Weekly Gaming Summary #22 (08/01/20)

Thank You For Playing today's game 08/01/2020 - From 10:00 am EDT, until 12:00 pm EDT, and our 31st Gaming Session, goes out to:   Fighter (Echo Knight) – Xar’Tharkas – Half Orc - Nope Ranger – High Elf – Willie Belson –  Buddy-D Rogue – High Elf - Roqar -  Roxxifarius Monk – Half Elf – Eimong (Ee-mong) & Barbarian – Dragonborn – Gillian - Frank Lee.   Whom Could Not Make It Today!   Cleric (Light Domain) – Hill Dwarf - Travok Lightbearer - Jaster R. Fighter (Echo Knight) – Xar’Tharkas – Half Orc - Christian W. Monk – Half Elf – Eimong (Ee-mong) -  The Hermit Legend Warlock – Prayn Vigim – Aasimar - Rahfen Wizard – High Elf – Skywise - Ullek H.   Game Summary for Saturday (08/01/2020):   Opening Scene: Day 13: May 17th; 5:00 pm We continue with the party dealing with a nest of pesky blood sucking Striges, that dropped down on the party from roosting along the damaged ceiling of a servant’s dining hall. We started off with Sildar though I will post Round #02 from the beginning here: Round #02 of Combat! Willie, swings his Talon Long Sword hitting Stirge #06 for 8 slashing damage, defeating it! Xar’Tharkas can’t do anything at the moment as there is no stirge he can go for. Stirge #10, swoops down on Prayn but missed! Stirge #07, swoops down on Willie but missed! Stirge #09, Swoops down on Sildar Hallwinter, draining blood for 4 piercing damage! Sildar Hallwinter, swings at Strige #09 with his long sword but missed! Skywise fires his long bow and the arrow hits Strige #09 for 8 hit points of piercing damage sending it plummeting to the floor dead, while deftly missing Willie! Willie, yanks the creature from his neck, rubbing at the bite wound. Prayn, uses his light crossbow to send a bolt through Strige #07 for 9 piercing damage, sending it dropping to the floor dead! Strige #08, lands upon Willie, wrapping around his neck and biting for 4 piercing damage to drink blood! Strige #12, dives for Hovac the giant badger but missed! Strige #11, swoops down on Prayn, but missed! Roqar, jabs at Strige #12 with the short sword but missed! Eimong, clobbers Strige #07 for 10 bludgeoning damage with his Fists (Unarmed Strike), sending it dropping to the floor dead! Travok, stays back for now.   Round #03 of Combat! Willie, using the magical +1 Talon long sword (one-handed) swings and slices through Strige #08 for 10 slashing damage, sending toppling to the floor in half! Xar’Tharkas, moves to slash the final stirge, possibily without freeing Prayn of any limbs in the process, but that concern is only secondary. Saying, “Stupid Pests!”. He jabs the glaive, just right to only hit the Strige #11 for 6 slashing damage, defeating it. Xar’Tharkas, quickly pulls it off his neck, then rubs the sore bite wound! Room Description: This room appears to be in a state of disarray. A large table in the center has items scattered all over it, ranging from serving trays to candles, all of which have been knocked over. A large portion of the ceiling here is also cracked and appears it could cave in at any moment. There are three doors to the east. The party spots another piece of parchment upon the floor and picks it up and reads it: Thes 15: It’s been months and we’ve found no sign of the White Dragon. Last reports show that it was flying south towards the Neverwinter Forest. Towards my home. I have requested that I be permitted to return home and ensure that my family is safe. Keep the fires warm; I am on my way home to you. Soon I will hold you in my arms and laugh with our children again; And should that damn white dragon dare come near our home, I will put an end to it; Alone if I must. Roqar, rummages through all of the dining cabinets, finding only the usual dinnerware and utensils to serve food and beverages. A lone figures walks into the room with javelin in hand, having heard the commotion from outside Havenfall manor, following where it was lit and stands in the doorway  of the servant’s dining hall. Gillian says, while looking at the mess, “Rats. Did I miss the dance?”. Willie says, “Naah, just getting started.” Roqar says, “Yes, you did, but you can hang around for the next one.” Gillian says, “Huh, nice. So, what are we doing here?” Xar’Tharkas mutters, “Great…More ways to split the loot.” Gillian says, “Ass.” Roqar says, “Trying to solve a mystery about a ghost of a warrior, that’s still here in his home.” Xar’Tharkas chuckles at Gillian’s comment, “I may like this one.”, and moves towards the door to the north east in the servant’s dining hall, taking a listen at the door to hear if anything lies beyond but he does not hear anything. Gillian says, “Well this place is a right mess. What have you found so far? Other than striges, that is?”. Roqar says, “We ain’t found shit.” Gillian says, “Is it locked?” Roqar says, “Let’s open it, doubt there’s traps on it.” Hallway description: You see a carpeted hallway here with two doors to the north and south. This hallway has splotches of blood scattered on the walls. It’s unclear what caused the blood or who the blood came from. Roqar says, “Lets try north.” Xar-Tharkas shrugs readies his glaive and opens the door. Great Hall description: This large room is massive. Several large tables, now broken, lie scattered about. Pieces of armor and broken weapons line the floor. There are noticeably, three suits of armor on the western wall, northern wall, and eastern wall, all of which seem undamaged. There are broken paintings along the floor and tossed in the middle of the room. It appears that some fighting may have taken place here on top of the destruction this room suffered from the dragon’s attack. A deep crack splits the roof where portions are open to the night sky. The floor also has a similar crack along the floor. Roqar says, “Do we throw stuff at the suits again?”   Willie says, “Sure, that would be cool, kill them all.”   Xar’Tharkas chuckles.   Seeing a door on the north east side of the great hall Roqar says, “Lets go for the door instead.”   Xar’Tharkas, moves forward to the door, says, “Open it and I’ll be ready for whatever.”   Roqar, opens the door and for a moment thought she opened into an outdoor courtyard. Taking a closer look this is what is seen:   Area description: These halls are covered in dirt, mud and plants, and it is easy to see why. The windows along the outfacing walls have all been shattered, and the storms and windows, have allowed plant life to begin to grow inside the manor. Various wildlife plants now grow along the floor, with some trees having their branches scraping eerily against the broken glass as if slowly cutting a vein.

Xar’Tharkas says, “Weird.”, Willie says, “This is coo coo.”, Xar’Tharkas moves forward, watching the trees for more  of those pesky bird-things, (striges). When they advance 40 feet and set another passage going east, they spot a set of double doors just 7 feet in on the south wall and another double door 50 feet straight north. Rolling wisdom perception checks, no one perceived anything out of the ordinary here. Xar’Tharkas, points to the door a short distance away in the east hallway and says, “Shall I knock?” Roqar says, “Naw, just open it.”. Willie says, “Let’s kick it in if it’s locked.”, Xar’Tharkas, then chuckles and pushes into the room, as the doors open easily. Wine Room Description: There is a strong smell that lingers in this room. Most of the wine barrels are damaged and have all leaked out. Some of the wine barrels however, seem to be in fine condition. Xar’Tharkas roars, “At last! The treasure I truly seek!” Willie says, “”Boooze, yas!” Before the party proceeds any farther to have a closer look at all of the barrels and casks, it is Roqar and Willie that notice fugus growing on the floor, (Wisdom perception checks). They also spot what appeared to be a beholder in the room, but turns out it’s a gas spore! Bow users fire their long bows all scoring a hit on the Violet fugus, for 21 piercing damage killing the fungus! Hovac is the first to run up and bite at the gas spore and does so for 4 piercing damage only to have the thing explode in a cloud of poisonous spores dealing out 3d6 poison damage to each one caught in the blast, which is everyone but Travok an Eimong! The gas spore explodes when it drops to 0 hit points. Each creature within 20 feet of it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution savings throw or take 10 (3d6) poison damage and become infected with a disease on a failed save. Creatures immune to poisoned condition are immune to this disease. Spores invade an infected creature’s system, killing the creature in a number of hours equal to 1d12 + the creature’s Constitution score, unless the disease is removed. In half that time, the creature becomes poisoned for the rest of the duration. After the creature dies, it sprouts 2d4 Tiny gas spores that grow to full size in 7 days. Xar’Tharkas took 11 poison damage when failing the dice challenge level of 15 needed to save against the poison. Roqar took 9 damage, and falls to the floor unconscious (0 Hit points), she also failed the constitution saving throw. Willie took 15 damage, Xar’Tharkas coughs heavily before drawing deeply for a second wind. Skywise took 14 damage, drops to the floor gagging on the spores. Sildar, fails the constitution (DC 15) save and took 9 damage! Prayn saves against the poison rolling a 16, as does Gillian and Hovac the giant badger! Xar’Tharkas moves to Roqar, rolls her over, pounding on her back, trying to get her to breathe again but a Medicine check roll of 2 indicates, it didn’t work. (Note: Ok, an opps here; Willie and Skywise didn’t roll a constitution save so could have avoided getting hurt here!) Now the injured in the party roll a 1d12 + their Constitution Ability score to get the number of hours they have left to live. Roqar has 18, Willie 20, Skywise 22, Havoc 20, Xar’Tharkus 18, Gillian 26 hours left to live! Xar’Tharkas wheezes, “Well this is unfortunate.”, looks to his less sturdy allies, “It was good knowing you all.” Healing Word is cast upon Willie healing him to 5 hit points. It’s a 10 hour trip back north east to Falcon’s Lodge, however the party knows there is a healer back in the town of Phandalin which is about 15 hours south. The party decides to head to Phandalin and see Sister Garaele, a cleric of Tymora, in a hope to be cured of the gas spore poison! Along the way they encounter a handful of hobgoblins about 2 map hexes from Phadalin! Adventure Time is now May 17 th , at 3:00 am.   And this ends the gaming session for the day, until next time!   The Adventurers Earned: Servant’s Dining Chamber (Room #05): Stirges (6) = 150 XP Violet Fungus = 50 XP Gas Spore = 150 XP   -------   Grand Total: 350 XP 350 / 7 = 50 XP Each Everyone is at 2,802.87 XP  Level 5 reached at 6,500 XP!   Everyone Needs to Level up to Level 4 after they get back to Phandalin!   Loot Found: One piece of parchment apparently from a diary Wine Casks   Number of Sessions for current Adventure Module: 32nd Session for “Lost Mines of Phandelver / Dragon of Icespire Peak” 08/01/2020 [1st Session start was 10/26/2019]