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Deeper in the Woods

RL snow kept the players away this week.  Not surprising... after our session I got stuck for a mooment even trying to get out of the parking lot.
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The party starts back along their journey through the woods, following a bloody drag trail,  Corrail, Don the Magnificent, and Vaglar are all missing for this session, so a new player Ragor, a dwarven fighter, played by St joins the crew.  The group finds him wandering through the woods, following the same blood trail they have found.  After a brief introduction first by tiger and then by speaking to Felix, Ragor joins the crew, quick to take direction from the Paladin, Rodar.  Rodar has the dwarf keep close to him as they continue through the forest.

A few clearings away they come across a pair of pixies that Ragor quickly identifies.  The curious creatures check out the party and mull over knocking them out when the gnome, Ally, engages them.  Her speech of Sylvan delights them and her spritely charms sets well with them as they marvel at the Tiger.  They contemplate riding the tiger with a saddle and then using the Paladin's shield as a sled before Ragor drags the party back on their journey.  Satisfied with Ally's claim that they don't really know where they are, the male and female pixie allow the heroes to continue on their way.

Soon the group finds a hill with a cave interest with zombies about.  A few moves closer and they realize that the zombies are yellow musk zombies, the product of a plant.  Soon after they realize that the plants are vines near the cave entrance that can entrance the adventurers and suck their brains until they too are zombies.  The paladin charges in to attack the plants, avoiding the spore blast but being beaten back by zombies.  The rogue, sorcerer, and tiger take the zombies out at a distance away slowly.

Ally makes a slight miscalculation and puts the whole area under entangle, tripping up her teammates more than the zombies.  The dwarf get hit by the spore blast but recovers to get away before his brains get sucked out. The paladin goes down in a zombie attack, but the fighter drags him back and heals him back to health.  In a final surge, the fighter, paladin, and tiger take zombies and trees out in meelee while the rogue and sorceress battle away at zombies.  Soon two flowering vines lay in pieces while all the zombies lie as lumps of rotten flesh.

Next week, we'll see how their camping outdoors goes and maybe we'll find out what is in the cave.

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