Game summary for November 30, 2021, Classic Quest campaign, Dungeons & Dragons BECMI / RC Edition, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Arminious Ironkeep (Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Garadal Davster (Halfling played by Parker Harmon), Katarina Magdanov (Magic-User played by Casey Scruggs), Koehan Rumisar (Elf played by Peyton Harmon), and Valor Eagleclaw (Fighter played by Preston Harmon). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.
Arminious took a sling and drove off the lizard. He then used the ropes and crossed the rockslide. Then, Katarina had the idea of using the wand of polymorph again. They debated a while and decided for her to shift into a pegasus form. She then scouted ahead and found the road crossed a fallen bridge up to some impressive gates. Katarina returned to the party and shifted back to human form. They decided to use the wand again and ferry everyone to the gates rather than continue trying to ascend along the treacherous roadway.
It took a couple hours to fly everyone back and forth, but eventually Katarina ferried everyone to the other side of the gates. They went and examined the hieroglyphics all over the gates and discovered they told a story. They deduced the Hutaakans fled to this valley along with a group of bald humans. Best they could tell, they had been chased here by gnolls!
The team set out along the road in search of a place to camp for the night. Koehan found clawed humanoid tracks crossing their path and tracked back the way they came. He could see a group of Hutaakans farming in the dark. He came back and reported to the party before tracking the other direction. He found another group of Hutaakans drawing water from a well. Koehan came back to the party, and they decided to wait on the road for the well Hutaakans to come back to the farm so they could try and talk to them.
After a while, the Hutaakans appeared over a hill carrying sloshing buckets of water. Oddly, some of the buckets were in terrible shape and leaking water everywhere. Then, the smell hit them. The party was horrified to discover these Hutaakans were undead! The shambling dead completely ignored the team and shuffled past.
