Monthly Archives July 2016

Bees! Bees! Beeeees!…well, wasps, actually.

Opting against a return to wizardry, the group explores the other secret door in the main chamber and gains entrance to a network of corridors. A battle with a quintet of spooky undead is swiftly concluded as the maces of disruption weilded by Goldpiece and the Lad rain blows upon the undead that are turned by the wondertwin powers of the Gal and Kormier.
A move to the next hallway engages the group in a pitched battle with a hive of magekiller wasps, who almost live up their name by nearly slaying Malchor. Once defeated, the group presses on to the nest and slays the queen. They recover a vial of Ki-Rin tears and a living human – an adventurer of some sort, it is presumed. Goldpiece is certain that the person is infected with wasp eggs, but for now, they hall the person along.
Upon reach...

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What is behind door number two?

Behind the second portal is more strangeness. Hallways lead to a chamber dominated by a curtain of polychromatic light, and a strange mural of three wizards dominates the floor. As the group enters, the mural comes to life and the wizards and the group trade blows and blasts of arcane magic until the group decides that retreat is the better part of valor. As they flee the area, they become aware that they are under observation, as glowing eyes peer at them from various openings as they retreat to the safety of the rope trick. Upon the morrow, perhaps a return, or perhaps the last door.

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Creatures, both summoned and conjured

After filling the lantern and reading the words of opening the group enters the easternmost door and spends time investigating an old library – and the undead that inhabit it, They slay the undead and journey on to find a bust that gives the power of tongues. Passages are investigated and the group encounters an extraplanar being, While battling the creature, the group enters a cavern of intergalactic entrails that spit forth bloodthirsty raptorsauruses. Raptorsaurii?
Finally, the paladin’s powers become relevant and she dispatches the beasts after a pitched battle while the mages and cleric seal the rift (at least temporarily) with spells. More though produces headaches...

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