session-2026-01-28

2026-01-28

Date: Jan 28th, 2026

Summary

The weary party settled into a brief rest within the canyon, their bodies still aching from the brutal encounter with the small lizard creatures that had nearly overwhelmed them. The quiet was short-lived. Papa Jan, keeping watch, heard the unmistakable sound of bones crunching somewhere in the nearby bushes. A wounded bird stumbled across the ground before one of the velociraptors they had previously slain lunged from the foliage and swallowed it whole. The creature’s throat had been cut, yet it moved with terrible purpose, gurgling where a growl should have been. Urrilon, drawing on his knowledge of the divine and the profane, recognized the signs — this was no living beast. It was undead.

Corneleus sent his owl familiar, Jeremy, sweeping low over the area where the other fallen raptors lay, and what the bird saw chilled the blood. One by one, the dead creatures stirred, rising from the earth like motion-activated traps. The party barely had time to brace themselves before the ambush began in earnest. Undead raptors burst from the bushes, lunging at the group with savage ferocity. Glint unleashed a blast of freezing cold that slowed one of the creatures to a crawl, while Umbra hurled a dagger with expert precision, pinning another to a nearby tree. Urrilon entered a battle fury and swung his great axe in wide, devastating arcs, cleaving through one creature and biting into another in the same motion.

Papa Jan called upon the power of his goddess, Naki Ufai, and delivered a thunderous underhand swing of his warhammer that connected with a raptor’s jaw and sent its head sailing into the air. Yet for every creature they felled, the dead refused to stay down. The raptor Umbra had pinned to the tree ripped the dagger from its own chest with its teeth and came charging back at the party, weapon in mouth. Someone shouted for everyone to run, but there was nowhere to go. Corneleus attempted to decapitate the creature with his short sword but could not deliver a clean enough blow, and Glint encased it in a solid block of ice — only for the frozen raptor to crack the shell and stand back up, more furious than before. Glint conjured a magical barrier at the last moment to deflect a potentially lethal strike from the dagger-wielding abomination.

The battle reached a desperate crescendo. Urrilon was dragged to the ground, unconscious and bleeding, as the creatures swarmed. Glint, thinking quickly, first drenched two of the restrained raptors in water and then unleashed a torrent of freezing cold, entombing them both in solid ice. Papa Jan used his healer’s kit to pull Urrilon back from the brink, and Corneleus finally brought down the last active raptor with a bolt of magical energy. The frozen creatures were left encased and immobile, and the party stood among the wreckage, battered and barely breathing. Corneleus delivered a final, shattering blow to the last of the icy tombs, and the fight was over.

With no strength left to press on, the group followed the canyon wall in search of somewhere defensible to rest. Umbra was too weak to walk and had to be carried on a companion’s shoulder. After an hour of slow travel, Papa Jan used his healer’s kit once more to bring her back to her feet, and the group pressed on until Corneleus spotted a small natural nook set into the canyon wall, perched on a slight hill that would keep them above any flooding from the rain that was already beginning to fall. It was not much, but it was shelter, and they claimed it immediately.

What followed was an almost feverish effort to turn the nook into a fortress. The party dragged a spiked stegosaurus tail across the entrance as a deterrent, sharpened stakes and drove them into the ground, strung a tripwire with a bell to serve as an alarm, and draped a camouflage net across the opening. Corneleus enchanted small pebbles with light and tossed them outside to illuminate the surrounding area. Using tinker’s tools, hammers, and an empowered wooden staff, the group chipped away at the canyon wall to expand the nook itself, using the extracted stone and thick clay mud as mortar to build a low defensive wall. It was, by any measure, an absurd amount of effort — but after what they had just survived, no one was willing to argue against it.

Their precautions proved wise. During the first watch, a body fell from the canyon rim above — a tribalistic man covered in massive bite marks — and landed with a sickening thud outside the nook. When Corneleus leaned over to search the body, the corpse seized his wrist in its teeth. Papa Jan smashed it with his warhammer, Glint blasted it with frost, and the group dragged the struggling zombie onto one of their sharpened stakes, where Urrilon finally drove a spear through it and ended its thrashing. When Corneleus later opened the creature’s small pouch, a rat leapt out, bit his finger, and vanished into the brush. The canyon, it seemed, had a sense of humor.

Corneleus performed a slow, careful ritual to sense the magical forces at work around them, and what he found was deeply unsettling. A powerful aura of necromancy permeated the entire canyon, emanating most strongly from the ground itself. The dead were not rising by accident — something in this place was animating them. Meanwhile, Jeremy soared to the top of the canyon rim and spotted the source of at least some of the carnage: a massive zombie T-Rex, bearing three horn wounds in its stomach and a slash across its eye — wounds that could only have been made by Trevor. The creature was very much undead, and it was vomiting humanoid bodies over the cliff’s edge, each one rising as a zombie upon impact with the canyon floor below.

The watches continued through the long, rain-soaked night. A panther stalked the perimeter of the nook, sniffing at the fortifications and investigating the impaled zombie before retreating to a nearby tree to sleep. The party communicated in hushed tones and silent signals, unwilling to draw any more attention to themselves. By the time the last watch ended and the rain began to ease, the group had survived the night. They emerged from their shelter rested and restored, and Papa Jan discovered something remarkable within the walls of the nook itself — a vein of rich, high-quality silver ore.

Working together, the party mined the ore using their tools and Corneleus’s magically empowered staff, grinding it into dust and using it to craft holy water. Papa Jan consecrated the silver into two additional vials, bringing the party’s total to three. Armed with a weapon against the necromantic forces of the canyon, the group prepared to move on. Corneleus noted that the panther, a solitary hunter, was unlikely to attack a group of five and was probably sleeping through the day. They slipped past it quietly, leaving their fortress behind.

Navigation proved to be its own challenge. After sixteen hours of travel hugging the canyon wall, the party realized — based on the position of the sun — that they had walked nearly halfway around the circular canyon and were now directly across from where they had entered. The canyon was roughly four miles wide, and the temple they sought was somewhere in the middle. A debate broke out over whether to continue along the wall or cut straight across the open rainforest floor. Corneleus spotted a uniquely shaped dead tree on the far side of the canyon to use as a landmark, and Jeremy flew overhead to provide aerial guidance as the group attempted to navigate a straight course southward through the dense undergrowth.

The going was slow and uncertain, the rainforest closing in around them with every step. But after two grueling hours of travel, the party pushed through a wall of thick foliage and found themselves standing before a massive mound of overgrown vegetation. As they drew closer, the shapes beneath the leaves resolved into something unmistakable — stone steps, ancient and worn, disappearing into the green. After everything they had endured, the temple had finally revealed itself.

Short

After a brutal skirmish with small lizard creatures, the party’s rest in the canyon was shattered when their previously slain velociraptors rose as undead, launching a ferocious ambush. Urrilon identified the threat and entered a battle fury, cleaving through multiple creatures, while Glint used freezing magic to slow and entomb the relentless attackers, and Umbra and Papa Jan contributed decisive blows. The fight reached a desperate peak when Urrilon was dragged down unconscious, but Papa Jan stabilized him, and Corneleus finished the last raptor with a bolt of magical energy. With the battle won and the party barely standing, they carried the incapacitated Umbra along the canyon wall until Corneleus spotted a defensible nook, which they fortified with spiked barriers, tripwires, sharpened stakes, and a camouflage net. During the night, a zombie fell from the canyon rim and briefly seized Corneleus before being destroyed, and a ritual he performed revealed a powerful necromantic aura emanating from the canyon’s ground itself. Jeremy the owl scout spotted the likely source — a massive undead T-Rex bearing wounds from Trevor, vomiting humanoid corpses over the cliff edge, each rising as a zombie below.

The party survived the night and made a remarkable discovery: a vein of high-quality silver ore within the nook’s walls, which they mined and consecrated into three vials of holy water — a crucial weapon against the canyon’s necromantic forces. Slipping past a sleeping panther, they resumed travel along the canyon wall, only to realize after sixteen hours that they had looped nearly halfway around the circular, four-mile-wide canyon. Pivoting inward, they used a distant dead tree as a landmark and Jeremy as aerial guidance to navigate straight through the dense rainforest. After two grueling hours cutting through thick undergrowth, the party broke through the foliage and stood before a massive mound of overgrown vegetation — beneath the leaves, ancient stone steps emerged, marking the long-sought temple at last.

Classic

Last we left off, our weary band of adventurers found themselves in desperate straits within the depths of a cursed canyon, their bodies battered and their spirits tested by horrors that refused to stay dead. What began as a moment of hard-won rest was shattered by the rising of their own slain enemies — velociraptors, throats cut and eyes glazed, lurching back to their feet with terrible, unnatural purpose. The battle that followed was nothing short of harrowing. Glint’s frost magic encased creatures in solid ice, only for them to crack free and charge again. Umbra’s own dagger was ripped from a raptor’s chest by its teeth and turned against the party. Urrilon was dragged to the ground, unconscious and bleeding, before Papa Jan’s steady hands pulled him back from the edge. Only through desperate ingenuity — water, ice, magical bolts, and sheer stubborn will — did the group finally silence the last of the undead abominations.

With nothing left in their reserves, the party carved out a shelter in a nook along the canyon wall and transformed it into something remarkable — a fortress of sharpened stakes, tripwires, camouflage netting, and stone-and-clay walls built with their own hands. Their caution proved warranted. Through the long, rain-soaked night, zombie bodies rained down from the canyon rim above, cast over the edge by something monstrous — a zombie Tyrannosaurus Rex, bearing the unmistakable wounds of Trevor, vomiting the dead into the canyon below to rise again. The necromantic aura permeating the very ground itself told Corneleus all he needed to know: this canyon was not merely dangerous. It was a machine of death. And yet, within those same walls, Papa Jan discovered a vein of rich silver ore, which the party mined, ground to dust, and consecrated into holy water — three vials of hope against the darkness.

Now, rested and armed with something to fight back with, the group has navigated the treacherous canyon floor, slipped past a sleeping panther, and pushed through sixteen hours of grueling travel along the canyon wall before cutting straight across the rainforest interior. And after two more hours of dense, suffocating undergrowth closing in around them — the temple has finally revealed itself, its ancient stone steps swallowed by centuries of green. After everything this canyon has thrown at them, our adventurers stand at last before the threshold of what they came here to find. What waits for them beyond those moss-covered steps… remains to be seen.

Middle English

Lythe and listin, gentilmen, To tales of dread and woe; Of raptors risen from the dead, And strikes of ice and blow!

Papa Jan with hammer swung, And Urrilon’s axe did cleave; While Glint did freeze the snarling beasts, And Umbra’s dagger weave!

The dead refused to stay their rest, And Urrilon was felled; But Papa Jan did heal his wounds, And Corneleus’s magic held!

They built a fortress in the nook, With stakes and tripwire bell; A zombie fell from canyon’s rim, And rose — but met the spell!

Through rain-soaked night and silver ore, They forged their holy might; And through the green the temple rose, At last revealed to sight!

Snarky

Welcome to the world’s most chaotic camping trip, where the party’s idea of “a short rest” involves undead raptors, a zombie T-Rex using the canyon rim as a body-disposal chute, and a rat that bites a wizard’s finger and simply leaves. The group had barely caught their breath from the lizard ambush before their previously-slain raptors decided death was merely a suggestion and came lurching back for round two. Glint froze one solid, it broke out angrier than before. Umbra pinned one to a tree with a dagger, it pulled the dagger out WITH ITS TEETH and charged back. Urrilon got dragged unconscious into the dirt. Papa Jan called upon his goddess Naki Ufai to send a raptor head into low orbit via warhammer. You know — a totally normal rest stop.

But the real unhinged energy came AFTER the fight, when the party responded to their trauma by essentially building a medieval fortress out of a canyon nook, a stegosaurus tail, sharpened stakes, a tripwire alarm, a camouflage net, and magically glowing pebbles. Completely reasonable. Then Corneleus’s ritual revealed the entire canyon is soaked in necromantic energy emanating from the GROUND ITSELF, Jeremy spotted a zombie T-Rex actively vomiting humanoid bodies off a cliff like some kind of undead conveyor belt, and a panther showed up just to sniff their impaled zombie and go take a nap. After sixteen hours of canyon-wall hiking, a silver ore discovery, three vials of holy water, and two hours of rainforest bushwhacking, the party finally stumbled upon ancient stone steps disappearing into the green. The temple. It was always going to end with a temple.

Limerick

The dead raptors rose, hungry for more, As the party fought hard to the core. Glint froze them in ice, Umbra’s dagger sliced twice, And Urrilon’s great axe began to roar!

Papa Jan swung his hammer up high, Sent a raptor’s head sailing to the sky. The undead came back, Renewed their attack, But Corneleus’s bolt made the last one die!

They built up a fortress with care, With stakes, bells, and nets in the air. A zombie dropped down, Then a rat bit the clown, And the canyon just laughed at their despair!

A zombie T-Rex on the rim, Was tossing out corpses on whim. The necromancy spread, Raised the canyon’s dead, And the party’s survival looked grim!

They mined silver ore from the wall, Made holy water to answer the call. Then through jungle and vine, Past the panther’s pine, Found stone temple steps after all!

Memorable Moments

A zombie raptor rips a dagger out of its own chest with its mouth and charges at the party wielding it, prompting someone to shout ‘Run away! It’s got a dagger!’

Shocked and darkly comedic moment as the undead raptor turned the party’s own weapon against them mid-combat

Glint soaks two restrained zombie raptors in water and then freezes them solid with a blast of frost, entombing them in ice and ending the threat.

A creative two-turn tactical combo that turned the tide of a desperate, near-fatal encounter against undead raptors

Upon opening the tribal zombie’s pouch, a small rat leaps out, bites Corneleus’s finger, and scurries away into the brush.

The party had just survived a brutal zombie encounter and was looting the body, only to be bitten by a rat hiding in the pouch

Corneleus’s Detect Magic ritual reveals that a powerful aura of necromancy permeates the entire canyon, emanating especially from the ground itself.

Cast after the party encountered multiple undead creatures, raising the question of whether the whole canyon is cursed

The party, nearly wiped out by zombie velociraptors, spends their rest building an elaborate fortress complete with a stone wall, clay mortar, sharpened stakes, a tripwire bell, and a camouflage net.

Traumatized and low on resources, the party channeled their anxiety into increasingly elaborate fortifications rather than simply resting

Scenes

A Brief Respite and a Grisly Discovery

The party attempts to take a short rest in the canyon but is interrupted by the sound of something scavenging nearby.

• The party decides to take a short rest to recover from their previous battle with velociraptors.
• Papa Jan takes the first watch and hears the sound of bones crunching in the nearby bushes.
• Investigating the noise, the party sees a wounded bird stumble across the ground before being swallowed by a velociraptor.
• The party realizes the raptor is one they previously fought, appearing undead with its throat cut and making a gurgling sound instead of a growl.
• Urrilon identifies the creature as likely being undead based on his religious knowledge.
• Corneleus sends his owl familiar Jeremy to scout the area and discovers that several other dead raptors are beginning to rise as well.
• The party prepares for a confrontation, taking ready actions as the motion-activated undead creatures begin to stir.

The Undead Raptor Ambush

The party is ambushed by a group of undead velociraptors that rise from the dead and attack with relentless ferocity.

• A group of undead velociraptors ambushes the party from the thick bushes.
• Glint casts a freezing ray at one of the raptors, slowing its movement significantly.
• Urrilon enters a rage and is bitten by one of the creatures as it lunges from the brush.
• Umbra throws a dagger with expert precision, pinning one of the undead raptors to a nearby tree.
• Papa Jan swings his warhammer in an underhand pitch, striking a raptor’s jaw and decapitating it.
• Urrilon swings his great axe, striking a raptor that had latched onto his leg and then cleaving into another nearby foe.
• Papa Jan calls upon the power of his deity, Naki Ufai, to smite a creature biting Urrilon’s ankle with his warhammer.
• Corneleus rushes back from the bushes to rejoin his companions as the chaos unfolds.
• Glint fires another ray of frost at a raptor that is still running around despite its injuries.
• An undead raptor previously thought dead reanimates, pulling a dagger from its own chest and running toward the party.
• Papa Jan attempts to strike a raptor with his warhammer but fumbles, losing his grip on the weapon.
• Corneleus attempts to decapitate a raptor with his short sword but fails to deliver a killing blow.
• Glint blasts a raptor with freezing magic, turning it into a solid chunk of ice, yet the creature miraculously cracks and stands back up.
• Glint uses a magical barrier to deflect a potentially lethal strike from the dagger-wielding zombie raptor.
• Glint uses a combination of water and frost magic to entomb the remaining restrained raptors in solid ice.
• Urrilon falls unconscious after a brutal series of attacks from the undead beasts.
• Papa Jan uses his healer’s kit to stabilize and revive Urrilon.
• Corneleus delivers a final blow to the last active raptor, shattering its frozen form.

Seeking Shelter in the Canyon

The exhausted party follows the canyon wall to find a defensible nook to recover from their wounds.

• Umbra is carried by her companions as she is too weak to walk on her own.
• The party discusses the danger of returning to the ‘Sharp Tooth’ cave and decides to press forward instead.
• Papa Jan uses his healer’s kit to stabilize the wounded and ensure no one succumbs to their injuries.
• Corneleus uses his survival skills to locate a small nook in the canyon wall that offers protection from the elements.
• The group begins fortifying the nook with branches, foliage, and sharpened stakes to create a defensive perimeter.

Fortifying the Nook

The party hunkers down in a natural nook within the canyon to rest and recover, transforming it into a makeshift fortress.

• The party realizes they are being watched and decide to find a defensible position to rest.
• A torrential downpour begins, but the party finds a sheltered nook on a hill to avoid flooding.
• The group begins an elaborate fortification process, using a stegosaurus tail with spikes as a defensive deterrent and setting up a tripwire with a bell.
• Corneleus uses magic to illuminate rocks and tosses them outside to provide visibility against approaching threats.
• The party gathers stones, mud, and clay from the canyon to build a defensive wall and uses tinker’s tools to expand the nook into a small cave.
• Watches are established while the rest of the party works on the fortress or attempts to sleep.

The Falling Zombie

While the party is fortifying their shelter, a body falls from the canyon above and reveals itself to be undead.

• Corneleus sends his owl familiar Jeremy to scout the canyon from above, where it spots a zombie T-Rex at the top of the cliff with three horn marks in its stomach and a slash across its eye.
• A tribalistic man’s body is vomited up by the zombie T-Rex and falls eighty feet from the canyon rim, covered in massive bite marks.
• As Corneleus attempts to loot the body, the creature reveals itself as a zombie and bites his wrist.
• Papa Jan strikes the zombie with his warhammer, though the blow is not fatal.
• Corneleus attempts to strike the creature’s neck with a short sword but struggles to deal significant damage.
• Glint blasts the zombie with a ray of frost, severely wounding it.
• The party drags the struggling zombie to their defensive perimeter and impales it on a sharpened tree-limb spike.
• Urrilon uses a spear to finally decapitate the impaled zombie.
• Corneleus performs a ritual to detect magical auras, confirming that a powerful aura of necromancy permeates the land and the creatures within the canyon.
• Upon looting the zombie’s pouch, a small rat jumps out, bites Corneleus’s finger, and flees into the brush.

Watches in the Nook

The party takes turns keeping watch in their fortified nook while a zombie T-Rex and other threats linger nearby.

• The zombie T-Rex is observed vomiting up another humanoid creature that falls into the canyon and becomes a wandering zombie.
• Corneleus casts light on a pebble and hurls it near the wandering zombie to keep it visible during the night.
• During the watches, a panther is spotted investigating the party’s fortifications before climbing into a tree to lie in wait.
• The party uses silent signals to communicate the presence of the panther and the zombies to each other between shifts.
• The party successfully completes their long rest, reaching level two despite the constant feeling of being watched.

Rest, Recovery, and Silver

The party completes a long rest in their fortified nook, discovering a vein of silver and crafting holy water before preparing to move on.

• The party completes a series of watches, successfully finishing a long rest and reaching level two.
• Corneleus uses his nature expertise to identify the hunting patterns of the nearby panther, determining it is likely sleeping during the day.
• The party discovers a vein of silver within the walls of their shelter.
• Papa Jan and Corneleus work together to extract silver ore from the vein using tinker’s tools and Corneleus’s empowered staff.
• Papa Jan uses the extracted silver to create two additional vials of holy water for the party.
• The party discusses their next move, deciding to stealthily bypass the sleeping panther and a wandering zombie to continue toward the temple.

Navigating the Canyon

The party debates their location and the best route to find the temple, ultimately deciding to cut across the canyon floor.

• The party travels for several hours, maintaining a formation with high-armor characters in the front.
• Corneleus uses his owl familiar Jeremy to scout ahead when the path becomes difficult to navigate.
• The group realizes they have traveled roughly halfway around the circular canyon, covering about 16 miles total.
• A debate ensues regarding whether to continue hugging the canyon wall or to cut across the middle toward the temple.
• Corneleus identifies a uniquely shaped tree on the far side of the canyon to use as a landmark for dead reckoning.
• The party determines they are currently on the north side of the canyon based on the sun’s position.
• The party struggles with several mediocre survival checks while trying to maintain a straight course south.
• The party discovers a large mound of foliage that reveals hidden stone steps, indicating they have found the temple.

NPCs

Undead Velociraptors

Reanimated corpses of the small lizard creatures the party recently defeated. They appear to be motion-activated, rising from death with visible wounds like slit throats and shattered bones. They are capable of tracking prey by scent and continue to fight even after sustaining heavy damage, only being stopped by decapitation or complete destruction.

Tribal Zombie

A humanoid man with tribal features who was vomited up by the zombie T-Rex and fell from the canyon rim. Despite being dead and heavily bitten, he acted as a ravenous undead creature until decapitated. His pouch contained a small rat.

Zombie T-Rex

A massive, undead reptilian predator seen at the top of the canyon with three horn marks in its stomach and a slash across its eye — wounds consistent with Trevor’s attack. It was observed vomiting up humanoid zombies into the canyon below.

The Panther

A predatory feline that stalked the party’s camp during the night, investigating their fortifications before retreating to a nearby tree to sleep during the day.

Jeremy

Corneleus’s familiar, currently in the form of an owl, used extensively for aerial scouting of the canyon, spotting the zombie T-Rex, and providing navigational landmarks from above.

John Harrison

The individual who commissioned the party to scout the temple and search for any remaining artifacts.

Locations

The Canyon

A large, circular geological feature approximately four miles wide with steep 80-foot walls and a rainforest interior. The party has been following the canyon wall to maintain direction while searching for the temple. It is home to undead creatures and other predators, and a pervasive aura of necromancy permeates the land.

The Nook

A small, natural alcove located on a slight hill within the canyon wall, fortified by the party with a stone and clay wall, sharpened stakes, a camouflage net, and a tripwire bell alarm. A vein of silver ore was discovered within its walls. The party used it as a shelter during a torrential downpour to complete a long rest.

The Hidden Temple

An ancient structure obscured by a large mound of foliage deep within the canyon, featuring stone steps leading into its interior. The party was commissioned to scout it for artifacts.

Items

Warhammer

Papa Jan’s primary weapon, used throughout the session to bludgeon undead raptors and the tribal zombie. He delivered a memorable underhand pitch that decapitated one raptor, and later used it to smash the skull of another.

Daggers

A set of six daggers carried by Umbra, thrown with expert precision during the undead raptor encounter. One was used to pin a raptor to a tree, and another was retrieved after the creature ripped it from its own chest.

Great Axe

A heavy weapon wielded by Urrilon to cleave through the undead raptors, including a sweeping strike that hit multiple enemies.

Healer’s Kit

A collection of bandages and remedies used by Papa Jan to stabilize and revive fallen party members, including Urrilon and Corneleus, during and after the raptor encounter.

Stegosaurus Tail

A spiked tail found in the brush near the nook, dragged over and used as a defensive deterrent around the party’s shelter.

Bell and String

A non-magical alarm system rigged as a tripwire outside the party’s shelter to alert them of approaching intruders.

Tinker’s Tools

A set of hammers, scrapers, and saws used by the party to mine stone, expand their shelter, and extract silver ore from the canyon wall.

Camouflage Net

A net draped over the entrance of the nook to conceal the party’s presence from predators and undead.

Tribal Pouch

A small pouch found on the body of the fallen tribal zombie. When opened, a small rat jumped out, bit Corneleus’s finger, and fled into the brush.

Holy Water

A sacred liquid used to treat zombie bites and combat necromantic infection. The party crafted two additional vials using silver ore extracted from the canyon wall, bringing their total to three vials.

Silver Ore

A vein of high-quality silver discovered within the walls of the party’s nook shelter, mined and processed into dust to create holy water.

Glowing Pebble

A small stone enchanted with light by Corneleus and thrown near a wandering zombie to act as a stationary flare, keeping the threat visible during the night watch.

Spells

Ray of Frost

A beam of freezing cold energy used repeatedly by Glint against the undead raptors. It slowed their movement and was used in combination with Shape Water to entomb two raptors in solid ice. One raptor even cracked through the ice and stood back up, demonstrating the resilience of the undead.

Shape Water

Used by Glint to soak two restrained raptors in water before freezing them solid with Ray of Frost, entombing them in ice and preventing them from rising again.

Shield

A magical barrier conjured by Glint to deflect a potentially lethal strike from a dagger-wielding zombie raptor.

Magic Missile

Bolts of magical energy used by Corneleus to strike down a resilient undead raptor that refused to stay dead.

Spare the Dying

A cantrip used to stabilize fallen party members, preventing them from dying but leaving them unconscious and unable to act.

Light

Cast upon pebbles by Corneleus to create illuminated markers outside the nook, including one thrown near a wandering zombie to track its movement during the night watch.

Detect Magic

Cast as a ritual by Corneleus to sense magical auras in the area. It revealed that a powerful aura of necromancy permeates the land itself, especially emanating from the ground.

Shillelagh

A druidic incantation cast by Corneleus to empower his wooden staff with magical force, used to help mine silver ore from the canyon wall.

Guidance

A divinely inspired cantrip used to provide a brief boost to a companion’s capabilities, discussed as a potential aid during navigation and watch duties.