Post by David on Jan 13, 2011 14:49:55 GMT -5
The heroes (Torr with Zayüß, Idky, Lowdog with Woxin the eagle, Tensay the snow leopard, Masamo the giant constrictor, and Diawané the grizzly, Yavin, Stephan with Peter) return to Etheria, heading back into fiery caverns in order to slay the lava dragon. After leaving the Goblin King's domain and passing his guardians an hour deep into the warren of tunnels, the heroes see light coming toward them. It turns out to be coming form five individuals — half-elves. Two are women and three are men. A discussion ensues, during which they attempt to get the party to go back, but the heroes convince the new comers that they mean no harm.
Continuing on, the= party comes to the section of tunnels where the smell of sulfur is pervasive and the heat unbearable without magical protection—resist fire spells all round. In the cavern with the boiling river, the heroes encounter five trolls.
Stephan webs them as Torr and Lowdog charge. Yavin casts flameblade. Three trolls get caught in the web, leaving just two to melee. Lowdog takes his troll down with two hits, as does Torr. Yavin finishes off the downed troll with his spell. The cleric of Celestian then lights the webs, as Torr charges into the flames to attack. Lowdog wisely waits for the flames to die down first, as do Yavin and Idky. The trolls don't stand a chance...
Arriving at the large cavern, the party encounters four salamanders.
Torr and Lowdog charge as Idky casts protection from evil 10’r. Yavin practices his telepathy on the creatures to see if he can get some information. Stephan’s magic missiles kill one as Torr gets swarmed. Yavin makes contact with one and convinces him to surrender. Lowdog and Torr kill the other three, and then the third one Yavin is in contact with (the figherrs don’t know what happened).
The heroes continue on toward the crystal cavern. Three ropers lash out at everyone, taking all by surprise. Yavin gets roped and pulled toward one, eventually getting weakened by its poison. The bear and the snake also get roped, also weakening from the poison.
Idky attacks Yavin’s roper. Lowdog runs to attack the bear’s roper. Diawané severs one tentacle while Torr and Zayüß attack the snake’s roper, severely damaging it. Yavin mind thrusts his roper, and it forgets the last two rounds. Zayüß fumbles and damages himself. Torr kills the roper and moves to help out Lowdog, who teams up with his bear and kill that roper. Stephan and Idky slowly whittle away at their roper, and Lowdog comes over to help. Torr and Zayüß also come to attack. Yavin fails a mind thrust attack, which allows the roper to pull him in, but Zayüß finishes it off first. Neutralize poisons and anti-toxins set Yavin and the animals aright
The group then encounters 14 lavamen with whom Yavin establishes telepathic communication while Idky casts tongues. Unfortunately, the creatures swarm the group without any hesitation. Idky and Torr each get four lavamen while Yavin mind thrusts one of Idky’s and Zayüß rushes over to help out Torr.
Thanks to his enchanted bardiche, all the lavamen on Torr take damage from the thorn protruding from his body. Stephan magic missiles one of Torr’s foes, nearly killing it while the snake coils one and starts constricting. Meanwhile, Idky airwalks away from his group, getting badly damaged in the process. Diawané's paw gets messed up.
Idky warns the lavamen to stop attacking or they will die from the heroes powerful magic. The warning doesn’t work. Torr and Stephan whittle away at Torr’s opponents. Idky drinks the potion of mass destruction, again warning the lavamen to stop attacking
The snow leopard goes down, as does the bear. Some of Torr’s back off, not wanting to take further damage from the thorns, although one actually kills itself battling Torr first. Idky’s mass destruction goes off, killing two and badly damaging the rest. The cleric of Fharlanghn slides unconscious. While the snake finishes off his foe by constriction. Stephan slays another with magic missile and guards Idky’s body.
Torr comes very near death, as does the snake. One lavaman reorients on Stephan. Yavin hits his with a mind thrust and Torr manages to kill his last opponent. Stephan's magic missiles take out his foe.
The lavamen kill Masamo while Idky comes conscious but still stunned. Lowdog rushes the one that kills the snake, bringing it close to death. Stephan moves to backstab Yavin’s lavaman while Torr lays on hands to heal himself. Zayüß kills the one on Yavin and Lowdog finishes off the last one and starts applying medicine herbs.
The travel back to the large cavern to cast all their healing spells, set up a secure shelter, and nap to regain spells.
After everyone is asleep about a half hour, with Lowdog on watch, six lavamen start phasing through the walls of the shelter. But when they get through, the creatures immediately retreat.
The group wakes up , and Lowdog informs them of what happened. Yavin peeps out and sees about 50 or 60 lavamen waiting outside. Yavin communicates with one telepathically to try to reason with them, trying to get to the leader. He convinces them that the “invaders” went back to the goblin encampment.
Yavin, posing as the “voice of reason,” talks to the leader, who panics. He ties Idky in on the conversation as well, and they get permission to pass, as long as they agree to kill the dragon and leave all the non-metal treasure for them.
Eeps: 13,167
Continuing on, the= party comes to the section of tunnels where the smell of sulfur is pervasive and the heat unbearable without magical protection—resist fire spells all round. In the cavern with the boiling river, the heroes encounter five trolls.
Stephan webs them as Torr and Lowdog charge. Yavin casts flameblade. Three trolls get caught in the web, leaving just two to melee. Lowdog takes his troll down with two hits, as does Torr. Yavin finishes off the downed troll with his spell. The cleric of Celestian then lights the webs, as Torr charges into the flames to attack. Lowdog wisely waits for the flames to die down first, as do Yavin and Idky. The trolls don't stand a chance...
Arriving at the large cavern, the party encounters four salamanders.
Torr and Lowdog charge as Idky casts protection from evil 10’r. Yavin practices his telepathy on the creatures to see if he can get some information. Stephan’s magic missiles kill one as Torr gets swarmed. Yavin makes contact with one and convinces him to surrender. Lowdog and Torr kill the other three, and then the third one Yavin is in contact with (the figherrs don’t know what happened).
The heroes continue on toward the crystal cavern. Three ropers lash out at everyone, taking all by surprise. Yavin gets roped and pulled toward one, eventually getting weakened by its poison. The bear and the snake also get roped, also weakening from the poison.
Idky attacks Yavin’s roper. Lowdog runs to attack the bear’s roper. Diawané severs one tentacle while Torr and Zayüß attack the snake’s roper, severely damaging it. Yavin mind thrusts his roper, and it forgets the last two rounds. Zayüß fumbles and damages himself. Torr kills the roper and moves to help out Lowdog, who teams up with his bear and kill that roper. Stephan and Idky slowly whittle away at their roper, and Lowdog comes over to help. Torr and Zayüß also come to attack. Yavin fails a mind thrust attack, which allows the roper to pull him in, but Zayüß finishes it off first. Neutralize poisons and anti-toxins set Yavin and the animals aright
The group then encounters 14 lavamen with whom Yavin establishes telepathic communication while Idky casts tongues. Unfortunately, the creatures swarm the group without any hesitation. Idky and Torr each get four lavamen while Yavin mind thrusts one of Idky’s and Zayüß rushes over to help out Torr.
Thanks to his enchanted bardiche, all the lavamen on Torr take damage from the thorn protruding from his body. Stephan magic missiles one of Torr’s foes, nearly killing it while the snake coils one and starts constricting. Meanwhile, Idky airwalks away from his group, getting badly damaged in the process. Diawané's paw gets messed up.
Idky warns the lavamen to stop attacking or they will die from the heroes powerful magic. The warning doesn’t work. Torr and Stephan whittle away at Torr’s opponents. Idky drinks the potion of mass destruction, again warning the lavamen to stop attacking
The snow leopard goes down, as does the bear. Some of Torr’s back off, not wanting to take further damage from the thorns, although one actually kills itself battling Torr first. Idky’s mass destruction goes off, killing two and badly damaging the rest. The cleric of Fharlanghn slides unconscious. While the snake finishes off his foe by constriction. Stephan slays another with magic missile and guards Idky’s body.
Torr comes very near death, as does the snake. One lavaman reorients on Stephan. Yavin hits his with a mind thrust and Torr manages to kill his last opponent. Stephan's magic missiles take out his foe.
The lavamen kill Masamo while Idky comes conscious but still stunned. Lowdog rushes the one that kills the snake, bringing it close to death. Stephan moves to backstab Yavin’s lavaman while Torr lays on hands to heal himself. Zayüß kills the one on Yavin and Lowdog finishes off the last one and starts applying medicine herbs.
The travel back to the large cavern to cast all their healing spells, set up a secure shelter, and nap to regain spells.
After everyone is asleep about a half hour, with Lowdog on watch, six lavamen start phasing through the walls of the shelter. But when they get through, the creatures immediately retreat.
The group wakes up , and Lowdog informs them of what happened. Yavin peeps out and sees about 50 or 60 lavamen waiting outside. Yavin communicates with one telepathically to try to reason with them, trying to get to the leader. He convinces them that the “invaders” went back to the goblin encampment.
Yavin, posing as the “voice of reason,” talks to the leader, who panics. He ties Idky in on the conversation as well, and they get permission to pass, as long as they agree to kill the dragon and leave all the non-metal treasure for them.
Eeps: 13,167