Session 9 7/11/2021

Session 9 7/11/2021

Elektrah, Arden, Lucia, Brottar

Tasha, Michael, Megan, Bill

The party started out at the tomb, surrounded by some very disappointed carrion birds. On making our way towards the Lake (Oasis), the party comes across a stone cube surrounded by standing stones (think Stonehenge). On the cube are engravings of a Beetle, Dragon, Sun, and Water Drop. One of the standing stones has a Water Drop on it. The names of each design are written on the stone in both Common and Druidic. A quick check of historical knowledge makes the party think this is used for storage or stockpile. The party experiments by poking the engravings. Eventually they touch the Water Drop on the cube and the Water Drop on the stone. It immediately begins to rain. Lucia is not unhappy about this development. Unable to figure out the mystery of the cube, the party marks it on their map and moves on. They find another cube/circle of stones with a Circle, Triangle, Square, and Line. The surrounding stones are too weathered to see if there are any engravings on them. They, again, mark it on the map and continue on. They travel until evening with the feeling of someone watching them, marking stones on the map as they go.

During the first watch, Brottar sees a dust storm approaching from the North. It is far enough away that he doesn't seem to be too concerned. He alerts Elektrah when she takes over the watch. She watches it the rest of the night and sees it veer off to the West. And then dissipate. A flock of carrion birds are left behind, circling the area. The party begins their day and goes to investigate. The find a pool of blood, deep enough to wade in and some horse tracks. Elektrah pokes around in the pool with her quarterstaff and finds a skull and something leather or cloth. After a few attempts to fish things out, the party finds the entire things creepy and leaves.

The party travels towards the lake again and find another circle of stones. The cube has a Horseshoe, Hammer, Anvil, and Water Drop on it. There is nothing on the surrounding stones. Brottar touches the water drop and the stone heats up drastically, as if it's in a forge. He flicks some water on it and the water immediately evaporates in a sizzle of steam. He pokes the Hammer symbol and the side of the cube falls open. In it is a grip/Handle. Arden grabs the grip and pulls out a Warhammer. He hands the Warhammer to Brottar who finds a button on the grip. He pushes the button and the head of the Warhammer takes on a sheen to it.

The party makes their way to the lake (oasis) and find it's in the shape of a crescent. It's called the Sliver Lake. (not Silver Lake.... Sliver). There is a rocky outcropping that leads to the center of the lake. After some discussion of the safety and what precautions should be taken, Brottar steps out onto the outcropping and finds it very sturdy/stable. He sees something shiny down in the water and a campsite a little further down the shore and across the lake. He points out the shiny to Lucia who is immediately interested. Elektrah wild shapes into a crocodile and Lucia clings to her back to investigate the shiny thing in the water. They find several sacks, packs, and a small chest. They both grab with they can (Lucia with her hands and Elektrah with her jaws) and head back to the surface. Lucia falls off and gets lost. Elektrah gets back to the surface and discovers that Lucia isn't there. They go to look in the water to see if they can find her. She's about 30' down and thrashing around in the water. Elektrah goes back into the water to fetch her. Lucia is in full on Panic-mode now and flips out when she sees a large crocodile coming at her in the water. A shockwave of cold radiates from her and freezes the top of the lake. Entirely. for several inches. She and Elektrah are trapped under the ice. Elektrah grabs Lucia in her jaws and hauls her towards the surface. Brottar begins hitting the ice with his warhammer, Arden casts Spiritual  Weapon and uses his mace. Eventually, they're able to break the ice enough to get Lucia and Elektrah out. Elektrah notices that Lucia's eyes are a bright, glowing Blue instead of the gold they usually are. She asks her about it and Lucia has no idea what's going on. This has never happened to her before and she puts it down to weird tiefling stuff. Brottar starts a fire to warm up the nearly drowned party, though Lucia is quite comfortable and Elektrah was in crocodile form (and was not very affected by the cold)   The party begins to go through the loot they have discovered. After some experimentation, the party finds a Staff of Create Water, a Moon Touched Dagger, a Magical Glass Bead, and a White Hood of Water Breathing. Lucia puts the hood on and goes back into the water to fetch more things. Brottar dons the hood next and (after getting a little lost) brings back a large sack and a small chest. The party finds a 'Holy' symbol of Cyric, a ruby wolf figurine, and a packet of vulture feathers (wrapped in oilcloth). They find a sack full of vaguely humanoid bones, a tarnished circlet, and a Magical Glass Eye. They also find a half full quiver of arrows, a length of rope, a pair of Booth of False Tracks, and a Holy Symbol of Rillifane.

Arden lays the bones to rest and casts Gentle Repose (to keep the skeleton from rising as the undead). The party makes camp for the night, keeping an eye on the campsite across the way. There is one occupant and, while interested in the action caused by the party, does not seem too curious about them.

XP 750

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