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--- paldegora:session_19_finding_fredrick [2023/05/12 01:19] – created davidm
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 ==== Summary ====
+We started this session with a spider fight. It didn't take long. Symon did get a chance to try out his new weapon, then Symon guided Eryn’s bow. He missed the only chance he had to use it. After killing the spider, the company made their way behind it to a collapsed area, and upon finding a small hole, Cal-El peered in and found Fredrick sitting in the dark. He started moving away rubble and got Angelique's attention and she moved up to the hole to look in. She introduced herself and Fredrick introduced himself. He had been chased to this part of the cave by several giant spiders and used a magic missile to collapse the ceiling and prevented them from getting to him. She worked more stone loose and got him out.
+Fredrick was very hungry. He had run out of Create Food and Water spells and was pretty bored with that food anyway. Angelique offered him bread and figs which he took and ate. She told him that they had met Fred and Freddie. He told us they were probably going crazy. Then he told us that they weren't really his brothers, but actually, him, or rather, parts of his personality split out of his own. They were the product of an accident. Symon was thrilled to meet another gnome, introduced himself, and pelted him with questions for a while. First, they learned of more spiders which sent Xor and Cal-El into alert status as they watched for incoming spiders. Then Symon started asking about Fredrick's ability to help Eryn with her curse of blindness. He didn't have any ability to help her here and he didn't think he had anything back at the shop that would help.
+In discussing this, they told him about the rotting creature and the hidden creature they had found. One of them caused this. That's when the conversation turned to Xantha and the girls. Fredrick repeated several times that Xantha and the girls had never done anything to hurt anyone or to bring attention to themselves. They leave him alone and he leaves them alone. He knew about the underground temple and he knew they lived behind the temple but hadn't been there since they moved in there. He described Xantha as a Necromancer and the girls, Zora as deliberate and serious about her craft and Zara as fun-loving, happy-go-lucky. She is younger and friendlier. Xantha or Zora are not seen much, but Zara is out and about, meeting people and exploring.
+Symon told him of the zombie attack but Fredrick suggested that if Zara had anything to do with that, it was probably meant to be funny. She practiced her magic too. They told Fredrick about the creature in her lab, the journal they'd found, and how in the journal, Xantha mentions staying away from the Grims, especially if Fredrick returns. With him back, they would be dangerous. They talked about the Grimbog Vale and her many trips there, about the creature that she had brought back and keeps down there. They brought up how they found the place, chasing after Roger and his crew, assuming he had gone in there but they never found them. As they talked, they'd wondered aloud if Zara might not be standing there now, listening to them. They asked how Fredrick got there and if there was a way out. He said he knew the way out. He had gathered the spiderwebs he needed and Symon suggested they head out. As they started to leave, a spider came out from the eastern passage, behind them, and attacked Cal-El. The party turned and fought it, defeating it.
+They continued on their way out and as they passed the concealed door,  Symon pointed it out to Fredrick. He hadn't seen that before. They discussed possibly going back in and showing him the creature but were worried Xantha might have returned via the transportation circle. Symon, on a whim, asked Zara, out loud, if Xantha had returned. He received no answer. Eryn thought of another couple that might be there, invisibly. She called out to Morgan and Marlina to see if they might know. Again, there was no reply. After a moment, they heard a light laughter and someone say, "I know!". They asked that voice if Xantha was home, but there was no response. Fredrick didn't recognize the voice. Symon postulated that it might be a familiar or an imp. Fredrick thought that sounded very likely and that they should be very careful. One, if it feels like she or her property is being threatened, they would be in serious trouble. Two, it's likely that Xantha already knows they have been there. Symon asked the creature if it would be okay if they went back in to show him the creature in the cage. The voice said, "I wouldn't do that if I were you!".
+They decide to leave and headed west and then north to a man-made section. Cal-El and Xor showed interest in the section to the west. It opened to another big cavern with a couple of exits. There were still a lot of spiderwebs in that chamber. Fredrick asked if they'd looked around any. They told him they had run into him pretty quickly after entering here so they hadn't had a chance to look around yet. He told them that spiders like to hunt for food, not items. They discussed possibly exploring the cavern but Symon pointed out that they were out of magic and running with a blind member. It was probably not a good idea to snoop around yet, they'd come back later and check it out. They continued up the man-made passage and got to another chamber with three exits. They climbed some stairs and came out into the woods.
+They went west until they found the road and then south to get to town. They made their to the shop and were greeted by the other two gnomes. They went inside and Fredrick thanked them by giving Symon a wand of magic missiles, Angelique a new magical footman's mace, a scroll of Enchanted Weapon, and 4 potions of extra healing. They spent the night! The next morning they got into the issue of Eryn's blindness. Fredrick could think of nothing there to help her. She asked about possible people around the area but he could think of no one. She asked what he would do if he had been made blind this way and he suggested a scroll, if they could find one, or going to one of the big cities to find someone who could take care of it. After a little more thought, Angelique thought of Tinkle and the magical phrase, "I've got to Tinkle!". She said it out loud and Tinkle's head popped up in the room. He asked what they needed. They told him about Eryn's plight! He told her to be more careful, waved his hand, and pouf, the blindness went away. They thanked him as he popped out.
+This really got Fredrick's attention. He became very excited. He proceeded to ask us if we knew who Tinkle was. Then he proceeded to tell us how every gnome knows who Tinkle is. He is very looked up to. They told him how they had met him only a few days ago. He seemed surprised to find out he was nearby. Then the discussion turned to dragons. Symon asked Fredrick if he had ever seen any to which he replied, "Yes, well, dragon spawn!". Symon posed a question about dragon spawn capability, "Can they make themselves appear like regular people?". Fredrick told him that if they were old enough, yes. Emperor dragons would definitely be able to. Symon invited him to return to the cavern with them but he declined saying that he doesn't adventure anymore. Cal-El returned Eryn's sword of quickness to her and the party set out for the cavern again.
+They exited straight north to avoid dealing with Roger and his crew and as they left the town, they came upon a farm, well tended and in good condition. They followed the wall of the city west and north and west again until they found the road. They headed north up the road until they found the point where they'd come out of the woods the day before. They turned east and moved through the woods until they found the stairs leading down. They climbed down the stairs entering the chamber below. Eryn moved to look into the hole in the southwest corner of the room and was attacked by a giant spider. She swung at it first, thanks to the sword's quick reaction. She missed and was then bitten and poisoned. She seized up and became stiff. The rest of the party made short work of the spider. Xor had looked beyond the spider and saw something blue in the torchlight. He burned his way forward until he could see what it was. It was a humanoid creature that had a black and blue t to it. The creatures were long dead.
+That's where we stopped!
+Start the recording!
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