Participants:
Bryseis - Cheryl K
Zain - Daniel N
Azool - James T
Dibbler - Johnny L
Dibbler a gnome wizard who has been cast out of the artisan guild travels to Farswell to visit his distant relative Alep Coppertink. Unfortunately he is unaware that the forest is teeming with goblins this time and ran into a patrol of them late in the night.
Dibbler manages to trick the goblins into thinking that he is on their side and they went in pursuit of the "Heroes of Farswell" who have thwart the goblin's plan to invade Farswell numerous times. To demonstrate his abilities, Dibbler cast a light spell that illuminated himself and the goblins. The goblins picked up the trail of the heroes and made their way towards the party.
The party while resting picked up on a distant light approaching their campsite. Azool, Zain and Bry readied themselves and prepared for what is coming while the rest appeared to be too exhausted to get up and defend themselves. Zain used his superb concentration to help the party appear less conspicuous but Azool did not manage to find a hiding spot in time.
As the goblins near the party's campsite, they charged into battle with their shortbows as Dibbler has convinced them they would be more accurate firing into point blank range. The goblins spotting Azool unleashed their arrows at him. Azool and Bry sprang into action and tangled with the goblins while Zain ran towards Dibbler and is convinced the gnome is of ill intent for conspiring with the goblins.
After some time, the party emerged victorious. The misunderstanding between Dibbler and the party was also cleared. Dibbler decided to tag along as there were safety in numbers.
The party soon came across more Goblins, this time the goblins did something unexpected. The leader of the goblin introduced himself as Rugmak, a boss of a tribe of goblins and suggested that the party strike a deal with them. At first the party was uncooperative and grilled the goblin for information. As a show of trust and perhaps under threat of imminent death, the Rugmak spilled the beans about the goblin invasion.
It was headed by Maggrot, a self styled general that "united" several goblins and hobgoblins into a single cohesive fighting force. At his side is an enigmatic human known as Lucas serving as Maggrot's advisor. Rugmak's tribe was pressed into service and he did not fancy losing his life or risking his tribe by facing the "Heroes of Farswell" who already slain many of the goblins that got in their way.
Rugmak's deal was that if the party helped him rescue his tribesmen from the Giant Spiders in the eastern part of the forest, he will sabotage Maggrot's invasion by swaying other goblins bosses to his side. The party after some thought reluctantly agreed to aid the Rugmak and traveled towards the giant spider's lair.
The party arrived at the lair and found it heavily webbed. They set about exploring and cutting open the silken cocoons only to find swarms of spider crawling out. It was not long before the Giant Spiders descended on the party to defend their lair. The party fought a grueling battle as they were not coordinated as a unit. Each party member fought a giant spider on his and her own. Just as the party was gaining the upper hand. A humanoid bearing arachnid like features climbed down from the webs and descended on the party. Azool in a rage slew on of the giant spiders and turned to face the spider like humanoid.
First to fall was Bryseis , Dibbler fought valiantly and held his own for a while against a giant spider but at last his magical defenses failed and he too fell in battle. The goblins that came with the party tried to fight off the spiders but was not terribly successful at it. One of the Spiders leap onto the goblin and tearing the small humanoid apart.
Azool consumed with rage was not able to aid his fallen comrades. And eventually he fell to the strange creature as its poison coursed through his veins but not before he grievously wounded the creature. Zain being the last one alive, quickly ran towards Bryseis and fed her a healing potion before he was overwhelmed by the remaining spiders.
Bryseis climbed back up and realize that the party needed her magic more than her sword arm. Weaved magical healing power into Azool. Azool sprang back up in action and inflicted a crippling blow on the spider like humanoid. The creature not wanting to die tried to flee but Azool cut it down before it had the chance to do so. Bryseis eventually revived Dibbler and the party combined their efforts to bring down the last of the giant spiders.
The party was successful at last but found that many of the goblins that they came to rescue was already infested with spiderlings and there was no hope for them. With only a handful of goblins rescued, the party quickly retreated back to the goblin village to recuperate.
The party eventually set off towards Fort Calen to enlist the help of the Green Knights to fight against Maggrot's horde. Before they left, the party demanded Rugmak to send on of his own to guide them through the forest. Gibbet the goblin that the original party has met before was "volunteered" for the mission.
Gibbet proved his usefulness as he guided the party and avoided many of the traps set by the goblins as well as patrols from other goblin tribes. The party staying true to their mission avoided unnecessary attention where they could until they were set upon by a plant like creature that rose from the undergrowth to consume them.
The party fought desperately to put down the creature but it was relentless. It engulfed Zain as the party tried to free him from it. Azool using his greatsword cleave a blow that weakened the creature's grip on Zain. Taking the opportunity, Zain struggle and broke free from the creature's grip. Still the plant like creature fought on, ignoring Dibbler's as he blasted bolts of fire at it.
Zain got right back up and struck at the plant like creature. It spun around and slammed two of its vines into Zain, felling him in two strokes. Meanwhile, Bryseis deftly struck at creature all this time and shouted words of encouragement to Azool as he continue hacking at the creature wildly.
Despite enduring several blows that would have decapitate several goblins, the plant like creature remain standing and kept mauling at the party. Dibbler decided to take a risk and weaved his magic to cast Tasha's Hideous Laughter at the creature. At first he doubt whether it would work. But the creature keel over and the leaves and roots of the creature started to twitch.
Azool took the opportunity and kept wailing on the creature. It got back up only to be hit by another Tasha's Hideous Laughter from Bryseis. The party kept this on until the plant like creature was no more. All that remains was bits of plant matter, bark, roots and vines that is scattered all over the place.
Campaign logs with details can be found here.
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