[Side-Session:: True]
[Recorded:: True]
DM - [Butter:: True]
Shain - [Fluxy:: True]
Aragorn - [Andrew:: True]
Session begins Moonblossom 16th 800av 11AM.
- Shain and Aragorn bid farewell to Ner’ees, leaving her with gold and an earring before she departs for Discernia.
- Shain briefly considers checking the contents of a box returned by Nereese but decides against it.
- The group confirms they are heading toward Judicar, possibly cutting through the forest for a shorter route.
- They purchase two horses: an orange/light brown horse and a dark brown spotted horse.
- As they travel, Shain casts Gift of Alacrity on himself, rolling a 1d8 to boost his initiative.
- The party enters a dense forest that grows unnaturally dark despite it being noon.
- They notice rustling in the underbrush but see nothing. Deciding to press on, they hear the screeching of bats.
- Shain sends his crow familiar to scout, but it is quickly attacked by a flock of bats. He recalls it before it’s harmed.
- Wolves howl in the distance, adding to the tension. They realize they are halfway through the woods, making turning back pointless.
- As they push forward, they spot a green light in the distance, also the source of a rhythmic thumping sound.
- Moving cautiously, they come across a massive magic circle (50ft), emitting green light. A woman in a black gown is using a large axe to carve up a body at its center.
- A black cat, aided by spectral hands, carries bags of powder toward the magic circle.
- The group attempts to stealthily observe but fails. The woman immediately notices them and smiles eerily, turning toward them while beginning to cast a spell.
- Aragorn fires two arrows, missing the woman but hitting the cat, which dies instantly.
- Upon the cat’s death, the magic circle pulses, and the mutilated body reanimates as a grotesque, multi-limbed zombie.
- Shain backs off 60 feet into the forest, keeping distance while remaining in sight.
- The woman completes her spell, summoning a Fire Elemental, but visibly weakens, falling to one knee.
- Aragorn, still hasted, charges at the woman, striking her six times with a Great Weapon Master combo, severing her arms and decapitating her.
- With the witch dead, only the Fire Elemental and the zombie remain, both still aggressive.
- Aragorn redirects his attacks toward the zombie, striking it multiple times but triggering a contested Strength check as the zombie’s extra limb attempts to grab him.
- After a few more rounds of combat, both the zombie and the Fire Elemental retreat, running in separate directions.
- They finish heading toward Intellectia, arriving in the city. They read from a newspaper the general layout of the city1.
Session ends Moonblossom 17th 800av 3AM.