Post by David on Nov 25, 2015 14:32:55 GMT -5
Helena shadow walks the herself, Anasta, Mizzrie, Daj, Tollinar, and Joe, as well as Helga back into Iuz' boldhold. There, the psionist immediate encounters a pair of vrock and six ghouls. She manages to convince the vrock that she's actually Halga, Iuz' greatest priestess returned from the dead. The heroes butcher the undead and the vrock act as escort to Leoric the lich. En route, the group encounters more ghouls, ghasts, and vrock, one of which is the survivor of the previous day's raid and it alerts its fellow. Within a few moments, all the vrock are destroyed and judicious use of mind thrusts keep one vrock still ignorant. But, Tollinar and Mizzrie take this one down too and the heroes enter Leoric's lair.
Mizzrie finds a magical trap on one wall so Joe simply transmutes it all to sand, revealing a secret passage and destroying the inscribed glyph. Beyond are shadows and a shadow demon as well as magical darkness. Mizzrie and Daj both faerie fire, but it's Joe's cantrip of firefinger that returns light. The heroes finish off the undead and demon, though first Helena scans the demon's mind and learns that Leoric is behind another such secret wall. Joe uses his transmute stone spell and the heroes are soon battle more than a dozen zombies as well as four hezrou, three glabrezu, a nalfeshenee, and some skeletal warrior with a two-handed sword of bone. Anasta and Helena keep the demons busy while the rest of the party hacks into the foes. Mizzrie vapes most of the zombies and Daj's mirror image keeps the sword-wielding lich busy. Helga trades with the half-dryad and slowly hacks the undead creature to pieces with her axe, aided by Daj's improved magic missiles. Tollinar, meanwhile, shoots arrows of death into the demons, finishing several. One demon, however, breaks Anasta's skull and Helena is nearly killed. Mizzrie and Tollinar save the pair and the heroes find a small trove of treasure, including 22 soul gems...!
Mizzrie finds a magical trap on one wall so Joe simply transmutes it all to sand, revealing a secret passage and destroying the inscribed glyph. Beyond are shadows and a shadow demon as well as magical darkness. Mizzrie and Daj both faerie fire, but it's Joe's cantrip of firefinger that returns light. The heroes finish off the undead and demon, though first Helena scans the demon's mind and learns that Leoric is behind another such secret wall. Joe uses his transmute stone spell and the heroes are soon battle more than a dozen zombies as well as four hezrou, three glabrezu, a nalfeshenee, and some skeletal warrior with a two-handed sword of bone. Anasta and Helena keep the demons busy while the rest of the party hacks into the foes. Mizzrie vapes most of the zombies and Daj's mirror image keeps the sword-wielding lich busy. Helga trades with the half-dryad and slowly hacks the undead creature to pieces with her axe, aided by Daj's improved magic missiles. Tollinar, meanwhile, shoots arrows of death into the demons, finishing several. One demon, however, breaks Anasta's skull and Helena is nearly killed. Mizzrie and Tollinar save the pair and the heroes find a small trove of treasure, including 22 soul gems...!