Post by David on Jul 7, 2016 23:38:44 GMT -5
The party (Baron Moorak Drake with Feyrath, Duchess Taarna of Bloodstone, Sir Rhom StrongArm, Kate Northbrook, Black Robe, Wooden Thighs, Darya Woodswift, and Sister Bianca) are joined by Aeronne, paladin of Athena and student of Arch-Duchess Damelia St Karlon. After a nap in Amberwood (and absconding with Rhom's mother, Esmerelda StrongArm the Green Witch of Klarr), the gathered heroes ask the Fortune Teller to open another dimensional fold back to the caverns from where she earlier snatched them.
The heroes arrive back in the efreeti lair and look about. Black Robe calls upon the spirit of the lava within the basin, learning it is part of a much large flow, a capped volcano denied release somehow by the salamanders and efreeti. The heroes move into the room of the fire giants and have a short battle with two fire giants and two hell hounds lurking within the still-burning wall of fire. Black Robe dispels the flames and Taarna sets about tracking the giants to a large chamber.
The cavern appears to be part of a much large geode. The giants spy the party and prepare for battle, licking a number of runes. Moorak spies a rune at the entry passage but Taarna triggers it first -- it prevents access to through the passage. Aeronne and Darya try to go around the rune while Black Robe tries to dispel it and Moorak simply catches all the giants in a slow spell. That's when the volley of boulders crashes past the heroes, missing everyone. Aeronne runs into combat and is quickly smashed -- the giants' weapons have death runes versus humans on them! What's more, while the shaman neutralized the rune, Moorak's spell was absorbed by some other force. Unfortunately for the jotuns, this doesn't prevent Rhom and Taarna from hacking their way through the giants while Darya unleashes a lightning bolt on them. They fall quickly.
The heroes begin to look over the giants and their treasure. Black Robe sees the spirit of one giant enter a pale pink sphere rather than depart when his body is slain. The shaman tosses the stone into another nearby lava basin, but Darya uses fist of stone to rescue the ioun stone, although despite her spell and a protection from fire the heat of the molten rock still nearly kills her. After a scan from Moorak, one ioun stone appears to radiate all flavors of magic and Black Robe elects to use a legend lore to determine if this is the wish item, using the pink sphere as the material component!
Meanwhile, a large band of nine fire giants lead by a cleric of Sutr attacks! Aeronne is nearly slain in the volley of bounders. Taarna and Kate charge in, but are hit despite their displacement. Rhom smashes a trail of broken giants in his wake...until he's held by the jotun cleric! Darya and Moorak toss lighting bolts back at the giants, evening the odds after their boulder tossing. Unfortunately, despite this, Kate was badly rocked in the melee. Very soon, however, all of the giants fall with the cleric the last to die.
Black Robe completes his spell, learning that the ioun stone raises a caster's spell casting level, hence magic in all flavors, but it is NOT the wish item the heroes seek...
Status:
Kate: 30 of 101, -2 to hit due to cracked ribs
Black Robe: 98 (full), STONESKIN, Resist Fire, Sacred Guardian, cast / speak / dispel, prayer / / hold / legend
Aeronne: 28 of 75, 18/00, Resist Fire
Taarna: 100 (full)
Moorak: 100 (full), Resist Fire, Sacred Guardian, cast / / slowx2, LBx2 / / timeHeal
___Feyrath: 32 (full)
Darya: 29 of 33, cast fist, MMx2 / / LBx2 / sunbolt
Woody: 70 (full)
Bianca: 61 (full), STONESKIN, Resist Fire, cast / resist fire / dispel / CSWx2
Rhom: 87 (full)
The heroes arrive back in the efreeti lair and look about. Black Robe calls upon the spirit of the lava within the basin, learning it is part of a much large flow, a capped volcano denied release somehow by the salamanders and efreeti. The heroes move into the room of the fire giants and have a short battle with two fire giants and two hell hounds lurking within the still-burning wall of fire. Black Robe dispels the flames and Taarna sets about tracking the giants to a large chamber.
The cavern appears to be part of a much large geode. The giants spy the party and prepare for battle, licking a number of runes. Moorak spies a rune at the entry passage but Taarna triggers it first -- it prevents access to through the passage. Aeronne and Darya try to go around the rune while Black Robe tries to dispel it and Moorak simply catches all the giants in a slow spell. That's when the volley of boulders crashes past the heroes, missing everyone. Aeronne runs into combat and is quickly smashed -- the giants' weapons have death runes versus humans on them! What's more, while the shaman neutralized the rune, Moorak's spell was absorbed by some other force. Unfortunately for the jotuns, this doesn't prevent Rhom and Taarna from hacking their way through the giants while Darya unleashes a lightning bolt on them. They fall quickly.
The heroes begin to look over the giants and their treasure. Black Robe sees the spirit of one giant enter a pale pink sphere rather than depart when his body is slain. The shaman tosses the stone into another nearby lava basin, but Darya uses fist of stone to rescue the ioun stone, although despite her spell and a protection from fire the heat of the molten rock still nearly kills her. After a scan from Moorak, one ioun stone appears to radiate all flavors of magic and Black Robe elects to use a legend lore to determine if this is the wish item, using the pink sphere as the material component!
Meanwhile, a large band of nine fire giants lead by a cleric of Sutr attacks! Aeronne is nearly slain in the volley of bounders. Taarna and Kate charge in, but are hit despite their displacement. Rhom smashes a trail of broken giants in his wake...until he's held by the jotun cleric! Darya and Moorak toss lighting bolts back at the giants, evening the odds after their boulder tossing. Unfortunately, despite this, Kate was badly rocked in the melee. Very soon, however, all of the giants fall with the cleric the last to die.
Black Robe completes his spell, learning that the ioun stone raises a caster's spell casting level, hence magic in all flavors, but it is NOT the wish item the heroes seek...
Status:
Kate: 30 of 101, -2 to hit due to cracked ribs
Black Robe: 98 (full), STONESKIN, Resist Fire, Sacred Guardian, cast / speak / dispel, prayer / / hold / legend
Aeronne: 28 of 75, 18/00, Resist Fire
Taarna: 100 (full)
Moorak: 100 (full), Resist Fire, Sacred Guardian, cast / / slowx2, LBx2 / / timeHeal
___Feyrath: 32 (full)
Darya: 29 of 33, cast fist, MMx2 / / LBx2 / sunbolt
Woody: 70 (full)
Bianca: 61 (full), STONESKIN, Resist Fire, cast / resist fire / dispel / CSWx2
Rhom: 87 (full)