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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: 6740413" data-attributes="member: 18333"><p>Session 20 – “Arriving at Carnath Road House” – About 1 1/2 hours of play</p><p></p><p>From the journal of Myles Stormgroom (Human 5th level Tempest Cleric raised by Elves)</p><p></p><p>We traveled for 10 days. Thank Silvanus that it was uneventful. On the trip we spoke with some of the workers and Aldred. Isaac mentioned that he was looking for an expensive focus or a glass eye or a jeweled horn for a Clairvoyance spell. I let my comrades know that I would like to find or purchase a 300 gp diamond so that I could call upon Silvanus to revivify a recently dead corpse.</p><p></p><p>We eventually made it to the Carnath Road House, an establishment with walls around it that was serving as a warehouse/workhouse for the laborers working on the High Road. The laborers unloaded the wagons and Bog Luck, a gnarled and seemingly battle-tested Half-Orc, got his men to help. Before our laborers could finish unloading, the Red Robed cultist from the other wagons spoke with Bog Luck on the side. Then the Half-Orc directed all his workers to help the cultists unload. We watched carefully and saw them take the goods to a particular room. Grim even saw that they may have put the goods in a room within that room, perhaps for a safer storage. All this time, we all tried to learn more about this place and anything else about the cultists, but information was scarce.</p><p></p><p>Eventually, we were shown rooms and we took two rooms upstairs. The cultists took rooms downstairs on the main floor. As we were going down to get some dinner, we were challenged by a woman named Syvia, who came from the Red Robed cultists room. She blamed us for the death of her sister and challenged us to a blood trial. I knew of these duels, and wanted to avoid it. I stepped forward to speak with her, to assure her that we had no part in her sister’s death. She would not listen. During this conference, Isaac used his mental powers to dip into Syvia’s thoughts. He found that she truly believed we were responsible. By this time, about a dozen cultists arrived and so did the Red Robed cultist. I tried to continue the conversation to give Isaac more time to pry into other minds, but it turns out that he attempted to go into the mind of the Red Robed cultist, who thought, “Do you really think that’s wise.” Then, Brevick ran forward, accepting her challenge. I stepped back and basically said, “so be it.” Just then, a globe of darkness enveloped Syvia. It seemed as if Isaac created the darkness on her swords. Isaac moved into the darkness with some rope, planning to tie Syvia up, but she heard his footsteps and took two wild swings at him, hitting him both times. Of course, we could not see any of this because they were enveloped in darkness. The wounds broke Isaac’s concentration and then Syvia saw that he was standing before her with rope in hand. She turned to him and said that he was the one that would fight the blood trial.</p><p></p><p>We tried to get her to understand that Isaac was not responsible, and that he did not accept her challenge, but she would not stand down. Knowing that we were not supposed to interfere, but also realizing that Isaac did not accept the challenge in the traditional way, we were at a loss. We found out that Syvia was quite adroit with longsword and shortsword, and before long, Isaac was dying. I could not abide that, so I told Syvia that Isaac and the others were not her sister’s killers and I would not let my comrade die. I called to Silvanus and healed Isaac, but that’s when she turned to the Red Robed cultist and said, “a spell for a spell.” I shrugged and said, “do what you must. I don’t agree with any of this.” That’s when the Red Robed cultist hit me with a powerful bolt of necrotic energy. I went down and nearly died. </p><p></p><p>I later found out that while I was down, Brevick spoke in the language of the Underdark, and was able to communicate with Syvia. Whatever he said, eventually got her to stand down. It must have been quite stirring. Before I expired, Grim was able to bandage my wounds, and as the group disbanded, Brevick picked me up and carried me up to our rooms.</p><p></p><p>Grim forced a healing potion into my mouth, and I was revived. As I sit here now writing this entry, I am confounded by the lack of resolution to this night’s altercation. The cultists are starting to rankle me, and I feel the entire situation simmering to a boil. Thankfully, we can rest here and tend to our wounds, but I do not know how long we will have until we have a larger confrontation with the cultists. We must plan our next actions very carefully.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rhenny, post: 6740413, member: 18333"] Session 20 – “Arriving at Carnath Road House” – About 1 1/2 hours of play From the journal of Myles Stormgroom (Human 5th level Tempest Cleric raised by Elves) We traveled for 10 days. Thank Silvanus that it was uneventful. On the trip we spoke with some of the workers and Aldred. Isaac mentioned that he was looking for an expensive focus or a glass eye or a jeweled horn for a Clairvoyance spell. I let my comrades know that I would like to find or purchase a 300 gp diamond so that I could call upon Silvanus to revivify a recently dead corpse. We eventually made it to the Carnath Road House, an establishment with walls around it that was serving as a warehouse/workhouse for the laborers working on the High Road. The laborers unloaded the wagons and Bog Luck, a gnarled and seemingly battle-tested Half-Orc, got his men to help. Before our laborers could finish unloading, the Red Robed cultist from the other wagons spoke with Bog Luck on the side. Then the Half-Orc directed all his workers to help the cultists unload. We watched carefully and saw them take the goods to a particular room. Grim even saw that they may have put the goods in a room within that room, perhaps for a safer storage. All this time, we all tried to learn more about this place and anything else about the cultists, but information was scarce. Eventually, we were shown rooms and we took two rooms upstairs. The cultists took rooms downstairs on the main floor. As we were going down to get some dinner, we were challenged by a woman named Syvia, who came from the Red Robed cultists room. She blamed us for the death of her sister and challenged us to a blood trial. I knew of these duels, and wanted to avoid it. I stepped forward to speak with her, to assure her that we had no part in her sister’s death. She would not listen. During this conference, Isaac used his mental powers to dip into Syvia’s thoughts. He found that she truly believed we were responsible. By this time, about a dozen cultists arrived and so did the Red Robed cultist. I tried to continue the conversation to give Isaac more time to pry into other minds, but it turns out that he attempted to go into the mind of the Red Robed cultist, who thought, “Do you really think that’s wise.” Then, Brevick ran forward, accepting her challenge. I stepped back and basically said, “so be it.” Just then, a globe of darkness enveloped Syvia. It seemed as if Isaac created the darkness on her swords. Isaac moved into the darkness with some rope, planning to tie Syvia up, but she heard his footsteps and took two wild swings at him, hitting him both times. Of course, we could not see any of this because they were enveloped in darkness. The wounds broke Isaac’s concentration and then Syvia saw that he was standing before her with rope in hand. She turned to him and said that he was the one that would fight the blood trial. We tried to get her to understand that Isaac was not responsible, and that he did not accept her challenge, but she would not stand down. Knowing that we were not supposed to interfere, but also realizing that Isaac did not accept the challenge in the traditional way, we were at a loss. We found out that Syvia was quite adroit with longsword and shortsword, and before long, Isaac was dying. I could not abide that, so I told Syvia that Isaac and the others were not her sister’s killers and I would not let my comrade die. I called to Silvanus and healed Isaac, but that’s when she turned to the Red Robed cultist and said, “a spell for a spell.” I shrugged and said, “do what you must. I don’t agree with any of this.” That’s when the Red Robed cultist hit me with a powerful bolt of necrotic energy. I went down and nearly died. I later found out that while I was down, Brevick spoke in the language of the Underdark, and was able to communicate with Syvia. Whatever he said, eventually got her to stand down. It must have been quite stirring. Before I expired, Grim was able to bandage my wounds, and as the group disbanded, Brevick picked me up and carried me up to our rooms. Grim forced a healing potion into my mouth, and I was revived. As I sit here now writing this entry, I am confounded by the lack of resolution to this night’s altercation. The cultists are starting to rankle me, and I feel the entire situation simmering to a boil. Thankfully, we can rest here and tend to our wounds, but I do not know how long we will have until we have a larger confrontation with the cultists. We must plan our next actions very carefully. [/QUOTE]
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