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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 4944320" data-attributes="member: 386">We played again on Wednesday.  Not too much to say.The PCs in the Cairngorms returned; I decided not to roll on the wandering monsters chart.  They spent a few days in Winterhaven resting up.  I actually wasn't expecting this!  I had to think on my feet about what the cultists would do once they found out about wight-Malchior's fall.I decided they would send a vampirized Bren the Bold to scout for information about these new troublemakers.After a few days the PCs saw some bats flying about.  They heard about a young single male farmer (John) who went missing.  They checked out the scene and saw some small-sized tracks, sign of a scuffle, and some blood.  No tracks leading away, though.Since they wanted to head to Harken Forest, they cast Undead Ward around the walls of Winterhaven.  A bad roll meant that only level 1 undead would be blocked, but the PCs didn't know this so they were stuck with the roll.  They told everyone to stay indoors after dusk and hoped they would be okay as they left for Harken Forest.As they neared the wood they saw some goblins - a band of about 20 - marching through with an elven prisoner.  Aiden, who is from Harken Forest, knew the guy - Theron.  They ambushed the goblins and took them down.  These goblins were a different kind - their leader wore a holy symbol of Lolth and they cursed the PCs ("Lolth will lay eggs in your eyeballs") and fought like fanatics to the death.  (Most of them.  Two ran off.)Theron did some exposition.  The goblin raids were getting worse.  Spiders roam the wood.  Everyone knows they're coming from Daggersburg Keep - an old elven fortress called Lanath Keep built to house their noble dead, destroyed during the Bloodspear War - but Dara, leader of the Woodsinger clan, has forbidden the elves from going there.  Theron got fed up with it and was hunting goblins, but this gang tracked him down and caught him.The PCs rested in Harkenwold.  The humans don't have any contact with the elves - the elves turn them back whenever they enter the wood.  The goblins sometimes raid the road but they've never threatened Harkenwold.  They also heard a rumour about the Baron's son out fighting trolls somewhere to the north.The PCs decided to check out Daggersburg Keep.  The stone foundation was still standing but it had been burnt out.  Only one tower was in good shape.  They could see long, ropy strands of spiderweb all around the keep.  The main gate was filled with crimson strands of webbing, which they burned. When they entered the keep some goblins hiding in the gatehouse poured burning oil on Aiden and a swarm of spiders leapt down.  One of the goblins threatened to throw a torch at Aiden, igniting the oil, but Aiden was pulled out of danger by a gust of wind from Sharok.  The battle was short.In the courtyard they could see a number of spiders lurking about... but that's where we called it for the night.</blockquote>

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