Chapter 7 – Crossing a River

The below is written from the notes of the esteemed DM.

Day 3

As the day begins, the sound of a T-Rex roar can be heard far in the distance to the south (foreshadowing?).  They travel through the jungle without too much difficulty that day, but that evening brings yet another undead encounter.

ENCOUNTER – 3 zombies and an Ogre zombie

  • Zyldi entangles 2 zombies
  • Seraphina does some good smiting
  • Kulu hits the ogre in the brain with her rapier
  • Kanye is able to finally kill the Ogre Zombie by breaking it in half with his warhammer

Day 4

The party encounters a blue mist. They identify it as Mad Monkey Mist, which will give you Mad Monkey Fever if you enter it. They wait for the mist to roll by, and use some magic wind to ensure it stay away.  A horde of curious baboons surrounds the party from the treetops. Kanye takes a full 10 minutes to cast his “Speak with animals” spell while the rest of the party pacifies the baboons with food.

Kanye speaks to them and learns that they want food. Like a ton of food.  He convinces the baboons that there is a whole lot of food back further down the trail. They run toward Kanye’s lies.

Day 5

The party comes to the river crossing that Azaka had mentioned.  The river is 75ft across and the water is 4ft deep and very swift.  However, there is another crossing that is 40ft across, narrower, more shallow, and not as fast.  They choose this crossing. After all, no one wants throat leeches.

Elgard Alters Self and gives himself gills and fins. He swims easily across the river, bringing some rope with him to tie onto a tree on the opposite bank. Party now has a rope to hold onto as they cross.

Zyldi and Kulu cross without incident.  As Galliard, Kanye, and Qawasha are crossing, 5 Pterafolk come over the treetops and begin an assault from the air.

ENCOUNTER – 5 Pterafolk

  • Galliard creates a smokescreen over their group to make them harder to hit
  • Azaka is a badass and starts shooting with her longbow. Unfortunately, DM rolls much better for enemies than he does for friendly NPCs
  • Group is able to kill one of them before they do much damage
  • Azaka gets hit squarely with a Pterafolk Javelin but doesn’t seem to be hurt by it
  • Seraphina glows brightly, sprouts wings, and leaps into the air to do aerial battle with them. It is majestic
  • Galliard creates a Leopluridon with Phantasmal Force and grabs one of them
  • Seraphina fells another pterafolk
  • The remaining Pterafolk escape the magical leopluridon and flee over the treetops

The remainder of the party make it to the other side of the river.  There they rest to recover from the battle.

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