Post by David on Oct 14, 2015 18:43:04 GMT -5
The party (Tiberius, Asbah with Waaha and Jabla Jaleed, Alexander, Mahmud, Taephyr, Kuren, and Doul Abdul) spend the night in the ashiras' grove and heal. In the morning, Asbah passes out a number of spells and the heroes head back to the ruins. Taephyr invisibly scouts ahead from the air and warns the heroes of a dozen ghouls clustered in the shade of the step pyramid. The heroes attack, using Taephyr's aura for protection. That doesn't stop both Doul Abdul and Tiberius from being hurt and paralyzed! But, the heroes manage to overcome the undead and after defeating the creatures, Doul heads back to the grove while Mahmud tracks, finding evidence of a small, lone figure having dragged multiple gnolls to the spot.
Following Kuren's idea, the group investigates the out-buildings that show evidence of the ghouls. Taephyr scouts invisibly again, reporting that there is a chamber full of ghouls below. Asbah gets a web spell and with Tiberius' help, the undead don't last long. Unfortunately, during the fight, the boy goes down and Mahmud rushes in to help him. The undead hunter blocks the creatures, but they destroy his right shoulder in the process. Once Tiberius recovers, the group continues, battling more ghouls and finding several other passages. Asbah uses a series of web spells to overcome the monsters with Tiberius finishing them off. Unfortunately, luck is not with the boy and he is paralyzed again. Two ghouls escape and the heroes fall back to the surface where they travel ten minutes and hide in the shade of another ruin. Taephyr naps himself, Kuren, Alexander, and Mahmud.
Around noon, the group re-enters the ghoul tunnels. Asbah's detect invisibility spies the gaseous form of a vampire spawn and the sha'ira suggests to the lammasu to cast a dust devil. Asbah tosses a web which catches most of the ghouls that flood out, but the vampire is free. Alexander blasts it with magic missiles and Tiberius hacks it up. Mahmud also joins the fight. With this vampire near death, it manages to charm Tiberius to kill first Taephyr and then Mahmud. Kuren, however, uses a spell to befuddle the boy and the heroes hack the vampire to gas. The dust devil sucks it up and the party evacs with two ghouls and a charmed ally trying to kill them. The undead rush into Kuren and Mahmud, but about that moment, Taephyr reaches sunlight and Tiberius is freed from the vampire's effect. He then helps butcher the undead and using Asbah's additional webs, the heroes finish off the ghouls. They search the tunnels and again fall back, too wounded to continue.
Status:
Mahmud: 6 of 35, RUINED right shoulder, 18/00 STR
Asbah: 30 (full)
___Waaha: 13 of 15
___Jabla Jaleed: 11 of 15
Alexander: 11 (full), cast MMx2
Kuren: 12 of 23, cast CLW, deflect, benef
Tiberius: 20 of 33, 18 STR
Taephyr: 22 of 23, cast CLWx2 / dust, charm
Aziza: 7 (full)
Doul Abdul: 4 of 11
Following Kuren's idea, the group investigates the out-buildings that show evidence of the ghouls. Taephyr scouts invisibly again, reporting that there is a chamber full of ghouls below. Asbah gets a web spell and with Tiberius' help, the undead don't last long. Unfortunately, during the fight, the boy goes down and Mahmud rushes in to help him. The undead hunter blocks the creatures, but they destroy his right shoulder in the process. Once Tiberius recovers, the group continues, battling more ghouls and finding several other passages. Asbah uses a series of web spells to overcome the monsters with Tiberius finishing them off. Unfortunately, luck is not with the boy and he is paralyzed again. Two ghouls escape and the heroes fall back to the surface where they travel ten minutes and hide in the shade of another ruin. Taephyr naps himself, Kuren, Alexander, and Mahmud.
Around noon, the group re-enters the ghoul tunnels. Asbah's detect invisibility spies the gaseous form of a vampire spawn and the sha'ira suggests to the lammasu to cast a dust devil. Asbah tosses a web which catches most of the ghouls that flood out, but the vampire is free. Alexander blasts it with magic missiles and Tiberius hacks it up. Mahmud also joins the fight. With this vampire near death, it manages to charm Tiberius to kill first Taephyr and then Mahmud. Kuren, however, uses a spell to befuddle the boy and the heroes hack the vampire to gas. The dust devil sucks it up and the party evacs with two ghouls and a charmed ally trying to kill them. The undead rush into Kuren and Mahmud, but about that moment, Taephyr reaches sunlight and Tiberius is freed from the vampire's effect. He then helps butcher the undead and using Asbah's additional webs, the heroes finish off the ghouls. They search the tunnels and again fall back, too wounded to continue.
Status:
Mahmud: 6 of 35, RUINED right shoulder, 18/00 STR
Asbah: 30 (full)
___Waaha: 13 of 15
___Jabla Jaleed: 11 of 15
Alexander: 11 (full), cast MMx2
Kuren: 12 of 23, cast CLW, deflect, benef
Tiberius: 20 of 33, 18 STR
Taephyr: 22 of 23, cast CLWx2 / dust, charm
Aziza: 7 (full)
Doul Abdul: 4 of 11