Monster Hunt — Session #11
The session ends on a cliffhanger, with the party facing a corrupted cow and unknown approaching threats. The deliberate cave-in and the spread of corruption to wildlife confirm that the Cathedral of Uberfarb is the source of a growing blight. Humperdink's confession about his magic and his fear of losing his mother adds emotional weight to the mission. The party is now committed to ending the corruption, with Saren as a potential ally or enemy. The road ahead is treacherous, and the cow's scream has alerted the entire area.
Humperdink reveals that Queen Margarita is his warlock patron, confessing his fear that inheriting the throne would mean losing her—and his magic. The moment is raw and vulnerable, showing a side of the prince rarely seen.
A young child named Tommy hands Humperdink a drawing of the cathedral bells and asks him to fix them. Humperdinck's awkward stammer and the way he tucks the drawing into his cloak is both endearing and heartbreaking.
Gren Hammerstone uses his dwarven Stonecunning to inspect the cave-in, revealing a deliberate cut on the cliff face—someone is actively trying to slow the party's approach to the cathedral.
The party discovers a Corrupted Cow with a Demogorgon-like head, confirming the fungal corruption has spread to local wildlife. Gren's attempt to speak with it ends in horror as the cow screams, summoning other corrupted creatures.
The GM jokes that the party might get a TPK from the corrupted cow, highlighting the absurdity of the situation and breaking the tension before the final combat of the session.
The session began with a somber note: Dicer had taken a few weeks off, leaving his character behind at the Shadow Glass Apothecary to brew elixirs. The party—Vash, Khord, and Gren Hammerstone—acquired the Raven's Mercy for 250 gold, a weapon meant for the siege ahead. But before they could leave, a young child named Tommy handed Humperdink a crude drawing of the cathedral bells and asked him to fix them. Humperdinck's awkward stammer—"I don't know what I..."—was quickly tucked away with the drawing into his cloak.
Then came the confession. In a quiet moment, Humperdink revealed that Queen Margarita was his warlock patron, and that the corruption at the Cathedral of Uberfarb had made his magic inconsistent. "I love Mama," he said, his voice cracking. "One of the other reasons why I feel like I can't be here to take over is because I am afraid if I am here to take over, then she will go away, and I will no longer have my magic. And that... It scares me." He showed them his gifts from her: the Humperdinck's Healing Brooch, which could heal with a rose petal; the Humperdinck's Ring of Bravery; and the Humperdinck's Cloak of Ethereal Travel, which could blink him and one other into the Ethereal Plane. He also warned them about Saren, Lady Marguerite's loyal subject, who might be corrupted and was a potential target for rescue—or elimination.
The road to the cathedral was blocked by a deliberate cave-in. Gren Hammerstone tapped the stone with his hammer, his dwarven Stonecunning revealing a sheer cut on the cliff face—someone had sliced it clean off. The party chose the path that didn't lead toward the Mushroom-Zombie Army marching on Uber Farm. Vash cast the Light cantrip in blue on his red coat, hoping to repel Shadowfell creatures, while Khord scanned the ground for tracks, noting shuffling footprints and drag marks going both ways—one set distinctively heading toward Uberfarb.
Navigating the treacherous rocky ledge, the party eventually reached a clearing. There, they saw it: a cow, its face overtaken by fungal growth, its head resembling a Demogorgon. Gren Hammerstone approached cautiously, attempting to speak with it using magic, but the cow only let out a horrible scream. Distant howls and screeches answered. "I hope the cow doesn't kill us," Gren muttered darkly. "That would be pretty..." The GM laughed: "You guys are gonna get a fucking TPK from this cow, and it's gonna be this campaign by this fucking cow." The session ended as initiative was rolled, the party facing the Corrupted Cow and unknown approaching threats.
This chronicle was generated by Kazkar from a live D&D session.
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