==Roll Call==
Childe Raymond, Githyanki Paladin (Doty)
Bell, Kenku Cleric (CJ)
Blynce, Human-hybrid Fighter (Eric)
Vaal, Eladrin Rogue (Tim)
Bumi, Goblin Sorcerer (Matt)
Morgid, Hobgoblin Guide (NPC)
To the Sanctuary of Albahith, Jigow Township
Greetings to the Masters of the Pilgrims, and hail to The Luxon:
Mission Report from Childe Raymonde (Part 3)
We rested after our encounter with the unreasonably hostile Lizardfolk, still surrounded by the stacked bones they had assembled.
We headed towards a vague tree-shape marked on Morgid's map -- perhaps a tower? We had no real reason to do so, except that we wanted to check likely places where a wizard might find spell components, and thought something marked on the map might well be significant.
We reached the place marked on the map and saw nothing. Puzzled, we used the wand we found earlier to detect magic and found nothing. Perhaps we were in the wrong place?
Bell climbed a tree to see if he (it?) could catch a helpful glimpse. He couldn't climb very high, though, so I climbed instead. I saw off to the west something that might be a tower a few miles away. Obviously, we meandered from the straight course a little bit.
We found a crumbling, overgrown, forboding tower, starting to submerge into the swamp but still standing. We tried throwing small rocks into a 2nd story window but couldn't manage it, so we simply approached.
On the mucky first floor, I found a chest stuck in the mud. I brought it over to the Rogue, who opened it. Inside was a musical instrument - a set of pipes (looking like a Greek flute with two pipes) (later revealed as Pipes of Haunting). Vaal, in playing the pipes, caused Blynce to suddenly be mortally afraid!
We went up the stairs. On the third floor were giant spiders! A fight began. They attacked with venomous bites and sticky webs. My comrades and I defended ourselves with all the might we could muster, and The Luxon decreed that we should not meet our destiny this day. We found two previous victims of the spiders wrapped up in webs -- quite dead. The bodies had a suit of elven chainmail and a silver ring. Neither of the bodies was the Goblin-witch we've been looking for. Apparently, in clearing out the spiders we eliminated a plague-spot in the swamp, so we congratulated ourselves and prepared to rest for the night.