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  30th December 2023 In-game timeline: DR1489 Marpenoth 29 - Uktar 1 Our "Heroes" have managed to discover, and rescue, the adult villagers from Moonfall Cavern. It seems they take themselves here, and lock themselves up, in order to avoid them harming each other, and others, when they change into their animal form on the night of the full moon. The tangleweed is able to restrict this Change to only a single night, and helps them to avoid succumbing to The Curse completely and potentially changing their… outlook on life. Mahtis and Carro are understandably worried about the effects of being bitten. Elder Eldred Greylock explains a little about The Curse, and it seems that they will not change for another month, and they do have a chance to remove the curse from themselves, though the number of times they are bitten does make it harder to do so. This is a problem for another day. For now, the villagers are worried about the fate of their children, especially as it seems that t...

2nd December 2023 In-game timeline: DR1489 Marpenoth 29 - Marpenoth 29 Our "Heroes" seem to have arrived at a cavern system that they hope this time is the correct one. At least there are people here, and they are being invited inside. Unfortunately their new-found 'friends' turn against them as soon as they are inside the torch-lit tunnels. The two humans they met outside turn quickly into human/wolf hybrids and start to attack the party. Mahtis and Carro were prepared for something to happen, and so are not surprised, but they are a little disappointed to find that their weapons prove ineffectual against the lycanthropes. What is worse, the werewolves have particularly nasty claw and bite attacks, and these seem to get through our "heroes" defences more often than they would like. What is even worse is that both Carro and Mahtis are bitten by their attackers and feel concerned when they sense some form of infection pass from the lycanthropes to themselves!...

12th November 2023 In-game timeline: DR1489 Marpenoth 29 - Marpenoth 29 Our "Heroes" are heading for Moonfall cavern, where they hope to find the adult villagers, when they suddenly remember that they left something back at Elder Greylock's house - the area map. So they decide to head back to the village and steal that too. Back on the trail, they get a move on - it is mid-afternoon and in winter that means only a few hours of daylight remain. At the fork in the track they take the right path and eventually come upon a cave entrance. They cautiously approach, and check out the ground around the entrance, spotting some bear paw prints heading both into and out of the cave. As our "heroes" discuss their next steps, Mahtis hears some growling from within the cave, and as the group hurry to hide themselves, the dragonborn sees a large, bear-like creature approach the cave entrance from the inside and sniff around. The party is determined to get inside the cave, but ...

23rd October 2023 & 28th October 2023 In-game timeline: DR1489 Marpenoth 5 - Marpenoth 29 We rejoin our "Heroes" after a long out-of-game break, finding them in Neverwinter having returned from Abbey Isle and all spending time and money levelling up. Kandi, having completely forgotten his reason for being on this adventure when he gave his memories of Starshine to the Wise Woman, left the party to head home. Carro sent him back with a message to his parents about his progress (and to ask for money!). All have levelled up to Level 6 (Mahtis: level 1 fighter, level 5 druid). They did some shopping and some asking around about Moonfall, but not much information emerges - information on Moonfall seems mysteriously limited. Carro shows off his new, expensive outfit and braided hair, and then proceeds to borrow money from the rest of the group for the following week. Mahtis got a library card.  The party travels overland to Waterdeep by getting employed as guards for a caravan....

27th November 2022 In-game timeline: DR1489 Eleint 27 - Marpenoth 5 Our Heroes stand in a covered walkway over a lake, planning their next moves and the plan for attack on what they hope to be the final room. Wanting to avoid their usual "Storm the room!" approach, a combined approach with allocated roles was agreed upon. Step 1. TC uses Mage Hand to open the door to the room from a distance. Unfortunately the door is too heavy to open any significant amount. So TC needs to manually pull the door open. Step 2. With nothing obvious moving in the room, though TC does detect an undead around the corner, currently out of sight, the second step is put into action. Using Mage Hand once more, TC puts a cloak over the body on the altar, cutting down the smoke emerging from it, and also casts some caltrops on the floor in front of one of the winged, dark coloured, crystal statues standing each side of the altar. Step 3. This was originally planned to be Mahtis using Hold Person on the...

29th October & 6th November 2022 In-game timeline: DR1489 Eleint 27 - Eleint 27 Our Heroes awake after a long rest just after midnight on the day their ship home is due to arrive. They decide to attempt to enter the temple at the abbey in the hope that they may discover what happened to Clarice and possibly even dispose of some evil clerics and/or gain some rare but much desired loot in the process. They are acutely aware, especially Carro, that time is somewhat against them, and some plans for quick escapes are rapidly discussed. Under cover of night, and of Carro's Pass Without Trace spell, they enter the abbey ruins once more and approach the tower. The distant sound of harpies atop the tower worry them, and the flickering light from a room within the tower gives them cause to rethink their usual "Storm the Room" plan of approach, Mahtis volunteers to scout ahead, and turns into a spider to spend almost two valuable hours running around the evil temple to see what ...

23rd October 2022 In-game timeline: DR1489 Eleint 26 - Eleint 27 Our "Heroes" engaged in a difficult battle with Bayleaf (the guard), Ogmund, Braydol and Sophia (the clerics). The party (eventually!) decided to attack the temple building directly, even though they had no idea how many people were In there, but were met with 2 spiritual weapons that attacked them as they closed in on the building. Bayleaf then ran out and engaged Kandi, who was loitering quite close to the door. Two clerics were hiding behind the doors, looking out only to control their Spiritual Warhammers that were clobbering TC. TC engaged Bayleaf to try to help Kandi - but he ended up quite battered, especially when Ogmund managed to paralyse him for a turn. Mahtis heated up Bayleaf's spear, but he held on to it, and Ogmund dispelled the magic before it could do too much harm. TC threw off his paralysis and got some well-needed hits on Bayleaf, who seemed remarkably resilient and strong. TC eventually ...