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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 8987102" data-attributes="member: 508">In today's session of our "Dreams of Erthe" campaign, the PCs:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Were asked by a circle of elven druids to go find one of their number who's two days late in his weekly status report; he's an awakened giant eagle druid named Skywatcher, who has an eagle animal companion named Shrieker, and divination spells indicate he's recently become trapped in his dreams</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Were accompanied to the cliffside where Skywatcher makes his nest by a goliath barbarian/druid following the tracks of a missing band of four of his people; indications are they entered the cave network at the bottom of the cliff and made their way up (rumors are the network leads all the way to the top); he's been instructed to see to their well-being or at least retrieve the +2 goliath greathammer one of them wielded, if they're already dead</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Successfully avoided the first two caverns, one filled with four bat swarms and the one above it with two stirge swarms, by having everyone but the half-orc cleric/paladin enter their extradimensional lamp and have him quietly air walk with it up past the sleeping swarms</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ran into trouble in the next cavern up, when the half-orc got attacked by four olive slime zombies, the remains of the missing four goliaths; the others exited the lamp to help fight, and the dwarf priestess got her Intelligence drained down to 2 points (she was later restored all the way back up to a 4 intelligence by the barbarian/druid)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Made it past a blocked tunnel to encounter a stone drake, guarding the goliaths' gear (which he considered to be his treasure now, and which included the +2 goliath warhammer in question) before slaying the slime zombies and eradicating the pools of slime</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Successfully convinced the stone drake that their goliath companion would be the drake's new "decider" (humanoid adventuring companion) and got him to join them</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Made it to the surface, found the eagles' nest, convinced Shrieker they meant no harm (via speak with animals), and brought both eagles into the extradimensional lamp, where the five dreamwalkers entered Skywatcher's dream</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fought two perytons in mid-air, in a dream sequence that was a days-old memory of the giant eagle having driven them off for real</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Returned to the top of the cliff to join up with the goliath and stone drake, just in time for the full force of peryton invaders - five perytons and an advanced pack leader - to show up to kill Skywatcher in a pre-emptive strike</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Eventually slew all six, then returned to the elves to report their success, at which time they were rewarded with a bunch of potions and teleported back to the town near where they'd been taken by the elves three adventures ago.</li> </ul>The goliath barbarian/druid was a last-minute addition I added to the adventure once I learned the oldest (adult) son of the family we game with was going to be in the area over the Easter weekend and was available for this session; he used to game with us from age 8 until he went away to college, so it was nice seeing him again.Johnathan</blockquote>

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