33 posts tagged with "students-of-strixhaven"

As the episode begins, we discuss what Khorvus got up to during the trimester break, having taken part in a Dragonsguard Reserve Corps endurance weekend. Deep in the Lorehold Badlands, we come across Khorvus trying to keep up with a small group of students being led by Lilianna Flametounge. Khorvus struggles in the hot, arid environment, and begins to question his beliefs on what life outside his Triton colony is like, and the superiority complex that Triton's have towards the land-dwelling species. After sometime, when the rest of the group is far ahead of him, Khorvus begins to smell salt in the air, like that from near the ocean, and follows the scent.

The story continues with the party consisting of Arth, Edolkar and Trix in the long-abandoned Dwarven mining caverns. Arth's sister, Celeste, was caught in a trap, and has now been freed. From the east, a number of Kobolds have begun to run in their direction. Taking a protective stance around Celeste, the party engage into combat with the creatures.

This session begins as the trimester has finished, and many students and faculty have taken advantage of the break in classes to see family or travel before classes resume in a few weeks. Khorvus is unavailable for episodes 9 & 10, and we explain that he is participating in a Dragonsguard Reserve Corps endurance training weekend.

As the trimester continues, the party consider how their classes have gone through homework checks (needing to meet a difficulty check of 12)

The small gnome, located in this hidden room, continues to shout out into the darkness, clutching for his glasses and calling for someone named "Jeremus". Edolkar steps forward, and calmly explains he is not Jeremus, but offers to help find the gnome his glasses, finding them on a small side table nearby. Edolkar enquires on why the gnome would live in such a place, especially in the middle of the sewers beneath Candlekeep. The gnome indicates it was not by his design, then prompts Edolkar to confirm who he is and what he is doing down below. Edolkar indicates that they were following rumours of a "closed circuit" sanitation system, and that an Otyugh may be involved, wishing to study it for academic purposes. The gnome offers to provide some first-hand experience for a task if Edolkar and the others are willing to help with a task. As the party introduces themselves, the gnome indicates he is Weetlewort. Weetlewort explains one of his duties down here is to keep the Otyugh, named 'Otto', "in-check" and satisfied. A number of sanitation pipes above funnel waste into the sewers, which is then prepared for Otto, though he does also require some other foods which are brought in by hand. He says if the party are willing to carry some supplementary bags of food, he will take them to Otto, and they can get a first-hand interaction with it.

As the episode begins, the group discuss their character advancements to 2nd level. Some of the highlights include:

The party move off separately to take part in their chosen electives classes.

The story continues on the day after the party has completed the orientation challenge and found their accommodation in a small cottage a few minutes from central campus. With their mandatory class Magical Physiologies not due to start until the afternoon, the party discuss their morning habits and rituals. Khorvus soaks in the bathtub in the basement of the cottage. Edolkar goes for a long pre-dawn walk, before it begins to get busy on campus. Arth finds in the back of the cottage is a small garden, and tends to it, pulling weeds. Still acclimatising to daylight, the owlin Trix is quite groggy and wants to find a good place on campus for a good feed.

Arth, Edolkar, Khorvus, Trix and Darius stand in the Biblioplex, the grand library and centrepiece of the Strixhaven campus. With two orientation challenges complete (for both Silverquill and Lorehold), they decide on which college challenge to go for next.

The party, consisting of Arth, Edolkar, Khorvus, Trix and Darius, continue to follow a large, tree-like Treant, who is directing them towards the Witherbloom campus, out of the Detention Bog. The party engage in light conversation, further introducing themselves to one another.