Erastus 9
After another rest in the Shimmering Veil, the party was ready to clear out the last remaining wing of Runeforge and then return home.
Entering the Halls of Wrath, they came into a enormous room with a raised platform on the other side about 30 feet above the floor. On that platform was a large iron statue holding a bow. As they moved into the room the statue started to shoot energy arrows at them. Phain cast dimension door and moved Orik and Vale with him next to the statue. The monk used his abundant step to appear next to it as well. Shalelu started hitting it with arrows, landing a solid blow.
The statue started to pummel them with its fist. Orik took a blow that knocked him off the platform. Vale and the monk continued to rain blows upon it until the monk took a hit knocking him off the platform. Phain finished it off with a solid hit.
Past the platform was a hallway leading to a room with two circles. After studying them for awhile they determined that these may be teleportation circles leading further into the wing. Xantumal summoned an animal to determine which one was teleport away from the room and which one teleported them into the room.
Phain, Orik, Vale and the monk went first with the rest of the group schedule to come 30 seconds later. On the other side they saw a group of wrath sinspawn, with armor and axes and looked a lot tougher than the ones they saw under Sandpoint. Phain also heard spellcaster from behind them in a larger room.
Orik Vale and the monk attacked the sinspawn while Phain made an educated guess where the casters were and used dimension door to get there. He used his quicken rod to cast lightning bolt on a row of them then after the fighting wizards attacked hit them again and used improved invisibility. They seemed to have no way to locate him and used fireballs to hopefully catch him that way, but Phain dodge all of those easily.
Meanwhile the fight was hard for Orik, Vale and the monk, with the sinspawn knocking Vale unconscious and close to death, and the monk taking a heavy beating. The monk decided to go through the return circle and request for healing help, and send the rest of the group through.
Appearing back in the first room, Preacher channeled and saved Vale's life and bolstering the monk's. Xantumal and Shalelu went through as soon as the monk was ready with Hogie to follow the next round.
As the sinspawn were about finished, the remaining magus decided to forget about the invisible guy and focus on someone else, which happened to be Orik. Eight bolts of fire streaked into his body, killing him outright. Preacher was still in the other room at the time and couldn't be there for his Breath of Life.
Soon after Orik died,the party killed the rest of the mages. Preacher used Raise Dead on Orik and let him use his War Razor to Coup de Grace one of the magus and restore some of his life energy. The party searched the bodies for useful items while Preacher channeled some more and used some spells to heal everyone.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Session 52 - The Ravenous Crypts Continued
Erastus 7
The party started searching for secret doors after getting themselves healed up. The monk found a trap door in the floor that had a ladder leading down to a hallway. The group headed down the hallway and found yet another secret door leading to another room. Inside the room were three sarcophagi and the lich. It immediately cast a spell that made a cloud that made everyone sick, except Phain who was immune, and tapped his stick against a sarcophagus behind him. Immediately waves of negative energy pulsed healing the lich and Phain while injuring everyone else in the room.
Phain and the lich battled while everyone else fought the nausea. Xantumal, who had changed into an Earth Elemental and was traveling in the walls, came out and grabbed the lich and dragged him back up into the previous room. Everyone but Phain moved back there and dispatched the lich once in for all. Phain meanwhile broke all the sarcophagi with his adamantine gauntlet, including the lich's phylactery.
Having taken heavy damage, the party decided to rest back in the Shimmering Veil and come back to fully explore the Ravenous Crypts the next day.
Erastus 8
The party had one area left to explore in the crypts. Those doors lead to a larger room that was the tomb of some Thassilonian noble. An armor plated golem was inside protecting the tomb. The golem hit the monk, but otherwise the party was careful in their fight. Preacher tried to heal the wound, but somehow the wound was resisting the magic spell and Preacher told the monk it would have to heal on its own.
Searching carefully the rooms, they found one more hidden area. Inside was a sarcophagus made entirely out of crystal. Inside were undead, but they were not sure how to get them out. Phain took his adamantine gauntlet and smashed the crystal release two dread wraiths, larger version of wraiths. Preacher used his death ward to protect the group from level drain while the monk used his ghost touch sword to do full damage to the ghostly figures. Some damage was taken, but nothing the group couldn't handle.
A secret cache was found that had some treasure, as well as a plan shift focus. Preacher and Phain were sure that it could be used to travel directly here, instead of having to use the heads at Rimeskull.
The party started searching for secret doors after getting themselves healed up. The monk found a trap door in the floor that had a ladder leading down to a hallway. The group headed down the hallway and found yet another secret door leading to another room. Inside the room were three sarcophagi and the lich. It immediately cast a spell that made a cloud that made everyone sick, except Phain who was immune, and tapped his stick against a sarcophagus behind him. Immediately waves of negative energy pulsed healing the lich and Phain while injuring everyone else in the room.
Phain and the lich battled while everyone else fought the nausea. Xantumal, who had changed into an Earth Elemental and was traveling in the walls, came out and grabbed the lich and dragged him back up into the previous room. Everyone but Phain moved back there and dispatched the lich once in for all. Phain meanwhile broke all the sarcophagi with his adamantine gauntlet, including the lich's phylactery.
Having taken heavy damage, the party decided to rest back in the Shimmering Veil and come back to fully explore the Ravenous Crypts the next day.
Erastus 8
The party had one area left to explore in the crypts. Those doors lead to a larger room that was the tomb of some Thassilonian noble. An armor plated golem was inside protecting the tomb. The golem hit the monk, but otherwise the party was careful in their fight. Preacher tried to heal the wound, but somehow the wound was resisting the magic spell and Preacher told the monk it would have to heal on its own.
Searching carefully the rooms, they found one more hidden area. Inside was a sarcophagus made entirely out of crystal. Inside were undead, but they were not sure how to get them out. Phain took his adamantine gauntlet and smashed the crystal release two dread wraiths, larger version of wraiths. Preacher used his death ward to protect the group from level drain while the monk used his ghost touch sword to do full damage to the ghostly figures. Some damage was taken, but nothing the group couldn't handle.
A secret cache was found that had some treasure, as well as a plan shift focus. Preacher and Phain were sure that it could be used to travel directly here, instead of having to use the heads at Rimeskull.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Session 51 - The Ravenous Crypts
Erastus 7
The group went back to the Shimmering Veils to rest and returned the next day to the Ravenous Crypts. All the doors were locked and the rooms were empty. As the party mapped the rooms to make sure they didn't miss anything, they finally came to a room with more mummies in it. Having learned from the last battle, the party was more careful of their disease touch.
They found a secret door leading to a hallway. Phain sneaked down the hallway and saw an undead creature using surgical tools on a dead body. The party got hasted and charged into the room taking down the undead surgeon in no time. Another search found yet another secret door.
Opening that door they were quickly attacked by a lich. Xantumal was hit by a spell instantly killing him, but Preacher was there to use Breath of Life and save him from dying. Phain hit the lich with a lightning bolt, but when Orik hit it, the lich disappeared. Phain cast see invisible and found that the lich was actually in a separate corner. Phain moved and hit it with a lightning bolt but it had no effect. The lich cast a few damaging spells on the party, and became visible to everyone. Orik and Vale hit it a few times, driving it away when the lich cast a dimension door.
The group having no idea where it could have gone, grouped up and got healed before starting the search for the lich.
The group went back to the Shimmering Veils to rest and returned the next day to the Ravenous Crypts. All the doors were locked and the rooms were empty. As the party mapped the rooms to make sure they didn't miss anything, they finally came to a room with more mummies in it. Having learned from the last battle, the party was more careful of their disease touch.
They found a secret door leading to a hallway. Phain sneaked down the hallway and saw an undead creature using surgical tools on a dead body. The party got hasted and charged into the room taking down the undead surgeon in no time. Another search found yet another secret door.
Opening that door they were quickly attacked by a lich. Xantumal was hit by a spell instantly killing him, but Preacher was there to use Breath of Life and save him from dying. Phain hit the lich with a lightning bolt, but when Orik hit it, the lich disappeared. Phain cast see invisible and found that the lich was actually in a separate corner. Phain moved and hit it with a lightning bolt but it had no effect. The lich cast a few damaging spells on the party, and became visible to everyone. Orik and Vale hit it a few times, driving it away when the lich cast a dimension door.
The group having no idea where it could have gone, grouped up and got healed before starting the search for the lich.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Session 50 - Runeforged Weapons
Erastus 6
The party decided to infuse their weapons right away so they headed to the central chamber of runeforge, where the pool awaited surrounded by the statues of the last Runelords.
Dropping a shard of mirror from the Shimmering Veil in the pool, followed by Delvahine's "equipment", the pool started to bubble violently and swirl with many colors. Phain dipped his weapon in infusing it with the powers of illusion and enchantment. Just then Karzoug's voice boomed
The statue of Karzoug attacked! Vale or Orik dipped their weapons in right away and joined Phain in attacking. They found the statue was vulnerable to their Domineering weapons and called for the other to infuse their weapons as well. The newly empowered weapons made short work of "Karzoug".
The party then had a choice. The way out was supposedly in the wrath wing, but they wanted to make sure there wasn't anything else in Runeforge that they could use in the fight against Karzoug.
The decided to investigate the Abjurant halls. They knew from Vraxeris's journal that a couple years before this hall was wiped out by the other wings in a joint effort. Phain out ahead of the group found a room with a broken rod stuck into the floor. As he moved in to investigate, the rod burst with energy and powered down his magic items. He retreated back into the hall, took off his items, then return in the room and used his knowledge to disarm the rod so it would not go off and affect anyone else.
No one was left alive in the wing, but they found a magical pool filled with some strange liquid that was almost a solid. Phain investigated and determined that if you put magical items in the pool, it would break down the item into its components that could be used to create new items faster and cheaper. Unfortunately with Khazen dead, no one could use the pool, so they left it alone.
Next the decided to check out the Festering Maze. Phain scouted it out first and discovered everything dead inside and it was filled with poisonous gasses. Not needing anything from there, they moved on.
Next Preacher wanted to head into the necromancy wing and kill off all the undead, so the group headed there next. Coming into the first room, it was filled with mummies. Preacher rushed into the room and started channeling positive energy while the rest of the party attacked. Preacher and Orik were infected by disease while fighting, but everyone survived the battle. Preacher healed Orik and himself before heading deeper into the wing.
The party decided to infuse their weapons right away so they headed to the central chamber of runeforge, where the pool awaited surrounded by the statues of the last Runelords.
Dropping a shard of mirror from the Shimmering Veil in the pool, followed by Delvahine's "equipment", the pool started to bubble violently and swirl with many colors. Phain dipped his weapon in infusing it with the powers of illusion and enchantment. Just then Karzoug's voice boomed
You. Again. I can’t help but be inspired by your optimism, but alas,
your weapons will never reach Xin-Shalast. Your fate is death, here
in Runeforge.
The statue of Karzoug attacked! Vale or Orik dipped their weapons in right away and joined Phain in attacking. They found the statue was vulnerable to their Domineering weapons and called for the other to infuse their weapons as well. The newly empowered weapons made short work of "Karzoug".
The party then had a choice. The way out was supposedly in the wrath wing, but they wanted to make sure there wasn't anything else in Runeforge that they could use in the fight against Karzoug.
The decided to investigate the Abjurant halls. They knew from Vraxeris's journal that a couple years before this hall was wiped out by the other wings in a joint effort. Phain out ahead of the group found a room with a broken rod stuck into the floor. As he moved in to investigate, the rod burst with energy and powered down his magic items. He retreated back into the hall, took off his items, then return in the room and used his knowledge to disarm the rod so it would not go off and affect anyone else.
No one was left alive in the wing, but they found a magical pool filled with some strange liquid that was almost a solid. Phain investigated and determined that if you put magical items in the pool, it would break down the item into its components that could be used to create new items faster and cheaper. Unfortunately with Khazen dead, no one could use the pool, so they left it alone.
Next the decided to check out the Festering Maze. Phain scouted it out first and discovered everything dead inside and it was filled with poisonous gasses. Not needing anything from there, they moved on.
Next Preacher wanted to head into the necromancy wing and kill off all the undead, so the group headed there next. Coming into the first room, it was filled with mummies. Preacher rushed into the room and started channeling positive energy while the rest of the party attacked. Preacher and Orik were infected by disease while fighting, but everyone survived the battle. Preacher healed Orik and himself before heading deeper into the wing.
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