Stonehell: Dinner Invitation

 Session 162 was played on 8/9

Boris, Cleric 9 (Jeff)
Joho, Mystic 6 (Chris)
Ool, Mystic 3 (NPC)
Morgana, Mage 7 (Reggie)
Borumar, Thief 8 (Josh)

Returning to the dungeon, and heading down to the Ghouls, the party pauses briefly in the Hobgoblin redoubt to squash an ooze that attacked them. Down in level 4, they head back to where the hellhounds had laired. The firepit was still burning. Exploring around they went up a flight of stairs to what looked like the Ghoul’s back door. Rather than being rude, they circled around back to the front door, and with some slight hesitation, knocked.

The Ghouls answered, happily surprised to see the party, and invited them in. They were offered seats in the sitting room and drinks. They chatted with the party, and apologised that they wouldn’t be allowed to join them for dinner as they were not properly dressed. Discussion veered to clothing, and the threadbare and out of date nature of the Ghouls’ wardrobes. The Ghouls offered to pay the party if they would return with new fashionable clothing for them to wear, including hats. Knowing that it would take weeks, the party planned a 6 week delivery time and dinner reservation.

Taking some cash, the party heads to town, and places their orders. Boris begins to train with a grand master for throwing hammer, and the Karl’s hat shop going into high production.

During a break, the party gears up to make another delve, and heads to the dungeon… but they don’t make it. While passing along the raised walkway through the southern end of the swamp they hear a roar, and from out of the water a black dragon emerges! The party wasn’t surprised, and they had just a tiny bit of space before the dragon would be on them. Boris cast bless, Borumar crits with his force bow, Morgana casts lightning bolt, Joho hits with a dart, and Ool chucks a spear that goes right into the dragon’s open mouth as it was about to spray them down with acid. The dragon went crashing down in front of the party, dead.

With their hearts still pounding, they cheer and laugh, then get to the business of getting the dragon’s body back to the estate. Thankfully Borumar has his elephant statue, so they didn’t have to wait to get a big cart. Back at the estate, they have the dragon skinned and butched.

Gains:  Dinner reservation, black dragon body
Kills:  Black Dragon, ooze
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