Nightal 24

Nightal 24, 1369:
    High = 25, Low = 10
    Light precipitation (1" snow) starting @ 1:10am
    Wind gusting to 45 mph from the prevailing direction.
    Cloudy.

    Dexter, Darius, Jan, and Henkles met with the captain of the
    Endurance in the morning (he was detected to be Lawful Evil).  He
    was willing to let them clean up after Rabairnil, saying there was
    one coffer in there that was his but they could have anything
    else.  He showed them a map of the back half of the cargo deck and
    explained that there were some extremely smelly lizard men down
    there who needed to be removed and asked that they do the cleanup
    that day.

    250xp read-the-whole-thing for Henkles + 50xp first-and-only
    100xp finding secret door behind wine cellar for Henkles

    From the personal memoirs of Stephen of Neverwinter:
    24th Nightal, Year of the Gauntlet (1369 DR).  2 hours past noon.

    A number of items of power were distributed to various members of
    AFAL.  The Glim Gauntlet (previously carried by Cassie) was picked
    up by myself, along with the Ring of Missiles.  A Healing potion
    and Rabairnil's bastard sword were received by Moogh, with the
    scimitar named "Buggerer" being given to Moogh's pet ogre,
    Fluffy.  .A magic long sword +2 went to Maanamere, for which he
    gave up a bastard sword +1 to Jan.  Jan also got the Bracers of
    Initiative.  Dexter gained a +1 scimitar, a +1 long bow, and a
    scroll with three cleric spells (Cure Moderate Wounds, Diminished
    Rite, and Heal Light Wounds.)

    AFAL then continued cleaning up after its defeat of Rabairnil
    (described in the previous entries.)  A portion of the group
    (including Dexter and Jan) contracted with the captain of the
    Endurance, the ship Rabairnil had been using for transport, to
    remove those materials he had left behind on the ship.  The
    captain claimed a coffer from Rabairnil's quarters with its
    contents as being his, and allowed us anything else we found as
    our reward.

    Dexter, Henkles, Maanamere, Jan, Moogh, Fluffy, Darius, and your
    humble chronicler strode through Dock Ward to two waiting
    longboats to be ferried to the Endurance.  Upon arriving, the crew
    was found to be taciturn and surly.  Henkles wore Illgoth, which
    resulted in its normal spiel.  We found that the rear portion of
    the cargo deck of the ship was walled off, leaving only a ten foot
    barred door for access.  Dexter performed a Detect Undead, which
    gave a reading which was interpreted as coming from about 1 dozen
    undead.  Dexter was able to overcome his fear of the evil
    creatures and continue onward.

    Moogh and Henkles lifted the bar and opened the door, revealing
    fourteen lizardmen ghouls (one of which seemed to be a
    spell-caster.)  Dexter successfully turned back seven of the
    loathsome creatures (not including the spell-casting one.)
    Henkles threw his darts at the spell-caster, hitting with all
    three.  This monster was then struck three times by my Magic
    Missiles.  He spoke a command to the six unturned ones, who moved
    to the sides of the wall the door was in.  He then pulled out a
    scroll and started to cast from it.  Jan used Magic Missiles to
    interrupt his casting, however.  Darius finished him off with
    another Magic Missile spell.

    Dexter shot arrows at one of the Lizard-ghouls, wounding it.
    Darius then cast a Snilloc's Snowball Swarm, which killed five of
    the beasts.

    Henkles and Maanamere charged into the room, Henkles going left.
    A "hand golem" falls from above the door, missing Henkles.  He
    struck one of the Lizard-ghouls, killing it.

    The rest of the creatures were killed in a few minutes.
        4655xp to Dexter, Henkles, Maanamere, Jan, Moogh, Darius,
            and Steve for Lizhouls and Crawling Claws

    A quick check of the bodies found the following treasure: The
    spell caster had three scrolls of Priest spells and a non-magical
    rod.  The scrolls have the following spells: #1: Bless, Curse,
    Putrefy Food, Focus. #2: Locate Animals or Plants twice, Snake
    Charm, Summon Insects, Call Woodland Being, and Animal
    Summoning 3. #3: Energy Drain
    The group found a total of 112 sp on the monsters.

    Moogh opened the door to the inner room, which was Rabairnil's
    cabin.  The room contained a chest, desk, coffer, and bed.

    I used a Knock spell to open the chest, which revealed seven of
    the "hand-golems", which attacked.  They were quickly dealt
    with.
        245xp to Dexter, Henkles, Maanamere, Jan, Moogh, Darius,
            and Steve for Crawling Claws

    The chest also contained five books, clothing, and a set of
    magical Platemail armor.  A writing set and a magical bottle were
    found on the desk.

    I tried to open the coffer, but was unable to do so.

    The party cleaned up the bodies of the monsters, carrying them
    topside and throwing them into the harbor.  The coffer was given
    to the ship's captain.

    AFAL made it back to Fairwinds before nightfall.