Upon exiting the sewers, we find the town with a population of 4,000 was now vacant. Upon further investigation, only organic beings were taken. Golems, salt, and the like were left unaffected. I took a salt shaker, and Sunshadow put a lit candle on his right shoulder. Staab looked down on us for this, as he found it dumb.
We found these glowy-purple crystals all around town, but were distracted by a short figure in a hooded cloak with a limp. We tailed him and discovered he was a red Kobold with a slew of various coloured powders. Each powder resisted a different type of damage (red resisting fire, yellow resisting radiant, etc.).
We questioned him about his role in the missing people, and he just kept trying to get away. We realized we weren’t getting anywhere, so we just stealthily followed him as he met up with another of his friends. The red and blue kobolds led us into a gauntlet town that was full of traps. Rolling boulders, swinging logs, lighting that FRIED ALL 16 OF MY GIANT OWLS AS SOON AS THEY CAME OUT WHAT BS IS THIS?!?!?!
After spending 20 minutes trapped behind a gate (we just needed to lift up), we ran into the kobold and his 4 friends.
Staab dropped to 0 hp TWICE that battle, taking one of my Cure Wounds and Sunshadow’s healing pool.
Just as we were about to take down the kobolds, one of their mages teleported them away before their leader could go down.
We went back to town, still empty. Sunshadow and Staab went to an Inn, but I had another idea. The crystal called to me, and I did my long rest next to it. That was my first mistake.
The Diaries of Riolu Ungart: Part 7; Kobolds and Dreams
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