Whispers in the Woods
General Summary
Prim saw a notice on the board talking about trees that were being hollowed out near the Hobgoblin Nation. Wanting to figure out the problem so she could protect nature, she called upon Bullgup, Nightfall, and Alik to meet her in Xiomara to solve this issue.
After meeting together in the Flame of the Forest inn and cheering up a Catfolk, the party began their travels to Lakeside where they met with the writer of the board post who was drinking himself to sleep. After a quick bath courtesy of Bullgup, they were able to find out a little more information regarding what was going on. Some entity had been hollowing out trees and filling them with the remains of dead animals and humanoids near the swamp west of Lakeside. After spending the night at the inn in Lakeside, the party departed for the wilderness.
Upon getting into the swamp, the party quickly started seeing the trees that they’d been told about. Traveling further in, they noticed that the hollowed out trees were getting more frequent. After a short time they came up to an area in the swamp where Bullgup, having cast a spell that lets him see through the underbrush, noticed a strange magical beast eating out of one of the trees. After identifying it, the creature noticed them and began to make its way toward them. The party quickly neutralized it though with a scalding geyser and acid pit combination. The battle was guaranteed to work in their favor until another one came out of the jungle that had been just beyond Bullgup’s vision and nearly killed Alik with a deadly contact poison. The party was able to focus their attention on that one though and quickly finished the battle. After the battle, they found the bones of a dead elven woman who had been studying what was happening in these swamps and had been killed by the magical beasts. In her notes, she spoke of the god Ramenos who she thought people were trying to bring back. Bullgup took her bones with the intention of possibly reincarnating her in the future.
Moving onwards, the party came to a more swampy area with large pools of water. There, they were ambushed by a pair of demons whose presence was causing the area to become twisted and corrupted. After dazing some of the party, Alik practiced using a new spell he’d learned and caused one of them to dance uncontrollably. After that, the next demon was blinded and teleported away in fear of being destroyed.
Finally, the group came to the source of the mayhem in the swamp. They found two boggards, one who was throwing bodies in a large pool and the other praying. The party ambushed the two when a huge froghemoth came out of the swamp. Through excellent teamwork, Bullgup took care of the froghemoth taking the form of a huge water elemental and Nightfall counterspelled a terrible spell from the shaman. Very quickly afterwards, all the enemies perished at the hands of the party. Bullgup finished by causing all the plants to be enriched over the course of the next year and the went back to their places of dwelling victorious.
After meeting together in the Flame of the Forest inn and cheering up a Catfolk, the party began their travels to Lakeside where they met with the writer of the board post who was drinking himself to sleep. After a quick bath courtesy of Bullgup, they were able to find out a little more information regarding what was going on. Some entity had been hollowing out trees and filling them with the remains of dead animals and humanoids near the swamp west of Lakeside. After spending the night at the inn in Lakeside, the party departed for the wilderness.
Upon getting into the swamp, the party quickly started seeing the trees that they’d been told about. Traveling further in, they noticed that the hollowed out trees were getting more frequent. After a short time they came up to an area in the swamp where Bullgup, having cast a spell that lets him see through the underbrush, noticed a strange magical beast eating out of one of the trees. After identifying it, the creature noticed them and began to make its way toward them. The party quickly neutralized it though with a scalding geyser and acid pit combination. The battle was guaranteed to work in their favor until another one came out of the jungle that had been just beyond Bullgup’s vision and nearly killed Alik with a deadly contact poison. The party was able to focus their attention on that one though and quickly finished the battle. After the battle, they found the bones of a dead elven woman who had been studying what was happening in these swamps and had been killed by the magical beasts. In her notes, she spoke of the god Ramenos who she thought people were trying to bring back. Bullgup took her bones with the intention of possibly reincarnating her in the future.
Moving onwards, the party came to a more swampy area with large pools of water. There, they were ambushed by a pair of demons whose presence was causing the area to become twisted and corrupted. After dazing some of the party, Alik practiced using a new spell he’d learned and caused one of them to dance uncontrollably. After that, the next demon was blinded and teleported away in fear of being destroyed.
Finally, the group came to the source of the mayhem in the swamp. They found two boggards, one who was throwing bodies in a large pool and the other praying. The party ambushed the two when a huge froghemoth came out of the swamp. Through excellent teamwork, Bullgup took care of the froghemoth taking the form of a huge water elemental and Nightfall counterspelled a terrible spell from the shaman. Very quickly afterwards, all the enemies perished at the hands of the party. Bullgup finished by causing all the plants to be enriched over the course of the next year and the went back to their places of dwelling victorious.
Rewards Granted
Loot:
Potions
[750 gp] Potion of Remove Disease
[50gp] Potion of Mage Armor
Rods
[12,000 gp] Rod of Wonder
Scrolls
[800 gp] Arcane Scroll of Vitriolic Mist
Wands
[15,750 gp] Wand of Ward of the Season
Weapons
[11,315 gp] Earthenflail
[132 gp] Sleep Arrow
Wondrous Items
[3,300 gp] Shroud of Disintegration
Experience gained
Alik (13), Bullgup (13), Nightfall (13), Prim (13): 5,363xp = 1300xp (poisonous bison) + 975xp (Swamp Demons) + 3088xp (Froghemoth summoning)
Potions
[750 gp] Potion of Remove Disease
[50gp] Potion of Mage Armor
Rods
[12,000 gp] Rod of Wonder
Scrolls
[800 gp] Arcane Scroll of Vitriolic Mist
Wands
[15,750 gp] Wand of Ward of the Season
Weapons
[11,315 gp] Earthenflail
[132 gp] Sleep Arrow
Wondrous Items
[3,300 gp] Shroud of Disintegration
Experience gained
Alik (13), Bullgup (13), Nightfall (13), Prim (13): 5,363xp = 1300xp (poisonous bison) + 975xp (Swamp Demons) + 3088xp (Froghemoth summoning)
