Session 3 - 19NOV2023

Attendees
Tim ✅
Walter ✅
Erica ✅
Jin ✅
Nick ✅
Alex ❌
Copy/Paste Source: ✅ ❌
Recap to Current Situation
Group followed some veteran mercenaries out to the ruins north of the city of Raedan
While staking out the entrance, the group witnesses ~50 animated skeletons with fused weapons for arms rush out of the ruins heading toward Raedan
Session Notes
 The group decided to hop onto their horses and race back to Raedan ahead of the skeleton horde.
Nick fails at animal handling, so we don't make great time, only beating the horde by ~20 minutes
At the town, there is a contingent of guards assembled that are hastily building makeshift fortifications
The group approaches the Vicadium's chamber and tell him about the situation
The group agrees to help with the defense, but with the caveat that we aren't planning on dying, so if things go south, we will bounce
The group has been assigned to defend the East entrance to town
Because of the guards helping the group for this battle, we all get +1 AC for this battle
Jin decides to set up some trip wire booby traps real quick by the East gate
ROLL INITIATIVE as ~20 skeletons approach the gate
~10 skeletons get caught by the snares set by Jin
After a round and a turn undead, down to ~6 skeletons left
The group wins the fight!
Walter tries and fails to find horses to make a getaway
Erica is looting the field and accidentally reanimates 8 skeletons
ROLL INITIATIVE
Nick cheated by using channel divinity more than once a day - just for the record
Fight ended. We figured out that you need to remove some magical bits from the skull after they have been killed or else they respawn
We dispatch a guardsmen to each of the other gates to spread the word about removing the bits from the skull
Short rest time!
Several party members decided to heal up
The sounds of battle have died down in the city
The group decides to head to the North gate to check on how things went
Overall, there was a fierce battle, but the skeletons have been slain
The group approaches the Vicadium, he appears weary and tired
He gives each member of the group 40 gold!
The Vicadium asks the group to stick around in Raedan to help with reconstruction
Long rest!
Rory the innkeeper passed away in the battle
Rizz is still alive after the battle and her inventory seems to have grown somewhat
We gear up with some stuff from Rizz
Walter wants to commemorate the loss of his friend Rory
Walter pours himself a tankard of Rory's ale and pours it out in remembrance for Rory
Afterwards, the group checks in with the Vicadium to see if there are any jobs that need done
He asks us to head West to Wudu to spread the word about what happened and ask them for support/to make preparations
The group decides to head to Wudu following the Vicadium's request
Day 1:
Pleasant day of travel, no events of note
Day 2:
We encounter a group of travelers in a Vardo wagon being pulled by a black horse
A halfling woman in the wagon flags down the group and asks for our attention
Erica talks with her
She wants to hire mercenaries to look for her boss that has been missing for a week
She is a collector named Anbryn Stillcloak
She starts traveling with the group
She steers her wagon off the road saying that this feels like the right way to go
She and Jin start communicating telepathically in Abyssal and she asks him who he works for
After an insight check, he determines she is a fellow warlock and she is in search of her patron that is missing
She comes clean with the group about the situation
Her patron just refers to himself as One and is interested in collecting magical items
The group agrees to help after the explanation is in the open
She stops the wagon after a couple hours of travel, she stops the wagon and points to other Vardo wagons gathered in the distance
At the spot, her stomach starts gurgling worse and worse, she seems like she is about to vomit
Instead of vomit, her eyes roll back in her head and an insect falls out of her mouth, she then collapses
Nick manages to leap onto and cover the insect to trap it
Jin can sense that the bug feels a need to be whole again
Erica infuses a bag into a bag of holding and the group manages to capture the insect inside the bag