Session 1 Recap

The story so far; Day One (5am to 2:30pm):

• Our monstrous heroes had traveled for months to escape the blighted lands of the old world, along with 500ish other monstrous refugees led by a kobold that claimed to be a dragon (Zarvelis).
• They arrived in a location that appears to be their new home, early in the morning.
• The dragon Zarvelis Showed her true form and announced her plans to build a lair there.
• All may stay. Those that leave may return.
• The characters learned that the nearby creek had gone dry. During a conversation with hobgoblins (scouts and a lieutenant serving Karvek)
  • A lone goblin tried to catch a puddle-stranded fish barehanded in the background.
• They followed the dry stream bed to it's water source.
• Some giant beavers with odd behaviors and symptoms had dammed the water flow - causing runoff in a different direction.
• The beavers were definitely "not right" but no one had the right skills, or high enough checks, to determine the cause.
• They slew the beavers and cleared enough of the blockage to make water run again downstream.
• They confronted a crazy old dwarf, slew his giant magically-strange giant fox companions, and took him prisoner.
• Strange evidence they could not find answers for:
  • Magic staff shaped like an upside-down small sapling, with glassy roots at it's head
  • Beavers were gigantic, "twitchy," with swollen gums and clouded eyes
  • Foxes were bigger than a goblin, and have glassy crystalline legs
  • In the spring that feeds this water source, glassy roots tendril-up out of the water and something definitely feels "off"
• The characters suspect that a magic staff is the cause of the trouble - and confiscated it along with his other meager belongings.
• The characters scared off a bear that was trying to poach the meat.
• They now prepare to return to camp with carcasses and a prisoner in-tow, so that they can find help in getting answers.
  • The Haul: 2 gold, 860 pounds of carcasses, a scroll (Which was promptly forgotten in Zib's Bag)

Session end Day One 2:30pm.