Post by David on Apr 3, 2014 17:49:07 GMT -5
The party (Idky, Maedhros, Yavin, Artec, Katya, Hamish, Remort, Gilean, and Moonleaf) returns to Old Neeshfall with the aid of Borlon. They bring with them a captive drow which they ask Borlon to telepathically interrogate in order to understand why there are dark elves on Torsh and what the strength of their forces are. The priest of Ra discovers that the drow is not from this world and is actually part of a larger force. Lolth is attempting to gain a foothold on Torsh. The drow came through a gate in the Underdark on their world. The gate on this side is guarded by gargoyles, manes, and quasits. On the other side, it is guarded by yochlol. The Spider Queen herself is on Torsh overseeing the conquest of Torsh. She is keenly interested in an ancient K’Thoi artifact found in the ruins surrounding the gate. It would seem that this artifact is what’s messing up magic in the area. There are many powerful priests here, and only two (the matron and her lieutenant) are more powerful than the captured male priest. There are about a dozen total drow permanently stationed here:
Priestess-warrior (x5)
Fighter-mage (x2)
High priestess-warrior (x2 - matron and second)
Drider
There are many other dark elves who come and go through the gate.
After getting this intel, the party formlates a plan of attack. They heal up and nap, cast preparatory spells, and sleep until nightfall in Old Neeshfall. They get the location of the drow sleeping quarters (in one of the pyramids) and teleport there during the daytime (on that side of the planet).
Borlon pops in first with Artec and Moonleaf as well as with Idky, Yavin, Remort, and Gilean in his bags of holding. They find themselves in a very large chamber. At one end is a pool of blood with what appears to be a sacrificial victim lying in it. Scattered around the room are three trolls, an ogre, two vrocks, four quasits, a marilith, four large spiders, four huge spiders, four giant spiders, and three shadows. Unfortunately, they set off a number of glyphs and an alarm goes off. Nearly every single glyph strikes at Artec; the half orc manages to dodge them all.
Artec starts shooting at the marilith and kills her before she can even act, while Borlon starts casting wall of fire. The monsters start to rush them. A quasit gets scared off by Moonleaf’s fear aura, but a troll and a vrock seriously damage the druidess. Borlon drops his wall of fire against the back wall, catching a shadow, an ogre, a troll, and some spiders. The party members start coming out of the bag of holding. Borlon destroys the shadows and moves away from the combat to make room for the rest of the party to teleport in.
When Katya teleports in with Hamish and Maedhros, Hamish succumbs to Moonleaf’s fear and cringes behind Katya. Gilean gets stunned and critically hit by a troll. The demons try to attack but are hedged off by the various protection from evil spells. Idky removes Hamish’s fear. Katya nabs a quasit into her hand and drops it in front of the spider attacking her. Hamish kills off the summoner's foes, and the party whittles its way through the remainder of the monsters.
While the party finishes off the downed trolls and demons, Idky collects the marilith’s weapons and gives them to Artec for safekeeping in his magical cloak. That’s when the doors behind the wall of fire open and the wall gets dispelled.
Then a bunch of spells go off at the party. Some of Borlon’s continual light stones go out (dispel magic) and a fireball gets lobbed into the corner where Katya and Maedhros are lurking. Then a hold person goes off but catches no one.
Status:
Idky: 67 (full), standing LL, PE, STONESKIN, cast remove fear / LLx2 / pray, water breath / FAx2
Hamish: 83 of 98, standing LL, NPP, PE, FA, 18/00
Artec: 36 of 68, standing LL, NPP, PE, FA
Remort: 22 of 37, 74 (full) PSPs, standing LL, PE, STONESKIN
Katya: 35 of 52, standing LL, PE, slow poison (two large), cast nab / / / / teleport
Borlon: 47 of 51, 84 of 138 PSPs, standing Cloak Brave, LL, PE, FA, Prot fire, Prot Lit, 17 Str, slow poison (one large), cast / SP / cloak, pr fire / pr lit, FA, CSW / wall
Maedhros: 45 (full), standing LL, PE, Pr fire (93), Pr lit, FLY, STONESKIN, cast CLW / STRx2 / all / all AND / IMM / fly, arms turned neon-yellow from elbows to fingertips
Moonleaf: 30 of 60, mammal, standing Pr fire, Pr lit, cast / / pr fire / pr lit
Yavin: 56 (full), FLY, standing LL, PE, FLY
Gilean: 43 of 51, 49 of 61 PSPs, standing LL, NPP, PE, FA
Priestess-warrior (x5)
Fighter-mage (x2)
High priestess-warrior (x2 - matron and second)
Drider
There are many other dark elves who come and go through the gate.
After getting this intel, the party formlates a plan of attack. They heal up and nap, cast preparatory spells, and sleep until nightfall in Old Neeshfall. They get the location of the drow sleeping quarters (in one of the pyramids) and teleport there during the daytime (on that side of the planet).
Borlon pops in first with Artec and Moonleaf as well as with Idky, Yavin, Remort, and Gilean in his bags of holding. They find themselves in a very large chamber. At one end is a pool of blood with what appears to be a sacrificial victim lying in it. Scattered around the room are three trolls, an ogre, two vrocks, four quasits, a marilith, four large spiders, four huge spiders, four giant spiders, and three shadows. Unfortunately, they set off a number of glyphs and an alarm goes off. Nearly every single glyph strikes at Artec; the half orc manages to dodge them all.
Artec starts shooting at the marilith and kills her before she can even act, while Borlon starts casting wall of fire. The monsters start to rush them. A quasit gets scared off by Moonleaf’s fear aura, but a troll and a vrock seriously damage the druidess. Borlon drops his wall of fire against the back wall, catching a shadow, an ogre, a troll, and some spiders. The party members start coming out of the bag of holding. Borlon destroys the shadows and moves away from the combat to make room for the rest of the party to teleport in.
When Katya teleports in with Hamish and Maedhros, Hamish succumbs to Moonleaf’s fear and cringes behind Katya. Gilean gets stunned and critically hit by a troll. The demons try to attack but are hedged off by the various protection from evil spells. Idky removes Hamish’s fear. Katya nabs a quasit into her hand and drops it in front of the spider attacking her. Hamish kills off the summoner's foes, and the party whittles its way through the remainder of the monsters.
While the party finishes off the downed trolls and demons, Idky collects the marilith’s weapons and gives them to Artec for safekeeping in his magical cloak. That’s when the doors behind the wall of fire open and the wall gets dispelled.
Then a bunch of spells go off at the party. Some of Borlon’s continual light stones go out (dispel magic) and a fireball gets lobbed into the corner where Katya and Maedhros are lurking. Then a hold person goes off but catches no one.
Status:
Idky: 67 (full), standing LL, PE, STONESKIN, cast remove fear / LLx2 / pray, water breath / FAx2
Hamish: 83 of 98, standing LL, NPP, PE, FA, 18/00
Artec: 36 of 68, standing LL, NPP, PE, FA
Remort: 22 of 37, 74 (full) PSPs, standing LL, PE, STONESKIN
Katya: 35 of 52, standing LL, PE, slow poison (two large), cast nab / / / / teleport
Borlon: 47 of 51, 84 of 138 PSPs, standing Cloak Brave, LL, PE, FA, Prot fire, Prot Lit, 17 Str, slow poison (one large), cast / SP / cloak, pr fire / pr lit, FA, CSW / wall
Maedhros: 45 (full), standing LL, PE, Pr fire (93), Pr lit, FLY, STONESKIN, cast CLW / STRx2 / all / all AND / IMM / fly, arms turned neon-yellow from elbows to fingertips
Moonleaf: 30 of 60, mammal, standing Pr fire, Pr lit, cast / / pr fire / pr lit
Yavin: 56 (full), FLY, standing LL, PE, FLY
Gilean: 43 of 51, 49 of 61 PSPs, standing LL, NPP, PE, FA