This is the second session of a 1-on-1 mini-campaign within the larger Exarchate of Alsudhvi campaign, and features the adventure of the Blade-Daughter Miza, a Level 5 Bladedancer played by Sophia. This adventure also features Miza's two henchmen: her sister Tavala (Level 3 Bladedancer) and her friend and the party's guide, Rama (Level 2 Explorer).
When last we left our heroes... Surrounded and ambushed by a group of panthers just a few miles outside of Aesta-Suvash, the three adventurers closed ranks. Tavala murmured a prayer to Myimsta, casting Protection from Evil in a circle around the group while Rama readied her bow and Miza cast Charm Animal, first one the largest of the panthers, and then (the following round) on the one nearest it. Having reduced the ranks of the enemies to four, the companions were still not prepared for how vicious and tough these man-eating panthers would be.
Tavala was dropped to 0 HP, but revived almost immediately via a Cure Light Wounds cast by Miza. Rama was overwhelmed as she hastily fired arrows at the charging great cats, dropping to 0 HP as well. Miza was able to revive her, but the party was quickly running out of magic and doing very little to grind down the vicious beasts. The two charmed panthers fighting in defense of Miza (whom she named Raja and Midnight) did something to stem the tide, but Midnight was soon slain by her former den mates.
Just as all seemed lost, a voice boomed around them, invoking an arcane formula as four ghostly warriors appeared, attacking the panthers. The party, it seemed, had been joined by a travelling mage. He summoned spectral warriors from the afterlife and even (through a bit of forbidden necromantic magic) raised the fallen Midnight to fight again alongside the companions. And even this was nearly not enough, as the vicious panthers tore through the spectral warriors easily. In the end, though, the mage's magic and the Bladedancers' grit was enough to outlast the panthers, and the final one fled before being hunted down by the two panthers under the party's magical control.
As the battle ended and wounds were seen to, the mage introduced himself as Kemog, a "humble scholar" who was travelling East along the road. Since his route seemed to be taking him in the same direction as the rest of the party, Miza invited him to travel with them since there is "safety in numbers."
Their numbers grown to four (five if you count Raja, who is still magically charmed by Miza), the companions continued eastward, following the road towards Bal-Bawet. They made it another two-and-a-half days before Rama, more vigilant this time, called a halt to their march and crept forward. There, crossing the road in front of them, were two giant monitor lizards with pronounced dorsal fins. These creatures, dangerous predators who are often taken as mounts by Lizardfolk and other beastmen, turned in the direction of the party. They had been spotted once again.
Monsters Killed:
- 5 Panthers
Monsters Charmed:
- 1 Panther
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