- Minutes of the previous session approved.
- Morning after burying zombies travel w/ halflings to Hatnagoda
- T puts giant pack in their cart
- They take the road N and then turn onto a little track most people would never notice which twists and turns and ends up going back S --> "halfling logic"
- One halfling calls "We're back! We've brought bigguns!"
- Strangely not swarmed by the hive
- T goes into the first house and casts the ritual "Detect Poison and Disease"
- R goes looking for booze - finds some in the meeting hall
- S sits on wagon and waits - begins setting up camp for later
- T finishes ritual - necrotic aura around all people in little house
- Disease is curable, but rare - can't remember what it is or what the cure is, but can treat symptoms for now (not so great Medicine check)
- R - Grobnar the owner of the bar comes in and asks "Who the 'ell are you?"
- R pays him 2GP, which is very generous, so he also gives her some dried meat - unknown species
- R & Grobnar chat - couple o' kids came back w/ it to town about a week ago
- T uses the 10 minutes (of the ritual) to figure out that it is the same disease all over town, probably only affects halflings, then organizes the hive to care for sick and find more of the herbs that treat the symptoms:
- fever
- sweating
- nausea
- vomiting
- blindness (advanced stages)
- T sends S & R out to get herbs w/ the halflings then goes to talk to Patient 0
- sister has already died - boy still alive - Jerod
- boy is blind
- he and sister played in a bog catchy frogs
- RST get a healthy halfling guide and head E to bog to investigate
- R uses stick to measure depth near the edge
- S finds a corpse (humanoid) - not a halfling
- R immediately recognizes it as an orc and stabs it with her sword before she even realizes she's holding it
- Giant surge of magic - R reflexively lets go with the magically shockwave
- This was a trap!
- Skeletons and a skeleton riding a horse
- BATTLE!
- B2 - short bow @ T - CRIT! 12 piercing dmg
- S - magic missile @ B2 - 4 force dmg
- R - jumps to biggest island - slashes @ B1 - miss (wobbles)
- Action Surge - LRR - 10 slash dmg (4 fewer ribs)
- BGH - kicks @ R - miss
- BGS - sword @ R - miss
- T - Guiding Bolt @ BGS - miss
- B1 - short sword @ R - miss
- B2 - short bow @ T - miss
- S - Chromatic Orb @ B1 - miss
- R - slash @ B1 - miss
- BGH - kicks @ R - 10 bludgeoning dmg
- BGS - sword @ R - CRIT - 10 piercing dmg
- T - Cure Wounds on self - +4 HP
- B1 - short sword @ R - 6 piercing dmg - R down!
- B2 - short sword @ S - miss
- S - Burning Hands @ BG & B1
- B1 - saves - 4 fire dmg
- BGH - saves - 4 fire dmg
- BGS - saves - 9 fire dmg
- R - saves death ST
- BGH - kicks @ S - 16 bludgeoning dmg - S down! (Her max HP is 16)
- BGS - pass
- T - CD - Turn Undead - then moves to S
- BGH - fails
- BGS - fails
- B2 - fails
- B2 - Dash 6 away from T
- S - saves death ST
- R - saves death ST
- BG - dashes away throws rider
- B3 - dashes away
- T - CW @ S - +10HP - moves towards R
- S - stands
- R - fails
- B3 - Dashes away
- BG - escapes (sinks)
- T - Spare the Dying @ R - R stabilizes
- T - asks S what the whoosh of magic was about
- S (Critical hit on Arcana check!) whoosh was magical ward - orc has magically implanted disease - ward was supposed to keep people from messing with corpse
- T - ritual again to check RST for disease - RST not diseased - corpse glows like the sun - T finally remembers disease is Bog Blight and there's a root (katniss) that grows in boggy areas and begins digging immediately - S helps dig up while R rests
- RST head back to hive
- R notices that area is a big dead spot - plants / bugs / fish / etc are all dead
- T pokes a fish and it falls apart - not icy cold - magic has worn out
- Get back to Hatnagoda around dusk - T boils up healing brew
- R gets another ale from Grobnar for "lookin' like 'ell"
- For the next few days T heals halflings - no one else dies - Jerod gets his sight back
- R & S rest and S helps some
- Mayor Yurdrak Treedigger thanks T (Wizard of Oz flashbacks) - Presents!
- T gets Cloak of Protection - +1 AC and +1 ST
- R gets goggles - Night Vision Goggles - Darkvisions to 60'
- S gets wand - Wand of Webbing - 7 charges of Web Spell which regenerates 1d6 + 1 expended spells @ dawn everyday - it MIGHT break if ever fully expended, but then again it might not
- Mayor also worried because another halfling (Erlene) went to Habaragahamade (another hive) after outbreak had probably started and doesn't want the disease to spread
- T suggests messengers to all nearby villages and bring some katniss root with them as well just in case
- John has a still so Robin refills her "water skein"
- RST stay w/ various residents
- Midmorning of the next day RST meet up
- R yells "Who wants ta learn how ta fight?"
- Several people show up some women, middle aged men & 1 very exuberant 8 yr old boy
- Much sighing from T
- Boy "Do I get to kill someone?"
- R "If they're threatenin' yer family."
- Boy "Today?"
- R "Probably not today, but there might be some wild animals."
- Boy "Cool!"
- R "You know what the best kind o' blood is?"
- Boy "No, what kind?"
- R "Orc blood."
- Boy "Why's that the best kind?"
- R " 'Cause it means yeh killed an orc!"
- R & S see a wagon approaching town from N
- R is training and yells to S to go check it out
- T is too busy healing to notice
- S sees a small halfling-sized wagon w/2 halflings walking along side with a flame-haired man with his leg in a splint riding in it
- S calls to R
- R runs over and bear hugs Russ and carried him none-too gently the rest of the way to town and thumps him down on a stump
- The hug and run do not do him any good, so T sends R away to clean herself up while she doctors him back into a semblance of health
- The halflings pull into town and start a fire and cooking lunch, which smells pretty good.
- Too much talking to keep up with about old times when R comes back
- S does NOT know how to cook
- S "When it goes up, thump it to make it go down." - R "Don't touch me brother."
- That night during S's watch a creepy dude walks into town. He had a deal with the ruffians for
- 3lb salt
- 5lb cured meat
- 100 arrows
- 8 - 10 yr old boy
- Much more chatting in which they send the stranger off without any of the goods and without a refund since they don't have the money
- As the stranger is leaving town he seems to cast a spell, but R immediately jumps him to stop the spell
- During R's watch: ZOMBIES!
- R - Slash B2 - 14 slashing dmg
- B1 (Roddy) - shambles to R (ends turn 1 hex away)
- S - magic missile @ B3 - 10 force dmg
- B2 - bash R - miss
- T - Sacred Flame @ B3 - miss
- B3 - move to T (ends 1 hex away)
- B5 - moves to T - bashes T - 7 bldg dmg
- B4 - moves to T - bashes T - 7 bldg dmg
- R - slash B2 - 9 slashing dmg - DEAD! - moves to T
- B1 (Roddy) - moves to R - bashes @ R - miss
- S - magic missile @ B3 - 11 force dmg - successful ST - Not Dead
- T - Turn Undead - B1 (Roddy) - save - moves to R
- B3 - fail - Dashes 10 sq away from T on turn
- B4 - fail - Dashes 10 sq away from T on turn
- B5 - fail - Dashes 10 sq away from T on turn
- R - slashes @ Roddy - 7 slash dmg
- Action Surge - LRP - 14 slash dmg - DECAPITATED!
- S - Fire Bolt @ B3 - 2 fire dmg - success ST - Not Dead, but on fire
- T - crossbow @ B3 - miss
- B3 - moves 10 sq towards R & T
- B4 - Dashes 10 sq away from T
- B5 - escapes
- R - throws dagger @ b3 - 11 piercing dmg - DEAD!
- S - fire bolt @ B4 - miss
- T - crossbow @ B4 - 5 piercing dmg
- B4 - moves 10 sq towards R & T
- R slash @ B4 - miss
- S - Acid Splash @ B4 - 4 acid dmg
- T - crossbow @ B4 - miss
- R - slash @ B4 - 15 slashing dmg - DEAD! Skull split in the middle
- S & T run after escaped zombie & kill it
- R runs to her brother's body and puts him in a more dignified position
- S doesn't sense any lingering magic
- R rolls herself in her blanket and sleeps next to Roddy
- T up first - makes holy water to consecrate graves
- R wraps Roddy in her blanket and takes him back to his grave, which she digs back out
- By lunch all the zombies are reburied and all the graves in town are consecrated
- R goes to tell Russ about poor Roddy
- R snide remark about Russ wanting to marry Sara
- Meanwhile . . . S & T go to burned brigands' HQ where S - casts Unseen Servant - it works on clearing the rubble
- S finds lockbox & picks the crude, damaged lock w/ a nail - 200GP and a paper reminding to get supplies for Talathon
