Humblewood Recap #6

 

Humblewood Recap #6 Sunday February 22, 2026 @ 12:00- 4:00 P.M.

 

<<WARNING SPOILERS FOR THE HUMBLEWOOD CAMPAIGN: ADVENTURE IN THE WOOD! >>

PART 2: THE BANDIT MENACE

     

      As the party prepared to leave, Eliza walked towards them…

     Eliza wanted to know if Zivvy had her money for the Efficient Quiver. Zivvy paid 325 for the quiver and then bought bolts to fill the one compartment. Eliza gave her a rune covered box that looked covered in Eluran graffiti. Zivvy felt like there was something familiar about the box but couldn’t quite place it. Eliza told her the box would only work every measure and to not use it when danger was near. But using the box would allow them to buy and sell goods on the road.

      Lucius went to the Council Plaza and the Perch Guard Headquarters. At the HQ’s brig, they negotiated for Fray’s release. Lucius tried to deceive the guard that it as the Bird Council’s command. The guard asked for the papers but Lucius didn’t have any. Quilliam persuaded the guard to release Fray citing previous orders. The guard looked at a paper and reluctantly handed over the key. The guard gave them manacles for her arms and legs. Fray told them it would take a measure and a beat to get to the Bandit Coalition’s hideout in the Crest Mountains.

     The party went to Eliza and bought rations and waterskins for their journey. Quilliam bought a copper token with a ram’s head on it for 5 gold. Lucius bought a windup bronze squirrel that would jump for a minute after being wound up. Eliza told them she had a silver raven statue for sale for 250 gold, but it was too expensive.

    Finally prepared to go, they left Alderheart via tunnels in the Bright Hollows. The first day of journey was quiet with the bandits routed and creatures scared away from the fires and commotion near Alderheart and the Bandit Fort. At camp Zivvy kept playing her music instruments and Lucius and Quilliam became annoyed with her. Lucius tried to steal her instrument with his Mage Hand and used Minor Illusion to cast voices 30 feet away from camp. Zivvy went to go investigate. She returned to camp saying that something or someone was out there. Quilliam cast Blindness on her and she screamed about being attacked and blinded for a minute. Finally, Zivvy seemed to get all tuckered out and went to sleep, allowing the others to rest. At night, Lucius heard wolves howling at night but didn’t think much of it.

     The second day went smoothly. During Lucius’ watch, he heard a whimpering sound and a wolf’s howl. Lucius woke up Galadriel the Outlander to go investigate the sounds. Lucius then ran to the other tent and woke up Zivvy by using his Mage Hand to drop water on her from a waterskin. Lucius finally woke up Quilliam.

     Meanwhile, Galadriel had been surrounded by a Dire Wolf and its pack of three wolves. The wolf pack had surrounded her, flanking her, using pack tactics, and kept trying to trip her. She had entered a frenzied rage, the only thing that kept her alive as a 10 HP KO hit was reduced to 5 HP.

     A wounded wolf was whimpering and skirting around the tent that had Fray inside. Zivvy collapsed the tent with her Mage Hand. This left Fray rolling around on the ground in frustration trying not to suffocate. The wolf entered the collapsed tent and curled up next to Fray.

      Quilliam cast Veil of Dusk, improving Galadriel’s AC slightly and cast Shillelagh as a Bonus Action. Zivvy shot one of the wolves with her hand crossbow.  Lucius shot an arrow into the back of a wolf with his short bow. The sneak attack felled the beast.  Galadriel drank a Healing Potion for 6 HP and used her Bonus Action Frenzy attack to take down one of the wolves. The wolves’ attacks reduced her back down to 5 HP.

    Quilliam cast Healing Spirit and healed Galadriel for 5 HP. Zivvy stabbed a wolf with her rapier and damaged it. The Dire Wolf attacked Galadriel and took her down to 5 HP. Lucius missed an attack with his short bow that hit a tree with a THUNK sound. Galadriel took down the last wolf after it attacked her and left her at 3 HP.

    Quilliam healed Galadriel for 1 HP, then smacked the Dire Wolf with his staff. Zivvy attacked the Dire Wolf with her rapier but missed. Zivvy used her Bonus Action to give Galadriel Bardic Inspiration. The Dire Wolf attacked Galadriel but missed without its pack providing advantage. Galadriel swung at the Dire Wolf twice with her axe and hit once. Lucius closed in with his rapier and delivered a sneak attack to the wolf.

    Quilliam healed Galadriel then missed the Dire Wolf with his staff attack. Zivvy missed her rapier attack on the Dire Wolf. The Dire Wolf was Bloodied and pack-less, so it disengaged. The party didn’t pursue.

     Lucius skinned the wolves and cooked their meat in the campfire for nine rations of food. Most of it was eaten over two days, but some of it would spoil by the third day.

     Quilliam used the rest of his Healing Spirit to heal the party. Quilliam put back up the fallen tent and then investigated the injured wolf. He saw it curled up asleep next to Fray and said, “Well hello again.”.

     The next two days were uneventful. On the fifth day in the Humblewood, the group found a Shrine to Reya in the woods. The Shrine was a netting with leaves and feathers adorning it between two moss covered rocks. Lucius looked around and found 64 copper pieces in a bag near the shrine. Quilliam donated a gold piece to the shrine and gained a boon of a single free cast of the spell Elevated Sight.

    After resting the night, the party left the Humblewood via a mountain path that Fray told them led to the Bandit Coalition camp. As they traveled the mountain path, a sudden rockslide caused bumps and bruises (A fatigue level) to everyone in the party except Quilliam and the wolf. A mountain lion covered in rocky projections on its fur pounced at Quilliam but missed.

        Quilliam turned into a spider with Wild Shape and jumped on the Wolf’s back. A second mountain lion appeared and pounced at the wolf.  It leapt but hit a rock with its back paw and fell over. The first mountain lion seemed to summon rocks from within the mountain itself and hurled them at those in the rockslide. Lucius and turned away in time to soften the blow and helpless Fray and slow Galadriel took the full 18 HP damage.

       Galadriel went into a frenzy and wounded the downed mountain lion with two axe attacks. The wolf attacked the downed mountain lion. Lucius delivered a sneak attack with his rapier to the downed mountain lion. Zivvy used Bardic Inspiration on Galadriel and moved through the rock slide.

      Quilliam leapt off the back of the wolf and bit the mountain lion for 1 damage. He used a bonus action to deal 1 more necrotic damage and then leapt back on the wolf. The downed mountain lion got up and bit Zivvy. The other mountain lion missed the wolf. Galadriel finished off the injured mountain lion with a frenzied rampage. The wolf missed the mountain lion. Lucius delivered a vicious sneak attack on the mountain lion. Zivvy attacked the mountain lion with her rapier and delivered a scratch with her lunge.

   Quilliam leapt off the wolf’s back and returned to his normal form. He cast Healing Spirit and used it to heal Galadriel. The mountain lion used its claws to slash Lucius. Galadriel finished off the last mountain lion with two berserk attacks.

  Quilliam used Healing Spirit to treat the injured. Quilliam and Lucius skinned the mountain lions and got some meat out of them. Even though they were larger animals, the amount of rocky skin and inedible organs filled with stones led to less rations than the wolves. The party was slowed down as Galadriel’s speed was reduced to 10 feet with two levels of fatigue. They were forced to set up camp early for the day…

[End of session]  

Humblewood Recap #5

Humblewood Recap #5 Sunday January 18, 2026 @ 12:30-4:30 P.M.

 

<<WARNING SPOILERS FOR THE HUMBLEWOOD CAMPAIGN: ADVENTURE IN THE WOOD! >>

 

CHARACTER BIOS

Player Name: Veronica

Character Name: Galadriel the Outlander

Race: Pronghorn Cervan

Class: Barbarian

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Background: Outlander

Character History: An outlander of the Humblewood who was contacted by the Birdfolk Council to deliver a message to the Perch Guard and to Lucius for twenty gold pieces. The Birdfolk Council sent her to replace Luna for the party.

 

PART 2: THE BANDIT MENACE

      Quilliam helped to heal the injured. The Perch Guard officer had a rousing speech and inspired the party, civilians, and guards to chase after the bandits…

 

        Just before they reached the bandit camp, Galadriel the Outlander ran up to them out of breath and delivered a message to Lucius which read:

 

Lucius,

 

       We know what you have done. Capture or Kill the Bandit Chieftain and all will be forgiven.

 

P.S. Condolences on the loss of your fighter, Luna. Galadriel the Outlander will take her place. She will be watching you.

 

-The Council

 

      The party decided to go in through the front gate. This left the Perch Guards, militia, and farmers to flank via the side eastern gate. The leader of the Perch Guards strangely deferred to the party on the strategy and readily agreed.

       Quilliam cast Speak with Animals and asked a mole for help in distracting the bandits in the camp. The mole went about its task in a clockwise motion, digging underneath tent poles and collapsing them. Bandits were sometimes entangled in the tents.

       Quilliam cast Fog Cloud near the center of camp. The party ran inside the front gate as a hail of arrows hit Galadriel and Zivvy.

        Quilliam cast Druidcraft and the temperature got hotter around the camp. Galadriel ran into a Jerbeen thief as she ran into camp. The Jerbeen thief missed her twice in the fog with his daggers and then Galadriel disemboweled him with her great axe on a critical hit. Zivvy tried to climb what she thought was a tree but found out it was a pole with no handholds and her sweaty palms found no purchase to climb it. Lucius used stealth to near the ladder that went up to the watchtower.

        Quilliam heard a Mapach bandit trip on a collapsed tent. He leapt over the fallen tent. He then cast Shillelagh and smacked the Mapach bandit as they squirmed on the ground.

        Zivvy ran into the camp leaping over the dead Jerbeen thief and the campfire. Next to the campfire she became very visible. A Mapach bandit spotted Zivvy and hit her with his short sword. The Mapach bandit with a bloody nose got up and swung at Quilliam but missed.

       Galadriel ran out of the fog screaming in a rage and hit the Mapach bandit with her antlers striking the bandit dead in the chest. She knocked him northeast into another Mapach bandit who fell over from the impact Another Mapach bandit attacked Galadriel from behind and hit her.

        Lucius climbed up the ladder and slid his short sword into the kidney of the Jerbeen thief on top of the watchtower.

        Quilliam hit the Mapach bandit again, smashing his brains out, and moved northeast out of the fog. The mole collapsed another tent near him. A Jerbeen Thief climbed the ladder and leapt on top of the watchtower hitting Lucius once with his two dagger attacks. Galadriel dealt a glancing blow to the Mapach bandit that left them dazed. Zivvy tried to attack the Mapach bandit on the ground with her rapier but missed. The Mapach bandit got up and stabbed Zivvy with his short sword.

       Lucius heard a Mapach bandit move towards the ladder below.  Lucius dealt a critical hit to the Jerbeen thief on the watchtower and then he tossed the Jerbeen Thief on top of the Mapach bandit below. The Mapach bandit fell over with an oof sound.

       Quilliam cast Ice Knife and killed a Mapach bandit from behind. He then leapt over a box and moved towards the cabin. Zivvy cast Cure Wounds on herself. Galadriel missed her great axe attack on the Mapach bandit. The Mapach bandit in between the tents missed Galadriel.

The Mapach bandit under the watchtower got up and then climbed the ladder 15 feet in the fog cloud. Lucius missed his attack as his short sword swished just above the Mapach bandit’s head in the fog.

Quilliam curled up behind the Mapach bandit and Galadriel charged the Mapach bandit into his quills. Zivvy pulled the corpse off of Quilliam.

The Mapach bandit climbed up and stabbed Lucius in the ankle. Lucius. Lucius stabbed him in the throat and kicked him off the ladder.

By this time, a Strig knight was leading the way with the Perch Guard and militia following him through the east gate.

Quilliam cast Entangle on the people in the cabin which included Fray, her wolf companion, and a female Jerbeen thief. Fray had a nasty arrow wound in her right shoulder and the female thief had her left eye gouged and left ear partially sliced off from the fight at Alderheart. The entangle failed to snag Fray. Fray attacked Quilliam twice but missed. The wolf got free and gnawed at the vines on the Jerbeen thief. The Jerbeen thief got out of the vines easily with the wolf’s help. Then they threw a dagger at Quilliam that hit. Zivvy shot the Jerbeen thief with her hand crossbow. Galadriel tried to hit Fray but hit the wall of the cabin instead. Lucius climbed down the ladder and headed towards the cabin.

Quilliam seeing the opposition arrayed in front of him, curled up. Fray tried to stab him twice and missed, taking damage from his quills. She retreated to the back of the cabin. The wolf moved in and hit Quilliam who fell over. The Jerbeen thief tried to stab Quilliam twice but she got impaled on Quilliam’s spines instead. Galadriel smashed her axe into the Jerbeen thief and she dropped dead. Zivvy looted her boots. Lucius ran across the camp.

Quilliam got up and remained curled up. Fray brandished her short bow and shot two arrows into Quilliam. The wolf howled. Galadriel smashed her axe into Fray. Zivvy looted a chest of coins with 350 gold pieces. Lucius aimed a sneak attack at Fray for the killing blow. Suddenly the ghost of Luna appeared and pleaded for mercy for Fray, trying to turn the blade flat. Lucius chose mercy for Fray and knocked her out.

Quilliam spoke with the wolf asking them to stand down. The wolf howled and then ran out of the cabin.  

Lucius took a brooch, ring, and captain’s sword from Fray. He bound Fray as prisoner and gave her to the Perch Guard. Lucius went to the campfire and burned his message from the Birdfolk Council in the flames.

Quilliam went outside and thanked the mole for its help. The mole dug out a bag of gems and gave it to Quilliam before disappearing.

Galadriel in her rage went outside and helped mop up the remaining bandits with no concern for loot.

The Perch Guard grabbed a cart of golden and silver cookware and urns to return to the merchants. The captain of the Perch Guard looked at the adventurers and shook his head seeming to look away from their ill-gotten gains.

The party headed back to Alderheart. They rested at the inn. Zivvy attuned to the boots and they magical fit her as if they were made bespoke by a seamstress. The magical Boots of Speed granted Dashing as a Bonus Action and Disadvantage to opportunity attacks on Zivvy while active after clicking the heels together. Lucius attuned to the bronze ruby brooch which was a Brooch of Shielding that made him immune to magic missiles and gave him Resistance to Force damage.

After their short rest, the party was summoned by the Birdfolk Council. They were tasked with finding the true leader of the bandits. One of the council members asked if they had seen any of the missing loot. Zivvy lied and said they had not. The council member seemed unconvinced and a bit angry but said nothing further. Bita, the leader of the council, pointed out that their bandit prisoner may be of use here.

       The party sold their ill-gotten gains such as the bronze ruby ring for cash. Quilliam bought a book about Medicine.

        Lucius interrogated Fray. Fray told him about the ideals of the Bandit Coalition. Fray told him the main base was in the mountain range of the Crest but refused to tell him where it was located specifically. Instead, she said she would guide them there to try and keep the location a secret from the Birdfolk Council. She told him she would be healed in three days hence. This gave the party enough time for a Long Rest. As the group prepared to leave, Eliza walked towards them…

[End of session. The party leveled up to Level 3!]