...with cubes.

Cast:

Ardan, an amnesiac elven monk.
Nissa, the versatile elven ranger.
Perra, a noble, if angry, dragonborn paladin.
Indus, the clever minotaur artificer.
Klemnon, stingy pacifist kalashtar cleric.

These 5 make up one of the newer squads of Whisps. They are played by people with experience ranging from last played 2e to "wait, I add my strength to my attack?" It looks like a solid group--both PCs and players.

Game Report:

Ardan slipped ahead of the group to see what the fire was about. Upon arriving he saw a large group of orcs terrorizing a small family of four. He tweeted a warning back to the group and together they charged into the clearing just as two of the orcs slit the throats of the old man and young girl and the teenage boy was placed on a wolf and sent into the forest.

The battle was fast and furious as the Whisps broke the orcs' line and ripped them apart. As the orc leader fell the remaining orcs fled.

The party helped the old woman out of her restraints and she begged them to save her grandson. They were on their way to the capital to ask the king for advice about some strange markings that appear on the boy's back during storms. She gave them a journal and pushed them to hurry after her grandson while she went to the road for help.

Klemnon's eyes lit up for a moment upon hearing about the mark, but none of the others saw it.

They set off to find the boy and before long found two cave entrances. One was above them on a small ledge. The other was a quarter of the way around the hill and heavily guarded by a group of human thugs.

Nissa went up the cliff to investigate and immediately spotted a gelatinous cube in the middle of the entrance. She dropped down quickly. They decided to go through the cube instead of the guards. Ardan lead the way using his stealth. He almost made it past the cube when he woke up a couple burrowing kruthiks and was slammed by the cube.

The group rushed in and was promptly engulfed by the cube as the kruthiks and bats swarmed. Despite conflicting priorities among the party they prevailed and rallied to knock the cube off the cliff and ready attacks against the bats' flyby attack.

They rested a moment before moving deeper into the cave. They shortly came into a large cave used for storage. Within the cave were a few men and a goblin. Tied up and gagged nearby was the teenage boy. A tall, handsome man with dark hair and gray eyes was reprimanding them before he saw the Whisps. He slew his failed minions with a wave of magic and ran out of the other exit tossing the boy over his shoulder as he ran. The party set off in pursuit.

The man made it out of the other entrance--surprising the human guards--leapt over a fallen log and suddenly changed into a huge steel dragon. With the boy in his claws he shouted to the guards, "KILL THEM!" as he flew east.

Best moments:

Knocking the cube off a cliff.
Batting a bat into a wall to kill it.
Nissa's sharpshooting from the woods.