Adventure Logs - Wisdom Warriors of Newport - Beginner Series 4e

A place for the adventures of this startup group...

20201003 - Virgo's Wedding (at 6th Level)
The heroes save a village from Lizardman raiders, volunteer to escort Virgo to her wedding, evade more raiders by navigating a rushing river and impressing the guardians of Chronos, find a hidden treasure cave, locate all the items needed for the wedding, battle an evil plum tree, and almost witness Sagittarius getting married.  

Alexandria - Dragonborn Warlord (Steven)
Anahita - Human Paladin/ Warlock (Tena)
Azirelle - Deva Psion (Lisa)
Rock Lee - Dwarf Barbarian (Kobe)
Sagittarius - Human Rogue (Brendon)
Draven - Eladrin Revenant Mage (Ross)  

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20210122 - The Cobweb Queen (at 6th Level)
After Virgo and Pisces' wedding, the group's dinner is interrupted by three adventurers, O'Sidmalley (Obsidian), Sasha (Slash), and Ella (Electra).  The group chats w them and then retire for the evening.  The next morning, wedding gifts and items from the heroes are stolen, not by the trio from the night before as clues point to The Cobweb Queen.  After a game of sliders, the heroes travel through the sewers, find a shrine to The Raven Queen and come up beside the Queen's magic treehouse.  Bypassing the web trap at the gate and sneaking past the Ennie Meanie guards, the heroes recover the stolen goods, battle some spiders and make good their escape, tossing a slider into the marsh, fooling the Queen and stalling the chase.  

Alexandria - Dragonborn Warlord (Steven)
Anahita - Tiefling Paladin/ Warlock (Tena)
Azirelle - Deva Psion (Lisa)
Rock Lee - Dwarf Barbarian (Kobe)
Sagittarius - Human Rogue (Brendon)
Draven - Eladrin Revenant Mage (Ross)  
Gizmo - Githyanki Avenger (Art)

20210220 - The Cobweb Queen Strikes Back and Rescuing Crystal from the Empire (at 6th Level)
After foiling the plans of the Cobweb Queen, the Queen and One Eyed Eddie try to bushwack the heroes while they are at the market.  Alex and Ana barely avoid being poisoned thanks to a quick warning from Azirelle.  Sagittarius drives off Eddie after he grabs the deva and she teleports off the roof and down into the square where Draven, Gizmo and Rock are fighting a huge earth elemental.  After dusting the elemental, when they return to the hotel, they meet Obsidian and D.R. Se-Ung whose daughter has been taken by the Cobweb Queen.  The group agrees to help rescue Crystal and find a clue at Ana's favorite library in the form of a vision in the fountain of the beast who stole Crystal's necklace.  The group then finds some rare wood and Se-Ung makes some potions to help them.  After Sagittarius steals the necklace back, Chronos is able to transport the party to where/ when Crystal is.  The party is then able to rush a squad of Storm Troopers, rescue Crystal and make their escape before the drop ship arrives with a second squad.  However, a rip in the time line, causes Draven and Crystal to be separated from the rest of the group who is dropped into a ruined haunted house with a creepy doll.  The doll wounds several of the heroes and then flees into the woods.  The group walks back to the hotel to witness the happy reunion of Se-Ung and Crystal.

Alexandria - Dragonborn Warlord (Steven)
Anahita - Tiefling Paladin/ Warlock (Tena)
Azirelle - Deva Psion (Lisa)
Rock Lee - Dwarf Barbarian (Kobe)
Sagittarius - Human Rogue (Brendon)
Draven - Eladrin Revenant Mage (Ross)  
Gizmo - Githyanki Avenger (Art)
Sonya Morecut - Half Elf Warlord (Stuart)

20210424 - Rescuing Packee Bach from the Prince of Lies and The Shrine of the Forgotten Fortress (at 6th Level)
The party hears a commotion at the docks and investigate to find a bunch of dead spiders.  There they meet a Deva named Tramila, a Tiefling named Cha-Stair and a fire giant named Fry and see a huge floating magic gateway in the harbor.  They arrive just as a merchant ship lifts out of the water and flies through the gate.  After noting that Anahita is also a worshiper of Oghma, Cha-Stair asks the heroes if they will help rescue the libraian of the Legendary Libray from the Shrine of the Forgotten Fortress on the first plane of hell.  After seeing through the illusion hiding the shrine, the heroes make it past the statue guardian and work thier way past guards and vistors within the Shrine.  They defeat the horned jailer and rescue Packee Bach.  At the library, they learn bits of information and then return home to Newport, dropping into the bay.  Several of the adventurers purchase a burnt book store in town that is right over an underground shrine to The Raven Queen.

Alexandria - Dragonborn Warlord (Steven)
Anahita - Tiefling Paladin/ Warlock (Tena)
Azirelle - Deva Psion (Lisa)
Sagittarius - Human Rogue (Brendon)
Draven - Eladrin Revenant Mage (Ross)  
Gizmo - Githyanki Avenger (Art)

202105212 - Heaven and Hell - Baby Devgle       Part 1 of 2           Sonya meets Daniella, a heavenly angel who is looking for a Tiefling and a Deva.  Sonya takes her to Anahita and Azirelle's house where Draven is just about to leave on a trip.  There the angle explains that these two aren't the ones she's looking for and after a short discussion and Draven's "return" the heros move about town looking for the Tiefling and Deva who may be in danger.  Finding them in a barn just as the Deva gives birth, Sonya is about to heal the badly wounded parents when "Draven" fireballs them and kills them, but the baby is shielded.  Draven flees and turns out to be a shapeshifting imposter whom Daniella slays and then she departs.  The heroes return to thier home and are attacked by a large force of devils durning the night.  A flail devil, an evil fallen angel, and a number of fire devils try to make it up the stairs but Sonya, Sagittarius and Azirelle manage to delay them for a time.  A number of imps scale the outside wall and try to grap the baby in the loft.  The heroes persist, downing a couple of the imps, Sagittarius downing the Flail devil and Azirelle downing one of the fire devils, and after the baby teleports into Azirelle's arms and then she teleports outside and runs out of sight, the devils retreat.  The heroes regroup at the libray where Azirelle fled to... to be continued.

Alexandria - Dragonborn Warlord (Steven)
Anahita - Tiefling Paladin/ Warlock (Tena)
Azirelle - Deva Psion (Lisa)
Sagittarius - Human Rogue (Brendon)
Gizmo - Githyanki Avenger (Art)
Sonya Morecut - Half Elf Warlord (Stuart)

20210709 - Heaven and Hell - Saving Arizona      Part 2 of 2          After regrouping at the church, the heroes decide that they will stay here until morning with the baby, named Arizona by Anahita and Azirelle.  When the library opens the group will search for a book on how to prevent Arizona's enemies from finding her.  After a fierce fight with a bunch of fire beatles in the library as the library wizard tried to help K-Pok a Githyanki get back home, the group finds a book that tells of a witch and a magic pool that if dipped in the pool, the water will form a shield to prevent the baby from being scryed upon.  The group evades a band of gnoll bandits in the swamp and Sonya is defeated by a huge chain giant near the entrance to the witches' cave.  The group gives the giant candy and he leads them to the witch.  Giving the witch spell components, instead of the baby, the spell is completed and the heroes return to Newport where the evil doll seems to have bonded w Arizona.  

Alexandria - Dragonborn Warlord (Steven)
Anahita - Tiefling Paladin/ Warlock (Tena)
Azirelle - Deva Psion (Lisa)
Sagittarius - Human Rogue (Brendon)
Gizmo - Githyanki Avenger (Art)
Sonya Morecut - Half Elf Warlord (Stuart)

20211008 -        Leaving Arizona at home with the ChuckE and Rock Lee, our heroes undertake a quest to go to Lacke Icy Chill to retrieve an orb that was struck by lightning.  They hire a HOGG merchant ship and make thier way up the coast to Icy Strait.  Then through the Wintergreen forest where they meet Sam-Ray, a two headed puppy.  The group speaks with him a while and moves ahead to the lake where they find Kobold tracks leading to a group of hills.  They snatch the orb from the Kobolds and flee before the dragon gets there.  Using the forest to evade the dragon, they make thier way back to the coast and catch a ride back to Newport.  After a brief spat with some Red Bull cultists, the hiring Deva rewards the group.  Anahita adopts a small black kitten.  

Alexandria - Dragonborn Warlord (Steven)
Anahita - Tiefling Paladin/ Warlock (Tena)
Azirelle - Deva Psion (Lisa)
Sagittarius - Human Rogue (Brendon)
Gizmo - Githyanki Avenger (Art)
Draven - Eladrin Revenant Mage (Ross)

20220520 - Captured by Mind Flayers!  Rescued by Githyanki Red Dragon Riders!        
Alexandria - Dragonborn Warlord (Steven)
Anahita - Tiefling Paladin/ Warlock (Tena)
Azirelle - Deva Psion (Lisa)
Gizmo - Githyanki Avenger (Art)
Sonya Moorecut - Half Elf Warlord (Stuart)
Oleander - Pixie, Warlock (Chris)

The heroes are at the market when the entire town is attacked by a mind flayer ship.  The long tentacles reach down and teleport victims into holding alcoves where a flayer implants a mind flayer tadpole into each victim.  With the help of Arizona and ChuckE, Azirelle manages to get free and then by stunning the tadpole in each of the other heroes, gives ChuckE an opening to teleport each hero out of their alcove.  A large brain monster then spawns smaller brain monsters in jars.  Since they are using psionic powers to attack the heroes, most of the heroes first have to break the protective jar before they can damage the small brain monsters directly.  After a long fight, the heroes prevail.

Moving upstairs, they sight a mind flayer and decide to explore downstairs instead.  On the lower deck of the ship, they find spawning pools and the lair of the large brain monster.  By teleporting the heroes into the vats, the monster is able to greatly reduce the number of heroes that can attack it.  After enough attacks, the brain monster retreats into it's room, shutting the door just as a mind flayer appears behind the party at the end of the hall.  Just then, the wall explodes and a huge red dragon bites the flayer in two.  The Githyanki Knight riding the dragon yells for the party to get onboard as several other red dragon riders proceed to demolish the Mind Flayer ship.

Landing back in the town, a Githyanki priest removes the tad poles and the riders depart to continue their patrol throughout the planes.

20220902 - New Heroes - Dire Blood Boar of The Temple of Gloom        
Catori - Tree of Storms, Shaman/ Invoker F (Steven L)
Draven - Eladrin Revenant Mage (Ross)
Galbreath - Human Fighter (Steve T)
Sineya - Shardmind Avenger/ Wizard F (Mickey)
Steven III - Dwarven Rogue (Tom)

As part of the reward for retrieving the lighting stuck orb (see two adventures above), the Deva tells the heroes of a mysterious temple.  Many of the Wisdom Warriors are hesitant to go, but Draven leads a team to the area of the Bamboo Sea.  After visting an ancient elephant statue and evading a small owlbear, the group finds the Bamboo Sea.  There they find a stray horse which Galbreath adopts.  Shortly afterwhich the group is ambushed by Kobalds which they fight off w/o too much trouble.  As they are leaving the Bamboo, they meet a beautiful foxy woman.  They chat with her a while and then come across the temple.  They find the remains of an adventuring rogue but then are set upon by a pair of demon boars.  After a mighty struggle, Sineya wrenches out the larger beast's horn and vanquish the demons.   After the group returns to Newport, they hear that a fox demon has now claimed the temple as her new home.  To be continued...

Ross, I posted Gizmo (Art's PC) on the board. Note, Gird, Gizmo's deity, is not standard and is very much like Kord, God of Battle. I also didn't know Tena's Paladin was a half demon... a Paladin half demon adventuring with an Angel? I could write some good stories about that... I posted my own PC also....

Let me know what improvements the group make to thier new home in Newport. Do you keep the two large rooms on the first floor? If so, what do you make them? There can be up to eight smaller rooms on the second floor and there is actually room to make a small third floor loft. As far as "downstairs", you'll have to construct a stairway, there is room for a mostly underground (kind of like a daylight basement) sub-basement, I think two bedroom sized rooms is reasonable and then a ladder or narrow stair to the sewers, or perhaps directly into the cave with the sacred tree (Raven Queen's Shrine). Let me know how you purpose each of the rooms of your new home.

Also how do you split up the loot from the last adventure? Large Gem (Security System), magic beds, Silver Ear Ring (translator), magic Map of Unseen Lands, Vagabond Dice, Dust that increases an item from +1 to +2.

Azirelle opts for her bedroom to be in the loft. She also suggests that one of the remaining rooms in the building have a place where Anahita and others can pray to Oghma.

Draven opts for a room in the sub-basement to be his. He makes the entrance to from the sub-basement to the shrine of the Raven Queen hidden.

Alexandria claims one of the two remaining rooms in the sub-basement for her bedroom.

Revision as of 16 May - Main floor, three large rooms and a bathroom. Front door and a side door. On the second floor, there's only room for a bathroom and four rooms (Anahita, Gizmo, Rock Lee, Sagitarius). Azrielle has the loft and Draven and Alexandria have the sub-basement. There's one large room in the sub-basement. There's a passage from the sub-basement to the Shrine of the Raven Queen and the city sewer system. Any of the PC's on the second floor can build a deck if they need a bit more space.

Updated for 9 July adventure - @Ross, so I can plan future adventures, what was the spelling of; the witch's name, K-Pok, the library wizard and the priest at the church? The group owes the wizard a quest in exchange for the wizard loaning the party the hat of disguise for Arizona.

-Baby is Azihita or A.Z. or Arizona - biological Mother & Father: Alana (Angel) and Marko (Devil). Azihita ages at an advanced rate based on the whim of the DM.
-Doll is now bonded to the party, not to the baby. She likes Azihita but is not bonded to her. Unbeknownst to the party the doll frequently helps them, mostly by killing people, that have ill intentions to the party, and harvesting their souls. She doesn't do it often though, as she gets full.
-Witch in the Cave with the magic pool is Agera. She is part Devil and part Hag. She is enemies with the Cobweb Queen, and is magically more powerful than her, but knows she is at a disadvantage due to sheer numbers. She only has Gorechain as her ally.
-Gorechain is Agera's Devil Friend who loves candy.
-Librarian at the Library/Temple of Oghma is Kerithian the Blue - a Firequench Wizard.
-Brother Brondim Stagriver, cleric of Oghma.
-Githyanki Warrior is Qypoc of the High Moor Military Sect - will return to see Gizmo when he is ready to receive his Silver "Sword". Kerithian is helping him by opening a portal to one of the major Githyanki Astal Plane Cities.
-Gnoll Ranger living in the Swamp is named Fester. He is friends with all Factions in the swamp and frequently works for people as a guide, for the right price.
-Angel of Love (Dahlia) - Follower of Sune Firehair, goddess of Beauty and Love. Works in the shadows to protect Azihita.
-Pain Devil (Nergal) - Who has an S&M liking for Sagittarius, who banished Nergal to Hell.
-Gray Angel  (Adriel) - Fought the party at their home, but left only slightly damaged.

Updated the logs from Ross' Spell Jammer adventure. Great adventure! Thanks again Ross -

Updated the log. Steve T. welcome to the campaign!! Glad to have you. Too bad Terry missed out. I thought it was a great adventure. Tom, thank you so much for standing in at the last moment.

20220930 - Back to School - Raising Arizona    
Catori - Tree of Storms, Shaman/ Invoker F (Steven L)
Sineya - Shardmind Avenger/ Wizard F (Mickey)
Sonya Morecut - 1/2 Elf Warlord (Stuart)
Anahita - Tiefling Paladin/ Warlock (Tena)
Azirelle - Deva Psion (Lisa)
Sagittarius - Human Rogue (Brendon)

Arizona, the half Tiefling, half Deva child seems to be growing at an accelerated rate.  Thus, the group investigates enrolling her into school.  After seeing what she is proficient at, the group selects the local wizardary school where she seems happy.  After adjusting there is a school event, a picnic of sorts that many members of the school and thier parents attend.  Part way through the event, Arizona and a young boy classmate are missing and the heroes search for them.  Woo Ha!  Sagitarius finds the boy, his hand covered in blood and shortly after, Sonya finds Arizona near a mystic portal.  As an army of Modrones comes out of the portal, Sonya flees with Arizona and alerts the others.  All the other picnic attendees flee and as the army appears to be headed straight toward town, the group tries to warn all in the path.  Seniya, Catori, and Sagitarius head off to warn the gnoll tribe and Anahita, Azrelle, and Sonya head off to warn the church.  The wizard, shaman and rogue have to fight off a few giant hyenas before they are able to convince the gnolls of the real threat.  

The Paladin, Warlord and Psion alert the church in time to allow everyone to flee.  They also manage to get Arizona to open a second portal in the path of the advancing army.  After creating the second portal, they flee along the wall of the church but a group of about ten Mondrones head after them.  The heroes that went to warn the gnolls are dropped off at the church and with all six heroes, they barely manage to beat back the squad of Mondrones and the main army heads through the portal and into the Fey Wild.  The portal closes after the army has left and the bedraggled heroes gather Arizona and head back home.

20221014 - Come On Baby Light My Fire
Azirelle - Deva Psion F (Lisa)
Sagittarius - Human Rogue (Brendon)
Draven - Eladrin Revenant Mage (Ross)
Jammer - Goliath Barbarian (Jeff)
Jessie - Elven Ranger F (Jeneva)
Karbin - Elven Cleric (Arthur)

Octavia Starkisk has Leo Starkist run his first caravan. He hires a wizard (Iggy), a driver Snitt the kobold, a trio of Duergar, a pair of elves and a Goliath. Once in Newport, his cousin Sagitarius and his two friends Draven and Azrielle join the group. The trip is uneventful and then they are ambushed right when they enter the town of Southport. An army of Kobolds, led by a dragonborn, attack the caravan. Iggy is slain at once while Snitt yells out that they are after him. Kobold archers rain down arrows from the rooftops and the dragonborn attacks from the rear. The heroes recover quickly and drive the kobolds back. They heroes capture a kobold leader and the dragon born that the Psion blasted.

While cleaning up from the battle, Jessie decides to steal the army payroll. Although the Psion tries to trip her, the elf gets away. Makes it by the guards at the gate and then to a close by village. When checking in at the inn, she can't think of a false name and is acting strangly. The inn keeper summons the town guard who arrest her and find the stolen gold. They toss her in jail. Sagitarius finds out about his and the group doesn't bail her out until after a trip to the docks.

All together now, they go to the Green Door Inn where a portal opens and three extra planer creatures come through, the party, with some NPCs wound them enough that they retreat. They group then heads into the portal and choose the more lightly defended path. The Psion concentrates to hold back the guard. The group then figures out the key to make the building appear.

There they negotiate with the enemy of the true employer of the sponsoer of the caravan and the heroes hand over the goods and gain beautiful works of craftsmanship in return.

20221021 - Come On Baby Light My Fire - Version 2
Catori Tree of Storms (Shaman/ Invoker) - Steve L
Galbreath (Human Fighter) - Steve T
Hystan (Human Ranger) - Vic
Flint (Pixie Wizard) - Chris
Idon Tkare (F Half Orc Barbarian) - Tom

Octavia Starkisk has Leo Starkist run his first caravan. He hires a wizard (Iggy), a driver Snitt the kobold, a trio of Duergar, a Shaman a Barbarian and a Fighter. Once in Newport, his cousin Hystan and his friend Flint join the group. The trip is uneventful and then they are ambushed right when they enter the town of Southport. An army of Kobolds, led by a dragonborn, attack the caravan. Iggy is slain at once while Snitt yells out that they are after him. Kobold archers rain down arrows from the rooftops and the dragonborn attacks from the rear. The heroes recover quickly and drive the kobolds back. They heroes capture the Dragon Born leader.

After cleaning up from the battle, the group heads down to the docks and delivers the fishing nets.
They go to the Green Door Inn where Hystan tries to get a date and loses the room key the party found. The portal opens and three extra planer creatures come through, the party, with some NPCs manage to dispatch them. The group then heads into the portal and choose the more lightly defended path. The Pixie ferrys the group past the fire elemental. The group then figures out the key to make the building appear.

There they negotiate with the enemy of the true employer of the sponsoer of the caravan and the heroes hand over the Crimson Coal and gain beautiful works of craftsmanship in return.

0221028 - Chest of Dreams and Clan Storm Hammer of the Tri Star Guild
Catori Tree of Storms (Shaman/ Invoker) - Steve L
Hystan (Half Elf Ranger) - Vic
Idon Tkare (F Half Orc Barbarian) - Tom
Sonya Moorecut (F Half Elf Warlord) - Stuart
Gizmo (Githyanki Avenger) - Art
Zuerge (Dwarf Rogue) - Stephan

The City of Newport is beset by a strange fog that brings nightmares to all the citizens. The accountant of the Tri Star guild hires some adventures to go to a Tri-Star manor about ten miles outside of town and the group is never heard from again. So the accountant hires a second group of adventures to go investigate. They ride to the manor in the gentleman's fine carriage but it crashes near the manor's gate as dozens of zombies attack. The heroes retreat into the manor and work their way through, finding the three magic symbols they need to close the magic chest (which is causing the fog). Along the way, they rescue carriage driver's daughter, help the lady of the house, and battle a Mirror Mimic. They manage to close the chest and bring peace to both the manor and the nearby City.

Added a by name list:

24  Stuart, Dungeon Master
15  Sonya Morecut - Half Elf Warlord,  Stuart
20  Draven - Eladrin Revenant Wizard, Ross
12  Ross, Dungeon Master
24  Catori - Tree of Storms Shaman/ Invoker F,  Steve L
8    Alexandria - Dragonborn Warlord, Steve L

22 Hystan - Human Ranger, Vic 
21 Anahita - Human Paladin/ Warlock, Tena
20 Sagittarius - Human Rogue, Brendon
18 Idon Tkare - F Half Orc Barbarian, Tom
1   Steven 3rd - Dwarven Rogue -Tom; 2 GM
17 Gizmo - Githyanki Avenger, Art

14 Galbreath - Human Fighter, Steve T
12 Azirelle - Deva Psion, Lisa
12 Oleander Flint - Pixie, Warlock, Chris

5   Ebok - Human Warlock, Kobe
3   Rock Lee - Dwarf Barbarian, Kobe
1   Ilmig - Dwarf Sorcerer, Kobe
4   Sineya - Shardmind Avenger/ Wizard F, Mickey

3   Chopper - Human Fighter, Jae B
3   Vyiloth - Drow Assasin, Mark D
2   Karbin - Elven Cleric, Arthur
2   Zuerge - Dwarf Rogue, Stephan S
1   Odo - Dragonborn Cleric, Alex
1   Jammer - Goliath Barbarian, Jeff
1   Jessie - Elven Ranger F, Jeneva

20221112 - Returning the Chest of Dreams to the Dreamweavers
Catori Tree of Storms (Shaman/ Invoker) - Steve L
Hystan (Half Elf Ranger) - Vic
Idon Tkare (F Half Orc Barbarian) - Tom
Gizmo (Githyanki Avenger) - Art
Sagittarius - Human Rogue (Brendon)

With Sagittarius and Hystan taking the lead, the heroes attempt to return the chest to the tribe who rightfully owns it.  The group chooses to go by sea rather than magic and take a merchant ship rather than a fast passenger ship.  They find an abandoned small merchant ship and board it, clear out the zombies and some of the crewmen take the ship back to Newport as a prize.  The group is then scouted by a Tri-Star hawk and Gizmo tricks it by tossing a decoy chest overboard.  The chest sprouts wings and flies back to the soon to be disappointed Tri-Stars.  

The group tells the ship captain to bring them to a nearby beach at night, rather than the town docks during daylight.  They then gather info on the Dreamweaver's location and hire a guide to take them there.  They fight a huge Jungle Troll and defeat it.  The next day they meet three pygmie tribesmen who turn out to be Tri-Star agents.  The TS Wizard summons a Sand Elemental and after a gritty battle, defeat it.  The group then finally finds the tribe and returns the Chest of Dreams, avoid becomming the clan's dinner and return to Newport as heroes.  Sagittarius becomes a minor merchant, Hystan becomes a minor Guard Commander and Hystan establishes a minor trade agreement with the Dreamweavers.  The Starkist merchant guild sends a small group of guildmembers to Serpentine to work/ monitor the trade.

20221210 - Finding a Way to the Astral Sea
Catori Tree of Storms (Shaman/ Invoker) - Steve L
Hystan (Half Elf Ranger) - Vic
Gizmo (Githyanki Avenger) - Art
Draven (Eladrin Revenant Mage) - Ross
Galbreath (Human Fighter) - Steve T
Zueurge (Dwarven Rogue) - Steve S

After findiing a map to a Silver Sword that is in a keep in the Astal Sea, the heroes do some research to try to find a way to the Astra Sea. Catori knows that there is an island where Draconic Pygmies live. The pygmies were once slaves of the mind flayers and escaped to this plane so they must know how to travel to and from the Astal Sea. Also the pygmies developed defenses against the mind flayers that the party may be able to use. Draven finds that Preincess Diadem, grand daughter of Lord Gamwich and Queen Tiara, may know how to infuse magic crystals that could work in the magic gate at the Green Door Tavern. Hystan tells of a small seaside village where a retired Navigator lives who once sailed the Astra Sea. He may know how to get back there.

After much thought, Gizmo goes with Draven's plan and using a Starkist Merchant ship courtesy of Hystan, the group arrives in the Serpentine Islands at the Princess' Keep. She tells of a nearby vale where the crystals might be found and a guide and man at arms go with the group. After braving the hot jungle with swarming insects, the group makes it to the vale. After finding some dead bodies, leaving the guide and guard at the top, the group decends and finds a cavern complex with Orcus Cultists, the ones who killed the boys. The cultists are trying to summon creatures from another plane and the heros rush them and after a tense battle, dispatch the shamen, the cultist guards and the extra-planar armored lizards. The heroes gather up the four crystals and head back to the Princess' keep.

The group then decides to investigate the island where the Draconic Pygmies live. Putting into the only port city, a rather rough place, Galbreath is robbed of his extra magic boots. Draven and Hystan combine to put the fleeing wererat down. Galbreath then meets his old friend Grabbit and learns of the magic masks and gems of the pygmies. The heros move inland on the river and are almost eaten by Crocs but Catori and Gizmo toss the bacon overboard and use magic to make it look tasty. After crossing into Pygmie lands they are met by a patrol and Draven puts on his scariest vampire face and Gizmo twrils his sword viciously. The pygmies are intemidated and Hystand negotiates with the leader and gets them to stand down. The pygmies help the group with some broken masks and gems and bids them well. Once back in Newport, Draven is able to get the masks repaired and the heroes are ready for the coming assault on the Astral plane.

20221230 - Raid on Stratus Keep, Recovering the Silver Sword
Catori Tree of Storms (Shaman/ Invoker) - Steve L
Hystan (Half Elf Ranger) - Vic
Gizmo (Githyanki Avenger) - Art
Sagitarius (Human Rogue) - BK
Vyiloth (Drow Assasin) - Mark D
Idon Tkare (Half Orc Barbarian) - Tom
Ebok (Human Warlock) - Kobe

After doing some research, Draven is sure he can get the group to the Astral Sea using the crystals and the portal at the Green Door.  He enlists the aid of an aquaintence, Ebok to the Warlock to assist with the spell to open the gate to Stratus Keep.  The group agrees that the kitchen will be the best place to arrive and Draven and Ebok start the spell.  However, the spell goes wrong and instead of Draven going with the group, he is left behind in Newport and Ebok goes instead.  A half orc Barbarian and a drow assasin who just happened to be eating breakfast at the tavern end up going to the Astral Sea as well.  

The arrive in the pantry and wait until some goblin slaves leave.  They then grab some supplies and move into the kitchen where they are told to put the supplies back and go back to the barracks.   The group heads back to the barracks where they are told to go to the central complex and talk to the greeter there.  In the Grand Hall, the group heads over to the Library and does some research, then to the Zoo where one of the exhibits, a Displacer Beast, escapes and wounds many of the party until they are able to subdue it and return it to its cage and Ebok restores the force field.

After being thanked by the Zoo Keeper, Charlie Bloodwin, the heroes go back to the Great Hall and then to the kitchen where they jump down the garbage chute and fight a huge trash monster.  After defeating the trash monster, they find a scabbard and a magic ring.  Covered with sewer water, they head back upstairs and run into a guard patrol who identifies the party which includes a Gith and a Drow as intruders.  The group pounces on the patrol leader who has the Silver Sword, take it and Ebok holds over the portal just a one of the Mind Flayers and more guards arrive.

The heroes escape back to the Green Door tavern.

Catori Tree of Storms (Shaman/ Invoker) - Steve L
Hystan (Half Elf Ranger) - Vic
Draven (Eladrin Revenant Mage) - Ross
Galbreath (Human Fighter) - Steve T
Karbin (Elven Cleric) Arthur
Annahita (Tiefling Paladin Warlock) Tena

Return to the Temple of Gloom - After a group of young adventurers go to the Temple of Gloom, Gabreath is charged with finding his nephew.  Hystaan need to find a stolen dagger that the young heroes plan to use to kill the fox demon that may have moved in after the Blood Boar was slain by the heroes.

After speaking to some villagers, the veteran heroes confirm that the teens made it to the temple. The heroes gather some information on the demon, the guide the teens hired, and some local events. They take the more dangerous west road, and are hit by a rock slide and a scrie mound.  Near the Bamboo Sea, are attacked by some ghasts and then they encounter one of the teens, Herain, fleeing toward them with a couple of armed men giving chase. Galbreath charges the swordsmen who turn out to be slavers. Suddenly four horsemen attack from the south. Catori takes one of them out of the battle.  Herain, not recognizing her rescuers, runs from them.  Eventually, the heroes drive the slavers off, capturing two of them. The veteran heroes learn where the enenmy camp is and find the small encampment where Herain recovered.  She thinks only she and the guide escaped the temple. They send Herain back to town with one of the captured horses and the two captured slavers.

The heroes travel to the temple and figure out how to open the passage in front of the four headed hydra statue as well as the statue in front of the podium. They recover a number of stored items as well as freeing some prisoners, one of them one of the teen brothers they were looking for. The group then storms in the main door aand are confronted by three charmed men.  The spearman is another teen the group is looking for. They push them back with Catori hitting the fox demon in the face with a poisonous fish. A woman appears and she turns into the Fox demon. Annahita and Galbreath work together to break the gem on the Fox demon. A cold demon appears and the fox demon runs. Draven pushes the cold demon into the fish pond and three poisonous fish attack it. That combined with the rest of the heroes is enough to down the ice demon.

20230224 - Intrigue in the House of Moorecut

Catori Tree of Storms (Shaman/ Invoker) - Steve L
Hystan (Half Elf Ranger) - Vic
Gizmo (Githyanki Avenger) - Art
Idon Tkare (Half Orc Barbarian) - Tom
Sonya Moorecut - Half Elf Warlord (Stuart)
Oleander - Pixie, Warlock (Chris)
Sineya - Shardmind Avenger/ Wizard F (Mickey)

Unexpectedly, Sonya's mother, an elven Lady and Sorcerrer, comes to Newport to visit Sonya. On the same day, a half orc, resembling one of the assasins who killed Sonya's husband, Sterling Moorecut, is spotted in the tavern where Sonya is having breakfast. Also, it is discovered that Sterling Moorecut's younger brother (Morgan) is also in Newport. After a short visit with Lady Serenity (Sonya's mother) they agree to have breakfast the next morning. The heroes check out the hotel where she is staying and Sineya and Oleander witness a figure climbing out of the window the the Lady's room. Oleander rushes off to fetch the others and Sineya moves to follow the (assasin). The assasin confronts Sineya and is nearly killed before being dragged downstairs by Lady Serenity's guards.

The rest of the group arrives and they take shifts watching the Lady's room for the rest of the night. After that, they agree to escort her until she is safely out of town. When they return to town, they search for, and find the younger Master Moorecut only to find him slain, with all four of his guards, near the house of the Wisdom Warriors. After being cleared of any wrong doing, the heroes determine that Master Moorecut was on his way to inform Sonya of Lord Moorecut's death.

The heroes then decide to return the bodies to the Moorecut family estate, Sonya, being the next hier in line would claim her title, and the group would get a better handle as to what is going on. At a fancy dinner, they find out the Moorecut family recently discovered an Astral Diamond mine on thier lands. It is currently being guarded by two dozen guards and the heroes fdecide to explore the mine to determine the extent of the mine's value. To be continued...

20230324_Astral Mines of Moorecut

Catori Tree of Storms (Shaman/ Invoker) - Steve L
Hystan (Half Elf Ranger) - Vic
Gizmo (Githyanki Avenger) - Art
Idon Tkare (Half Orc Barbarian) - Tom
Sonya Moorecut - Half Elf Warlord (Stuart)
Oleander - Pixie, Warlock (Chris)

After revealing that there is a mine on the Moorecut estate, the heroes prepare to investigate as well as rescue ten miners and the ten soldiers that were charged with guarding them. Even after a short decent, the heroes determine that the mines contain two way and one way portals to the Astral Sea. Some strange fire flies de-magic Hystan's sword. The heroes disable a ghoul like creature and slay a trio of Slaads. The group also befriends a Gith. They track what they think are the missing men and come to a cavern with a sixty foot frigate in a cavern! It is manned by a small crew of drow. The Gith promptly joins the drow and sail off through a portal.

Reaching a dead end, not being able to safely cross the ship cavern, the group back tracks and finds where the missing men may have gone through a portal. The heroes allow the ghoul to aid them and he turns into a Paladin, Arathorn who joins the group. Near the portal is a large Blood Jelly. The heroes battle it for many minutes, with both the barbarian and Gizmo getting badly wounded. The group decides to move through the portal and find a path of destruction caused by a Mondron army in the fey forest. The fey creatures turn over the human prisoners to Sonya and the fey send two pixies to aid the humans and heroes in using a portal to get home.

After returning home, the heroes find that two of the gems they found are Astral Diamonds.

Recap 20230331 - The Kobold Mine Under the Slaver Encampment

Catori Tree of Storms (Shaman/ Invoker) - Steve L
Draven (Eladrin Revenant Mage) - Ross
Galbreath (Human Fighter) - Steve T
Annahita (Tiefling Paladin Warlock) Tena
Idon Tkare (Half Orc Barbarian) - Tom

After driving off the fox demon and slaying the ice demon, the heroes are hot on the trail of the slavers in an attempt to rescue Ceratain, one of Galbreath's nephew's friends. They run across the slavers who are raiding a dwarven smithy and drive the slavers off and Draven helps put out the fire. Idon saves a wounded raven from inside the burning building. The dwarves offer a reward for the tools the slavers took from them and tell the heroes of an old kobald mine near the slaver camp.

The heros find Bunko, the guide the teens hired near a strange stone pillar. Idon and Catori battle evil images of themselves and get Iron Circle tatoos on thier wrists. The group sends Bunko who finds the mine entrance and Catori has to run from the kobalds. The heroes go a different way and find an old dwarven shrine. Draven kills a little mole. The group finds a tunnle to a trap door under the slaver camp and wait until night. They burst in, kill the two guards and rescue four slaves. They return the dwarves tools and return the former slaves to thier families. One slaves tells of a minotaur lair nearby.

20230421 - The WitchLight Circus
Azirelle - Deva Psion F (Lisa)
Annahita (Tiefling Paladin Warlock) Tena
Idon Tkare (Half Orc Barbarian) - Tom
Catori Tree of Storms (Shaman/ Invoker) - Steve L
Hystan (Half Elf Ranger) - Vic
Sonya Moorecut - Half Elf Warlord (Stuart)
Oleander - Pixie, Warlock (Chris)

The circus comes to town and Arizona finds a flyer. Azrielle and Annahita allow her to go and the gang decides to go along. No sooner than the group arrives, Arizona is on a flying bubble ride and gets separated from everyone else. Little do the heroes know that Arizona has been kidnapped by the Fairy Queen because they fey think that Arizona is responsible for opening the portal that let the Mondrons into the fey wild which left a lot of destruction. The heroes fan out and try many of the rides while they look for Arizona, the dragon fly ride, the snail races, the big top, and others. Finally they speak to one of the owners (Mr. Witch) and he reveals that the Hall of Illusions has portals to the fey wild and that the Fairy Queen kidnapped Arizona. He sells the heroes the magic words to the portals and the heroes run off to the fey wild to save Arizona.

20230526 - Searching for Arizona
Azirelle - Deva Psion F (Lisa)
Idon Tkare (Half Orc Barbarian) - Tom
Catori Tree of Storms (Shaman/ Invoker) - Steve L
Hystan (Half Elf Ranger) - Vic
Sonya Moorecut - Half Elf Warlord (Stuart)
Gizmo - Githyanki Avenger (Art)
Ebok - Human Warlock (Kobe)

Chasing through a portal in the Fun House, the heros end up in a modern home of Dr. Merlind. It appears he and his companions travel to many different planes. After search the entire home, the Deva is able to translate the note left for the heros. The group encounters a hag in the attatic and after taking significant damage from being possessed and blasted the group retreats. Ebok severly injures himself touching the electrical power source for the house and Sonya and Catori heal him.

Catori finds Arizona's trail and the heroes follow it into the woods, meet talking flowers and mostly avoid a swarm of huge bees. Ants are ahead - to be continued.

20230624   Mother Knows Best, Stopping the Red Bull Cult

Catori Tree of Storms (Shaman/ Invoker) - Steve L
Galbreath (Human Fighter) - Steve T
Annahita (Tiefling Paladin Warlock) Tena
Idon Tkare (Half Orc Barbarian) - Tom
Ilmig (Dwarf Sorcerer) - Kobe
Odo of Lathander (Dragon Born Cleric) - Alex

Galbreath's mother, Faith, reaches out telepathically to her son that there is an evil cult that is up to no good.  The cult is seeking three magic items in Newport; a mug, a scarf and some ashes.    The party meets with Faith and she tells them the location of two of the items and she will seek the third.  After a bar fight, the heroes head off to find the scarf.  Ilmig trades the tailor his magic dagger for the scarf.  Catori notes the party is being watched.  The heroes then head off to the Green Door Inn and are again followed.  As they arrive two ghosts are possessing people and slugging it out with each other.  Odo, and Galbreath and briefly Ilmig are all possessed at one time or another.  After a good fight, the heroes manage to defeat the ghosts and are rewarded w the mug.  As the heroes near the temple, they are ambushed by a large group of cultists.  The heroes dash by them, evading the demon that was escorting the ambushers.  

The heroes gather the ashes and learn that the cultists were at the temple but didn't have enough time to take the ashes before the party arrived.  However the cultists were able to kidnap two temple students.  The heroes take possession of the ashes and mother sends another telepathic message that she's been captured and the cultists will trade for the items.  The heroes find an inventive path to the area where Faith is held and ambush the cultists while they are trying to summon something.  

After a tight battle, the heroes prevail and are recognized by the forces of good for their efforts.

20230714 - Special Delivery

Draven - Eladrin Revenant Mage (Ross)
Catori Tree of Storms (Shaman/ Invoker) - Steve L
Annahita (Tiefling Paladin Warlock) Tena
Hystan (Half Elf Ranger) - Vic
Gizmo - Githyanki Avenger (Art)
Oleander - Pixie, Warlock (Chris)

The heroes are approached by a mysterious lady who charges them with stealing a crate of stolen goods from some pirates. The crate turns out to be some cats and after receiving a warning from a red raven, the heroes are able to overcome the crate's guards and help one of the cats return to their original form, a local rogue. On the way back to the tavern where the mission started, two fire hounds, an ogre and a devil attack the party, trying to take the amulet. After they manage to obtain the amulet, the monsters flee. The heroes then return to the tavern where they met the mysterious lady and turn over two of the cats and get paid. The rogue also pays the party for returning him to his human form. An evil demi-lich is now an enemy of the heroes.

20230728 One Last Job
Draven - Eladrin Revenant Mage (Ross)
Catori Tree of Storms (Shaman/ Invoker) - Steve L
Sagitarius (Human Rogue) - BK
Galbreath (Human Fighter) - Steve T
Annahita (Tiefling Paladin Warlock) Tena
Idon Tkare (Half Orc Barbarian) - Tom

Bart Angler reaches out to the heroes to have them find clues regarding a key to a huge treasure hoard. Along the way, the heroes contact the former members of the Octagon Gang. Finding one at home, one doing prize fighting, one at a temple, two in a bar, they had to break one out of prison, another one was in the slums, and the last one being with them the whole time but old and forgetful.

After gathering clues, the heroes meet with Bart and they figure out the location of the key but many members of the old gang show up to claim their shares.

20230901 The Scab and the Spire
Draven - Eladrin Revenant Mage (Ross)
Catori Tree of Storms (Shaman/ Invoker) - Steve L
Sagitarius (Human Rogue) - BK
Annahita (Tiefling Paladin Warlock) Tena
Hystan (Half Elf Ranger) - Vic
Oleander - Pixie, Warlock (Chris)

The heroes are taking a break in a mountain village, known for a large library, fine food, and beautiful forests and mountains. An earthquake strikes and the heroes assist many of the villagers. As a huge storage tank of cheese overturns, the heroes each are saved by an airship. The cult who owns the airship, make sure the heroes are worthy and then loan them some magic items. The cult drops the heroes near a scab in the land, over a crypt. The heroes land near the spire and fight off a number of blood oozes and make their way down to the lower levels.

Next the heroes fight off some magical shadows of themselves before finding the central moon room. After a time, the heroes figure out the elevator system and find several rooms, including a room with paintings, a room with ghostly images of the lich and his minions, and then a room with six statues. After a couple tries, the heroes figure out how to get out of the room. The heroes then solve the riddle of the Blood Golem room, just before it appears.

Finally the heroes find the lower crypt and Draven and Sagittarius put the guarding gems back in their holders and negate the forming Blood Golem. The lich blasts the rogue and shaman and Catori is down. Draven turns the Lich into a frog and the group tosses it into the coffin. The pixie tries and fails to put the lid on the coffin. Hystan runs over and heals Catori, and she is able to run over and put the lid on the coffin after the group manages to put the frog back into the coffin. The Paladin says the magic words, sealing the lich back into the coffin.

20230916 Samurai and Ninja Robots Arise
Sonya - Half Elf Warlord (Stuart)
Draven - Eladrin Revenant Mage (Ross)
Hystan (Half Elf Ranger) - Vic
Oleander - Pixie, Warlock (Chris)
Galbreath (Human Fighter) - Steve T

The heroes are hired to explore a strange ancient facility that was uncovered by a farmer and is emitting strong energy. They are to either bring back artifacts or neutralize any threat to the area. The group finds a powered down industrial lab and dormant factory of some sort. There are many powered down robots around and a fire suppression system. The people here are all long dead and a few have keys, allowing entry to various areas of the factory.

The heroes find their to the central power room and inadvertently repower some of the robots and have to fight their way out of the facility. They make their way out with many recovered artifacts and important information on the facilities purpose.

20231013 A Sword in Need - Continuation of the Scab and Spire
Draven - Eladrin Revenant Mage (Ross)
Sagitarius (Human Rogue) - BK
Hystan (Half Elf Ranger) - Vic
Oleander - Pixie, Warlock (Chris)
Galbreath - Human Fighter - Steve T
Idon Kare - Half Orc Barbarian - Tom

The heroes are on their way back home after their stay in the mountain village that was struck by the earthquake. On the mountain road, they hit a roadblock due to a rampaging dragon and are forced to take a detour. They come across some ruins and are attacked by some beetles and a patrol of Kobolds. After driving the monsters back, the party discovers a sword in a stone and the rogue draws it out and the sword speaks of its master. The heroes see a number of pictures in the ruins that tell the story of the rise and then how an evil necromancer influenced Jocelynn, Champion of Lathander, trapping her in chains.

Finding their way into a crypt the heroes wisely leave the resting spirits and find a room w three mirrors. The group frees a chained champion who throws boulders. The group locates the crypt where Jocelynn is trapped and free her. As the crypt complex begins to collapse, the group defeats an evil hag puppet and make it back to the surface. There Lathander takes back the sword and relays to the Barbarian and Fighter where they might progress in their knowledge or wealth.

20231020 - Finding Arizona - Moopsee!
Ross - Game Master
Sonya (Half Elf Warlord) - Stuart
Sagitarius (Human Rogue) - BK
Hystan (Half Elf Ranger) - Vic
Oleander - (Pixie, Warlock) - Chris
Gizmo - (Githyanki Avenger) - Art
Sineya - (Shardmind Avenger/ Wizard F) - Mickey

The adventurers after getting past some bees, the heroes encounter many giant ants. By passing the ants food, the heroes are allowed to pass. The heroes follow Arizona's trail to a stream that boarders a strange area with woods and fields, each area is perfectly square. The heroes each have to battle a different chess piece. Sagittarius and Flint are both killed in their battles. When Gizmo fights, he is battling the Queen. One at a time, the other heroes appear, including Sagittarius and Flint who were only killed in a game. After the Queen is defeated the heroes appear at the other side of the chess board and continue to chase Arizona. They then come to a beach and meet T Dee and T Dumb. They rest at their resort. Going through a mine, they meet the "MoopSee" monster that drinks the bones of any creature it attacks.

The heroes exit the mines with MoopSee behind them. The climb up the cliff to the nest where the giant crow has taken Arizona. The heroes try to launch an avalanche on MoopSee and inflict more than 100 points of damage, but it is not affected. The heroes enter the nest and see Arizona and are faced w a giant Jabbawok! A desperate fight takes place with many of the heroes taking serious wounds. Sagittarius goes down twice and Hystan goes down as well. The Jabbawok is seriously wounded but when it sees MoopSee, it grabs its eggs and flees. The party is all stunned but recovers, and carries the still stunned Gizmo and Flint with them. The heroes flee toward a portal that Arizona has created and escape the situation.

20231111 Hidden Horrors
Draven - Eladrin Revenant Mage (Ross)
Sagitarius (Human Rogue) - BK
Catori Tree of Storms (Shaman/ Invoker) - Steve L
Galbreath - Human Fighter - Steve T
Idon Kare - Half Orc Barbarian - Tom
Vyiloth (Drow Assasin) - Mark D

In the Dredges of Newport, many people have been vanishing w/o a trace and the city council decides to hire a famed detective, The Guppy to solve the mystery. He's getting too old so he hires the adventurers to assist. After gaining some info at the Green Door Tavern, the heroes, w Tarek, a local, go to a nearby house to look for clues. After a search, they hear screaming and rush to a kidnapping in progress and save a woman and her husband and down a trio of cultists in the process. They find clues on them leading to an abandoned warehouse. On the way to the warehouse, the party diverts to another warehouse with a burnt dead cat in it. The party almost figures out how to get out of the warehouse w/o summoning the evil Panther Wraith, but are not successful. Galbreath saves the day by tossing in the final correct card. The drow Assasin finds a cool new hat. Upon reaching the target warehouse, the heroes encounter several more cultists and two get away down a secret tunnel. The heroes follow and are faced with a trio of deadly traps. The first of which burns several heroes, the heroes avoid the acid rain but the third affects several with the drow covering himself with moss and slime and then taking off all his clothing.

The heroes then enter the final chamber of horrors. Tarek turns out to be the head cultist and is spilling the blood of commoners to summon an evil god. There are six other cultists who turn out to be wererats and a ton of prisoners. A tense battle ensues with a huge demi-god appearing and striking the heroes with its tentacles. With many of the heroes badly wounded, the finally dispatch all the cultists, stopping the flow of blood so the evil demi-god doesn't grow more. The free the commoners the flee before the entire chamber caves in.

20231117 Out of Wonderland

Sonya (Half Elf Warlord) Stuart
Idon Kare (Half Orc Barbarian) Tom
Catori Tree of Storms (Shaman/ Invoker) - Steve L
Annahita (Tiefling Paladin Warlock) Tena
Oleander - Pixie, Warlock (Chris)

After escaping the Jabberwok and the Moopsee, Arizona creates a portal and some of the heroes end up in another part of wonderland, linking up with Catori, Idon Kare and Annahita. They drive off the Bandersnatch cat and meet the JubJub bird. They wander to the Lamia Nobels shop where the goods are of questionable quality. Trying to find the tea party, they buy a boar and row downstream and have to use JubJub meat to calm a group of crabs. Moving inland, they meet Humpty Dumpty and get past his wall. Finally they find the tea party and although the Mad Hatter escapes, Aerizona is able to create a portal home to Newport.

20231208 Where's There's Smoke
Catori Tree of Storms (Shaman/ Invoker) - Steve L
Galbreath - Human Fighter - Steve T
Idon Kare - Half Orc Barbarian - Tom
Annahita (Tiefling Paladin Warlock) Tena
Hystan (Half Elf Ranger) - Vic
Chopper (Human Fighter) - Jae

In the small village of Wayfield, near Newport, the heroes find themselves being hired to deal with a Crimson Owlbear. Upon arriving in the village, the heroes are ambushed by followers of Yagathal. The heroes beat off the cultists. They then proceed to gather the items they need to create a coating which should protect them from the Crimson Owlbear, they come across a group of goblins and when the barbarian begins taking the muckroot, the goblins attack. After a couple minutes of battle, the heroes seem to be gaining the upperhand and then the axe fighter brokers a truce.

The party then retreats to the town and mixes their protective coating. They retire for the night but are awakened before dawn as a fire in the crop field appears. When they arrive, they discover the half orc archer harvesting the crops and a battle breaks out with the heroes versus the half orc and her hires. Unexpectedly, a squad of goblins arrives along with an enraged owlbear. The leader goblin has a couple of eggs and the owlbear recovers them before incinerating the hapless goblin. Catori calms the owlbear and she goes on her way. The half orc and her minions are either captured or fled or in the case of a wanted criminal killed and the party returns to the village.

20240113 Love Locked in Iron- 6th Level
Draven - Eladrin Revenant Mage -Ross
Galbreath - Human Fighter - Steve T
Idon Kare - Half Orc Barbarian - Tom
Hystan (Half Elf Ranger) - Vic
Chopper (Human Fighter) - Jae
Ebok - Human Warlock - Kobe

A dwarf merchant, Ching, hires Hystan the reknown ranger and friends to rescue his daughter Alya who was kidnapped by a Troll. A dwarf scout arrives at the village w the location of the Troll's hideout, in a ruin of an armorer. The heroes set off and a second dwarf scout tells of the existence of two alternate entrances to the lair. The heroes come across the site of a battle and face an evil Spirit wolf which animates a dozen undead. After a tough battle, the heroes defeat all of the undead.

Moving on, they crawl along a small tunnel into some dog kennels. They enter the complex by sneaking along a trench filled w urine. They raid a store room and find some explosives. Then find the main barracks and the front guard room. They find the torture chamber and rescue a tiefling named Bobby McGraw. She helps them by giving them the general layout of the place and telling them how many enemies there are. She also knows how to work the explosives. Idon and Ebok bluff their way past the cooks and end up in the smithy.

The heroes then raid the pantry and bluff their way past the kitchen. The group then locates the smithy and defeat the Fireborn there as well as freeing the dwarf daughter. The PC's plant the explosives and find the throne room and the troll's bedroom. They battle the troll and two more Fireborn and Hystan defeats the troll, sending him into the fire pit. After exiting via the main entrance and hitting the poison dart trap the heroes activate the explosives and bring the whole place down. The heroes return the daughter and gather their reward. The Troll shall have his revenge.

20240119 The Wounded Forest
Draven - Eladrin Revenant Mage (Ross)
Catori Tree of Storms (Shaman/ Invoker) - Steve L
Sagitarius (Human Rogue) - BK
Annahita (Tiefling Paladin Warlock) Tena
Hystan (Half Elf Ranger) - Vic
Oleander - Pixie, Warlock (Chris)

A childhood friend of Catori's requests help in a nearby village that is worried about the forest. The forest was wounded by an act of the order and is growing and has taken on an evil bent. On the way to meet w the leader of the order, the heroes are attacked by Vine Creatures and animals. They are asked to escort the leader of the order into the heart of the forest. With the Pixie navigating, the heroes decide to enter the forest near an old shrine. They make a brief connection w the gods and travel further. They come across a pond, and then a battle site. They fight a couple of rogue Ogres.
Traveling even further, they come across a hunter's cabin, a talking hedgehog and then a town of pixies. They they find the missing priestess and the path to the heart of the forest. They find a huge tree and a tree spirit. They attempt to negotiate and Catori is able to buy the party some time for the senior priestess to begin a spell that will heal the forest. Angry forest vines and the forest itself attack but the heroes hold them off long enough, w Hystan placing several perfect shots at the enraged spirit, for the spell to complete and heal the forest.

20240127  Against the Necro Ghouls and the Old Ones - Helping the Temple of Torm
Adventure Log - January 27, 2024:
DM- Ross

Sonya (Half Elf Warlord) - Stuart
Sagitarius (Human Rogue) - BK
Hystan (Half Elf Ranger) - Vic
Gizmo - (Githyanki Avenger) - Art
Galbreath - Human Fighter - Steve T
Chopper (Human Fighter) - Jae
Ebok - Human Warlock - Kobe

In the coastal mission station of Eldrithorn, our brave party encountered a plea for help from Brother Aldric Shieldhart, a priest of Torm. The mission: to thwart undead-like monstrosities menacing the village. Promised magical rewards, the heroes agreed and were swiftly directed to meet at the beleaguered Eldrithorn.

Upon arrival, the village appeared deserted, its homes ablaze. Unbeknownst to them, the missing villagers had been transformed into Living Ghouls, triggering a gruesome confrontation. Despite vanquishing most of the fiends, the elusive Ghoul King managed to evade the heroes. Tragically, all members, save for Sagitarius, were infected by the Ghouls' bites.

Brother Aldric revealed the horrifying truth: they were doomed to become Ghouls unless their bodies resisted the transformation. Determined, the party embarked on a perilous journey to Newport's Library of Oghma, hoping for a cure. A night at an inn turned into a nightmarish revelation as signs of Ghoul transformation manifested.

Arriving at Newport Library, a conclave of priests discovered the Living Ghouls hailed from another dimension. With no cure in sight, the clerics cast spells to enhance the party's bodies, fortifying them against the disease. Miraculously, the heroes resisted the affliction, returning to their former selves.

In the aftermath, Brother Aldric sought the party's aid to escort him and the orphaned children to the distant city of Shaelrick, home to a Temple of Torm. Aboard The Rogue Mariner, captained by Blackfin Morgan, the party faced a series of unexpected challenges. A surprise attack by inter-dimensional sea creatures, known as "Old Ones," hinted at a connection between the Ghouls and a mysterious book found by Brother Aldric.

With the dangerous tome secured in a Dimensional Box, the party completed their journey to Shaelrick, delivering the orphans and Brother Aldric to the safety of the Temple of Torm. The city's mysteries deepened, leaving the heroes with questions yet unanswered.

20240301  Sewer Contamination
Adventure Log - January 27, 2024:
DM- Stuart

Sagitarius (Human Rogue) - BK
Hystan (Half Elf Ranger) - Vic
Ebok - Human Warlock - Kobe
Catori Tree of Storms (Shaman/ Invoker) - Steve L
Idon Kare - Half Orc Barbarian - Tom
Vyiloth (Drow Assasin) - Mark D

Again, the Guppy hires the PCs to solve crime in the area.  A criminal has escaped prison, the dreaded Blue Water Butcher and needs to be recaptured.  She has vanished into the city sewer system and when a squad of guards tried to go after her, the guards were ambushed by Yargathal cultists.  The heroes follow the same route as the guards and are also ambushed but the heroes drive the cultists off.  Exploring deeper, they try to rescue Draven but it turns out not to be Draven and they are blasted by spells.  Then they are following their own images and cease chasing them.  Then they find a cavern with a portal and a blue witch who immediately jumps through a portal. The heroes give chase and find themselves on a plane of fire with the witch trying to summon a demon Ogre. After short fight where the heroes think they have stopped the spell, the illusion fades and the heroes meet the real Mallie - the Blue Water Butcher. She's nearly not as evil or as powerful as originally thought and reveals that she, and them, are all trapped down here by a very powerful and magical creature.

The heroes agree to join forces w her and then find and defeat the terrible monster. Mallie then is able to show the party the exit back to the surface.

20240413 Nature vs Nurture (7th Level)

Draven - Eladrin Revenant Mage -Ross
Galbreath - Human Fighter - Steve T
Hystan (Half Elf Ranger) - Vic
Catori Tree of Storms (Shaman/ Invoker) - Steve L
Idon Kare - Half Orc Barbarian - Tom
Annahita (Tiefling Paladin Warlock) Tena


The heroes are at a celebration of a mine being open for six months and suddenly six burrowing creatures burst into the celebration hall. The town folk and town elders scatter while the heroes and a few skilled villagers fight off the monsters. A druid appears and helps the towns folk. After the heroes beat off the monsters, the heroes leave to explore the mine but are opposed by two dozen miners.
Idon and Draven intimidate them into letting them past. In the mine, the heroes find some mining cars and elect to ride instead of walk. They encounter two carrion crawlers and a wraith and leave them in the dust. Galbreath is able to stop the cars before they derail at a junction and later, stop before running into a barrier. Deeper down, they find a crevasse, determine there is evil rising out of it and then cave in the entire area.
As they are leaving the mine, a huge pack of wolves is attacking the town. Again the heroes fight off the wolves with the "help" of the druid. A huge bear is with the heroes and they manage to slay it.
They confront the druid and tell her they've resolved the evil within the mine.

They then go with one of the elders to a nearby bar to discuss what should be done. The heroes play some of the games there, putting coins in envelopes, riding a ghost boar, and guessing riddles.
The heroes meet with all three of the town elders and decide to wait a few days to see if the un-natural events around the mine cease.

No further calamities happen and the town pays the heroes for their help.