(continued from Session 023)
Early in the morning, the party hears trumpets and other music coming from somewhere in the middle of the town, which signals the beginning of the Feats and Feast festival.
Kiiv participates in the pie-eating contest, performing very well, though losing to the eventual winner in the last round. Kestyn does well in the drunken parkour contest, which is also the first time anyone in the party has seen him drink alcohol. It shows, as he throws a number of copper coins into the crowd as he performs. He also comes in second. Orla shows off her mathematical skill in the calculating contest, easily outpacing all the competitors while adding and subtracting large digits in her head.
Whipp joins the weightlifting contest but is unable to defeat some of the stronger competitors and doesn’t win. Gulden wins the debate contest with a rousing argument in favor of why hot dogs are a sandwich (which everyone in attendance agrees with!). Morro participates in the hours-long fishing contest. Relying partly on the wisdom of his local guide, he manages to take first place. Enna uses Beast Bond to communicate with her horse, Esmerelda, in the horse racing competition. Promises of carrots and other treats are enough to motivate Esmerelda to propel Enna to the win.
Prizes are handed out, with each winner getting 10 gold and an invitation to join the particular guild that sponsored their event. Having gone back to the inn to pass out, Kestyn eventually makes it back in time for the giant feast after the competitions, where everyone eats too much, even Kiiv who was somehow not full of pies.
On the next day, Monday, the group borrows the promised boat from Horatio and barely manages to cross the river north of the city, heading into the swamp. It takes the combined strength of every member of the party, as it is exhausting rowing crosswise to the current.
Once into the swamp, they decide to go mostly west, hugging the southern edge, so as not to go too far in and get lost. Enna uses Speak with Animals to get some semi-helpful information from a bird, suggesting that they will not find Flacron seeds on the edge of the swamp.
The group chooses to sleep on dry ground that night, tying up the boat and sleeping in the Leomund’s Tiny Hut that Gulden creates.
On Tuesday, the group continues to explore the swamp. Morro successfully fishes and also makes some jerky for the party to eat as they travel. Enna searches for Flacron seeds to no avail. Kiiv attempts to navigate, but the party seems hopelessly lost. Orla finds firewood and the group makes a fire to sleep at night, again in the hut.
On Wednesday, Gulden sees a strange lump in the water as the group prepares to board the boat in the morning. Before anyone can determine what it is, a huge crocodile attacks! The group kills it fairly easily, and Kiiv goes into the water to chop off its tail, presumably for food.
However, a second hidden gator then attacks, grabbing Whipp and taking them off into the water. Orla and Morro launch long range attacks at the animal, and Whipp bashes it while in its mouth. Eventually, the crocodile is killed, and Whipp returns to the boat, bedraggled and dripping wet.
This day, Enna manages to find 9 Flacron seeds, most of the 12 that the group needs for Glorfingel. The party sleeps in the Tiny Hut, watching for crocodiles, and awakes on Thursday.
Party Experience Before Session: 67,020XP
Experience Earned:
Party Experience After Session: 78,520XP
Needed For Level 6: 7 * 14,000XP = 98,000XP