(D&D 5e) The Plague of Nightmares IC

[Zergrinch]

The priest nods in a half-paralyzed state and whispers out one last message. "My name is Imbert... search if you would like".

You rummage through the overturned cart for a while and examine all of its contents. Four barrels that are scarcely larger than you have been spit out by it, but for the most part it does not hold anything of use. One of the broken barrels holds a large storage of rations, but you would not dare eat it due to the etheraly blue mold that have formed over it. The second barrel is stocked mostly with extra clothing. The third one is just empty, so you assume that it must have been meant to store any items they gained over the course of the trip. But the fourth one though is full of adventuring equipment that could include what you need. For the most part nothing that you do not already have of course, but it could contain a vial or something similar. In there you are lucky enough to find an emptied healing potion within and you could use that to store the fungus samples.

Spoiler: total contents of the wrecked wagon

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-a light crossbow and 10 bolts
-a potion of healing
-one empty vial
-8 sets of warm clothing
-an herbalism kit
-a set of two person tents
-an explorer's pack
-a dungeoneer's pack

-120 days of rations that have been tainted

"How strange," Zuzu muses loudly, speaking more to himself than to the others. "The wagon itself carries taint. Surely the wolves did not bite the barrel and spread the fungus -- this was a premeditated inside job."

Moving quickly, the underage wizard stuffs a sample of the fungus into the empty potion vial, using one of the crossbow bolts to scrape off the material. He also grabs one of the tainted rations. Hurriedly emptying the contents of the explorer's pack, Zuzu stuffs the vial and the ration inside.

If he is given enough time, he will scavenge the five rations from one of the packs, as well as take a set of warm clothing. The rest of the wagon's contents, he leaves where it is.

Spoiler: List of Loot

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Item	Dungeoneer	Explorer	Other	Zuzu Takes	Loot, Final
Backpack	1	1		1	1
Crowbar	1				1
Hammer	1				1
Piton	10				10
Torch	10	10			20
Daily Rations	10	10		5	15
Tinderbox	1	1			2
Bedroll		1			1
Mess Kit		1			1
Waterskin	1	1			2
Hempen Rope	20 ft.	20 ft.			40 ft.
Light Crossbow			1		1
Light Crossbow Bolts			10		10
Potion of Healing			1		1
Empty vial			1	1	0
Warm Clothing set			8	1	7
Herbalism Kit			1		1
Two-person Tent			1		1
Daily Rations (tainted)	120			1	119
Barrel	3				3
Barrel (broken)	1				1
Cart	1				1

I recommend the fighter takes the potion and crossbow bolts. The paladin takes the two-person tent, and the druid takes the herbalism kit. Maybe, give the priest a drink of water?