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<blockquote data-quote="Rhenny" data-source="post: 7375420" data-attributes="member: 18333"><p>Session 45 – Van Richten’s Tower</p><p></p><p>We made it to the Tower without incident. At the door, I noticed runes that were different from the first time we had visited. The inner edges that used to be golden, where then separated from each other. Now they were dark and touched each other. We assumed that Ezmeralda kept her word and deactivated the runes so we could explore. </p><p></p><p>Before entering, I started to cast a ritual detect magic spell, but Syvrina just pushed the door open and went inside. She said she saw four statue like figures, gollums holding chains that could raise a central platform. All around her was only debris. While Syvrina was exploring the ground florr, and before I could get very far into the ritual, we saw a menace in the sky, a young blue dragon was heading straight for the Tower. When the dragon got within 120’ or so, he inhaled deeply and a bolt of electrical energy shot from its mouth and hit the tower. The tower lurched from the impact. It started to crumble too. Syvrina had to dodge the falling debris, which she partially avoided as she dashed for the exit. </p><p></p><p>Outside, we studied the dragon. I had bad experiences with chromatic dragons so I was reluctant to launch a fireball at it. As we hid by the wagon and the tower, the dragon spoke out and told us that the master did not want anyone inside this tower. Then, the dragon flew into a new position only 40’ from us and inhaled once more. His electrical breath surged forth and hit Bynn, then it hit the wagon, then it hit me and Fid behind the wagon. Even with cover, both Fid and I took enough damage to knock us unconscious. Bynn was able to dodge it and avoid the full effects of the discharge. </p><p></p><p>Bynn was able to create a healing spirit and get Fid up on his feet. When the dragon landed, Fid took his second wind and charged the beast and Syvrina jumped up to attack as well. Syvrina and Fid did some damage to the beast, but it looked as if it could take a lot more. Brigby called lightning from the sky to strike the beast, but it was immune. Soon after, Bynn moved his healing spirit on to me and I regained consciousness. </p><p></p><p>The dragon did not breathe again. I was able to cast haste on Fid and Bynn moved the healing spirit over to Fid as well. Fid went crazy on the dragon attacking three times with his magical greatsword. He cut deeply into the dragon and the dragon roared. Brigby casted shield of faith upon himself and moved up to the battle as Syvrina continued to jab at the creature with her rapier and dagger. The dragon realizing that Fid was the most dangerous opponent unleashed a claw, claw, bite and took Fid down. Bynn’s healing spirit restored Fid to consciousness and then fid stood and faced the dragon with Brigby and Syvrina by his side. Fid mustered up his strength and hacked three times. The third time, he struck the beast in the neck as the beast leaned forward to bite him once again. His sword cleaved through the dragon’s neck and the head of the dragon fell to the ground. (Critical hit) Soon after, the body disappeared. Perhaps it was some kind of trick, a phantasm or creation that Strahd controlled.</p><p></p><p>Bynn’s healing spirit and Brigby’s cure spells helped us regain our strength before we set out to explore the Tower, which was still in the state of collapsing.</p><p></p><p>We ran inside and when Fid stood on the platform, the statues holding the chains started to pull the chains to raise the platform. One of the statues was damaged so the chain on his side was slack which tipped the platform slightly. Fid jumped off and I got on as Fid went to the broken chain and tried to pull. It was too much for him and the platform tipped again throwing me off.</p><p></p><p>All this time, debris was still falling around us so we knew we didn’t have a lot of time. Seeing the 2nd floor of the tower through the center shaft, I misty stepped up there. Then I was able to hop on the platform once more as it continued to go higher. There was not much in the tower going up, two, three, four floors, but at the top I hopped off the platform and saw a bedroom with a rune etched suit of armor standing in one part and a rune etched chest about 20’ from there. I studied the chest and could tell that a high level mage worked this magic. It was powerfully warded so I did not want to touch it. Still, debris falling, and being hit a number of times by some of it, I knew I’d have to get out quickly. I looked out the window and misty stepped to the ground to meet with the rest of my party.</p><p></p><p>We discussed our situation and decided that we’d wait for the tower to fall, then we’d try to dig for the chest and the armor. Bynn called forth some lightning to strike the tower and hasten its demise, and as the tower fell, behind us a battered Ezmeralda appeared from invisibility. She was nearly unconscious and exhausted, and said, “Strahd is after me. Now he wants to kill me.” Bynn and Brigby tended to Ezmeralda’s wounds and we all rested and healed as night started to fall.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rhenny, post: 7375420, member: 18333"] Session 45 – Van Richten’s Tower We made it to the Tower without incident. At the door, I noticed runes that were different from the first time we had visited. The inner edges that used to be golden, where then separated from each other. Now they were dark and touched each other. We assumed that Ezmeralda kept her word and deactivated the runes so we could explore. Before entering, I started to cast a ritual detect magic spell, but Syvrina just pushed the door open and went inside. She said she saw four statue like figures, gollums holding chains that could raise a central platform. All around her was only debris. While Syvrina was exploring the ground florr, and before I could get very far into the ritual, we saw a menace in the sky, a young blue dragon was heading straight for the Tower. When the dragon got within 120’ or so, he inhaled deeply and a bolt of electrical energy shot from its mouth and hit the tower. The tower lurched from the impact. It started to crumble too. Syvrina had to dodge the falling debris, which she partially avoided as she dashed for the exit. Outside, we studied the dragon. I had bad experiences with chromatic dragons so I was reluctant to launch a fireball at it. As we hid by the wagon and the tower, the dragon spoke out and told us that the master did not want anyone inside this tower. Then, the dragon flew into a new position only 40’ from us and inhaled once more. His electrical breath surged forth and hit Bynn, then it hit the wagon, then it hit me and Fid behind the wagon. Even with cover, both Fid and I took enough damage to knock us unconscious. Bynn was able to dodge it and avoid the full effects of the discharge. Bynn was able to create a healing spirit and get Fid up on his feet. When the dragon landed, Fid took his second wind and charged the beast and Syvrina jumped up to attack as well. Syvrina and Fid did some damage to the beast, but it looked as if it could take a lot more. Brigby called lightning from the sky to strike the beast, but it was immune. Soon after, Bynn moved his healing spirit on to me and I regained consciousness. The dragon did not breathe again. I was able to cast haste on Fid and Bynn moved the healing spirit over to Fid as well. Fid went crazy on the dragon attacking three times with his magical greatsword. He cut deeply into the dragon and the dragon roared. Brigby casted shield of faith upon himself and moved up to the battle as Syvrina continued to jab at the creature with her rapier and dagger. The dragon realizing that Fid was the most dangerous opponent unleashed a claw, claw, bite and took Fid down. Bynn’s healing spirit restored Fid to consciousness and then fid stood and faced the dragon with Brigby and Syvrina by his side. Fid mustered up his strength and hacked three times. The third time, he struck the beast in the neck as the beast leaned forward to bite him once again. His sword cleaved through the dragon’s neck and the head of the dragon fell to the ground. (Critical hit) Soon after, the body disappeared. Perhaps it was some kind of trick, a phantasm or creation that Strahd controlled. Bynn’s healing spirit and Brigby’s cure spells helped us regain our strength before we set out to explore the Tower, which was still in the state of collapsing. We ran inside and when Fid stood on the platform, the statues holding the chains started to pull the chains to raise the platform. One of the statues was damaged so the chain on his side was slack which tipped the platform slightly. Fid jumped off and I got on as Fid went to the broken chain and tried to pull. It was too much for him and the platform tipped again throwing me off. All this time, debris was still falling around us so we knew we didn’t have a lot of time. Seeing the 2nd floor of the tower through the center shaft, I misty stepped up there. Then I was able to hop on the platform once more as it continued to go higher. There was not much in the tower going up, two, three, four floors, but at the top I hopped off the platform and saw a bedroom with a rune etched suit of armor standing in one part and a rune etched chest about 20’ from there. I studied the chest and could tell that a high level mage worked this magic. It was powerfully warded so I did not want to touch it. Still, debris falling, and being hit a number of times by some of it, I knew I’d have to get out quickly. I looked out the window and misty stepped to the ground to meet with the rest of my party. We discussed our situation and decided that we’d wait for the tower to fall, then we’d try to dig for the chest and the armor. Bynn called forth some lightning to strike the tower and hasten its demise, and as the tower fell, behind us a battered Ezmeralda appeared from invisibility. She was nearly unconscious and exhausted, and said, “Strahd is after me. Now he wants to kill me.” Bynn and Brigby tended to Ezmeralda’s wounds and we all rested and healed as night started to fall. [/QUOTE]
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