Ravenloft

Expedtion to Castle Ravenloft


Session 4 (G'Jun, Serratis, Rediculis, Ashlyn, Dilok)

Camping at the forest fane, near midnight Dilok appears near the campsite. The next morning with Dilok awake and ready to go(strange huh? well hes a ravenloft nosferatu), they decide to go to where the 'river flies' to find the Sunsword. Hiking up the steep incline into the Balinoks they find a bridge near the top of the falls and a small path that heads off south on a narrown ridge. Moving down the path a large black wolf stands on the path up ahead and at least a few more wolves farther away.
Rediculis moves and attempts to calm the wolf, and throw it some jerky all to no avail. Two more wolves move in behind and Serratis Fireballs the three and the two wolves die. The large black wolf dies soon after. (in retrospect I should have tripped you off the falls...sigh)
Moving down the path Rediculis gets caught in a bear trap as does the rogue. Finding a small clearing the group moves in and sees two more wolves. Ashlyn runs to intercept them as a crossbow bolt comes out of a small thicket. Hitting the minotaur who failed his save for poison looses strength. Rediculis restores his strength(before secondary save) then the wizard gets one and makes the save. G'Jun charges into the thicket right after Serratis layed down a fireball but found nothing. Dilok moves in and disappears as well. The unknown attacker becomes visable as a crazy eyed dwarf who shoots another bolt for the cleric and hits. G'Jun charges but falls down due to terrain and Dilok moves in and sneak attacks but for little damage. Scorching Rays from Serratis while Rediculis Restores himself (again before secondary effects)
And the dwarf dies.
Searching around they find nothing of interest but a few more hidden bear traps and a tiny ledge that runs down on the river side and wraps around to the backside of the falls. Rediculis casts Airwalk on himself and Dilok climbs down and deftly makes his way there about the same time as the priest. The two of them enter and find a bear raised up and ready to strike but its expertly stuffed. Further in they find a bridge and a workshop and two more statues. One of a hybrid werewolf and the other a human with a great sword in one hand and a sprig of wolfsbane in the other. Rediculis casts speak with dead and he says he was working on a trade caravan as a guard when they were attacked. He was brought back here tortured, then his spirit could not leave as the dwarf ate his flesh and used the skin and bones to make a taxidermy experiment. After that he was trapped in the statue able to only observe. Serratis and Rediculis think that if they destroyed the statue it would free him and he agrees. So they burn him. The ghost finds it funny in the end.
Some searching and they find the great Sunsword which once they are outside they give to Ashlyn who thanks them and then calls her mount. Which a magnificent black stallion with white mane and tail with flaming eyes and breath shows up. Ashlyn looks suprised and confers with both the priest and mage. With the evidence so far being that summoning creatures get altered somehow and some magic seems to be altered, then perhaps this too is being altered planarly. Whatever, Wherever this plane is.

Surveying the surrounds from their 2000ft vantage point they see a bald mountain top off to their west and a rundown castle to their east. Using the spyglass they see ruins on the hill and decide that it could be a place of power and maybe another of the hags so they head to it.
After a few hours they make it discover a ruined tower. Dilok hears something from below since the ruin has floors below and holes. Sneaking over to the sound he finds a trapdoor. The sound of gutteral language is heard in alarm and a gravely female voice begins casting. Hearing the spells being cast below the party begins spelling themselves up for a fight and within 3 rounds G'Jun axes the trapdoor. Dilok jumps down, G'Jun jumps then all goes dark. Serratis dispels magic and knows he dispelled something but its still dark. Some running around G'Jun finds his way out to find Babau demons floating in the air he hits one who then teleports away. The other babau makes it dark on the other side near a dropoff that leads to a larger chamber where they see a circle. Dilok moves off the other direction with Serratis following. G'Jun kills one babau that was left as Rediculis dispels magic and then climbs down the drop off with rope pitons and hammer. G'Jun jumps off as they make their way to the circle. Dilok is out ahead of Serratis and suddendly the rockwalls are covered with moss and the smell is of heavy wet forest and earth. Dilok makes it into some more darkness as a babau appears in front of him five feet away a green hag suddenly becomes visible and touches him. He shakes off the weakness and the horrific appearance (I know a mage?) Wall of Force goes up while Dilok moves back to help Serratis. The minotaur and Rediculus look at the stone circle.
Spells fizzle, the hag tries again, and then gets angry and casts inflict critical only half damage. By this time Rediculis and G'Jun have climbed back up and find the hag. G'Jun bullrushes through the darkness and finds the hag. She blinds him, Serratis rays of enfeeblement, tries to Feeblemind her.
Ok here it gets fuzzy on recollection.
Basically I remember that she got into the darkness and had a round to invis herself and climbed the ladder to escape. Serratis' owl heard her and managed to follow her for some distance before falling for a ghost sound.

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