The Spire of Long Shadows - Part Three

22 June 2007

Players/Characters
Crumpus (Russell) 12th level male Human Fighter
Elzara (Will) 12th level female Elven Monk
Volon (Ian) 12th level male Human Druid
Balthazzar (Andrew) 12th level male Human Cleric
Ellan (Ewar) 12th level male Human Wizard
Eolias (Richard) 6th/1st/5th level male Elven Ranger/Wizard/Arcane Archer

Game Events

Returning to Magepoint, the party sought out the High Priest Agath who agreed to cast True Resurrection upon the deceased members of the party.

Milliardo decided not to rejoin the group, so Agath introduced Balthazar, a cleric who would be willing to accompany the party.

The newcomer was swiftly brought up to speed with what had gone before. The update completed, Ellan cast teleport and returned them to the City of Kuluth-Mar.

Swiftly returning to the library-type room where they had been so easily rousted before the party made swift work of despatching their undead foes with Ellan’s disintegrate spells being very useful. Looting the remains turned up 3 x +1 Full Plate and a +1 Mithril Breastplate.

Once their opponents were dead the group experienced another vision – this showed Kyuss being tought something by a six-armed spellweaver. After this the group had a chance to investigate the room more fully and discovered several green worms that were intended to infiltrate the mind of the host and give innate bonuses to specific knowledges. Ellan and Balthazar both partook of the worms, but the remainder of the group refused.

Moving to the central pit, a dropped coin proved that the pit was very deep, so Ellan used Dimension Door to transport himself and Volon 490 feet down, which left them flying 10’ above a room filled with thousands of swarming green worms, which they eventually destroyed with the use of spells.

Ellan brought the rest of the party down, and they moved into the next chamber which was filled with rows and rows of bodies which appeared to be still fresh.

The next room was similar, but here the bodies were mere skeletons, the flesh having decayed many years before.

A passage was discovered that led to a literal sea of green worms with a couple of exits across from the characters.

Another door opened onto a chamber filled with books and scrolls that had been fashioned into some kind of nest.

Carefully checking the room, the group came upon a Naga which was eager to talk rather than attack. Balthazar spoke with the creature and discovered that it was willing to leave all it’s magical possessions behind if the group could help it to escape from the city – at present it could not cross the obsidian ring.

The group agreed, and Elzara used her step ability to cross the Naga out of the city. Searching the room, the group found a magical book which turned out to be a Manual of Bodily Health +1 that Crumpus took and started to examine.

Returning to the only door yet unopened on this side of the worm sea the group discovered a room with a strange fountain carved from black marble, and three of the strange hunch-backed Kyuss undead guarding it.

Crumpus was affected by a suggestion spell and went to drink the water, and Eolias fell victim to a Quickened Hold Person spell before the rest of the group managed to defeat their foes, recovering 3 +1 Mithril Breatplates from the bodies.

A fifth vision showing the passing of Kyuss into godhood was experienced in this room showing the entire city being sacrificed.


Magical Items Found

+1 Full Plate x 3
+1 Mithril Breastplate x 4
Manual of Bodily Health +1


XP Earned

Interpreting Vision 4 – 5,400 XP
3 x Swords of Kyuss – 5,400 XP
4 x Kyuss Wormcaller - 7,200 XP
Interpreting Vision 5 – 7,200 XP
6 x Wormswarm – 5,400 XP
Naga – 10,800 XP



Total XP - 41,400 XP


Volon - 8,700 XP
Eolias - 6,000 XP
Crumpus - 6,000 XP
Ellan - 8,700 XP
Balthazzar - 6,000 XP
Elzara - 6,000 XP


Current Totals

Volon - 81,900 XP - Level up to 13!
Eolias – 79,200 XP - Level up to 13!
Crumpus 79,200 XP - Level up to 13!
Ellan - 83,550 XP - Level up to 13!
Balthazzar – 79,200 XP - Level up to 13!
Elzara – 79,200 XP - Level up to 13!