Red Larch Post Apocalypse and The Howling Hatred Cult

The party has just helped a bunch of Druids with their soiree with Burning man, evil fire cult style. So they decide to escort the remaining druids back to Red Larch. As they go they find that Red Larch is surrounded by refugee encampments. As soon as they get close to the town, bands of starving refugees come forward, begging for food. The party and the Druids wade through the masses...

They get up to a make shift fence permiter that has been quickly setup around the town. They find 4 guards controlling one of the roads into town. They ask for any write of passage into town. Orerk had received a note for Harburk , the town Sheriff. As one of the guards pretends to read the note he starts to back away and run off with the note! The party gives chase.

They then chase him into Helm of Highsun tavern, which is much more shadier looking compared to the Swinging Sword tavern that is right next door! The find the guard inside the tavern and start to demand their write of passage note back from him.

As they argue for the note, Harburk  comes into the bar. They talk for a while and while they are talking they all get poisoned by the bar owner Stannor Thistlehair !

They then decide to chase down the bar owner, finding him stuck trying to escape town. They take his wagon and decide to go in same direction he was headed... To the Temple of Howling Hatred...

The party then sneaks around the Spire of the Feathergale Knights and starts to go into the Temple...

Party Goes to Beliard!

Loot

Leather Satchel - 3 scrolls of sending
6 Oil of Sharpness
Potion of Stone Giant Strength
4 Potions of Healing
Bunch of Gold from selling previous gear

Summary

The party crosses the river and takes a road to Beliard. On the way they find the Mirabar delegation that was attacked. They bring evidence of the combat to Beliard. They meet with Charles McGraw, leader of Beliard. Charles listens to the parties activities and tries what he can to support the group.

During the night Orerk hears a strange voice that tells him that he knows what he has done in Rivergaurd Keep and Stone Monastery. That his Warlock friends have been killed and that he is coming for him!

Then the party leaves the following morning to go back to the Scarlet Monastery. As they go they meet up with a wagon of druid hippies that recommend that the party goes to the Scarlet Moon Hall festival!

Now the party is level 6!

Beliard City Map

Sacred Stone Monestary Slaughter

Loot

Amulet of Health - Orerk
2 Splint Mail Armor
2 Plate Mail Armor
2 Morningstars

Summary

The party find a Lich named 'Master Renwick', who gives Orerk a magical amulet.

Then they find 2 rooms filled with Monks they say to stay put.

Then they find the main room of the Monastery, and it appears the leader and his guards attack. They then discover another group of Duergar and Sacred Stone Monks that attack. Finally after 2 combats they defeat all the enemies! But as they are disposing of the bodies another Monk notices them! They hear another large group massing for an assault and the party decides to depart!

Main bad guy in main room of the monestary

Sacred Stone Monastery

Loot

3 Javelins
800 silver pieces
65 platinum pieces
12 turquoise stones worth 10 gp each
Set of keys

Summary

The party finds themselves in a pickle.. Do they rest in the Rivergard Keep that may get attacked in middle of night? Or do they load up and leave ASAP?

They decide to leave and go north. Where they fight 3 Aarakorcra's, who dive bomb them and are quickly dispatched...

They sneak up to the monastery and go around to the back. They pick the lock and find a garden. They go through the garden after fighting 2 gargoyles and enter from the back. They find a couple of rooms, and then fight 4 Sacred Stone Monks. Then they fight a tough woman who has a set of keys...

Now they have a set of keys in the middle of a stone fortress...

Bass Ass Female Monk

Riverguard Keep, now are's?

Loot

Summary
The party kills a number of the riverguard keep guards and staff. Grimjaw and the rest of the folks in the keep


Now the party is level 5!

Pirate's Dead, Now What?

Loot

4 Flasks of Alchemist Fire
+1 Cold Iron Warhammer for Bolger!
Boots of Elvenkind for Guib!
205 GPs worth of gems
2 Javelins
2 Sword Tooth Longswords (do extra die roll for unarmored creatures)

Summary

They spend sometime with Seirav, the minister of the lizardfolk. He is educated in the ways of other races and cultures. He agrees with the plan to attack the pirate captain Shoalaq on his ship.

They sneak up to the boat and attack! Fortunately Orerk's owl is able to stop Shoalaq from casting super dangerous spells! Saving the day and killing the captain, the remaining crew give up.

Currently the party now has 12 lizardfolk, 1 lizardfolk shaman, and 1 lizardfolk Scaleshield assisting them assault the Riverguard Keep.

Alliance with the Lizards?!?

Loot

Some crocodile teeth...

Summary

The party does a short rest and then approaches the door to the Lizardfolk lair.. They open it up and walk inside and are quickly stopped by a patrol of Lizardfolk. The party does a good job showing to them that they mean them no harm. In which Stringfellow knows Draconic language. They are then escorted to talk to Orphankant, the lizardfolk queen. She tells them that they have to do 2 quests to win her respect. Then she is informed that they have already completed one of the 2 quests!?!

She tells them they must go fight Thousand Teeth, a crocodile in the swampls 12 miles away. The party hunts their prey with a full moon to light there way through the swamp. The quickly dispose of the giant crocodile and return with its head!

They then find out that the Lizardfolk were kicked out of their homelands by the Crushing Wave Cult and the Sahuagin. In which they find out the Sahuagin have allied themselves with the Crushing Wave Cult.

The Queen has decreed that the Lizardfolk Shaman, and 12 lizardfolk will help the party attack the pirate that they both know is a member of The Crushing Wave cult...

Lizardfolk Shaman

Now the party is level 4!!!!