Session 5 – Flying Fish Monster

Still inside the wall, we scavenge at the inn nearby our last battle. Nearby there is a large bakery with squatters, as well. In the next building we find a goodly amount of gold.

In the next building, Fianna hears a noise. She steps in and falls through the ground. We all follow her down. We appear to be in a tunnel, and we see several bug creatures approaching us. We take them out, and after searching it appears that they don’t have anything of value.

We search around and the tunnels go all over. One goes towards the chasm, we decide not to go that direction! We go the other way and there is another cave-in so we climb the fallen rocks. It is another section of the city that we haven’t yet explored. There is a large stone building nearby but it is locked.

Fianna tries to chop down the door with her axe. She does it but there is a trap here — acid pours down on her head and wounds her. We rush inside and see goblins here. We defeat some of them but one disappears into a trap door. We find some small items including a “savage mask” that is a shield against will-based attacks. It is from a shaman named Zane, and is called “Tools of Zane’s Vengeance.” There are some books and a rug here, we take them with us.

Before we leave, we hear from upstairs some moaning. We go up to find an Eladrin trapped in an electrified net. We decide that he is friendly and let him go — he leaves through a hole in the wall and goes around to the entrance of the city as if he were coming from outside as not to attract undue attention. He signs up to be a member of the watch and joins up with us again.

That night while sleeping, we hear boats coming into port nearby. We decide to go and check it out. They may be ships of Neverember’s troops. We check them out but they just seem to be resupplying. The next day they are still at the ships as we go to work at the wall.

We check our stash before heading in further; we see that the door is open and there are eight orc corpses laying here. The treasure is untouched.

Belgha sees tracks of a “flying tentacled fish monster.” We see a large manor house with a crypt behind it. We go check out the crypt. On the first floor there are several coffins. There are skeletons and two burning skeletons! We defeat them, but hear cackling from the basement as well. We think this might be the “semetorium.”

In the room there is a fountain, beyond there is a room with more corpses but one is missing. There is a locked door and it is held closed with spikes. Fianna knocks it down. The next room has the bodies of the lord and lady of the house and a hole where someone had broken in. We collapse the tunnel and leave.

We go into the manor house and there are lots of pictures and decorations. Underneath in the master bed is a trap door that goes into a crawlspace. Through the passage there are hallways that lead to a room with armaments, also a large chest. Inside there are a belt, also a magical scroll, and a map of the “unseen lands.” We find a small piece of parchment that is on the stairs. It has a drawing of a ring with dragons on it.

We come upon the flying fish monster, floating into the crevasse.

At the next house, a merchant’s quarters, we find some gold. We head back and stow the loot in our “safe.” We leave and go to the Moonstone Mask to get paid for our week of work. We get 300 gold apiece.