The session started in the middle of battle with the “Big One” that the woman had told them about. The group moved into position for flanking around the creature and made hits against the creature, damaging it. However, the big one healed part of the damage and then let out a stink that overwhelmed the party causing all of them to be nauseated. He then proceeded to beat on Cendrine and taunt the 'morsels' who were fighting against him.
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The group backed away and Cendrine moved further off due to the damage she was taking. The big lizard followed her and continued to damage her. In the next round the group was able to overcome the horrendous stench and move in to attack the creature again. Darsus did a channel and brought the party back up so they could continue to do damage. In spite of it's healing and tough hide the creature was hurt badly and moved off to use the bit of magic it had. It called on an ice storm and gave the party more damage. Unfortunately it was somewhat groggy and accidentally included itself in the spell's effect and also received damage.
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In the next round, the group closed in and killed the monster before it could damage any of them again. They then went and found the woman and child and found out more about her. She, her husband and son had been taken from their farm in order to get more information about any people that might be looking for the lost sheep. After they had been questioned they were turned over to the toads to provide a meal. Her husband had just been killed right before the mother and son were rescued. The group decided to escort her out and back to her farm after they had taken care of the juvenile trogs they had found in one cavern. For this endeavor they faced a moral dilemna, should defenseless creatures be killed or let go? The group talked and finally agreed that they should be finished off but without any magical help and they must put themselves in danger. They then removed the web and blocked off the entrance. A small group of the trogs attacked along with 4 large rats. They were quickly taken down and the group entered the cavern to find smaller trogs huddled against the back wall. For Darsus it was difficult to kill the creatures but he supported the rest in killing them. After seeing the situation in the cave, small gnawed trog bones could be seen laying around and the cavern was filthy. It could be seen that some of the juveniles were already taking a path of evil and there were no adults around to take care of them so they would have gone feral and wreaked more evil if they had been allowed to live.
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After finishing this task they escorted the mother and son back out of the caverns and started heading towards her farm. On the way there they found the husband's brother. The brother took the body and then escorted the mother and son back to their farm. In order to help the family, each member of the group had donated some coin to the mother. With the job not yet finished, the group went back into the caverns in order to finish finding more of the monsters who had stolen sheep and farmers for their own evil needs. They went into a last cavern and found more of the trog creatures along with two trogs guarding them. They were able to damage them but one tore into Danicia and caused her to bleed. Darsus quickly took care of the damage, including her feeling weaker than normal.
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They did find a sack of what appeared to be eggs for the toads. Sheliak thought they might be able to sell the eggs but Darsus understood that selling the eggs would be an evil act. Darsus and Danicia set the eggs on fire in order to destroy them. The group then decided to stop and rest for the night before exploring the tunnel that one of the handlers and toads had come from. The night went by quietly as they stayed just outside the cavern where they had killed the big lizard. They then went to explore the tunnel and found more giant toads at the end. The toads were able to get in one good bite but they were quickly taken down by the group. Cendrine noticed that the room was carved out and finely made as it opened up into another room above. The group climbed up and found themselves in two open rooms. It appeared that the rooms might have been a holy chapel once but that they had been descreated and decorated by some creatures that worshiped a toad type god. Offended by the mosaic and feeling that it was wrong, Danicia agreed to climb up and destroy the mosaic with a crowbar. With one might hit, she shattered the tiles and destroyed the unholy scene of Cillamar being attacked by a giant toad like creature.
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After looking around, the group then found a giant door and attempted to unlock it. Danicia was having an off moment after destroying the mosaic and just couldn't figure out the lock mechanism. Fortunately, some strong hits on the door by Sheliak and Cendrine weakened it and she was finally able to unlock it. The group found another door which Danicia had an easier time with. The door opened into another chamber with a pool and statue on one end and a landslide on the other. The session ended here.
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