Adventures in Beast World - Session 10 - The Whispering Blossom

Session Date: 2023-11-28 The crew continued to press through the underground temple. Doing a bit of exploring of the big chamber, they encounter a handful of sarcophagi. They find one more big set of double doors that lead to a massive mausoleum. Opening the doors the crew could see a massive plant growing in the middle of the room as well as Hannah and another woman who were seemingly enthralled by the plant. In traditional fashion, Sam Howell runs into the room and is completely overwhelmed by the aura that the plant is emitting. She becomes charmed by the plant. Emily also takes off to try to rescue her partner, and also becomes caught in the aura of the plant. Some of the more cautious and skeptical members of the crew hang back and start waging a ranged attack on the seemingly hostile plant. Phil Calling is able to get some magic in place to counter the plant's aura, allowing the crew to get in a bit closer. The plant makes a few assaults on the minds of the crew, but once Hannah is freed from the control of the plant she unleashes some powerful magics to both offer some healing to the crew and do some damage. The crew has a pretty hard fight, but finally makes tossed salad out of the Whispering Blossom, releasing it's hold on anyone still enthralled. The crew finds some Soil of Fecundity, and Fynn takes a sample of the plant. On the way out of the temple the crew finds a store room full of barrels of mead. Taking a smaller barrel that they can carry, when they get back to town the local tavern keeper explains that it is a rare find and enters into a business deal with the crew for the find. All of the captives are returned to their friends and families and the town toasts the crew as heroes. The crew offers to have Fynn join them on their continued adventures.