**Session 6** 21 February 2026 10h00 PST (18h00 UTC) # Session Info | Players Present | Players Absent | | Starting Location | Ending Location | | --------------- | -------------- | --- | ----------------- | ----------------- | | Anna | BJ | | Gudesberg caverns | Gudesberg caverns | | Michael | | | | | | Micaiah | | | | | | Ashe | | | | | | Mason | | | | | # Session Overview The party woke from their Long Rest and continued deeper into the caverns. There were several branching paths, but the party took all the boring choices and didn't run into any of the interesting challenges the DM set up. However, they did stumble onto another couple of oozes and needed to take them out. Afterwards, they did some exploring (STILL NOT FINDING THE COOL CHALLENGES) and found a side cave with some bedding and belongings. It seems that a group of priests lived here for a period of time. Anonis searched the area and found a signet ring belonging to a senior priest, a ceremonial censer used for purification of new caves, some parchment, and a [[Priest's Field Journal|field journal]] with some disturbing entries. The party pressed onwards into a deeper, darker part of the caves. The passage they followed coincided with the underground river, and they had to wade through the knee-high water as they went. Balthier decided to ride Fran's shoulders to keep his feet dry and for efficiency in combat. As the party continued down the river, the water grew dark and heavy with psychic intent. A force began assaulting their minds. Anonis and Dynamo were able to fight back against the effects, while Uhtred and Dr Bungus had their intellects pierced, causing them Psychic damage (which was dangerous for the perpetually fragile Bungus) and imposing a temporary debuff. Fran, a Construct, was unaffected, and Balthier, atop Fran's shoulders, was not in contact with the water. Those who felt the effects, whether they resisted them or not, received strange visions in their minds: * A priest kneeling before an underground lake * A priest looking down at their hand and seeing that their arm has become a slimy tentacle * Watching other priests be drained, their eyes rolled back and their mouths speaking babble until they collapse * Seeing oozes shuffling over dead bodies, dissolving the flesh * Seeing an ooze dissolve a body and then copy it. Shortly thereafter, the passageway opened up. Two more priests, enthralled just as the last one, confronted the party, flanked by two oozes. They told the party to turn back to the watery passage and return to absorb more of "her" will. The party, of course, declined, and rolled for Initiative. After combat, the party found a dry part of the cavern to take a Long Rest before continuing.