The Underdark

Traveling

post combat, the boyscouts carve up the Bulettes for Bulette Mignon
- Cynlant and Droopy lift the chitinous plates as Ront carves
- they gather enough to make 2 sets of full plate
- they also gather 9 rations worth of steaks
the partyrew takes a short rest

Ront immediately moves to the kitchen and starts preparing the steaks
Oneshoe peers around the camp, attempting to determine the lingering tensions
Cynlant and Droopy check in on senior members of the Order of the Gauntlet
- Cynlant orders Droopy to cast lesser restoration on one of them
- it does nothing
- Cynlant thanks him and tips him 2gp
they partyrew begins to drink
- the interesting mechanics of CARL drinking is mentioned
  - the top one takes a sip then passes it down
  - at some point large bendy straws appear, and the three CARL’s drink together
Oneshoe continues to investigate the potential source of the poison
the various group leaders provide reports to the partyrew
- they offer additional support to the partyrew
- the boyscouts reject such an offer, upon which they all start drunkenly flexing shirtless
Cynlant sneaks off casts detect poison then shuffles through camp
Cynlant talks to Yvelia about his patron, and her mother Baba Yaga

while asleep, Yvelia is stabbed by a spy of the Lord’s alliance
- she screams in pain and quickly banishes him
- the camp is roused
the boyscouts quickly roll over and ask why
- she informs them why
they bludgeon him unconscious immediately upon his return
Cynlant manacles him, drags him to a stone wall and pins him by his clothes using javelins against the rock
the spy starts explaining how he saw the Yvelia consorting with demons while the partyrew was in Gracklstugh
- Cynlant immediately casts lesser restoration, which clears the madness
they debate interrogating all the scouts
- they come to the agreement that it wouldn’t do much for those who are maddened
the partyrew goes back to bed
early the next day Oneshoe looks confused
- CARL mentions how loud things were during the night
- everyone refuses to tell her anything, so she goes to ask Sister
- Yvelia telepathically begs her to not to
- she does so despite her cries

mostly uneventful
Cynlant legend lores Gravenhollow
- it is a legendary library
- ran by 3 stone giants, responsible for the past, present, and future
- there’s ghost of all those who have ever been there
- the library can choose who can enter
at Oneshoe’s suggestion, he legend lores Mantol-Derith
- it is a centuries old trading outpost
- multiple races of the Underdark perform trade here
- generally considered safe

at the end of one day the scouts miss a check in
Cynlant attempt to send to Eldeth, but receives no response
they advance forward, in an attempt to get within telepathic range of Droopy’s found steed
- once in range they hear nothing
they boyscouts start heading the wrong way
CARL locks in and starts tracking the missing scouts
- they get on their paws, lick and sniff the dirt, then scurry forward
after an hour the partyrew stumbles upon the scout force, unconscious
- they fell in their marching order
- the faerez shimmers above them
they partyrew sends their familiars to poke the unconscious scouts
- they do not stir
Yvelia mentions leaving their Zent members of the scouting forces behind
- nobody agrees with her
- Cynlant and Yvelia begin to debate suffocating them in the vault
- meanwhile Oneshoe and CARL load them on to riding lizards and begin to move them towards camp
they update Sister on what happened
- together Droopy, Sister, and Cynlant cast lesser restoration on
  - Eldeth
  - 2 scouts
  - 3 spies
- the 2 Zhentarim thugs were left unconscious
- the leader of the Zhents is suspicious of this
everyone rests

during one of their days of travel, Sister asks the partyrew’s forces for help with Hezrous

CARL opens up with a volley of blunderbluss blasts
Yvelia hastens Ront and beckons him to attack, saying “don’t let the haste, go to wase”
Ront moves as a blur, then begins bashing one Hezrous
- it is nearly downed
Two Hezrous leap towards Ront, beginning to rend him
the third Hezrou advances towards Yvelia
- a cloud of stink surround it
Cynlant joins the fray, helping Ront
Oneshoe gives the Hezrou near Yvelia a blood parasite
Glabagool slimeballs (fireball) the Hezrous engaged in melee
Droopy hammers away at the enemy in front of mounted Yvelia
- the bloodworm slithers out of Hezrou
the main forces unleashes a few volleys
- they kill one Hezrou, then split their next volleys equally
CARL fires more blunderbuss shots
Yvelia eldritchly blasts the Hezrou in front of it, missing all but one
- Cheech, the mount slaps the frog with its hoof
Ront bludgeons another Hezrou, which melts into a puddle of demonic ichor
- he then swiftly moves towards Droopy, vaulting over him to brutalize the last Hezrou
- it falls
the main forces and the partyrew collect themselves and tend to wounds