Three things:
1. Did you get the journals between the last session (when we beat the orcs) and the most recent one?
Strictly speaking, yes, but oddly enough, I hadn't handed out exp for them. Weird! Mystellar, Maelrigar, Van, and Ethan get their 100xlevel roleplaying experience that they earned.
2. Spells from spell compendium that aren't in Crystalkeep or that I want to confirm:
Beast claws (page 25)
Claws of the bear (page 47)
Beastland Ferocity (page 25)
Snake's Swiftness (page 193)
Winter Chill (page 241)
Beast Claws: an hour per level, for a level 1 buff spell that gives 2 natural attacks? Nah, let's move that down to one minute per level. Other than that, it's good... I suppose...
Claws of the Bear: Okay, but I'd like to explicitly state that this spell makes it so that you cannot perform somatic components of spells, or carry stuff.
Beastland Ferocity: EDIT: approved /EDIT
Snake's Swiftness: I'm making it a second-level spell for druids as well as the arcane casters, and it takes one round to cast. Free attacks are supposed to be hard to get, ESPECIALLY at low levels.
Winter Chill: approved.
3. Journal:
To my departed sister,
We left the city about a day ago. I inquired about Father to see if he might have passed through to follow our brother, but the dwarf did not know of him. It was unfortunate, but I should not have expected the city to keep records that detailed.
In our search for information on the path through, we learned more about it. It is, initially, an offshoot to a cave, but the entrance was caved in some innumerable years ago.
We reached the cave about a day ago, and something about it seems off. It is a perfectly smooth, round tunnel, surely not a natural occurrence or typical craftwork. There was a small hole, and Lyca and Maelrigar went through, not sure what to expect. Mael says it is perfectly square, something even stranger than the tunnel by which we entered. Unfortunately, we did not bring picks, so we had nothing to do except venture on or get some. Tallulah left to the dwarven city to get four of them, but he has been gone almost a day. Hopefully he is okay.
Actually, he just entered with four picks and a large amount of work for us. It might take us several hours to clear a path for the wagons.
Farewell, sister.
100 roleplaying exp per current level!