The party went out to face off with the crocodile. Sarlac, wanting to see if they could find out where the crocodile was, sent his pseudodragon to take a look.
Viewing from overhead, however, in the middle of the area where the party was told the Crocodile was, Sarlac saw through the pseudodragon's eyes not a crocodile, but something looking very much like a dragon. The party realized that they may have to change tactics, and approached the water carefully.
As they got to the edge of the water, however, a giant crocodile lept out at them, barely missing Tallus. The party was quick to respond, however and began dealing deadly blows to the creature. Trina was quick to act as well, casting Entanlge on the creature and holding it fast.
Trina attempted to communicate with the crocodile, but discovered that the crocodile was apparently vengeful... with only thoughts of killing on its mind. Realizing this was not a normal behaviour for a crocodile, the party briefly paused its attacks.
While they were contemplating this issue, a 50' white dragon-like creature burst through the trees to attack them.
The party's retaliation was swift, and they were able to defeat the dragon creature before the Entangle spell had even ended. Once they had dispatched it, Trina again tried to communicate with the crocodile, who now only appeared to want to go home, no longer filled with thoughts of killing.
Realizing that the dragon likely had a treasure horde, the party went searching for it, finding many gold, platinum and copper pieces, as well a magic scimitar, a magic wand, and a magic brooch.
The party returned to the lizard man lair, and reported their findings, Tallus brought the head of the dragon with them to show the lizard man leader, who was duly impressed with the party's ability to handle the situation. The lizard men sent a two delegates with the party to return with them to saltmarsh, to arrange a treaty.
While Trina and Etna trained, the party then identified the items it had found. The helm allowed its possesor to breath underwater, the Ioun stones gave different abilities... the first improved the possessor's overall skill (raised their level by 1), the second improved the possessor's dexterity, and the third allowed the possessor to survive without air, and the third improved the possesor's dexterity. The magic wand was a wand of light, and the brooch helped shield its possessor against poison. Tallus took the helm, Seamus took the Ioun stone that increased his level, Sarlac the wand, Tristan took the Ioun stone that allowed him to survive without air, and when Trina and Etna had returned from training, Trina took the magic scimitar, and Etna took both the Ioun stone that improved her dexterity and the brooch that provided some protection against poison.
The delegation had relayed the situation to the Saltmarsh town council, and the town council is concerned. It will take roughly 3 weeks for the lizard men's forces to be ready to make a full scale assault on the Sahuagin, but the town council is concerned that an attack could commence at any moment, and wished to strike immediately. A compromise was ultimately reached where Saltmarsh would send an armed party to the lair to perform some necessary reconnaissance, to discover the status of the Sahuagin's plans to attack, to determine what the strength of their forces are, and any additional information they might be able to find out about the Sahuagin warriors' ranks and forces. The lizardmen supplied the party with maps of the area as well as a map of the lair that they had from when the lizardmen used the place.
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After selling the contraband on the ship, the party then relates their findings to the town council. The minister who hears this grows concerned at the notion that there may be a lizardman settlement this close to Saltmarsh, and to make matters worse, they appear to be preparing for war. The party assures the minister that they will be back in one month, after they have completed their training, to help in whatever way they can.
After the party spent virtually all of their liquid assets on training, they were fairly hard up for cash, but they are promised a reward of 6000 gp if they can find out what the lizardmen intend on doing. The party agrees to do this and sails to the area where the Dunwater river leads into the Azure Sea. Nearing the delta of the river, they notice a clear footpath that appears to lead to caves in a large mound or dune to the southeast.
The party started by exploring a large mouthed cave on the west side of the mound. The cave was very muddy, members of the party sinking up to their knees or even upper thighs. Three large lizards started to approach them, and a battle ensued for several minutes before the lizards were dispatched.
Etna stubbed her foot on something that was buried deep within the mud, and pulling it out they discovered it to be a chest. The chest contained gold, several rubies, 3 magic stones, thought to be Ioun stones, and a magic helm with "Styx" written on the back of the helm near the neck.
They also discovered a sword buried in the mud, which gave Sarlac an electric shock when he touched it. Tristan, however, was able to grasp it with no difficulty, after which Tristan appeared to be talking to himself.
They deduced that the sword was talking telepathically to Tristan, who held out his Broadsword, stating he could no longer use it. Tallus gave up his magic long sword to Sarlac, and took the broadsword to use.
3 lizard men showed up and gestured to the party that they were to stand down and go with them. The party agreed and was taken to see their leader.
Their leader, who could speak common, was not terribly impressed with the fact that humans were invading their newfound lair, mentioning that they had only recently been forced to relocate already, being forced out by Sahuagin. An elderly lizardman came into the room and said some words to the leader, who then turned to the party and said "It seems my minister here believes that you may be of some use to us. I, on the other hand, am not so optimistic on the matter. If you can take care of a large crocodile to the southwest of our lair that has been attacking our troops, I would be quite willing heed my ministers council on this matter and consider an alliance in reclaiming our old home and destroying the Sahuagin menace in this region. Our kind's ability to control even a beast as large as this crocodile does not seem to be having any effect, and has cost us 7 patrols already. I am not willing to lose any more of my men. If you can take care of this threat, we will send some of our band to accompany you back to your homeland to form an official alliance." The party agreed to these terms and set out to take care of the crocodile.
After the party spent virtually all of their liquid assets on training, they were fairly hard up for cash, but they are promised a reward of 6000 gp if they can find out what the lizardmen intend on doing. The party agrees to do this and sails to the area where the Dunwater river leads into the Azure Sea. Nearing the delta of the river, they notice a clear footpath that appears to lead to caves in a large mound or dune to the southeast.
The party started by exploring a large mouthed cave on the west side of the mound. The cave was very muddy, members of the party sinking up to their knees or even upper thighs. Three large lizards started to approach them, and a battle ensued for several minutes before the lizards were dispatched.
Etna stubbed her foot on something that was buried deep within the mud, and pulling it out they discovered it to be a chest. The chest contained gold, several rubies, 3 magic stones, thought to be Ioun stones, and a magic helm with "Styx" written on the back of the helm near the neck.
They also discovered a sword buried in the mud, which gave Sarlac an electric shock when he touched it. Tristan, however, was able to grasp it with no difficulty, after which Tristan appeared to be talking to himself.
They deduced that the sword was talking telepathically to Tristan, who held out his Broadsword, stating he could no longer use it. Tallus gave up his magic long sword to Sarlac, and took the broadsword to use.
3 lizard men showed up and gestured to the party that they were to stand down and go with them. The party agreed and was taken to see their leader.
Their leader, who could speak common, was not terribly impressed with the fact that humans were invading their newfound lair, mentioning that they had only recently been forced to relocate already, being forced out by Sahuagin. An elderly lizardman came into the room and said some words to the leader, who then turned to the party and said "It seems my minister here believes that you may be of some use to us. I, on the other hand, am not so optimistic on the matter. If you can take care of a large crocodile to the southwest of our lair that has been attacking our troops, I would be quite willing heed my ministers council on this matter and consider an alliance in reclaiming our old home and destroying the Sahuagin menace in this region. Our kind's ability to control even a beast as large as this crocodile does not seem to be having any effect, and has cost us 7 patrols already. I am not willing to lose any more of my men. If you can take care of this threat, we will send some of our band to accompany you back to your homeland to form an official alliance." The party agreed to these terms and set out to take care of the crocodile.
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