Pathfinder session 3: The Golden Baby

Tracking the white light

Standing in the debris of the battle, the adventurers decided that the best lead they had was the white lights. They searched the battlefield for valuable remains , and set off south again.

Fighting the owlbear

After some hours on the forrest, Rupert spots a bear-like creature with small, pointy ears. Cautiously he sneaks back and informed the party. It is decided that the safest thing to do is to rid the forrest of the animl. So, Bronco and Gladwin do some massive damage, Rupert is an owlbearhat richer and there was much rejoicing.

The crater

During one of his scout flights, Edgar found a big crater in the forrest. The party went and investigate it. It is clear that whatever it was, it must have made a big impact. The crater was a couple of meters deep and trees in the perimeter were knocked down.

Following the wolf

The party was observed by a wolf. Rupert approached the wolf because he sensed that the wolf was trying to communicate. The wolf moved deeper into the forrest, amd the party followed. After a while they arrived at a large open spot in the forrest with a big old oak in the middle. Around the oak, a large number of animals was gathered. Amongst the animals were wolves deers, and even a unicorn. The animals were all facing something in the middle of the circle

Golden baby

Upon closer investigation, the adventurers saw a baby near the base of the oak. The child was surrounded by a golden glow. Zull thought is was of etraplanar origin, but couldn't figure out which plane. Suddenly, a dryad emerged from the oak. She asked whether the adventurers were worthy to guard the baby. Rupert explained that they were as loyal as the highest bidder, and stayed loyal to them for the duration of a quest. Apparently economics had not entered the forrest in this region, as this explanation was met with stale glances.

The quest

Instead, the dryad transported the party to a forrest nobody recognized. Some explorarion revealed a little village nearby. The people in the village were very friendly, and received the party for dinner. They knew nothing about faerun, its lands or cities, so we either were not on faerun anymore, or in some very remote area. After a simple meal, one of the villagers sounded alarm about a living fire in the forrest. The party went to investigate and found an unusual fire elemental. The battle almost cost Bronco's life (again), but they manage to slay the elemental. Only problem: it went out with a bang, setting a portion of the forrest on fire.

Too pragmatic to guard a baby

With the forrest still ablaze, a portal appeared. Zull did not have to think long to take the portal. Rupert quickly joined him. After some hesitation(dont split the party) Bronco and Gladwin followed. The portal led back to the Dryad. She was dissappointedthe that we didnt put out the fire and deemed the party unworthy for protection of the celestial baby. Bad luck for the baby, good luck for us as we managed to grab a good load of xp.

Back in Thurmaster

With no options left, we set directions for thurmaster to report to Thauster about the events.thauster warned the party that a whole lot of nasty people wanted to get their hands on the lantern, and it would be a matter of time before they would get to us. The party decided that the current best plan was to go and search for clues in ...

Outstanding questions

• why did the dryad want to give the baby to the party
• who is the silent observer?
• What is the golden baby
• Who was Malnoc?
• Is anything known about Lisara's vampire family?
• What about the noble in Everlund?