## [[2024-02-15|2024-02-15]] - climb up stairs to see what's above - stairs end at a stone door that seems sort of concealed - Wrelen opens door into a room of empty wine cellar - trapdoor in the ceiling - Wrelen can't open the trapdoor - pulls a hamstring - Bayden flips the trapdoor open - rubble scatters everywhere - ceiling above seems caved in - we exit the house - we're in a ruined village - it's about 10am - no landmarks or well-traveled roads - Mo and Bayden recognize some giant footprints - explore another ruined building - branches and brambles mostly obscuring a hole in the ground - digging is easy since soil is loose - get about 6 feet down - seems to keep going - different house - door at bottom of stairs - Bayden and Mo spend awhile clearing it - there are some cylinders - kind of smells like oil - Bayden pries off the stone lid - cylinder appears to be empty except strange oily sheen coating interior - Bayden sets it on fire and it burns out pretty quickly - Bayden opens another, and then the last two - One has a passage below and is not oily - Wrelen checks what's in the passage below - the door feels a little cold to the touch - gives Luka undead vibes - Luka opens the door and sees spirits - 3 sarcophagii - boy, knight, maiden - Luka talks to spirits - offers to help them rest - request that Luka find their killers - they are giants - the spirits will know if we find them - Mo lowers Wrelen down a hole to investigate - Wrelen sees a skeleton - party ties the rope around a ruined wall - nothing obvious on the skeleton - Bayden sees a pile of items ruined by acid - Daimaan picks up a scroll case and finds a scroll of fire shield - Wrelen wonders what is digging - an [[../Creatures/Ankheg|Ankheg]] bursts out of the ground - Mo defeats it - We hear tremors of more approaching - 2 more burst out - another comes after Luka up top - we kill one below - Luka casts fear on one - it burrows - party defeats both - continue exploring buildings - find a house with giants inside - defeat 2 giants - they have some money and a decorative jade paring knife - Luka feels like the spirits can rest now - Daimaan enters the crypt - lids are removed now - no remains inside - star-shaped pendant encrusted with emeralds on a gold chain - xp to 22335 - gain 534G ## [[2024-04-17|2024-04-17]] - short rest - everyone but Wrelen thinks this is the town of [[../Places/Nin|Nin]] - find a pile of rubble in the ruins - Bayden feels compelled to dig - party digs for an hour - find a ring - Mo identifies as battle ring - combines - mantle of spell resistance - advantage on spell saving throws - ring of protection - +1 to AC and saving throws - spend an hour exploring the rest of the ruins - head back to the underdark - approach ogre [[../People/Klusko|Klusko]] from the south - find cave 10S scattered with broken bones, pots and pans, empty chests - halfling bound and gagged, creature standing over them - creature is 4-5 feet tall, red and scaly - Wrelen asks what the creature is doing - wants to lay its eggs in the halfling - try to talk him into using giant's body - must be live host - defeat the creature - halfling is [[../People/Fraxel|Fraxel]] - kidnapped by the creature - a [[Xill|Xill]] - creature slashed him, laid eggs inside, and sealed him up - they're going to burst out of his butt or something - Daimaan wants to try to remove the eggs - Bayden whacks him on the head - Daimaan cuts him open - sees a bunch of orbs on the inside - goes well at first - accidentally cuts another one - hear sizzling - next one comes out clean - nicks another one, more acid - find a small wooden box in the corner - spell book - 45 gems - bury [[../People/Fraxel|Fraxel]]'s body - Daimaan tosses an egg on the Xill's body - it bursts and embryo squirms and perishes - Xill's body disintegrates a bit - this cheers Daimaan up for some reason - pond in the middle of large cave is fed from an underground spring - cave on the side is remains of a campsite - trapdoor under the remains of the fire - drops down about 6 feet - see tunnel with stone floor - Bayden holds Wrelen upside down to inspect - doesn't see anything moving - we explore and find some old furniture - Bayden finds scroll of Staggering Smite - explore another side cave - continue down for awhile - cave ends in a rounded room - Bayden finds a secret door - leads to a hallway - Daimaan goes first and falls into a pit trap - falls onto an old, wooden spike - thin, muscular ogre at the end of the hall ## [[2024-05-01|2024-05-01]] - Daimaan climbs out of the pit - pit is 5 feet across - ogre is named [[Gurnosh|Gurnosh]], [[../People/Klusko|Klusko]]'s cousin - would like us to leave his home - Bayden asks if Gurnosh is alone - [[../People/Klusko|Klusko]] is evil - smart - consumes flesh of intelligent beings - partnered with this dragon [[../Creatures/Thuskamasker|Thuskamasker]] - came here with Klusko - tried to talk him out of this path - Gurnosh has nowhere else to go - has made a reasonable home here - band of 10 ogres - Klusko and Thuskamasker feed them well - has no desire to assist us - tosses vial to Wrelen - potion of invisibility - asks us to reset the trap before we leave - Luka wants to go on a scouting run - goes invisible - 10E sees 2 ogres that are supposed to be guards - they're picking their noses - 10A next 2 ogres are picking their butts - 10D another cavern has 5 ogres - statue of dwarf holding a battle axe - 4 are sleeping - one is awake and playing with a toy - sees ornamental dagger sitting on a bedroll - 10B large wolf starts sniffing around - 10C cave covered with ritualistic paraphenalia - padlocked wooden chest 1.5ft in length - ogre is dressed differently - wears more clothing and is practicing spells - Luka considers using the [[../Things/Darkling Lanthorn|Darkling Lanthorn]] to take the chest - he's not really looking at the chest - Luka waits a bit - Klusko is doing something - Luka puts the treasure chest in the bag of holding - treasure chest appears out of nowhere - Mo opens the chest with thieves' tools - chain mail underwear - 3 daggers wrapped in silk - gold - leather pouch - fist-sized hexagonal shaped sapphire - we think is one of the 3 keys - we leave - travel a few hours - pass a stream - head towards "behir lair" - cross it successfully - head to Crus' Tower - Wrelen remembers a secret knock that Crus taught us - lets us into the stairwell under the tower - Crus waves his hand over the door, casting a spell - head up 50 feet to the landing - Crus opens a locked iron grate - we enter Crus's tower - see stores of shelves holding odd and exotic fluids - then a wine cellar - then the ground floor - Crus makes us tea - he seems upset at not being able to use mage hand to serve us tea - ask about [[../Creatures/Thuskamasker|Thuskamasker]] - red dragons employ minions to protect their horde - covet treasure such as gold and gems - ask about [[../Places/Bard's Gate/Rogue's Island|Rogue's Island]] - spirits absorbed the strength out of us - Crus says a cleric could help us - [[../Places/Clan Silverhelm|Clan Silverhelm]] clan are the big source of deeproth