Post by naerdith on Mar 6, 2017 13:40:26 GMT -5
Heroes: Aeronne the Paladin of Athena, Ichi the Monk, Mikhail the Psi, Tiana the Water Priestess, Malok the Mage, Low Dog the Totemic Warrior, and Tolus the Fighter
Tiana regroups in Klaar to find stronger heroes to enter the shrine with her. She recruits Mikhail and Aeronne to help. In the mean time, she also gets several of the party loot items identified which costs a pretty penny, but she strikes an agreement with the party. She will pay for the last item to be identified, a silver bracelet with two emeralds, if she gets it or if she cannot use it, then she gets first dibs on new magic items. The party agrees and they find out the bracelet is the Morganti Bracelet of Object Tell. She is able to use that item so she opts to keep it. The party then teleports with Mikhail's assistance to the entrance and they go in.
Remembering the statue seen on the other side of the hall that they entered and the symmetrical design of the shrine so far, Tiana suggests they enter from the other side so they can take care of the Statue on that side. Agreeing, the party finds the secret door and enters. Seeing the statue, Aeronne asks if this is the one and Ichi nods. They both charge in with Tolus and take the statue down before it can retaliate. Feeling confident, the party moves to the left or the southern section and finds another statue. The party charges with Ichi, Aeronne, and Tolus in the lead. This time, the statue starts to emit rays of colored light. They hit the party, but nothing happens as they resist the powers of the colored rays. Ichi and Aeronne quickly destroy this statue too. Seeing a door they passed while charging the statue, they go back and investigate.
The burly men open the door to reveal a sword in a black crystal. They also get hit with several darts that do some damage. Aeronne moves up to the sword, but Ichi stops him when he sees a skeleton in rusted chainmail stuck to the ceiling of the room. He gives Aeronne all his metal and motioned for the paladin to wait outside the room. He then hops on his broomstick and flies into the room. Once Ichi grabs the sword, the iris door shuts and the room becomes mirrored. From the outside, the party can see into the room through the walls which have become translucent. Three beams of light then emit from the gems in the sword hilt, barely missing Ichi. Tolus, Low Dog, and Aeronne then force the door open after several failed attempts. Not sure what to do, a beam hits Mikhail and pulls him into the room where he gets stuck to the ceiling. Aeronne also gets hit by another beam and pulled to the ceiling. Tolus sees a half crescent in the black stone from the exterior of the room, charges into the room and tries to find a catch that would give him access. He fails, but Tiana notices what he is doing and hoping that will stop the trap, activates her flying sandals, enters the room, and stone shapes the crystal, which frees the crescent. Everything seems to power down at that point, but one beam is still bouncing. To get it over with, Tiana flies into the beam and resists its powers. She then tries to release Mikhail and Aeronne, but they are fused to the ceiling and no effort will release them. Mikhail goes ethereal with Aeronne and releases them, but realizes something quickly. This shrine exists on the ethereal plane too and they are cut off from other wordly powers. They need to find the key before they can leave this place. He relays that to the group and Tiana waves at him stating they were aware of that already with how hard it was to leave the first time. Annoyed, Aeronne moves up to grab the sword, thinking it was also a prize. The pure powers of chaos reject the Paladin's hand, rebuking him with an attack. Tolus is able to grab the sword with no issue, but cannot pull it out. Tiana refuses to use a stone shape as she cannot use the sword, why waste a spell on it.
Tiana then gets an idea to touch the arrow crystal piece to the half crescent. They fuse together and they have now found second peice of the key. Realizing that these rooms most likely have the key pieces they need, they move to the next which is just south of the first statue that was destroyed in their first incursion. This room, after the muscle forces the door open, reveals a floating ball with an eye and stalks. Ichi, Tolus, and Aeronne charge in and are hit with beams. THey quickly realize though that it is an illusion when they resist the powers of the eye beams. Ichi, Tolus, and Aeronne do enough damage that should have killed the creature, but all that happens is a diamond sphere is revealed in the illusion. Ichi grabs the sphere and pulls it loose, ending the illusion. Inside the sphere is another crescent. The p[arty tries a stone shape and throwing it against the ground, but the sphere remains whole.. Thinking they will figure it out later, they put it away and move to the next room. They find another statue though and rush up to destroy it. They manage to before it can get a successful hit in.
They return to the room just north of the first destroyed stature and open the door. They find a mirrored room. Ichi is able to see a chest that would have been hidden, but his all around sight picks it out and two false walls. The chest is locked though. Thinking the key lies behind one of the rooms, Aeronne asks Ichi to point out one of the false walls. He breaks it down to find some treasure, but no key. Tiana then uses her bracelet to talk to the chest asking it if it knows where the key is. It states that the Lord of Chaos took it and left the room. She also finds out it is holding magical items. She relays this information and in case the chest is trapped, Aeronne plants himself with his shield in front of him to deflect a trap as Malok magically unlocks the chest. There is no trap, but they find a small mythril rod that fits into one of the halves of the crescent key. Aeronne then bashes the other false wall down and finds an amulet. A little leary because of what happened with the sword, he asks Low Dog to pick it up. He hears a voice talking to him faintly which he tells the party. Curious, Tiana picks up the amulet and hears nothing. She hands it back to Low Dog when Aeronne asks if he can pick it up. Low Dog reminds him of the sword, but eventually hands it to him. A clear voice rings in his head stating," Hello friend Paladin. I am Gwenevere and I can assist you through this shrine. You may use my powers to assist you." He lets the party know it is an angel in an amulet form. The party agrees to let him have it since he is the Lawful Good member of this party.
They move to what they think is the last room on this level and find a room with a pit in the center filled with water with treasure at the bottom. Tiana pushes the others out of the way, stating this room his her domain. Sensing the nature of the water, she finds three water weirds in the water as well. Holding them back by her affinity for the water while she thinks on what to do. Realizing there is no other way, she lowers the water, flushing the water weirds away. She gathers the treasure and a bronze locked coffer. She holds it for Malok to open which springs a trap. Poison darts shoot out, hitting Tiana and Malok. Using a few doses of Antitoxin, they purge the poison and find another mythril rod. Inserting it into the crescent they have, it fits perfectly. The party stops here a moment to reflect on what they have discovered before moving on.
Treasure
2800 GP
Quartz Figure of a Ferret (Held by Tolus)
Bone Wand with Bolus command word (Held by Malok)
Magical Ring (Held by Tolus)
Mythril Set of Magical Bracers (Held by Low Dog)
5 fist sized diamonds
Gwenevere the Aasimar Medallion (Held by Aeronne, Can cast Detect Evil, Turn Undead, Cure Light Wounds, Protection from Evil, and Sanctuary each once per day)
300 gp in ancient coins
Tiana regroups in Klaar to find stronger heroes to enter the shrine with her. She recruits Mikhail and Aeronne to help. In the mean time, she also gets several of the party loot items identified which costs a pretty penny, but she strikes an agreement with the party. She will pay for the last item to be identified, a silver bracelet with two emeralds, if she gets it or if she cannot use it, then she gets first dibs on new magic items. The party agrees and they find out the bracelet is the Morganti Bracelet of Object Tell. She is able to use that item so she opts to keep it. The party then teleports with Mikhail's assistance to the entrance and they go in.
Remembering the statue seen on the other side of the hall that they entered and the symmetrical design of the shrine so far, Tiana suggests they enter from the other side so they can take care of the Statue on that side. Agreeing, the party finds the secret door and enters. Seeing the statue, Aeronne asks if this is the one and Ichi nods. They both charge in with Tolus and take the statue down before it can retaliate. Feeling confident, the party moves to the left or the southern section and finds another statue. The party charges with Ichi, Aeronne, and Tolus in the lead. This time, the statue starts to emit rays of colored light. They hit the party, but nothing happens as they resist the powers of the colored rays. Ichi and Aeronne quickly destroy this statue too. Seeing a door they passed while charging the statue, they go back and investigate.
The burly men open the door to reveal a sword in a black crystal. They also get hit with several darts that do some damage. Aeronne moves up to the sword, but Ichi stops him when he sees a skeleton in rusted chainmail stuck to the ceiling of the room. He gives Aeronne all his metal and motioned for the paladin to wait outside the room. He then hops on his broomstick and flies into the room. Once Ichi grabs the sword, the iris door shuts and the room becomes mirrored. From the outside, the party can see into the room through the walls which have become translucent. Three beams of light then emit from the gems in the sword hilt, barely missing Ichi. Tolus, Low Dog, and Aeronne then force the door open after several failed attempts. Not sure what to do, a beam hits Mikhail and pulls him into the room where he gets stuck to the ceiling. Aeronne also gets hit by another beam and pulled to the ceiling. Tolus sees a half crescent in the black stone from the exterior of the room, charges into the room and tries to find a catch that would give him access. He fails, but Tiana notices what he is doing and hoping that will stop the trap, activates her flying sandals, enters the room, and stone shapes the crystal, which frees the crescent. Everything seems to power down at that point, but one beam is still bouncing. To get it over with, Tiana flies into the beam and resists its powers. She then tries to release Mikhail and Aeronne, but they are fused to the ceiling and no effort will release them. Mikhail goes ethereal with Aeronne and releases them, but realizes something quickly. This shrine exists on the ethereal plane too and they are cut off from other wordly powers. They need to find the key before they can leave this place. He relays that to the group and Tiana waves at him stating they were aware of that already with how hard it was to leave the first time. Annoyed, Aeronne moves up to grab the sword, thinking it was also a prize. The pure powers of chaos reject the Paladin's hand, rebuking him with an attack. Tolus is able to grab the sword with no issue, but cannot pull it out. Tiana refuses to use a stone shape as she cannot use the sword, why waste a spell on it.
Tiana then gets an idea to touch the arrow crystal piece to the half crescent. They fuse together and they have now found second peice of the key. Realizing that these rooms most likely have the key pieces they need, they move to the next which is just south of the first statue that was destroyed in their first incursion. This room, after the muscle forces the door open, reveals a floating ball with an eye and stalks. Ichi, Tolus, and Aeronne charge in and are hit with beams. THey quickly realize though that it is an illusion when they resist the powers of the eye beams. Ichi, Tolus, and Aeronne do enough damage that should have killed the creature, but all that happens is a diamond sphere is revealed in the illusion. Ichi grabs the sphere and pulls it loose, ending the illusion. Inside the sphere is another crescent. The p[arty tries a stone shape and throwing it against the ground, but the sphere remains whole.. Thinking they will figure it out later, they put it away and move to the next room. They find another statue though and rush up to destroy it. They manage to before it can get a successful hit in.
They return to the room just north of the first destroyed stature and open the door. They find a mirrored room. Ichi is able to see a chest that would have been hidden, but his all around sight picks it out and two false walls. The chest is locked though. Thinking the key lies behind one of the rooms, Aeronne asks Ichi to point out one of the false walls. He breaks it down to find some treasure, but no key. Tiana then uses her bracelet to talk to the chest asking it if it knows where the key is. It states that the Lord of Chaos took it and left the room. She also finds out it is holding magical items. She relays this information and in case the chest is trapped, Aeronne plants himself with his shield in front of him to deflect a trap as Malok magically unlocks the chest. There is no trap, but they find a small mythril rod that fits into one of the halves of the crescent key. Aeronne then bashes the other false wall down and finds an amulet. A little leary because of what happened with the sword, he asks Low Dog to pick it up. He hears a voice talking to him faintly which he tells the party. Curious, Tiana picks up the amulet and hears nothing. She hands it back to Low Dog when Aeronne asks if he can pick it up. Low Dog reminds him of the sword, but eventually hands it to him. A clear voice rings in his head stating," Hello friend Paladin. I am Gwenevere and I can assist you through this shrine. You may use my powers to assist you." He lets the party know it is an angel in an amulet form. The party agrees to let him have it since he is the Lawful Good member of this party.
They move to what they think is the last room on this level and find a room with a pit in the center filled with water with treasure at the bottom. Tiana pushes the others out of the way, stating this room his her domain. Sensing the nature of the water, she finds three water weirds in the water as well. Holding them back by her affinity for the water while she thinks on what to do. Realizing there is no other way, she lowers the water, flushing the water weirds away. She gathers the treasure and a bronze locked coffer. She holds it for Malok to open which springs a trap. Poison darts shoot out, hitting Tiana and Malok. Using a few doses of Antitoxin, they purge the poison and find another mythril rod. Inserting it into the crescent they have, it fits perfectly. The party stops here a moment to reflect on what they have discovered before moving on.
Treasure
2800 GP
Quartz Figure of a Ferret (Held by Tolus)
Bone Wand with Bolus command word (Held by Malok)
Magical Ring (Held by Tolus)
Mythril Set of Magical Bracers (Held by Low Dog)
5 fist sized diamonds
Gwenevere the Aasimar Medallion (Held by Aeronne, Can cast Detect Evil, Turn Undead, Cure Light Wounds, Protection from Evil, and Sanctuary each once per day)
300 gp in ancient coins
