where you are, and sofija stands guard.

Loot from Bridge Orcs
6gold 15silver 42copper
crispy: ringmail armor, shield
orcs: hides/javelins/spear
bundled wrapped in fur on the caster, Dwarven made dagger.
- Runes are a form of runic writing that has not been used in alooong time. "Steel" or "iron" and "branch"/"wand"/"treelimb" and "captain"/"commander" and a dwarven named "Brundolin"...

Melro finds the tracks of the orc party, following the stream NE.

(shortrest) in wagons has they head to Blasingdell
Fiadh plays a song of rest.

watches
Melro 13
dimbel 8
django 17 -heard something to the north, could have been a gust of wind.

(long rest) success

Mirtul 22nd
Overcasted day, possibility of rain.
-Traveling till around noon and north, Django swears he sees something disturbs the clouds and a giant white wing. (white dragon)
-arrived the crossroad.

longrest

Mirtul 23rd Arrive in Blasingdell
midmorning.
10' stonewalled town, fairly large in size.

[Tundrra]

Session 4
2023/01/23


Mirtul 23rd Arrive in Blasingdell
midmorning.
10' stonewalled town, fairly large in size.
The Shield and MorningStar
-Sofjia shopping
-Dwarf Garrog Tolm, shop keep
-magic shield
-mirthral chain mail.
Gorgon and Gremlins Magic Shoppe
-moonFog Aarocoraa, shopkeep
-Amator the wizard old business partner disappeared some years ago heading to Neverwinter
-wand of war mage. (800g)
-potions to make (haste 250g) (potions of healing x2 75g) (potion of greater healing x2 )
-items needed for healing potions(Heart Caps Mushrooms, Red Amanita Mushroom)
-Leather bag on counter behind her (bag of holding 300/250g) sold to Django for 200g
-Dimbel talks MoonFog down to 50g for a potion.
Garrison
Townwatch: halforc Sergeant Grendar Kuln
Constable: female human Constable Dara Whitewood

-New stuff in town: Quarry has started exploring new tunnels in pit 2 north east of town. (dwarf kin of the echo exchange have come to help mine the new area)
Wintervale Manision
-human in splint mail, (veteran fighter) Sir Miles Berrick, mayor (a old knight from Mirabar).
-mansion interior is pretty plain not ritz or glamorous.
-Large Human, rough around the edges.

Khundrukar Dwarven Complex.

Map to the north, up the mountain. 30mi (3days of rough terrain)
Quest Goals:
-blades (vary in price 100g+) by Durgeddin the black. Dwarven "D" overladed on "Black" (downward arrow)
-20 gold each up front to investigate
-100 gold each for a maps of the location
-bounty for each orc, 25g per)

Rewards: for 6 orcs + 20g = 45g each.
After lunch time

Stormwind Inn (2nd Floor) reserved for our visit.
-halfelf behind the bar Sariel.
-halfling at the end of the bar using mage hand. metallic praying mantis, clockwork mechanical.
-Talli and V are their names. she is a artificer.
-sof and fiadh are in their drink but edu noticed: somebody out of place, wirey looking, not a miner, woman sitting at the bar, little to wealthy lookin for the area. gets up a leaves right after (django, melro and dimbel leaves).
Falred's Curiosities
-gray beard human, Falred, retired sailor from luskan.
-sold blue silk fan for (40g)
-sold candlesticks (30g)
-sold crude flute (20g)
-sold hourglass of sparkling sand (10g)

-Cape for future sale.
-Flask for future sale.

(long rest)

Mirtul 24th

Adventure begins North towards the stone tooth
-we pass some mines.
-quarter mile north road becomes a trail.
-tracks here and there goblins/orcs etc but not fresh.

sundown
-melro: hear lots of wolves/undrbrush movements but nothing alarming.
-dimbel: all is quiet.
-fiadh: nothing she hears, but Django hears the nocutnals animals go to sleep and day breaks.

(longrest)

Mirtul 25th
making good travel time

sundown
-melro: lots of night animals, very active.
-dimbel: all is quiet
-fiadh and Django: all is quiet

(longrest)

Mirtul 26th
- should arrive at the destination by lunch
- upland forest, still not very cold
- we reached the mountain base and there are several fresh orc trails
-Late afternoon
-django mage armor
-2 humaniod stand at a rock face at the end of trail.
-lots of destroyed gear litter the trail.
-hide armor

[Tundrra]

Session 5
2023/01/30

Base of Mountain "StoneTooth"
-Mirtul 26th Late Afternoon round 4pm

-smoke (bonfire or camp fire) from smaller peak
-2 orcs up the trail.
-7 rations 2 water skins each.

-invisible for one hour, on Sofijia and Melro.
-

Initiative
Round 1
-Sofijia kicks one orc off the cliff as melro distracts it with a flea infestation
-the 2nd orc runs and shouts for help into the cave.

Round 2
-the chase is on
-hunters mark (melro)

Round 3
-more chasing

Round 4
-doors begin to close.
-melro turns into a panther and pounces one of them.
-room is revealed with a long bridge and 2 orcs throwing javelins across the rift.
-rest of group makes it to the initial cave entrance.

Round 5
-2 more orcs from across the bridge join the party and throw javelins.
-the casters are getting pelted by arrows from the murder holes in the cavern walls.
-orc 1 killed by sof

Round 6
-orc2 killed by sof
-Django made it to the party (hold person on orc)
-edu comes in with magic missile
-hold breaks at the end of orc D.

Round 7
....

[Tundrra]

Session 6
2023/02/06
Bridge Fight

...Round 7
-Sofija javelins orc F to death

Round 8
-one orc escapes
-sofija throws a javelin and kills another
-django ray of sickness and kills an orc
-edu refreshes mage armor

Loot of Orcs:
-hide armor ragged
-great axes orc made
-14 gold
-5 siliver
-20 copper
-2 ear snippets

Secret tunnels found
-party splits up
-South: Melro, Edu, Dimbel
-North: Sofija, Fiahd,

Round 1
-lots of misses in the south hall
-

Round 2
-south hall clear
-ear gathered.
-small coin pouch 2g, 3s, 5c

Round 3
-north hall goes further in
-sofija and fiadh begin cleaning house
-reinforcement are coming from the east hall.

-rooms searched bodies looted
-reinforcements arrive on other side of bridge.
-a couple arrows hit one of the lurking orcs and the door slams shut.
-the party attempts a short rest and is interrupted 10mins later when the doors open revealing a sphere of darkness.
-django informs party what has passed.
-django heads back out to dispell magic and sees a row of 3 planks being slid out.

[Tundrra]

Session 7
2023/02/13
Plank Bridge (5:15p)
-Orcs look menacing on the eastside of the bridge, as the orb of darkness

Initiative
-orc6 dead (django)
-Faire Fire (melro concentration)
-plank bridge is almost pushed over to the west side. (30ft)
-grease on bridge (dimbel)

round2
-bridge is set

round3
-wolf and platemail orc reinforcements.
-orcM and K makes it across bridge
-orcL slides off bridge.

round4
-Sofijia critcal kill on orcM.
-fiadh stab orcK to death.
-Old Yarrack throws a javelin.
-dirwolfA makes to the west

round5
-Sofjia crusher swing WolfA off the side of the balcony, and with a dex reaction it hangs from its teeth on the bridge.
-heroism (con fiadh)
-woflB makes it across bridge
-django pours a healing potion down Sofjia's throat
-dimbel follow suit and gives Sof another pot.


Round 6...

[Tundrra]

Session 8
2023/02/20

all present

The battle for the bridge continues as Django levitates the Orc Old Yarrack up into the air as he finally makes it over the bridge. The large figure on the far side shouts for his Allies to retreat and get ready. Causing a impending doomed feeling for our own party which causes them all to retreat. The big guy yells again "rog and rog you better be ready, Yarrack die well” and falls back.

The party regroups in the next room and a moment later a Thump is heard at the door. Seconds later arrow begin shooting for the murder holes, the orcs had retaken the entrance.

The group leaves the mountain to find a place to camp in the forest, but they don’t find peace as orc search parties begin coming out of the mountain and the party is forced to travel some hours to the west before completing their long rest.

Mirtul the 27th

With the long rest completed Melro tracks a stream some 5mi due west of Stonetooth mt, the current is to strong for moving up river, and remains of the orc battle tells us that the stream does flow from the mountain.

[Tundrra]

Session 9
2023/02/27
all present

The party continues back towards the North end of the Stonetooth Mountain. They hear a horn blowing far to the south and decide to begin looking for a back entrance into the stronghold. The find hunting trails and signs of dire wolves that patrol the area.

Eventually a old trail leads to boulders that have had some worked stone and the party uncovers a long hidden cave tunnel. Inside caverns open up where Troglodytes have made a home. The creatures are vicious and territorial and do not welcome visitors. Django comfortable with the Darkeness and equipped with invisibility takes off to explore that area.

End the session at level 5.

[Tundrra]

Session 10
2023/03/06
Roxy absent

After the battle with the Troglodyte entrance guards Dimbel heads to the South tunnels where Django had previously scouted. Into the mushroom caverns he inspecting a dwarven skeleton and takes the gleaming longsword from its hand. Spores fill the air poisoning him. (smith mark of Durgeddin the black). Dimbel continues south, away from the party coughing up a storm, finding a another lump on the ground, a larger humanoid with fancy helmet on the remains.

Once Dimbel returns liking extra unwell, Sofjia wraps, a wet cloth around her face and holds her breath, entering the spore room pulling to pull the helmet free. The spores erupt the precautions help her from breathing in the toxins but the spores land on her skin and eyes, and the poisons take hold.

After a short rest at the river and a good rinse of the spore the party heads to the room south, The room is full of stone coffins. Fiadh walks around the room reading dwarven names off each coffin, while django casts detect magic walking with her.

Borgol the Old, Gharin Orc-Doom, and Numik the Unlucky. These 3 have ruins carved into them, warning not to defile their resting place. Troglodytes sneak in while the party is distracted with what might be in the sarcophaguses. Once defeated that seals are broken

Borgol the Old
-(dwarven remains, plain robes, right hand a gold ring (dragon holding its tail in its mouth))
Gharin Orc-Doom
-dwarven remains, plain robes, warhammer with the (smith mark of Durgeddin the black)
Numik the Unlucky.
-dwarven remains, plain robes, missing right arm. knee down he has a wooden leg.