Results So Far -Point Crawl One Shot, kid as DM

Been a blast. First time (in a "real TTRPG game") playing a straight up Wizard and not a Sorcerer. I'm manning four level 3 characters:

• wizard
• druid
• fighter
• fighter

Previous nights: 

Forest, mixed forest, then caves.

Teenaged big brown bear, no conflict. 

Ran into 4 guardsmen from town... they helped us fight some of the 5 goblins + adept. Ended up getting hurt as they went in first (and were fired on first) when we found a couple of huts. 

Sent a lost traveler back to the village. 

Avoided two owlbears (2d6 roll attitude and another roll for distance, both pretty heavy in our favor, meaning they almost attacked anyway). 

Found the 2 strange cave fairies/pixies... they were helpful, had some +1 arrows. 

A brownie. Told me about the hut (with the centipedes). 

Stayed in an abandoned hut, two giant centipedes. 

Two Worgs attacked. Spike growth to deter, but they kept at it. One finally ran, one died. 

Found a crumbling tower of sorts, had steps up to a high pine tree. Saw gnoll writing (goblin = enemy).  Wildshape as cat to get up there easily. Found a longbow. 

Fought goblin ambush and 2 bugbears. Web spell saved the day, was fun. Wizard's Web + druid's bonfire spell was a nice combo. Bugbears hit HARD at this level, was scary, one fighter was down to 1/5 of his HP... half a hit away from 0.

Tonight:

Found a halfling who had been changed into a skunk (he could still talk) by goblins with experimental potions. How are they getting or making these potions?

70% swamp, 30% forest area. Witnessed the often foreshadowed goblin clan vs. goblin clan fighting each other. Could have went in for a fight, but instead snuck in as a robin with wildshape. Found some potions, changed to a hawk to carry out a couple. Was able to sneak out. Cured the halfling. Let the goblins kill each other, slipped away quietly. 

Full Swamp area.

4 Stirges came at us. 

Negotiated with suspicious but 3 non hostile lizardmen. Went fine. 

The Cultists = *the highlight of the night. 

From DeviantArt, name indicates Dravek's work. 

Via Blakmoor.

Via Barrowmaze.

The Cultists! Dark hooded figures, black ripped robes, briars around their shoulders, faces hidden in darkness the entire time. Four of them, we had spotted a fire as it got darker outside. Tried to sneak in for a closer look, startled a crow which alerted them to us. Decided to announce our presence and appear non hostile. Fire was unnatural, some ritual.  They asked about their "god". We tried to part ways, they spoke to their fire, which had been rising higher before we disturbed them. A weird fire of red and green. And now a mouth appeared above the fire, ordering them to not let us go (apparently, couldn't understand). They got hostile... roll init! 

My guys got some lucky rolls. Trapped them with spike growth, Chromatic orb level 2 hit for big dmg twice. Got two crits. When the first one died, the fire "swallowed him". When another died further from the fire, we saw a slight ember of flame in the would as he died. Another died close to the fire and the wound's ember went to to the fire. Etc.  

Are the cultists in cahoots with someone in the swamp?