Hold Still

Working our way down below the lizardfolks' newly acquired castle, we followed the fleeing cultist leaders. Finding our way through quite the elaborate cave proved difficult. We went in circles afew times despite only having a couple pathways to choose from.

As we walked, we came upon a room in which we failed our stealth checks. Out popped dozens of poisonous centipedes. As we squashed them, they climbed on the backs of some party members, to which there was only one solution: turn on each other. With the utmost confidence in our ability to handle daggers, and confidence that we would not roll natural 1's, we attacked.

After disposing of the centipedes, we made our second encounter with a real dragon.

A Midnight Massacre

Traveling through the Dead Mere, the party of Skryllin, Salar, Bromide, and Duri followed the tracks left by lizardfolk. They had discovered that the lizardfolk were transporting the looted goods from towns pillaged by the Cult of the Dragon.

The party came across an unoccupied camp, moments before lizardfolk arrived via canoe. A quick battle left multiple lizardfolk dead, and a couple captured. Interrogating one, they learned his name, Snapjaw. After learning more about their situation, the party learned that they could come to a mutual benefit with the lizardfolk. The lizardfolk were enslaved by the bullywugs, who were under command of the cultists.

With the assistance of Snapjaw, the party arrived safely and took shelter in one of their huts just outside the castle grounds. The lizardfolk quickly spread the word that we would attack the grounds at midnight. They would take control of the castle, and the bullywugs, if they could assist us in killing the cultists.

At the moment when the moon was highest in the sky, the party entered the castle grounds. In the distance we could see dozens, possibly more than 100, lizardfolk waiting for our signal. Two fireballs into bullywug huts charred most of them, and the massacre was on. We took quick control of watch towers, and alarm bells were disabled. We made quick work of bullywug leader Pharblex Spattergoo, who made a rousing final speech on par with Aragorn at the Black Gate. We killed or captured many cultists, but unfortunately the leaders escaped.

Still, we earned a victory, as well as a tepid alliance with King Snapjaw and the lizardfolk. Next step, for some strange reason, was to attack the haunted tower.