Post by David on Jul 19, 2016 13:47:53 GMT -5
The heroes (Baron Moorak Drake with Feyrath, Duchess Taarna of Bloodstone, Sir Rhom StrongArm, Kate Northbrook, Black Robe, Wooden Thighs, Darya Woodswift, Sister Bianca, and Tolus) continue their search for the wish item. Taarna uses her amazing tracking abilities to suss out where the various giants travel. The heroes soon return to the room with the two huge fire lizards and navigate a series of maze-like tunnels. After returning again to the lizards' lair, Moorak spies a secret door and the group investigates. Taarna confirms that only a couple of giants ever use the door. Darya manages to get the door open, but beyond is another run preventing entry. Dispel magics from both Black Robe and Bianca fail so Moorak uses a scroll and disintegrates that whole section of wall, removing the rune and allowing passage. During this time, the group also meets four burly, smiling figures moving through the walls. Black Robe uses a tongues to communicate with the lava children and they seem friendly.
The heroes descend a narrow staircase (of Duergar manufacture) into a massive chamber with a 24-headed learnean hydra wearing a tail-ring of fire resistance. Normally, such a monster would be doom for most heroes, but within twenty seconds all the heads are dead and Moorak dumps an acid bolt onto the carcass to make sure no heads rise again. Adjoining this chamber is another cavern clearly FULL of treasure but also warded by another rune. This rune also resists all attempts to remove it, prompting Moorak to cast an anti-magic shell. Taarna, Rhom, Kate, and Woody, enter, leaving the safety of the shell and activating the summoning room in the room. The heroes now face an elder titan, a purple worm, a lamia noble, an earth elemental! As more heroes move to enter, more creatures arrive, including a ancient bronze dragon intent on killing Black Robe and a ki-rin out to get Tolus as well as an ankheg and a gargoyle. Taarna and Rhom mistake the titan for a giant and charge. It responds with a chain lighting that LUCKILY was absorbed by Moorak's shell. Tolus and Kate go after the purple worm and the heroes take out the earth elemental. Black Robe tries to talk down the bronze dragon, but it takes a bite out of the shaman. Tolus manages to avoid a psychic crush and shrug off a power word: KILL from the ki-rin. Moorak joins the fray and faces an ancient red dragon. The Baron goads the red dragon to breathe on him, catching the bronze dragon, who then breathes back. Most of the lesser foes die in the crossfire and Taarna slaughters the red dragon, bathing in its blood. Woody, meanwhile, destroys the summoning rune, preventing any more foes from joining the battle. This is after a wraith appears to go after Bianca, but the cleric of Ilmater just turns the creature into the dragon-breathe...and then she sets about pealing Rhom off the ground and healing him. Moorak uses another anti-magic shell to free the ki-rin who uses a dispel magic to send the bronze dragon away.
The heroes then recover all the treasure and return to Amberwood where they search through the loot and find a ring of three wishes as well as quite a bit of other baubles.
The heroes descend a narrow staircase (of Duergar manufacture) into a massive chamber with a 24-headed learnean hydra wearing a tail-ring of fire resistance. Normally, such a monster would be doom for most heroes, but within twenty seconds all the heads are dead and Moorak dumps an acid bolt onto the carcass to make sure no heads rise again. Adjoining this chamber is another cavern clearly FULL of treasure but also warded by another rune. This rune also resists all attempts to remove it, prompting Moorak to cast an anti-magic shell. Taarna, Rhom, Kate, and Woody, enter, leaving the safety of the shell and activating the summoning room in the room. The heroes now face an elder titan, a purple worm, a lamia noble, an earth elemental! As more heroes move to enter, more creatures arrive, including a ancient bronze dragon intent on killing Black Robe and a ki-rin out to get Tolus as well as an ankheg and a gargoyle. Taarna and Rhom mistake the titan for a giant and charge. It responds with a chain lighting that LUCKILY was absorbed by Moorak's shell. Tolus and Kate go after the purple worm and the heroes take out the earth elemental. Black Robe tries to talk down the bronze dragon, but it takes a bite out of the shaman. Tolus manages to avoid a psychic crush and shrug off a power word: KILL from the ki-rin. Moorak joins the fray and faces an ancient red dragon. The Baron goads the red dragon to breathe on him, catching the bronze dragon, who then breathes back. Most of the lesser foes die in the crossfire and Taarna slaughters the red dragon, bathing in its blood. Woody, meanwhile, destroys the summoning rune, preventing any more foes from joining the battle. This is after a wraith appears to go after Bianca, but the cleric of Ilmater just turns the creature into the dragon-breathe...and then she sets about pealing Rhom off the ground and healing him. Moorak uses another anti-magic shell to free the ki-rin who uses a dispel magic to send the bronze dragon away.
The heroes then recover all the treasure and return to Amberwood where they search through the loot and find a ring of three wishes as well as quite a bit of other baubles.