Croc wrestling... or is it?

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.