Adventure Notes – The Adventurers – 04

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After a long rest, the party continues exploring the mine, in search of the insects that attacked the miners.

This large cavern is bleached in darkness. There is the sound of lapping water, potentially from a large underground lake. There is also the faint sound of chanting and something – an eerie sound that sounds like a thousand voices talking at once.

  • The party investigates the darkness and discovers that the room has a Gibbering Mouther
  • The party manages to defeat the Gibbering Mouther and is shortly after confronted by seven cultists of Razataun
  • The cultists ask if the party is interested in becoming followers of Razataun and if they’re here to partake in the ritual
  • The party decides to play along with the idea, and see what the cultists might be up to
  • Mrosus steps close and manages to cast a spell that hits several of the cultists as the encounter starts
  • Adrian rushes to combat, but is overcome by the numbers and rendered unconscious as he bleeds out from his wounds
  • The leader is taken down and the other cultists soon perish at the hands of the party
  • Apostrophe stabilizes Adrian and brings him back to 1 point of health; Adrian uses his lay on hands to heal himself
  • Dick finds a dagger with a green gem and mist inside of the gem that whispers to him (mentioning Razataun’s name over and over)
  • After disposing of the bodies, the party moves on
  • They enter the next cavern closes to the lake cavern

A portion of the cavern is collapsed here. There is a small hole that goes to the north that would require anyone of medium size or larger to squeeze through. You can hear clicking sounds beyond the hole that sound like a bunch of excited crickets. There is blood all over the floor here.

There are several bodies here in various states of decay. There is equipment sprawled throughout the cavern. Several supply wagons and carts are turned over. The smell of decay is extremely strong.

  • The party decides to explore the next cavern
  • As the cavern splits, one looking as if no one has traveled down it in a long time, the party decides to see what’s going on

Several wooden beds line the walls in this small room; formerly used as a resting room. Some of the beds have been turned over and are in states of disarray.

  • The party notices that there also large, unusual webs in this room
  • A Nature check reveals that it’s not made from any known giant spider
  • Dick Poop attempts to burn the web, which does some burning; but the thickness and moist webs do not burn easily
  • After a moment, clicking sounds can be heard and the party suddenly finds themselves attacked by humanoid spider-like creatures called Chitine
  • When Dick throws the dagger at one of the creatures, he notices it veers off and nearly hits the Paladin instead
  • It is a quick battle before the party rests again then goes down the other path where they find numerous dead rodents
  • In the dead end of the cavern is a medium height chicken-like creature with leathery skin
  • Dick is able to recognize the creature as a Cockatrice
  • It doesn’t appear aggressive and responds positively to rations
  • However, when Morsus offers it some of the hyena meat that they got from the cavern, the creature suddenly turns violent
  • Before anyone realizes what’s happened, Rex James has been turned to stone by the cockatrice’s attack
  • The party renders the cockatrice unconscious, but Apostrophe decides to kill it and attempt to cook it
  • The party realizes that they must wait for Rex James’ body to return to flesh, which is 24 hours
  • While camping in the small corner, throughout the night they hear what sounds like other cultists talking about the leader having gone missing and the sacrificial dagger as well