We played Ravenloft again last night.
The party left the Vistani camp and set out for the crossroads where they would rest that night before climbing up to Lysaga Hill in search of the Holy Symbol of Ravenkind. Since the cards told them that the Sunsword was buried somewhere at the crossroads, Justin and Jamie decided to dig around while the others were sleeping. Ben's priest didn't much fancy disturbing the dead in Barovia, so they let him think they were just taking watch. Once he went to sleep, they stole his helmet and used it to dig up graves.
In the course of their search, two vampire spawn emerged from the ever-present Barovian mists but were quickly driven off by fire and an ineffective ghostly bard. They recovered the Sunsword shortly thereafter.
In the morning, Jamie gave the Sunsword to Ireena Kolyana since her own weapon of choice is the greatsword, not the bastard sword. Then the party climbed up to Lysaga Hill, arriving under storm clouds shortly before sundown. They then faced the Caller in Darkness hiding in the ruins of St. Ekaterina's tower. Ben was a little surprised to find out that it could still attack him with its spell-like abilities even when he successfully turned it. An ego whip, a mind blast, and a psychic crush later and Ben was down 4 Cha and 18 hp and Ireena had dropped. But magic missiles, lightning bolts, and searing light from the spellcasters made short work of the incorporeal psychic undead.
That's where we ended, with Justin's rogue finding a trap door down into the depths below the tower.
