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Session-16

Nov 01, 2025, 5 min read

Session 16

PropertyValue
Beginning XP570 XP
Beginning goldTBD
Ending XP650 XP
Ending goldTBD

Sarenith 4710 (Downtime Period)

Downtime Activities:

  • Djacquess: 55 gold over 2.5 months by working legal lore for Lander, 2.5 legal lore for amedaria
  • Lizzy: 12 gold over 3 months by working on a farm
  • Leonardo: 8 gold over 4 months by working menial tasks as a herbalist, 1 months by assisting the herbalist
  • Kairos: 49 silver in 1 week, Wand of Pocket Library and Scroll of Heatvision over 3 months

Kairos meets a magic salesman who asks Kairos to translate some magic scrolls. Kairos really hits it off with the salesman, and Kairos earns the equivelant to 49 silver a day for 1 week by translating work for him.

Lizzy learns Heatvision by having her familiar eat the scroll.

Goals: find the Hateful Hermit find the Black Rattlecaps go to the Lonely Barrow Go back to the Witchy Lady

We start at night. We travel to the Lonely Barrow.

We find a Shambling Mound. Djacquess uses Courageous Anthem with Lingering Composition, then Gossip Lore to see what he knows about the Shambling Mound, noting it has either a fire or an electricity vulnerability, or it’s really slow-moving. Leonardo uses his Divine Lance, and the creature is now really angry. Kairos also Recalls Knowledge, but recalls nothing that Djacquess doesn’t already know. She then uses Time Sense and enters Arcane Cascade.

The Shambling Mound moves much closer to the party. Lizzy casts a Heightened version of Horizon Thunder Sphere, using all three of her actions. Lizzy succeeds in a magnificant manner. The creature doesn’t appear particularly vulnerable to the lightning.

Djacquess is spooked by the creature and responds with a Loose Time’s Arrow. Leonardo makes a tactical retreat. Kairos runs in, makes a Spellstrike, then runs away. The Mound moves closer to Lizzy, and immdiately slams her with a vine, taking her out immediately. Djacquess casts Soothe to heal up Lizzy. Leonardo cuts Lizzy loose from the vines. Kairos recharges Spellstrike and casts Ray of Frost, but misses. Lizzy stands up and runs beyond the Shambling Mound.

The Shambling Mound attacks Leonardo for full damage. Leonardo goes down, but Djacquess immediately heals up Djacquess. Leonardo is still on the floor.

Lizzy tries to cast Frostbite on the Shambling Mound, and the creature resist it, so takes half damage. Leonardo stands up, and runs away from the creature. The creature follows Leonardo, and immediately strikes Leonardo down again.

Kairos casts Invisibility to make Leonardo invisible, then bolts away from the creature. Lizzy uses Recall Knowledge again, but can’t remember anything about the creature, except that Shamblers are often not alone. Leonardo, while invisible, heals himself up, and moves away from the Shambler.

The Shambler moves towards Djacquess, Kairos, and Lizzy. Djacquess casts Courageous Anthem and runs again. Kairos moves in, makes a Spellstrike, but misses entirely. Lizzy tries to speak to the creature in Fey language, and it seems to react to it, but can’t respond. Lizzy drops her Animal Staff, and casts Slashing Gust on the creature. Leonardo heals up Djacquess.

The Shambler moves in, and uses Slashing Vines to attack Leonardo, Lizzy, and Kairos. The creature misses Leonardo, but hits Lizzy and Kairos for critical damage.

Djacquess moves in and uses an Aid on Medicine. Djacquess uses Demoralize. Kairos uses a Spellstrike. Leonardo a Spritual Weapon attack. Lizzy moves in with Ryu. The Mound attacks Kairos and takes her down. Leonardo attacks with a sword attack.

The Shambler again uses its Vine Swipe attack. Kairos goes down once again. Lizzy is really desperate and asks for help to Nyrissa. Nyrissa sends two Fey Dragonettes and Grigs to help the party.

Djacquess uses a Dazzle on the creature. Leonardo uses another Spiritual Weapon, then heals up Kairos with his healer’s gloves. The Spiritual Weapon attacks were enough to damage the Shambler, and the Grigs help finish the Shambling Mounds off. The Shambling Mound dies. We earn an additional +80XP.

We hear more Shambling Mounds nearby, but Lizzy deduces that it’s probably the Grigs playing tricks on us.

The Shambling Mound is dead, and we harvest it for the Shambling Mound Sap. In addition, we find:

  • 2 moderate bottled lightning
  • Jolt Coil
  • Shamblesap (worth 65 gold, 4 minor elixer of life)

Summary:

  • Party engaged in downtime activities and earned income
  • Kairos met a magic salesman and earned silver translating scrolls
  • Kairos obtained Wand of Pocket Library and Scroll of Heatvision
  • Lizzy’s familiar ate the Heatvision scroll, learning the spell
  • Traveled to the Lonely Barrow to find Black Rattlecaps
  • Encountered a Shambling Mound
  • Fought desperately against the powerful creature
  • Lizzy called upon Nyrissa for help in desperation
  • Nyrissa sent Fey Dragonettes and Grigs to assist the party
  • Successfully defeated the Shambling Mound with Fey aid
  • Harvested Shamblesap from the defeated creature

Loot:

From downtime activities:

  • 55 gold (Djacques from legal work)
  • 12 gold (Lizzy from farm work)
  • 8 gold (Leonardo from herbalist work)
  • 49 silver (Kairos from translation work)
  • Wand of Pocket Library (Kairos)
  • Scroll of Heatvision (Kairos, consumed by Lizzy’s familiar)

From Shambling Mound:

  • 2 moderate bottled lightning
  • Jolt Coil
  • Shamblesap (worth 65 gold, equivalent to 4 minor elixirs of life)

XP Gained: +80 XP (Shambling Mound encounter)

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