Today’s session was a fun one. We started out going back to Emerald Grove, to sell some wares, but then dove into Karlach’s quest for infernal iron. It took us back to the Blighted Village, to an area we had been before. We got the infernal iron and went back to Emerald Grove, so she could get fixed up. After that, we thought we might go towards the Mountain Pass, but the Gith on the bridge did not look like an encounter we wanted to entertain.
So, instead we went back to Waukeen’s Rest. We explored a bit there. We ended up walking west into the shed where Salazon was. He gave us a key to defend into the area below, some kind of hideout.
We took a break and then resumed. I accidentally lit an explosive barrel with my torch. Just getting too close caused it to explode. We had to reload from that, since all the NPCs ran away (it also knocked us all down, hahaha). We explored so more. After talking to one of the wolves, Deb found a false wall with an elevator behind it. We descended into a crazy looking biome. This was the Underdark. After fighting a couple of Minotaur (where Karlach was very helpful with her high damage output) and then fearing that the fungi people would tear us apart, we made some new friends. We had found a new waypoint. Deb was able to remove the poison from the gnome with an antidote she had conviently made. We then talked to a mindflayer, who had severed themselves from the race and was living amongst the fungi people. We felt accomplished and ended for the day.
As an aside, I feel like I’m gaining more understanding about how to move around in the world. Between hiding/sneaking and jumping, there’s a lot of utility to be out of movement and pathing tools.
Refreshments: ❌