4 February 2007
Players/Characters
Crumpus (Russell) 7th level male Human Fighter
Elzara (Will) 6th level female Elven Monk
Kamal(Ian) 7th level Male Human Hexblade
Zoook (Ewar) 6th level Gnome Bard
Alexis Serria (Andrew) 5th /2nd level female Human Cleric/Fighter
Eolias (Richard) 6th/1st level male Elven Ranger/Wizard
Game Events
Swiftly healing their wounds, the party chased after the fleeing Illithid into the maze of sewer tunnels that ran for miles beneath the city, but were soon hopelessly lost and had to surface and make their way back to their base at the Crooked House above ground.
Following up on the only clues they had, the strangely worded letter giving a meeting location as 'beneath the cold forge', and the strange yellow fungus coating the boots of the dead Drow, they were able to find a smithy called 'The Cold Forge'. Entering the sewers through a nearby grating, the group paused whilst Elzara and Eolias scouted ahead.
Turning a corner, the two scouts discovered a natural cave off the worked sewer tunnel which glowed faintly with phosphorescent yellow fungus and was scattered with huge swathes of giant toadstools, some quite gigantic.
Elzara and Eolias moved cautiously forwards, only to have four of the largest mushrooms emit a piercing shriek as they sensed the movement. Throwing all caution to the winds, the rest of the party hurried around the corner and piled into the mushrooms in a vain attempt to quieten them.
Moving on, about thirty yards past the mushrooms Alexis noticed that the floor ahead was glistening, almost oily. As the group were taking extra care not to slip, a flask of alchemist's fire was dropped from a ledge above onto Eoilas, igniting the oil on the floor and also catching Zook in it's flames.
Elzara, being the only one able to climb swiftly, scaled the 20' sheer cliff face to the ledge only to be met by a hail of crossbow bolts from the Drow stationed there, and was then bull rushed off the edge to fall back into the raging flames below.
The rest of the party started to shoot up at the Drow, keeping them pinned whilst Elzara made the climb again, and this time was able to keep her footing on the ledge while she eliminated the Drow with her martial artistry. Searching the bodies revealed another alchemist's fire and also two potions of Cure Moderate Wounds.
A few yards further on, the passage opened out into a large chamber dominated by a pool of water on the far side, but of more interest to the party was the fact that something in the pool was glowing green, bathing the entire room in curtains of gently shifting light.
As Zoook stepped forward, he noticed a serpentine form coiled around a stalagmite near to the pool which lifted to reveal that it had a human head! The Naga charmed Zoook with her gaze, and demanded tribute to allow the party to pass unmolested. Kamaal was next to be charmed, and Zook obeyed his new friend by slipping the Wand of Cure Moderate that he was carrying into the glowing pool.
Seeing this, Eolias drew his bow to fire upon the creature as he knew that Zook was acting out of character and shot at the Naga. This provoked a response in the shape of a fireball spell at him, and Alexis, who had also been charmed by now, grappled with him and interrupted his shots whilst the Naga turned invisible. The other charmed party members tried to grapple and otherwise stop their friends attacking their new friends, and a summoned swarm of bats descended on Eolias who immediately jumped into the pool to get away.
Unfortunately for him, this was the same hiding place chose by the Naga who attacked, poisoning him quite severely before being finally killed by the remaining members of the party. As Eolias was dragged from the pool he managed to grab hold of the wand dropped by Zoook.
Alexis and Zoook cured most of the wounds inflicted by spell and wand, then the party continued into the next chamber, where they found that the inhabitants had used the advance warning from the conflidt next door to array themselves in battle formation.
Three Drow faced the party as they entered, with two more providing cover from a high ledge whilst the leader, a Drow Cleric, threatened the entire cave from the rear.
No sooner had the group entered the cave than Eolias, Zoook, Kamaal and Alexis were hit with the effects of a confusion spell, causing Eolias and Zook to fight their own private battle which effectively removed them from the main fight.
Kamaal eliminated the first three Drow as the cleric cast a couple more spells and braced herself for the arrival of Elzara and Crumpus. Alexis struggled to despatch the two Drow crossbowmen who had charged her from their vantage point.
Despite taking a few good hits and a trip attack from the monk, the cleric summoned up all her force to drive Crumpus to his knees with a couple of well aimed strikes from the floor supplemented by her smite ability, then turned her attention to Elzara just as Kamaal arrived to assist.
Elzara was also knocked unconcious by a vicious swing before Kamaal finally managed to kill this most worthy of opponents. Looting the body provided a +1 light fortification Breastplate and a +1 Spell Storing Morningstar
Magical Items Found
Six potions of Cure Moderate Wounds
+1 light fortification Breastplate
+1 Spell Storing Morningstar
XP Summary
- 4 x Shriekers - 1,100 XP
- Drow Cleric - 4,600 XP
- 8 x Drow - 8,800 XP
- Spirit Naga - 4,600 XP
Total XP - 19,100
Kamal - 2,975 XP,
Eolias - 2,188 XP (part 50% NPC)
Crumpus - 2,132 XP (NPC)
Zoook - 3,600 XP,
Alexis - 2,975 XP,
Elzara - 3,600 XP,
Current Totals
Kamal - 24,716
Eolias - 26,458
Crumpus 24,141
Zoook, 24,141 - level up to 7!
Alexis - 26,622
Elzara - 24,141 - level up to 7!
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