A Scholar's Wish 11-01-2023 [[Website/DND/Curse of the Crones/Sessions/Main/Session 2|<- Previous Session]] ### Recap After resolving the misunderstanding with the ghosts on the hill, the party is thrust into an unexpected meeting between Edric and the leader of the pillagers himself, Grabaldus. Following the mysterious hooded figure that travelled with him towards Oreton, the party sets of from Ockby to deliver a letter, ask for help from the baron, and find out who the hooded figure is and what his plans are. During their travels, the Snigg Squad encounters many creatures. Fighting off cockatrices with the Beasty Boys, killing the spider matriarch of Doberwood, talking their way out of combat with the pillagers, encountering a strange merchant, and a head on confrontation with one of the arcane slingers of the pillagers. After a long journey, the party has finally arrived at the gates of Oreton... ### Summary Arriving at the city gates of Oreton on the 21th of Birdsong, the party is halted by the towns guard. They ask the party to declare any items of trade and search for any contraband. * The party enters Oreton and tries to find their way around * The party finds their way to the Basilica and ask to deliver the letter to the High Primogen. * Meeting with Hakkar Scionell himself and delivering the letter, the party is given a pass to the scholars ward and sent away. * As they leave the professor reads the lips of Scionell and learns about the Iron Wolves being sent upon them. * The party splits up. * Isembard tries to steal from an aristocrat but gets spotted and has to run away. * Micra and Smonk heads to the blacksmith to try and make a shield from the carapace of the Spider Matriarch and hits it off with the blacksmith Henk. * The professor and Goryn go to the academy to try and get some information and lodging. * Professor meets with Professor Aldric and makes a deal to check out a purple temple and return a tome for free lodging. * Micra makes friends with an aristocrat that almost got robbed. * The party goes out to investigate the purple temple. * Finding the temple in the middle of a field, almost super imposed onto the grass, the party investigates the temple. * The doors seem to be solid rock and not able to be opened. * Isembard touches an eye symbol on the door and disappears. The rest of the party follows. * The party is on a purple island surrounded by black water. The water seems to no-clip through buckets and containers. * Isembard touches the water which hurts like a motherfucker. * The professor finds a spot with an eye symbol, stands on it, and look at the brightest star. * The star continues to brighten until a flash of light. Suddenly a bridge emerges from the water. * The bridge is framed by large tentacles, which Isembard touches, which hurts like a motherfucker. * The bridge leads to a separate island with an altar block in the middle. * On the altar block there is a weird shifting metal block which Isembard touches, which doesn't hurt he collects it. * Disturbing the altar block, suddenly a giant orange eye opens in the sky and a humanoid creature shaped of tentacles appears and starts attacking the group. * The party fights with the demon, which summons large tentacles, and wins. * The altar block contains the mantle of the mirage, the chain of the unseelie eye, the staff of psychic barrage, and the purple tome with an eye symbol on it. * Once the demon is defeated the large eye closes and the party gets booted out of the temple. * Back in the overworld, the purple temple disappears. * The party gives the book to Professor Aldric, who seems very ecstatic to finally have the tome. * The party sleeps in their free lodging. ### NPCs ### Loot [[Website/DND/Curse of the Crones/Sessions/Main/Session 4|Next Session ->]]