Session 16

Unfortunately I was unable to get Wednesday off from work thanks to the slave driving tyrants and enemies of joy and happiness that are dollarama management.  To that end we will either have to play Tuesday, Friday or skip it all together.  I will probably be talking with you all about this before the matter.  For a brief recap of session 15 ; the party collected some valuables, killed the big bad and are making off with anything that wasn't nailed to the floor.

Session 15 - A Recap

This session started off with the heroes taking a rest and then looting the shit out of the 1st floor of the castle.  During the ransacking of the second floor the heroes stumbled upon a library.  Inside they found the diary of the new villain.  In it they discovered he was working with Zalon, had been working on enchantments, was tracking the caravan that was transporting Flovale (the doll) and that he had contacts in Roysail.  The party decided now was time to go through the door on the second floor that had been locked.  They let Bl'nx smash the door down with  his battle axe which took the better part of a minute before the door was knocked over.  Inside they found a large garden with a tree in the center.  The roof of this room was torn away exposing it to the elements.  In this room stood the man with the featureless helmet and strange lute and a raven.  He plucked a deep note as the party entered and began talking to them.  He revealed that thanks to the party slaughtering the hobgoblins he was unable to gain re-enforcements as well as Zalon and him were no longer working together.  The party asked him was his contingency plan was and he told them it was to kill them in this room.  At that point the battle started.  Saloch immediately summoned a swarm of bats on him and the man fled into the smaller room to escape the bats.  As the party moved forward the grass they were standing in began to entangle them and an assassin vine from the tree started strangling Bl'nx.  After the bats had dissappearing the man returned from the room and Saloch summoned a barrage of Hippogriffs and wolves to fight off the assassin vine and man while Zanben aided by tripping the man before he could cast offensively.  Officially the man was destroyed but his raven got away.  After the fight the party removed his helmet to reveal he was an elf and while searching through his belongings they discovered he was missing his left pinky finger.  After this the party packed up everything they could in the castle and made for the closest town.