The Dangers of Spelunking - June 12, 2015

- Skipping ahead - Robin turned back to protect Birchwood and her injured brother after Hatnagoda
- S & T continued heading north and after about a week reached the town of Winthrop
- Staying at The Lonely Mare inn trying to decide where to go next since they don't know where to look for the artifact
- While having dinner T sees a familiar face framed by a sharp green bob and pointy ears sticking out of it
- T stands on chair and waves and Felosyal comes over
- T introduces her old friend to the newer one
- F has not seen Groundswallow Traveling Tinkers and Traders during her travels
- S sees a creepy dude who looks like the one from Birchwood
- She points him out to T
- T asks F to help follow him and she reluctantly agrees
- He has a drink and keeps watching out the window and once it's dark outside he leaves
- FST follow - F obviously the best
- The creepy stranger leaves town and goes into the woods
- There's something else in the woods moving towards the man
- There's a loud bang and three orcs jump the guy
- He points a wand at one of the orcs and a red beam of energy shoots out and hits it and it falls over - dead?
- Another orc clubs the guy over the head and they drag him off one each holding his feet
- F stops to check the pockets of the dead orc and finds 10 gold
- FST follow for an hour to a cave
- S "You're a wood elf. Don't you know about caves ?"
- F "I'm from the city."
- 2 orcs set up a watch outside with a small camp fire
- S sneaks over and uses Prestidigitation to put out their fire over and over again to irritate them
- One eventually goes get a torch and S puts that out too
- The one who got the torch gets a thick cloak and sits down in a huff
- T climbs onto F's back because she can't see and the girls easily sneak past the spooked and sulky orcs
- 20ft in the cave branches and one side is obviously storage while the other has an iron cage with the creeper in it
- S suggests tying the possible necromancer's hands together so he can't cast spells
- F ties him and checks his pockets and he has a very familiar medallion with a stylized open eye
- T "It looks just like the other one!"
- S Arcana check - medallion is not magical
- S keeps it and wears it tucked into her robes out of sight
- Girls here someone(s) coming so they hide
- 2 orcs come in and one is significantly bigger - Why is he tied? - Must have been Thork - Well untie him and bring him (in Orcish, but S understands)
- FST follow sneakily down hall to bunk room with two more orcs sleeping in the bunks
- S contemplates a coup de grace and T elbows her and they keep following
- Creeper is now tied to a chair and the large orc is interrogating him
- Orcs are looking for an item and how to use it (emphasis on how to use it), but the creeper isn't giving them much - S goes to put out the nearest torch and T jumps to catch her hand and her feet thump back against the ground
- Large orc (Grum) asks "What was that?"
- FST scurry to hide in a nook
- S now puts out torch of orc who comes to investigate
- S grabs him with Shocking Grasp and F lops his head off with a crit

- Proper Battle
- S casts Burning Hands at the two orcs coming from the bunk room (O2 and O3) - 4 dmg to O2 and 8 dmg to O3
- T casts Guiding Bolt on O1 (Grum) and crits doing 32 dmg instantly killing him - F pats her on the head
- F shoots longbow at O3 and hits for 10 piercing dmg - T "Nice shooting!"
- O2 turns and runs for help

- T walks over to the Creeper at S's suggestion to ask about the item, ''Hello."
- Talathon "Do I know you?"
- T "I wouldn't sell you a 9-yr old boy."
- Talathon ''Ah yes. That greatly complicated my plans. Have you come to finish what the orcs started?"
- T "You mean interrogating you? Well, we do want to know more about the artifact."
- The rest of the orcs return

- Battle
- O1 - throws javelin at S - 5 piercing dmg
- S casts Burning Hands at O1 and O3 for 6 fire dmg
- F shoots longbow at O1 for 6 piercing dmg and falls back to T
- O2 moves forward and throws a javelin at T for 9 piercing dmg
- T cast Bless on all 3 of them
- O3 swings an axe at S and misses
- O1 moves to F and hits her with his axe for 10 slashing dmg
- S casts Magic Missile at O3 for 14 force dmg, he falls dead, then she moves behind O1 to flank with F
- F uses that distraction to stick her longsword right through O1's chest (Crit for 17 dmg )
- T brandishes her dagger and demands the last orc, who is towering over her, surrender with a 17 Intimidate check "Surrender now, Mr. Orc!" - he surrenders

- F ties him up and sits him next to Talathon
- The Orc knows nothing about the artifact
- Talathon tries to bargain for his life for information about the artifact , but he made Robin re-kill her undead brother - he thinks that's a great joke and gets kicked in the ankle by T
- He says that all he knows is that it's in the possession of a group of orcs
- S hits him with Chromatic Orb right in the chest for 17 poison dmg
- He mumbles something and two black spirit things rise from the dead orcs in the room

- Yet Another Battle
- W2 misses F
- W1 hits T for 9 necrotic dmg and reduces her Str to 5
- Talathon Disengages from T and F and moves away
- S misses Talathon with Chromatic Orb and then moves to flank with F
- T casts Bless again
- F slashes W2 for 7 dmg
- W1 misses T
- W2 hits F for 12 necrotic dmg and reduces her Str to 6
- Talathon runs away
- S casts Web to stop him
- T casts Guiding Bolt at W1 for 28 radiant dmg - it dies immediately
- F shifts around to flank W2 with S but misses
- W1 attacks S for 9 necrotic dmg and reduces her Str to 5
- Talathon does not get caught by the web and runs away
- S casts Fire Bolt at W2 for 4 dmg
- T Turns (Channel Divinity) W2
- F slices it into nothing

- T heals everyone with Prayer of Healing, including the orc prisoner "You're really nice!"
- The orc asks to come with the girls "I'm really good at carrying things and raiding!"
- T begs F and S to let him come, but they unequivocally say no - they seem to have no difficulty resisting her kitten eyes, especially since they have turned and are heading back out of the cave
- T cuts the orc's bonds, "Go home to the mountains, Mr. Orc, and no raiding!" before running to catch up with her friends

- 750 XP ea.

Flashback Friday - June 5, 2015

- N Hedrimond near the end of the war at eventide - Felosyal in tent when page says Captain wants to see her
- He is there with a halfling woman - is T
- Temple of Mishakal needs healing herbs - F & T to sneakily gather them
- quick lesson on herbs from T
- bags from quartermaster then walk over a mile to a glen where the herbs grow
- they gather some and after awhile they hear a growling noise
- they attempt to sneak and see what it is T steps on a stick
- one of the two wolves dining on a corpse looks up and locks eyes with T who freezes like a rabbit and then backs up slowly
- when the wolves start stalking towards her, T issues a squeak that might or might not be "Felosyal"

- Battle!
- surprise round for F - she attacks W1 with her longbow -6piercing dmg
- W1 - moves to T - bites for 4 dmg
-F - longbow at W1 - miss
-T - Sacred Flame at W1 for 1 radiant dmg
- W2 - moves to F - bites for q piercing dmg and is knocked prone
- W1 - bites at T and misses
- F - stands up and Disengages from W2 and shoots longbow at W1
- T - casts Bane on the wolves and both save
- W2 - moves to T - bite for 7 piercing dmg
- W1 bites at T, but misses
- F - longbow at W1, but misses
- T - stabs at W1 with her dagger and kills it (6 dmg)
-W2 - bites T for 5 piercing dmg
- F moves to flank and stabs W2 with her longsword for 7 piercing dmg
- W 2 bites F and does 7 piercing dmg
- F misses with longsword
-T drops to her knees and stabs it in the gut with her dagger and kills it too

- the corpse is a middle-aged human man who is thin with a pointy beard and dark robes - he has a medallion with a stylized open eye
- T hears running and they try to hide in the bushes at the top of the hill
- 3 orcs appear in the clearing and they don't see the girls
- 1 of the orcs picks up the hand one of the wolves was chewing on
- it is not the corpse's hand - it is claw-like and also has the eye symbol on it
- the other 2 orcs see T in the bushes
- they aren't sure what they see so one draws his axe and approaches the bush
- T squeaks "Run!"

-Skills challenge
- T uses Med to heal herself - 12 - success
- F tries to Stealth into the woods but there's another of the Orcs over there
- T - persuades F to keep near with Persuasion - 10 - Success
- F - Acrobatically leaps over branches and pulls T under an outcropping so they are hidden

- Calvary arrives and Orcs run
- Get a lift back to camp
- Bring herbs to Aletha
- Capt comes in and we tell him the story
- Scouts to go out in the morning to recover hand and the corpse
- Aletha Comes back with tea and rations
- T-"I've never met an elf before!"
- F - "We are pretty awesome people."