s2e21 Nice Cosplay, Jhalros

General Summary

Date: 4th of Zuun 1075 ZC

Starting before our long rest. We have with us: Dream, the Duke, Da'Har, Theo, Ziljin, Alieda, Brick, Brock, Kakerlake, and the two Kraul warriors.
  Alieda and Kakerlake are talking about coming up with an antidote for the black oozy fungus that we found. Dream finds some notes that the people at the camp were keeping, where they were trying to find an antidote as well. With those notes, and the supplies they had, Krakerlake and Aleida get to work. We get three doses of an antidote against the fungus.
  We long rest. Ziljin stays behind at the camp. ---

Date: 5th of Zuun 1075 ZC

Boss Battle: Jhalros

Dream navigates us through the river, following the magic of the ooze. We come into a well-lit tavern, and a cultist at the top of the cave awakens a rot pile, and all of the cultists in the cave attack. 5 acolytes, 5 drudges, 2 summoners, an executioner, a herald, and "Lilith."
  Lilith runs deeper into the cave, and returns with Jhalros and two guardians. But Theo has a Silence spell on the mouth of the cave, so we can't hear him exposit. In the middle of the battle, the Duke tosses 5 explosives and takes out the ooze, the creepy red orb in the corner, the flesh clot, and some zombies. The red orb explodes, and all of the ooze disapates. Dream, who has flown out of the cave into the sky above (to flag down our boros wojek allies on rocs), sees all of the ooze throughout the valley disapate as well.
  Dream lands the final Mind Spike to take down Jhalros, and green energy bursts from the body as black and green vines sprout out of the ground and around him. The body reanimates and lifts back up. The Cultist Fanatic refers to the new being as Lord Mirax. He power word kills the Firefist, and then makes Kraterellin fall to the floor, writhing in pain. He tries to read Dream's mind, but she resists. Lord Mirax tells the the remaining cultists to head home, and then sends thorns through their bodies to kill them, before all of the vines slink away. Kakerlake saves Kraterellin, and he comes back with fungus growing out of him. He feels a drive to go to the dread swamps. What we learn from the books: -mark of Meraxos can be transferred from one person to another, and is a magical signature to identify cult members. We gain a spell scroll to transfer it, but we would need someone with the mark. -The collar that Jhalros was wearing was a duplicate of the guild signet that Lord Mirax wears. The red orb and the power to control the ooze comes from their patron, Mirax. -There's another spell scroll. REMINDER. (DM Note: It's a Spell Scroll of Intellect Fortress) -The cult is very against the guild system. It prevents the Golgari from thriving or growing. -Updated location: cult with the guild signet is south of the rubble belt. On our way to explore the lower cave, we get a ping on our detect magic, and find a bag of holding. In the lower cave, there is a war hoard of Jhalros. 3k-ish gold. We'll give it to the Gruul and Kraul refugees.
  Next time: LEVEL UP. Comfort Brocknar and the Kraul. Go back to Ziljin. Long rest. Tie up things at the camp. Go steal coke from the goblin
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24 Mar 2024

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