Underdark

Journey

Black Marilith

• echoes in our heads “until we meet again”

Enslaved Dwarf

• slumped over dwarf
• still alive
• in iron collar and chains
• doesn’t want to go back to the drow
• fell into the underdark while pursuing escaping orc
• one shoe removes manacles from the dwarf, gives her some rations
• dwarf wishes to join us
• eldeth feldrun of gothelgrun

Camp

• uneventful night
• drow approaches when we wake
• speaks in undercommon
• asks about the whereabouts of the eldeth
• party lies
• drow brings his spiders closer
• drow wants to us to rescue slaves from outpost
  • “wants to see his commander squirm”
  • does not care about their well-being, just hates commander Umara
  • kinda down-bad for Umara still
• drow handles the spiders, but does not lead them
• drow agrees to give us a favor if we free the slaves
• gives us a key to the slave pens
• slave pens should be visible from the outside
• only one entrance to outpost, suspended 100ft above ground
• entrance is basket that goes up and down
  • crank operated by 2 qu’i’goths (??? I don’t know how to spell)
• entrance leads to living quarters
• drow has been demoted by commander
• 6 elites, 4 drow, priestess is commander
• body of water underneath outpost
• waterfall nearby
• drow’s name is jorlen duskren
• priestess has rod of tentacles
• lieutenant has wand of globs
  • lock target in place for 1hr

Free the Slaves

Journey to Outpost

• multiple plans to infiltrate outpost
• party eventually decide to jump above from waterfall
• search for water source begins
• 6 hours to find source
• 5 hours to build rafts to traverse river

Approach

• party approaches waterfall in rafts
• bon wildshapes into a gorilla and carries the bag of holding with the oneshoe, yvelia, eldeth, and jacquin inside over to the slave pen
• bon climbs back, to pick up droopy and cynlant
• party successfully stealths in front of guard tower

Inside the Outpost

• deep gnome and duergar
• deep gnome jim jar
• sadistic dwarf like creatures
• bully orc
• ape-like creature quaggoth durrendel
• fish-like man enlightened kra’toa
• mushroom-like dude sprout
  • myconid
• twin deep-gnomes
• drow named aerith
  • imprisoned for murdering drow
• party and prisoners jump down into water below
• foul odor in water below outpost
• one shoe dumpster dives, finds a bucket with a hole in it

Escaped!

• Sarith the drow says menzoberanzan is north
• party plans to head to Sloobludoop, to charter a boat

Journey to Sloobludoop

• party travels with the motley crew
• 16 people, 128 rations
• Stool, the myconid travels in the center of the party
  • covers everyone with spores
  • rapport spores, allows telepathic communication
• Sarith drow, accused of murdering a drow
  • does not remember the day
• gnome twins Topsy and Turvy, from Blingdenstone
  • captured while gathering mushrooms
  • female deep gnome topsy has hair
  • male deep gnome turvy is bald
• Jim Jar
  • happy go-lucky
  • applauds the party’s skill in infiltration
• shu’shar
  • attained enlightenment
  • wishes to share it with fellow kra’toa of Sloobludoop
  • renounced violence
• large orc
  • from ice-shield tribe
  • captured after battle with dwarves
• Derendril
  • supposedly elven prince derendril
  • from kingdom of nelrindrom vay
  • polymorphed into quaggoth by thurestor the wizard
• Bupupido
  • derro
  • from gracklstugh
• party scrounges for mushrooms
  • 9 rations edible barrel stalk
  • 7 rations ripple bark
  • 11 rations billowmac

Large Chamber

• head crawls out of hole from above
• huge dragon-like creature
• surprised by surface dwellers
• offers knowledge in exchange for investigating cause of dreams
• creature is against the illithid plot
• offers magic item to party
  • leather strap with gem inscribed
• flys into an opening and leaves
• creatures name is Kur
• choker of communication
• party is 7 days away from Sloobludoop