Session 18

Property	Value
Beginning XP	770 XP (Level 4)
Beginning gold	2 platinum, 414 gold, 231 silver, 813 copper
Ending XP	1000 XP (Level 5)
Ending gold	2 platinum, 414 gold, 353 silver, 813 copper

Arodus 4710

We find two letters, in two different types of handwriting;

1. Owlb… ting noord … g boos … al & No,
2. Groot beest … Hexpan … eine Sell … uur hu …,

First is between Kundal, the werewolf and Nok-nok. The second is sloppy, as if written by a 4-year old. We suspect it’s written by Auchs.

We suspect there’s a large creature to the north, and that we should guard Hexpan against this creature. Lizzy knows that Owlbears are generally not migratory creatures.

The letters are missives, long-distance flying magic writing, sent by Auchs. The letters got weathered (literally) by rain and wind.

The name of the Puma is now Weyona.

We camp for the night. The woods are perfectly safe, and nothing happens to us. We eat Chocolate Ice Cream for dinner.

• 2 basic, 1 special ingredients lost

An unexciting day, until we decide to camp for the night again. We again eat Chocolate Ice Cream for dinner.

• 2 basic, 1 special ingredients lost It starts raining. It’s a difficult day to travel. We arrive in Hexpan regardless.

Hexpan has seen better days; something seems off.

An Owlbear has ravaged through the city. The beast destroyed a portion of the city, and killed a few citizens. The decay is increased by 1, the unrest by 3. One of the housing-districts is destroyed, and there’s some massive unrest within the city.

Lizzy names the Owlbear “Owlzilla”. The trails are a lot larger than normal, and a trail is clearly visible; trampled bushes and grass, toppled trees. Lizzy deduces that it’s risky to attack this Owlbear, and that we’re likely not strong enough to fight it right now. Ryu follows the Owlbear, and the Owlbear seems to leave the city, to the south-east, back to where it came from. After that, Ryu loses the trail.

We buy a trumpet for 5 copper, to give to Auchs and keep watch from the watchtower where Lizzy asked him to keep watch.

With a little help from Djacques and Lizzy, Kairos deduces that the Owlbear’s weakest skill, is, in fact, his Reflex skill. We buy 4 sets of earplugs (4 silver).

We track the Owlbear down, and prepare to assault it. We set up several different pillars to secure ourselves in, with different caltrops to protect ourselves. We spent 3.9 gold on caltrops. We build several trap doors, and wooden pillars.

Lizzy lures the Owlbear with a Bullhorn spell from the cantrip deck, and the Speak with Animals spell. Lizzy insults the Owlbear, but Ryu reports that it seems almost sad, and retreats back into the cave.

Djacques and Kairos cautiously enter the cave, with lanterns. We see some purple mushrooms, and as soon as the light hits the mushrooms, a deafening screech sounds through the cave. Kairos takes a small amount of sonic damage. As a response, Leonardo and Lizzy enter the cave too, which triggers the mushrooms again, after which they scream again.

Lizzy dismantles a mushroom, and Kairos uses Telekinetic Hand to also dismantle one, but before she can do so, triggers something next to her. A violet fungus appears next to us. Kairos is shocked and surprised. Djacques opens with uplifting overture for Courageous Anthem. Djacques then casts Daze. The fungus is mindless and doesn’t respond.

The fungus attacks Kairos thrice, and hits once. The poison doesn’t take hold. Lizzy recalls knowledge and realizes a vulnerability for fire, and that the creature is vulnerable to fire damage. Kairos uses a Spellstrike with Tangevine, then runs out of the cave again.

Another mushroom appears and attacks Leonardo. Leonardo eats another few attacks from the first mushroom. A third mushroom appears to attack Lizzy. Lizzy takes the poison, and it immediately takes hold to poison Lizzy, who falls unconscious.

Leonardo runs out of the cave too, and restores a bit of health to Sooth and help Lizzy up. Kairos uses Magus Analysis to see the senses of the mushrooms - they have Tremorsense (60 feet). Lizzy crawls backwards, then cases Horizon Thunder Sphere.

Leonardo helps up Lizzy, and Kairos moves up a tree trunk to turn undetected from the creatures. Lizzy uses Electric Arc to damage more mushrooms, and runs away from the mushrooms, which have now exited the cave. Kairos attacks with an Ignition heavy Spellstrike, then recharges.

Lizzy waits a second as Leonardo grabs her Wand of Breathe Fire, killing one of the shrooms. The remaining shrooms move closer to Lizzy and Leonardo, and attack them. Leonardo takes the damage from the tentacle, and the second mushroom attacks Lizzy. Leonardo uses a Glimpse of Redemption, and prevents the tentacle from dealing too much damage to Lizzy.

Kairos retaliates with a Spellstrike, then casts the Shield cantrip on Lizzy, and Leonardo ends the final mushroom.

Lizzy tries to milk a mushroom, and milks 3 doses of Violet Venom.

We gain 120 exp for the mushrooms, and 30 exp for the Shriekers. The earth in the cave is trampled flat, and we see feathers and claw marks. Kairos dismantles the final Shrieker and finds some Silversheen in the cave, Thieves Tools, 122 silver pieces, chainmail, breastplate, a silver warhammer, a shortsword, a longsword, and a dagger.

We gain 80 exp in advance, but the exp of the Owlbear will be lowered by 80.

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Summary:

• Discovered weathered letters revealing threat from large creature to the north
• Hexpan was attacked by massive Owlbear (“Owlzilla”), causing destruction and unrest
• Tracked the Owlbear back to its cave lair
• Prepared elaborate defensive positions with caltrops and wooden pillars
• Explored the cave and triggered Shriekers (purple mushrooms)
• Fought three Violet Fungus creatures
• Lizzy was poisoned and knocked unconscious multiple times
• Successfully defeated all fungal threats
• Lizzy harvested 3 doses of Violet Venom
• Leveled up to Level 5

Loot:

From the cave:

• Silversheen
• Thieves Tools
• 122 silver pieces
• Chainmail
• Breastplate
• Silver warhammer
• Shortsword
• Longsword
• Dagger
• 3 doses of Violet Venom (harvested from mushrooms)

Purchased items:

• Trumpet for Auchs (5 copper)
• 4 sets of earplugs (4 silver)
• Caltrops (3.9 gold)

XP Gained: +230 XP (120 from Violet Fungus, 30 from Shriekers, 80 advance payment for Owlbear)