Session 55: Of Magic Trees and Headaches

General Summary

After collecting the meat and bones from the strange bison things, Duldar and Skrik get into a discussion on how to destroy the trees. I get started on that a bit by borrowing an axe from Duldar to chop down one of the trees. And after Janey says that it’s gonna keep making things paralyzed if they get close, I chop it into manageable chunks and we stuff enough wood for 2 shields into the magic hole. Just gotta figure out a way to make it so we’re not affected by it as well. And then turn it into a shield to use against our enemies, right?   Next up: Moving on. There’s a dead end with some bones under trees. And Skrik says there’s movement in the trees. So, here we go killing again. Between Voron and myself, and Janey hurting the strange tentacle-wielding beast that attacked her, the first 3 die pretty quickly. And between Duldar and Janey using a LOT of fire on the other trees, the rest of them tumble out of their trees, pre-cooked. Okay then. That was pretty quick.   We use those bodies to feed the family of Owlbears so we can get past without having to kill them. I don’t know if that’s good enough for Janey, but I kinda like not having to kill everything in here. Saves time and effort, and lets us focus on killing things that are trying to kill us in turn.   The next White Gate brings us to an area of the map called the “Far Realm Cysts”, and… It’s kinda spooky and dark. And Janey gets giddy about a big circle that can summon in things from this Far Realm place. But as she tries to wreck it so the bad guys can’t use it anymore, something goes wrong and everybody but Janey and myself need some of the “happy water” we got from a pond that can apparently restore you to get rid of the headache it gave. Then Janey messes up again and needs some of the happy water as well. At least Skrik made sure to get a LOT of it this time in case we need more. But, 3rd time’s the charm and Janey wrecks the circle. If we were this stymied by a fricken circle, I’m not looking forward to seeing what the rest of this place is gonna be like… Dang Liches and their phylacteries. Are we to this vault thing yet?!

Rewards Granted

81520 xp total