Session 33 Recap

You set off after defeating the three Bullettes and soon reached a curve in the path on the steep mountainside, a large rock obscuring the view ahead. A heavy blizzard was starting to blow in, but Stuff suddenyl stopped, after catching the sent of something ahead. Fluff cast speak with animals and Catthew MgCanoughehy told you he could smell those Bear Guys ahead. You then sent him to investiagte and when he rounded the bend he was grabbed by something! He managed to escape and racn back telling you it was probably about four of them. You heard them arguing, and then Flint shot one of his guns into the air and the arguing stopped. Shadow managed to climb onto the rock and spotted some of the creatures, who he recognised as Bugbears hiding nearby. He aimed a shot, and nailed one of the creatures, who then all rushed forwards in a rage. A fierce fight ensued on the mountainside, until disasterously Stuff was thrown off the mountain by a raging Bugbear. Fluff was then soon after dropped - before being dragged back by Grundull and healed by Qelgar. Qelgar then cast Hold Person on one of the leading Bugbears and he was wrapped in golden chains, before Qelgar also used Spiritual Weapon to summon a Golden Lance that would prove invaluable in attacking the bound enemy. Duala (by this point flying) saw Stuff tumbling down the mountainside and raced after him, before finding Stuff's battered and broken body 150 ft away, twisted around  large rock. She administered a healing potion, which was able to stabilise Stuff, but the snow was hammering down and Stuff needed to be brought back up to the path and encampment. Meanwhile, Fluff has turned into a Giant Hyena and ran screaming at the remaining Bugbears. The Bugbears kept saying they only wanted the "Man Cat", but after their leaders were killed their will to fight was broken and one fled. Another through down his weapon and begged for mercy. Qelgar allowed him mercy after interrogating him. He told you a Black Dragonborn had sent them and he didn't know anything else. Qelgar gave him mercy and allowed him to flee - but the rest of the party took pot shots as he fled, and the fleeing Bugbear was killed.

Duala flew back up to the mountainside, clearly very upset to see an animal wounded in such a way, bringing back her memories of when Nahala was killed. She conspired with Fluff to take Fluff down the mountain as a spider sitting on Duala's collar with ropes attached to Duala so they had a means of reclimbing the hillside if anything should go wrong. When they arrived at the bottom of the mountainside, Fluff cast healing magic on Stuff, and Stuff woke up, almost feral by the ordeal. Fluff was able to calm Stuff, and tied Stuff to her in a sling before Duala cast Fly on herself and Fluff. Fluff was able to clumsily pull herself along the rope while flying and they were able to bring Stuff to the warm campfire on the mountain path.

Whilst this was happening, Shadow decided he would go off alone and hunt the remaining Bugbear who fled earlier. He tracked the creature into the snowstorm, and eventually found, and dispatched him. However, on his way back to the group he became disoriented and began wandering in the cold, completely lost. After spending several hours in the frozen cold, Fluff set out, exhausted, to try and find Shadow. However, she was so mentally and physically drained that she couldn't locate him and she dug herself a snow shelter and took a long rest, knowing it was foolish to try to navigate in this storm. Fluff and Shadow both heard a gun shot ringing out in the mountains and Shadow was able to track his way back to the camp with great difficulty. Shadow limped back into the camp - with no sign of Fluff, and noone knows what has happened to her.