Descent Into Avernus

  Point form recap is all I can muster this week! - The party fought the tiny vampires. The wounded knight got super stressed out and fled. - Tiny vampires read the way this is going and then also flee the room. - The party hears the knight get murdered outside, then a few bearded devils bust in. - We fight them for awhile too but when they realize we will probably win, they yell in Infernal to fall back to the line. They flee too. - We ignore that very obvious clue about more devils being nearby and chase them to the threshold of the building, killing all but one. - We do some introspection and figure maybe we shouldn’t follow him outside, where there will absolutely be more bearded devils. Vaantrik is bummed we didn’t get them all. - Oz explores more of the house, finding a couple of rooms that could lead somewhere, while Flea looms at the top of a downward staircase. - Honey studies the two and tries to figure out which one she thinks is wiser (Emily rolls for this.) - Flea poss...

The party finishes the fight and goes looking for the children, finding Ezo and Brask and bringing them along for the journey. Vaantrick harvests the bodies of the devils. The DM warns that using items made from devil parts carries a 50/50 chance of being cursed. He collects: 9 vials of bearded devil blood, which can be used as a potion base 1 clump of beard lashes, which can be used to make a +1 flail 2 vials of poison, which can be applied to a weapon They head towards the market through dried-up trees and ruined streets. Along the way they find a halfling man talking to an imp, about to sign a contract exchanging his family's souls for food and water. The party convinces him not to sign and brings the Peblechuck family along with them. They reach what remains of the market. The market itself is gone, reduced to ash and rubble, with everything on fire. Two people approach with crossbows drawn and lead the party into a basement, where they find a small community of survivors. They...