Monthly Archives May 2018

After plundering the transmuter’s lair and stripping his shelves of books and journals, the group returns to the temple of evil. After three days of trying they manage to dispel the trap that guards the door and enter the room. Along the way, they discover that one of the mice is a transmuted monk, who – upon rescue – offers his services to the party. One of the other mice is a cockatrice – scary! They also use the rust shield to eat through the portcullis that bars their progress deeper into the complex and find a stair that leads down to a ‘T’ intersection that radiates traps and magic in both directions.

The group finally enters the temple and the priest begins the ceremony. As he chants, the rest of the party spreads out around the perimeter and stands guard...

Faced with a portcullis, and unwilling to touch it or expend magic to open it, they turn back to explore more of the crypts they previously encountered, in the hopes that other avenues of exploration may be discovered. They do find a secret door with a keyhole, warded by a spell-engine that prevents magic from affecting the door. With no key in sight, they return to exploring.

A previously discovered hidden doorway is opened and explored. A hallway lies beyond as well as a couple of rooms, the last of which is some sort of warped menagerie. All manner of twisted mutations in cages are placed in the room. There are monkeys with spider legs and spiders with monkey heads. A human torso is topped by a tiger’s head and the abomination has given birth to a litter of young...