Session 15 6/17/23

The morning after the feast, Wabnuc and I to go speak with the local shaman, a priest of Thir. Outside the temple, there is a place to make a water offering, which we do out of respect. The priest is performing a scrying ritual of some sort and seems quite worried at the results. He shares that it is a bad omen; the local dragon protector has been missing for a year and there some ominous event is on the horizon.
 
We offer to help of course, and want to take him to the location where he can better commune with the town protector. He informs us of the necessary preparations, mostly gathering meat for an offering, and then clearing giant frog monsters out of where the boat we'll use to make the trip is stored, a days travel.
 
The meat will come from a wild boar hunt! This should be fun. Verna is a great scout and tracks down a small herd. They scatter, and I take one down in two quick strikes. Apparently Verna wasn't the one who spooked them, it was a giant Bear! This hunt just got interesting.
 
Oakburn summons a wolf to aid him, and we all clear out some of the boars while making our way to the bear. It is a tough fight, but we manage to down him. It turns out it was a wild shaped druid. What was he doing here? Why did he attack us? This leaves more questions that we may not have time to get answered.
 
We report back to the shaman with the meat. He's a little unhappy that the best one was downed in two strikes instead of one. Beggars can't be choosers though - I've seen his "warriors" and it would take much more than two strikes for any of them to down a boar. This was the cleanest kill this town has seen in a long time. Perhaps it's just nerves on his part and he was looking for a reason to delay the journey.
 
Before settling down for the night, I take the time to summon a magical steed. It is a beautiful warhorse. This will make the journey much more comfortable.
 
In the morning we make the journey through the marshes. It's a little slow going with the cart, but my horse makes it's relatively easy for me. Eventually, we get ambushed by the giant frog creatures. They are extremely tricky and keep trying to blend in with the environment. Rex is able to tag one with a spell, but the one I am after fades in and out of view. He attempts to eat me, but eventually I am able to down him, and then converge with the party as we finish off the others.