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Party went to Crooked Forest and rescued Tinus Redbud from blights and Lord Eric Merryweather from goblins
Party rescued Alana Hallwinter and her friends from gnolls in the Crooked Forest
Party went to Neverwinter Woods, rescued children of the Ilmater church, and discover that the elf they were sent to rescue, Delsy, was actually a Green Hag. Party defeated Delsy and earned thanks of Auntie Bock and Granny Woog.

Rewards:
4 hours of play, 1 level and 10 DT
80gp
Shortsword +1 (Uncommon)
Circlet of Blasting (Uncommon)
2x potion of healing - 1x to Ithildin, 1x to Hiraeth

Story Awards:
Tinus’s Roots Run Deep - Though Tinus Redbud cannot currently move or be replanted from its location within the Crooked Forest, saving the growing young Treant provides you with an unlikely ally. If you ever find yourself in the Crooked Forest again, look him up.
Silas Hallwinter - As an additional reward for rescuing his daughter and returning her to safety in total secrecy, any social interactions with the town councilman are made with advantage

Komodok remove curse on Oswald for the Berserker Axe
Party passed by the pool room via water walk
Ariadaris triggered the silver coffer statue trap but was able to escape
Party ignored the two stone divans with human figures
Zinny triggered the rolling millstone.
Zinny destroyed the Gas Spore using the rusty dagger and got diseased. Komodok casted Lesser Restoration to cure him.
Party played the pelota ball game and won.

Rewards:
4 hours of play
120 gp
Amulet of Protection from Turning (Rare)
Eagle Whistle (Rare)

Reach Tamoachan and transported into the lower tier.
Killed Tloques and reclaimed his axe, ring and bracers. Oswald attuned to axe.
Killed Tecuziztecatl
Zinny and Horologium are under effects of bestow curse for 24 days (effect: disadvantage on wisdom checks and saving throws)

Rewards:
4 hours of play
120gp
Ring of Animal Influence (Rare)
Bracers of Defense (Rare)
Berserker Axe (Tamoachan) (Very Rare)
Potion of Invisibility - Zinny
Elixir Health - Horologium

Freed Kukulkan from his prison
Escaped the room depicting the Land of the Dead
Defeated the centaur mummy and escaped the shrine.
Defeated a servant of Zotzilaha the Bat God

Rewards:
4 hours of play
120gp
Bracelet of Rock Magic (Very Rare)
Ring of Fire Resistance (Rare)
Mirror of the Past (Rare)
Plantslayer Longsword (Rare)
Balance of Harmony (Uncommon)
Gloves of Missile Snaring (Uncommon)
Periapt of Wound Closure (Uncommon)
1x Potion of Clairvoyance - Alistair
1x Scroll of Detect Magic - Komodok
3x Dust of Disappearance - Zinny, Aria, Oswald
1x Potion of Hill Giant Strength - Komodok

Defeated the werejaguar and took the ceremonial dagger and scroll from the room
Triggered the shock halberd trap
Zinny was almost consumed by the liquid light from the illuminated well but party was able to suppress it, and left the room
Defeated the willow tree and claimed the wand inside it
Oswald befriended the two headed snake and party were able to escape the lower chambers and took a long rest
Triggered the stone dragon trap on the stairs to the second tier.
Zinny touched the pile of gold and discovered it released poison spores
Discovered chamber containing stone dais on a cross-shaped platform.

Rewards:
4 hours of play
120 gp
+1 dagger (Uncommon)
Wand of Lightning Bolts (Rare)
Scroll of protection (feline beasts and feline lycanthropes) - Komodok

Party: Barbarossa, Helena, Kasumi, Beans, Honus, Egrus

Party are asked by Saltmarsh council to investigate the Sahuagin lair and discover their strengths and weaknesses.
Party found both underwater entrances and entered from the jail cell.
Party freed the Locathah Borgas, the Triton Kysh and his sea lion. Kysh and the sea lion joined the party to explore the lair.
Party found the armory in the lowest level and destroyed the weapons stored there.
Party rescued and befriended Shern the lobster
Party heard chanting in the middle area of the middle level

Rewards:
4 hours
120gp

Other:
Area 40. Nearly Empty Shark Pen. If someone is particularly nice to Shern the lobster, he may befriend them -- becoming an available option for the find familiar spell (use the crab stat block but with an Intelligence of 9 (-1) and telepathy 10 ft

Downtime Activity: Buying and Selling Magic Items

Beans purchased a Staff of Woodlands for 750gp and 30DT
Kasumi purchased a Cube of Force for 750gp and 30DT

Party travelled to Saltmarsh as caravan guards under Ingo the Drover
Heard of a dead body found ashore in the city and learned there was a haunted house close to the city
Went to the haunted house, explored the ground floor, and reached the cellar.
Discovered a hidden chamber of empty beds that seem recently used.
Discovered a room of skeletons and a skeletal alchemist, and negotiated with him.

Rewards:
4 hours of play
80gp
1x Potion of healing - Barbarossa

Party: Barbarossa, Helena, Kasumi, Beans, Egrus

Party were asked to investigate the Firewatch Isle hermitage
Party was attacked by harpies during travel and defeated them
Party found the hermitage seemingly abandoned and explored it.
Found the corpses in the grotto and defeated the chuuls but burned and mangled the bodies in the battle.

Rewards:
4 hours
120gp

Party: Barbarossa, Helena, Kasumi, Beans, Honus, Egrus

Encountered a ritual to summon a two headed shark
Killed the two headed shark and the priestesses in the temple and one of the rooms.
Continued exploring the second floor.

Rewards:
4 hours
120gp

Party: Barbarossa, Helena, Kasumi, Beans, Honus, Egrus

Reached the first level. Beans explored it while invisible.
Discovered slaves working on the first level.
Finished exploring the lowest level and found the blademaster in the arena.
Reported findings to the Saltmarsh council
Agreed to join the assault on the sahuagin stronghold. Joined the underwater forces.
Cleared the arena.

Rewards:
4 hours
120gp

Party: Barbarossa, Helena, Kasumi, Beans, Honus, Egrus

Continued the underwater assault of the sahuagin lair
Went to the temple and defeated the High Priestess
Defeated the Baron and his forces and achieved total victory for Saltmarsh

Rewards:
Cloak of the Manta Ray (Uncommon)
Scale Mail +1 (Rare)
Necklace of Adaptation (Uncommon)
Ring of Water Walking (Uncommon)
Broom of Flying (Uncommon)
Gauntlets of Ogre Power (Uncommon)
Silver raven figurine of wondrous power (Uncommon)
12x Potions of Water Breathing
3x Potion of Healing
Free drinks and board in Saltmarsh forever

Party: Kasumi, Barbarossa, Erza, Dorian, Barkeep Joe, Helena

Agreed to help the mariners clear a path to the isle of the abbey to reclaim it.
Fought through the skull dunes and reached the abbey.
Found Knife-Catcher Skeen hiding in the skull dunes and recruited him
Found an entrance leading underground at the abbey.
Announced their presence to the abbey

Rewards:
Potion of healing x6

Party: Kasumi, Barbarossa, Dorian, Barkeep Joe, Helena, Darrion

Party entered the abbey basement and negotiated with the remaining clerics
Discovered the existence of the Winding Way and fought through to the treasure room.
Defeated the living iron statues and the undead.
Stopped the undead of the isle and reclaimed the island for the Saltmarsh mariners.

Rewards:
Mithral Half Plate (UC)
Boots of Striding and Springing (UC)
Bag of Holding (UC)
Scrolls of:
Light, Bless, Command - Kasumi
Silent Image, Phantasmal Force, Hold Person - Dorian

Party: Kasumi, Barbarossa, Erza, Dorian, Barkeep Joe, Helena

Explored the Emperor of Waves
Convinced Krell to leave the ship with the party.
Retrieved the metal box in the cargo hold.
Survived the kraken attack on the Emperor and brought the box back to Aubreck

Rewards:
4 hours
80gp for tier 1/120gp for tier 2
Dagger of Warning (UC)
Cloak of Protection (UC)
Scroll of Gust of wind - Dorian
Scroll of Protection from Poison - Kasumi
Potion of heroism - Barbarossa
Potion of Water Breathing - Kasum

Other:
Dorian succeeded in copying Augury and Speak with Animals into his Tome

Party: Kasumi, Barbarossa, Erza, Dorian, Barkeep Joe, Helena

Party traveled through the Marsh to defeat Thousand Teeth.
Defeated a band of bullywugs and Thousand Teeth.
Convinced the lizardfolk to form an alliance with Saltmarsh.
Reported to the council and they agreed to the alliance and begun preparing for war with the sahuagin.
Asked by a merchant Aubreck Drallion to recover a metal box containing the deeds to his wealth.
Party set off on the Soul of Winter. Met a damaged military ship that informed the party they were attacked by a huge sea creature.
Fended off a sahuagin night raid.
Reached the Emperor of Waves

Rewards:
4 hours
80gp
Potion of Superior Healing - Barbarossa
Helm of Underwater Action
Longsword +1
Pearl of Power

Party: Kasumi, Barbarossa, Erza, Dorian, Barkeep Joe

Party were asked by the council of Saltmarsh to investigate the lizardfolk lair and discover why they are gathering weapons.
Party snuck into the lair from the sea entrance and delivered the weapons. Discovered that the lizardfolk are preparing for war with Sahuagin.
Party returned to Saltmarsh and council requested them to parley with the lizardfolk and form an alliance.
Party returned to the lair and returned one of the captured lizardfolk from the Sea Ghost.
The lizardfolk queen Othokent asked the party to prove their worthiness to join the alliance.
Party trained with the warriors, defeated the lizardfolk subchief and render, entertained the hatchlings, helped prepare for the feast, and convinced the locathah and merfolk.

Rewards:
4 hours @ 1 level
80gp

Party: Helena, Flint, Kasumi, Barbarossa, Erza, Dorian

Defeated the smuggler gang in the cellar and discovered they were using the house as a base to smuggle weapons.
Asked by Saltmarsh council to investigate the ship smuggling the weapons
Boarded the Sea Ghost, survived the crew attack and captured the Captain, some of his crew, and the Sea Ghost.
Rescued a Oceanus, a sea elf held onboard the Sea Ghost.
Found map of the destination of the smugglers.

Rewards:
4 hours @ 1 level
80gp
Pipe of Remembrance (Common)
Mariner's Armor (Scale Mail) (Uncommon)

Consumables:
3x potion of healing
Spell Scroll of Gust of Wind
Sanbalet's Spellbook - charm person, color spray, magic missile, silent image, magic mouth, scorching ray
Punketah's Spellbook - disguise self, fog cloud, mage armor, witch bolt, gust of wind, Melf’s acid arrow, misty step

Players: @ShirouCross#2225 - Alistair, @Chris Ng#1411 - Horologium, @dumbdumb450#6987 - Ariadaris, @poseidon0706#9018 - Oswald, @EricLimJC#1396 - Astra

Party continued exploring upper floors of Axeholme
Party faced a banshee, Vyldara, and defeated her.
Found Gauntlets of Ogre Power and a Dread Helm in the Castellan's bedroom
Party returned to Phandalin and found it recently attacked by the dragon and set off to Icespire Hold
Reached Icespire Hold and defeated the a band of mercenaries, the Stone Cold Reavers, in the fortress.
Faced the white dragon, Cryovain, and defeated it

Rewards:
4 hours of play, 120gp for Tier 2
Gauntlets of Ogre Power (Uncommon)
Dread Helm (Common)
1 superior potion of healing - Astra
3 potion of healing - Alistair, Oswald, Ariadaris

Party went to dwarven excavation to warn dwarves, and agreed to help the dwarves explore the site.
Explored the site and discover it was a temple of Abbathor the dwarven god of greed.
Attacked by orcs on the return way back to Phandalin and defeated them.

Magic Item:
Sending Stones (Uncommon)

• Party escorted Don Jon Raskin to Mountain Toe's Goldmine, and killed the wererats that had invaded the mine
• Party went to Logger's Camp to deliver supplies and rested at Falcon's Hunting Lodge. Scared away a few boars on the way. Found the Logger Camp empty and that the loggers had been taken by Ankhegs. Discovered a totem of Talos and destroyed it, then rescued Tibor Wester.
• Spotted a the dragon on the way back to Phandalin and wisely hid. Learned that it was a white dragon.

Rewards:
4 hours of play
Goggles of Night (Uncommon)

Party went to Crooked Forest and rescued Tinus Redbud from blights and Lord Eric Merryweather from goblins
Party rescued Alana Hallwinter and her friends from gnolls in the Crooked Forest
Party went to Neverwinter Woods, rescued children of the Ilmater church, and discover that the elf they were sent to rescue, Delsy, was actually a Green Hag. Party defeated Delsy and earned thanks of Auntie Bock and Granny Woog.

Rewards:
4 hours of play, 1 level and 10 DT
80gp
Shortsword +1 (Uncommon)
Circlet of Blasting (Uncommon)
2x potion of healing - 1x to Ithildin, 1x to Hiraeth

Story Awards:
Tinus’s Roots Run Deep - Though Tinus Redbud cannot currently move or be replanted from its location within the Crooked Forest, saving the growing young Treant provides you with an unlikely ally. If you ever find yourself in the Crooked Forest again, look him up.
Silas Hallwinter - As an additional reward for rescuing his daughter and returning her to safety in total secrecy, any social interactions with the town councilman are made with advantage

Komodok remove curse on Oswald for the Berserker Axe
Party passed by the pool room via water walk
Ariadaris triggered the silver coffer statue trap but was able to escape
Party ignored the two stone divans with human figures
Zinny triggered the rolling millstone.
Zinny destroyed the Gas Spore using the rusty dagger and got diseased. Komodok casted Lesser Restoration to cure him.
Party played the pelota ball game and won.

Rewards:
4 hours of play
120 gp
Amulet of Protection from Turning (Rare)
Eagle Whistle (Rare)

Reach Tamoachan and transported into the lower tier.
Killed Tloques and reclaimed his axe, ring and bracers. Oswald attuned to axe.
Killed Tecuziztecatl
Zinny and Horologium are under effects of bestow curse for 24 days (effect: disadvantage on wisdom checks and saving throws)

Rewards:
4 hours of play
120gp
Ring of Animal Influence (Rare)
Bracers of Defense (Rare)
Berserker Axe (Tamoachan) (Very Rare)
Potion of Invisibility - Zinny
Elixir Health - Horologium

Freed Kukulkan from his prison
Escaped the room depicting the Land of the Dead
Defeated the centaur mummy and escaped the shrine.
Defeated a servant of Zotzilaha the Bat God

Rewards:
4 hours of play
120gp
Bracelet of Rock Magic (Very Rare)
Ring of Fire Resistance (Rare)
Mirror of the Past (Rare)
Plantslayer Longsword (Rare)
Balance of Harmony (Uncommon)
Gloves of Missile Snaring (Uncommon)
Periapt of Wound Closure (Uncommon)
1x Potion of Clairvoyance - Alistair
1x Scroll of Detect Magic - Komodok
3x Dust of Disappearance - Zinny, Aria, Oswald
1x Potion of Hill Giant Strength - Komodok

Defeated the werejaguar and took the ceremonial dagger and scroll from the room
Triggered the shock halberd trap
Zinny was almost consumed by the liquid light from the illuminated well but party was able to suppress it, and left the room
Defeated the willow tree and claimed the wand inside it
Oswald befriended the two headed snake and party were able to escape the lower chambers and took a long rest
Triggered the stone dragon trap on the stairs to the second tier.
Zinny touched the pile of gold and discovered it released poison spores
Discovered chamber containing stone dais on a cross-shaped platform.

Rewards:
4 hours of play
120 gp
+1 dagger (Uncommon)
Wand of Lightning Bolts (Rare)
Scroll of protection (feline beasts and feline lycanthropes) - Komodok

Party: Barbarossa, Helena, Kasumi, Beans, Honus, Egrus

Party are asked by Saltmarsh council to investigate the Sahuagin lair and discover their strengths and weaknesses.
Party found both underwater entrances and entered from the jail cell.
Party freed the Locathah Borgas, the Triton Kysh and his sea lion. Kysh and the sea lion joined the party to explore the lair.
Party found the armory in the lowest level and destroyed the weapons stored there.
Party rescued and befriended Shern the lobster
Party heard chanting in the middle area of the middle level

Rewards:
4 hours
120gp

Other:
Area 40. Nearly Empty Shark Pen. If someone is particularly nice to Shern the lobster, he may befriend them -- becoming an available option for the find familiar spell (use the crab stat block but with an Intelligence of 9 (-1) and telepathy 10 ft

Downtime Activity: Buying and Selling Magic Items

Beans purchased a Staff of Woodlands for 750gp and 30DT
Kasumi purchased a Cube of Force for 750gp and 30DT

Party travelled to Saltmarsh as caravan guards under Ingo the Drover
Heard of a dead body found ashore in the city and learned there was a haunted house close to the city
Went to the haunted house, explored the ground floor, and reached the cellar.
Discovered a hidden chamber of empty beds that seem recently used.
Discovered a room of skeletons and a skeletal alchemist, and negotiated with him.

Rewards:
4 hours of play
80gp
1x Potion of healing - Barbarossa

Party: Barbarossa, Helena, Kasumi, Beans, Egrus

Party were asked to investigate the Firewatch Isle hermitage
Party was attacked by harpies during travel and defeated them
Party found the hermitage seemingly abandoned and explored it.
Found the corpses in the grotto and defeated the chuuls but burned and mangled the bodies in the battle.

Rewards:
4 hours
120gp

Party: Barbarossa, Helena, Kasumi, Beans, Honus, Egrus

Encountered a ritual to summon a two headed shark
Killed the two headed shark and the priestesses in the temple and one of the rooms.
Continued exploring the second floor.

Rewards:
4 hours
120gp

Party: Barbarossa, Helena, Kasumi, Beans, Honus, Egrus

Reached the first level. Beans explored it while invisible.
Discovered slaves working on the first level.
Finished exploring the lowest level and found the blademaster in the arena.
Reported findings to the Saltmarsh council
Agreed to join the assault on the sahuagin stronghold. Joined the underwater forces.
Cleared the arena.

Rewards:
4 hours
120gp

Party: Barbarossa, Helena, Kasumi, Beans, Honus, Egrus

Continued the underwater assault of the sahuagin lair
Went to the temple and defeated the High Priestess
Defeated the Baron and his forces and achieved total victory for Saltmarsh

Rewards:
Cloak of the Manta Ray (Uncommon)
Scale Mail +1 (Rare)
Necklace of Adaptation (Uncommon)
Ring of Water Walking (Uncommon)
Broom of Flying (Uncommon)
Gauntlets of Ogre Power (Uncommon)
Silver raven figurine of wondrous power (Uncommon)
12x Potions of Water Breathing
3x Potion of Healing
Free drinks and board in Saltmarsh forever

Party: Kasumi, Barbarossa, Erza, Dorian, Barkeep Joe, Helena

Agreed to help the mariners clear a path to the isle of the abbey to reclaim it.
Fought through the skull dunes and reached the abbey.
Found Knife-Catcher Skeen hiding in the skull dunes and recruited him
Found an entrance leading underground at the abbey.
Announced their presence to the abbey

Rewards:
Potion of healing x6

Party: Kasumi, Barbarossa, Dorian, Barkeep Joe, Helena, Darrion

Party entered the abbey basement and negotiated with the remaining clerics
Discovered the existence of the Winding Way and fought through to the treasure room.
Defeated the living iron statues and the undead.
Stopped the undead of the isle and reclaimed the island for the Saltmarsh mariners.

Rewards:
Mithral Half Plate (UC)
Boots of Striding and Springing (UC)
Bag of Holding (UC)
Scrolls of:
Light, Bless, Command - Kasumi
Silent Image, Phantasmal Force, Hold Person - Dorian

Party: Kasumi, Barbarossa, Erza, Dorian, Barkeep Joe, Helena

Explored the Emperor of Waves
Convinced Krell to leave the ship with the party.
Retrieved the metal box in the cargo hold.
Survived the kraken attack on the Emperor and brought the box back to Aubreck

Rewards:
4 hours
80gp for tier 1/120gp for tier 2
Dagger of Warning (UC)
Cloak of Protection (UC)
Scroll of Gust of wind - Dorian
Scroll of Protection from Poison - Kasumi
Potion of heroism - Barbarossa
Potion of Water Breathing - Kasum

Other:
Dorian succeeded in copying Augury and Speak with Animals into his Tome

Party: Kasumi, Barbarossa, Erza, Dorian, Barkeep Joe, Helena

Party traveled through the Marsh to defeat Thousand Teeth.
Defeated a band of bullywugs and Thousand Teeth.
Convinced the lizardfolk to form an alliance with Saltmarsh.
Reported to the council and they agreed to the alliance and begun preparing for war with the sahuagin.
Asked by a merchant Aubreck Drallion to recover a metal box containing the deeds to his wealth.
Party set off on the Soul of Winter. Met a damaged military ship that informed the party they were attacked by a huge sea creature.
Fended off a sahuagin night raid.
Reached the Emperor of Waves

Rewards:
4 hours
80gp
Potion of Superior Healing - Barbarossa
Helm of Underwater Action
Longsword +1
Pearl of Power

Party: Kasumi, Barbarossa, Erza, Dorian, Barkeep Joe

Party were asked by the council of Saltmarsh to investigate the lizardfolk lair and discover why they are gathering weapons.
Party snuck into the lair from the sea entrance and delivered the weapons. Discovered that the lizardfolk are preparing for war with Sahuagin.
Party returned to Saltmarsh and council requested them to parley with the lizardfolk and form an alliance.
Party returned to the lair and returned one of the captured lizardfolk from the Sea Ghost.
The lizardfolk queen Othokent asked the party to prove their worthiness to join the alliance.
Party trained with the warriors, defeated the lizardfolk subchief and render, entertained the hatchlings, helped prepare for the feast, and convinced the locathah and merfolk.

Rewards:
4 hours @ 1 level
80gp

Party: Helena, Flint, Kasumi, Barbarossa, Erza, Dorian

Defeated the smuggler gang in the cellar and discovered they were using the house as a base to smuggle weapons.
Asked by Saltmarsh council to investigate the ship smuggling the weapons
Boarded the Sea Ghost, survived the crew attack and captured the Captain, some of his crew, and the Sea Ghost.
Rescued a Oceanus, a sea elf held onboard the Sea Ghost.
Found map of the destination of the smugglers.

Rewards:
4 hours @ 1 level
80gp
Pipe of Remembrance (Common)
Mariner's Armor (Scale Mail) (Uncommon)

Consumables:
3x potion of healing
Spell Scroll of Gust of Wind
Sanbalet's Spellbook - charm person, color spray, magic missile, silent image, magic mouth, scorching ray
Punketah's Spellbook - disguise self, fog cloud, mage armor, witch bolt, gust of wind, Melf’s acid arrow, misty step

Players: @ShirouCross#2225 - Alistair, @Chris Ng#1411 - Horologium, @dumbdumb450#6987 - Ariadaris, @poseidon0706#9018 - Oswald, @EricLimJC#1396 - Astra

Party continued exploring upper floors of Axeholme
Party faced a banshee, Vyldara, and defeated her.
Found Gauntlets of Ogre Power and a Dread Helm in the Castellan's bedroom
Party returned to Phandalin and found it recently attacked by the dragon and set off to Icespire Hold
Reached Icespire Hold and defeated the a band of mercenaries, the Stone Cold Reavers, in the fortress.
Faced the white dragon, Cryovain, and defeated it

Rewards:
4 hours of play, 120gp for Tier 2
Gauntlets of Ogre Power (Uncommon)
Dread Helm (Common)
1 superior potion of healing - Astra
3 potion of healing - Alistair, Oswald, Ariadaris

Party went to dwarven excavation to warn dwarves, and agreed to help the dwarves explore the site.
Explored the site and discover it was a temple of Abbathor the dwarven god of greed.
Attacked by orcs on the return way back to Phandalin and defeated them.

Magic Item:
Sending Stones (Uncommon)

• Party escorted Don Jon Raskin to Mountain Toe's Goldmine, and killed the wererats that had invaded the mine
• Party went to Logger's Camp to deliver supplies and rested at Falcon's Hunting Lodge. Scared away a few boars on the way. Found the Logger Camp empty and that the loggers had been taken by Ankhegs. Discovered a totem of Talos and destroyed it, then rescued Tibor Wester.
• Spotted a the dragon on the way back to Phandalin and wisely hid. Learned that it was a white dragon.

Rewards:
4 hours of play
Goggles of Night (Uncommon)