Discovery, Exploration
The Bucket Brigade eventually locates the Sharran hideout deep below the surface. They encounter wild creatures of various shapes and sizes roaming the perimeter. Inside the abandoned hideout, they battle evil undead creatures that can travel through walls. Eventually the lack of proper weapons and lack of ways to deal with fire and necromancy forces the party to make a sudden retreat back to the surface.
The Bucket Brigade discovers the entrance to the Sharran Hideout hidden inside the storage room of a nearby tavern. A 200 ft. vertical tunnel with a metal ladder leads them deep below the surface. Within, they encounter and dispatch of a variety of strange and unusual creatures roaming around what appears to be an abandoned hideout. They also discover patches of magical darkness in various sections of the structure. Stella "The Frozen" Sheethnae accidentally stumbles right into the clutches of a carniverous plant like creature while exploring the natural cave structures that surround the perimeter of the hideout and barely manages to escape being swallowed alive. Mid fight, a heavily armored bipedal creature with bug-like facial features burrows directly into the melee which complicates matters further.
Eventually they successfully deal with the threats and find a partially consumed body within the carniverous plant they managed to slay. They discover he is wearing magical boots and is in possession of a magical ring and lantern as well. In the very back of the natural caves they discovering a magically concealled cave guarded by shreiking mushrooms. Inside, after some investigation, the party is able to determine that the hidden cave was created to start an underground drug opertation. Someone had recently begun growing and cultivating Terazul with the aid of magical scrolls.
The Bucket Brigade changes their approach using more caution by sticking to a slower more deliberate pace. Their caution is well deserved as they are eventually overwhelmed by a formidable group of undead beings led by a shadowy wraith. They barely escape with their lives, utilizing their dimensional door ability from their newfound War Wizard cloaks to evacuate 3 unconscious members. Vinos Serrat is in the worst shape with his flesh literally rotting in necrosis from when the wraith managed to firmly grab him by the throat, causing his surrounding flesh to rot prematurely.