Hexcrawl 53 - Saurod's death, Steam Tunnels, Tree Cult, Tatzylwyrm, and the Meenlock Lumber Camp

Caradoc leads Thronor, MikMek, Render, and new kobold warlock Saurod set out to handle the remaining problems at the Golem Workshop under the house of the cyclops Harpalos. This goes terribly awry when the wraith who haunts the creepy mist observation room life-drains Saurod in a single hit. Thronor drives away the wraith but then animates Saurod as a zombie, much to his cousin MikMek's dismay. Arty joins the party as Caradoc and MikMek crawl into some steam tunnels and encounter several mephits there but eventually have to back out without defeating them. The party returns to the surface and shares treasure with Harpalos and discusses whether to build him a new home somewhere else or murder him. Leaving the problems in the golem workshop unsolved, they head west, encountering the dryad Leshanna in her grove and discussing a nearby hex with religious pilgrims. Crossing the Thorn River, they run into a storm that causes them to waste a day taking shelter. On the other side, they encounter a tree cult and sacrifice the zombie Saurod to the twisted dryad there. They track a tatzylwyrm and get into a scrap with some competitive hunters, killing their leader and scattering the others. They find and kill the tatzylwyrm and save its head, fulfilling a quest from one of the very first sessions of the campaign! Exploring further, they get into another battle with some dark fey meenlocks who have taken over a former lumber camp.