📘 Session 3 – “Whispers of the Woods”

Road,
• Setup:Westwood, and deep into Kryptgarden Forest.

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  🧭 Overview

  After Sessionconfronting 2’sa Mind Flayer encounter,in Session 2, the party returned to Rassalantar (onto the Long Road)regroup—only to regroup with the miners they were escorting. The miners, shaken by caravan abductions, reporteddiscover the entire town (200 people) had walkedmysteriously vanished into Westwood,the leavingWestwood. itInvestigating tracks led them to looted buildings, a merchant encounter, and eventually into the misty, dragon-touched depths of Kryptgarden Forest. Along the way, they discovered signs of Mind Flayer activity, hints of Corellon’s influence, and evidence that an ancient green dragon—referred to in legend as the “Green Witch”—inhabits the woods.

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  🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Party Members

  Character	Player	Class / Subclass	Race	Notable Actions
  Garrick "Rigg" Dalhart	Ben / Elemunk	Rogue (Swashbuckler)	Human	Led search of Rassalantar; negotiated with merchant; cautious about dragon.
  Laydrick Gefinhal	Jared / Galindis	Cleric (Life Domain)	Dwarf	Prayed at Tymora’s temple; looted donation box; cautious spiritual presence.
  High Jinks	Kate / Keitachan	Warlock (Great Old One)	Tabaxi	Looted temple, pushed for dragon diplomacy, used Awakened Mind.
  Dino Roar (Dynoth Rokos)	Robb / Baconbuff	Artificer / Fighter (Battle Smith)	Githyanki	Identified dragon markings; offered calligraphic gift to Corellon.
  Valen Pyre (Absent)	Justin / Slitzer	Wizard (Evoker)	Human	Absent from session; holds the Wand of Translocation from Session 2.

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  📍 Key Locations

  • Rassalantar (Long Road): Found abandoned. Looted for gear and clues.

  • Investigation: Tracks

    Westwood: showedDense, variouswindy sizesforest; tracks led party to Kryptgarden.

  • Kryptgarden Forest: Lush, misty, and overgrown. Evident dragon influence.

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  🧑 Notable NPCs

  NPC	Description
  Miners	Escorted in prior session; returned to Waterdeep; paid 20g each to party for one day.
  Merchant & Guards	From Red Larch. Sold magical gear including Full Plate and magical trinkets.
  Rassalantar Townsfolk	200 missing; likely under Mind Flayer control; one confirmed brain-eaten corpse found in woods.

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  📜 Quests

  Quest Name	Source	Status	Details
  Investigate Rassalantar	Miners	🔄 Active	Track 200 missing citizens into Kryptgarden; signs of Mind Flayers and possible dragon influence.
  Escort Miners to Westbridge	Session 1	❌ Abandoned	Miners retreated to Waterdeep. Partial payment given.
  Locate Beholder	Sir Gwen	🕗 Pending	Sword Mountains mission may overlap with dragon and Mind Flayer threat.

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  ⚔️ Key Events

  🧭 Rassalantar Investigation

  • Town abandoned; ground churned with many tracks (men, women, children),.

    heavily churned ground, heading into Westwood. A smaller group’s tracks flanked the main path, suggesting they were being led or controlled (likely by Mind Flayers, per later findings).
  • Miner Interaction:

    Rogue The& miners debated returning to Waterdeep or continuing to Westbridge, ultimately deciding to head back. They paid the party 20 gold each for the day’s travel (not the full escort fee) and requested the party investigate the disappearances, believing them to be competent adventurers.

  • Looting Rassalantar:
  • General Store: The human rogue and tabaxiTabaxi looted 500 gold worth of currency (split evenly, 100 gold each to those present), plus tools, cloth, and farm equipment (not immediately useful).
  • Temple: Dedicated to a god of luck, good fortune, and adventurers (likely Tymora). The tabaxi and dwarf cleric looted 200 gold from the donation box, plus small religious trinkets (candles, silverware), which they left behind due to low strength (tabaxi’s negative strength modifier). The dwarf cleric offered a prayer, hoping to help the townsfolk.
  • Town Hall: The human rogue searched the mayor’s home for clues but found no suspicious correspondence or financial issues—nothing explained the mass disappearance.
  • Barracks: The wizard (via party) quickly searched, finding common armor (chainmail, no plate) and spears, but took nothing significant.
  • Stables: Found draft horses, suitable for carrying supplies but not riding.
  • Preparations: The party considered purchasing mundane items (e.g., spell components) but focused on moving forward. Total gold looted: 700 (500500g from general store,store.
    200

  • Cleric and Tabaxi took 200g from temple),Tymora’s temple (left trinkets).

  • Barracks searched; draft horses found in stables.

  • Wizard checked for correspondence—nothing suspicious found.

  • Total loot: 700g → split as100g 100each.

    gold each among all five members (prior gold + new loot adjusted).

• Decision: The party chose to

  Night travel at night to follow fresh tracks, despite cold, windy weather (survival check confirmed). The wizard led tracking with a 15, notingthrough the centralforest; pathcold andwinds.

  flanking tracks.
• Camping: After

  Camped traveling into Westwood, the party camped for the night. The tabaxi slept, while the human rogue, Githyanki artificer, and dwarf cleric stayed awake, guarded by thewith Steel Defender and sphinxSpynks familiar.familiar Aguarding.

  campfire was lit.

• Merchant Encounter:encounter: ThePurchased human rogue heard three voices—a merchant and two guards from Red Larch, unaware of Rassalantar’s emptiness. The rogue briefed them on the situation, noting Mind Flayers are rare outside the Underdark. The merchant sold:

gear.
• Gloves of

  Notable MissileItems Snaring

Bought:
• Boots of Elvenkind
• Half Plate
• Hat of Wizardry
• Enduring Spellbook
• Full Plate (11001100g), gold)
  TheBoots partyof spentElvenkind, heavily,Hat leavingof themWizardry, “superEnduring broke.”Spellbook.
  The
Githyanki
• artificer now

  Dino owes theRigg human122g roguepost-shopping 122spree.

  gold.

• Westwood Exit:

  Corpse Thewith partyBrain emergedRemoved: fromSign Westwoodof afterFlayer activity.

• Shrine to Corellon: Damaged statue with offerings. Dino left a day,calligraphic briefly checked Kheldellgift (noroll: issues15).

  reported), and continued to Kryptgarden Forest.
• Kryptgarden Forest: A misty, lush forest with overgrown vegetation, flowers, and a “different vibe” (dragon-influenced). After two days of travel:
• Corpse Discovery: Found a corpse off the main path, brain eaten, likely by a Mind Flayer (matching Session 2’s enemy). Tracks confirmed the victim was part of the townsfolk group, pulled aside as a “snack.”
• Corellon Shrine: Encountered a ruined, two-meter statue of Corellon (elven god of art and craftsmanship), missing its head. Offerings (dolls, lockets, jewelry) were left at its base, some fresh, some faded. The Githyanki artificer used calligraphy supplies to create a “pretty” offering, rolling a 15 for craftsmanship, pleasing Corellon.

• Moon-Touched Longsword: An hour later, the party spotted a blue gleam in a bush. The human rogue stealthily investigated (despite noise), finding an old skeletal corpse holding a glowing Moon-Touched Longsword of elven make (glowsFound in the dark,forest, canglowing befaintly. sheathedWizard to(absent) dim). The wizard ritual-cast Identify to confirmidentified its properties.elven Faintmake.

  music in the distance suggested Corellon’s favor from the offering. No one claimed the sword immediately (party unsure who uses swords).

• Cow Bones: Found several cow bones, a week or two old, picked cleanBones with deepDragon notchesBites: fromNature largecheck teeth.confirmed Thegreen dragon.

• Green Dragon Lore: Tabaxi and Githyanki artificer (nature check 22) identified green dragon marks, confirming an adult (or larger) green dragon’s presence. The tabaxi (Arcana/history check) noted green dragons create lush, overgrown forests, identifying Kryptgarden as thehome lair ofto an ancient green dragon,dragon—“The possibly the “Green WitchWitch.”

  of the Forest.” The Githyanki shared that his people ride red dragons, not green ones, and warned against confrontation.
• Response:

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  The

  💰 wizardLoot apologized& aloud for trespassing, citing their pursuit of “illithids” (Mind Flayers), and the party cautiously backed away from the dragon’s territory, continuing to follow the townsfolk tracks deeper into the forest.

• Where:

  Location: Deep in Kryptgarden Forest,Forest.

  two days in, following the townsfolk tracks.
• Status:

  State: Financially strained; better equipped; dragon-aware.

• Condition: Alert and cautious; tracking townsfolk; hoping to avoid dragon conflict.

• Debt: Dino owes Rigg 122 gold.

• Resources:

  • Party is

    High financiallyJinks’ strainedSpynks afterFamiliar

    purchases, but equipped with new gear.
  • Confirmed

    Dino’s Steel Defender

  • Boots, Hats, and Spellbooks improving utility.

🧩 Ongoing Threads & Plot Hooks

• Mind Flayer involvementColony: (corpseGrowing withevidence eatenof brain)a andplanar greenor dragonnautiloid presencethreat.

  (cow
bones,

• Ancient Green Dragon: Potential ally or danger; forest traits).is her domain.

• Tracks suggest

  Missing theTownsfolk: townsfolkStill areunder being led, possibly to a Mind Flayer laircontrol or dragon-related site.

• Continue tracking the townsfolk, likely encountering Mind Flayers or the dragon.
• Decide whether to confront or avoid the dragon (tabaxi favors bargaining).
• Investigate potential overlap with the beholder questdeeper in the woods?

• Beholder Rumors: Sword Mountains.Mountains nearby—could be central to all disappearances.

• Party Resources:

Mind

Flayer
• 120escape gold each (prior 700 + 20 from miners, minus merchant purchases). Track in D&D Beyond.
• New gear enhances combat and utility (e.g., Boots of Elvenkind for stealth, Hat of Wizardry for spells).
• Tabaxi’s spynks familiar and Githyanki’s Steel Defender provide night defense.
• Character Dynamics:
• Human Rogue: Takes a leadership role, practical but cautious (avoids dragon).
• Tabaxi: Charismatic and reckless, pushes for dragon interaction.
• Githyanki: Strategic, provides dragon lore, cautious of green dragons.
• Dwarf Cleric: Supportive, likely focused on survival post-revivalportal (Session 2).

• Wizard: Absent, but his Wand of Translocation may be key for planar threats.
• Plot Hooks:
• Mind Flayer involvement suggests a nautiloid or Illithid colony, tying to SpellJammer.
• The green dragon (“Green Witch”) may be an ally or foe in the abductions.
• Beholder quest (Sword Mountains) may connect to the broader magical talent abductions (Session 2 elf).
• World Details:
• Rassalantar’

  Dino’s abandonmentGithyanki escalates regional tension (Lord’s Alliance may investigate).

• Kryptgarden’s dragon presence complicates travel routes (e.g., miners’ path).
• Transcript Insights:
• Rigg led town searches and merchant talks.
• High Jinx (tabaxi) used Awakened Mind, looted the temple, and identified dragon signs.
• (DM) managed the narrative, hinting at Mind Flayerknowledge and dragon threats.lore.

• Dino assisted with tracking

  Spynks and lore.otherworldly influence.