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The Journal of Myles Stormgroom (Hoard of the Dragon Queen Campaign)
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<blockquote data-quote="Rhenny" data-source="post: 6740398" data-attributes="member: 18333"><p>Session 7 – ShadeRaven’s Horde of the Dragon Queen Campaign (2 ½ hour game)</p><p></p><p>Journal Entry by Myles Stormgroom Cleric of Silvanus</p><p></p><p>Back in the governor’s keep, we were able to rest. I purchased some rations and the rest of the party did the same. I was also able to pick up a rapier which the governor’s guards gave to me since I was part of the group who helped them defend Greenest. I much prefer the slender blade. It reminds me of the weapons my Eleven trainers used when I was younger. </p><p></p><p>It was Leosin, the monk and information gatherer for Candlekeep, who asked us to go back to the Horde’s camp and explore “the hatchery.” He said he’d pay for more information, but he himself had to go back to Candlekeep to inform his superiors about what he had learned so far. With the governor’s encouragement, we decided to go back to explore the hatchery.</p><p></p><p>Our travel there was uneventful. At the site, there was a scattering of mercenaries picking through the abandoned camp. We even met up with the one who we spoke with in our last adventure. He told us that the main force headed west. He spoke Undercommon with Brevick and afterwards Brevick started heading west. We had to catch him and turn him back to the east so that we could make our way to the hatchery. My attempts to teach Brevick common are laborious and slow. He still understands next to nothing.</p><p></p><p>At the open cave of the hatchery, we noticed that there were no guards or other creatures. Brevick screamed something in Dwarvish into the cave and heard his own echo scream back. With that he took the lead and we followed. The daylight streamed into the cave so for about 100 feet we didn’t need any light, but as it got darker, I illuminated my shield as I marched along at the rear of our party. Near two stalactites, we were surprised by two humanoid “Dragon Claws”. We could tell they were fanatically devoted to the dragon queen from the ornate leather armor they wore; its surface painted and carved to resemble dragon scales. Although there were only 2 foes, they had the drop on us and quickly moved in on Brevick hurting him badly with a few attacks. One of the Dragon Claws slashed Mily, dropping her to the ground. I was able to call upon Silvanus’ healing word to get Mily back up. Soon after, my comrades dispatched the foes and we were able to continue.</p><p></p><p>We headed east, down some stairs, but I decided to go back to drag the bodies of the Dragon Claws off to the side so that they would not be found so easily. I started dragging one back when I heard Grim yelling out. It turns out that he had stepped on a spring trap that launched him into the eastern fungus garden. I ran to see what happened and saw that he was quickly surrounded by 4 moving fungus creatures. Not knowing if they were hostile, I decided to watch and ready Silvanus’ sacred flame. Well, it turned out that they did try to attack Grim, so a number of us fired upon them. Unfortunately, my holy flame didn’t do anything so I switched to my bow. The others attacked as well, Strix firing flaming bolts, Grim slashing with his great axe. Remarkably, Brevick stepped down on the spring trap and used it to fly through the air and land right next to some of the fungus creatures. It was an acrobatic masterpiece that looked even more spectacular since it was performed by a bulky, armored Dwarf. Mily also tried the stunt, and while she was in mid air, she fired a dagger at one of the creatures and struck it. Unfortunately, she had a more difficult time with her landing, bouncing off of Grim and falling prone in the garden. The fungus creatures flailed multiple tentacles at Grim, Brevick and Mily, but only a few hit Grim and Brevick. Grim took down a few of the creatures, so within a few more seconds we were able to overwhelm the other two. </p><p></p><p>With second wind, both Grim and Brevick seemed much more hearty, so we continued east into a larger cavern. As we entered, we saw a few dead bats as hundreds of bats began flying all around us. It was tough to see through the cloud of dark bats, but once in a while we caught glimpse of a stirge or two, the real threat. Strix moved up and used his magic to blast forth a sheet of flame, which cleared one area of bats and took down a stirge as well. As he tried to step back, he was attacked by one of the blood sucking monsters. Brevick was able to kill the little bugger before it drained Strix of more blood. Through this battle, Mily fell pray to one of the monsters and she went unconscious for the 2nd time since we had begun exploring the hatchery. Strix was able to stabilize Mily, while Grim, Brevick and I fought some of the stirges. Grim used his axe to pop a few of the little monsters and Brevick used his hammer. In the fight, one of the stirge attached itself to me. When I tried to pull it off, it held fast so I was beginning to worry. Grim helped me out though and crushed the attached stirge with his axe. In turn, I helped him out when he had one of the creatures attached to him, piercing the creature with my rapier. Eventually we killed all of the stirge (maybe 8 or so), and we were able to take 10 minutes so that I could enact a prayer of healing. The holy balm awakened Mily from her unconsciousness, and soothed us all so that we could continue.</p><p></p><p>Further east, we came to a split, north and south. We crept up to the north to see a number of kobolds in one area. They did not see or hear us so we withdrew to check the southern passage. This passage let to a cave that looked like a garbage pit. We walked up to the ledge that dropped 10’ into the cave and I held onto a rope that Brevick climbed down. The others followed as I stayed up top with the rope in case of emergency. Brevick saw some shiny things scattered amongst the refuse, but the stench was really bad. I told the others that this might be a good place to hide, and with that, 4 troglodytes emerged from the filth. Mily slashed at one and disengaged. Brevick and Grim took a few down. Strix fired a fire bolt at another and I put an arrow into ones neck. None of my comrades succumbed to the vile stench that these beasts exuded, so we were able to defeat them pretty quickly. In the garbage, we found a bunch of gems. Brevick evaluated their worth and stowed them away for later.</p><p></p><p>Climbing out of the garbage cave, we took stock and prepared to engage the kobolds in the northern cavern.</p><p></p><p>End.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rhenny, post: 6740398, member: 18333"] Session 7 – ShadeRaven’s Horde of the Dragon Queen Campaign (2 ½ hour game) Journal Entry by Myles Stormgroom Cleric of Silvanus Back in the governor’s keep, we were able to rest. I purchased some rations and the rest of the party did the same. I was also able to pick up a rapier which the governor’s guards gave to me since I was part of the group who helped them defend Greenest. I much prefer the slender blade. It reminds me of the weapons my Eleven trainers used when I was younger. It was Leosin, the monk and information gatherer for Candlekeep, who asked us to go back to the Horde’s camp and explore “the hatchery.” He said he’d pay for more information, but he himself had to go back to Candlekeep to inform his superiors about what he had learned so far. With the governor’s encouragement, we decided to go back to explore the hatchery. Our travel there was uneventful. At the site, there was a scattering of mercenaries picking through the abandoned camp. We even met up with the one who we spoke with in our last adventure. He told us that the main force headed west. He spoke Undercommon with Brevick and afterwards Brevick started heading west. We had to catch him and turn him back to the east so that we could make our way to the hatchery. My attempts to teach Brevick common are laborious and slow. He still understands next to nothing. At the open cave of the hatchery, we noticed that there were no guards or other creatures. Brevick screamed something in Dwarvish into the cave and heard his own echo scream back. With that he took the lead and we followed. The daylight streamed into the cave so for about 100 feet we didn’t need any light, but as it got darker, I illuminated my shield as I marched along at the rear of our party. Near two stalactites, we were surprised by two humanoid “Dragon Claws”. We could tell they were fanatically devoted to the dragon queen from the ornate leather armor they wore; its surface painted and carved to resemble dragon scales. Although there were only 2 foes, they had the drop on us and quickly moved in on Brevick hurting him badly with a few attacks. One of the Dragon Claws slashed Mily, dropping her to the ground. I was able to call upon Silvanus’ healing word to get Mily back up. Soon after, my comrades dispatched the foes and we were able to continue. We headed east, down some stairs, but I decided to go back to drag the bodies of the Dragon Claws off to the side so that they would not be found so easily. I started dragging one back when I heard Grim yelling out. It turns out that he had stepped on a spring trap that launched him into the eastern fungus garden. I ran to see what happened and saw that he was quickly surrounded by 4 moving fungus creatures. Not knowing if they were hostile, I decided to watch and ready Silvanus’ sacred flame. Well, it turned out that they did try to attack Grim, so a number of us fired upon them. Unfortunately, my holy flame didn’t do anything so I switched to my bow. The others attacked as well, Strix firing flaming bolts, Grim slashing with his great axe. Remarkably, Brevick stepped down on the spring trap and used it to fly through the air and land right next to some of the fungus creatures. It was an acrobatic masterpiece that looked even more spectacular since it was performed by a bulky, armored Dwarf. Mily also tried the stunt, and while she was in mid air, she fired a dagger at one of the creatures and struck it. Unfortunately, she had a more difficult time with her landing, bouncing off of Grim and falling prone in the garden. The fungus creatures flailed multiple tentacles at Grim, Brevick and Mily, but only a few hit Grim and Brevick. Grim took down a few of the creatures, so within a few more seconds we were able to overwhelm the other two. With second wind, both Grim and Brevick seemed much more hearty, so we continued east into a larger cavern. As we entered, we saw a few dead bats as hundreds of bats began flying all around us. It was tough to see through the cloud of dark bats, but once in a while we caught glimpse of a stirge or two, the real threat. Strix moved up and used his magic to blast forth a sheet of flame, which cleared one area of bats and took down a stirge as well. As he tried to step back, he was attacked by one of the blood sucking monsters. Brevick was able to kill the little bugger before it drained Strix of more blood. Through this battle, Mily fell pray to one of the monsters and she went unconscious for the 2nd time since we had begun exploring the hatchery. Strix was able to stabilize Mily, while Grim, Brevick and I fought some of the stirges. Grim used his axe to pop a few of the little monsters and Brevick used his hammer. In the fight, one of the stirge attached itself to me. When I tried to pull it off, it held fast so I was beginning to worry. Grim helped me out though and crushed the attached stirge with his axe. In turn, I helped him out when he had one of the creatures attached to him, piercing the creature with my rapier. Eventually we killed all of the stirge (maybe 8 or so), and we were able to take 10 minutes so that I could enact a prayer of healing. The holy balm awakened Mily from her unconsciousness, and soothed us all so that we could continue. Further east, we came to a split, north and south. We crept up to the north to see a number of kobolds in one area. They did not see or hear us so we withdrew to check the southern passage. This passage let to a cave that looked like a garbage pit. We walked up to the ledge that dropped 10’ into the cave and I held onto a rope that Brevick climbed down. The others followed as I stayed up top with the rope in case of emergency. Brevick saw some shiny things scattered amongst the refuse, but the stench was really bad. I told the others that this might be a good place to hide, and with that, 4 troglodytes emerged from the filth. Mily slashed at one and disengaged. Brevick and Grim took a few down. Strix fired a fire bolt at another and I put an arrow into ones neck. None of my comrades succumbed to the vile stench that these beasts exuded, so we were able to defeat them pretty quickly. In the garbage, we found a bunch of gems. Brevick evaluated their worth and stowed them away for later. Climbing out of the garbage cave, we took stock and prepared to engage the kobolds in the northern cavern. End. [/QUOTE]
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