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<blockquote data-quote="Rhenny" data-source="post: 7309369" data-attributes="member: 18333"><p>Session 30 – Into the Bog Again – Looking for Ann.</p><p></p><p>We all slept really well in our rooms at Westcoat Manor, so much so that we didn’t wake up until late afternoon. Instead of leaving to search the bog area, we decided to wait until the 3 am ghostly spectacle. Douglas came to us and told us about a Bog Hound attack at a school in town that happened that day. He said that the children were saved, but one of the teachers, a Campbell descendant was attacked and ripped to shreds. This gave us pause. Whatever was happening with the “curse” now seemed to effect Westcoats and Campbells and others in the town. We made plans to investigate when the ghosts manifested at 3 am. </p><p></p><p>In the meantime, Fid searched the manor for anything else that may be helpful. Syvrina and I spent time in the library reading books and checking out Burton’s collection. Bynn kept to himself, gathering some plants from the gardens to help the staff. Brigby dozed and had a strange dream. When he woke up, he threw on his traveling clothing and ran out of the house repeating, “she said, ‘It’s happening now. I need you.’” I gathered my stuff and shouted to the others to follow our cleric, and we gave chase.</p><p></p><p>Syvrina and I gained ground quickly on Brigby as Bynn and Fid trailed behind. We followed our cleric into the bog through mucky landscapes and vine choked trails. Finally we came to a clearing that had some bubbling ooze in pockets on the ground. As Brigby unpacked his religious gear to perform a ritual, I could have sworn that the mist around and the bubbles from the ground formed into a swarm of hand sized bugs and started to engulf him. I ran to him and tried to beat the bugs off of him with my own hands, but soon realized that there were no bugs and it was only a trick of light or illusion of sorts. Brigby didn’t respond to us as usual and he lurched off again as if some vision or power was guiding him into the bog to find Ann (or the ring that she had worn, one that Burton had previously sketched for Brigby to aid him in his divinations).</p><p></p><p>We traveled for another hour or so through the bog until we came upon another opening and a pond. On the other side of the pond, we saw a corpselike form of girl crawl from the muck. Brigby seemed torn. He looked to the girl and to a path to the north east. When we called to him, he told us we had to follow the path and he bolted ahead.</p><p></p><p>It was difficult to travel the path, but Brigby seemed to move with more ease. He started to gain ground on us as Syvrina got caught up in snarling branches, vines and muck. As Brigby started to pull away, I dashed ahead, over difficult terrain as if it was normal ground. Passing one area, the ground near me erupted with vines and mud as a huge vegetation creature emerged. Bynn told us it was a shambling mound, very dangerous. Syvrina was able to shoot an arrow into the mound, but the arrow got absorbed into its masses doing little noticeable damage. Bynn whipped it with a thorn whip spell, but that did little as well. Fid ran up to it to position himself within melee range, and I looked at Brigby to see if he was running down the trail or if he had stopped to come back to us. Since he was still ahead of us, I sang my bladesong, slashed at the shambling mound ineffectively and then bounded away to get in front of Brigby in case he kept running.</p><p></p><p>Brigby came to his senses and came back to help us just in time to pull Fid from the clutches of the shambling mound. The creature had slammed Fid viciously and engulfed him, but Brigby was strong enough to pull Fid out. Some time during the fight, Brigby healed Fid, but Fid got engulfed once more. Syvrina made careful strikes against the beast leaping in and out of battle as Bynn transformed into his Wolf form to rip into the creature. Frightened, I casted a blur spell upon myself and I tried to burn the creature with burning hands. Unfortunately, the creature resisted the fire damage with its wet mucky form. Brigby used a number of thunderwaves to attempt to push the creature back and save Fid, but the creature did not succumb to the full effects of his spells. I tried to pull Fid out, but my strength was no match for the shambling mound. With Fid inside the beast, the beast lashed out at Bynn and made Bynn revert to his Half-Elven form. Brigby pulled Fid once more and freed him from certain death as Syvrina slashed at the mound with a powerful attack. The shambling mound was nearly cut down, but it was still flailing at Fid and Bynn. I was able to bound up to it and stab it with my rapier, but it still didn’t go down. Then, quickly with an off-hand, dagger slash, Syvrina cut into it and it dropped to the bog motionless.</p><p></p><p>Brigby tended to Fid’s wounds and Bynn supplied some healing as well, but Brigby told us we had to keep moving and he quickly ran along the path to the north east. Soon we entered another clearing. This one was more verdant than others, and in the middle of it, in a small patch of flowers, there was a beautiful red-haired woman gathering flowers in a small basket. I recognized her from a picture I had seen in the library at Westcoat Manor, but I wasn’t sure who it was. I called out, “Ann?” </p><p></p><p>Then Brigby put his hand on my shoulder and said, “That’s not Ann. It’s her mother.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rhenny, post: 7309369, member: 18333"] Session 30 – Into the Bog Again – Looking for Ann. We all slept really well in our rooms at Westcoat Manor, so much so that we didn’t wake up until late afternoon. Instead of leaving to search the bog area, we decided to wait until the 3 am ghostly spectacle. Douglas came to us and told us about a Bog Hound attack at a school in town that happened that day. He said that the children were saved, but one of the teachers, a Campbell descendant was attacked and ripped to shreds. This gave us pause. Whatever was happening with the “curse” now seemed to effect Westcoats and Campbells and others in the town. We made plans to investigate when the ghosts manifested at 3 am. In the meantime, Fid searched the manor for anything else that may be helpful. Syvrina and I spent time in the library reading books and checking out Burton’s collection. Bynn kept to himself, gathering some plants from the gardens to help the staff. Brigby dozed and had a strange dream. When he woke up, he threw on his traveling clothing and ran out of the house repeating, “she said, ‘It’s happening now. I need you.’” I gathered my stuff and shouted to the others to follow our cleric, and we gave chase. Syvrina and I gained ground quickly on Brigby as Bynn and Fid trailed behind. We followed our cleric into the bog through mucky landscapes and vine choked trails. Finally we came to a clearing that had some bubbling ooze in pockets on the ground. As Brigby unpacked his religious gear to perform a ritual, I could have sworn that the mist around and the bubbles from the ground formed into a swarm of hand sized bugs and started to engulf him. I ran to him and tried to beat the bugs off of him with my own hands, but soon realized that there were no bugs and it was only a trick of light or illusion of sorts. Brigby didn’t respond to us as usual and he lurched off again as if some vision or power was guiding him into the bog to find Ann (or the ring that she had worn, one that Burton had previously sketched for Brigby to aid him in his divinations). We traveled for another hour or so through the bog until we came upon another opening and a pond. On the other side of the pond, we saw a corpselike form of girl crawl from the muck. Brigby seemed torn. He looked to the girl and to a path to the north east. When we called to him, he told us we had to follow the path and he bolted ahead. It was difficult to travel the path, but Brigby seemed to move with more ease. He started to gain ground on us as Syvrina got caught up in snarling branches, vines and muck. As Brigby started to pull away, I dashed ahead, over difficult terrain as if it was normal ground. Passing one area, the ground near me erupted with vines and mud as a huge vegetation creature emerged. Bynn told us it was a shambling mound, very dangerous. Syvrina was able to shoot an arrow into the mound, but the arrow got absorbed into its masses doing little noticeable damage. Bynn whipped it with a thorn whip spell, but that did little as well. Fid ran up to it to position himself within melee range, and I looked at Brigby to see if he was running down the trail or if he had stopped to come back to us. Since he was still ahead of us, I sang my bladesong, slashed at the shambling mound ineffectively and then bounded away to get in front of Brigby in case he kept running. Brigby came to his senses and came back to help us just in time to pull Fid from the clutches of the shambling mound. The creature had slammed Fid viciously and engulfed him, but Brigby was strong enough to pull Fid out. Some time during the fight, Brigby healed Fid, but Fid got engulfed once more. Syvrina made careful strikes against the beast leaping in and out of battle as Bynn transformed into his Wolf form to rip into the creature. Frightened, I casted a blur spell upon myself and I tried to burn the creature with burning hands. Unfortunately, the creature resisted the fire damage with its wet mucky form. Brigby used a number of thunderwaves to attempt to push the creature back and save Fid, but the creature did not succumb to the full effects of his spells. I tried to pull Fid out, but my strength was no match for the shambling mound. With Fid inside the beast, the beast lashed out at Bynn and made Bynn revert to his Half-Elven form. Brigby pulled Fid once more and freed him from certain death as Syvrina slashed at the mound with a powerful attack. The shambling mound was nearly cut down, but it was still flailing at Fid and Bynn. I was able to bound up to it and stab it with my rapier, but it still didn’t go down. Then, quickly with an off-hand, dagger slash, Syvrina cut into it and it dropped to the bog motionless. Brigby tended to Fid’s wounds and Bynn supplied some healing as well, but Brigby told us we had to keep moving and he quickly ran along the path to the north east. Soon we entered another clearing. This one was more verdant than others, and in the middle of it, in a small patch of flowers, there was a beautiful red-haired woman gathering flowers in a small basket. I recognized her from a picture I had seen in the library at Westcoat Manor, but I wasn’t sure who it was. I called out, “Ann?” Then Brigby put his hand on my shoulder and said, “That’s not Ann. It’s her mother.” [/QUOTE]
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