Where We Last Left the Parties

So in prep for Thursday night, I put together this rehash of where we left the two gaming parties:

Friday Night Pathfinder

Corrail, Don, Elliot (now shrunk with his shrunk mount), Felix, Sandra, Miroku, Yuri, the tiger, Kiva, and Chum were journeying through a tomb-level in a large multi-level underground temple, looking for a lost artifact. They had successfully escaped a trapped room with a fountain of coins thanks to some well-timed help from Chum. After moving farther into the complex, they had discovered a room with two Dark Nagas where a battle had ensued. Some smaller creatures were lurking in the darkness nearby.

Monday Night Pirates
Kyte, Druid, Victaerus, Sheena, and Jericho has been part of a boarding party that was checking out a dead ship, presumably from Candlekeep. The ship was damaged but seemingly empty except for some magical auras. Below deck a number of auras seemed not to move, which the moving aura above turned out to be some sort of sandman creature. When they engaged it, it held a torch over the hold, mumbling on something about scrolls. The party was worried because they hadn't seen any of the black powder for the cannons above and maybe that torch was going to drop below onto the black powder.

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