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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rhenny" data-source="post: 7076896" data-attributes="member: 18333">Session 10 – Travel through Neverwinter WoodHeinrick, Rasputin, Brace, Gerald and I entered the woods near Coneyberry as Brace led us toward Thundertree.  We traveled the day talking about whatever Heinrick could remember about the dragon that Agatha had said something about.  I still thought it a bad idea for us to stray so far from Phandalin, especially to go to an area that seemed to be corrupted by evil.  It was Heinrick’s sense of duty and sheer strength of character that kept us going.That night, we nearly slept the entire night in a sheltered depression in the woods, but eventually Henrick woke us up because he heard some creatures sneaking in on us.  A Hobgoblin with heavier armor stepped out of the shadows and attacked Heinrick, but missed the Dwarf.  Then the rest of us got ourselves up and about eventually facing five of the organized and brutal humanoids.  One of the brutes cut down on Heinrick and wounded the Dwarf greatly.  Gerald stepped up behind Heinrick, using divine healing to close some of the wound, but not all of it.  Then Rasputin fired eldritch blast and Brace stabbed one deeply, killing it.  Singing my Bladesong, I tried to stab one with my rapier, but I hit armor instead of soft flesh.  Eventually, we were able to take down the Hobgoblins without suffering any other wounds.  I inspected their fallen bodies and the markings on their armor to find that they were part of an old alliance with the Cragmaw Goblins.  I had thought that this alliance was ancient history, but perhaps these Hobgoblins and the Cragmaw Goblins have re-established their bond.  This information reminded me about what we learned about Gundren Rockseeker from Sildar.  I reminded Heinrick that Sildar said the Goblins took his cousin to Cragmaw Castle, which may actually be somewhere in this forest.  Heinrick still  wanted to go to Thundertree first so after we finished the night’s rest, we continued.Unfortunately, Brace had a tough time finding food for us so we had to eat a number of Gerald’s rations.  We were running low, but eventually we made it to the edge of the woods.  Out in a clearing, we heard the sound of a dying animal.  Heinrick and Rasputin ran to see what it was so the rest of us followed.  We saw a grotesque sight, a blood-caked Ogre with strange eyes was tearing apart some larger animal.  As we approached, Rasputin could tell that the creature was babbling in Abyssal.  It was clear that this creature was tainted by a demonic influence.I was able to frostbite the creature before it tried to beat on Heinrick, and we were able to take it down after a number of hits, some sacred flame, some eldritch blasts and a sneak attack or two.  I danced through the trees and got up behind the possessed Ogre and struck true, my rapier sliding deeply into its fleshy back.  Heinrick hacked it down, but as it writhed on the ground, a new creature burst out from within.  The demonic creature was a spiny demon of sorts and it launched a volley of spines, one heading directly for my chest.  I incanted a spell and shielded myself just before the spine hit me.  Brace was not as lucky.  He took a hit right in his shoulder.  To retaliate, Brace, Heinrick and I attacked the thing with melee weapons, as Rasputin fired his mystical energy blasts to hurt the thing as well.  Gerald’s sacred flame seemed to do full damage and brought it down, its body disappearing in a puff of black smoke and ichor.As dusk fell, we decided to travel a few more hours to get to the outskirts of Thundertree before thinking about finding a place to camp.</blockquote>

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