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Sun 30th Jan 2022 09:11

Deck the Dungeons: 12/15/2021

by Odd One

A strange flurry of snow whisks Starke, Belladona, and I away from the Crimson Scar Keep to a new location. In a Wintery Wonderland type of village, we meet two people. They introduce themselves as Mrs. Clause, a cute plump old woman, and Dasher, a wood-elf ranger.
Two strange knights walk up to all of us as we are introducing ourselves and ask us to assist in finding a man named Santa Clause, who has mysteriously gone missing. The Knight in bright shiny armor introduces himself as the "Holy Knight' and he refers to the other as 'Silent Knight'.
They say their main suspect is Krampus; an evil creature who despises Christmas and loves to torture children.
The knights lead us to a Christmas Elf named Candy McSnowflake who gives us all gifts to assist us in finding Santa Clause.
Belladonna receives a Candy Cane Shiv that deals extra damage and Starke receives a Snowglobe that turns any terrain into difficult terrain.
My gift is a Knock-Off Santa Hat that allows me to cast a spell if three conditions are met: 1) the spell deas frost damage, 2) has an appropriate spell slot available for use, and 3) succeeds a DC of 10 Arcana check for cantrips or a DC of 15 Arcana check for other spell levels [e.g. ice knife or ray of frost].
Suddenly, several evil snowmen appear to stop us from leaving to find Santa Clause. During combat, Starke meets a puppy and calls him Campbell's Soup.
After defeating one of the snowmen, I steal a second Santa Hat [non-magical] and use both of my new hats to keep my ears warm.
After these creatures are dealt with, the party decides to go and take a short rest in the nearby tavern. I decide to keep watch and alert the others if any more enemies come by to try to stop us.
Sitting under a large Christmas tree in the middle of the village, I see more enemies approach. It appears to be Krampus, a Yeti, as well as some kind of Hag.
I sneak away to the tavern to alert the party.
The enemies are difficult and I call out to Hyrsam for help before falling to unconsciousness after getting hit by the Hag and the Yeti.
Hyrsam appears and helps us win the battle. Mrs. Clause ends up killing Krampus by ripping out his horns and stabbing him with them. She appears to keep them both as a souvenir. The Yeti and Krampus were both killed but the Hag disappeared.
Santa is found alive and the knights send us back to where we all came from via another flurry of snow.