23rd of Flamerule, cont.
Late Afternoon
Chapter 1: Back in the Ruins
Atalaya, Nevil and Vasilya complete their short rest. We feel refreshed and decide to complete the task of clearing the ruins. Atalaya gives Vasilya and Nevil two more Breathing Potion vials. She has 6 left, one of these in a belt pouch for easy access should something happen to her cloak.
During the short rest Nevil spent her time learning the properties of the morningstar weapon she had acquired in the ruins, although she has not attuned to it. It looks good with her armor and is magical in nature.
Once we are ready to enter the water again, Atalaya puts on her Cloak of the Manta Ray. Boz and Nevil each drink one of the water breathing potions.
We enter the water and make our way to the room with the life sized chipped statue of Procan holding his trident and with the coral. In this room we find a skeleton that seems to be that of a Procan priest. There is a holy symbol or Procan (a little trident) on a wave and gems.
Looting room (random treasure) we gather 100 gp of gems, a piece of jade worth 100 gp, and two pearls worth 100 gp each.
We see a shape coming toward us. It is a man sized shark.
We head towards what might have been a windmill. We see light in the cracks. ….
Walking over rift…(?)
There is an open door. Through it we see 3 little lights. “Follow me to the treasure” we can almost hear the words being whispered to us. It feels very creepy although we don’t feel compelled to follow. As we continue to explore we see lots of rubble, human bones. The lights remind us of Will-O-Wisps.
Chapter 2: Will-O-Wisp Fight
A will-o-wisp zips towards Atalaya causing her 13 points of damage.
2 of the lights go after Vasilya. #1 stings him and Boz yelps but is okay. He takes 3 points of damage. #2 attacks. Its light goes out and it disappears.
Boz: attacks. The lights waver and then glow bright again.
Nevil: Attacks the same one that Boz did with her short sword and misses with both her 1st and 2nd attack.
Will-O-Wisp 3: Attacks Boz. There is a flash of light. It misses Boz.
Will-O-Wisp 1 Attacks Boz but does not hurt him too badly.
Atalaya: Swings twice at a Will-O-Wisp and does 11 points of damage.
Boz: Swings and misses.
Nevil: Moves to engage a Will-O-Wisp. She makes 2 attacks (4 swings) and hits once. The Will-O-Wisp’s light goes out.
Will-O-Wisp 3: Attacks Atalaya and misses.
Atalaya: fumbles on her next attack. She lost her bearings in the movement of the water.
Boz: Hits and kills the last Will-O-Wisp.
We search the Will-O-Wisp room. In it we find: (W4 Random Treasure)
3 more gems worth 50 gp each
Brass mug with jade inlay. It is well done and in good shape. Worth 200 to 250 gp.
Crushed skeletons: looks like they were killed by the grindstone.
A little golden lion figurine. It is small enough to fit in a pocket, about the size of a spool of thread.
Chapter 3: Continuing the Search
We move to the next building. In the first room there are benches lining the wall. There are 3 skeletons in rusted chain mail. There are stone counters and benches.
We check a skeleton. It is in guard armor. There are more skeletons in similar armor. We find:
A couple of gold and silver pieces and some dice. Total value about 25 gp.
There is nothing on the counters.
There is a door on the southwest side of the room. This door is locked. Boz unlocks it, and pushes it open with his hand. A tentacle comes lashing out. Boz is able to dodge it (uncanny dodge). His head hurts and he reels for a minute. He holds his ears and the temple of his head. “That hurt” he says and backs away from the tentacle. We watch as it disappears. “That door is trapped,” he announces.
Nevil tries to touch the door. The tentacle comes out and pops Nevil for 11 points of damage.This seems to be a magical trap and the tentacle goes away when Nevil lets go.
Boz tells us that he heard a confused stream of consciousness gibberish. “Priest… something about the priest…”
Atalaya: holy symbol of Procan or the Kraken (Not sure what this means. Maybe that she is checking the door for either of these?)
Nevil uses her divine sense. She senses this area has been dedicated to something evil.
Atalaya pulls out the dagger and the rod (that we had previously found with the tentacle motifs on them). Nevil touches the lock with them. The tentacle doesn’t come out and we hear a clicking sound.
Boz touches the door. No tentacle appears. “I think you unlocked the door.” He opens it. This appears to be a vault room. There is an iron bound chest at the end of the room. The room is in pretty good shape. Boz makes his way to the chest and examines it. “I don’t see that this is trapped.” He works at the lock trying to unlock it. It snaps open. In the chest is a bunch of gold… a lot of gold. (W5B) Atalaya tries to estimate the amount as she adds it to the bag of holding.
We search the rest of the room. There were no uncovered hidden areas.
Chapter 4: Scion Fight
When we make out way out of the Vault Room, we all hear an ear piercing screech.
Nevil makes her saving throw. We all hear it, wince and push through the pain. Nevil looks up and sees this thing scream and it (surprise) attacks Nevil. It looks like a scary merperson. It is a horrifying thing. It does not look natural. This creature jumps at Nevil with its claws using a multi-attack causing 8 points of damage and 5 points of damage. It fumbles as it tries to bite Nevil. Nevil reflexively knocks it into the wall and cracks his head on the wall.
We see another Kraken Priest and a tentacle burst out of the floor in front of Nevil. This 20 sq ft area becomes difficult terrain..
Boz: shoots his shortbow causing 24 points of damage (attack+sneak attack).
Atalaya: Uses 1 lightning arrow and a +1 magic arrow for a total of 26 points of damage. As a bonus action she casts Hunters Mark (+5).
Nevil: Starts her turn in the tentacles. Fails saving throw and takes 6 points of damage and is grappled. She doesn’t try to break the grapple. She tries to heal herself using a level 2 cure wounds for 12 points of healing.
Merperson: unconscious
Priest: Looks at Atalaya and says, “Come!” as he points and gestures. Atalaya starts to step forward and then stops herself.
Boz: Shoots with his shortbow and hits for 8 + 19 damage (attack/sneak attack)
ATalaya: 2 shots. 1 arrow goes through the heart and the second goes through the eye and into the brain. The tentacles disappear and Nevil can breathe.
Nevil goes to kill the merperson (scion), pulls out her dagger and slits the merperson’s throat. When she does this he changes form. Ugly.
We decide that we need to take it back and get the creature identified. None of us know what it was. Not wanting to take the whole creature back with us, we cut off its head wrap it in cut off piece of priest’s robe and put it in the bag of holding.
Boz says: “Father Brinehanded will know what that thing is.”
Atalaya swims over to search the priest and recover the arrows. She finds:
Holy Symbol of Vaalastrom
Bag with some Red Potions in much fancier bottles that usual. Red and pearly They look like healing potions. They have gold seals on them. (Potions of Superior Healing) (Random Treasure)
We return to the beach and warm ourselves by the fire that was easily revived. Once we are warm enough and rested we climb the cliff, (bringing the ropes back with us) and get back into the vardo. Vaz lights the stove and gets out towels for everyone.
During the evening we count the coins acquired during our explorations. We have found an equivalent of 1,232 gp. This is divided between the three of us. (Equivalent of 410 gp, 6 sp, and 6 cp each).
