Guess Who’s Climbin’, Bitch?

• After a brief battle, we successfully beat off the Clay Golems. Brylwynn investigates their bodies after the battle and sees a bunch of runes carved on their bodies which she doesn’t understand. Glittr can recognize the runes and they are written in Celestial. He acknowledges that the runes say things like “Property of Lliira,” “Blessings of Lliira,” and “In memory of Lliira’s strength.” With his high roll, he sees that some are carved in dedication to Lliira, but almost a watermark stamped on some of them. The Watermark is Cadderly’s, who instructed the Golems to protect the template in Lliira’s name. 

• We discuss it further and know that good-aligned deities have good guards that don’t attack good-aligned adventurers, but with the creature in the cave that we know is causing issues, this is disrupted. 

• We walk north in the cave and come across a river. We come up with a plan for Calla to use Alter Self to grow gills and swim in the river. Sadly, she jumps in and is quickly grappled by an unseen creature. She uses a message to send a screaming message for help to Glittr. Glittr warns the group as Brylwynn uses her gilding lights to illuminate the river bed. The river appears to be normal, but no creature is seen, indicating it is invisible.

  • The group works hard and tirelessly to get Calla out of the river. After a brief kerfuffle, we manage to bring her back to solid ground.

• We backtrack and go to explore the southern passage. Calla and Glittr trick a tripwire. Upon doing so, boulders rain upon them. 

• 300 copper, 200 silver, 100 gold, 200 gold of gems. Pearl is able to identify a Ring of Spell Storing.

• We head back over to the ledges that abut the water’s edge. Each level down is another 5’ lower. We see another former bridge that used to extend across the water. We get the sense that at a point, there was once infrastructure in this cave, which has since collapsed. 

• We take a short rest. After our rest, we are in the cave that has been overtaken by an evil entity. After the rest, Glittr still recognizes a deep, deep energy of Lliira in this cave, but he knows that something has been pursuing him in his dream. There is a deep, radiating sense of dread and fear as if it were a Paladin Sixth Sense. He gets a sense in his head of an evil sense. On the wall in front of us, the Sauron-looking eye appears in front of him causing a deep sense of worry in him.

• The eye utters a language that we don’t understand. The eye looks at Glittr, shivers over to Caulkin, and says something in Undercommon as it shoves him backward 30’ into the water behind us.

Summary

1. Battle with Clay Golems and Celestial Runes: After defeating the Clay Golems, Brylwynn discovers runes carved on their bodies. Glittr identifies the runes as written in Celestial, dedicated to Lliira, with some marked by Cadderly, who tasked the Golems with guarding the area in Lliira’s name.

2. Unseen Threat in the River: The party encounters a river in the cave, and Calla attempts to swim with Alter Self. She is quickly grabbed by an invisible creature. Brylwynn illuminates the river, revealing no visible threat, and the group works together to save Calla.

3. Tripwire Trap and Loot: While exploring a southern passage, Calla and Glittr trigger a tripwire, resulting in a boulder trap. The group finds 300 copper, 200 silver, 100 gold, 200 gold in gems, and Pearl identifies a Ring of Spell Storing.

4. Collapsed Cave Infrastructure: The group explores ledges by the water's edge, noticing the remains of a collapsed bridge and sensing that the cave once had more infrastructure before it fell into ruin.

5. Ominous Vision and Evil Presence: After a short rest, Glittr senses Lliira’s lingering energy but feels pursued by something dark from his dreams. A Sauron-like eye appears, speaking an unknown language and pushing Caulkin into the water with a forceful Undercommon command.