Hexcrawl 116 - Phantom Cloister, Ghost Crows, and Mister Rag-n-Bones

Zaza leads Ibn the Scorcher, VS, Talsarian, and Eero in a nighttime exploration of the ruined Abbey of St Clewyd, also known as the Phantom Cloisters. They meet some ghost crow trappers, then enter the compound through a side entrance. In the herb garden, they meet a ghostly monk who tells Eero a secret, and in the cloisters, they meet another who wishes his bones to be properly buried - he also has a magic spear that Eero takes and some Devilweed Tabac that Ibn smokes. Exploring the ruined chapel, Tals immediately finds a key and the hidden altar compartment where the Battle Standard of Tempus is stored. Eero plays the organ and releases a murder of Ghost Crows that attack the party. They eventually defeat most of them and harvest a single Ghost Crow Quill for Tals. They discover the graveyard with some corpses missing teeth, and bury the bones of the other monk. They also see a small child there but avoid her, and move over to the bell tower. There, Zaza prays to St Woad of the Bread and decides that he is now the Abbot of St Woad. They encounter two other small children who speak highly of Mr Rag-n-Bones and show the adventurers his strange artworks. Zaza summons Mr Rag-n-Bones by tolling the bell but manages to avoid combat by complimenting his artistic style. Mr Rag-n-Bones tells the players about his past as a servant of the Dewdrop Man and how to find Dewdrop Manse in the heart of the Southwood. Before dawn breaks (possibly trapping them there), the party retreats back into the Southwood and makes their way back to Wildfire Caverns to plan their next move.