As promised, a recap from the DM of what happened in the game last week. I actually remembered this time!
Chapter 1: An Unusual Meeting
Our group of characters (Cunning, Lazuli, Rigel, Sascha, Tornado and Topaz) meet in the small logging town of Bearton, where they come across a pack of Gnolls attacking traders. After some skillful axe work from Sascha and Rigel, as well as both monks rolling natural 1s on initiative (living up to the name there), the group pursued down the last fleeing enemy, before heading into town to the applause of the local folk.
After a quick rest for some ale and a 'get-to-know-each-other' chat, the group suddenly finds themselves stuck when a wildfire starts a few miles away and the local mayor decrees that for their own safety, no one can leave the town. With a lot of angry merchants trapped, rumours start flying that the wild fire was started on purpose and its revealed that there have been several fires already this year, as well as claims of mysterious red roots and a mysterious cloaked figure deep in the woods.
After asking some questions, Rigel attempting to win favour with the mayor by offering them a cookie, and running into the mysterious 'Ciaran', an acquaintance of Cunning, the group accepts a bounty from Carl Daschner, a totally-not-suspicious businessman, to head into the woods and deal with whatever is causing the fires, after some reluctant permission from the mayor.
After getting lost on their journey, the group has a quick chat with Sascha's pet osprey, Huntress, via Speak With Animals and through her help, manage to find a clearing of withered grass, surrounded by red roots that entangle and wrap around nearby trees.
At it's centre, they find a large rock with writing in an unknown language. Whilst Lazuli and Sascha try to understand the mysterious rock, Cunning decides to stab one of the red roots, resulting in a crimson sap dribbling out. Topaz promptly licks it, finding it really, really, really hurts. In the resulting ruckus, involving a healing slap from Rigel, they set of a Shreiker, which awakens a swarm of Twig Blights and a Awakened Tree.
After some aggressive woodwork by the party, they dispatch with the tree and as it falls, the rock at the centre of the clearing lets off a pulse, illuminating all the red roots momentarily before an eerie silence.
Next session, understanding the mysterious rock, the withered clearing and how to stop Topaz from licking stuff!
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