Adventure 1.3: An Errand for Amalthea - Group 2, Session 3

General Summary

After an evening of being entertained by the Lizardfolk chieftain - a feast that featured lots of uncooked meats and other questionable things - the party started the return journey home.

Crossing Malyra's Stream was a bit more of a challenge this time. Aryk lost his grip on the crossing rope and was near to drowning when Tanalith pulled him back above water by the beard. Pickles, too, required assistance to avoid drowning. But it was two hours later - in the afternoon of the first day - when the really "interesting" part of the return journey occurred.

As the party crossed what they knew to be Boggard territory, they were constantly reminded of the fact by the distant croaking communications of the frog-folk. It was only their wariness that prevented complete surprise when the Boggard warrior patrol leapt to the attack. Two Boggards attacked from cover with thrown javelins. One struck Thornas the monk and another struck the ranger Tanalith. A third Boggard stayed under cover and crept closer. The party returned the attack, with Thornas rushing the one that had struck him, while Aryk charged the one that had struck the elf. Pickles the goblin started firing frost rays and other spells with varying effects as the melee fighters slugged it out with the frog-folk, and the ranger fired arrows. Zatqualmie offered healing magics to Thornas to counter the damage taken from repeated javelin strikes.

By the time the third boggard had made its presence known, the first two were dead or near to it. The party converged on and surrounded the third. It went down, but not before Aryk also went down - restored by Zat's healing magics.

The remainder of the journey out of the Fens was uneventful. Daphinia was waiting for them as she had promised, and the five-day journey back to the Inn as also uneventful as she and her "forest friends" ensured that none would bother the party.

Upon returning to the Inn, Branwyne informed the party that she would get in touch with Amalthea so the party could deliver their message directly. It would take a day or two, though - the party was granted free room and board in the meantime.

As the party relaxed and recuperated from their journey, they contemplated on the many things they had seen and done since meeting here a a few weeks ago. They were indeed "becoming adventurers". Even Zatqualmie, though he did not realize it, was becoming an adventurer.

THIS ENDS THE ADVENTURE.

Rewards Granted

Experience award: 350xp each -- this brings each party member to a total of 1050 - enough to attain Level 2.