- Boxes of fruit for a present are pretty silly and very overpriced
- Pistachios from Iran are the best, apparently
Another Spider Fight
- T and F start the fight Slowed (first round only)
- There are three Swarms of Spiders and four Giant Spiders
- T casts Spirit Guardians
- S casts Fireball so that it hits all the spiders, GS4 takes 36 fire dmg and dies, GS1 takes 18 fire dmg, SS2 takes 18 fire dmg, SS3 takes 36 fire dmg and dies, SS1 takes 36 fire dmg and dies, GS2 takes 36 fire dmg and dies, GS3 takes 18 fire dmg
- GS1 moves to T, takes 12 radiant SG dmg and bites T for 8 piercing dmg and 10 poison dmg the "phases away"
- SS2 takes 16 radiant SG dmg and dies
- F moves to GS3 and misses it with her magicky dmg
- GS3 takes 14 radiant SG dmg, then misses biting F and phases away
- T is freaking out about the invisible spiders, S knows that the spiders have phased into the Ethereal Plane
- FST take this opportunity to dash away from this immediate area
- The girls head to a sturdy looking tree nearby, where S climbs the tree and finds the shortest path out of the trap spider territory.
- There is a lot more walking. For the rest of the day.
- Right before they decide to stop for the night, S and F decide to hunt some fresh meat. S tries to sneak into some tall grass, but she trips and scares some quail (or similar) into the open, which T promptly shoots with her crossbow
- Around noon on the third day FST enter an area of rubble, which looks like it used to be a city wall. S can tell it would have had similar construction to the tower by the river
- There are additional piles of rubble around that probably used to be building. In a very few places there might be a corner of a building where two walls
- T's brooch is pulling towards the center of town
- S decides to spend 10 minutes casting Comprehend Language
- T sees what might be a kobold leaning against a wall, he is either asleep or dead he is so still
- Upon investigation it looks cracked and damaged stone, but only on its visible skin. It's clothing is still clothing. Using a stick to move the clothing, the skin beneath the clothing also looks like stone.
- T casts Detect Poison & Disease and examines the statue, but doesn't sense any disease.
- As she's poking at the creature, FST hear something screaming, and T starts running in the direction of the screaming
- A kobold is running and screaming and scratching its skin to the point where he is literally scratching his skin off and is covered in blood. His fingers and toes are clearly calcified
- T casts Cure Wounds on the him, and he starts screaming and tearing even louder until he passes out on the ground. T sees that he does have some sort of disease, and it is magic in origin
- T then casts Mass Cure Wounds on herself and all the kobolds within range of the spell
- T prepares to cast Dispel Magic, but S tries to wake the kobold with her stick, but he is unresponsive, so she uses Prestidigitation to shock him awake with cold, T grabs his wrists to keep him from scratching
- S is freaking out about T touching him, since diseases can be contagious
- F gently ties his wrists together so that he can't scratch
- He is still squirmy and wiggling and rubbing his back on the rough ground to scratch his itchy skin until he passes out again, more of his skin is becoming visibly grayer T estimates that in 6 more hours he'll be a statue
- T unties him and FST head in the direction of the village
- There are tunnels clearly dug into the rubble
- T sticks her head into one of the tunnels and calls out
- S looks around and sees a kobold watching them from the entry to another tunnel. She starts talking to him and his name is Kimkek. He was away looking for things when this started and he's been staying away.
- Ghok is the leader of the kobold tribe
- Kimkek leads them to the "treasury" of the village where they deposit all the valuable or interesting things they find
- The chamber is full of stuff. Everything from food and skins to raw gems and weapons are in this room.
- T begins casting Detect Poison & Disease as a ritual again
- S senses magic emanating from a pile of weapons, so she uses her staff to sort through the pile until she uncovers a great sword that is curved like a scimitar. On the hilt of the sword there is a skull, maybe made of gold, with dark gems for eyes.
- T finishes her spell and looks around. The sword is definitely emanating an aura of contagion that matches the aura on the kobold she examined. "Yup, that's it. That's the cause of the disease."
- T casts Dispel Magic magic on the sword, and the aura dims for a minute, but then comes back (A Nat fricking twenty wasn't good enough for this . . . sucker.)
- S goes over to the other corner of the room and casts Sending to Sensani "Big fucking magic sword. Come get it. It's too strong for us."
- Sensani replies, "You mussst complete the tasssk. I can't do it for you. Remember our agreement."
- S is very put out and immediately does another Sending, "Kobolds are turning to stone. Sword is causing it. We found the source. You get to fix it."
- He replies, "That wasss not asss we dissscussed. Eliminate the problem or your sssafe passsage isss revoked. I don't abide tressspasssersss."
- S sits back and casts another Sending, this time to Gerard, "Found sword. Unknown source. Workmanship with gold skull with red gem eyes. Emanating magic causing stone disease. Can you help with origin and mitigation?"
- Gerard Sends back, "Sharai? I'm surprised your alive! The sword. . . Is it curved and black? If so, that sounds like the weapon Lellzutho once used."
- T looks down at herself and at F and they are both glowing with the the disease aura. She casts Lesser Restoration on F. F now gets itchy on her chest and back. T tries casting Greater Restoration, but there is no change in her itchiness nor in the brightness of the disease aura.
- S Sends to Gerard, "Sword description is apt. Please advise how to remove sword's effect. Why wouldn't I be alive?"
- Gerard Sends back, "I didn't know the sword had an effect, so I have no idea how to advise. I assumed Mini-Lellzutho killed your group." S busts out laughing. When she explains to T, there is so much lip trembling and unshed tears in overlarge eyes. So. Much.
- FST go down the tunnel with the screaming and moaning to look for Ghok. There is a large chamber with pillars and branching tunnels. There are many kobolds in this room some sick. Others are running around "helping" the sick kobolds. By helping, I mean beating the screaming kobolds about the head with a rock to put them out of their misery.
- Ghok is dead. Long dead, but the kobold they talk to says that someone found the sword down that tunnel about two weeks ago with some armor.
- S & T think and come up with the an idea to Stone Shape the sword into the biggest deepest box possible, and if necessary seal all the sick kobolds into a tunnel so they can't infect the rest of the world with this horrible plague. T makes That Face again because she can't think of a better plan.
- S makes a Hut and dinner without letting F or T touch ANYTHING, and then when it's time for rest, she leave the Hut and makes her own private Hut that no one but herself can enter to protect herself from the disease.
- The next morning, the red itchy blotches on F's chest and back actually seem smaller and less red than after T cast Lesser Restoration on her the previous afternoon. T, however, now has many large patches of red itchiness all over her torso and arms.
- 2,600 XP ea. for 60,840 XP ea.
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