Session 96 – “The fool who shat on a tree”

Alternative titles

• “He, She, Tree”

The party

• Bob (human cleric)

• Dan (human ranger)

• Dernard (human magic user)

• Kaya (dwarven fighter/cleric)

• Nigel (dwarven fighter)

• Valis (elven fighter)

XP

• 46

Treasures

• Sapphire

• Silver ring with tiny mirror

• 6 small pearls (potentially worthless)

• 158 GP

• Note: Treasure above was received as part of previous session; Bob & Nigel were excluded from the recipients

Summary

• Looted the dead cultists

  • Took their amulets as proof for Sir Aravan

  • Found two maps

  • One of the current area

  • One of another area that Theandra recognized

• Returned to hobgoblins and received gold as reward

  • Left their caves

• Storm in forest remained

  • Asked the centaurs if there was something special in the center of the forest

  • They lead us to the Great Hawthorn, an ancient treant

  • Fought off some undead deer

  • We tried to communicate with the Hawthorn, but it didn’t respond

  • It became aggressive and started to walk

  • We retreated and returned to the camp of Sir Aravan

• Talked to Sir Aravan

  • He promised to mention us when he returned to the keep on the borderlands

  • We decided to stay a few days to recover

• The Great Hawthorn and other treants appeared

  • Attacked the shrine Sir Aravans people were building

  • Fighting was pointless

  • Treants started to destroy the shrine (a boulder)

  • We and Sir Aravans group retreated

  • Sir Aravan decided to return to the keep

  • We decided to continue our journey to the place mentioned on the second map