Adventure log for Group Two.

2026-07-19

• Kar 3rd through Kar 14th, 301 R.C.
• XP: 1,100 (Lachlan, Soraya)
• Locations & landmarks:
  • Dusthill
  • “Metalstorm Hills” (~25 miles north of Dusthill)
  • Old guard tower (~10 miles west of Dusthill)
    • visited; no people or creatures encountered
• Creatures encountered:
  • along the caravan route from Drylake to Dusthill:
    • a dozen or so gnolls, with several coyotes
      • several killed; the rest fled
    • a dire vulture
      • not engaged in combat
  • near the “Metalstorm Hills”:
    • Radia, a half-orc, apparently a necromancer of some sort, with her entourage of undead:
      • an intelligent (?) zombie, formerly an old orc, named Kurdan
      • a massive (Huge in size; easily twice as tall as any horse) skeletal quadruped, serving as Radia’s mount
      • four skeletal llamas, serving as pack animals
      • engaged in brief conversation; no hostilities
• Items acquired:
  • from the pack of Viranal (a dead hobgoblin spellcaster, who had been killed by a metalstorm):
    • a wand of fire with 10 charges
      • sold to Johnny
    • Viranal’s diary, which describes how she and her companions found the “Metalstorm Hills”, and attempted to study and experiment with the metalstorm effect (which eventually led to their deaths)
      • sold to Johnny

2026-08-09

• Kar 14th through Kar 17th, 301 R.C.
• XP: 2,800 (Lachlan, Soraya, Sirhc)
• Locations & landmarks:
  • Strange dungeon beneath the old guard tower (~10 miles west of Dusthill)
    • partially delved; various flora and fauna encountered
• Creatures encountered:
  • on the hilltop around the old guard tower:
    • the animate skeletons of several large warbands of goblins and gnolls (and their war-beasts)
    • the ghosts of human warriors, along with the ghost of a paladin
      • these were all defenders of the guard tower
    • (all these were observed fighting, then returning to death upon the coming of dawn)
  • in the dungeon beneath the old guard tower:
    • giant mushrooms (shriekers and violet fungi)
      • several violet fungi and one shrieker destroyed; other shriekers left alone
    • a cockroach swarm
      • party fled from combat with the swarm
    • a giant hissing centipede
      • driven off
    • a pair of centipede swarms
      • combat avoided (the centipedes were distracted by the appearance of a ready food source—the corpses of the slain violet fungi)
    • several giant cockroaches
      • evaded
• Hazards encountered:
  • strange and powerful magic traps that can suffocate and freeze intruders
    • one such trap triggered safely; another triggered… unsafely
      • Soraya recovered from the effects
  • various hazardous fungal growths (brown mold, puffballs)
    • avoided
• Items acquired:
  • a small clipping off a subterranean fern
    • taken from a stand of these plants, growing in a stone planter on the second level of the dungeon beneath the old guard tower

2026-08-30

• Kar 17th through Saelis 23rd, 301 R.C.
• XP: 2,500 (Lachlan, Soraya)
• Locations & landmarks:
  • an old cemetary, ~15 miles northwest of Dusthill
    • found a sinkhole leading into the crypts
    • did not explore, for now
  • ruins of a guard tower, ~25 miles northwest of Dusthill
    • seemingly once similar to the old guard tower near Dusthill, but mostly destroyed
    • found Radia camped nearby
  • a ravine, ~10 miles south-southeast of Dusthill
    • apparently guarded by Ambrose’s men
    • not explored
  • the tiny settlement of Thornbush, ~45 miles south-southeast of Dusthill
    • visited, for a night
  • abandoned guard tower, ~5 miles southwest of Thornbush
    • identical to the old guard tower near Dusthill, but long-abandoned and fallen to neglect
    • nothing of interest found
• Creatures encountered:
  • while tracking Radia through the steppes to the north of Dusthill:
    • a giant crab spider
      • killed
    • a rattlesnake
      • driven off
  • at the ruined guard tower, where Radia was camped:
    • an ankheg
      • killed
  • accompanying Radia:
    • a dozen animate skeletons
  • at the old guard tower west of Dusthill (while watching the nightly re-enactment):
    • three ghouls
      • Radia questioned them, then commanded them to leave
    • a bizarre, flying creature that looked like a glowing orb of warm light with numerous tentacles
      • encounter inconclusive; creature eventually departed
  • at the cemetary near Thornbush:
    • two wights
      • destroyed
• Items acquired:
  • from the crypt of Sir Berengar in the old guard tower near Dusthill:
    • a greatsword in an ornate sheath
      • has magical aura
    • a worn wooden wand, carved with various designs
      • IDENTIFIED (by the wizard of Dusthill) as a wand of illumination (33 charges remaining)
      • command phrase (to activate the wand for a given wielder): “Rise and shine!”