Post by David on Oct 17, 2013 13:01:28 GMT -5
The heroes (Idky, Yavin, Athos, Artec, Katya, Hamish, Sabrina, Ishmopah, and Remort) move up the stairs, passing through a temporal rupture. Beyond the hallway is wide up here and doubles back on itself, so the party scouts it for a distance with Idky using find traps to make sure it’s secure to camp out for a few hours. At a bend in the hallway is a huge pile of treasure with a big spider crawling atop it. Yavin successfully mesmerizes the spider and realizes it’s not a normal spider. Artec can’t hit it with a normal arrow, so Hamish rushes and attacks it. Unfortunately, he also disturbs the yellow mold it was actually sitting on. Ishmopah joins the melee as Idky casts precipitation to remove the mold from Hamish and the air. It splits into two during the battle. When they kill the last one, it explodes in flames. The “treasure” is now just a pile of copper coins. The yellow mold has been destroyed by the explosion.
Yavin sets up in the corner and meditates so he can psi heal the party. They spend about 7-½ hours taking care of that before moving on. There is a bronze double door with death motifs all over it. Hamish isn’t able to force the door open, so Ishmopah uses his two-handed sword to cast knock. The doors open to reveal a huge room. Their lights flicker and then dim (except flaming items). The chamber floor appears to be freshly-churned soil.
Katiya’s earring is going off warning her of danger. Hamish opens his mouth to shed light in the room. They see their dead relatives and loved ones in the light. The recoil from the light. Katiya moves up to join Hamish with her mouth light. They head in to follow the left wall.
They see a plain of worms with human faces. Katiya screams, shuts her mouth, and runs. Idky grabs her and keeps her from leaving the room. Twenty-one larvae start oozing out into the room. Yavin mesmerizes seven of them. Remort runs in to help out, but gets feared. He screams, jumps back, and hides behind Ishmopah. Ishmopah now sees 16 skeletons coming in. Idky is having problems holding onto Katiya, so he airwalks up with her to keep from getting attacked. Remort goes down, but Sabrina magic missiles the skeletons on him to save his life. Fourteen more skeletons swarm the party. Unfortunately, she goes down fountaining blood with a crit to her chest. Ishmopah leaps over to defend her. Hamish opens his mouth again and activates the full power, which turns six skeletons.
Between Ishmopah and Idky, they save Sabrina, but Katiya gets let go, because skeletons are swarming Ishmopah. Idky pursues Katiya to find that she has gone down the stairs and been taken out by the time distortion. She is unconscious at the bottom of the stairs. He returns to inform the party.
The party has cleared away most of the skeletons. Artec sees another wall and sees a lazy river that calls to him to come swim in it. He tells the party not to look at the wall. Unfortunately, Hamish gives in to the call and starts wading into the water. Ishmopah and Artec drag him out and hold onto him. Through a series of mind thrusts and mental contact, Remort and Yavin manage to remove the compulsion.
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They rest for an hour, and Katiya recovers. She returns to the party. Unfortunately, she won’t go back in the room. Idky airwalks across the room, dropping torches on the ground. Zombies follow him as he goes. He makes it to the opposite side and sees a wall that tries unsuccessful to make him think he’s in quicksand. Another one is the flames of Hell, and he starts to heat up. He backs up. There are 11 zombies underneath him. He returns to the party, bringing the zombies with him.
They finish them off. Idky airwalks and encounters a wall of the plane of Dis (freezing temps). He also sees the door. There are 13 ghouls underneath him. Sabrina drops a frostball on them and kills them all. He marks the door with a torch and heads back. He encounters 13 wights. Sabrina drops a frostball, but they are immune to cold. They rush to attack the party. They finish them off, and Hamish and Idky go check out the door. They’re magically locked.
So Sabrina walks over with Yavin, but the marsh wall gets her. Mind thrusts from Yavin and Remort help her, and she makes it to the door. She casts knock on the door. It opens into an empty chamber. Sabrina cast detect invisibility to look for secret doors. There are none, but there is a shaft leading straight up in the ceiling. There are handholds some distance up in the shaft, and Idky realizes it’s for use by krolli, who would fly up and then climb the rest of the way. There is a horizontal passage in one direction about halfway up and another horizontal passage at the top.
Eeps (spider-thing and mold): 1008 each
Eeps (larvae & skeletons): 267 each
Eeps (rest of the monsters): 5475 each (except Artec, Ishmopah, Katiya)
Status:
Idky: 42 of 67, 31psi, cast CLWx3, precip / ALL / ALL / ALL / true
Artec: 37 of 55, 27psi, OLDER
Yavin: 44 of 54, 60psi, 45 of 105 PSPs, cast blessx2, FFx2, resist cold, CLW / ALL, LEVEL DRAINED
Athos: 48 of 66, and IN TEMPORAL SHOCK
Katya: 46 of 47, cast / / sever
Kinsa: 31 of 36, cast CWx3 / / lev
Dagaru: 10 of 14
Hamish: 95 of 98, 25psi
Remort: 6 (full), 9psi, 17 of 33 PSPs
Ishmopah:49 of 57, shapex2
Sabrina: 32 (full), 20psi, cast EVERYTHING plus adder!
Yavin sets up in the corner and meditates so he can psi heal the party. They spend about 7-½ hours taking care of that before moving on. There is a bronze double door with death motifs all over it. Hamish isn’t able to force the door open, so Ishmopah uses his two-handed sword to cast knock. The doors open to reveal a huge room. Their lights flicker and then dim (except flaming items). The chamber floor appears to be freshly-churned soil.
Katiya’s earring is going off warning her of danger. Hamish opens his mouth to shed light in the room. They see their dead relatives and loved ones in the light. The recoil from the light. Katiya moves up to join Hamish with her mouth light. They head in to follow the left wall.
They see a plain of worms with human faces. Katiya screams, shuts her mouth, and runs. Idky grabs her and keeps her from leaving the room. Twenty-one larvae start oozing out into the room. Yavin mesmerizes seven of them. Remort runs in to help out, but gets feared. He screams, jumps back, and hides behind Ishmopah. Ishmopah now sees 16 skeletons coming in. Idky is having problems holding onto Katiya, so he airwalks up with her to keep from getting attacked. Remort goes down, but Sabrina magic missiles the skeletons on him to save his life. Fourteen more skeletons swarm the party. Unfortunately, she goes down fountaining blood with a crit to her chest. Ishmopah leaps over to defend her. Hamish opens his mouth again and activates the full power, which turns six skeletons.
Between Ishmopah and Idky, they save Sabrina, but Katiya gets let go, because skeletons are swarming Ishmopah. Idky pursues Katiya to find that she has gone down the stairs and been taken out by the time distortion. She is unconscious at the bottom of the stairs. He returns to inform the party.
The party has cleared away most of the skeletons. Artec sees another wall and sees a lazy river that calls to him to come swim in it. He tells the party not to look at the wall. Unfortunately, Hamish gives in to the call and starts wading into the water. Ishmopah and Artec drag him out and hold onto him. Through a series of mind thrusts and mental contact, Remort and Yavin manage to remove the compulsion.
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They rest for an hour, and Katiya recovers. She returns to the party. Unfortunately, she won’t go back in the room. Idky airwalks across the room, dropping torches on the ground. Zombies follow him as he goes. He makes it to the opposite side and sees a wall that tries unsuccessful to make him think he’s in quicksand. Another one is the flames of Hell, and he starts to heat up. He backs up. There are 11 zombies underneath him. He returns to the party, bringing the zombies with him.
They finish them off. Idky airwalks and encounters a wall of the plane of Dis (freezing temps). He also sees the door. There are 13 ghouls underneath him. Sabrina drops a frostball on them and kills them all. He marks the door with a torch and heads back. He encounters 13 wights. Sabrina drops a frostball, but they are immune to cold. They rush to attack the party. They finish them off, and Hamish and Idky go check out the door. They’re magically locked.
So Sabrina walks over with Yavin, but the marsh wall gets her. Mind thrusts from Yavin and Remort help her, and she makes it to the door. She casts knock on the door. It opens into an empty chamber. Sabrina cast detect invisibility to look for secret doors. There are none, but there is a shaft leading straight up in the ceiling. There are handholds some distance up in the shaft, and Idky realizes it’s for use by krolli, who would fly up and then climb the rest of the way. There is a horizontal passage in one direction about halfway up and another horizontal passage at the top.
Eeps (spider-thing and mold): 1008 each
Eeps (larvae & skeletons): 267 each
Eeps (rest of the monsters): 5475 each (except Artec, Ishmopah, Katiya)
Status:
Idky: 42 of 67, 31psi, cast CLWx3, precip / ALL / ALL / ALL / true
Artec: 37 of 55, 27psi, OLDER
Yavin: 44 of 54, 60psi, 45 of 105 PSPs, cast blessx2, FFx2, resist cold, CLW / ALL, LEVEL DRAINED
Athos: 48 of 66, and IN TEMPORAL SHOCK
Katya: 46 of 47, cast / / sever
Kinsa: 31 of 36, cast CWx3 / / lev
Dagaru: 10 of 14
Hamish: 95 of 98, 25psi
Remort: 6 (full), 9psi, 17 of 33 PSPs
Ishmopah:49 of 57, shapex2
Sabrina: 32 (full), 20psi, cast EVERYTHING plus adder!