📘 Session 4 – “The Green Witch’s Warning”

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High Jinx Sphynx (Tiv)

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The Elven Path with Will-o’-Wisps

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Roll 20 map

(A Bardic Ballad for Lute, Chapter Four)  

[Verse 1]
In Kryptgarden’s mist, ‘neath a moon so pale,
Rig stood on watch, saw a light’s green trail,
A pond aglow, where a witch did stand,
Whispered of doom in this forest land.
Valen awoke, his magic did flare,
Detected the glow in the dragon’s lair,
High Jinks peered in, saw a scryer’s gleam,
Lords in Waterdeep, a troubled dream.  

[Chorus]
Strum the lute, hear echoes keen,
A witch’s gaze in forests green,
Stars above where shadows creep,
Echoes in the Green run deep!  

[Verse 2]
The Green Witch spoke, her voice a chill,
“Humans trampled my woods, yet I spared their ill,
Two Mind Flayers took them, to the Underdark’s gate,
North to the mountains, go seal their fate.”
Leydrick and Dino, tense in her glow,
While High Jinks bowed, her charm did show,
They left with care, no tree to scar,
For the Witch’s wrath could strike from afar.  

[Chorus]
Strum the lute, hear echoes keen,
A witch’s gaze in forests green,
Stars above where shadows creep,
Echoes in the Green run deep!  

[Verse 3]
Blue lights awoke them, a fainter hue,
Valen groaned loud, “Not this anew!”
High Jinks and Rig crept through the night,
Found a stone path, with wisps of light.
Elven songs hummed, a castle’s trace,
A basement deep in that ancient place,
High Jinks claimed a ring to speak with beasts,
Valen took potions for battles unleashed.  

[Bridge]
Spiders struck fast on that haunted trail,
Dino’s blade swung, their hides did flail,
High Jinks danced back, her blasts did sing,
While Valen took hits, his wounds did sting.
Leydrick’s prayer brought a healing bloom,
Cured Valen’s scars ‘neath the forest gloom,
Rig with his wrench, though webbed, broke free,
This chapter’s fight in the green canopy.  

[Outro]
So raise the lute for the path they tread,
To Underdark’s cave or an elven thread,
Mind Flayers wait, or wisps deceive,
Echoes in the Green, what fate will weave?  

🪐 Campaign Arc

Campaign: Spelljammer – Homebrew Hybrid
Session Title: The Green Witch’s Warning
Dungeon Master: James/Jamie (Sicareus)
Setting: Kryptgarden Forest → Sword Mountains → Underdark

🧭 Overview

As the party continued their pursuit of the vanished Rassalantar townsfolk, they encountered the legendary Green Witch—an ancient green dragon scrying the politics of Waterdeep. She pointed them toward a Mind Flayer-infested cave in the Sword Mountains, now confirmed as the path to the Underdark. Along the way, the group explored ancient elven ruins and fought a deadly ambush by spiders and a Drow within the Underdark tunnels. The journey deepens the mystery of the townsfolk’s fate, intertwining planar threats and forgotten elven lore.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Party Members

📍 Key Locations

• Kryptgarden Forest: Dragon-claimed territory. Lush, dangerous, and ancient.

• Green Witch’s Scrying Pond: Source of visions into Waterdeep politics and movements.

• Overgrown Elven Path: Lined with will-o’-wisps, ending in ruins with basement loot.

• Cave to the Underdark (Sword Mountains): Passage to Mind Flayer domain and home of current ambush.

🧑 Notable NPCs

📜 Quests

⚔️ Key Events

🌿 Scrying with the Green Witch

• Rig scouted glowing pond; found a mysterious woman staring into it.

• High Jinks led diplomacy; Green Witch showed Waterdeep nobles in scrying pond.

• She identified Mind Flayer lair in the Sword Mountains and warned the party to leave her forest.

• Party agreed and withdrew peacefully, impressed and unnerved.

Encounter with the Green Witch

🔵 Lights in the Forest

• Blue lights appeared later—will-o’-wisps along an overgrown elven path.

• Faint stringy music in Elvish confirmed by Rig (Perception 21).

• Found ruins and looted:

  • Fancy medium armor (unclaimed)

  • Ring of Animal Speech (High Jinks)

  • 2 greater healing potions + unknown mushroom potion (Valen)

More Lights and a Mysterious Path

🕷️ Underdark Ambush

• Entered Underdark through Green Witch’s cave.

• Ambushed by 4 spiders + 1 Drow:

  • Dino and Steel Defender struck hard.

  • Leydrick used Firebolt, Cure Wounds (restoring Valen fully).

  • High Jinks hit, disengaged with Feline Agility.

  • Rig missed key attacks, was webbed but escaped.

  • Valen took heavy damage, then was fully healed.

• Combat ongoing. Two spiders remain (one injured), Drow wounded and retreating.

Underdark: Spider and Drow Ambush

💰 Loot & Items

📌 Current Status

• Location: In the Underdark, mid-combat near Sword Mountains cave entrance.

• Party Health:

  • Dino: Light damage.

  • Leydrick: 5 damage from crossbow bolt.

  • High Jinks: Bitten, retreated safely.

  • Rig: Webbed and missed attacks, but escaped.

  • Valen: Was near death, now fully healed by Leydrick.

• Combat: Two spiders and a Drow remain active.

• Resources:

  • Potions (Valen), Steel Defender (Dino), Spynks Familiar (High Jinks)

🧩 Ongoing Threads & Plot Hooks

• Mind Flayer Lair: Confirmed direction via Green Witch; imminent confrontation likely.

• Elven Ruins: Musical magic, glowing lights, and a basement of relics suggest deeper lore—possibly tied to the Moon-Touched Longsword.

• Beholder Tie-In: Sword Mountains are the alleged domain of Sir Gwen’s beholder.

• Spelljammer Hints:

  • Mind Flayer presence and Valen’s Wand.

  • Green Witch’s scrying and extraplanar awareness.

  • Elven ruins could tie to ancient planar crossings or Spelljammer tech.