Post by naerdith on Dec 21, 2016 11:05:45 GMT -5
Heroes: Tiana the Water Priestess, Tolus, Ichi, Malachite/Malok, Brunor, Darya, and Aris
The heroes continue their journey in the Obelisk of Chaos. They are faced with a hall down to a room and a door on the left. Tiana asks Tolus and Brunor to open the door so they leave no monsters behind to attack them from the rear. Unsurprisingly, the room has four JuJu zombies in it like the room on the other side of the obelisk. Brunor and Ichi wade in while Darya and Malachite back them up with spells. The spell casters soften up the zombies while Ichi and Brunor finish them off. They notice one of the Zombies had a beautiful necklace on, but before Tiana can go check it, a translucent psuedopod attacks the party and barely misses Tiana. Tolus takes off the psuedopod and it falls to the ground in a lump of jelly. Thinking this creature was a liquid of some sort, Tiana attempts to turn it to water, but the spell fails. Darya launches spells at the body seen further down the hall and hits, but no damage can be seen. Ichi then wades in after hearing the sounds of battle outside of the room. He rushes down the hallway and quickly kills the gelatinous cube. In the remains, the party finds a Steel Long Sword, a Ring glowing Blue, two daggers, 3 squishy pearls, and 15 gp. Tiana then picks up the necklace off of the JuJu zombie and asks if anyone would prefer to wear it? Everyone looks at her like she is mad so she dons the necklace with no visible effect, positive or negative. SHe then asks about the ring and if anyone wants to wear that. Darya looks at the priestess and lectures her on the importance of not wearing magic items found in dungeons until they discover what they are. Shrugging, Tiana puts the ring in her belt pouch.
THe party moves to the end of the hallway into the room the gelatinous cube resided in. The room looks clean as the moss does not grow her, most likely because of the cubes presence. There is no door out though. The party searches for a secret door and finds none in this area. They move to the juju zombie room and Malachite discovers a hidden door. They move into it to find a dead end hallway. Searching for another secret door, Darya find it and they move through. One thing the party notes is that the walls are different. They are clean here and they glow a soft purpleish blue like a blacklight. They walk into a large hallway with a statue of a tall man with two 8 foot two handed swords held out. Trying to decide where to go, Tiana suggests the left and they start to move forward. A pulse of magic eminates from the statue. No one notices and effect until Malachite starts arguing with someone about his mother and father. Tiana trying to gather some information of who they are to discover his identity for Jasmine, but he seems lost in a confused stupor. At this time, the statue moves down from its pedastal and blocks the party from moving further and hits Brunor pretty hard when he moves forward to challenge the black statue.
Darya, seeing the confusion and worried about a possible spell battle with malachite, pulls him back along with the rest of the party and casts dispel magic on the poor mage. All they see though is his skin, hair, and clothing color all change to a washed out version of a dark elf. Remembering stories Rhom had told of Moorak's indiscretion with a dark elf, Tiana pieces it all together and knows who he is. At this time, the statue moves down from its pedastal and blocks the party from moving further. He is the bastard son of Moorak. Darya quickly dons a ring on to increase her spell power and dispels magic again. This time he snaps out of it and looks sheepishly up at everyone explaining he is Malok, bastard son of Moorak. No one seems to care about his heritage as he has proven himself an ally, but Darya uses a cantrip to change his coloring back to what it was. The party then sets themselves up to attack the golem with Brunor leading the charge. The statues casts confusion again, but only get Darya and Tolus. Darya starts yelling at the air telling Sage she won't sleep with her because she is an awful person. Tolus wanders off arguing with his intelligent spear which he is not holding. The party takes down the golem. Darya then turns on Brunor and attempts to stab him in the back. She misses utterly, but seeing something wrong with her friend, Tiana tackles her and hold her down. Aris itemizes Darya which sends Tiana into a fit of giggles as she exclaims "SHE IS SO CUTE!" while holding the cupiedoll version of Darya. The party tracks Tolus down and itemizes him.
Seeing their party pretty beat up, Tiana casts Dimensional Door to escape. Unfortunately, nothing happens. Realizing the chaotic nature of the building must be interfereing with the spell, they realize their only way back is through the front door. Turning to the secret door, they realize it is now shut with no way to open it. Malok gives Aris a scroll with knock. It works, but barely. The party now knows this is a difficult trip they need to be prepared for. The wounded and exhausted party move back to the front of this complex, but are greeted with ghasts, ghouls, and shadows guarding the front door. Brunor charges in while Malachite launches a fireball, warning the dwarf of the attack and expecting little damage to happen to the hearty dwarf. Unfortunately, he was caught in the heart of the blast. He took some damage and a hammer was destroyed, but the undead were softened up with a few taken down. Between Brunor and Ichi, the rest were quickly taken out. The party treks back to the surface and are told along the way that the mychonoids do not want the party to come through here again. Tiana apologizes and leads the party though noting to use Dim Door to get back to the obelisk.
Reaching the surface, Tiana goes to Jasmine to ask if she can dispel a confusion spell She says no, but to see her husband overseeing the building of a temple behind the Displacer. Before leaving, she casually mentions that the stranger was Malok. Jasmine says it all makes sense and yells at Aris for not telling her. They talk to a handsome ginger bear of a man named Stephanos wearing a toga that says he can do it, but it will wear off in ten minutes. Aris also points out that Darya's sister was not to be trusted so neither is Darya. Tiana stuck up for her and said Darya wasn't evil, just interesting. Aris rolls his eyes as Stephanos adds that Darya's sister was left on Eon for a reason as no one vouched for her in Klaar. Thanking Stephanos, Tiana moves to go to her inn room at the Displacer when Jasmine says no, take the confused out of the inn. Tiana sighs and asks Malok if they can use his campsite. He agrees and the party moves out into the forest.
The first one to be taken out is Darya as Tiana could tackle her if needed. Malok uses a rope of entanglement which Darya manages to avoid in her confusion. After missing twice, Tiana tackles her which allows the rope to take hold. In her rambling as the party waits for the spell to wear off, Darya tell Tiana that she knows Tiana likes Malok and so does Darya, but she will not pursue him, She adds though that what happens in Drake Manor she cannot be held accountable for. Malok blushes this entire time as Tiana give annoyed side eye at Darya. The spell does wear off and Darya apologizes to Tiana. Tiana says it was the spell and lets leave it at that, then tells Darya where her sister is. Next is Tolus. Tolus begins spilling his life story, including some not so nice parts that involved his mother. Darya takes pity on him and casts dispel magic, releasing him from the ramblings of his confused mind. He exclaimed that didn't happen, it was the spell. THe group agrees to accept that as the alternative no one wanted to contemplate. The party moves back to Klaar and rests, preparing for the next delve into the obelisk. Before rest, Tiana has a short council with Esmeralda and returns to the party much happier. Tiana also confirms her feelings for Malok who does not seem to know what to do about them.
The heroes continue their journey in the Obelisk of Chaos. They are faced with a hall down to a room and a door on the left. Tiana asks Tolus and Brunor to open the door so they leave no monsters behind to attack them from the rear. Unsurprisingly, the room has four JuJu zombies in it like the room on the other side of the obelisk. Brunor and Ichi wade in while Darya and Malachite back them up with spells. The spell casters soften up the zombies while Ichi and Brunor finish them off. They notice one of the Zombies had a beautiful necklace on, but before Tiana can go check it, a translucent psuedopod attacks the party and barely misses Tiana. Tolus takes off the psuedopod and it falls to the ground in a lump of jelly. Thinking this creature was a liquid of some sort, Tiana attempts to turn it to water, but the spell fails. Darya launches spells at the body seen further down the hall and hits, but no damage can be seen. Ichi then wades in after hearing the sounds of battle outside of the room. He rushes down the hallway and quickly kills the gelatinous cube. In the remains, the party finds a Steel Long Sword, a Ring glowing Blue, two daggers, 3 squishy pearls, and 15 gp. Tiana then picks up the necklace off of the JuJu zombie and asks if anyone would prefer to wear it? Everyone looks at her like she is mad so she dons the necklace with no visible effect, positive or negative. SHe then asks about the ring and if anyone wants to wear that. Darya looks at the priestess and lectures her on the importance of not wearing magic items found in dungeons until they discover what they are. Shrugging, Tiana puts the ring in her belt pouch.
THe party moves to the end of the hallway into the room the gelatinous cube resided in. The room looks clean as the moss does not grow her, most likely because of the cubes presence. There is no door out though. The party searches for a secret door and finds none in this area. They move to the juju zombie room and Malachite discovers a hidden door. They move into it to find a dead end hallway. Searching for another secret door, Darya find it and they move through. One thing the party notes is that the walls are different. They are clean here and they glow a soft purpleish blue like a blacklight. They walk into a large hallway with a statue of a tall man with two 8 foot two handed swords held out. Trying to decide where to go, Tiana suggests the left and they start to move forward. A pulse of magic eminates from the statue. No one notices and effect until Malachite starts arguing with someone about his mother and father. Tiana trying to gather some information of who they are to discover his identity for Jasmine, but he seems lost in a confused stupor. At this time, the statue moves down from its pedastal and blocks the party from moving further and hits Brunor pretty hard when he moves forward to challenge the black statue.
Darya, seeing the confusion and worried about a possible spell battle with malachite, pulls him back along with the rest of the party and casts dispel magic on the poor mage. All they see though is his skin, hair, and clothing color all change to a washed out version of a dark elf. Remembering stories Rhom had told of Moorak's indiscretion with a dark elf, Tiana pieces it all together and knows who he is. At this time, the statue moves down from its pedastal and blocks the party from moving further. He is the bastard son of Moorak. Darya quickly dons a ring on to increase her spell power and dispels magic again. This time he snaps out of it and looks sheepishly up at everyone explaining he is Malok, bastard son of Moorak. No one seems to care about his heritage as he has proven himself an ally, but Darya uses a cantrip to change his coloring back to what it was. The party then sets themselves up to attack the golem with Brunor leading the charge. The statues casts confusion again, but only get Darya and Tolus. Darya starts yelling at the air telling Sage she won't sleep with her because she is an awful person. Tolus wanders off arguing with his intelligent spear which he is not holding. The party takes down the golem. Darya then turns on Brunor and attempts to stab him in the back. She misses utterly, but seeing something wrong with her friend, Tiana tackles her and hold her down. Aris itemizes Darya which sends Tiana into a fit of giggles as she exclaims "SHE IS SO CUTE!" while holding the cupiedoll version of Darya. The party tracks Tolus down and itemizes him.
Seeing their party pretty beat up, Tiana casts Dimensional Door to escape. Unfortunately, nothing happens. Realizing the chaotic nature of the building must be interfereing with the spell, they realize their only way back is through the front door. Turning to the secret door, they realize it is now shut with no way to open it. Malok gives Aris a scroll with knock. It works, but barely. The party now knows this is a difficult trip they need to be prepared for. The wounded and exhausted party move back to the front of this complex, but are greeted with ghasts, ghouls, and shadows guarding the front door. Brunor charges in while Malachite launches a fireball, warning the dwarf of the attack and expecting little damage to happen to the hearty dwarf. Unfortunately, he was caught in the heart of the blast. He took some damage and a hammer was destroyed, but the undead were softened up with a few taken down. Between Brunor and Ichi, the rest were quickly taken out. The party treks back to the surface and are told along the way that the mychonoids do not want the party to come through here again. Tiana apologizes and leads the party though noting to use Dim Door to get back to the obelisk.
Reaching the surface, Tiana goes to Jasmine to ask if she can dispel a confusion spell She says no, but to see her husband overseeing the building of a temple behind the Displacer. Before leaving, she casually mentions that the stranger was Malok. Jasmine says it all makes sense and yells at Aris for not telling her. They talk to a handsome ginger bear of a man named Stephanos wearing a toga that says he can do it, but it will wear off in ten minutes. Aris also points out that Darya's sister was not to be trusted so neither is Darya. Tiana stuck up for her and said Darya wasn't evil, just interesting. Aris rolls his eyes as Stephanos adds that Darya's sister was left on Eon for a reason as no one vouched for her in Klaar. Thanking Stephanos, Tiana moves to go to her inn room at the Displacer when Jasmine says no, take the confused out of the inn. Tiana sighs and asks Malok if they can use his campsite. He agrees and the party moves out into the forest.
The first one to be taken out is Darya as Tiana could tackle her if needed. Malok uses a rope of entanglement which Darya manages to avoid in her confusion. After missing twice, Tiana tackles her which allows the rope to take hold. In her rambling as the party waits for the spell to wear off, Darya tell Tiana that she knows Tiana likes Malok and so does Darya, but she will not pursue him, She adds though that what happens in Drake Manor she cannot be held accountable for. Malok blushes this entire time as Tiana give annoyed side eye at Darya. The spell does wear off and Darya apologizes to Tiana. Tiana says it was the spell and lets leave it at that, then tells Darya where her sister is. Next is Tolus. Tolus begins spilling his life story, including some not so nice parts that involved his mother. Darya takes pity on him and casts dispel magic, releasing him from the ramblings of his confused mind. He exclaimed that didn't happen, it was the spell. THe group agrees to accept that as the alternative no one wanted to contemplate. The party moves back to Klaar and rests, preparing for the next delve into the obelisk. Before rest, Tiana has a short council with Esmeralda and returns to the party much happier. Tiana also confirms her feelings for Malok who does not seem to know what to do about them.