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<blockquote data-quote="TerraDave" data-source="post: 5990147" data-attributes="member: 22260"><p>Pass the pit, the party made a lurching trip back to the shadow tomb, and sought out the double doors, the keys for which they hopefully found in the same yet different vat chambers. </p><p></p><p>The ranger guided them back through the poisoned sphere, seemingly diabolical devil mouth, bridge over stirring (un)dead, catacomb, more tricky devil mouths, and back to the great double mithral doors. </p><p></p><p>Nar trying to insert the keys one at a time into the doors did not work. Ghen placing both in at the same time did. </p><p></p><p>Before them…</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/downloads/galleries/Tomb_art/img/4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The device is all too reminiscent of the one from the garden of graves. The wizard sees if he can disrupt it…he can, and when he does:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Acererak is back! And Lucian responds by teleporting next to the demi-lich and hurling it to the ground, allowing Forge to pound on it as the others shoot arrows and spells at it. It retaliates by starting to drain the rogues soul (confirming he has one), then Forge’s, then Nar’s, but Ghen disrupts the draining and with some luck, the party seems to have the edge. </p><p></p><p>Nonetheless, at some point the skull, after taking vast damage, breaks from the ground, consuming a stored soul to reverse some of skull cracking inflicted on it. It hides in the strange machine, and the party turns its attention back to it. Buckthorn uses an arrow to attach a rope to it, and Forge and Lucian make their way up…the skull strikes back, alternating its soul draining with deadly shadow rays.</p><p></p><p>Lucian finally succumbs, the soul drawn into the skull. But then the party brings down the mighty engine, showering the ground with gems! Then the skull consumes Lucian’s soul to continue the fight! Ghen is dropped by shadow rays! But Forge heals him and the damage to the skull continues, thanks in large part to relentless attacks from the ranger.</p><p> </p><p>It crumbles. Dangerous, but not the threat it posed in the original tomb (well, except to Lucian)….this could be a testament to the greater power and better tactics of the party, or the destruction of the machine (and the fact that the previous time was more of a 1e-4e hybrid), but in any case, this Acererak seems to be a mere shadow of itself. </p><p></p><p>The shadow dancer remains dead. Ghen begins the long ritual to bring him back, even as the tomb begins to warp and decay around them, with the occasional swell and break. A room with Shadar-kai treasure is found (teleported off their dead bodies). Meanwhile, Nar starts to drain the energy from every spare magic item he can get his hands on. </p><p>Ghen, during the long ritual, seems to indicate that his destiny lies elsewhere. </p><p></p><p>The soul of the tiefling is restored. The portal, destination unknown, is opened. They go.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/playing-game/327681-legacy-death-part-v-dead-eye-storm.html" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/playing-game/327681-legacy-death-part-v-dead-eye-storm.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerraDave, post: 5990147, member: 22260"] Pass the pit, the party made a lurching trip back to the shadow tomb, and sought out the double doors, the keys for which they hopefully found in the same yet different vat chambers. The ranger guided them back through the poisoned sphere, seemingly diabolical devil mouth, bridge over stirring (un)dead, catacomb, more tricky devil mouths, and back to the great double mithral doors. Nar trying to insert the keys one at a time into the doors did not work. Ghen placing both in at the same time did. Before them… [IMG]http://www.wizards.com/dnd/downloads/galleries/Tomb_art/img/4.jpg[/img] The device is all too reminiscent of the one from the garden of graves. The wizard sees if he can disrupt it…he can, and when he does: Acererak is back! And Lucian responds by teleporting next to the demi-lich and hurling it to the ground, allowing Forge to pound on it as the others shoot arrows and spells at it. It retaliates by starting to drain the rogues soul (confirming he has one), then Forge’s, then Nar’s, but Ghen disrupts the draining and with some luck, the party seems to have the edge. Nonetheless, at some point the skull, after taking vast damage, breaks from the ground, consuming a stored soul to reverse some of skull cracking inflicted on it. It hides in the strange machine, and the party turns its attention back to it. Buckthorn uses an arrow to attach a rope to it, and Forge and Lucian make their way up…the skull strikes back, alternating its soul draining with deadly shadow rays. Lucian finally succumbs, the soul drawn into the skull. But then the party brings down the mighty engine, showering the ground with gems! Then the skull consumes Lucian’s soul to continue the fight! Ghen is dropped by shadow rays! But Forge heals him and the damage to the skull continues, thanks in large part to relentless attacks from the ranger. It crumbles. Dangerous, but not the threat it posed in the original tomb (well, except to Lucian)….this could be a testament to the greater power and better tactics of the party, or the destruction of the machine (and the fact that the previous time was more of a 1e-4e hybrid), but in any case, this Acererak seems to be a mere shadow of itself. The shadow dancer remains dead. Ghen begins the long ritual to bring him back, even as the tomb begins to warp and decay around them, with the occasional swell and break. A room with Shadar-kai treasure is found (teleported off their dead bodies). Meanwhile, Nar starts to drain the energy from every spare magic item he can get his hands on. Ghen, during the long ritual, seems to indicate that his destiny lies elsewhere. The soul of the tiefling is restored. The portal, destination unknown, is opened. They go. [url]http://www.enworld.org/forum/playing-game/327681-legacy-death-part-v-dead-eye-storm.html[/url] [/QUOTE]
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