"We've been here before, just from a different direction," Jorgen spouted.
"What is the creature in this chamber?" Fanara asked of Marislova.
"He is a Satyr f some kind, but be wary of the Tendriculos," she responded.
"What is that?" Santrel queried.
"A plant, but it can swallow you if you're not careful,"
The Satyr began piping an enticing, suggestive tune on the panpipes. Marislova, Jorgen and Amadeo entered the room and moved close under the Satyr in the muck and slop of the floor.
This natural cavern was warm and humid, and stank of stagnant water. Wisps of water vapor hovered just above the floor, somewhat concealing a swampy morass of fungus. In some areas of the cave, large lumpy piles of fungus rose from the slop like fetid islands, and long, rubbery fungal strands hung from the ceiling and walls.
Casia and Fanara waited to see if any offensive action would be taken before they acted. Then Amadeo was grabbed by the tendrils of a plant with a thick trunk that was capped by a crown of wide leaves, whipping vines, mushrooms, and a ravenous purple maw.
Casia immediately fired her musket at the creature and Fanara cast haste for the party. The flying satyr then cast Horrid Wilting upon the party and they felt the moisture being sucked from their skin. Santrel cast fly on Casia as Jorgen retreated from the battlefield and threw Alchemist's fire at the plant. Marislova moved as quickly as possible to the other exit from the room and disappeared down the hallway. Milos moved in next to Amadeo trying to grab him to help extricate him from the tendrils but failed.
Casia flew into the chamber as Amadeo was dragged to the maw and swallowed whole. Unbeknownst to the party he was then paralyzed. Fanara used the misfortune hex on the Satyr and Santrel cast a fireball into the room to catch the two enemies. This killed the plant but also damaged Amadeo while the Satyr seemed to fend off most of the damage. He followed immediately with Destruction on Fanara who saved the devastating damage.
A scream was heard from down the other hallway followed by Marislova's voice pleading, "Jadrenka, No, please No!!" and then silence.
Jorgen quickly moved to the tunnel but saw no one there.
Casia continued to try and hit the Satyr but was stymied. This did not deter him from marking her with Smite Good and attacking with bite, claws and horns. Weakly Casia withdrew and found Milos who had dragged a singed Amadeo to the wall of the chamber. Amadeo did not respond to Milos other than looking plaintively at him. Milos cast some healing on Casia as Fanara became large.
The Satyr then cast Unholy Blight at the grouping of Milos, Jorgen, Amadeo and Casia the cold cloy miasma sapping more health from them. Santrel was busy with Magic Missiles and Fanara moved in to attack with her Lucern Hammer which dropped the being from the air.
Healing was next on the menu. Santrel indicated that he was very low on spells but Casia certainly wanted to move on to find Marislova and maybe Jadrenka. The only items of interest were a shortbow and an Amulet. After a short rest the party headed down a familiar passage.
No evidence was found of Marislova or Jadrenka, no tracks, no blood or bodies. A door at the end of the hall that Jorgen had left unlocked was once again locked. Once beyond that the party headed to the entrance hall as Marislova had wanted to escape. The hall was empty, save the body of the Ettin and its familiar.
At this point the group decided to take a rest after identifying the new magical items.
DM's Notes: The party earned 800 XP for the night and are now about 6,250 short of 9th level.
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