15 March 2019

Cottage

Notes: - After much debate, we decide to go to the dwarves first, under the logic that this is the most efficient route, the duergar are more likely to be able to raise a force against the Abyss, and it will probably be weeks before they clear the paperwork.

- We increase our raft size by 20%

- We gather about 40 blue cap spores (add to inventory), but there are no fish

- On day 4 we encounter a strange hissing sound. By listening carefully we figure out that it must be a geyser, but inexplicably no one notices that the geyser is directly in our path and due to go off just as we pass under it. The boat gets blasted with steam, but Kais is the only one injured.

- On day 5 we encounter a cottage on a rock. The cottage has a bunch of crossbow bolts sticking out of it, and is made of surface wood. We are unable to determine if the cottage spent any time above ground or if it was built down here. The door has metal hinges (fancy!). There is a chest with a stain on the floor in front of it. The stain looks to have been cleaned up by someone, long ago. We open the chest to find a purple velvet cloak, a thieves' lantern, and a cask that smells of vinegar. We sort out that the cask contains pickles. Autun is inexplicably attracted to the cloak and exchanges it for his own. Kais takes the thieves' lantern. Caius leaves a silver chalice and a flint and steel behind. We also leave some zurkhwood firewood, salt fish, and the remainder of the pickles.

- In a passage of stalactites we find two grell (flying brain things). Caius manages to talk them out of attacking us by using Tongues.

- Fishing we catch a lamprey-squid thing. Shuushar is afraid of it and cuts the fishing line, but he assures us it is normal Darklake fauna.

- Later we catch and eat 4 arm-sized lampreys

- ~ 2 days later Shuushar directs us to make landfall and stow the boat. Bree notices some glowing rocks and we decide to stay the night under them. Caius casts a magic tent spell; Kais directs him on making it more camouflaged. In the morning there are footprints in the moss, but investigation reveals that the footprints don't seem to enter or leave the area; they seem to be a property of the moss. Kais gives the moss a friendly pat before we depart for Gracklestugh, the city of the Duergar.

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Inventory

Gained

• 40 blue cap spores
• thieves' lantern (carried by Kais)
• plush purple velvet cloak (worn by Autun)

Lost

• Autun's plain cloak
• a silver chalice (was carried by Caius)
• some zurkhwood firewood
• some salted fish
• Caius' flint and steel

Party inventory (excluding Gained items above)

• 80cp 451sp 206gp 17pl
• misc gems worth 15gp
• 7 gems x 2gp each

• all of our original possessions, except disposables

• Potions of Greater Healing, 1 each (4d4+2)
• 2 potions of healing
• 2 gourds of antitoxin (gives 1 hour of advantage on saving throws against poison)
• 1 flask of holy water (carried by Autun)
• 11 unicorn hooves (goodberry)
• spell component pouch
• diamond worth 300gp

• bag of holding
• scroll of Protection From Fiends in a box of surface wood
• one pair of spectacles of darkvision
• a Quiver of Ehlonna (carried by Kais)
• Bree's Book of Shadows

• pouch with incense (worth 5gp)
• a Dwarvish recipe book
• a Dwarvish poetry book
• a bone flute
• a strange hourglass (worth 2gp)
• bracelet (silver) worth 6gp
• silver hand mirror
• small wood box
• silver headdress
• 3 rings with gems (from dead drow)
• 2 longbows (one kept by Kais, one kept by Autun)
• necklace with 3 headed flail
• decorated quiver (5gp)
• drow underwear
• a bunch of hairpins (fished out from between the teeth of the elf-Quaggoth)

• shield (carried by Caius)
• silvered sickle (carried by Ezri)
• 1 studded leather armor (kept by Kais)
• 1 bag of pitons (kept by Kais)
• 2 short swords (kept by Kais)
• 3 daggers (kept by Kais)
• 1 hand crossbow (kept by Kais)
• 1 bag of caltrops (kept by Kais)
• some rope

• 24 +1 arrows
• some arrows
• some spears
• some crossbow bolts

• (drow) rations
• a lot of salt
• a lot of fish
• blue cap mushroom spores
• water orbs
• shambling mound debris (tinder)

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