Stabby McGoochstab (GB011)

10th Eleasis, 1492 - The Triboar Trail
Following her bodily removal from the Piercer cave, Moloch takes to sulking at the rear of the group for this session (Raven was unavailable).

Lights extinguished for security, the group form a conga line with Sack at the front and move deeper into Twin Pools Cave. Encountering three hesitant Shoggya, Sack makes his saviour intentions known and barges into the lair of the bandit Kuo-toa Whip Piff Duddy. Bellowing challenges at each other an all-in brawl ensues, with seven Kuo-toa versus The Good Boys and a group of surprisingly aggressive squid babies who saw their chance at freedom.

Two and a half hours of combat later, the following has occurred:


 * Green Steve is netted, necessitating rescue by Gorkoh (who is amazingly still alive with only 7 total hp)
 * Several Shoggya are killed by Piff Duddy
 * The remaining Shoggya feast on the bodies of downed Kuo-toa mid-battle
 * Friend tears his shirt off Hasselhoff-style and dives into a pool to attack a Kuo-Toa, very nearly resulting in him adopting a new name (Moobs)
 * Friend, Wistie and Sack "suckle at the ghostly wolf tit" of Friend's new Healing Spirit spell
 * Friend is immobilised and bitten repeatedly, to the point of losing consciousness, by Piff Duddy
 * Wistie names her magnificent dagger "Stabby McGoochstab" after effectively gooch-stabbing Piff Duddy to death while darting in-between the legs of her 7-8 foot companions. Wistie's discovery that she's actually pretty effective in melee is a welcome (and somewhat overdue) relief to the group
 * Sack cleaves the last Kuo-toa from crown to hip with his favourite sword. (Sack's favourite, not the Kuo-toa's. It's probably safe to say it was the Kuo-toa's least favourite sword.)

The Shoggya, including Petey, thank the group for their liberation.

It becomes apparent that Piff Duddy's gang has been waylaying travellers on the Triboar Trail, with several crates of supplies bearing the insignia of the Lionshield Coster in Phandalin being discovered, along with a bag of goodies including a Blink Dagger.

The group overnight in the glade outside the cave, and Sack checks in with Lumpkin; whose voice we discover sounds like a cheery Eyore. Dabshabah is nowhere to be found.