11/18/23 -- Operation Gold Garden

11/18/23 - Gold Garden - 22nd of Beocht, 715 A.R.
- Led by Guy
- Before departure
  - Bloom drops off maps to Kordell
  - Guy finishes up carpentry and gathers everyone
  - Damon goes to the blacksmith
    - Wants her to modify his bow
    - More draw strength
    - Running short on high grade iron
    - If he can get some higher quality material, she can help
    - Gives him a nail file, easier the slide, the higher the quality
    - Tapping should result in more hollow sound
  - Spending 1 intel
    - What are 2 approaches we can take on the mission
      - Field full of overgrown wild herds to west of hut
      - North, dense forest
      - Assault hut - clear out enemies
      - Stealth based
      - Either could work
  - Bringing 1 tinderbox and small vial of oil: -1 scrap material
  - Risky Position - Engagement Roll
- Departed
  - Chattering in the air
    - Individual with plague doctor mask + robe
    - Exposed guts and gore coming out of robe
    - A crow - a scout of the impure
    - Very quick and keen eyed
    - Trying to hide
    - Crow sniffs air
    - Sounds to bloom like a distorted frog
    - Discordant note to vocalization
    - Claw makes mark on nearby tree
    - Jumps from branch to branch in opposite direction
    - Bloom looks at mark
    - Mark glows, almost like he is pulled into it
    - Finds himself looking at horde of running crows from the cabin
    - Some marks say clear, danger, suspicion
    - Marked suspicion here
    - Finds himself sitting at home
      - Eating dinner
      - Calm evening
      - Laughter, joy
      - Dinner is a plate filled with maggots and other grubs
      - Smell of sulfur
      - Carved into dinner table is a similar mark
      - Back in the forest
  - Making approach from the north
    - Trees are sickly
      - Roots pulled from ground
      - Like trees were pulled up from the ground
    - Leaves are falling, but it is spring
    - Hear chattering noise ahead
    - Wild herbs, thick grooves around cabin where wagons used to be
    - Blossomed around
    - Newer creature
      - Body type and build of the warper once known as Amus
      - Not sure what it can do
      - Dripping bile near its mouth
      - “Spitter”
    - Crows in the trees
    - Crows inside as well
  - Combat
    - Sneak attack from the north
    - Damon shot fire arrows at Blossomed
    - Others focused other creatures that got close
    - Spitter
      - 7d6*4 for main spit attack
    - The Ring attacks too
    - Mad Alchemist
      - Throwing potions at us
      - Large splash damage
    - Crow
      - Have Wolfpack power
    - We are getting fucked up
      - Bloom (-2 health blocks)
      - Guy (-2 health blocks)
      - Damon (-1 health blocks)
      - Thomas (-1 health blocks)
  - Guy was left behind
  - Used 2 Recovery on Bloom
  - Thomas is distraught
- Kordell says the battle to retake Tpres is looming
- If we can get the forces, we can do a recovery mission
- Kordell is sobbing, she hates losing, having a harder time accepting the losses
  - Damon gave Kordell a hug
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