Episode 19: The Pirate's cove

When last we left this band of adventurers they were hired by the town of Waterdeep to figure out what the bleep Hallister the Mad Mage was up to. They'd cleared the 1st through 3rd levels at this point, though at a cost. For this episode, we're off to explore the 4th floor. As a reminder this party consists of:

Unit 2408, the Warforged (humanoid living construct) Barbarian

Luthis, the Kenku (humanoid raven who can not fly) Blood Hunter

Dancing Wind, a Tabaxi (humanoid cat) Wizard

Elniss, a Human Cleric of Ilmater

Evangeline, the Tiefling Paladin of Tyr

Again this happened a while ago so unfortunately some of the details are lost. So finding our way through the 2nd floor and down to the 3rd floor to explore. After a little puttering about we realize the 3rd floor is the floor we went through the portal and found the ancient dwarven mausoleum. It also had the very alive drow with dwarf prisoners, the spiders, and it is also where Talon died. So we buckle down to explore the rest of the area.

We wandered down the spider hall for a while and of course get jumped by some spiders, however we're more powerful now and were able to dispatch the spiders. Continuing along that path we find more cobwebs, and in a big open area we find a sheet of cobwebbing in the shape of Hallister's face. Yeah that's not creepy.

Continuing on we find an underground river, with a handy boat. That's not suspicious. And, frankly, as the resident breathing tank Evangeline wasn't all that fond of the idea of exploring a river. Unit 2408 doesn't need to breathe, Evangeline does. But after some consideration and investigation there was mention of a great treasure so we want to go find it, so into the boat we go.

Navigating up river for awhile, we find another alcove with a moldy old backpack and a skeleton. Ears perk up, perhaps something is here. So we dock the boat and begin exploring the area when suddenly a pair of large creatures came out and started attacking us.

Unfortunately it was too long ago for me to remember the details of the fight. There was the ghost of the pirate heckling us while we fought 2 demon-apes. We did however win the fight and proceeded to search the area. Found a hidden compartment with some things in it and a path to follow, so we did.

Going down the path we come to some sort of cave/chamber that appears to have been home to a pirate at one point. At least that's what his ghost claims as he eggs on some monsters to kill us. We were successful in taking that out as well and proceeded to loot the room.

After a rest we returned to the boat and went downriver back to our original launch point on the river, and continued our exploration of the 3rd floor.

And I'll pick up this story in the next article! More soon! :)