message the dragon: Long day of travel into the twisted branches. the sapphire sentinel is awake and following. Something from hell is in this forest with us. Night! 25

ask ivy about statue

can kashahan speak in the golems head?


Khashana is stuffing her face with owlbear steaks and is grumpy and sleepy and hungry. two levels of exhaustion.


Sending stone every night.


Ivy practices with her stone.


ivy and khashana talk about deities and worship. Ivy gets excited!

Khashana holds out the dragon statue. Ivy is worried.

but Ivy is so respectful and kind and is gonna help me figure out how to worship them correctly.

I paint the statue green.

gonna take a while to dry so I have to hold it out.


SMig tries to find a weasel. makes friendly with a skunk. Needs a weasel.

2 more days of travel before leaf's end.



Wake up grumpy and sleepy. eat food, better. with my statue.

never painted anything before.

last bit of food.


Jeth has mage handed spots of snow. Jeth does not like the outside.

Khashana is happy to take her time in this lovely forest. she is holding out a giant statue that she painted. jeth makes a deal. he will dry the statue if she goes fast! DEAL


test statue. "sit". attempts.

not sure if nothing there or if there is resistance.


Dorbin is riding on the golem with his homuculus in front of him.

Safira pops out and is really excited and rolling about the snow!

Dorbin gives smig something incendiary.


Maja doesn't know a whole lot about the missing children. over the last month or so.

children who have been foraging. 1-2 adults have also disseapperd but that may or may not be related.


We roll bad perception. and continue off not noticing anything.

Later in the afternoon, Ivy notices a flickering light very far away. Some snow perhaps rustling up. the path is winding.


Jeth sends Gerard to check what it is. I steady him. A rider is coming fast.

the rider slows when they see us. a massive horse and darkened reddish skin of a hobgoblin. it barks out: roads not safe. lands eyes on maja. greets her. not a safe time. should head back. foul things in the woods.

Maja says we can't turn around. need to go to leaf's end. this si usually a safe road.

there is a downed cart back aways . a few deceased. howling in the woods last night. and takes off.

Goran, the hobgolbin. treasure hunter of some renown

we faced a variety of creatures in hell already. is this any worse than those?


All dragons should be honored. but the green dragons are nature so in Khashana's eyes specifically they are the loveliest.


Smig convinces the group that we need a creature who is familiar with the forest.

I offer to find one. he says yes.\ i go into the forest

i cast speak with animals

I offer goodberries.

I try to animal friendship it.

Khashana will work on friendshipping it for smig.

weasel is friend for 24 hours.

take good care of it smig. don't gloop it. teary eyed.

forest cold. snow nice. den warm. like warm. food good. creatures scary. try to eat.

I convince the weasel to snuggle smig. it snuggles smigs neck.

smoky.

as it's peeking it's head. I give him scritches. give smig 3 goodberries.

coat warm. stay for now.

smig can make a series of checks to get the weasel. 3 success. adv with my charm.

Khashana introduces

safira is a bit sad to see smig find a new friend. Smig gives her some catnip./ she feels better.


Jeth wants to keep going fast. cold! Ivy convinces him that he need to be a little stealithy

. 1-2pm, we come to a little clearing. can see some sort of caravan cart broken.


Ivy approaches the bodys. sees a middle ages man and woman. half elviush, other human

detect magic. jeth. looping around. gets a ping from the human male.

there is a wand in the hand of the human. Jeth is very careful around the bodies. watching for Ivy's guidance.

sections of bite marks and slight searing of the flesh.

series of other punctures in the bite marks. odd.

kinda swollen. in the abdomen. made AFTER death.

DR Ivy, medicine dwarf.

telling jeth.

viscous fluid that bubbles out.

Ivy wakes up the dead human with the wand

what did this to you: dogs, ferocious, hellish dogs.

do you know anything about the disappearance of children in leaf's end: dangerous, we left with our son, heading for karse. (there is no child body here)

Ivy asks Jeth about questions. follow the line of the son.

how many children disappeared, or do you know anyone who did? many over the past several months. wanted to leave before their son fell victim.

what direction the dogs came from: all directions. surprised us. heard howling and before we knew it, they were on us.

needs to bury them correctly and ask their wants. to the earth! shantia! blooming rose with sunburst symbol

The kid is missing. jeth and ivy looking. hide him in the cart. jeth will search.

the cart is pretty bare right now. tousled goods.

there are markings on the ground by the undisturbed snow. a dragging motion looking mark and giant raindrops aka pawprints of fire.

patch of discolored snow away from the cart. firey


Khashana was gonna shapeshift or conjure animals to help ivy with the graves but ivy asks dorbin and his golem. communicates with sign language.


she also asks what this firey thing is on the ground. the blast is now the source of the burning remants. not strong enough to be an impact crater. they seem unrelated , an after effect.


Ivy wonder out loud if the wand was eldritch blast or fire.

Jeth tries the wand on the tree.

three points of light burst and elongate and travel through differnt magical paths and carves a chuck of the tree.


the golem finishs the graves. Ivy asks for help carrying the corpse. Khashana helps. the greatmother. agriculureal goddess.

ivy says a few words.


Smig and ivy hear this drumming noise in the snow coming from all the directions.

Ivy says "shhhh"

tell the weasel, if we get into a dangerous spot or fight, jump onto safira and she will protect you and get you both to safety.

"if we get into a dangerous spot or fight, run/jump onto safira and she will protect you and get you both to safety." -says Khashana to the weasel "safira is truly the best"

Smig yells "did anyone hear that??"

oh no. it speeds up, gets louder and stops. as we all hear and look around. ivy and smig see the snow move. and snow spider comes racing at me.


Spider attack

Wrath of Nature: (nope. i think it's dragon time)

healed the group. now dragon time. poison and cold damg. fuck this. roar

if i live...


well jeth, I did promise you that i would show you what I've working on. I guess now is as good as any time.

You are all familiar with how khashana shapeshifts. as her form reaches the dire wolf size, you realize that it continues to grow more and then turn green as two big green wings sprout of the form and you are faced with dragonshana.


go around the spider to aim for a cone attack.

POSION BREATH!


EXHAUSTION HAPPENS AFTER THE FORM ENDS.

needs to recharge roll.

khashana leaves the big spider to capture the little one running away. dumb move . the big one runs. and the little one runs too.....


don't lose your form maybe. keep it as long as you can. but also. hard to hide a dragon......


Jeth speaks draconic.


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EXHAUSTION HAPPENS AFTER THE FORM ENDS.

Jeth was nice enough to give me a ride back to Neverwinter. Ilya was not there but Vas was. Introductions between Jeth, Dorbin and Vas went well. I was a little worried about dorbin's chaotic nature but Vas found him very entertaining.

Vas didn't remember too much about the black dragon.

petty creatures are black dragons.

not interested in people. tangible goods ar ethe only interest.

will ask ilya when she gets back.

may have eaten his brother while in the nest.

but spoke about Ephelomon's horn. and its power. and how it should stay with the dragons. I did not tell my friends all about the horn but smig does seem not to want to give it to orl brega and that's a good start.


I had a lovely stroll with Vas and I'm really starting to feel better about my place by the dragons.

Vas explained a few interesting things about their 'business'.



tell smig about horn. (it should be for the dragons. were you planning on giving it to them? Smig didn't really wanna give it to them. so has to think about the patron. When you do have an answeer from them, would you let me know? He agrees. tempted to drink out of it. It's magical khas says. maybe not the smartest use for it)


Shale Flintman the golem.


Vas and Kas a stroll?

how was the meeting with Lord Neverember

khashana asks about the meeting with neverember.

Lady iilya is a council member.

He is very thrilled with himself.

They have found a way to remain in neverwinter in perputity and with not many people knowing their true intentions.

textile business. a big lie! they are telling a big lie to the people about that. it's 'booming". Vas is honest that it's fake to me. interesting.

Khashana does not question that. she idolizes them so it must be right.

has a lovely flight and returns home to sleep.



Silver dragons are watching. HOw should khashana feel about other dragons. Green are the most nature-y.


asks about the blonde woman.

he laughs. quite a serious woman. sorry you didn't met. Lady Valamaradace

forced her own way into the group. as a member of the sentienal of the north wind. in particular keeping an eye on the two dragons in the castle. (in her own interest. out of concern for the greater sword coast region and for the council. not fully selfless) With Jeth's book knowledge, he recognizes the name of the order. in service to the demi deity bahamut who is Largely in service to the god Torm.

An order sworn to serve the massive silver dragon Bahamut.

Checks and balances. Neverwinter has no interest in the green wryms serving on the greater council. but they need help. SO if there is a green dragon on the council, there will be a silver one too.

The politics of dragons are labryinthine to say the least and downright destructive to say the worst.

What was Lady calugillyamatar introduction into the council.

The silver lady. Lady Ilya and Lord Vas. says neverwinter.

Green dragons are so opportunistic. moment of weakness. to be fair, I suspect they are up to something.

cunning green dragons.

many night with either one of them will fly off and destroy hordes of undead. Without them, the situation would be worse.

They have so far only asked for a seat on the council but neverwinter fears for what they may ask for one day.



the drake horn has been lost for ages.

impossible to find it.

it would be an honor for the dragons to hold it.

Ephelomon's horn.

I've been trying to learn more about dragons.

I do recall that the drake horn was made from the dragon's horn.

red dragon consort of tiamat.

most powerful dragon of tiamat.

there was a war between dragon kind and giants and was gifted from tiamat to the dragons.

in a 2000 mil radius?


I DO NOT SHARE THIS WITH THE GROUP. I should eventually to convince the group that this is not something that orl brega should have.

IT IS A POWERFUL DRAGON ITEM THAT SHOULD STAY WITH THE DRAGONS.

if you do come across it, it should be returned to it's people.

Khashana feels strongly about that. uh oh SMig.

orl Brega wants it. Doesn't feel like something they should have.

dragons do gather followers.

cults are so boring says vas.

Vas does not remember this dragon fully

petty creatures are black dragons.

not interested in people. tangible goods ar ethe only interest.

will ask ilya when she gets back.

may have eaten his brother while in the nest.

Official DM Recap

Session 5: On the Road Again

Smig procures a weasel fur coat.


Khashana, Jeth, and Dorbin travel to Neverwinter to visit with the dragons. They dine with Lord Vas and learn about the Draakhorn. Only Khashana knows what it is. Lord Vas asks for it if it is found.


Ivy prays to Kelemvor in the snow and hears faint eerie howls in the distance.


Jeth seeks council with Lord Neverember and learns about Lady Valmaradace and her place among the council as a Sentinel of the North Wind.


Khashana talks a stroll with Lord Vas and learns that the dragons have been granted a hereditary position on the council.


The party heads out for Leaf’s End. After a day’s journey they make camp. During the night they hear howls in the distance—around 10 miles off. They fade over time.


The howls remind Smig of similar howls he heard in Avernus.