Session 80: Swamp Song

 Session 80: Swamp Song

8/11/24-8/17/24, rest 8/18, active 8/19

PC: Valda, Zektel, Brumdor, Cracaryn, Miquella

Hench: Bazam, Taco, Crom, Zero, Nicky, Randy, Ricky

#ACKS

Once more into the swampy breach! Team B was determined to clear those hexes for the big payout from Issac. They engaged in a little shopkeeping at the beginning of the session just to annoy the DM and then they were off.

A stacked-stone hut housed a handful of ogres who were torturing and eating captives inside. The party dispatched them easily, not even utilizing the troops standing at the ready to attack, which the mercs were ok with. They were still on duty and were still gonna get paid from the secret cache of loot the group dug up. Zektel also tended to the one survivor’s feet, a young woman in some kind of shock.

During their camp, the young woman was revealed to be a monster! Her head popped off and flew around, trying to scare everyone, and she threw some spells which had no chance to land because everyone’s saving throws are too high. The party killed it easily despite the shocking ambush.

Combing the swamp revealed a few lizardmen who evaded the adventurers, some ticks, some birds, and a giant prehistoric crocodile. This lair search happened at the same time as a dangerous terrain encounter hit, which was obscuring conditions. A heavy fog rose and the 40’ long 15 HD croc chose then to defend its lair.

Many mercenary crossbowmen got munched and Brumdor nearly got his face bit off. One of the new ranger henches lost a hand before the group was finally able to destroy the creature. They confirmed that it was the final lair for that hex and that meant mission complete!

The group bounced back to Riverstride, got paid for their efforts, then rushed out to Teutchland to deal with the pending sphinx situation. On their way through the swamp they saw some flying giant wasps buzzing overhead that were perfectly happy to fly on by. Miquella the Bard launched into Tool’s Swamp Song to inspire courage in his teammates in case there was trouble. I rolled to determine whether the wasps cared about that. Apparently they weren't Tool fans and attacked.

Their paralyzing stingers were pretty brutal and they were able to scoop two henches and try to carry them off, even implanting an egg in one of them. The party’s ranged attacks were too powerful though and thanks to Zektel’s massive healing ability everyone recovered fine. The rest of the trip was mostly uneventful and we ran out of session time as they arrived in Teutchland. The next Team B session will be staged to definitely not be killed between the two warring sphinx prides of Meowster Mittens and Simba.