Post by David on Apr 8, 2010 12:58:34 GMT -5
The heroes (Maedhros, Torr, Idky, Squattingbeaver, Stephan, and Yavin) heal their wounds in the hallway before moving on.
Meanwhile, Lowdog finds himself in a small room bathed in magical darkness. That's when the shadows attack!
With Stephan scouting ahead, the group continues to navigate the passageways to stairs going down. Before heading down, Maedhros casts find traps. The stairs are clear and the party heads downstairs where they enter a great dining hall. Fifty skeletons stand on guard. Both Maedhros & Torr start turning, destroyed in the first attempt. Beaver jumps in front of Maedhros to absorb any skeletons that go for the half-elf.
Meantime, Lowdog finds himself in dire straits and pulls out his knife of defense. He really needs not to get hit anymore, after losing so much strength to the undead. He's already lost nearly half of his life energy to the monsters...
The cleric of Corellon and paladin of Bahamut continue to invoke the power of their gods. Eighteen more skeletons turn to dust, then seven more. That's when a lucky shot from a skeleton lands on Torr. The paladin continues to turn with Maedros and together fifteen skeletons dissolve, leaving just one which doesn't stand a chance...
Without pausing to search, the party heads out straight ahead and after wandering through a series of corridors, finally, enter another great hall. Suits of armor along the wall, like a museum. Stephan doesn't want to enter, but the rescuers do.
Fifteen shadows come off the wall and get turned by Torr and Maedhros. Then three more come, who are turned by Maedhros. At this point, Squattingbeaver attempts to connect with Lowdog via ESP. He doesn't lock on, but he did "hit" something.
Lowdog is now in even more dire straits with his shadow, quickly losing strength. He has managed to destroy at least two, but in the darkness, he doesn't even know how many are left...
Trying again, Beaver senses Lowdog's condition, being attacked by shadows in a sealed cell plunged in continual darkness. He maintains the connection to zero in on his location. Continuing forward, the party enters another great hall.
Meantime, Lowdog's strength fails him and he drops his scimitar. But he manages to kill the final shadow and realizes his situation. Barely alive and nearly unable to walk, but alone in a sealed cell!!
The larger group finds in the chamber a priest dressed in a lion's fur robe. He challenges the group and he opens a gate. Three creatures that look like gargoyles of molten lava step out. Yavin identifies them as barbed devils. Idky calls up a spirit prayer. Stephan sneaks around to get behind the priest. 'Beaver throws his horse coin at one, which bounces off one and turns into a horse...*sigh*. Torr attacks the priest, discovering that he's not a demon but a devil...in human form! Meanwhile, Maedhros lightning bolts all three of the barbed devils, stunning them.
This angers the "priest" who psionic blasts the group, catching Torr and stunning him. Yavin puts up intellect fortress, which also shields Idky. Maedhros casts another lightning bolt from a scroll, killing all three barbed devils.
As 'Beaver hits the devil, it assumes its true form, a pit fiend, only to be swarmed by Torr, Stephan and Beaver. As a result, the devil resumes human form, healing damage.
Stephan misses his backstab. Idky attempts to abjure from a scroll, but the devil's magic resistance foils it. That's when Yavin finally successfully engages the fiend psionically, allowing Torr to beat it down.
The pit fiend responds with a psionic blast that knocks the paladin completely unconscious! Maedhros casts an aid on Stephan while the shaman tries to use his magical club on the monster.
The devil creates an aura of fear, causing Stephan and 'Beaver to flee. Maedhros casts Melf's acid arrow and misses. But all of this has bought time for Idky and Torr to regain consciousness
The devil casts a symbol of pain in the air, which catches only Torr. The paladin's body is wracked with agony. Using a scroll, Maedhros casts doomblade on Torr's holy sword. Idky runs after Stephan to grab Maedhros' magical golden mace from him.
The devil coils Torr with its barbed tail only to be slain by Torr's doombladed holy sword.
Searching the devil's bubbling remains, Yavin finds:
Scroll:
Scroll:
Beaver attempts to re-establish ESP contact with Lowdog but fails. The shaman then uses medicine herbs on Torr and then the group continues searching to find Lowdog. The group eventually comes to a door. Going through, there are three ghouls and two skeletons. Maedhros destroys the skeletons and turns the ghouls.
As they enter, six shadows, 12 skeletons and a zombie come out.
Maedhros dusts six of the skeletons, and Torr destroys the rest of the skeletons and turns four shadows. That's when Yavin and Stephan attack the undead. Maedhros turns the rest of the shadows and the zombie is destroyed shortly afterward.
FINALLY the group finds the stairs down, but Lowdog is still at least another level below. Coming to another room, there are two zombies and two 7-foot tall "Frankensteins". 'Beaver calls up spirit prayer. Maedhros turns the zombies, but not the flesh golems. Torr and Stephan attack the golems with the paladin making short work of his foe before moving to support the assassin. Unfortunately, the golem manages to knock Stephan out first. Using his holy sword, however, Torr makes short work of the second golem as well.
'Beaver uses his medicine herbs on Stephan while Maehdros casts aid to restore the assassin to consciousness. Leaving the juju zombies in the room (much to Torr's consternation), the heroes continue on.
Idky casts locate object to detect the nearest stairway down. It's at the other side of the maze!
After several hallways, the group enters a room with large statues with gems in eyes and navels. One is a man of black marble while the other is a woman of white alabaster. Find traps from Maedhros reveals the gems are trapped.
After more halls, the party finally finds the stairs going down. And it it on this level that Lowdog is!
Wandering down a passageway, the party comes to a series of cells, sealed and waxed. Following the locate object leads the group to one cell, but first one of skeletons on the wall jumps down and turns into a giant demon with 4 arms -- a type III demon!
Torr charges the fiend as Idky jumps back to give Stephan the demon-slaying club. Maedhros attempts to help Torr out and gets mauled. He jumps back to safety. Stephan backstabs the glabrezu and nearly kills it, stunning it. He then finishes it off before Torr has a chance...!
The party removes the wax and opens Lowdog's cell, releasing the totemic warrior.
Status:
Idky: 22 of 59, 8gbs, 14 psi, cast ALL spells
Beaver: 30 of 67, 8gbs, 7 psi, cast ALL spells including bonus ones and used both Max Heals, has a bullet in him
Lowdog: 43 of 111, 8gbs, 40psi, down to 7 STR
Stephan: 5 of 32, 8gbs, 25 psi, been invis
Aine: 20 of 21, 8gbs, used all spells
Dresher: 10 (full)
Torr: 51 of 88, 8gbs, 39 psi, both power strikes, cast his one spell
Maedhros: 8 of 38, 8gbs, cast MMx4 (plus adders), melf, d. invisx2, LBx2 and ALL clerical
Yavin: 18 of 42, 8gbs, 9psi, cast ALL spells, 2 -8 PSPs, has a bullet in him
Meanwhile, Lowdog finds himself in a small room bathed in magical darkness. That's when the shadows attack!
With Stephan scouting ahead, the group continues to navigate the passageways to stairs going down. Before heading down, Maedhros casts find traps. The stairs are clear and the party heads downstairs where they enter a great dining hall. Fifty skeletons stand on guard. Both Maedhros & Torr start turning, destroyed in the first attempt. Beaver jumps in front of Maedhros to absorb any skeletons that go for the half-elf.
Meantime, Lowdog finds himself in dire straits and pulls out his knife of defense. He really needs not to get hit anymore, after losing so much strength to the undead. He's already lost nearly half of his life energy to the monsters...
The cleric of Corellon and paladin of Bahamut continue to invoke the power of their gods. Eighteen more skeletons turn to dust, then seven more. That's when a lucky shot from a skeleton lands on Torr. The paladin continues to turn with Maedros and together fifteen skeletons dissolve, leaving just one which doesn't stand a chance...
Without pausing to search, the party heads out straight ahead and after wandering through a series of corridors, finally, enter another great hall. Suits of armor along the wall, like a museum. Stephan doesn't want to enter, but the rescuers do.
Fifteen shadows come off the wall and get turned by Torr and Maedhros. Then three more come, who are turned by Maedhros. At this point, Squattingbeaver attempts to connect with Lowdog via ESP. He doesn't lock on, but he did "hit" something.
Lowdog is now in even more dire straits with his shadow, quickly losing strength. He has managed to destroy at least two, but in the darkness, he doesn't even know how many are left...
Trying again, Beaver senses Lowdog's condition, being attacked by shadows in a sealed cell plunged in continual darkness. He maintains the connection to zero in on his location. Continuing forward, the party enters another great hall.
Meantime, Lowdog's strength fails him and he drops his scimitar. But he manages to kill the final shadow and realizes his situation. Barely alive and nearly unable to walk, but alone in a sealed cell!!
The larger group finds in the chamber a priest dressed in a lion's fur robe. He challenges the group and he opens a gate. Three creatures that look like gargoyles of molten lava step out. Yavin identifies them as barbed devils. Idky calls up a spirit prayer. Stephan sneaks around to get behind the priest. 'Beaver throws his horse coin at one, which bounces off one and turns into a horse...*sigh*. Torr attacks the priest, discovering that he's not a demon but a devil...in human form! Meanwhile, Maedhros lightning bolts all three of the barbed devils, stunning them.
This angers the "priest" who psionic blasts the group, catching Torr and stunning him. Yavin puts up intellect fortress, which also shields Idky. Maedhros casts another lightning bolt from a scroll, killing all three barbed devils.
As 'Beaver hits the devil, it assumes its true form, a pit fiend, only to be swarmed by Torr, Stephan and Beaver. As a result, the devil resumes human form, healing damage.
Stephan misses his backstab. Idky attempts to abjure from a scroll, but the devil's magic resistance foils it. That's when Yavin finally successfully engages the fiend psionically, allowing Torr to beat it down.
The pit fiend responds with a psionic blast that knocks the paladin completely unconscious! Maedhros casts an aid on Stephan while the shaman tries to use his magical club on the monster.
The devil creates an aura of fear, causing Stephan and 'Beaver to flee. Maedhros casts Melf's acid arrow and misses. But all of this has bought time for Idky and Torr to regain consciousness
The devil casts a symbol of pain in the air, which catches only Torr. The paladin's body is wracked with agony. Using a scroll, Maedhros casts doomblade on Torr's holy sword. Idky runs after Stephan to grab Maedhros' magical golden mace from him.
The devil coils Torr with its barbed tail only to be slain by Torr's doombladed holy sword.
Searching the devil's bubbling remains, Yavin finds:
Scroll:
Scroll:
Beaver attempts to re-establish ESP contact with Lowdog but fails. The shaman then uses medicine herbs on Torr and then the group continues searching to find Lowdog. The group eventually comes to a door. Going through, there are three ghouls and two skeletons. Maedhros destroys the skeletons and turns the ghouls.
As they enter, six shadows, 12 skeletons and a zombie come out.
Maedhros dusts six of the skeletons, and Torr destroys the rest of the skeletons and turns four shadows. That's when Yavin and Stephan attack the undead. Maedhros turns the rest of the shadows and the zombie is destroyed shortly afterward.
FINALLY the group finds the stairs down, but Lowdog is still at least another level below. Coming to another room, there are two zombies and two 7-foot tall "Frankensteins". 'Beaver calls up spirit prayer. Maedhros turns the zombies, but not the flesh golems. Torr and Stephan attack the golems with the paladin making short work of his foe before moving to support the assassin. Unfortunately, the golem manages to knock Stephan out first. Using his holy sword, however, Torr makes short work of the second golem as well.
'Beaver uses his medicine herbs on Stephan while Maehdros casts aid to restore the assassin to consciousness. Leaving the juju zombies in the room (much to Torr's consternation), the heroes continue on.
Idky casts locate object to detect the nearest stairway down. It's at the other side of the maze!
After several hallways, the group enters a room with large statues with gems in eyes and navels. One is a man of black marble while the other is a woman of white alabaster. Find traps from Maedhros reveals the gems are trapped.
After more halls, the party finally finds the stairs going down. And it it on this level that Lowdog is!
Wandering down a passageway, the party comes to a series of cells, sealed and waxed. Following the locate object leads the group to one cell, but first one of skeletons on the wall jumps down and turns into a giant demon with 4 arms -- a type III demon!
Torr charges the fiend as Idky jumps back to give Stephan the demon-slaying club. Maedhros attempts to help Torr out and gets mauled. He jumps back to safety. Stephan backstabs the glabrezu and nearly kills it, stunning it. He then finishes it off before Torr has a chance...!
The party removes the wax and opens Lowdog's cell, releasing the totemic warrior.
Status:
Idky: 22 of 59, 8gbs, 14 psi, cast ALL spells
Beaver: 30 of 67, 8gbs, 7 psi, cast ALL spells including bonus ones and used both Max Heals, has a bullet in him
Lowdog: 43 of 111, 8gbs, 40psi, down to 7 STR
Stephan: 5 of 32, 8gbs, 25 psi, been invis
Aine: 20 of 21, 8gbs, used all spells
Dresher: 10 (full)
Torr: 51 of 88, 8gbs, 39 psi, both power strikes, cast his one spell
Maedhros: 8 of 38, 8gbs, cast MMx4 (plus adders), melf, d. invisx2, LBx2 and ALL clerical
Yavin: 18 of 42, 8gbs, 9psi, cast ALL spells, 2 -8 PSPs, has a bullet in him