Ox ---> Tiger --->Rabbit --->Dragon --->Snake Campaign Session #183

Old Bonegrinder

 

 

 

Session 183- A Return to Barovia Part 33

6/21/2025

• Rams make their way back to the Blue Water Inn just as the tension 

  between the Abbot and Nikolai Wachter is about to become 

  physically violent.

• Gugula grabs Nikolai and he thinks she is being flirtatious and he is 

  distracted (DM rolled a 10 for a reaction roll).

• Tim and Fecus talk to the Abbot to calm him down.  They float the 

  idea of travelling around to various areas to get more “wedding gifts” 

  (actually they want to collect more artifacts).  The Abbot is indifferent 

  to the idea of getting more gifts, he just wants to get over to 

  Castle Ravenloft with Vasilka.  He’s tired of the “riff raff” in Vallaki.

• Tim and Fecus acquiesce to the Abbot and promise the party will 

  depart for Castle Ravenloft the following morning.

• Tim, Fecus, Victor, Shelby, Gugula, and Ezmerelda spend the night at 

  Victor’s parents’ mansion.  Ezmerelda gives Tim and Fecus a Tarroka 

  card reading to pinpoint a few locations for the artifacts.

• The cards drawn are the following:

• Healer- gazebo at Shrine of the White Sun in Krezk

• Missionary- garden at Abbey of St. Markovia

• Rogue- attic of the Blue Water Inn

• Charlatan- Old Bonegrinder

• Tim, Fecus, Gugula, and Shelby make a late night jaunt over to the 

  Blue Water Inn to search for an artifact.

• They sneak up to the Master Bedroom.  Fecus uses his X-ray ring to 

  observe the attic and reveal that 4 humanoids are sleeping up there.

• Tim politely knocks on the trapdoor to the attic.  Urwin Martikov in 

  hybrid Wereraven form opens the trapdoor and talks to Rams.  He 

  says he’s been waiting for them to pick something up that he’s been 

  storing for them.

• Urwin retrieves a Keepers of the Feather Spirit Board from the attic 

  and gives it to Rams.

• In the morning, Rams pick up the custom silver items from 

  Targalov’s Smithy.

• Rams and Co collect at the East/Morning Gate of Vallaki and then 

  they begin travelling along the Old Svalich Road.

• They arrive at the turn-off to an old windmill and convince the Abbot 

  that it is a shortcut to Castle Ravenloft.

• They arrive at Old Bonegrinder and a raven is perched outside. Tim 

  uses Speak with Animals to talk to the raven who warns them that 

  dangerous Hags occupy the windmill before it flies off towards some 

  nearby megaliths.

• Rams poke around the ground floor that shows signs of being a 

  bakery of sorts.

• Right before the session ends, an old woman’s voice from above 

  shrieks “Bella! Offalia!  We have customers!”