The Seventy-Second Session

September 3, 2022, Campaign: As the ground quakes, evil wakes

Today's notes are provided by Salris' player.

Last session

We broke into the ziggurat in the Yuan-ti town in the jungle.

Into the temple innards.

We went into the corridor that was guarded. Very temple like in appearance. Encountered a giant lizard (maybe he is hungry and we can feed him some of the bodies) elder giant lizard. Also what we believe is basilisks and a bunch of brood guard. All in the first room.

Roll for initiative. (Combat ensues)

Combat ended, we dominated the combat. (we used some pretty big spells)

Looted the bodies:

• Pureblood: Bag of what look like hardboiled eggs but smaller (Jerry grabbed it)
• 20gp (ryltar grabbed it)
• another bag full of rotting meat (we left it)
• Broodguard: they don't have anything on them.
• One box is full of straw and hay and a pretty sizeable urn with a wooden stopper in the top. Empty.
• Next box has the same thing
• One box was smashed by Salris
• We left the other box

Next area opens up to a giant expanse. In the center is a giant blood pool (so much blood, think water feature but with blood), and just behind it is a firepit.

There are more snekppl in here. Salris pop invisibility and scouted forward. Through the portcullis in this chamber, I see a fountain of cool water and some silken drapes. Lounging about are a dozen scantily clad humanoids with snek eyes. Among them are broodguards. (This is where the keep the prostitutes). It is very lavish.

There is a lever on the outside; they are all locked in there.

Next hallway leading out of this room that leads into a room farther down, there is multiple figures cross my path at the edge of my view in the far room.

Left side closed door, right side wraps back around, go down it and look to the left offshoot and Salris sees a chamber and a door, also closed. The chamber before the door is full of crates. There is a giant snake that uses this as its horde sort of. At the room at the end, air is moist and sticky, mud coats the floor and there are workbenches in here. Plants grow among the clutter. A hairless man with scaley skin and a bronze syringe is in front of 5 slouching humans that reek of decay. Zombies? This chamber ends in a closed door. Cages and pens of snakes are in here too. Like a glass cage kind of idea.

Salris then comes back and drops invis and reports the scouting mission.

Salris disguises themself as one of the scantily clad snek women and (with a nat 20) distracts the yuan-ti in the room while Percival casts Silence to prevent them calling for help. We ambush the fuck out of the big snek dude who slithered up (down to 1/4 hp) Initiative. Enemies from all over during this combat.

The jig is up. We get through the combat and the session ends. No short rest taken yet.

Next session

• Rescue the Mother of the Forest
• What's with that weird bellowing noise in the forest?
• Collect some of those purple anti-corruption leaves.
• Shopping List:
  • Spell Scroll of Comprehend Languages
  • (Jerry) Longbow and ammo
• Ryltar needs to do something for the missionaries of Denier.
• Was Seamus poisoning the whole bar? Is that why he wasn't drinking? Is Salris' brother also a bearer of the curse that afflicts Salris? Or is he just part of Rezzik Brazzik now?
• We know how to trap the Jester, with Magic Circle
• What's going on with the stars? Are Ryltar's theories about colors and significant plot-relevant things' colors correct?
• How can the Mummy Lord be defeated?
• Determine how to resolve the Eta'el-Kerjes plot
• Remember to un-petrify Ockoh in the Ice Lord Wint's Lair, so that we can give him the foodservice contract for the Irregular Inn