Burgess — Session 07 (August 20, 2022)

Recap after long absence.

• Acesis talked to Bloody Toes to see if she worked with poultices; found out the cauldron might be near the lakeshore
• Walked around the lakeside
  • Found insulting pixies — ignored them
  • Found the cauldron with animated coals and fire beneath
    • Tried to pry the lid off but the cauldron scuttled away
    • Magmin beneath; spoke Ignan; Comprehend Languages revealed it was looking for dry wood in exchange
    • We had traded for dry firewood in the past; gave it to the magmin, who kicked the horn out of the coals
    • Magmin told us the password to get into the cauldron
    • Opened the cauldron and bottled a vial of the contents
• Returned to Bavlorna’s cottage to clean the paintings
  • In exchange for doing housekeeping in the dining room (nauseating, rotting food)
  • Now when we return to Skabitha we can say we delivered the paintings to be cleaned
• Returned to Skabitha
  • Explained that we did clean the paintings and since they were family paintings, they’re with her sister
  • She was very upset; talked about the unicorn horn to calm her down
  • When we returned the horn, she gave a pole of collapsing in exchange; Kizz got his 3” of height back
• Explored to try and find Will
• Ran across a blink dog funeral
  • Kizz cast Comprehend Languages; they could understand Sylvan but spoke Blinkdog
  • Acesis held a funeral for them
  • They told us about scarecrows for Granny Nightshade (Skabitha) that would warn her
• Ran across a large treant and some children
  • Will was one of the children; wanted to know if we were with the hag
  • Explained we were looking for lost items and needed help getting to Yon
  • Found Star, the displacer beast kitten
  • In exchange for helping him free the children, he would return Star to her mother
  • Lamorna is the unicorn; go to the lake dressed as a unicorn to be able to approach; drop coals to summon Lamorna
  • Squirt — animated oilcan, made by Granny — needs boggle oil
• Travelled along the river towards the lake; could not stealth past the ward
  • Got down on hands and knees, draped a cloak over my back, put a stick on my forehead to “masquerade” as a unicorn
• Will’s plan: we distract Skabitha; Will’s group causes a distraction to free the kids; we return kids to the unicorn
• Lit coals; unicorn appeared; crossed the lake to talk to her
  • She agreed to guard the kids and help any that were hurt
• While talking to the unicorn, attacked by the half-orc Zarak
  • Managed to defeat him; he agreed to not attack the unicorn anymore as a pact
  • He told us about his adventuring party: Sorcerer Kelek, Warduke, etc.
• Distracted Skabitha until Will could move into place
  • Told her Kelek and Zarak were coming to steal power, intending to take Zybilna’s place
  • Once Will started, we moved in