25 May 2007
Players/Characters
Crumpus (Russell) 11th level male Human Fighter
Elzara (Will) 11th level female Elven Monk
Volon (Ian) 11th level male Human Druid
Milliardo Maquis (Andrew) 11th level male Human Knight
Ellan (Ewar) 11th level male Human Wizard
Eolias (Richard) 6th/1st/4th level male Elven Ranger/Wizard/Arcane Archer
Game Events
Being badly beaten, and with few spells in reserve the party decided to rest outside the pillar room, where they were not disturbed through the night.
Fully restored, Ellan cast fly on himself and Milliardo whilst Volon wildshaped into an Eagle, and all 3 cautiously approached the doors on the far side of the room.
As Milliardo neared the doors he held up the crystal seal as he had before, but this time he was rewarded with a bolt of lightning and a hurricane-force gust of wind that sent him tumbling back across the room.
Meanwhile, the rest of the party had entered the room, just in case the first set of doors closed, splitting the party. Elzara jumped up onto the widest pillar and discovered an indentation which would take the seal.
Milliardo flew to her, and set the seal in place. The pillar upon which they were standing started to rise, and they were eventually lifted up and through the illusory ceiling and into the true tomb.
This tomb was dominated by a sarcophagus floating 10' off the ground with the depiction of a Wind Duke on it’s underside, but before the two could investigate further they were attacked by the guardian of the tomb.
A demon had been lurking invisibly across the room and so was able to attack with surprise, paralysing Elzara and causing Milliardo to flee back through the hole in the floor.
The rest of the group, now all able to fly courtesy of Ellan, attempted to fly up through the ceiling to come to Elzara’s aid, but unfortunately this triggered more lightning and hurricane winds which kept some of them out.
Meanwhile, the demon (which was covered with hundreds of eyes) used a couple of Vampiric Drain attacks on Elzara which nearly killed her. Fortunately the others were able to intervene in the nick of time, but not before being severely mauled themselves.
Running away to heal up, the group made plans to deal with the beast on the next day.
Despite being specifically tooled up to deal with the creature the characters found that it was very hard to hit the demon in the first place, and due to it’s impressive list of immunities, spell resistance and damage reduction any hits that did get through were fairly useless as well.
Eolias discovered another carving of a Wind Duke on the top of the sarcophagus, but this carving had a space for the seal to be inserted.
Whilst the others kept the demon busy Milliardo set the seal in place on the coffin lid which slowly vanished to reveal a +2 mithral axiomatic longsword, a +2 mithral shocking burst shortsword, a piece of the Rod of Seven Parts and a Ring of the Wind Dukes in amongst the remnants of Icosiol's skeleton.
The demon was playing with the group, causing one after another to either run away or be knocked unconscious with pale grey rays it shot from it’s many eyes, and only Ellan was able to do any significant damage, but only when he managed to beat it’s spell resistance.
Finally, Elzara recalled that she had an Oil of Bless Weapon which she used to anoint her fists, allowing her to bypass the demon’s damage reduction. After this, it was all over very swiftly, leaving the party to claim the demon’s +2 unholy longsword.
As they examined the treasure from the sarcophagus, a feeling of anger swept over them, but quickly changed into one of blessing. At this, Eolias realised that the inert Talisman of the Sphere that he had been carrying since the first adventure in the Whispering Cairn was now fully activated, and Elzara’s Circlet of Wisdom was also upgraded to +4, and would also now act as a Circlet of Persuasion as well.
Very pleased with their finds, the party prepared to leave the tomb of Icosiol
Magical Items Found
+2 Unholy Longsword
+2 Mithral Axiomatic Longsword
+2 Mithral Shocking Burst Shortsword
Part of the Rod of 7 parts
Ring of the Wind Dukes
XP Earned
Oculous Demon – 0,000 XP
Gaining the Blessing of Icosiol – 0,000 XP
Total XP - 3,600 XP
Volon - 00 XP
Eolias - 00 XP
Crumpus - 00 XP
Ellan - 00 XP
Millardo - 00 XP
Elzara - 00 XP
Current Totals
Volon - 57,744 XP
Eolias – 57,744 XP
Crumpus 60,744 XP
Ellan - 59,394 XP
Millardo – 57,744 XP
Elzara – 57,744 XP
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Friday, May 11, 2007
A Gathering of Winds - Part Five
11 May 2007
Players/Characters
Crumpus (Russell) 11th level male Human Fighter
Elzara (Will) 11th level female Elven Monk
Volon (Ian) 11th level male Human Druid
Milliardo Maquis (Andrew) 11th level male Human Knight
Ellan (Ewar) 11th level male Human Wizard
Eolias (Richard) 6th/1st/4th level male Elven Ranger/Wizard/Arcane Archer
Game Events
After a fruitless search for their missing companions, Elzara, Volon, Milliardo and Crumpus healed back to full and went to speak with Moreto who was still waiting for them by the red river.
Moreto asked after the two missing characters, but was successfully bluffed by Milliardo that they were investigating elsewhere and were making sure that the spider did not return.
Moreto cautiously entered the spider's room, and when it was obvious that the spider had indeed been driven off, he upheld his end of the bargain and handed over the crystal seal to Millardo, then he and his Mohrg minions left the tomb.
Shortly after this, Eolias and Ellan arrived, relating a tale of planar travel and battling giant undead, but they were remarkably unscathed!
The seal was examined, one side showed three symbols in Aquan for 'Pesh' 'Aaqa' and 'Icosiol', the other showed a picture of a Wind Duke holding the seal up high infront of a pair of huge black doors whilst standing on a pillar slightly larger than the seal itself.
Returning to one of the doors near to the statue from where Kamaal had removed the mithril greatsword, the party opened it to discover a room covered in burning hot coals inhabited by a large salamander and a huge fire elemental. The Salamander introduced himself as ?????, and advised the party not to step into the room as he would then have to attack them, something which he would rather not do. He explained that he could not attack the holder of the seal of Icosiol - this tallied with the groups earlier observation that the Symbol of Law traps were now inoperative.
The remainder of the upper level was checked thoroughly but found to be empty, so the group used Ellan's spells to traverse the waterfall once more.
As soon as Millardo (the holder of the seal) reached the area where the second Wind Warrior ambush had taken place he immediately noticed a secret door in the rockface which was outlined with softly glowing light that no one else could see.
Opening the door the party found a steep staircase, at the top of which was a cavern blocked off by 50' tall black doors which were covered by hundreds of runes and symbols.
Standing before the doors, Milliardo raised aloft the seal and spoke aloud the three runes. The doors silently opened to reveal a strange room beyond.
There was no floor, but approximately 80' down a mass of clouds boiled and swirled, lit from within by occasional flashes of purple lightning. In front of the party were several pillars which thrust through the clouds, one was slowly rotating in place, one appeared to be coated in tar, one was a lighter colour, one reached to the roof and the last was about twice the diameter of the others. Across the other side of the room were another pair of black doors matching those that Milliardo had just opened.
Being the most proficient in jump, Elzara lept easily across the gaps between the first few pillars with no trouble, but as she reached the other doors a gust of wind and lightning bolt forced her onto the tar-covered pillar. This tarry substance turned out to be some kind of rubber forcing a balance check, which she failed and fell into the pit, falling 500' through the clouds before hitting the bottom and being knocked unconcious.
Seeing this, Ellan, Milliardo and Volon used their spells and wild shape to fly across to try and help Elzara, but were set upon by two huge air elementals that were hiding in the clouds.
Volon was caught in a whirlwind effect and thrown out at the bottom of the pit whilst the other elemental entered combat with the remainder of the group.
Volon healed Elzara, and they both started up, Volon wildshaping and flying, Elzara climbing, and they eventually reached the top just as the party managed to kill the last elemental
Magical Items Found
None
XP Summary
2 Air Elementals - 3,600 XP
Total XP - 3,600 XP
Volon - 600 XP
Eolias - 600 XP
Crumpus - 600 XP
Ellan - 600 XP
Millardo - 600 XP
Elzara - 600 XP
Current Totals
Volon - 57,744 XP
Eolias – 57,744 XP
Crumpus 59,744 XP
Ellan - 59,394 XP
Millardo – 57,744 XP
Elzara – 57,744 XP
Players/Characters
Crumpus (Russell) 11th level male Human Fighter
Elzara (Will) 11th level female Elven Monk
Volon (Ian) 11th level male Human Druid
Milliardo Maquis (Andrew) 11th level male Human Knight
Ellan (Ewar) 11th level male Human Wizard
Eolias (Richard) 6th/1st/4th level male Elven Ranger/Wizard/Arcane Archer
Game Events
After a fruitless search for their missing companions, Elzara, Volon, Milliardo and Crumpus healed back to full and went to speak with Moreto who was still waiting for them by the red river.
Moreto asked after the two missing characters, but was successfully bluffed by Milliardo that they were investigating elsewhere and were making sure that the spider did not return.
Moreto cautiously entered the spider's room, and when it was obvious that the spider had indeed been driven off, he upheld his end of the bargain and handed over the crystal seal to Millardo, then he and his Mohrg minions left the tomb.
Shortly after this, Eolias and Ellan arrived, relating a tale of planar travel and battling giant undead, but they were remarkably unscathed!
The seal was examined, one side showed three symbols in Aquan for 'Pesh' 'Aaqa' and 'Icosiol', the other showed a picture of a Wind Duke holding the seal up high infront of a pair of huge black doors whilst standing on a pillar slightly larger than the seal itself.
Returning to one of the doors near to the statue from where Kamaal had removed the mithril greatsword, the party opened it to discover a room covered in burning hot coals inhabited by a large salamander and a huge fire elemental. The Salamander introduced himself as ?????, and advised the party not to step into the room as he would then have to attack them, something which he would rather not do. He explained that he could not attack the holder of the seal of Icosiol - this tallied with the groups earlier observation that the Symbol of Law traps were now inoperative.
The remainder of the upper level was checked thoroughly but found to be empty, so the group used Ellan's spells to traverse the waterfall once more.
As soon as Millardo (the holder of the seal) reached the area where the second Wind Warrior ambush had taken place he immediately noticed a secret door in the rockface which was outlined with softly glowing light that no one else could see.
Opening the door the party found a steep staircase, at the top of which was a cavern blocked off by 50' tall black doors which were covered by hundreds of runes and symbols.
Standing before the doors, Milliardo raised aloft the seal and spoke aloud the three runes. The doors silently opened to reveal a strange room beyond.
There was no floor, but approximately 80' down a mass of clouds boiled and swirled, lit from within by occasional flashes of purple lightning. In front of the party were several pillars which thrust through the clouds, one was slowly rotating in place, one appeared to be coated in tar, one was a lighter colour, one reached to the roof and the last was about twice the diameter of the others. Across the other side of the room were another pair of black doors matching those that Milliardo had just opened.
Being the most proficient in jump, Elzara lept easily across the gaps between the first few pillars with no trouble, but as she reached the other doors a gust of wind and lightning bolt forced her onto the tar-covered pillar. This tarry substance turned out to be some kind of rubber forcing a balance check, which she failed and fell into the pit, falling 500' through the clouds before hitting the bottom and being knocked unconcious.
Seeing this, Ellan, Milliardo and Volon used their spells and wild shape to fly across to try and help Elzara, but were set upon by two huge air elementals that were hiding in the clouds.
Volon was caught in a whirlwind effect and thrown out at the bottom of the pit whilst the other elemental entered combat with the remainder of the group.
Volon healed Elzara, and they both started up, Volon wildshaping and flying, Elzara climbing, and they eventually reached the top just as the party managed to kill the last elemental
Magical Items Found
None
XP Summary
2 Air Elementals - 3,600 XP
Total XP - 3,600 XP
Volon - 600 XP
Eolias - 600 XP
Crumpus - 600 XP
Ellan - 600 XP
Millardo - 600 XP
Elzara - 600 XP
Current Totals
Volon - 57,744 XP
Eolias – 57,744 XP
Crumpus 59,744 XP
Ellan - 59,394 XP
Millardo – 57,744 XP
Elzara – 57,744 XP
A Gathering of Winds - Planes Apart
11 May 2007
Players/Characters
Ellan (Ewar) 11th level Human Wizard
Eolias (Richard) 6th/1st/4th level male Elven Ranger/Wizard/Arcane Archer
Game Events
Stranded on the Plane of Shadows by the guardian of Icosiol’s tomb, Ellan and Eolias sifted through the piles of coin and other mundane items in the spider’s lair in the hope of finding a way back to the Prime Material plane.
Having found nothing of use, they set off through the shadowy realm to try and locate a gate between the planes, Ellan remembering that such areas, whilst uncommon, did exist. He also recalled that they were also usually watched by strong guardians.
After travelling for several hours they were drawn to a place where some slight strands of colour were visible in amongst the monochrome drabness of this plane. Getting closer it became apparent that these swirls of colour were emanating from a tiny tear in the fabric of the plane, but as they approached to investigate they were set upon by a Dread Wraith who had noted their advance.
Eolias was hit first, and decided to retreat to use his arrows from range, leaving the hapless Wizard to combat the undead menace face to face.
Using all his spells to their maximum effect, Ellan was able to withstand the assault of the Wraith, and between them the Archer and Wizard managed to do enough damage to force the monster from the plane of Shadows.
Ellan checked the area and discovered the remnants of a spellbook which contained a few spells that he did not already know.
Pushing through the tear joining the planes the two found themselves back in the Tomb of Icosiol, and hurried to join the rest of the party where they found that time had passed more slowly for them, what has seemed like 10 mins had actually taken over 30!.
Magical Items Found
None
XP Summary
Dread Wraith - 3,3000 XP
Total XP - 3,300 XP
Eolias - 825 XP (50% NPC)
Ellan - 1,650 XP
Current Totals
Eolias – 0,000 XP
Ellan - 0,000 XP
Players/Characters
Ellan (Ewar) 11th level Human Wizard
Eolias (Richard) 6th/1st/4th level male Elven Ranger/Wizard/Arcane Archer
Game Events
Stranded on the Plane of Shadows by the guardian of Icosiol’s tomb, Ellan and Eolias sifted through the piles of coin and other mundane items in the spider’s lair in the hope of finding a way back to the Prime Material plane.
Having found nothing of use, they set off through the shadowy realm to try and locate a gate between the planes, Ellan remembering that such areas, whilst uncommon, did exist. He also recalled that they were also usually watched by strong guardians.
After travelling for several hours they were drawn to a place where some slight strands of colour were visible in amongst the monochrome drabness of this plane. Getting closer it became apparent that these swirls of colour were emanating from a tiny tear in the fabric of the plane, but as they approached to investigate they were set upon by a Dread Wraith who had noted their advance.
Eolias was hit first, and decided to retreat to use his arrows from range, leaving the hapless Wizard to combat the undead menace face to face.
Using all his spells to their maximum effect, Ellan was able to withstand the assault of the Wraith, and between them the Archer and Wizard managed to do enough damage to force the monster from the plane of Shadows.
Ellan checked the area and discovered the remnants of a spellbook which contained a few spells that he did not already know.
Pushing through the tear joining the planes the two found themselves back in the Tomb of Icosiol, and hurried to join the rest of the party where they found that time had passed more slowly for them, what has seemed like 10 mins had actually taken over 30!.
Magical Items Found
None
XP Summary
Dread Wraith - 3,3000 XP
Total XP - 3,300 XP
Eolias - 825 XP (50% NPC)
Ellan - 1,650 XP
Current Totals
Eolias – 0,000 XP
Ellan - 0,000 XP
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
A Gathering of Winds - Part Four
4 May 2007
Players/Characters
Crumpus (Russell) 10th level male Human Fighter
Elzara (Will) 10th level female Elven Monk
Kamal (Ian) 6th level Male Troglodyte Hexblade
Zoook (Ewar) 10th level Gnome Bard
Milliardo Maquis (Andrew) 10th level male Human Knight
Eolias (Richard) 6th/1st/3rd level male Elven Ranger/Wizard/Arcane Archer
Game Events
Deciding that Allustan would probably be more use to the party outside Icosiol’s Tomb (and also less of a liability in a firefight) the Mage was asked to return to Diamond Lake to reassure the inhabitants that the Black Dragon was indeed dead. The characters rested to heal and recover some ability damage before pressing on.
It now appeared that the only way forwards was follow the red river down the waterfall where Elzara and Zoook had rescued Milliardo the day before. They decided to return to the ice room and then to the waterfall through the secret door at the end of the corridor, and so they once again entered the river.
As the least armoured, Elzara went first, but was swept away by the water and so missed the turning to the icy rooms and was forced over the edge of the waterfall, falling 100’ into a small underground lake. Unfortunately she had no light source so had to strike out blindly in the hope of reaching the shore.
The rest of the party were unaware that Elzara had gone over the waterfall and so were surprised not to find her ahead of them in the icy rooms, but pressed on and started to climb down alongside the raging waters.
After about 100’ the passageway narrowed, the red spray soaking the rocks and making it more treacherous than before, causing first Eolias and then Kamal to fall into the darkness below. Milliardo and Crumpus tried to descend as fast as possible to assist their comrades as Zoook levitated down with them.
As the hapless trio in the water tried to make it to shore, six Wind Warriors flew down into the cavern and started to pepper them with crossbow bolts.
Upon reaching the shore, Eolias made the mistake of shooting back, disarming three warriors with a spectacular display of accuracy. Reforming their weapons, all six fired at the Elf, knocking him unconscious as his companions tried to shield him from further harm.
Eventually the Wind Warriors ran out of quarrels and flew further down into the passageways, leaving the group to dole out their meagre healing before having to follow their foes into the darkness.
The next level down was another large waterfall where the waters swirled before dropping further into the depths.
Whilst the party were investigating this area the six Wind Warriors flew in to attack, using two sword attacks to devastating effect. By striking their swords together the Wind Dukes were able to create a sonic effect, and with multiple uses of this hammering into the group, both Zoook and Kamal were knocked unconcious. Without a healer present the party were unable to save them, even though they managed to defeat the enemy warriors.
As they resting again to heal as best they could, the party spotted a light source falling towards them, which turned out to be a human wizard called Ellan accompanied by a human druid called ???? who was in eagle form. They had been contacted by Allustan and asked to provide arcane and divine support to the party, as both had been in short supply, and so had entered the tomb and followed Allustan's instructions to reach the group.
Eagerly welcoming the new source of healing the party pressed on to a cavern at the foot of the falls where they met a strange gentleman who introduced himself as Moreto, Marquis of Ravenstone.
Moreto was dressed in a stylish, if somewhat outdated outfit, with very pale skin, and teeth that had been filed to a point. He also carried a lantern which gave off an eerie green glow which made flesh look unnatural and anyone who stayed in the light for long started to glow withthe same light. Some of the party were uneasy about this, but the main point of concern came when Moreto introduced them to his two minions, a pair of undead Mohrgs who were under his control!
He admitted to being an adventurer from the White Kingdom, an underground city, who was trying to find a way to the surface when he stumbled upon Icosiol’s tomb. Whilst investigating the upper levels he came across a large 1’ across seal carved from a single crystal, but he was ambushed by the giant spider when trying to leave.
Leaving some of his controlled undead behind to cover his retreat, Moreto managed to escape and has been examining the crystal ever since in the hope that it might provide him with some way to defeat the spider and reach the surface world.
Eolias told Moreto that they had promised the spider that they would attempt to recover it’s stolen property and slay the thief. At this Moreto laughed, and made a counter-offer. If the party would return and attack the spider, he would give them the crystal disk. The disk was engraved with three runes on one side, the other with a scene where a Wind Duke, standing on a floating disk, was holding up the crystal in front of a gigantic pair of black double doors. The runes were quickly identified as Icosiol, Pesh and Aaqq.
Deciding that the spider would probably be the weaker opponent, the group agreed to help Moreto to reach the surface, and so started to scale the waterfall yet again.
Reaching the broken bridge the characters decided to rest and recover here before their assault on the spider. During that evening Eolias once again suffered some CON damage from an unknown source.
Marshalling their resources, the party burst into the spider’s room and attacked, making sure that the vulnerable spellcasters were protected in the middle of the party.
After the initial assault, the spider managed to travel via the shadows thrown by the party’s own light sources and bit both Ellan and Eolias, paralysing and transporting them to it’s lair on the plane of shadows before being driven off by the damage being meted out by the remaining party members.
The four characters left in Icosiol’s Tomb looked for Eolioas and Ellan in vain, whilst the two on the Plane of Shadows filled their pockets with the spider’s treasure.
Magical Items Found
None
XP Summary
6 x Wind Dukes - 9,000 XP
Traversing the Falls - 9,000 XP
Shadow Spider - 9,000 XP
Moreto - 4,500 XP
Total XP - 31,500 XP
Volon - 5,250 XP
Eolias - 5,250 XP
Crumpus - 5,250 XP
Ellan - 5,250 XP
Millardo - 5,250 XP
Elzara - 5,250 XP
Current Totals
Volon - 57,144 XP Level up to 11!!
Eolias – 57,144 XP Level up to 11!!
Crumpus 58,144 XP Level up to 11!!
Ellan - 57,144 XP Level up to 11!!
Millardo – 57,144 XP Level up to 11!!
Elzara – 57,144 XP Level up to 11!!
Players/Characters
Crumpus (Russell) 10th level male Human Fighter
Elzara (Will) 10th level female Elven Monk
Kamal (Ian) 6th level Male Troglodyte Hexblade
Zoook (Ewar) 10th level Gnome Bard
Milliardo Maquis (Andrew) 10th level male Human Knight
Eolias (Richard) 6th/1st/3rd level male Elven Ranger/Wizard/Arcane Archer
Game Events
Deciding that Allustan would probably be more use to the party outside Icosiol’s Tomb (and also less of a liability in a firefight) the Mage was asked to return to Diamond Lake to reassure the inhabitants that the Black Dragon was indeed dead. The characters rested to heal and recover some ability damage before pressing on.
It now appeared that the only way forwards was follow the red river down the waterfall where Elzara and Zoook had rescued Milliardo the day before. They decided to return to the ice room and then to the waterfall through the secret door at the end of the corridor, and so they once again entered the river.
As the least armoured, Elzara went first, but was swept away by the water and so missed the turning to the icy rooms and was forced over the edge of the waterfall, falling 100’ into a small underground lake. Unfortunately she had no light source so had to strike out blindly in the hope of reaching the shore.
The rest of the party were unaware that Elzara had gone over the waterfall and so were surprised not to find her ahead of them in the icy rooms, but pressed on and started to climb down alongside the raging waters.
After about 100’ the passageway narrowed, the red spray soaking the rocks and making it more treacherous than before, causing first Eolias and then Kamal to fall into the darkness below. Milliardo and Crumpus tried to descend as fast as possible to assist their comrades as Zoook levitated down with them.
As the hapless trio in the water tried to make it to shore, six Wind Warriors flew down into the cavern and started to pepper them with crossbow bolts.
Upon reaching the shore, Eolias made the mistake of shooting back, disarming three warriors with a spectacular display of accuracy. Reforming their weapons, all six fired at the Elf, knocking him unconscious as his companions tried to shield him from further harm.
Eventually the Wind Warriors ran out of quarrels and flew further down into the passageways, leaving the group to dole out their meagre healing before having to follow their foes into the darkness.
The next level down was another large waterfall where the waters swirled before dropping further into the depths.
Whilst the party were investigating this area the six Wind Warriors flew in to attack, using two sword attacks to devastating effect. By striking their swords together the Wind Dukes were able to create a sonic effect, and with multiple uses of this hammering into the group, both Zoook and Kamal were knocked unconcious. Without a healer present the party were unable to save them, even though they managed to defeat the enemy warriors.
As they resting again to heal as best they could, the party spotted a light source falling towards them, which turned out to be a human wizard called Ellan accompanied by a human druid called ???? who was in eagle form. They had been contacted by Allustan and asked to provide arcane and divine support to the party, as both had been in short supply, and so had entered the tomb and followed Allustan's instructions to reach the group.
Eagerly welcoming the new source of healing the party pressed on to a cavern at the foot of the falls where they met a strange gentleman who introduced himself as Moreto, Marquis of Ravenstone.
Moreto was dressed in a stylish, if somewhat outdated outfit, with very pale skin, and teeth that had been filed to a point. He also carried a lantern which gave off an eerie green glow which made flesh look unnatural and anyone who stayed in the light for long started to glow withthe same light. Some of the party were uneasy about this, but the main point of concern came when Moreto introduced them to his two minions, a pair of undead Mohrgs who were under his control!
He admitted to being an adventurer from the White Kingdom, an underground city, who was trying to find a way to the surface when he stumbled upon Icosiol’s tomb. Whilst investigating the upper levels he came across a large 1’ across seal carved from a single crystal, but he was ambushed by the giant spider when trying to leave.
Leaving some of his controlled undead behind to cover his retreat, Moreto managed to escape and has been examining the crystal ever since in the hope that it might provide him with some way to defeat the spider and reach the surface world.
Eolias told Moreto that they had promised the spider that they would attempt to recover it’s stolen property and slay the thief. At this Moreto laughed, and made a counter-offer. If the party would return and attack the spider, he would give them the crystal disk. The disk was engraved with three runes on one side, the other with a scene where a Wind Duke, standing on a floating disk, was holding up the crystal in front of a gigantic pair of black double doors. The runes were quickly identified as Icosiol, Pesh and Aaqq.
Deciding that the spider would probably be the weaker opponent, the group agreed to help Moreto to reach the surface, and so started to scale the waterfall yet again.
Reaching the broken bridge the characters decided to rest and recover here before their assault on the spider. During that evening Eolias once again suffered some CON damage from an unknown source.
Marshalling their resources, the party burst into the spider’s room and attacked, making sure that the vulnerable spellcasters were protected in the middle of the party.
After the initial assault, the spider managed to travel via the shadows thrown by the party’s own light sources and bit both Ellan and Eolias, paralysing and transporting them to it’s lair on the plane of shadows before being driven off by the damage being meted out by the remaining party members.
The four characters left in Icosiol’s Tomb looked for Eolioas and Ellan in vain, whilst the two on the Plane of Shadows filled their pockets with the spider’s treasure.
Magical Items Found
None
XP Summary
6 x Wind Dukes - 9,000 XP
Traversing the Falls - 9,000 XP
Shadow Spider - 9,000 XP
Moreto - 4,500 XP
Total XP - 31,500 XP
Volon - 5,250 XP
Eolias - 5,250 XP
Crumpus - 5,250 XP
Ellan - 5,250 XP
Millardo - 5,250 XP
Elzara - 5,250 XP
Current Totals
Volon - 57,144 XP Level up to 11!!
Eolias – 57,144 XP Level up to 11!!
Crumpus 58,144 XP Level up to 11!!
Ellan - 57,144 XP Level up to 11!!
Millardo – 57,144 XP Level up to 11!!
Elzara – 57,144 XP Level up to 11!!
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