Session 8 - Recap

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• The party continued their fight against an otyugh in the sewers
  • Despite having been caught off-guard, the party was able to deal major damage to the otyugh
  • The otyugh suddenly dove deep underwater
  • After several rounds of silence, the party suspected the otyugh must have disengaged from the flight
  • Hurlin shaped to a giant octopus, and dragged Beastmaster and himself back to shore
    • A few moments later, the party heard splashing and plodding off in the distance, suggesting that the otyugh might be moving away
• The party followed the larger sewer corridor due east to a 4-way junction
  • To the north and east, there were large sewage corridors continuing on a considerable distance
    • The party noticed a sewage trail seemingly left by the otyugh leading towards the northern tunnel
  • To the south, there was a cramped, dry pipe that only a small character could move through with ease
• The party chose to go north as a group, following the otyugh
  • The party arrived at a chamber of glossy black volcanic rock with glowing crystals
  • The party noticed that the stonework in the chamber was master craftsmanship and appeared dwarven
  • The characters all felt a psionic presence tugging them towards a large pit in the center of the chamber
  • With a rope tied around him, Sym cautiosly approached the pit
    • He estimated that the pit was ~30ft deep, with a vortex of swirling black water at the bottom
    • Sym experienced a brief telepathic flash of a deep underwater lovercraftian city lit by bioluminescence
  • The party reasoned that this was probably some sort of portal to the underdark
  • Unsure of whether they could safely use such a passage, the group decided to return down the tunnel they came from
    • The party grabbed one of the softly glowing stones lighting the room as they left
• The party returned to the 4-way junction point
  • Beastmaster instructed his sewer gator (Chomper) to travel down the small pipe leading south, and return back after seeing what was at its end
  • The PCs continued down the eastern corridor, eventually reaching a central cistern area
    • They explored some wooden boxes, but found only sewage repair materials
    • The players broke down a heavy wooden basement door, and found themselves in what seemed to be the Hall of Justice cellar area
      • The party stole two additional wheels of cheese during their retreat
• The group sent Roz ahead to scout the remaining quadrant of the sewers
  • Roz eventually came across a small collection of ratfolk dwellings
  • She tried to open several doors and found them locked, before discovering a small, open tavern
    • Roz met a ratfolk barkeep named Daki, and two ratfolk patrons, Dyno & Duno
    • Upon questioning, the ratfolk claimed to know mysteriously little of their own origins or role in the sewers
    • The ratfolk also didn’t recall seeing anything unusual or “underdark-y” in the tunnels lately
    • When asked about a hat of vermin, Daki said that a ratfolk named Dari might have “a party-favor sort of thing” like that
  • Deciding that the ratfolk didn’t have any useful information, Roz returned to the other members of the party
• The party returned to the 4-way junction and met back up with Beastmaster’s gator
  • The gator found a extra-foul-smelling chamber exposed to daylight a long way down the tunnel
  • The party left the sewers to clean up at the inn
  • The party met Ratman back at Harvard’s and traded the cheese for the hat
• In the morning, the party left to explore the barrow with Yandra and the guardsmen
  • The players met the two guard captians, Sir Orin Veltham and Dalla Ironjaw
  • The players also socialized with Yandra and learned of her backstory
    • Roz noticed a tattoo on Yandra in thieves’ cant reading “Swindlers never change”
      • When Roz asked about it directly, Yandra responded that it was a reminder to always do right by her customers
    • The party learned that Yandra had found an entrance to the underdark many years ago in the mountains south of Phandalin
      • Yandra happily marked the location of the mountain she’d been exploring on the party’s map of the area
  • Not far from the destination, Sir Orin noticed fresh half-orc tracks
  • Hurlin cast Pass Without Trace, and the party proceeded cautiously and quietly towards the Dragon Barrow
• (End of session)

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