Session 14: Under Stormy Skies

General Summary

After handing the gem back to the Martikov Family and gaining new allies in the valley, you all decide to continue on to The Village of Berez in hopes of uncovering the true nature of the card reading, finding Maisie's sister and taking the second missing gem back from Baba Lysaga .   On your journey, Ezmerelda d'Avenir split form the party, telling them they can find her at a tower near Lake Baratok (maybe the same one Rictavio refered to... when ready she hopes you will help her find Doctor Rudolph van Richten and plan another infiltration of Castle Ravenloft.  

Nature's Fury

• After Ez splits from the party, they find themselves ambushed on the road....
• Maisie is shot at by two posioned darts, while the first one missed the second wasn't so lucky.
• The culprit was Rahadin who demands the party returns what was stolen from his Lord.
• Whether this is Ireena Kolyana herself or the portait of Tatyana Federovna Maisie stole and placed inside her Bag of Holding is unclear.
• Only Garreak Facan and Madam Eva are able to shake off their surprise as a fight breaks out.
• Alongside Rahadin, two dire wolves and a horde of undead zombies close in.
• As Rahadin approached, some of you began to hear the thousands of souls wailing, all slain by his hand; some of you were unable to shake off this horror.
• Maisie, Kerberos and Ireena all heard this over the course of the fight.
• Garreak then proceeds to bloody Rahadin in one turn, well placed arrow to the gallbladder!
• Everyone works together to pick off the minions and kill Rahadin before he can escape back to Castle Ravenloft.
• Maisie just casually makes plants start beating the shit out of enemies that are within 10ft of a plant...this was in a forrest so each of her turns became...
• Roll DEX saves for 10 plus enemies, the zombies usually failed.
• Even on a pass they take at least 5 bludgoning/slashing damage which means I have to roll to see what body part they lose.
• Make STR saves to see if one enemy of Kizza's choice is bound.
• Rinse and repeat.
• Anyway this deadly encounter ended with no party deaths, y'all can't keep getting away with this!

Into the Swamp

On the Edge

• The trail hugs the river for several miles. The dirt and grass soon turn to marsh as the trail dissolves into spongy earth pockmarked with stands of tall reeds and pools of stagnant water.
• A thick shroud of fog covers all. Scattered throughout the marsh are old peasant cottages, their walls covered with black mildew, their roofs mostly caved in.
• These decrepit dwellings seem to hunker down in the mire, as though they have long since given up on escaping the thick mud. Everywhere you look, black clouds of flies dart about, hungry for blood.
• The fog is much thinner on the far side of the river, where a light flashes amid a dark ring of standing stones.
• You see various destroyed Keepers of the Feather camps, some a bloody mess (perhaps caused by a spawn attack) others by something else.
• Oh btw Maisie is shit faced for all this, so thats fun.

Shell of a Village

• The party splits and explores the ruins, nothing of note is found except an intact enough cottage to use as a camp and the remains of a camp that appears to have had fire going in the last day...
• Throughout the ruins, Scarecrows stand tall...some of you can't help but remember that night in outer Waterdeep.
• These could be Baba Lysaga 's security system or spies, but you're not sure.
• Maisie turns into a dog and with Kendrick's company tries to pick up her sister's scent but the rotting bog masks almost anything and her drunk state absolutely isn't helping.

1. Everdeen Swiftskip and Madame Hallelujah .
2. Kerberos and Skeleton Archer.
3. Garreak Facan and Maisie.
4. Maisie and Ireena Kolyana.

Session ended at Session ended at 6pm 20/9/735; 20th of Sintavr, 735