Post by David on Jan 13, 2016 18:37:35 GMT -5
The heroes (Ichi, Shang-Lung, Corona, Klornap, Shayana, Zylvanar with Nikaris, Bruenor, and Reinhard) along with Breeka and Delgarath reach the inner sanctum of the Cult of Orcus. Within the chamber are 25 priests chanting, guarded by a dozen of the finest duergar warriors as well as about the same number of skeletons, zombies, and shadows plus four juju zombies, four vrock, a nalfeshnee, and a marilith. The heroes spend the first moments preparing defensive spells and no one notices them at first. Klornap and Shayana manage to turn the majority of the undead, though a wave of shadows crashes into the heroes all the same. Ichi sends a flurry of blows at the marilith, but her skin is too tough. Bruenor fairs better and the monk instead takes out the remaining durgar on the ground, helping to clear a hole to the level above the Shang-Lung swallows up twice in a pair of fireballs, incinerating nearly every single living defender of the demon-worshipping dwarves. Corona assumes wolf-form and mauls one of the demons while Shayana uses her lone arrow of demon slaying to break the spine of the marilith, who Bruenor quickly finishes off.
By this point, the vrock have begun to notice the group, one going after Ichi, another after Shang, and the last two the rest of the party. The nalfeshnee took out Nikaris earlier, but Reinhard revives the black jaguar who, after having drunk a potion of growth, pounces on the other vrock and shreds it. Ichi ignores the vrock he's facing and slaughters most of the remaining, wounded priests. A minute after the fight starts, only five of Orcus' clerics are left, the gate to the Abyss that they were opening collapses, and the remaining priests focus on Ichi, sending all the remaining undead in the room after him. Bruenor hacks down the nalfeshnee with some help. It summons a hezrou, but the dog-demon takes one look at the situation and elects to remain alive-and-at-large on the Prime than die needlessly in seconds, teleporting to safety. Ichi leads the swarms of shadows to Shang-Lung, who destroys the majority with burning hands and finishes those left with a second pass of the same spell after Ichi slays the last of the priests and the final vrock.
Victorious, the heroes leave Breeka and Delgarath behind, returning to the Gnome King where they agree to arrange a meeting between him and the acting chief of the Orothiar Clan, Tokan. Ichi's mission is a success, though the Mines of Bloodstone still have no owner. What to do, what to do?
By this point, the vrock have begun to notice the group, one going after Ichi, another after Shang, and the last two the rest of the party. The nalfeshnee took out Nikaris earlier, but Reinhard revives the black jaguar who, after having drunk a potion of growth, pounces on the other vrock and shreds it. Ichi ignores the vrock he's facing and slaughters most of the remaining, wounded priests. A minute after the fight starts, only five of Orcus' clerics are left, the gate to the Abyss that they were opening collapses, and the remaining priests focus on Ichi, sending all the remaining undead in the room after him. Bruenor hacks down the nalfeshnee with some help. It summons a hezrou, but the dog-demon takes one look at the situation and elects to remain alive-and-at-large on the Prime than die needlessly in seconds, teleporting to safety. Ichi leads the swarms of shadows to Shang-Lung, who destroys the majority with burning hands and finishes those left with a second pass of the same spell after Ichi slays the last of the priests and the final vrock.
Victorious, the heroes leave Breeka and Delgarath behind, returning to the Gnome King where they agree to arrange a meeting between him and the acting chief of the Orothiar Clan, Tokan. Ichi's mission is a success, though the Mines of Bloodstone still have no owner. What to do, what to do?