COMBAT BEGINS
Initiative
Cal (21)
Cordelia (dirty 20)
“Cory” Camile (14)
Kaya (7)
SURPRISE ROUND
Cal
Already has “Cory” grappled and makes a surprise attack
24-ish to hit with advantage (hits )
“Cory”
Tries to break free of the grapple (succeeds)
ROUND 1
Cordelia
Casts Firebolt and hits
Sees that he hasn’t had a chance to pull out his weapons, but that he has a greatsword
NVM “CORY” PULLS OUT HIS GREATSWORD
Attacks Cal (hits against his AC of 15)
Cal takes 10 dmg
Camille
Screams for everyone to stop, and casts Calm Emotions
Kaya and Cal fail, and are now indifferent to “Cory”
Currently concentrating on Calm Emotions
Kaya
Rolls her save again and succeeds against Calm Emotions
Moves 30 ft. towards “Cory” and gives him the ole 1-2 (misses)
Uses a Ki point to bonus action attack again (hits for 6 dmg )
ROUND 2
Cal
Recognizes that a spell was cast on him, and turns to address Camille
Says that “Cory” is in league with a vampire
Encourages us to leave, because he can’t have more deaths on his conscience if we die fighting “Cory”
In response, Camille reluctantly drops Calm Emotions to allow Cal to attack
Cordelia
Tries to convince Kaya to leave and run (Kaya does Not want to run)
Casts Firebolt AND MISSES :(
“Cory”
Hits for 12 damage Kaya in the chest forKaya succeeds on her DEX save, but gets pushed away 5 ft
Camille
Heals Kaya for 9 HP using Healing Word Casts Guidance on Cal
Kaya
Unarmed attack + flurry of blows bonus action
Deals 16 total damage
ROUND 3
Cal
Action surges to attack
Deals 10 damage on the first attackNAT 1 ON THE SECOND ATTACK 😧 HE ALMOST HITS KAYA!!! (it’s ok tho)
Cordelia
“Cory”
FAILS THE HOLD PERSON SAVE
Camille
Casts Zephyr Strike and deals 9 damage
Runs 30 ft. away (without invoking an opportunity attack)
Kaya
Hits for 7 damage
Runs 🏃♂️💨 the fuck away (without invoking an opportunity attack)
ROUND 4
Cal
Cordelia
DEALS 18 DAMAGE THANKS TO A NAT 20!!!!
LET’S GOOOOOOO
CORDELIA GETS A “HOW DO YOU WANNA DO THIS”
Hits DIRECTLY where he has a gaping wound in his chest — he seizes up and collapses to the ground as sparks and smoke come out of his ears
Post-Combat
ENCOUNTERING A MAN
GROUP PERCEPTION
Kaya: 15
Cordelia: 17
Camille (advantage): dirty 20
Cal: 16
As he dies, “Cory” points at the sky behind us
As we turn around, we see a man standing on the roof of the bar . He has a book in his hand and is drawing in it. He makes eye contact with us, then looks down and keeps drawing
THE MAN JUMPS DOWN and lands among us
“Just one of many” TURNS CLEAR AND DISAPPEARS??
Cordelia (Arcana 18) recognizes it as Invisibility
CORDELIA TRIES TO COMMUNICATE THAT THE GUY IS STILL THERE
Camille gets the message, crouches down, and casts Detect Magic
Homie doesn’t see shit 🤨🤨🤨
The gang agrees that we need to talk and also still get dinner
Cal searches the body and finds:
A greatsword
20 GP
A letter
Cal tucks the letter away (with a flick of his wrist)
Camille performs funeral rites on “Cory’s” body
Dinner
We return to Foo Bar!
Cordelia casts Prestidigitation to re-warm our food
Camille asks Cal to clarify about the stuff about vampires
Cal re-introduces himself
He introduced himself to us with his real name
He IS a farmer
He comes from a small town in buttfuck nowhere
His town ran into a TON of problems with terrible crops and stuff, which affected his town’s livelihood
He’s been traveling around to learn different farming techniques that he can take back to help his community
He’s fought boars and bandits
At the last village, Cal encountered an enclave of vampires and managed to kill most of them, but one escaped
He’s hoping that, by killing “Cory” , his master will show themself
He doesn’t know ANYTHING about the changeling shit
The party asks Camille if they know anything about “Cory” /the changelings ’ deal
The Letters
Cal pulls out the letter + the scraps of paper from the garbageCamille casts Mending on the scraps of paper
IT’S FIXED! HUZZAHH
The paper has orders for “Cory”
Addressed to Dox “Prepare Clover for our arrival”
Not signed by anyone else
Camille shares the info they found and tucks the paper away
Cal opens the letter
Cordelia recognizes the seal as being noble in nature, but doesn’t know where it’s from
The paper is a little dirty
Also addressed to Dox , instructing him to “bring them into the alleyway so I can take a better look at them”
THE PARTY AGREES THAT THE LETTER WAS WRITTEN BY THE BLUE GUY
The party briefly smells sulfur
Party Perception
Cordelia: 19
Kaya: 18
Cal: 8-ish
Camille: 10
We see remnants of black smoke, and some fucking guy spawns in between the wall and Cordelia
CJ TRIES TO CHANGE THE PICTURE BCS HE’S POPPIN A NIPPLE!! IZZIE SENDS HATEMAIL TO GET HIM TO STOP
Kaya asks if he’s here to stay for dinner, he says no
Introduces himself as Vallen , says that he was sent by The Keeper
He was sent to keep track of us (actually he lied he doesn’t really know — he’s kinda new to the Keeper’s circle and just follows orders)
CAL IS TWITCHING
Cal DEMANDS information about changelings and vampires
Vallen was told that a small dispatchment of them was taken care of a few towns away
VALLEN IS A VAMPIRE
THE PARTY IS BEEFING :(
Cal is MAD and wants to kill Vallen . Camille is staunchly opposed
Vallen offers for us to put him in sunlight tomorrowCamille receives one of Vallen’s [Sending Stones] Cal reluctantly stands down and takes his hand off his weapons <3
Vallen says that the changeling stuff is ALSO new to him
THE GANG CHATS ABT VAMPIRES
Vallen doesn’t drink humanoid blood anymore
Camille tries to tell Vallen about the man we met on the roof
TRIES TO DRAW HIM!! IT’S BAD
Camille gives Vallen a mostly-raw steak :]
Cal returns to the farm!
WE GET FUCKASS DREAMS
We all fall asleep pretty quickly!
In our dreams, Cordelia, Kaya, and Camille open their eyes to a vast foggy expanse (swampish area)
If we open our mouths, no sound comes out
There is a hooded individual with a flowing cloak very far away
The three of us begin to walk towards the figure, but then we suddenly freeze in place
The figure in the distance shakes a little
We feel a gauntleted hand grab our shoulders — but this time, we don’t wake up.
The gauntleted hand moves up, making us look upwards
We see a black, upside-down Pyramid , inscribed with red runes
The tip of the pyramid begins to glow red
It shoots a red beam into the ground, cracking it open
Cal opens his eyes to an abandoned, destroyed city. Buildings are aflame and he is surrounded by bodies
There is a cloaked figure floating in the sky
Blood seems to fall from the sky as he raises his hand
Bad Morning
Cal wakes up before the rest of the party and - against his better judgement - heads over to Foo Bar
Sees Vallen sitting in the same spot as before, sipping a cup of coffee
Cal receives some coffee from Foo
Cal interrogates Vallen
Doesn’t get any useful information, and almost leaves before Vallen says that the others might know something
Vallen tells Cal what he knows
He was specifically selected by The Keeper as a “guide” of sorts, among vampires
He was sent to kill the vampire threat
Normally The Keeper wouldn’t send ANYONE to deal with a vampiric threat
Vallen is WILLING TO KILL OTHER VAMPIRES (Cal calls him a piece of shit 💀)Vallen’s soul was taken by a vampireHe is the Keeper’s Right Hand
We recap our dream (it was BAD)
We receive coffee from Foo
As Foo leaves, Cal calls out to him and asks for him to bring a “young virgin” for Vallen to drink
Camille takes offense to that
VALLEN LORE
About 300 years ago, he wanted to join the military (as a young boy)
He wanted to protect Clover!
On his 31st birthday, he was ambushed by vampires - and because he was drinking on the job, which he shouldn’t have been - they got the best of him
Upon learning that Vallen is both a vampire AND a Clover soldier, he slams his hands on the table and storms out
Vampire weaknesses/lore (according to Vallen )
A stake to a heart would kill most people
Silver hurts vampires
Vampires who feed need to ask for permission to enter a building
Sun hurts most vampires (not this guy tho)
As Cal is outside and leaving the bar, he runs into a crying man whose wife was killed
The rest the gang hears a commotion outside
WE GET UP TO FOLLOW
LILY: “WE ARE GOING A SOMEWHERE”
Cal calls out to us as the townsman sprints towards his house, saying that we have a chance to trap the vampire since it’s daylight
We follow!! So does Vallen (catches up to Cal pretty easily, but stays within 10 ft)
Arriving at The House
The man bursts through the door and runs inside, runs to the right
Group Perception
Cordelia: 23
Kaya: 17
Cal: 13
Camile: 22
Cal tries to stop us, saying that it’d be safer to just burn the house down
Camille pushes past him without arguing, Cordelia and Kaya follow
Cal pulls out his swords and follows
FUCK IT WE BALL!!
Inside, blood is EVERYWHERE!! it is a fuckshow
The man is weeping over his dead wife
Investigation
The woman’s neck as been bitten through (a chunk is gone)
Vallen is in the corner trying not to look at the blood (Camille stands in front of him so he doesn’t have to see it)
