Post by David on Mar 24, 2009 18:39:22 GMT -5
The heroes split up with Daj, Cliffy, and Pepper (the latter two invisible) heading to Nulb while Dion, Helga, Alec, River, and Soren wait at the campsite. In Nulb, the three make contact with the herbalist and her "daughter" discovering that the woman has healing powers...in the name of St Cuthbert! "Mother Screng" sends the group off with herbs and they spend the night safely.
In the morning, the whole party returns to the Temple, finding Jenna en route. The deva uses her healing powers to further bolster the party, explaining that she hasn't dealt with any foes of elemental earth in some time and that another small drow party returned with captive children the night before.
The group goes through the open window and into the main Temple, where they battle a wind-creature much like a sphinx or manticore or lammasu. The heroes continue to the Earth Temple where they're ambushed by bugbear and troglodytes working for drow. The heroes quickly slaughter the lot, although Pepper nearly gets herself killed as she moves into their magical trap of Evard's black tentacles!
Next, the heroes head to the second level, where they slaughter a minotaur and then stumble upon a series of guard rooms. Capturing one of the guards, Dion charms the man and the party learns of the location (quite nearby) of the Air, Water, and Fire Temples. The party sets off and finds a secret entrance to the Air Temple, thanks Cliffy and Daj's detect invisibility spells. Entering the Temple, the heroes set off some sort of trap which first sends whirlwinds at them, then summons a demon, then fills the Temple with damaging smoke. Only a zone of sweet air from Alec protects the group. The demon, a vrock, manages to summon another demon, but the heroes destroy both of them.
Alec then takes five hours and sanctifies the Temple to Prometheus, thereby depriving the worshippers of Ghaunadaur of the shrine's use. The party heads for the surface where they gain some additional healing from Jenna.
Finally, following Soren's advice, the party heads back to the Air Temple to spend the night in the dungeon and guard it, but accidentally run afoul of a group of higher level drow -- including the priestess and warrior that had escaped before. With the drow is a fire creature, an upright cylinder of flame emerging from a smoking bazier. The party quickly slay the drow's troglodyte guards when the fire creature picks up Helga and pulls the hapless dwarf into its body, where she nearly dies instantly. At the last moment River manages to save the dwarf and the heroes surround and slaughter the drow. Only one lone male, a priest the heroes had never encountered before, manages to flee into the darkness.
Battered, after much debate, the heroes head to teh surface and spend the night unevenfully.
Status in the morning:
Alec: 20 of 24
Dion: 45 of 53
Pepper: 25 of 35
Helga: 43 of 54 with accelerate healing from Jenna
Cliffy: 20 of 41
Daj: full (41)
River: 39 of 49 with accelerate healing from Jenna
Soren: 34 of 49 with accelerate healing from Jenna
18 goodberries left
In the morning, the whole party returns to the Temple, finding Jenna en route. The deva uses her healing powers to further bolster the party, explaining that she hasn't dealt with any foes of elemental earth in some time and that another small drow party returned with captive children the night before.
The group goes through the open window and into the main Temple, where they battle a wind-creature much like a sphinx or manticore or lammasu. The heroes continue to the Earth Temple where they're ambushed by bugbear and troglodytes working for drow. The heroes quickly slaughter the lot, although Pepper nearly gets herself killed as she moves into their magical trap of Evard's black tentacles!
Next, the heroes head to the second level, where they slaughter a minotaur and then stumble upon a series of guard rooms. Capturing one of the guards, Dion charms the man and the party learns of the location (quite nearby) of the Air, Water, and Fire Temples. The party sets off and finds a secret entrance to the Air Temple, thanks Cliffy and Daj's detect invisibility spells. Entering the Temple, the heroes set off some sort of trap which first sends whirlwinds at them, then summons a demon, then fills the Temple with damaging smoke. Only a zone of sweet air from Alec protects the group. The demon, a vrock, manages to summon another demon, but the heroes destroy both of them.
Alec then takes five hours and sanctifies the Temple to Prometheus, thereby depriving the worshippers of Ghaunadaur of the shrine's use. The party heads for the surface where they gain some additional healing from Jenna.
Finally, following Soren's advice, the party heads back to the Air Temple to spend the night in the dungeon and guard it, but accidentally run afoul of a group of higher level drow -- including the priestess and warrior that had escaped before. With the drow is a fire creature, an upright cylinder of flame emerging from a smoking bazier. The party quickly slay the drow's troglodyte guards when the fire creature picks up Helga and pulls the hapless dwarf into its body, where she nearly dies instantly. At the last moment River manages to save the dwarf and the heroes surround and slaughter the drow. Only one lone male, a priest the heroes had never encountered before, manages to flee into the darkness.
Battered, after much debate, the heroes head to teh surface and spend the night unevenfully.
Status in the morning:
Alec: 20 of 24
Dion: 45 of 53
Pepper: 25 of 35
Helga: 43 of 54 with accelerate healing from Jenna
Cliffy: 20 of 41
Daj: full (41)
River: 39 of 49 with accelerate healing from Jenna
Soren: 34 of 49 with accelerate healing from Jenna
18 goodberries left