Post by David on Jun 1, 2016 21:37:58 GMT -5
The heroes (Gloriana, Aris, Rufus, Brand, Adama, and Sul Absil) rest in New Thracia where they are joined by Aeronne. The paladin agrees to aid Gloriana on her quest to clear New Amazonia of monsters.
In the morning, the heroes fly / sail back to the island and scout the ruins. Again, on the surface of the island, all appears the same as it has for many years. This time, in fact, when the heroes descend the stairs they find the passages to the top-most dungeon level intact and normal. One hallway, previously a deadend, is not a long tunnel and it ultimately loops, but things are closer to how they should be. What's more, this time as Aris studies the ruins, he deduces that one of the large statues in the entry is Athena -- clearly the time working on his archeology skills has paid off!
The group explores a bit until Adama is surprised from the rear by more strange creatures. There are six more of the bluish-indigo ones as well as two brick-colored creatures without rear-ends that use claws to climb the walls and attack with six tentacles around their central mouth. With them is a single, iridescent floating jellyfish like creature. Aris and Rufus quickly cut down most of the lesser foes with help from Brand. Unfortunately, the jellfish like creature refuses to ignite, forcing Aris to try different spells. Gloriana uses a faerie fire to help offset the creature's amazing ability to dodge. Sul Absil, meanwhile, is transformed by one of the brick-colored creatures into a raccoon and Brand into a dwarf! Rufus, is seriously hurt by the jellyfish creature and find himself having a seriously hard time striking the monster. Gloriana moves to help and manages to shrug off the poison and the transmutation effect until the heroes finally finish the monsters off. Gloriana tries to dispel the changes to Sul and Brand, but fail. Luckily, Adama fares better and Brand is restored, though Sul becomes a rock gnome. Gloriana polymorphs him back into a minotaur and the heroes continue.
They attempt to descend to the lower level, but cannot. They keep looping back to the start room. They try all sorts of things until Aris and Brand get one of the secret doors to a secret temple open. From there, the heroes are above the ruins of the second level and fly down to the level below, effectively bypassing the dimensional effects.
Status
Sul Absil: 45 of 52
Rufus: 77 (full)
Aeronne: 73 of 75
Gloriana: 58 of 82, reptile-form, cast FF / / NP / dispelx2 / / polymorph other
Aris: 42 (full), cast fire shardx2 / ember storm / mystic missilex2 /
Adama: 54 (full), cast CLW / / / dispel, NP
Brand: 60 (full), cast FF / / / / timehealx2
"So basically, he goes 'moo!' Ha ha ha!" Aeronne as Grant, trying to figure out Sul Absil's new personality, a mix of rock gnome twisted humor and minotaur ways, 9:44pm Tuesday, 5/31/2016
In the morning, the heroes fly / sail back to the island and scout the ruins. Again, on the surface of the island, all appears the same as it has for many years. This time, in fact, when the heroes descend the stairs they find the passages to the top-most dungeon level intact and normal. One hallway, previously a deadend, is not a long tunnel and it ultimately loops, but things are closer to how they should be. What's more, this time as Aris studies the ruins, he deduces that one of the large statues in the entry is Athena -- clearly the time working on his archeology skills has paid off!
The group explores a bit until Adama is surprised from the rear by more strange creatures. There are six more of the bluish-indigo ones as well as two brick-colored creatures without rear-ends that use claws to climb the walls and attack with six tentacles around their central mouth. With them is a single, iridescent floating jellyfish like creature. Aris and Rufus quickly cut down most of the lesser foes with help from Brand. Unfortunately, the jellfish like creature refuses to ignite, forcing Aris to try different spells. Gloriana uses a faerie fire to help offset the creature's amazing ability to dodge. Sul Absil, meanwhile, is transformed by one of the brick-colored creatures into a raccoon and Brand into a dwarf! Rufus, is seriously hurt by the jellyfish creature and find himself having a seriously hard time striking the monster. Gloriana moves to help and manages to shrug off the poison and the transmutation effect until the heroes finally finish the monsters off. Gloriana tries to dispel the changes to Sul and Brand, but fail. Luckily, Adama fares better and Brand is restored, though Sul becomes a rock gnome. Gloriana polymorphs him back into a minotaur and the heroes continue.
They attempt to descend to the lower level, but cannot. They keep looping back to the start room. They try all sorts of things until Aris and Brand get one of the secret doors to a secret temple open. From there, the heroes are above the ruins of the second level and fly down to the level below, effectively bypassing the dimensional effects.
Status
Sul Absil: 45 of 52
Rufus: 77 (full)
Aeronne: 73 of 75
Gloriana: 58 of 82, reptile-form, cast FF / / NP / dispelx2 / / polymorph other
Aris: 42 (full), cast fire shardx2 / ember storm / mystic missilex2 /
Adama: 54 (full), cast CLW / / / dispel, NP
Brand: 60 (full), cast FF / / / / timehealx2
"So basically, he goes 'moo!' Ha ha ha!" Aeronne as Grant, trying to figure out Sul Absil's new personality, a mix of rock gnome twisted humor and minotaur ways, 9:44pm Tuesday, 5/31/2016