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It's odd that this is the very first time anyone's mentioned a Creeper's Clearing death in this thread, let alone a TPK.

It was a few unfortunate events that spiraled into a massacre. The party was unaware of any specific monsters in the clearing having failed all of their knowledge and perception checks. The moment the rogue got in range, the plant pollen sprayed him. This took the rogue out of the entire fight.

Also, technically none of the PCS "died" they were all knocked unconscious. However, they were knocked unconscious next to a yellow musk creeper who turned them all into zombies.

I also forgot that we had a 6th player very briefly, and they're character died when they went back to the Creeper for revenge, although now they were a higher lvl and there were 4 zombies(the old party). I believe she was killed by a zombie, but her entire character is hazy in my mind

Name: Crazy Keaton
Race: Human
Classes/levels: Unchained Rogue 1
Adventure: Smuggler's Shiv
Location: Creeper's Clearing
Catalyst: Yellow Musk Creeper

Name: Graz Goth Mad Eye
Race: Half-Orc
Classes/levels: Witch 1
Adventure: Smuggler's Shiv
Location: Creeper's Clearing
Catalyst: Yellow Musk Zombie

Name: The Heartbank
Race: Halfling
Classes/levels: Oracle 1
Adventure: Smuggler's Shiv
Location: Creeper's Clearing
Catalyst: Yellow Musk Zombie

Name: Kashiwagi DeSahwn
Race: Human
Classes/levels: Samurai 1
Adventure: Smuggler's Shiv
Location: Creeper's Clearing
Catalyst: Yellow Musk Creeper
Gory Details: We had a good old fashion TPK on our hands here. The were initially cautious about the diseased plants and approached carefully, but the next thing they knew the rogue had a spore cloud in his face and was entranced for 5 rounds. Without the rogue's assistance, the samurai was left to ward off 2 plant zombies and the yellow creeper itself. He couldn't do it, and before he was able to take them both down, the oracle and witch had been knocked out by zombies and the rogue's brains were thoroughly scrambled. The rogue's Int score was at a perfect -1. It came down to a showdown between the Samurai and the plant. 1v1, winner takes all. a couple slashes and bashes later the plant was on it's last leg, 3 hp. The samurai just had to do 1 thing to win this fight, and that was pass one final Will save as the plant released a 2nd dose of spores into the samurai's face. DC 14, Samurai rolls a 10. Entranced for 4 rounds, Int dmg brings them down to -2 Int. Game Over. They later went back with new characters seeking revenge and fought their zombie selves.

Name: Skarsnik
Race: Monkey Goblin
Classes/levels: Barbarian 3
Adventure: Smuggler's Shiv
Location: Mother Thrunefang's Cave
Catalyst: Lacedon/Paralyze

Name: Riker
Race: Half-Orc
Classes/levels: Ranger 5
Adventure: Racing to Ruins
Location: Lake of the Vanished Armies
Catalyst: Loch Ness Monster
Gory Details: This one was really his own fault. They decided to go down into the lake with only him and the bard. The bard made it out, the rest of the party killed it from the raft, and they were able to get the treasure anyway, despite the loss of a party member. They later cremated what they could find of him and sprinkled his ashes into their barrel of weed. Not kidding.

Name: Malanite
Race: Oread
Classes/levels: Unchained Monk 5
Adventure: Racing to Ruins
Location: Bodies on the Riverbank
Catalyst: Shadow Demon/Party Kineticist
Gory Details: 2 of the 5 man party had to leave early this night, but the party knew they were very close to leveling, so they went with what we call "The Three Man Wrecking Ball" to fight just one more fight for the night. The party got the demon to very low HP with some clever tactics, but in a moment of desperation the demon attempted to posses the monk. He failed his save by 2, became possessed by the shadow demon, and started attacking the bard and the kineticist. It was a bad situation. The monk drove them both off, but the 2 healed up and returned to find the monk re-hiding his magic jar in a tree. Combat ensued, and in an effort to knock the monk unconscious the kineticist did way more damage then she thought she was going to and ended up killing the monk. For what it's worth they then killed the demon and everyone leveled up.

Fun Fact the Witch, the Barbarian, the Ranger, and the Unchained Monk were all the same player. He's the only person that has died since the initial TPK, and he has now taken to playing a utility wizard and staying in the back.