#session-notes #planning *Warning: These notes were created in a time without standardized templating.* **Situation.** An alien fungus in a cave is polluting the stream that flows past the village of [[Hedgehaven]]. The fungus has spawned vile creatures in and around the cave. **Hook.** The folk of[[ Hedgehaven]] are noticing fungal growths on the riverbanks and a layer of scum on the water. #### [Encounters](https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/dmg-2024/creating-adventures#TheFouledStreamEncounters) The adventure consists of these encounters. **_The First Fork._** A mile upstream from the village, a stream flows into the river from a little wood on the river’s south side. Characters can tell that this stream is the source of the pollution. **_Journey Upstream._** Borogrove, a kindly Treant, keeps watch over the wood and meets the characters as they follow the polluted stream. He knows the source of the corruption is inside a cave that the stream spills out of. He gives the characters a magic acorn. If swallowed, the acorn conveys the benefits of a [Potion of Healing](https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/8960641-potion-of-healing) and the [Lesser Restoration](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/2619016-lesser-restoration) spell. **_Twig Blights._** Just outside the cave, the characters encounter six Twig Blights. ```encounter-table name: Twig Blights creatures: - 6: Twig Blight party: S1 rollHP: true ``` **_Corrupted Cave._** Use the [Underdark Warrens map](https://media.dndbeyond.com/compendium-images/dmg/Bk0e1TBRN0uPvprV/map-12.13-underdark-warren.jpg) in [Appendix B](https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/dmg-2024/maps#MapUnderdarkWarrens) for the corrupted cave. Ignore the secret door and the inner chambers behind it. Close off the tunnels leading off the map to the south, east, and north. The characters enter the cave in the southeast, following the stream. The cave’s main features and inhabitants are as follows: **Entrance.** A **Shrieker Fungus** just inside the cave entrance alerts the inhabitants to the characters’ arrival. On watch near the entrance and quick to respond to the shriekers’ cry are four **Bullywug Warriors** who have fungal growths on them. ```encounter-table name: Fungi and Bullywugs rollHP: true party: S1 creatures: - Shrieker - 4: Bullywug - 4: Violet Fungus ``` **Berserk Bear.** In a side cave to the southeast is a Brown Bear that drank from the stream. It’s upset because the water made it ill. If the characters can make it eat Borogrove’s acorn or otherwise rid it the [Poisoned](https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/free-rules/rules-glossary#PoisonedCondition) condition, the bear recovers immediately and leaves them alone. ```encounter-table name: Poisoned Brown Bear creatures: - Brown Bear party: S1 rollHP: true ``` **Ooze’s Lair.** At the north end of the stream are a [Psychic Gray Ooze](https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/17186-psychic-gray-ooze) and six [Stirges](https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/17023-stirge). After defeating these creatures, the characters can destroy the brain-like fungus in the water, which is the source of the corruption. If they do, each character earns a bonus 100 XP. ```encounter-table name: Ooze and Stirges creatures: - Gray Ooze - 6: Stirge party: S1 rollHP: true ``` **_Journey Home._** As they leave the wood, the characters encounter Borogrove again. If they used his acorn, he gives them another one. If they purified the source of the stream, he gives them a [Staff of Flowers](https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/9229095-staff-of-flowers) in gratitude. # Session Note Bernard offered the PCs a bag of gold of undetermined size. Graxim and Ardus tralalala’d to the river. They followed the river to a stream followed the stream to Borogrove’s grove +Healing Nut (Potion of Healing + Lesser Resto in an acorn) Killed twig blights Set off shrieker inside cave Fought bullywugs, woke up the corrupted bear Did not fight the ooze Bear survived the stirge swarm The stream is no longer corrupted. All pieces of the fungus were taken out of the water and destroyed. Chased out of the cave. Camped outside for the night.