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Will the adventurers survive the shadows at the Burnt House? Can they solve the mystery of the Red Aurora and cure the sickness in Grendelhole before it's too late? Find out soon! #AdventurersGuild #dnd #d20 #rpg #tabletop


One shadow, man-shaped, in the ruins. It has no features or details other than its pale, glowing, milk-white eyes. It shifts for a moment and then suddenly a dozen shadows are there, staring and judging with their dead, blind eyes... #AdventurersGuild #dnd #d20 #rpg #tabletop


The plan mostly works - soon we have a pile of blackened bones removed from the ruins. But the ribcage is under a large beam, and in trying to remove it someone has to physically grab it to drag it out. That's when the shadows appeared. #AdventurersGuild #dnd #d20 #rpg #tabletop


The party debates in hushed voices - no one wants to touch the ruins or the bones directly. After a while Horatio has an excellent solution. He uses Mage Hand to pull out the bones as Jhighli and Smoke use Prest to wedge the ruins. #AdventurersGuild #dnd #d20 #rpg #tabletop


The party suggests that Smoke, being a cat-man, sneak in and have a look without rousing anything. He assents and disappears into the trees and brush. After a few minutes, he reports back that there are human remains under the rubble. #AdventurersGuild #dnd #d20 #rpg #tabletop


The Burnt House, shattered and charred beams and walls standing in the air like a jumble of blackened bones, a silent and terrible reminder of its own past. The party is hushed, awed. No one volunteers to step forward. #AdventurersGuild #dnd #d20 #rpg #tabletop


It's not hard to connect the dots, and out there in the eery woods the superstitions of the townsfolk become infectious. We pick our way through the woods, jumping at shadows, until the woods become silent...and then we see it. #AdventurersGuild #dnd #d20 #rpg #tabletop


We trek through the woods, sullen but determined, all the while the Red Aurora hangs ominously in the air and the sickened get weaker every day. We find ruins, apparently a small burg abandoned shortly after the Burnt House was burned. #AdventurersGuild #dnd #d20 #rpg #tabletop


Many other crimes and events of note are listed in the census in great detail, but the burning of the house in question merits only a single line of text which mentions it as an accident. The party regards this as suspicious indeed. #AdventurersGuild #dnd #d20 #rpg #tabletop


In the morning, the group sets off to the southeast to find the Burnt House, a ruin supposedly cursed by the vengeful ghost of the man who died there. Lidda reveals how little info there is about this event in the census document. #AdventurersGuild #dnd #d20 #rpg #tabletop


Retreat is discussed, but ultimately the group is galvanized to make Lysander's sacrifice worth it. Lidda gives the healers her scrolls, but it seems that Greater Restoration is no more effective on the sickness in town. #AdventurersGuild #dnd #d20 #rpg #tabletop


The girls think the boys could've avoided the conflict or should've waited - the boys, Smoke at least, is salty that the party was attacked by animals while its nature-affiliated members were not there. Resolve is tested. #AdventurersGuild #dnd #d20 #rpg #tabletop


That night, Lidda and Jhigli arrive back in town to a sad sight - A'chuak, Smoke, and Horatio are very drunk and very sad at the tavern. They sloppily inform the girls what happened, and tensions rise. #AdventurersGuild #dnd #d20 #rpg #tabletop


In a touching moment, the usually cold and practical Smoke lunges in to grab Lysander's mail, his favored and iconic weapon. The remaining group members swiftly flee back to Grendelhole to heal, to drink, and to mourn. #AdventurersGuild #dnd #d20 #rpg #tabletop


Smoke gets a potion into A'chuak's mouth, reviving him just enough to leap from the conflict with lizard-like agility. The bears have begun to feed on Lysander's flesh, buying us time, but Smoke is unsure about just leaving him there... #AdventurersGuild #dnd #d20 #rpg #tabletop


At this point I'm sitting there like "I did all this lore and mystery stuff for this game and these motherfuckers about to be TPK'd by fucking bears" #AdventurersGuild #dnd #d20 #rpg #tabletop


One of the bears swipes at Lysander, dislocating his shoulder. He screams and in that moment of panic the bear's jaws find his throat. In an instant our ally, Lysander, is no more. A'chuak goes down shortly after - panic sets in. #AdventurersGuild #dnd #d20 #rpg #tabletop


The Goliath is strong, impossibly strong, but surrounded as he is cannot hold his ground and falls. The bears fall upon him, and because #theDiceDontLie , one gets a 20-20 double crit on the poor guy. #AdventurersGuild #dnd #d20 #rpg #tabletop


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