Rabbitbait
Adventurer
Isn't it funny how Windharrow, a minor NPC at best as written, has ended up being such a big part of so many people's campaigns.
Isn't it funny how Windharrow, a minor NPC at best as written, has ended up being such a big part of so many people's campaigns.
My group managed to close another portal. This session was interesting because the paladin is attuned to Drown and has clearly gotten a little attached to it. So he's been fighting hard to close the water portal last. But the rest of the party kept pushing. The party seemed very out of their element in the water node. They were very nervous about the waterfalls and the sent the aarakocra ranger ahead to scout ahead. But with the foggy low ceilings and stalactites, he didn't fare too well and ended up being washed all the way to the water portal. The rest of the party killed the hydra and walked right into the clutches of the aboleth. It was a great battle. Two characters were knocked unconscious and the paladin got charmed. The warlock snapped him out of it with an acid splash. Once the aboleth was dead, the paladin refused to give up Drown, so they used hold person on him and closed the portal against his will. The group was two more portals to close, including the one still guarded by Marlos.
The party was level 9, and they managed to skip most of the encounters. The first prophet they took out was Gar so the water cult has been without leadership for a while. Originally the party made a bargain with the hag Thaluna Maah and then broke the deal so she was after them with the dragon turtle. Any remaining water cult members in the node I just made thralls of the aboleth.
I feel like two more sessions and we'll be finished with the campaign, and then I plan on rolling into Storm King's Thunder. It meshes nicely because part of the story was rescuing the delegate with the Magic seeds for the new grove at Goldenfields, and one of the major hook locations in SKT is Goldenfields.