Campaign Stormwreck Isle: Spores of Seagrow Cave (1-2)

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THE STORY SO FAR:

Journey to Stormwreck Isle (1-P)
Welcome to Dragon's Rest (1-1)​

THE QUEST:

• At the behest of Tarak, travel to Seagrow Caves to get past the guardian at the entrance, see what's wrong with the Myconid, and recover a harvest of heart cap mushrooms for him.

THE LOCATION:

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THE MAP:

Local Party Map​

THE PARTY:

Aims'Orreh Mwuh'Bwadd	Moonsprout Beandirt	Short Order	Nac McWeeble	Zesty Zapcrackle

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ITEM GLOSSARY:

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	Wind Spore Mushrooms 30 gp each​	A rare fungus with a unique magical property. When a creature squeezes a wind spore mushroom's cap, it releases a small cloud of spores. For 1 hour, the creature doesn't need to breathe, as the spores provide it with oxygen.
	Obsidian Chunk 10 gp each​	An uncut opaque black gemstone.
	Heart Cap Mushrooms 30 gp each​	These mushrooms bear an unsettling resemblance to human hearts.
	Potion of Healing 50 gp each​	This potion's red liquid glimmers when agitated. You regain 2d4+2 hit points when you drink this potion.

 

[Nac McWeeble]

((Even the half-orc with a -2 managed better than the both of us...))

 

[Zesty Zapcrackle]

((These knowledge checks are killing me...))

 

[Dungeon Master]

((I suppose I should roll for arcana too since I'm at +6 >.>))

After discovering his team is present, Zesty thinks about the crystal.

((I think I might start doing this kind of stuff a little differently, in that... If you've got someone in the party that's super proficient at something, I'll probably just assume they work X thing out and give you the details on it. That might make it a little more immersive than your character just randomly getting brain damage and forgetting they studied magic for 12 years.))

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((just so we can all get our own stories out of it))

Short Order
@A Pineap-Alu-zer​

| As your entire group puzzles over the orange gem, all standing in a row real close to it with their hands to their chins.

Your short stature again affords you some different perspective on these events, and you begin to notice the scorch marks of soot along the walls again. They're difficult to see in the gloom, but here with the refracted sunlight illuminating some spots, you can see them a little more clearly.

The smell of brimstone in the air begins to seem a little more pertinent to the crystal and not so much the fog, as it's stronger here than it was near the entrance to this chamber, and you've been up to your armpits in this mist at times.

You puzzle over how the crystal seems to be fully fused into the rock, yet is unique in those around it so unlikely grew here.

It clicks for your little magic-attuned mind. The crystal didn't grow here. It's from somewhere else, and must have been moved through magical means.

Given the crystal's coloration, the scorch marks on the walls suggesting intense heat, and the lingering smell of... The Elemental Plane of Fire.

You had a cousin who was a lot less chill than you and a bit of an arsonist, honestly. He'd been into some stuff during your high-glade years and you remember smelling the same brimstone funk clinging to him, a bit like Moonsprout but more rotten egg and less 'good weed or mad skunk?'.

This crystal must have somehow originated from that elemental plane, and appeared here in the fissure. It doesn't in-and-of itself seem to have latent magical energy... But it does still retain a warmth. |

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[Zesty Zapcrackle]

((I think I might start doing this kind of stuff a little differently, in that... If you've got someone in the party that's super proficient at something, I'll probably just assume they work X thing out and give you the details on it. That might make it a little more immersive than your character just randomly getting brain damage and forgetting they studied magic for 12 years.))

((OMG, yes please.... lol))

 

[Zesty Zapcrackle]

@Short Order, do you have a way to magically remove this crystal, or shall we have @Aims'Orreh crack it like an egg?

 

[Zesty Zapcrackle]

((I'm curious... did that actually ping you Alu and Jawneh?))

 

[Short Order]

((it did not ping me))

Do we want to wait until we're rested before breaking that open?

 

[Aims'Orreh Mwuh'Bwadd]

No rest! Mai'Cokk is quivering too much near that thing.

Aims grabs his ax and slams it into the crystal.

 

[Zesty Zapcrackle]

((

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[Dungeon Master]

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Aims'Orreh Mwuh'Bwadd
@Jawneh​

|You heft the weight of your axe and bring it down hard into the crystal. The blade bites into the reflective surface and a crack propagates quickly through the rest of it, thick rifts forming through which a hot red light spews.



The deep splits meet and the crystal explodes, the bulk of it falling out of the fissure and onto the cave floor below, where it scatters into the corners. The fumes and smoke building up in this area billow and you see it all begin to make a slow movement towards the reopened vent, creating thick bands where the sunrays now pour in uninterrupted. The ambient light level in the cave goes up slightly.

From the smoldering chunks of orange crystal, a 2 foot wide sphere of obsidian comes to rest.



Your party pauses, wondering whether more random checks against embedded knowledge will be necessary to identify what this new object is. As the first of you are about to roll the dice on memory recall, the obsidian sphere cracks open.



The chunks of red-hot rock crumble away and a Fire Snake uncurls it's body from the remnants of it's shell. It flexes it's five foot long shape and the flames along it's form flicker. It levels two blazing orange eyes at you group and lunges, seeing you only as fuel to be consumed.

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((Let's do this the old fashioned way!))

Roll for initiative!

((Might as well let your own luck determine your own order for this one.))

 

[Zesty Zapcrackle]

Well, shit....

Zesty readies his crossbow.

 

[Zesty Zapcrackle]

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Spoiler

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[Nac McWeeble]

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'ey, lads! This meal came pre-cooked! Let's get to tenderizing!

 

[Nac McWeeble]

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[Zesty Zapcrackle]

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((I'm not sure our rolls could get much worse... lol))

 

[Moonsprout Beandirt]

Good going you dunderhead. And my voice is hoarse, so don't expect my songs will save your hide this time. I think it's time we bravely run away.

 

[Short Order]

Maybe we shouldn't have just cracked this open so quickly.

 

[Aims'Orreh Mwuh'Bwadd]

I LOVE THIS! MORE MEAT FOR MY AX! HAHAHAA! WHO KNEW THERE WAS A DRAGON EGG HERE! I'LL BE THE ONE TO TAKE ITS HEAD!

 

[Dungeon Master]

((After all that, the Fire Snake [me] rolled worse than you all.

@Jawneh is up first.))

 

[Nac McWeeble]

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((After all that, the Fire Snake [me] rolled worse than you all.

@Jawneh is up first.))

((Look at those fancy fuckers in
the top with double digits for initiative... la dee dah!))

 

[Aims'Orreh Mwuh'Bwadd]

Y'all pipsqueaks can stay behind me while I murderate this thing.

Aims hits his chest with his first, as a red aura starts to envelope him.

This little lizard isn't getting past ME!

Aims pumps himself up and goes into RAGE

And without another thought, and before the newly hatched firecracker could tell if this person was it's mommy or reaper, Aims is already bringing his ax down to cleave the snake into two.

 

[Aims'Orreh Mwuh'Bwadd]

((Lets throw in the inspiration die for some more damage. Or if the attack is wiffing, do it for hit lol.))

 

[Dungeon Master]

((Lets throw in the inspiration die for some more damage. Or if the attack is wiffing, do it for hit lol.))

((Inspiration die can only be used on attack rolls, saving throws, or ability checks. Not for actual damage itself.))

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Aims'Orreh Mwuh'Bwadd
@Jawneh​

| You spare the elemental serpent no mercy as you viciously cleave your axe down towards it. The monster barely has time to gauge it's environment before your weapon bites into it's sizzling flesh. The blade catches on the Fire Snake's obsidian-like scales though and is partially deflected. It roars with the sound of a stoked furnace and convulses into a tight knot.

You deal 8 points of damage to the Fire Snake. It appears injured.

The snake's scales glow a brilliant orange and a burst of intense heat rushes off of it. Before Aims can pull clear, the gout of hot air singes his forearms.
Aims takes 2 points of fire damage. |

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((Jesus... You really waited until the end of this chapter to actually do something, but then did it hard.

@A Pineap-Alu-zer is up.))

 

[Aims'Orreh Mwuh'Bwadd]

(Jesus... You really waited until the end of this chapter to actually do something, but then did it hard.

((It was my time. Free "dragon" kill baby!))

 

[Short Order]

Well you sure do know how to beat a snake over there! It's made of fire, so maybe it won't like it if I put it on some ice.

WELCOME TO THE FROZONE!

Short Order casts Frostbite on the fire snake

 

[Short Order]

((lol...well maybe we can still kill it before it has a chance to attack))

 

[Zesty Zapcrackle]

((Jesus... You really waited until the end of this chapter to actually do something, but then did it hard.

((My man is just making up for not letting us heal up first I WAS going to use faerie fire, but now I'm wondering if there's even a point? Unless the rest of us all miss...

Edit - also, end of chapter? **Sniff sniff** I SMELL A LEVEL UP COMING!))

 

[Dungeon Master]

((Hold up a moment... I very much missed a whole chunk of monster stuff while trying to do this while at work so... Retcon.

No wonder this seemed far too easy for you guys.))

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The sound of blood rushing through your ears overcomes you and your vision flashes white. When the sparkles clear from your focus, you see the Fire Snake not as badly damaged as you previously believed, and Aims a little crispier.

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[Short Order]

((if I had known this stuff before my move could I have done something different? like Ice Knife instead if it had a lot more health than I thought?))

 

[Dungeon Master]

((if I had known this stuff before my move could I have done something different? like Ice Knife instead if it had a lot more health than I thought?))

((You can change what you wanted to do, in light of me correcting myself, sure.))

 

[Short Order]

((Short Order beats his head with a hammer to forget he already took his turn...maybe))

 

[Nac McWeeble]

((Short Order's head turns to booze.))

 

[Short Order]

((Does his bardic inspiration allow him to dodge the shrapnel better?))

Oh wow what happened. Certainly can't remember already casting anything. Aims, I hope you can dodge this shit!

MORTAL KOMBAT!

Short Order casts Ice Knife on the Fire Snake

 

[Short Order]

((can I use the bardic inspiration on top of that +5 I have to make sure that the damage actually happens? Is that another die roll? If so...))

 

[Nac McWeeble]

((Sure you can! Just roll another d6 and add it to your hit!))

 

[Dungeon Master]

((can I use the bardic inspiration on top of that +5 I have to make sure that the damage actually happens? Is that another die roll? If so...))

((You can use the bardic inspiration on top of the 7 you rolled for hit (2+5). But it's a 1d6 that you can add to the roll, not another 1d20.))

 

[Short Order]

((You can use the bardic inspiration on top of the 7 you rolled for hit (2+5). But it's a 1d6 that you can add to the roll, not another 1d20.))

((Got it, so the 7 likely isn't enough but maybe this will help...))

 

[Short Order]

((hopefully a 10 is enough to get the extra 4 points of damage...and hopefully it's a full 8 points of damage on the cold side...and that I don't take Aims down to a single HP))

 

[Zesty Zapcrackle]

((hopefully a 10 is enough to get the extra 4 points of damage...and hopefully it's a full 8 points of damage on the cold side...and that I don't take Aims down to a single HP))

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Spoiler

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[Dungeon Master]

((Got it, so the 7 likely isn't enough but maybe this will help...))

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Short Order
@A Pineap-Alu-zer​

| Your shard of ice hurtles towards the Fire Snake, but it coils abruptly and avoids the projectile. .

You missed your attack.

The ice-knife smashes into the cave wall behind and explodes, sending shards ricocheting around the cave. The shrapnel peppers both the Fire Snake and Aims, who both fail to avoid the sharper chunks.

Aims takes 8 points of damage.
The Fire Snake takes 16 points of damage.

The main blade of your ice-knife, fractured but still somehow in one piece, slices through the air and buries itself into the jugular of the Fire Snake, piercing between two magma-like scales. It's eyes blaze momentarily before beginning to fade.

Fire Snake has been defeated. |

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((Well... Fuck me. You missed the actual attack, but when I went back and read that Ice Knife does the explosion even if you miss... Damn.

Maybe I'll need to increase the difficulty of fights going forward... ))

 

[Short Order]

((Welp, guess it can't take cold damage))

 

[Dungeon Master]

((Hold up, I pooched my numbers again not reading your spell description correctly.))

 

[Dungeon Master]

((That was a roller-coaster of emotions for me...))

 

[Nac McWeeble]

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[Zesty Zapcrackle]

((I'm so confused... so... it's dead? And I don't get to do anything for the 3rd fight in a row? lol))

 

[Nac McWeeble]

((We're speedrunning, apparently.))

 

[Zesty Zapcrackle]

((We're speedrunning, apparently.))

((Can we be level 2 now then? ))

 

[Nac McWeeble]

((I'm totally jonesing for a level up..))

 

[Dungeon Master]

((I'm so confused... so... it's dead? And I don't get to do anything for the 3rd fight in a row? lol))

((My trying to work through that fight was basically;

Oh man, Aims is going to almost one-shot this.
Oh wait, I forgot it has resistance to slashing damage...
Oh OK, Short Order only doing 2 damage with Frostbite, even with Cold vulnerability.
Oh, Ice-Knife, OK.
Oh, it missed, OK.
Oh wait, it still does the explosion damage regardless.
Oh, that hurt.))

 

[Nac McWeeble]

((Can't be easy trying to keep tabs of everything!))