29-Jun-2023

 The last session was filled with fun and sleep studies for Paavu. The first goal was finding a friendly necromancer to talk to in hopes of deciphering the glyph. They went to Grendira to discuss and see what she knows. She didn’t know enough, so the Bunch began running their own experiments. They decided to recreate that first night, getting him drunk and sleeping in the barn, but checking on him halfway through. About three hours into the night, Paavu woke up suddenly soaking wet and spitting up salt water and heavily damaged.

The crew put on their lab coats and began systematically experimenting on Paavu. Nuka discussed the happenings at night with the horses in the barn. She found that they smelled ocean water and heard splashing, but did not see anything as they were also sleeping. The next night he slept sober, and nothing of note happened. The night after that he slept as the little spoon with Nuka, and had the best night of sleep in his life., but nothing else of note. 

For the next night, Nuka made a sweet deal with one of the horses. She gave him tons of treats, and he let her cast beast sense on her that night and watch Paavu through his eyes. While watching, she saw him disappear for about 2 minutes, and when he reappeared there was a gust of wind and a smell of ozone. He had hundreds of tiny cuts all over his body and was in a lot of pain, so Nuka came in and healed him. They took this new information to Grendira, who suggested investigating while he was gone to see what they can find.

14-Jun-2023

 The Bunch started the last session in Alaphon Landing on the docks, going to visit Grendira, an old wise wizard that might be able to help identify the glyph on Paavu’s forehead. She was in the middle of casting what felt to be an extremely powerful spell, so once she has some time tomorrow, she will talk to the group at her lab. While leaving the docks, Gold Brain ran into an old friend, Alice, a fellow sailor he shared some time with on some shipping vessels. Gold Brain learned some rumors about Lyraena and the reasons for her downfall.

Feeling the need to go relax chemically, the Munch Bunch found a happy little bar in the Fluffy Halberd. They then went to find something more clean and comfortable, and settled on the Dark Ocean Inn. Once they got set, Gold Brain shared some of what he learned from Alice with the group, and that inspired Paavu to share some of what he’s learned from Garok’s journal with the group.  Dara looked shook, but internalized those reactions and did not share with anyone. As the group said good night, they all went into weird sleeping situations and I didn’t take notes, but just know it was pretty inefficient and it lead to Paavu sleeping by himself.

When Paavu awoke, he was not rest, and in fact was well done. He had burns and char marks all over his body. What hair Paavu had was all singed, and it could be smelled when he entered a room, and he had taken damage as well. The Bunch did not know why or what happened, and went on to visit with Grendira in her lab. She cast a number of spells, increasing in power, to try to determine the true meaning of that symbol on Paavu. Unfortunately, the most she could infer was that it was a link to something, but what she could not figure out. She also could not say why he was singed and hurt from sleeping, but advised to get an eye witness to it.

The group decided to take turns watching Paavu sleep to see if they could get a clue. Paavu has never slept so well, despite the slight unease knowing his friends were watching him. The party milled about town for another day, awaiting for Dakota’s saddle and some potions to be completed. When Paavu slept, he slept in a room by himself, or so he thought. Wimpy disguised himself as a crow and perched up watching him, witnessing nothing of significance. The group went and picked up their potions, and Nuka went and got Dakota’s saddle. Feeling an even stronger bond with Dakota, her confidence is at an all time high and the future is bright.

07-Jun-2023

 This week’s session started off shortly after Shava scooped up the enormous emerald that fell when her cousin was defeated. Going through the small camp, the Munch Bunch found a few empty cabins that smelled like they were used as barracks for the orcs. They searched each cabin until they found the one for Garok. A large black robe that smelled of death told of the cabin’s owner. The desk littered with notes about necromancy were scooped up by Dara for a bit of light bedtime reading. Paavu recognized a journal in the room, matching one given to him by his father in his youth, that must be Garok’s journal from their father as well. Nuka found a colorful wand and impulsively stepped out of the cabin, pointed it at a tree in the distance, and fired. A stinking cloud formed around the tree and Nuka put the wand away on her person and thought nothing of it.

Searching the other cabins Gold Brain found an amulet that had some interlocking and working gears in it. After ransacking the cabins, Nuka looked over the corpses of the fallen enemies and thought a few of those creatures would look better without hides and skinned the hell hounds and harvested what seemed to be some useful parts from them. Garok’s curiosity got the better of him, and he opened the journal to read it. An infinity symbol appeared on his forehead as he passed out for about 30 seconds and took some necrotic damage for doing so. 

Showing he recovered from that damage quickly, Paavu was back to doing Paavu things by going to the male hell hounds and cutting some specific trophies off of them. He now had a goal of preserving these impressive paper weights so he can cherish them forever. After investigating the site and having some tasks to do, the Bunch headed back to Alapon Landing. Nuka took the group’s extra items and bartered them away for cash, while Paavu took to looking for a taxidermist. The group found some leather work to be done with the hell hound hides and commissioned them to be made into cloaks. They went to the apothecary and ordered some potions.

With those chores out of the way, they wanted to do some research into necromancy, both fighting it and trying to figure out where Garok may strike next. After asking around, they found one of the older wizards in town, Rocria, in the library buried under some books. Despite hearing a number of overly details stories, they learned very little other than the glyph on Paavu’s head linked him to another plane. What plane and how he was linked, however, was still unknown.