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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: 6740405" data-attributes="member: 18333"><p>Session 14 – About 2 1/2 hours of play</p><p></p><p>From the journal of Myles Stormgroom (Human 4th level Tempest Cleric raised by Elves)</p><p></p><p>Well, my friends got hired back as guards on the caravan, and this time, they even hired me. Killing that hill giant gave us some clout. Although it did seem that one or two of the guards looked down upon me for wasting healing magic on the injured. For a while, we spoke with some of the other members of the caravan and I led prayers to Silvanus to watch over our travels.</p><p></p><p>At camp, we were attacked by 2 Perytons. They swooped down from the sky so quickly that only Grim was able to react at first. Grim did some damage to one, but that only made him a target. He used his magical shield spell to save himself from a few antler and talon attacks, but eventually a Peryton scored a hit and injured the Eldritch Knight pretty badly. Isaac also injured one of the beasts and became a target. He wasn’t as lucky as Grim, as a Peryton slammed into him and knocked him unconscious and dying. I was able to call on divine aid to get Isaac back up on his feet, but he was still pretty badly hurt. I fired an arrow at one of the beasts and noticed that our weapons were not hurting the creatures as much as usual. Somehow they were resistant to our weapon attacks although Valleja’s magical witch bolt was able to score full damage upon one of the creatures and Isaac’s eldritch blast and hex could also do full damage to the creatures. Grim fired his bow and hit a beast a number of times and Brevick stood his ground, readying his morningstar for each time a creature made an attack against one of us. Soon after, Mily killed one of the Perytons, and a few moments after that, Brevick took down the other one as it swooped in to attack Grim. After the battle, I tended to Isaac and Grim’s wounds with my healing arts.</p><p></p><p>After restoring my companions, I noticed that one of the other hired guards was looking at me and writing in a journal of sorts. His look burned into me, and I felt that he was perturbed. Soon after, I quietly spoke with Mily. I described the guard and pointed to where he was camping, and I asked our little rogue to sneak over and take the book he was writing in away from him without him knowing and bring it back to me. Mily thought that this was a great game so she cheerfully snuck off to pilfer the book. She was able to get it on the sly and bring it back to me. Later that night, I read through it and found that this guard was making notes about me and my companions. It seemed as if he were reporting to someone and keeping notes about us. He thought that we were the people “The Necromancer” told them about. He noticed my powers and my allegiance to Silvanus and wrote that I was “going to have to be dealt with.” It also seemed as if he was very interested in Grim, and everyone else was mentioned too, except for Brevick.</p><p></p><p>I showed Mily the book and told her that we should not let the guard know that we know his plans. We would need to keep our wits and be vigilant, but wait to act until the right moment. After that, I told the others in the group, all except Brevick because he wouldn’t understand me anyway, and then I asked Mily to place the book back into the guard’s possession so that he wouldn’t notice it missing.</p><p></p><p>Eventually Mily returned and scared the hell out of me. I was caught musing upon our situation. Later that night, after drinking some tea, I began to feel sick. I started to sweat and shake, and I went unconscious. </p><p>The next morning I was able to open my eyes, but I was in bad shape. Isaac was trying to communicate with me telepathically, and eventually I could respond. I told the others that the guard must have poisoned me, and with all the strength I had, I investigated the tea that I drank the night before. Sure enough, there was some viscous residue in the cup. I was able to travel that day, but could do barely anything.</p><p></p><p>The next night, I told my friends to use me as bait. Since the guard didn’t kill me, I was pretty sure he’d try again. My friends tried to make it seem as if they thought I was just suffering from some natural ailment, while they tried to remain secretly vigilant. Unfortunately, nobody saw anything suspicious, but the next morning I was even sicker. I felt near death’s door so Isaac decided that he would approach the guard and confront him directly. </p><p></p><p>Isaac strode boldy toward the guard and told Mily to try to get the book again so that they could expose the guard to the entire caravan. When he intimidated the guard, he it seemed as if he would break, but he didn’t. Mily could not get close to the guard because the guard drew his scimitar and accused Isaac and Mily of theft. In the commotion, Isaac teleported behind the guard and pulled at his bag to get the book. He was successful, and quickly got the book out and read some of the later pages out loud to many of the other guards who had since drawn weapons trying to quell the escalating situation. Isaac and the guard spoke to the crowd and Isaac was able to convince them that this guard had poisoned me. That’s when the sergeant of the caravan walked over toward Isaac and the assassin. The sergeant was resolute with purpose. He drew his shortsword and, without warning, drove it into the gut of the assassin. He said they would have never hired an assassin to be one of their guards if they knew about his dealings prior to the journey. Then Isaac tried to telepathically intimidate the sergeant, but the sergeant warned Issac sternly before Isaac walked away coolly.</p><p> </p><p>Meanwhile, Grim had gathered some herbs and tried to administer some remedy to me, but that wasn’t working. My friends were ultimately able to find the porcelain merchant, who had some knowledge about the poison. The porcelain merchant made a crude antidote that I was able to stomach, barely, and although I am still feeling the effects of the poison, I don’t feel as if I’ll perish. As soon as I’m strong enough and rested enough I will pray to Silvanus to grant me the power to defeat this poison.</p><p></p><p>(Note: some of the events I recorded from information that my companions told me about after the fact. I was near death’s door after the poison took effect so it was hard to keep track of what was going on around me.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rhenny, post: 6740405, member: 18333"] Session 14 – About 2 1/2 hours of play From the journal of Myles Stormgroom (Human 4th level Tempest Cleric raised by Elves) Well, my friends got hired back as guards on the caravan, and this time, they even hired me. Killing that hill giant gave us some clout. Although it did seem that one or two of the guards looked down upon me for wasting healing magic on the injured. For a while, we spoke with some of the other members of the caravan and I led prayers to Silvanus to watch over our travels. At camp, we were attacked by 2 Perytons. They swooped down from the sky so quickly that only Grim was able to react at first. Grim did some damage to one, but that only made him a target. He used his magical shield spell to save himself from a few antler and talon attacks, but eventually a Peryton scored a hit and injured the Eldritch Knight pretty badly. Isaac also injured one of the beasts and became a target. He wasn’t as lucky as Grim, as a Peryton slammed into him and knocked him unconscious and dying. I was able to call on divine aid to get Isaac back up on his feet, but he was still pretty badly hurt. I fired an arrow at one of the beasts and noticed that our weapons were not hurting the creatures as much as usual. Somehow they were resistant to our weapon attacks although Valleja’s magical witch bolt was able to score full damage upon one of the creatures and Isaac’s eldritch blast and hex could also do full damage to the creatures. Grim fired his bow and hit a beast a number of times and Brevick stood his ground, readying his morningstar for each time a creature made an attack against one of us. Soon after, Mily killed one of the Perytons, and a few moments after that, Brevick took down the other one as it swooped in to attack Grim. After the battle, I tended to Isaac and Grim’s wounds with my healing arts. After restoring my companions, I noticed that one of the other hired guards was looking at me and writing in a journal of sorts. His look burned into me, and I felt that he was perturbed. Soon after, I quietly spoke with Mily. I described the guard and pointed to where he was camping, and I asked our little rogue to sneak over and take the book he was writing in away from him without him knowing and bring it back to me. Mily thought that this was a great game so she cheerfully snuck off to pilfer the book. She was able to get it on the sly and bring it back to me. Later that night, I read through it and found that this guard was making notes about me and my companions. It seemed as if he were reporting to someone and keeping notes about us. He thought that we were the people “The Necromancer” told them about. He noticed my powers and my allegiance to Silvanus and wrote that I was “going to have to be dealt with.” It also seemed as if he was very interested in Grim, and everyone else was mentioned too, except for Brevick. I showed Mily the book and told her that we should not let the guard know that we know his plans. We would need to keep our wits and be vigilant, but wait to act until the right moment. After that, I told the others in the group, all except Brevick because he wouldn’t understand me anyway, and then I asked Mily to place the book back into the guard’s possession so that he wouldn’t notice it missing. Eventually Mily returned and scared the hell out of me. I was caught musing upon our situation. Later that night, after drinking some tea, I began to feel sick. I started to sweat and shake, and I went unconscious. The next morning I was able to open my eyes, but I was in bad shape. Isaac was trying to communicate with me telepathically, and eventually I could respond. I told the others that the guard must have poisoned me, and with all the strength I had, I investigated the tea that I drank the night before. Sure enough, there was some viscous residue in the cup. I was able to travel that day, but could do barely anything. The next night, I told my friends to use me as bait. Since the guard didn’t kill me, I was pretty sure he’d try again. My friends tried to make it seem as if they thought I was just suffering from some natural ailment, while they tried to remain secretly vigilant. Unfortunately, nobody saw anything suspicious, but the next morning I was even sicker. I felt near death’s door so Isaac decided that he would approach the guard and confront him directly. Isaac strode boldy toward the guard and told Mily to try to get the book again so that they could expose the guard to the entire caravan. When he intimidated the guard, he it seemed as if he would break, but he didn’t. Mily could not get close to the guard because the guard drew his scimitar and accused Isaac and Mily of theft. In the commotion, Isaac teleported behind the guard and pulled at his bag to get the book. He was successful, and quickly got the book out and read some of the later pages out loud to many of the other guards who had since drawn weapons trying to quell the escalating situation. Isaac and the guard spoke to the crowd and Isaac was able to convince them that this guard had poisoned me. That’s when the sergeant of the caravan walked over toward Isaac and the assassin. The sergeant was resolute with purpose. He drew his shortsword and, without warning, drove it into the gut of the assassin. He said they would have never hired an assassin to be one of their guards if they knew about his dealings prior to the journey. Then Isaac tried to telepathically intimidate the sergeant, but the sergeant warned Issac sternly before Isaac walked away coolly. Meanwhile, Grim had gathered some herbs and tried to administer some remedy to me, but that wasn’t working. My friends were ultimately able to find the porcelain merchant, who had some knowledge about the poison. The porcelain merchant made a crude antidote that I was able to stomach, barely, and although I am still feeling the effects of the poison, I don’t feel as if I’ll perish. As soon as I’m strong enough and rested enough I will pray to Silvanus to grant me the power to defeat this poison. (Note: some of the events I recorded from information that my companions told me about after the fact. I was near death’s door after the poison took effect so it was hard to keep track of what was going on around me.) [/QUOTE]
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