FOE Log 24

Federation of Explorers (FOE)
Homebrew Campaign in the Forgotten Realms

Session 24: The Headless Horseman & Nightmare
With Zen, Raylin, Tacklinn, and Orsik off fighting at the necromancer's keep - Regnar (human ranger) and Tavin (human fighter) were waiting for the nightmare that Tavin had been contracted to slay...

(Above: Tavin, Slayer of Nightmares)

SIDEQUEST: Regnar and Tavin waited at the road; when they spotted the headless horseman fly by on the nightmare, they were blasted by a cone of cold; the enemies flew away. Hot on the trail, Regnar and Tavin flew down that path and destroyed some undead along the way (4 skeletons and 3 zombies); they also killed some Vecna cultists.

They found the cave their enemies were hiding in, but decided to take an hour’s rest before going inside. In the cave entrance, they fought the nightmare again, but he phased out after taking a lot of damage. Continuing through the cave, Regnar and Tavin took damage from magic traps, went down stairs, and killed 4 more cultists (who had a bunch of pink potions, research, and some magic books that Regnar put in the bag of holding).

(Above: "The Headless Horseman" Oni)

In the deeper tunnel, Regnar and Tavin destroyed 3 more zombies and a ghost before finding and defeating the headless horseman (who turned out to be an oni and claimed to be a “Chosen of Vecna” who operated as a messenger for his evil god) and the nightmare; during the battle, to keep Regnar from dying, Tavin poured one of the pink potions down Regnar’s throat [which made the ranger appear to turn undead – except for his arm with the Malar symbol – and brought Regnar back to full health to finish the battle]. Tavin almost died in battle [but rolled a natural 20 death save] before they finished off the oni.

In the end, they collected the treasure and decided to swap out items so that Tavin got Regnar’s cloak of the bat and Regnar got Tavin’s winged boots. Tavin went off to report that the nightmare was killed while Regnar stayed at the road to wait for his adventuring group to return from the necromancer’s lair.