Gracklstugh

The Tunnel

Chanting Chamber

Post-Combat Looting

• the group loots the slain combatants
  • bon smashes the screaming mushroom to pieces
  • oneshoe finds a journal
  • cynlant finds nothing of note

Ritual Circle

• a magic ritual circle with glowing ley lines
• a statue of a stone giant sits in the center of the circle
  • the statue is growing a second tumorous head
• ront and cynlant are unable to discern the circles nature
• a similar, crumbled statue lies near
• oneshoe finds more notes and mushrooms
• cynlant finds a locked chest and more dwarvish books
  • he finds a scroll and a letter in broken dwarvish
    • 6 names on the scroll
    • the letter is from droki, requesting more scrolls
• more magical reagents, a labeled pouch has the name “Nivram”
• oneshoe unpicks the locked chest

I cum

One Shoe

• she finds coin and a healing ointment
• the statues have names inscribed on their backs
  • the statue in the circle is labeled “Dorhund”
• bon throws a squirrel in to the circle
  • it looks around confused
• oneshoe throws a deceased derro into the circle
  • it flops and spills blood
• cynlant copies the symbols off of one of the statues and the ritual circle
• the group spends 10 minutes destroying the circle
• the magic dissipates as a result of the blasting

Through Another Crack

• the group takes pygmy mushrooms and shuffle through a crack in the wall
• chatter starts then stops as the tiny group begins approaching
• the standing boyscouts take lead, with cynlant using divine sense
  • four entities are invisible in the area in front of the group in the crack
• oneshoe casts hypnotic pattern
  • all of the creatures resist, then scurry off
• the group begins to rush through remainder of the crack
• ront, bon, and cynlant return to normal size as they exit the crack

Gorillas

Monkey 🐒 Problems

• as the party emerges, gorillas and derro growl
• the group sees a spiral drawn into the cavern floor
• Ront cleaves the head off of one mutant gorilla, bouncing its head back towards yvelia
  • she attempts to catch it, but it hits her square in the face for 1 bludgeoning damage
• oneshoe throws two beads of fireball, barbecuing multiple derro
• cynlant stabs his sword “Inner Darkness” into the ground
  • a black ichor covers the ground
• oneshoe yells out
  • “Hey you missed!”
• toy soldier rise out from the ichor and strike at the gorilla
• the group makes short work of the remainder

Aftermath

• a closed iron gate looms in the distance
• the pattern in the floor appears to be a circle left over from a ritual
  • a ritual to tame a creature
• the group short rests, with bon rolling in the flea ridden bedrolls
• cynlant doesn’t see or sense anything past the iron door
• oneshoe, cynlant, and yvelia blast the gate open
• they see the key on the dead derro’s body after blasting the door

Further Exploration

• the party stealth’s forward
  • one shoe sneezes

Murky Pool

• dead bodies litter the area near a pool
• oneshoe throws a ball bearing into the water
• a shadow rises through the water, the hydra revealing its 8 heads

The Hydra

• yvelia surrounds herself with darkness
• bon wild shapes into a war horse and runs off
• oneshoe gets hit by four heads and becomes bloodied
• cynlant hastily swallows some bigwig and charges at the hydra
  • BIG CRIT: 69+7 damage
• ront hacks away for MASSIVE damage
• yvelia blasts numerous scorching rays and eldritch blasts, exploding it into a bloody gore

Hydra Looting

• ront and cynlant hand over all 8 heads to yvelia, who promptly puts them in the back
• the group butchers the hydra for rare materials

Deeper Exploration

• Yl-lib mentions that the verras rat is near the assassins den, which is close to the hydra’s pond
• cynlant and oneshoe go back and forth on whether or not to get the rat or return with guards
  • oneshoe agrees to return, seeing that they caused the hydra

For who the bell tolls

• the party approaches a door, seeing multiple derro guarding it
• one moves to ring an alarm bell, upon seeing which yvelia and cynlant react
  • the derro about to ring the bell crumples into a pile of mush
• the party massacres most of the derro, but not before Doofus is able to ring the alarm
  • oneshoe blasts the last derro causing the bell to ring even more

Double Doors

• ront and cynlant wait by the doors while the rest of the group hides in a crevice
• after nobody comes ront and cynlant break down the door and continue

Bright Chamber

• the party continues past the double doors, and find themselves in a brightly light chamber
• the chamber has multiple layers, with the party entering at one of the lowest
• a bridge at the tops connects two higher up platforms
• multiple derro make themselves shown

Surrounded

• cynlant blasts a derro off the ledge to its death
• oneshoe waves her wand of wonders, causing one of the enemies to become enlarged
• the battle raged on longer than anticpiated, with both oneshoe and ront getting downed multiple times
• after oneshoe gets downed, she runs into the yvelia’s darkness and uses the wand of wonder
  • it causes a bright light that blinds oneshoe and causes yvelia to grimace
• eventually yvelia blasts one of the hardier derro to death, and flips them off
• ront mercilessly guts the derror that kept downing him, then jumps off of a platform into yvelia’s darkness
• eventually the party finishes killing every enema remaining