Day 2- Artificer's Mansion

Battle begins shortly after we enter the woods. After we took too long to put out a torch, three wolves, and a giant spider approach. The wolves don't look like they want behind-the-ear-scratches. Fizz popped a smoke when the wolves started running at us. This allowed me to hit wolf two with a throwing knife, I called out that he's one shot. Too bad Zex can't hit his shots. Loviathan took a nibble and forgot to spam "x" so he's one shot. Fizz was cracked and one tapped the spider with lightning chaos bolt. Loveiathan took another hit and got knocked. I whack-a-moled that same wolf I cracked earlier and he took a nap. Zex can't hit any of his shots. Var also got knocked, it's not looking great. Fizz seems to prove himself in battle again and again, went in for the execution on the remaining wolf outside the smoke. I came in and cleaned up the kill. a wolf came up behind and tried to bite me. Fizz came around and hit it, again, I finished it off.
 
We took a break following the encounter. The dead were buried and blessings were made.
 
We kept on and found 2 gargoyles guarding a path, and just as we were about to poke the eyes to see if it's alive, Var sees a trap. Well, then the genius fails to defuse the bomb. Takes some damage via arrows. Var eats shit again. Gets healed from Loviathan, and then fails yet again.
 
We try an elaborate way to sneak up to the door before doing several investigations before just going to open the door. Love set off a pressure plate in order to hug a gargoyle. I showed Val how to dodge an arrow. Val learned how to activate a pressure plates, and how to get penetrated by arrows. This is worth 20xp for him.
 
Then we start looking around the place. Seems nothing worth protecting it appears. Fizz got some vibes which lead us to an artificer workshop. Var took some blueprints and a book for beginners after finding out he dumb. Fizz found some magic gems, which must be valuable! Var then went on rambling about the significance of these stones. Lots of blueprints and things were found with 3 magic gems.