# [[050_20220206 Slack-Jawed Lorna]] %% <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rTryyY01jVc" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> %% ## Session Summary A small, one-foot-tall creature called a lornling opened the door and saw only Ora in the hallway. Ora convinced it to let her (and everyone else) enter the next room, but Boris and Flint were unfortunately too noisy for them to remain unnoticed. Other than the lornling, there were two other creatures in the room: one toad-like, the other witch-like, both of whom looked like they had been in the middle of a conversation. Boris, having ruined the element of surprise and having gotten Bavlorna's suspicion up immediately, decided for brute force, and a battle ensued. During the battle, it was revealed that Bavlorna was actually the toad-like creature rather than the witch. Bavlorna began to bite and swallow Boris, who began to take quite a bit of damage from the acid bile of her mouth. Ora ducked behind a wall where there was a staircase, and came face to face with another lornling whose saliva paralyzed her temporarily. Boris, sensing his own impending death, threw everything he had towards damaging Bavlorna, who regurgitated him and, for the first time in the fight, seemed less than confident about her chances of survival. On the witch's turn, her intelligent eyes surveyed the situation and, clearly seeing the tide turn, turned her gaze on Bavlorna instead. ^summary --- ## Housekeeping - Psychic Whispers is still up for 1,5 hours more (16:30). ## Recap ![[049_20220123 Queen Gullop XX#^summary]] "Queen Blightstraw, I request an audience with you about The Slayers Five, who are coming to harm you!" ## Strong start > The door opens with a large creak, and at first it seems it opened on its own. Then you look down, and you see a small creature, about 1 foot tall. It has bulbous eyes: all white sclera except for a tiny grey dot in the centre of each one. It has two arms and two legs, but its crouched position is distinctly frog-like, reminiscent of the bullywugs. It's wearing sheathes of something like seaweed as clothing - you can smell that briny smell. It croaks at you. ## Scenes ### The battle ```encounter name: Encounter players: - Boris - Ora - Lira - Flint - Jamedi creatures: - Bavlorna Blightstraw - 2: Lornling - Irae Firetouched ``` - Round 1 - Bavlorna: Pull everyone into the room? DC 15 Strength Saving Throw, Withering Ray ```ad-info title: Description of Bavlorna You see a toad-like face with a mouth that seems a little slack, like it doesn't close propertly. It is a larger version of the small creature that opened the door. Its bulging eyes move independently, constantly scanning its surroundings. Stained and moldering patchwork garments hide much of the leathery, mummified flesh that stretches over its compact frame and extraordinarily long, spindly limbs. ``` > The toad-like creature speaks to you in a low croaking voice. “What act of desperation compels you to enter my home, little darlings?” You are most welcome, of course. In fact, you can stay as long as I like. ```ad-info title: Description of Charm collapse: true You see a slender, dark figure, wearing a wide-brimmed hat coming to a point a few inches above the head. The hat is not unlike that on one of the dummies downstairs. You see a a glint of malicious black eyes, a hooked nose, and a wicked grin. ``` > Incredible that a few morsels like yourselves would walk willingly here. - [x] Irae Firetouched: If attacked, Scimitar of flame. Otherwise, hold action for Scimitar of flame. - Round 2 - [x] Bavlorna: Create lornlings, Bite - Round 3 - [x] Bavlorna: Swallow, Burning hands (through [Spire of Conflux](obsidian://open?vault=dnd-vault&file=items%2FSpire%20of%20Conflux)) - Round 4 - Bavlorna: Polymorph, Swallow, try to reason - reveals that she knows [[Charm]] is actually dead. - Round 5 - Bavlorna: Polymorph, Swallow, reveal a secret - Round 6 - Bavlorna: Plane shift ### Irae Firetouched ```mermaid flowchart TD bloodied{Am I bloodied?} bloodied -->|Yes| firetouched[Firetouched] --> misty[Misty Step/Greater Inv.] --> safe{Did that work?} bloodied -->|No| opportunity{Is Bavlorna badly hurt?} opportunity -->|Yes| dead{Is she dead?} dead --> |No| scorch[Scorching Ray/Fireball Bavlorna] dead --> |Yes| retrieve[Misty Step+ steal treasure] opportunity -->|No| specific{Is anyone particularly problematic?} specific --> |No| bolt[Fireball/Firebolt party] specific --> |Yes| fire[Fireball+Quickened Fireball] safe --> |Yes| escape[Flee] safe --> |No| charm[Charm person/Friends/Bargain] ``` ### Other scenes? - [ ] Shopping at [[Downfall#Trinket Bauble and Charm's]]? - [ ] Finding [[Charm]]'s body in [[Bavlorna's Cottage#Cages]] - [ ] ## Secrets and Clues - [ ] Bavlorna likes to find out what a creature is most searching for, scry on the object, and then strike a dark bargain with the creature. - [ ] Ora's mother is [[Jenna Iresor]]. She is alive and in [[ttrpgs/The Slayers FiveAsarius]], the City of Beasts. - [ ] Ora's sister [[Aro|Aro]] is held by [[Skabatha Nightshade]]. - [ ] Boris has had several lives, all of them dedicated to the service of the [[ttrpgs/The Slayers Five/Kryn Dynasty]]. - [ ] Boris's father, [[Jette Brashan]], lives. He is in [[Pride's Call]]. - [ ] Jamedi's memories (in the form of a lunchbox) and Lira's circlet of disguise are hidden in a frog's mouth. The frog is a bag of holding. - [ ] [[Charm]], [[Trinket]], and [[Bauble]] are spies of [[Endelyn Moongrave]] out to steal treasure from Bavlorna. - [ ] [[Irae Firetouched]] has killed [[Charm]] and taken her form. She seeks a powerful weapon that each of the hags has. - [ ] Bavlorna is obsessed with the present: she wants to know everything happening everywhere that she can't see. - [ ] Bavlorna would be willing not to harm the party if they agree to kill her sister, [[Skabatha Nightshade]]. - [ ] There's something stuck at the bottom of Bavlorna's [[Bavlorna's Cottage#Preservation Pool|pool]]. ## [[Loot]] - [ ] Unicorn horn - [ ] [Talking Tablets](obsidian://open?vault=dnd-vault&file=items%2FVault%20of%20Magic%2FTalking%20Tablets) - [ ] [Bagpipes of Battle](obsidian://open?vault=dnd-vault&file=items%2FVault%20of%20Magic%2FBagpipes%20of%20Battle) - On Bavlorna - [ ] [Spire of Conflux](obsidian://open?vault=dnd-vault&file=items%2FSpire%20of%20Conflux) (this is what [[Irae Firetouched]] and [[Charm]] both want to steal) - [ ] Key to [[Bavlorna's Cottage#Bavlorna's Hoard]] - [ ] (Swallowed) key to potion cabinet --- ## Log - Irae: 2 spell slotsm 13 damage to boris at the start of his turn 14+5+11=30, 19+7=26,18,10+3=13, 16+9=25, 13+7=20, 15 ![[50_initiative.png]] Next turn: Ora There are three Lornlings (and one that lies in a bloodied heap on the ground), Bavlorna, and Irae.