Fantastic write-up Jordie, thank you! It was great to see the party working as a team (apart from Cal’s antics 😂) and being more inquisitive. And the addition of Azum (Zoom as ARN would say) has been a breath of fresh air too, something different and interesting brought to the table, as well as the slightly less recent addition Matty leading the party. Overall I had a really enjoyable night. Thank you Elliott as always, I look forward to the next one!
I'll leave my notes here, have probably missed something...
Arn the Bear was saved by Matt with a Spare the Dying spell.
The Party headed back to The Swan in Slema, where people were surprised to see them. They learned Baum and Lavender teleported to the swan, stayed for a few days and then left.
The party met Azum, who informed the group that Baum is a wannabe sorcerer who has zero magical powers. He collects magical artifacts to gain power. He has collected at least 3 artifacts including the Dragon Heart and Giants Spine, by tricking groups into helping him retrieve the artifacts, then betraying them with a Stop spell. The next artifact Baum is going for is from a Drider, which will give him the Darkness spell, as well as levitate.
A gnome called Ceryni from the thieves guild beckoned us over. He gave us information and direction son how to get to the Drider. As part of the agreement, the group each promised a 3%share of their treasure. As Azum had no treasure to offer, he instead fought a man who owed money to Cervni.
Cervni gave us the following advice:
It's dark, so dark vision is very useful
Everything is trying to kill you and eat you
If you see drow you are already dead. Just run.
It goes deep, chances of finding a way out are slim. Leave a trail
After shopping for some essentials, we headed to the Underdark. We were given the instructions:
Walk for 1 day, go right at the fork, walk for another day, go right at fork, walk for one more day, go left, circle the city of Menzobaronzon and find the dryders
We entered the Underdark, holding a rope as to not get separated, then left a trail until we came across a cavern. This was about half a days walk.
In the cavern we ended up fighting a giant crab. The fight generally went very well, and we did a lot of quick damage to the crab, however a huge thunderwave spell from Cal did huge amounts of damage to the party, particularly Azum, who got sent flying and left with only 3 hp.