Session 2: The Ruins of Castle Karn

While preparing to leave the Inn of Bonne Jouissance, the group met one more member: Gnormal Gnickelhammer, a druid looking for some animals who had escaped from a circus he had been working with. He had captured the rest of the creatures who had escaped when he left the latch open, but two unicorns were still wandering free. The party then headed north to the ruins of Castle Karn to see if they could get a lead on the druids who had attacked the town of Perrin. When they reached the ruins, they saw a brown clad figure who turned out to be another druid called the Rain Scribe. The Rain Scribe told them he was here to pick mushrooms from the crypt beneath the ruins, but if they party did the hard work for him, he would tell them where the druids who attacked the village laired. Not having any other leads, the party agreed, and descended into the cavern. 

Scattered in the cavern were groups of three types of mushrooms,  and the Rain Scribe wanted some of each. Gnormal was able to tell them the properties of each, but they were still surprised to find a gnome sleeping in the midst of the red soporific fungi. Bart held his breath while he dragged her out. Her name was Kellia and she lived in a nearby village called "Copse de Letin". They were in the middle of a mushroom craze, and she wanted to see if she could find anything down here. It was mostly a certain white mushroom the gnomes craved, which Gnormal recognized as growing above ground in certain birch groves. The group helped her out of the cavern and harvested the red mushrooms. The blue mushrooms were not difficult, but when they went to pick the purple mushroom a wild slime mold attacked. They were able to take it out, despite the attack of a viper hoping to take advantage of the confusion in the middle of the fight. Unfortunately, Bart and Ash both contracted a disease they later found out was slime rot. The druid couldn't help them, but Kellia pointed out that the gnome village had a healer who could treat them.

Always on the lookout for some extra profit, or perhaps hoping to earn some good will, the group learned from Gnormal where the white cap mushrooms were likely to be found, and they went to the grove to harvest them. But shortly after they arrived, a group of armed men attacked them from behind, claiming that the mushrooms belonged to them. The party made short work of them, and were able to harvest the mushrooms for Copse de Letin.