4: Fallen Friends re-cap

​There and back again, a mimic’s tale

Having calmed the crazed king, with a punch to the gnomes tiny little abdomen.  The trio promise to find the creature responsible for the death of two gnomes and apparent madness of the king. There are not many rooms that the trio have not explored in the complex, so they decide to make their way to the larder. As they pass by the winery Berick notices one of the barrels has lost a large portion of it contents. As the winged Raccoon approaches to investigate, or wash a snack in the puddle, the barrel behind Berick cracks a wide, slime filled, toothy grin.   

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Fen quickly fires an arrow at the creature scoring a blow against the barrel impersonator. Lashing out in animalistic rage, the mimic slams Berick with his tongue wounding the rogue and knocking him backwards. Shield jumps to the aid of his companions and slams the shield on the creature, the mimic morphes its body out of the way and Shield secures the bricks in the floor with a mighty blow. Berick fires a bolt that narrowly misses the creature. Shield slams his namesake into the creature hurting the fraud and making it rethink the decision to engage with the group. Fen shows off the power of the bow and and his prowess as arrows continue to penetrate the faux barrel. Berick ends the life of the creature with a final crossbow bolt. 

​Shield continues to break wine barrels for fear of more enemies hiding in the area. After assuring the paladin that no more enemies remain in the area, the trio take the corpse of the mimic to the kings to show proof of death. Fen continues to restrain himself from murdering the little gnomish clan. The kings are pleasantly surprised that the creature has been slain and grant several items of value to the heroes. 

• Pole of Collapsing 
• Wand of Pyrotechnics
• Hat of Wizardry
• Clockwork Amulet

The crew take their leave and decide to stop in on Dazzlin and Norbus at the dwarven ruins. After entering the ruins Fen quickly feels that something is seriously wrong. There is no sign of the dwarves in the main cavern. Upon searching multiple corridors the group has been down before, they discover a new passage way. Berick sneaks through the passageway, and discovers another Jell-o cup attacking a dwarf. 

​SHUT UP AND ROLL FOR INITIATIVE

Shield bursts through the tiny passage way and calls upon the holy power of the God trom and fires a beam of radiant energy at the jelly. The creature recoils in pain as it splits itself in half creating another problem for the trio. Fen calls upon the earth to restrain the creature. Wines and thorns explode from the ground and ensnare the beast. Berick, the small rogue, claps his tiny little thief hands together and a thunder clap explodes  in the small stone chamber. 

​The sound waves cause one of the slime puddles to explode and smear its remains across the walls. The remaining creature attacks Shield and slams into his chest damaging the Paladin. Berick fires at the creature with his mighty crossbow slaying the creature. 

​The heroes save Dazzlin and pull him from his rock haven. Unfortunately Norbus fell to the creatures as the explorers dug too deep into the mines. In the cursed chamber Berick notices a large dwarven statue holding a very large green glowing gem. Berick, whether in ignorance or greed, touches the gem and it explodes in the room, catching Fen and Berick in the blast area.

The heroes decide to stop touching everything they see, and rest before they make the long trip back to Phandallan.