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Game summary for March 7, 2013, Carrion Crown Adventure Path campaign, The Haunting of Harrowstone adventure; PCs included Amras Amandill (half-elf inquisitor), Dinendal Ironbow (elf ranger), Gnok Thatek (dwarf monk), Sealamin Laughshield (gnome fighter), and Stoella Carter (human evoker).

The party discovered a thunderstorm was blowing in, so they waited about 35 minutes for it to pass through before travelling to Harrowstone.  They arrived in a slight rain shortly before midnight.  As they passed through the gate, Gnok was overcome with a feeling of claustrophobia and the sense of burning.  He shook it off and found he was the only one to experience the sensation.  Gnok and Dinendal then explored what Sealamin determined to be the warden’s house.  After a few minutes, Dinendal was staggered by falling bits of ceiling.  Gnok got him to safety before the entire house collapsed.

The group then explored the front of the building and found strange markings and symbols around the foundation.  Amras spent some time transcribing some of the symbols onto the bottom of his cooking pot using chalk.

After looking around for a few minutes, the group entered the prison.  Once inside, they found a room where the images of screaming burned prisoners came shrieking out of the doorways!  The door they entered slammed shut and was resistant to all attempts to open.  They discovered the doors were not locked but would not budge.  Finally, Amras figured out they were dealing with haunts and performed a ritual involving sprinkling holy water about.  This seemed to disrupt the hold on the doors.

The group moved further into the prison and found a web-shrouded chapel filled with giant crab spiders!  Amras charged in and found himself poisoned after striking one spider dead!  The team moved in quickly, with Stoella using force missile, Dinendal firing arrows, and Sealamin swinging his sword.  In short order, the spiders were eliminated.  They then discovered a cabinet filled with holy water, a scroll, and a wand.

Next the team moved down the hall and found a large room filled with broken benches, rotting rope, and chains.  Suddenly, a pair of manacles slithered across the floor and clamped down on Amras’ arms!  The team attacked the chain but found the strong steel somewhat resistant to their attacks.  The manacles wrapped all about Amras and pinned him to the floor!

Game summary for February 21, 2013, Carrion Crown Adventure Path campaign, The Haunting of Harrowstone adventure; PCs included Amras Amandill (half-elf inquisitor), Dinendal Ironbow (elf ranger), Gnok Thatek (dwarf monk), Sealamin Laughshield (gnome fighter), and Stoella Carter (human evoker).

Amras, Dinendal, and Gnok visited the Laughing Demon tavern and met Zokar Elkarid.  He introduced them to his fine, if disturbing, cuisine such as corpse chowder, wolfballs, and vampire steaks washed down with faintly glowing liquid ghost.  Despite the names, the food turned out to be very tasty.  Meanwhile, Stoella went to the general store and bought several goods.  She brought the food home, and she and Sealamin made a steak dinner for Kendra.

Amras and Gnok went to the temple of Pharasma where they inadvertently insulted Father Grimburrow and were ushered out of the church.  They were also run off from the cemetery.

The team reunited at the Lorrimor household and took a rest until 9:30 p.m.  They studied new spells and prepared to investigate a crypt mentioned in the professor’s journal.  They set out and discovered the mausoleum just as the journal described.  Inside they were attacked by a pair of giant centipedes that poisoned Dinendal!  The team quickly cut them down, however.

Within one sarcophagus they discovered numerous magical items and weapons for fighting the undead.  The group cleaned it out and returned to Kendra’s.  Once there, they discovered a spirit board and a brass spirit planchette along with six haunt siphons.  The group decided they needed to head to Harrowstone next.

Game summary for February 12, 2013, Carrion Crown Adventure Path campaign, The Haunting of Harrowstone adventure; PCs included Amras Amandill (half-elf inquisitor), Dinendal Ironbow (elf ranger), Gnok Thatek (dwarf monk), Sealamin Laughshield (gnome fighter), and Stoella Carter (human evoker).

The party arrived in Ravengro around 7:00 a.m., just in time to help Kendra Lorrimor by carrying the coffin of her father, Professor Petros Lorrimor, down the Dreamwake toward the waiting grave.  As the party progressed down the path, they were confronted by a dozen farmhands, drunks, and ne’er-do-wells led by ole Gibs Hephanus.  They demanded the funeral procession leave and bury the “necromancer” elsewhere!  Kendra and Gibs exchanged words, and the ruffians assaulted the pallbearers!  A quick scuffle led to six thugs knocked out and the rest running for safety!

The funeral proceeded with the services overseen by Father Grimburrow.  All the team, except for Sealamin, said a few words.  Their ability to speak in public is greatly lacking, and a small scene and disaster followed, with much of the townfolk put off by the strange words of the visitors.

Following the funeral, the party assembled at the Lorrimor home for the reading of the will.  They discovered what the old Professor wished of them.  They also read his journal and learned a bit about The Whispering Way and Harrowstone prison.

Amras, Dinendal, and Gnok headed into town and dropped by Jominda’s Apothecary seeking some healing potions.  With the scene they caused at the funeral, the shopkeeper was not overly thrilled at their presence and offered to sell them a healer’s kit.  Afterward, they stepped outside and talked to a young boy out by the posting poles.