Players/Characters
Aust (Russell) 2nd/1st level male Elven Spellthief/Rogue
Elzara (Will) 3rd level female Elven Monk
Tovar Hammerguild (Ian) 3rd level Male Dwarven Paladin
Tanith (Ewar) 2nd/1st level male Human Sorcerer/Warmage
Alexis Serria (Andrew) 3rd level female Human Cleric
Eolias (Richard) 2nd/1st level male Elven Ranger/Sorcerer
Game Events
Moving through the doorway marked with the symbol of a human hand holding an eye, which Alexis identified as the symbol of the cult of Vecna, the party found themselves in a worked stone maze where they were ambushed several times by strange bird-men and a couple of dire weasels. The bird-men were frighteningly good at flanking and sneak attacks, causing serious wounds to several members of the party, and were adept at using alchemist's fire as well as vicious club attacks. When the party did manage to take these bird-men down they were dismayed to find nothing but a few coins and empty potion bottles on them.
The ambushes continued for a while, the group being hampered by the bird-creatures ability to open and close secret doors at will whilst the party had to search for the trigger point. Slowly the group managed to whittle away at their foes until Eolias decided that he would charge around the maze at top speed to try and catch the last of the creatures by surprise.
Whilst he was off doing this the group managed to find (more by luck than judgement) a secret door that led out of the maze and into an large L-shaped ante chamber with strange bulges studding the walls where they were ambushed by another group of bird-men.
This time it appeared that the leaders of these creatures were also involved, as spells and magic items were used against the party for the first time, including a simple grease spell that caused great problems amongst the less dexterous of the group.
As soon as the first spell had been cast, all the bulges along the walls opened to reveal hundreds of eyes watching every move that the party take.
Tovar found himself grappled and held fast by an animated leather whip thrown by the spellcaster which effectively kept him out of the combat, but eventually these minor bosses were swiftly despatched and Elzara chased around the corner to confront the sole bird-man survivor who had been sent running by a Cause Fear spell from Alexis.
Eolias arrived just as the fighting finished (he never did manage to find any more bird-men in the maze) and hurried around the corner to assist Elzara. Tanith paused briefly to snatch the necklace of missiles from the neck of the leader and followed with Alexis.
Aust held back to free Tovar from the whip, which turned back into a feather facsimile of a whip (non magical by now) and to loot the bodies, finding Elixirs of Vision, Hiding and Sneaking on the leader of the bird-men and a wand of magic missiles and two Quall's Feather Tokens (Bird) on the spellcaster.
Elzara caught up to the bird-man at the entrance to another chamber, but as she attacked him she herself was attacked from within the chamber by two mages and through the very wall itself by another incorporeal mage, who drained Wisdom rather than causing damage and constantly babbled to itself, causing several party members to become hypnotised for a short time.
As the others raced up to help, Elzara managed to dodge a scorching ray spell, but a number of the party were slowed by a web spell across the entrance which they had to set alight (causing some damage to those trapped) to get through. Alexis tried unsuccessfully to turn the incorporeal mage and Elzara, Aust and Tovar had a hard time trying to hit the elusive being.
The walls of this new room were made of a strange green rock with writhing purple veins through it, and the pillars down the centre were made of some black tar-like substance that appeared to have humanoid hands pushing from the inside as if trying to escape.
As soon as they were in immediate danger, the two mages drank potions that turned them into vapor and started to drift away. Seeing this, Tanith plucked a bead from the necklace of fireballs and threw it towards them, instantly slaying them in a blast of fire.
Three more mages appeared at the end of the room, one wearing a strange mask that covered his face, and summoned a gigantic 20' tall centipede into the centre of the room, effectively blocking the way through for Eolias, Alexis and Tanith who had already started forwards.
Alexis attempted to dispel the summoning using the Scroll found in the Hextor temple, but failed. The mages took the opportunity to drink several potions and cast defensive spells during the combat .
Eolias was bitten by the centipede and became poisioned, losing several points of Dex, and during the combat Tanith used the last bead from the necklace of missiles, which did absolutely no damage to the creature at all due to it's innate resistance.
The party's efforts to fight the centipede were hampered by the use of spells from the three mages from their safe vantage point behind the centipede, the most notable being a lighting bolt and another web spell that Eolias set alight to free his companions even though he knew that the damage caused would surely knock him unconcious.
After being revived by Tanith, Eolias used the wand of enlarge on Alexis who used her scroll of Bull's Strength on herself but was still unable to do much damage to the beastie until Aust, Elzara and Tovar, who had managed to drive off the spirit mage, rushed to join in the combat to help strike the final blows.
The lesser two of the mages swiftly fell and the party turned on the mage with the leather mask only to have their way blocked by another summoned monster, this time a giant ape, which covered it's summoner's retreat for a couple of rounds until it too was defeated.
Magical Items Found
- Elixir of Vision
- Elixir of Hiding
- Elixir of Sneaking
- Necklace of Missiles (Used up)
- Wand of Magic Missiles (37 charges left)
- Quall's Feather Token (bird) x2
XP Summary
- 14 Bird-men - 4,200 XP
- Bird-man Spellcaster - 600 XP
- Bird-man Leader - 1,350 XP
- 2 Dire Weasels - 1,200 XP
- 4 Wizards - 2,400 XP
Total XP - 9,750 or 1,625XP each
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