A Shortcut For Mushrooms: RPG Session 13

General Summary

"These are the golden retrievers of giant frogs."
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Dramatis Personae

Heroes of the Story:

Gúrda Thérun, a Frost Dwarf druid from the wild North;

Geort Adanar, a human paladin and a rough and tumble sort;

Melé Alkabahar, a human avenger, seeking glory in battle against evil; and

Daz Dromégar, a human bard, aiming to defeat the local bandits and free his friends.

In the Forest:

A varied amount of mushroom people, bandits and even giant frogs.

What Happened

Following their nightly encounter with the Ettercaps, the four members of The Drakeslayers continued their travels in the direction of the ruined city of Calteri. Believing this to be the location of the bandits responsible for the abduction of Daz's musical troupe, the group got closer and closer to the supposed location of the pre-Empire city. As the path got thinner and more meandering, the group trusted it and continued more and more south.
About halfway through their journey, they were surprised to see the path begin to branch off in two directions, one heading west and the other continuing southwards. After a quick reorientation and a short conversation, the group continued south, and came upon another fork in the path, although this other path continued parallel to the first. Splitting up to cover both sides of the path, the group continued on more cautiously.
Within a short time, Melé noticed a strangely wiggling mushroom. When she attempted to cut it, it sprouted legs and ran off. Giving chase, the group eventually discovered that they were being led into a trap involving three other mushroom people or Myconids. After defeating the strange mushroom people, the party continued along the road.
After another day of long travel, they began to set up camp when Gúrda heard voices and saw light in the distance near a large pond. Daz and Geort decided to scout ahead to find out the source of the voices, and the pair were nearly caught when they found a trio of bandits. Running back to camp, they were followed back and another fight began. This time, the surprise was a pair of trained giant frogs used by the bandits. Despite the imposing nature of the giant frogs, the group quickly dispatched the lot of them.
The next morning, the group continued the remaining few miles to the ruins of Calteri and took notice of the walls of the city, still standing despite the centuries since the city was inhabited. Around the ruins of the gates there were four bandits, one of whom was wearing a set of green robes. In an attempt to get inside by stealth, Melé and Daz snuck up to the walls and climbed up the walls. Unfortunately, a guard saw Daz as he clambered up and shot at him with a crossbow as a loud alarm began to ring out across the city ruins...

Campaign

The Return of Xernar

Protagonists

Gúrda Thérun

Daz Dromégar

Geort Adanar

Melé Alkabahar

Report Date

22 Aug 2018

Primary Location

Gratica

Secondary Location

Calteri