Post by David on Mar 19, 2010 14:16:55 GMT -5
The party (Maedhros, Torr, Idky, Squattingbeaver, Lowdog, Aine with Dresher, Stephan, and Yavin) is outside crystal ziggurat of Nashborough. Squattingbeaver's spiritual senses reveal that this location is an incredibly powerful spiritual place. The shaman notices that the spirits are being drawn both toward the ground and toward the top of the tower. Stephan mentions that the tower was built on the ruins of an older structure. Thanks to his magical ring, Stephan also sees a greenish glow about 3/4 of the way up the tower, shining through the glass. The building's superstructure is pumping magic although the assassin can't tell in which direction.
Yavin gets a vision of the party battling a spook and non-undead "allies."
Maedhros casts detect invisibility. He sees no spirits being sucked into the building; they are instead being drawn upward. Before the heroes is a massive bronze door flanked by two huge guardian shedu statues. Stephan relays that the doors have a greenish witch-glow on them. When Lowdog tries the doors, they are clearly magically sealed. Maedhros uses the chime of opening, but it only causes the door to shudder. The guardian shedus then each turn to look at the door.
A second use of the chime unlocks the doors. Lowdog opens the immense doors and the statues animate. This sends off a fear aura, which the party all throws off. Dispel magic and magic missile from Beaver and Maedhros are useless. Lowdog attacks, but his magic sword bounced off, as does Yavin's magic spear. Moreover, spirit prayer doesn't affect the guardians!
Torr, Lowdog, and Stephan each score hits on their shedu. The shedus counter-attack and cast spells, which the group shrug off.
Five gargoyles swoop down. Two gang up on Stephan, taking out the assassin. The others go for Idky, Beaver and Torr. Aine casts sleep and catches one of the gargoyles on Stephan before it can drag off his carcass. Maedhros takes on Stephan's other gargoyle while Yavin faerie fires the lot of them.
Five more gargoyles fly in, attacking: Lowdog, Maedhros (3), and Idky. Without the benefit of strong armor, Maedhros get seriously thrashed by the gargoyles.
Yavin moves to help out his brother-cleric, Idky. Maedhros activates his fire robe, wreathing himself in flames. Another stroke from Torr takes out his shedu, allowing the paladin to help the others in the party. Aine creates two illusory bugbears to help out Maedhros, and take some of the heat just as Lowdog destroys the other shedu.
Three more gargoyles fly in, attacking: one on each illusion and one on Aine. The gargoyles continue attacking Maedhros, getting burned in the process, some severely! Lowdog and Torr start mowing through gargoyles in order to help out the other non-fighters. Four more gargoyles fly in, going for: Idky, Beaver, Torr, and an illusion.
Maedhros' gargoyles orient on other opponents, finally wising up
Unfortunately, they ALL go for Beaver. Torr takes out three on him in two hits. Way to go, paladin! Lowdog takes two off Beaver
Two more gargoyles fly in, going for: Idky and one illusion
Idky's chest gets ripped open and is stunned and fountaining blood. 'Beaver gets concussed and stunned. A gargoyle attacks Maedhros but burns itself to death in the process. The other gargoyles "slay" the last of Aine's illusions.
Aine coup de graces the sleeping gargoyle. Torr charges the five gargoyles that had originally been fighting the illusions, killing one outright. Maedhros casts cure light on himself.
Torr gets swarmed by his gargoyles, but he picks them off easily enough. Aine goes to help him out, taking out one of the monsters.
The still-concussed Beaver somehow manages to cast cure light on himself, removing his concussion. Idky goes to check on the downed assassin, prepping him for medicine herbs. The rest of the gargoyles fly off, demoralized
Lowdog leaps up and kills one as it flees. Yavin mind thrusts one of them, which makes it forget why it's fleeing. It turns back and gets smashed. Maedhros lightning bolts the last two, killing one. The other falls and gets stabbed by Yavin.
Healing and/or good berries all round
The group now enters the building into a huge arched hallway. 'Beaver and Maedhros notice no spirits (other than their entourage) in this place. In the next room, Maedhros sees a winged cowled figure dressed in black robes with a scythe standing in the center of the room--an angel of death!
Yavin casts two aid spells on Torr and the paladin then advances toward the death. A voice warns them off, but Torr continues and the death attacks. Powerful as it is, it's no match for the paladin and his holy sword -- three hits slay death. 'Beaver suggests Torr come back and get medicine herbs, so the paladin steps back as Lowdog goes forward to replace Torr, but as the paladin comes back to be healed, the totemic warrior disappears!
Aine senses something unnatural going on with ley lines
A dispel magic from 'Beaver does nothing. In order to try to find out where, Lowdog went, Beaver establishes an ESP link with the invisible Stephan, who then walks up to the spot. He notices runes on the ground. One was apparently dispelled....8-(
Yavin casts locate object to find one of Lowdog's pearls. He senses that the Flan warrior is straight down, beneath the group.
The party tries the right passage and sees a staircase up, so instead they take the left passageway, which has a staircase headed down, which the group follows, with the invisible Stephan taking point. The assassin sees four ghouls come out with 'bent wands.' They come around the bend, with four more ghouls and nine skeletons in tow. The ghoulish gunmen unload on Torr, 'Beaver, and Idky.
Torr charges, as do Idky, Yavin and Beaver, forming a fighting wall.
Aine faerie fires all but one ghoul, but the witch is now totally out of spells. Maedhros steps up and dusts all but two skeletons in the name of Corellon Lorethian.
A bullet nails 'Beaver in the hip, damaging his armor badly and sending the shaman to the floor writhing in pain. Maedhros destroys the last skeletons, leaving just ghouls behind. Things are looking bad, so Stephan attacks, helping out Yavin. Idky breaks and starts pounding on the same ghoul with Maedhros, ignoring the other one, which attacks him from behind. The ghoul the cleric of Fahrlanghn ignores, however, inflicts grievous wounds on him...!
Torr slowly moves his way through the ghouls, taking out one at a time. Having depleted their ammunition, the ghouls all fall into clawing and biting the other heroes, nearly dropping several of them. Without Lowdog, the only potent warrior is the paladin and it takes him time to clear most of the spell-casters. The ghouls are finally dispatched, but not before the group has taken some fairly serious damage...
Status:
Idky: 11 of 59, 2gbs, 14 psi, cast FF, all 2nd, all 4th
Beaver: 30 of 67, 8gbs, 7 psi, cast all 1st and 2nd (plus bonus 1st and two bonus 2nd), four 3rd, three 4th, hold monster, and used both Max Heals, has a bullet in him
Lowdog: 93 of 111, 8gbs, 40psi when last seen...
Stephan: 16+6 of 32, 8gbs, 25 psi, been invis
Aine: 20 of 21, 8gbs, used all spells
Dresher: 10 (full)
Torr: 66 of 88, 8gbs, 39 psi, both power strikes, cast his one spell
Maedhros: 9 of 38, 8gbs, cast MMx4 (plus adders), melf, d. invisx2, LBx2 and CLW, augury, idea
Yavin: 4 of 42, 8gbs, 9psi, cast all spells, 54 PSPs, has a bullet in him
Yavin gets a vision of the party battling a spook and non-undead "allies."
Maedhros casts detect invisibility. He sees no spirits being sucked into the building; they are instead being drawn upward. Before the heroes is a massive bronze door flanked by two huge guardian shedu statues. Stephan relays that the doors have a greenish witch-glow on them. When Lowdog tries the doors, they are clearly magically sealed. Maedhros uses the chime of opening, but it only causes the door to shudder. The guardian shedus then each turn to look at the door.
A second use of the chime unlocks the doors. Lowdog opens the immense doors and the statues animate. This sends off a fear aura, which the party all throws off. Dispel magic and magic missile from Beaver and Maedhros are useless. Lowdog attacks, but his magic sword bounced off, as does Yavin's magic spear. Moreover, spirit prayer doesn't affect the guardians!
Torr, Lowdog, and Stephan each score hits on their shedu. The shedus counter-attack and cast spells, which the group shrug off.
Five gargoyles swoop down. Two gang up on Stephan, taking out the assassin. The others go for Idky, Beaver and Torr. Aine casts sleep and catches one of the gargoyles on Stephan before it can drag off his carcass. Maedhros takes on Stephan's other gargoyle while Yavin faerie fires the lot of them.
Five more gargoyles fly in, attacking: Lowdog, Maedhros (3), and Idky. Without the benefit of strong armor, Maedhros get seriously thrashed by the gargoyles.
Yavin moves to help out his brother-cleric, Idky. Maedhros activates his fire robe, wreathing himself in flames. Another stroke from Torr takes out his shedu, allowing the paladin to help the others in the party. Aine creates two illusory bugbears to help out Maedhros, and take some of the heat just as Lowdog destroys the other shedu.
Three more gargoyles fly in, attacking: one on each illusion and one on Aine. The gargoyles continue attacking Maedhros, getting burned in the process, some severely! Lowdog and Torr start mowing through gargoyles in order to help out the other non-fighters. Four more gargoyles fly in, going for: Idky, Beaver, Torr, and an illusion.
Maedhros' gargoyles orient on other opponents, finally wising up
Unfortunately, they ALL go for Beaver. Torr takes out three on him in two hits. Way to go, paladin! Lowdog takes two off Beaver
Two more gargoyles fly in, going for: Idky and one illusion
Idky's chest gets ripped open and is stunned and fountaining blood. 'Beaver gets concussed and stunned. A gargoyle attacks Maedhros but burns itself to death in the process. The other gargoyles "slay" the last of Aine's illusions.
Aine coup de graces the sleeping gargoyle. Torr charges the five gargoyles that had originally been fighting the illusions, killing one outright. Maedhros casts cure light on himself.
Torr gets swarmed by his gargoyles, but he picks them off easily enough. Aine goes to help him out, taking out one of the monsters.
The still-concussed Beaver somehow manages to cast cure light on himself, removing his concussion. Idky goes to check on the downed assassin, prepping him for medicine herbs. The rest of the gargoyles fly off, demoralized
Lowdog leaps up and kills one as it flees. Yavin mind thrusts one of them, which makes it forget why it's fleeing. It turns back and gets smashed. Maedhros lightning bolts the last two, killing one. The other falls and gets stabbed by Yavin.
Healing and/or good berries all round
The group now enters the building into a huge arched hallway. 'Beaver and Maedhros notice no spirits (other than their entourage) in this place. In the next room, Maedhros sees a winged cowled figure dressed in black robes with a scythe standing in the center of the room--an angel of death!
Yavin casts two aid spells on Torr and the paladin then advances toward the death. A voice warns them off, but Torr continues and the death attacks. Powerful as it is, it's no match for the paladin and his holy sword -- three hits slay death. 'Beaver suggests Torr come back and get medicine herbs, so the paladin steps back as Lowdog goes forward to replace Torr, but as the paladin comes back to be healed, the totemic warrior disappears!
Aine senses something unnatural going on with ley lines
A dispel magic from 'Beaver does nothing. In order to try to find out where, Lowdog went, Beaver establishes an ESP link with the invisible Stephan, who then walks up to the spot. He notices runes on the ground. One was apparently dispelled....8-(
Yavin casts locate object to find one of Lowdog's pearls. He senses that the Flan warrior is straight down, beneath the group.
The party tries the right passage and sees a staircase up, so instead they take the left passageway, which has a staircase headed down, which the group follows, with the invisible Stephan taking point. The assassin sees four ghouls come out with 'bent wands.' They come around the bend, with four more ghouls and nine skeletons in tow. The ghoulish gunmen unload on Torr, 'Beaver, and Idky.
Torr charges, as do Idky, Yavin and Beaver, forming a fighting wall.
Aine faerie fires all but one ghoul, but the witch is now totally out of spells. Maedhros steps up and dusts all but two skeletons in the name of Corellon Lorethian.
A bullet nails 'Beaver in the hip, damaging his armor badly and sending the shaman to the floor writhing in pain. Maedhros destroys the last skeletons, leaving just ghouls behind. Things are looking bad, so Stephan attacks, helping out Yavin. Idky breaks and starts pounding on the same ghoul with Maedhros, ignoring the other one, which attacks him from behind. The ghoul the cleric of Fahrlanghn ignores, however, inflicts grievous wounds on him...!
Torr slowly moves his way through the ghouls, taking out one at a time. Having depleted their ammunition, the ghouls all fall into clawing and biting the other heroes, nearly dropping several of them. Without Lowdog, the only potent warrior is the paladin and it takes him time to clear most of the spell-casters. The ghouls are finally dispatched, but not before the group has taken some fairly serious damage...
Status:
Idky: 11 of 59, 2gbs, 14 psi, cast FF, all 2nd, all 4th
Beaver: 30 of 67, 8gbs, 7 psi, cast all 1st and 2nd (plus bonus 1st and two bonus 2nd), four 3rd, three 4th, hold monster, and used both Max Heals, has a bullet in him
Lowdog: 93 of 111, 8gbs, 40psi when last seen...
Stephan: 16+6 of 32, 8gbs, 25 psi, been invis
Aine: 20 of 21, 8gbs, used all spells
Dresher: 10 (full)
Torr: 66 of 88, 8gbs, 39 psi, both power strikes, cast his one spell
Maedhros: 9 of 38, 8gbs, cast MMx4 (plus adders), melf, d. invisx2, LBx2 and CLW, augury, idea
Yavin: 4 of 42, 8gbs, 9psi, cast all spells, 54 PSPs, has a bullet in him