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<blockquote data-quote="Rhenny" data-source="post: 7348526" data-attributes="member: 18333"><p>Session 39 – Defeating the Druids at the Wizards of Wine Vinyard</p><p></p><p>Inside the basement, we took a quick breather, finding some wine called Purple Grape Mash #3. We didn’t drink any for fear that it had been tainted by the Druids. Then we made our way up to the 2nd floor of the building to check rooms for the remaining Druids. ‘</p><p></p><p>One of the first rooms we went into was a balcony room overlooking the garage where the horse cart was stationed below. There was a winch and pulley system and a large opening in the middle of the room. There was also a cackling Druid on the other side of the room. He held a gnarled staff and spoke in his Druidic Cant. Bynn could understand his curses. The Druid jumped down on to the wagon below, and then called to the needle blights that were outside to come to his aid. Fid jumped down to give chase, followed closely by Syvrina. Instead of jumping down, I ran to the back ramp and followed that down to a door that opened into the garage area. Bynn and Brigby stayed up top and tried to peer down. Bynn casted a spell to entangle the Druid in a patch of briars, and it worked. Soon after, Brigby came running down as well.</p><p></p><p>Fid positioned himself next to the Druid and hacked away. Then Syvrina stepped up and took the Druid down before I could even get into the garage. When I got there, I saw a number of needle blights ganging up at the garage entrance. Fid and Syvrina held their positions by the garage entrance to keep the blights at bay. As the foes stacked up in front of the garage door, I climbed up on to the wagon and readied a fireball, waiting for more of the creatures to shamble into the blast radius. When the time was right, I let loose the fireball and engulfed 18 of the creatures in the blast. None of them survived. </p><p></p><p>Soon after, more needle blights gathered by the garage entrance and although only a few could scratch and claw at Fid and Syvrina, others fired needles. Syvrina took a number of hits from these nasty needles. Fid got smacked a few times, but he stood more resolutely. Bynn was able to call forth his Healing Spirit on top of Syvrina to bolster her, but soon other blights took her down. The Healing Spirit brought her back from unconsciousness. She disengaged from the others as I casted Haste upon Fid and then jumped down into the Healing Spirit to gain some vitality and make a stand. Brigby was able to step forward and blast a bunch of the blights with a thunderwave, but it only took down a few. Bynn moved the Healing Spirt back to keep it on Syvrina since she was badly hurt, and she fired at the blights with her bow. Fid, Brigby and I fought at the front rank now and I was able to down one blight and injure another with my Greenflame Blade. Fid started hacking with extra speed and agility, and he took down three of the blights very quickly, hacking away using his longsword with both hands.</p><p></p><p>Eventually, we took down the rest of the blights and Bynn used his Healing Spirit to heal Syvrina nearly to her full strength. Brigby had taken some damage and the Healing Spirit also bolstered him a little.</p><p></p><p>We picked up the Druid’s staff and quickly searched his body. Then we raced upstairs to other rooms we had not explored. At the top of the steps we entered another room and found a fourth Druid with two vine blights. She was ready for us and as soon as Fid opened the door, Fid and I got hit with a Thunderwave. Fid was knocked down from the blast, but I kept my footing and didn’t suffer as badly. Syvrina quickly dodged by us and jumped into the room to attack the Druid hitting her twice and injuring her pretty badly. I jumped into the room next to Syvrina and stabbed the Druid with my Greenflame Blade and she went down as the green fire spread to one of the vine blights. Fid, who was fighting one of the blights got wrapped in its vines, which grappled and restrained him. Brigby tore away at the vines on Fid and manage to loosen them slightly. Bynn lashed out with his Thorn Whip, but stumbled. I also tripped on some of the vines in the room and was unable to hit the blights that remained. As Brigby continued to assist Fid, trying to tear away the other vines that wrapped up the fighter, Fid was able to kill one of the blights with his sword as Syvrina killed the last one.</p><p></p><p>After these battles, we quickly went down the hallway looking into other bedrooms on the second floor. They were all empty. We looked out of the windows to see if there were any more blights outside, but all looked clear. Then as we prepared for a rest, we saw Davian and his family coming back to the home. While the others spoke with Davian, I stayed in one of the rooms to Identify the staff. I found that this was an evil item called the Gulthius Staff that could be used as a magical weapon, but it was also an item that seemed attuned to blights. It was a vampric item that could bestow healing upon the attuned wielder, but more importantly, if it were broken or burnt to ash, it would release a horrible scream that would kill any blights that heard the scream within 300’ and all blights created by the Druid who was attuned to the item. We decided to let Fid carry the item so that he could break it when the time was right. We had a feeling that it would help us when we made our journey to the Gulthius Tree, where we expect to encounter more of the Druids and their blights.</p><p></p><p>The Martikoffs thanked us for our help and offered us coin, which we refused to take. We did accept a few bottles of wine for our journey and took them up on their offer for us to spend the night. With a good night’s rest we felt we’d be prepared to travel to the Gulthius Tree and then to Krezk so that we could meet Esmeralda by nightfall the next day. </p><p></p><p>As we rested, I noticed that Fid was training extra with his sword, so was Syvrina. Brigby and Bynn both seemed rapt in prayer. (Everyone hit 6th level)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rhenny, post: 7348526, member: 18333"] Session 39 – Defeating the Druids at the Wizards of Wine Vinyard Inside the basement, we took a quick breather, finding some wine called Purple Grape Mash #3. We didn’t drink any for fear that it had been tainted by the Druids. Then we made our way up to the 2nd floor of the building to check rooms for the remaining Druids. ‘ One of the first rooms we went into was a balcony room overlooking the garage where the horse cart was stationed below. There was a winch and pulley system and a large opening in the middle of the room. There was also a cackling Druid on the other side of the room. He held a gnarled staff and spoke in his Druidic Cant. Bynn could understand his curses. The Druid jumped down on to the wagon below, and then called to the needle blights that were outside to come to his aid. Fid jumped down to give chase, followed closely by Syvrina. Instead of jumping down, I ran to the back ramp and followed that down to a door that opened into the garage area. Bynn and Brigby stayed up top and tried to peer down. Bynn casted a spell to entangle the Druid in a patch of briars, and it worked. Soon after, Brigby came running down as well. Fid positioned himself next to the Druid and hacked away. Then Syvrina stepped up and took the Druid down before I could even get into the garage. When I got there, I saw a number of needle blights ganging up at the garage entrance. Fid and Syvrina held their positions by the garage entrance to keep the blights at bay. As the foes stacked up in front of the garage door, I climbed up on to the wagon and readied a fireball, waiting for more of the creatures to shamble into the blast radius. When the time was right, I let loose the fireball and engulfed 18 of the creatures in the blast. None of them survived. Soon after, more needle blights gathered by the garage entrance and although only a few could scratch and claw at Fid and Syvrina, others fired needles. Syvrina took a number of hits from these nasty needles. Fid got smacked a few times, but he stood more resolutely. Bynn was able to call forth his Healing Spirit on top of Syvrina to bolster her, but soon other blights took her down. The Healing Spirit brought her back from unconsciousness. She disengaged from the others as I casted Haste upon Fid and then jumped down into the Healing Spirit to gain some vitality and make a stand. Brigby was able to step forward and blast a bunch of the blights with a thunderwave, but it only took down a few. Bynn moved the Healing Spirt back to keep it on Syvrina since she was badly hurt, and she fired at the blights with her bow. Fid, Brigby and I fought at the front rank now and I was able to down one blight and injure another with my Greenflame Blade. Fid started hacking with extra speed and agility, and he took down three of the blights very quickly, hacking away using his longsword with both hands. Eventually, we took down the rest of the blights and Bynn used his Healing Spirit to heal Syvrina nearly to her full strength. Brigby had taken some damage and the Healing Spirit also bolstered him a little. We picked up the Druid’s staff and quickly searched his body. Then we raced upstairs to other rooms we had not explored. At the top of the steps we entered another room and found a fourth Druid with two vine blights. She was ready for us and as soon as Fid opened the door, Fid and I got hit with a Thunderwave. Fid was knocked down from the blast, but I kept my footing and didn’t suffer as badly. Syvrina quickly dodged by us and jumped into the room to attack the Druid hitting her twice and injuring her pretty badly. I jumped into the room next to Syvrina and stabbed the Druid with my Greenflame Blade and she went down as the green fire spread to one of the vine blights. Fid, who was fighting one of the blights got wrapped in its vines, which grappled and restrained him. Brigby tore away at the vines on Fid and manage to loosen them slightly. Bynn lashed out with his Thorn Whip, but stumbled. I also tripped on some of the vines in the room and was unable to hit the blights that remained. As Brigby continued to assist Fid, trying to tear away the other vines that wrapped up the fighter, Fid was able to kill one of the blights with his sword as Syvrina killed the last one. After these battles, we quickly went down the hallway looking into other bedrooms on the second floor. They were all empty. We looked out of the windows to see if there were any more blights outside, but all looked clear. Then as we prepared for a rest, we saw Davian and his family coming back to the home. While the others spoke with Davian, I stayed in one of the rooms to Identify the staff. I found that this was an evil item called the Gulthius Staff that could be used as a magical weapon, but it was also an item that seemed attuned to blights. It was a vampric item that could bestow healing upon the attuned wielder, but more importantly, if it were broken or burnt to ash, it would release a horrible scream that would kill any blights that heard the scream within 300’ and all blights created by the Druid who was attuned to the item. We decided to let Fid carry the item so that he could break it when the time was right. We had a feeling that it would help us when we made our journey to the Gulthius Tree, where we expect to encounter more of the Druids and their blights. The Martikoffs thanked us for our help and offered us coin, which we refused to take. We did accept a few bottles of wine for our journey and took them up on their offer for us to spend the night. With a good night’s rest we felt we’d be prepared to travel to the Gulthius Tree and then to Krezk so that we could meet Esmeralda by nightfall the next day. As we rested, I noticed that Fid was training extra with his sword, so was Syvrina. Brigby and Bynn both seemed rapt in prayer. (Everyone hit 6th level) [/QUOTE]
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