They decided to go treasure hunting while on the way to the dracolich’s lair in the forest. Blame the magical map. Found a glade containing a bloody whirlpool.
Attacked by blood slimes and some kind of wraith. Freaking lethal auras, and it required some clever forced movement to mitigate the kind of punishment those were dealing out. Fortunately, no one was dominated which would have sucked hard.
Barely won, and then Tegalad was volunteered to go swimming around in the necrotic pool (he had the best resistance!) searching for the treasure. He dragged up a locked box, and the party eagerly opened it to find…