Stonehell: Scouting Mission

Session 187 was played on 1/30.

Borumar, Thief 9 (Josh)
Morgana, Mage 8 (Rob)
Joho, Mystic, 7 (Chris)
Koltic, Cleric 6 (NPC)
Biffin, Fighter 7 (NPC)

Morgana uses some of her earnings from the ethereal dragon to craft a scroll of Summon Slug. Joho hires some meatshields, while Borumar buy’s Mr. Sinister the wardog, and sends Captain Morgan for training. Koltic gets drunk, and makes some healing potions.

On the way to Stonehell, a swarm of noxious black flies swarm the party. Borumar and one of Joho’s meatshields, Thunder the Dwarf, get a slight fever. They pass through the hobgoblin caves, and through the disco room. Joho is injured, as are 3 of the meatshields. One of the meatshields, Barcox, becomes a level 1 fighter.

Further in down on level 3, they stumble on some bugbears. Morgana sleeps some of them, and they begin to talk, but negotiations break down, and before they can do anything with their monstrously long reach, Morgana roasts them all with a fireball.  

Continuing down to level 5, they bump into a squad of Vrilya near the mines, talk their way past them, and continue down toward the Vrilya’s upper area, and trigger the Scroll of Mapping they’d recovered from the dragon’s hoard. Exploring some of the revealed spaces, they stumble on a minotaur camp. Morgana roasts them, dropping 3 out of 5. The remaining two rage into melee but are quickly cut down. They find a hidden lockbox, and haul it out. Deciding they’ve had enough for one trip, they head back to the surface, killing a squad of hobgoblin scouts, and looting their arms and armor.

Back in town, Joho gives Morgana 10,000gp for her research.

Gains: 7900gp in various coinage
Kills: Bugbears, Minotaurs, Hobgoblins
Losses: