• Type: session
• Location: Llorgh
• Date: 2026-01-18T00:00:00.000-08:00
• Episode: Cradle to the Grave

031 01-18-2026

Session Summary

Recap

When Rats Fly

AI Summary

Cavern & Hoard

The cavern contains a large central pile, with walls coated in hardened magma and basalt. Along the rear of the cavern—where the rat dragon was nesting—we find a hoard of sorts, with bits of shiny material visible throughout.

Gunther approaches and activates his magical awareness. He detects green alloys, various gems, and other items mixed among the remains. As we draw closer, Gunther senses four magical items within the hoard.

It becomes clear that this was not a typical gold-hoarding dragon. Instead, the creature hoarded bones and remains, melting bodies with its poisonous breath. It appeared far more interested in meat and corpses than treasure; most of the items seem to be incidental remnants taken from the bodies it consumed.

Loot Collected

• The party recovers 5 gold bars.

• Vutha gathers 93 obsidian hexagons, a form of currency used by the lizardfolk of Oman.

• Each party member collects 5 obsidian trade tokens.

• The party also recovers gems worth ____.

Notable Items (Non-magical):

• Alias finds an 8-inch-long block of fossilized driftwood, carved into the shape of a lizard with its tail extended. The piece features gold inlay.

• Louis finds a ceremonial gold crown, adorned with bone spines and emerald scales.

Magical Items Identified

1. Spear of the Drowned Fang

   • A barbed spear made of blackened bone and obsidian

   • +1 spear

   • Once per turn, deals an additional 1d4 poison damage

   • If thrown into water or swamp terrain, it returns to the wielder’s hand

2. Scale Plate of the Brood Guard

   • +1 scale mail

   • Crafted from ancient crocodilian and dragon scales

   • Grants advantage on saving throws against poison

   • Counts as non-metal (druid-friendly)

3. Shield of Gnawed Stone

   • Heavy shield made of stone and bone

   • +1 shield

   • Once per day, reduce incoming damage by 1d8 + Constitution modifier

4. Rat King Torque

   • A warped, gnawed gold neck ring

   • Grants advantage on Stealth checks in underground environments

   • Imposes disadvantage on Persuasion checks with civilized humanoids

Toward the Cradle of Smoke

Vutha believes he knows the location of the Cradle of Smoke, the training grounds for Lazrack’s trainees. The party follows him deeper into the cave system.

Before resting, Obold summons Ramses V. The party then takes a long rest in the tunnels.

After resting, we proceed deeper with Vutha leading. We encounter a sealed passage and search for a mechanism to open it. Vutha locates a lever and opens the passage, using Pass Without Trace on himself, Alias, and Kaneko.

The Owlbear Chamber

Vutha drops into a cavern below and discovers an owlbear chained to the wall. Gunther quickly pulls Vutha back just as the owlbear lunges at him, though the creature is restrained by a massive metal chain. To continue onward, the party must pass by the owlbear.

Ophie attempts to calm the creature by feeding it Goodberries. The owlbear eats them and approaches her, but is stopped short by the chain.

As Ramses enters the room, the owlbear swipes at him. Obold leaps in, retrieves Ramses, and retreats to safety. The owlbear recognizes Obold as someone who has previously assaulted it and flies into a rage. However, as the rest of the party enters, the creature backs away, wary of being attacked again.

While the party moves toward the far door, Obold offers the owlbear more Goodberries as a peace offering. He succeeds in calming it, distracting the creature long enough for the party to pass through the door.

The Cradle of Smoke

Beyond the door, we observe:

• 20 trainee half-goliaths

• Two cedar witches

• One large goliath

The party retreats back into the owlbear chamber, where the creature is currently semi-friendly.

Those with keen hearing overhear one of the witches say, “Do you smell something?” The party realizes the witches can smell our tainted blood.

Releasing the Owlbear

The party retreats to the corner of the room with the owlbear. Obold continues to feed it Goodberries while maneuvering behind it. He then uses Z’daria to break the chain binding the creature.

Realizing it is free, the owlbear charges through the doorway into the Cradle of Smoke. The party follows immediately behind it.

The Battle

A brutal fight erupts. The owlbear charges ahead, splitting the enemies and dealing massive damage before it sees its opening and flees. Many enemies cast Command on party members, while a hag rains spells down from afar. Vutha and Kaneko dispatch her so quickly that the party is stunned.

Another hag turns invisible and begins casting from the shadows. During the chaos, both Gunther and Louis fall, though Gunther remains in the fight through sheer orcish resilience.

Thorin eventually brings down Lazrack with a devastating kidney shot. Alias weaves through the melee, striking enemies with deadly precision. Ophie deals heavy damage in bear form but fails a leap off a cliff, turning invisible—either from embarrassment or self-preservation.

A third hag appears, only to be swiftly killed by the party.

Finally, Obold—mounted on Ramses V—charges the last hag as she reveals herself. After Thorin successfully casts Hold Person, Obold restrains her and begins choking her.

The session ends here.

Log

The cavern has a pile in the center of it. the walls are covered with hardened magma and basalt. along the backside of the cavern, where we saw the rat dragon was nesting we do see a pile of or hoard of sorts, and we do see bits of shiny stuff in it. Gunther walks up popping his magical awareness. We see green alloys of some sort, we see gems of some sort, and other items. Gunther senses magic as we approach, and see's 4 magical items.

It doesnt seem that she was a normal dragon that hoarded gold. it was more that she hoarded bone and remains that she would melt with her poison breathe. she seemed more interested in meat and bodies than anything, the items appear to be just leftover from the bodies she was collecting.

The party collects 5 gold bars, and Vutha gathers 93 obsidian hexagons, which are currency for lizardfolk in Oman.

Each person in the party collects 5 obsidian trading items.

We collect some gems worth ____

Alias finds an 8" long piece of fossilized driftwood in a block shape, thats carved in the shap of a lizard with a tail coming out. its gold a gold inlay as well.

Louis finds a ceremonial gold crown, with bone spines and emerald scales.

the 4 magic items we found was

• a spear
  • a barred spear, made from blackened bone and obsidian
  • +1 spear. once per turn can deal an additional 1d4 of poison damage
  • if thrown into water or swamp terrain it will return to throwers hand
  • spear of drowned fang.
• a scale plate with leather
  • named Scale plate of the Brood Guard
  • made of antient crocodilian and dragon scale
  • +1 scale mail
  • grants advantage on saves vs poison
  • counts as a non-metal (druid friendly)
• a heavy stone and bone shield
  • The shield of Gnawed Stone
  • +1 shield
  • once per day you can reduce incoming damage by 1d8 + your const modifier
• a gold neck ring that looks like its been gnawed on and warped.
  • Rat King Torq
  • gives advantage on stealth in underground environments
  • made of gold
  • disadvantage on persuasion checks to civilized humanoids

Vutha believes he knows where we can come upon the Cradle of Smoke which is the training grounds for Lazracks trainees. We follow Vutha into the cave, and we go to take a long rest in the tunnel, Obold summons Ramses V before the rest.We take a long rest in the cave.

we travel further up the cave after our rest, with Vutha leading. we come across a closed passage and we look for a lever of some sort to open it. Vutha finds the lever and opens it, using pass without trace on him, alias, and Kaneko.

Vutha drop into the cavern, and see an owlbear tied to the wall. Gunther pulls him out of the cave, right as he was about to get mauled, however, the owlbear was tied to a big metal chain. that stopped it from going further. to proceed past this area, we need to pass by the owlbear.

Ophie tries to feed it good berries, and it eats them and walks toward her but the chain stops it form going further.

Ramses takes a swipe as he enters the room. Obold jumps in and runs with Ramses to safety and the Owlbear recognizes him as one of the people of whom assault him often and goes crazy. as the rest of the party enters the owlbear backs away scared that we might hurt it. The party goes for the door as Obold tries to offer the owlbear some more goodberries as a peace offering.
He succeeds in his persuasion and gives the owlbear some good berries, distracting it while the party goes through the door on the other side of the room.

We see 20 small trainee half goliaths and two cedar witches, and one large goliath.

the party comes back into the room with Obold and the Owlbear, who is semi-friendly at the moment.

The keen of hearing hear one of the witches say, "Do you smell something?" The party realizes that the witches smell our tainted blood.

The party goes back into the corner of the room with the owlbear, Obold uses the goodberries to continue to tame the owlbear as he walks around behind it. He then uses Z'daria to break the chain its on freeing it. It realizes its freedom and charges through the door into the Cradle of Smoke Training Guard, the party charging behind it.

A brutal fight breaks out with many of the enemies casting command on us. The owlbear deals massive damage and spits the front line, eventually fleeing the battle once it sees an opening. The hag rains spell down on us from afar, but Vutha and Kaneko dispatches her so quick the party could hardly believe it. Another hag goes invisible and begins casting spells from the shadows. Both Gunther and Lois fall at some point in the battle, but through orcish brute force, Gunther stays in the mix. Thorin eventually brings down the Lazrack with a kidney shot. Alias weaves in and out of the mix, stabbing foes left and right. Ophie does damage in a bear form, but fails at leaping off a cliff and goes invisible in embarrassment/to protect herself. Another hag appears, only to get quickly killed by the party. Obold, riding his trusty steed Ramses V, rushes the final hag after she appears, and after Thorin is able to cast hold person on her, he begins to hold her up and choke her. The session ends here.