quartz/content/Journal/Day256.md
2024-08-15 00:25:34 -05:00

6.6 KiB

2024-07-19

  • arrive at ../Places/Hobgoblin Keep
    • many humans and elves around
    • well-provisioned
    • gates have been fixed
    • ballista on the towers
  • walking closer, the gates are open and we pass through
  • all the debris has been cleaned up
  • a few merchants about but not a lot of trade
  • keep serves as a well-protected waystation for travelers
  • party enters the main hall
    • guards and travelers eating and exchanging stories
  • we try to listen in
    • Bayden and Xen draw a bit of unwanted attention
  • party heads downstairs towards underdark
  • there are 2 guards down there
    • Wrelen asks if we can pass to the underdark
    • guards warn us of the danger
    • they haven't heard from the ../Organizations/Birds of Prey in awhile
    • we mention we heard they are dead
    • guards are shocked and sad
    • discuss amongst themselves as we pass
    • lock the door behind us
  • we head towards the fire giant via the ../Creatures/Behir lair
  • we enter the ../Creatures/Behir lair
  • party defeats the ../Creatures/Behir
    • revives Daimaan
    • Daimaan wraps Wrelen's head to hide the empty eye sockets
  • a second one appears and they defeat it also
  • Daimaan casts gentle repose on Wrelen
  • party consults ../Things/Innies and Outies to see what to harvest from the Behir
    • wishbone can be used to make a wand of lightning
    • Daimaan tries to extract one, but it breaks
    • Mo tries on the other one, it breaks too
  • party approaches the gate into ../People/Goral's lair
    • goblins don't want to let them in
  • we pay 10G per person to enter
  • Mo tries to get one of the goblin's signatures
    • says he likes the way he looks
    • goblin makes a sketch of himself and gives it to Mo
  • Xen enters and a dog growls at him
    • tosses some jerky at the dog
  • Xen finds statue of Balfagor
    • looks valuable but weights 500 pounds
    • status of a fire deity

2024-07-24

  • DM comments on awkwardness of Xen being middle aged with a boy's mind
    • we remember finding a potion of longevity
  • Xen continues exploring
  • Daimaan creates the sound of a dragon roaring
  • Fire salamanders emerge from the lava and the roar stops
  • Xen climbs 4ft tall steps to get closer to ../People/Goral
  • goblins persuade Mo and Daimaan to stay between them and the "dragon"
    • get their entry fee back plus a lifelong pass
  • Xen continues exploring, sees
  • Mo sees salamander approaching
    • goblins ask salamander if it's running away from the dragon, but it just looks confused
  • ../People/Goral goes out to the lava chamber and speaks with the salamander
  • Norin hears a slight sound of metal on stone
    • ruby pops out and floats in the air
  • Everyone else stays where they are
  • Goblins come running up to ../People/Goral talking to the salamander
  • ropes are cut by unseen force and fall away from ../Characters/Norin StoneHeart
  • salamanders say Mo or Daimaan made a dragon sound
    • Daimaan convinces goblins that they didn't
    • everyone is concerned there is a dragon sneaking around
  • all of ../Characters/Norin StoneHeart's gear including holy symbol is in a nearby chest
    • chest is iron, wrapped in chains
    • as Norin heads towards the chest, he feels like his body is going rigid
      • it passes quickly
    • Norin picks the lock with the point of his holy symbol
    • chest is full of gear and other things
      • 2 bags and a pouch
  • ../People/Goral remembers Mo and Daimaan
    • seems to be getting suspicious
    • says something to the salamanders
  • Bayden continues to high-five goblins heading away from the "threat"
    • some of them are pretty excited about it
  • one of the goblins yells: Intruders! The dwarf's free!
    • Bayden asks the goblins what it means
    • says he will go check the gates
  • Xen considers escaping out the chimney
  • Norin grabs his armor and the small pouch
  • ../People/Goral is even more suspicious of Mo and Daimaan's friends getting up to mischief
    • Daimaan opens the gate and runs, Mo follows
    • ../People/Goral takes a swing at them at them on the way past
    • picks up a goblin and throws it at Daimaan
      • goblin dies but Daimaan gets hit hard
    • throws a second goblin
      • goblin dies but Daimaan is unconscious
    • Mo hears something like an erupting volcano from the inner chambers
  • goblin chases Norin
  • Mo places a hand of healing on Daimaan and then runs
    • Daimaan says "You threw goblins at me!"
    • Daimaan banishes ../People/Goral for 1 minute
    • they run
  • Xen leaps across the fire, floats upwards
    • starts climbing
    • misjudged the size, the old Xen could have fit
  • Norin nimbly descends the steps that are the same height as him
    • but the goblin does even more gracefully
    • goblin's hand glows with a black light and he touches Norin
    • Norin keeps running
  • Daimaan tries to blind the salamander
    • "Didn't work, run!"
    • Daimaan and Mo run past the salamander
  • Bayden shoots a goblin in the shoulder
    • cleaves the goblin in two with his sword
    • gets a neighboring goblin too
  • Norin lays on hands to heal himself
    • gets beaten by surrounding goblins and is unconscious
  • Salamander wraps its tail around Mo
    • engulfs him in fire
    • Mo attacks the salamander but takes fire damage
    • Mo is unconscious
  • One of the goblins paralyzes Bayden
  • Daimaan tries to stab one of the goblin priests, misses
    • Daimaan tries to leave, but the salamander grapples him in its tail
    • Salamander attacks, Daimaan is unconscious
  • Bayden kills one of the goblin priests
    • runs through door and closes it
    • Xen snuck through, but Bayden doesn't know
  • Bayden and Xen retreat
    • Xen is still invisible
    • goblins shoot at Bayden with short bows

2024-08-14