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<blockquote data-quote="Nebulous" data-source="post: 4686739" data-attributes="member: 31465"><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Adventure #12: The Ghoul Warren</span></p><p></p><p>After defeating the room of trapped statues, the party rests before continuing. The murky water from the whirlpool has flooded into the chamber, and the door beyond is rusted from the waist-level down. Double metal doors allow egress from here. They consider trying to destroy the stone dragon statues, but decide not to, it’s not worth the effort and they’re not harming anyone now. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/ghoul1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>They listen and search for traps, and finding none, slowly open heavy doors that creak on rusty hinges, revealing a corridor curving to the west. Kerric detects the unpleasant whiff of rotten meat. </p><p></p><p>A hundred feet later the corridor reaches another set of metal double doors, this one with a crack underneath. They all smell rotting meat now. Helga bends down and rattles a dagger under the door, but nothing yanks it from her grasp. With nowhere else to go but onward, the paladin grasps the handles and pushes inward. </p><p></p><p>Cold, stinking air wafts across them, and instantly they see movement at the edge of their light. Several shambling bodies begin to move toward them, followed by the raspy ululation of the undead. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/ghoul2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Halberd, sword and axe crush skulls and hew limbs from the undead monsters. But the creatures are numerous, and no sooner is one wave obliterated that a new one fills its ranks. Filthy claws scratch Helga’s face, but she just screams louder and cleaves a zombie straight down the middle, spewing black, ropy intestines across everyone. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/ghoul3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Erevan discharges magic missiles from the back ranks, and Irann curses foes, obliterating the undead in plumes of purple hellfire. And then Erevan begins dropping scorching bursts, immolating pockets of the zombies where they stand. All goes smoothly until a particularly tough zombie with an axe shows its rotten face, and then it and Kerric become engaged in a deadly duel through the door, hacking back and forth at each other. </p><p></p><p>Furthermore, the group hears the fluttering of wings somewhere in the darkness, and then horrible AGONY bursts behind Kerric’s eyes! He staggers to his knees, and the zombie lands a horrible blow to the side of his helm. </p><p></p><p>The sunrod is still lying on the floor in the large trap room, so they send Splug scrambling back to retrieve it. </p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, Erevan enters the room for a better angle on foes in the shadowy recesses of the chamber. His fire magic explodes around several of them, but then a new enemy surges around the corner, one that truly frightens the wizard. Fresh blood slathers its entire body, and feral teeth jut from a barely human face. It moves with predatory speed unlike any of the others, and a quick glimpse tells Kerric that this is a blasphemous ghoul…and extremely dangerous. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/ghoul7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/ghoul11.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The thing’s claws inflict paralysis, and Helga finds out the hard way as the muscles in her legs lock up. The ghoul falls upon her, shredding with its talons, but she manages to keep its horrible fangs from her throat. Brandis keeps stabbing left and right with his halberd, Kerric destroys the armed zombie, Irann zaps in and out of the battlefield with her warlock teleportation, and Helga does her best to defend herself despite her paralyzed legs. </p><p></p><p>Splug returns with the sunrod, and with the extended range of its light, they see what was flying toward the back of the room: some sort of grayish imp.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/ghoul9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>And it has been targeting a PC nearly every round with dazing psychic damage. The creature hisses and flaps out of sight, popping around the corner to hit someone with ranged pain, at least until Erevan locks its wings with a spell and it crumples to the floor. </p><p></p><p>The ghoul is finally destroyed and failed to actually bite anyone, and Kerric surges ahead to slay the little imp before it can escape. To his surprise, it is not flesh and blood and at all, but a man-made homunculus. It dies regardless.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/ghoul10.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The warren is thoroughly searched, but all they find is a small tunnel in the wall. It would be comfortable for Splug to scramble through, but the goblin refuses. Helga tosses the sunrod into the tunnel far enough to see it land inside a small room. Kerric volunteers to enter, and he squeezes twenty feet down and stands up. He searches the dirty rags and rotten clothes stuffed here and finds a Bag of Holding filled with gold coins. </p><p></p><p>The group has only one direction to go now: down a wide set of stairs to a large double doors emblazoned with a ram’s skull. </p><p></p><p>Kalarel surely cannot be far now. </p><p></p><p>The doors are opened, and the group sees a long, long hallway that opens up into a massive chamber. Someone stands upon a dais at the far end, and his voices echoes out upon their arrival, almost as if expected them:</p><p></p><p>“WHO DARES TO DEFILE THE HOLY SANCTUM OF LORD ORCUS?”</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/cath1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/cath2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/cath3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Kerric raises his hand. “That was me.”</p><p></p><p>And there we stopped (short session). Next time could very well be the conclusion to Shadowfell Keep.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nebulous, post: 4686739, member: 31465"] [size=4]Adventure #12: The Ghoul Warren[/size] After defeating the room of trapped statues, the party rests before continuing. The murky water from the whirlpool has flooded into the chamber, and the door beyond is rusted from the waist-level down. Double metal doors allow egress from here. They consider trying to destroy the stone dragon statues, but decide not to, it’s not worth the effort and they’re not harming anyone now. [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/ghoul1.jpg[/img] They listen and search for traps, and finding none, slowly open heavy doors that creak on rusty hinges, revealing a corridor curving to the west. Kerric detects the unpleasant whiff of rotten meat. A hundred feet later the corridor reaches another set of metal double doors, this one with a crack underneath. They all smell rotting meat now. Helga bends down and rattles a dagger under the door, but nothing yanks it from her grasp. With nowhere else to go but onward, the paladin grasps the handles and pushes inward. Cold, stinking air wafts across them, and instantly they see movement at the edge of their light. Several shambling bodies begin to move toward them, followed by the raspy ululation of the undead. [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/ghoul2.jpg[/img] Halberd, sword and axe crush skulls and hew limbs from the undead monsters. But the creatures are numerous, and no sooner is one wave obliterated that a new one fills its ranks. Filthy claws scratch Helga’s face, but she just screams louder and cleaves a zombie straight down the middle, spewing black, ropy intestines across everyone. [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/ghoul3.jpg[/img] Erevan discharges magic missiles from the back ranks, and Irann curses foes, obliterating the undead in plumes of purple hellfire. And then Erevan begins dropping scorching bursts, immolating pockets of the zombies where they stand. All goes smoothly until a particularly tough zombie with an axe shows its rotten face, and then it and Kerric become engaged in a deadly duel through the door, hacking back and forth at each other. Furthermore, the group hears the fluttering of wings somewhere in the darkness, and then horrible AGONY bursts behind Kerric’s eyes! He staggers to his knees, and the zombie lands a horrible blow to the side of his helm. The sunrod is still lying on the floor in the large trap room, so they send Splug scrambling back to retrieve it. Meanwhile, Erevan enters the room for a better angle on foes in the shadowy recesses of the chamber. His fire magic explodes around several of them, but then a new enemy surges around the corner, one that truly frightens the wizard. Fresh blood slathers its entire body, and feral teeth jut from a barely human face. It moves with predatory speed unlike any of the others, and a quick glimpse tells Kerric that this is a blasphemous ghoul…and extremely dangerous. [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/ghoul7.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/ghoul11.jpg[/img] The thing’s claws inflict paralysis, and Helga finds out the hard way as the muscles in her legs lock up. The ghoul falls upon her, shredding with its talons, but she manages to keep its horrible fangs from her throat. Brandis keeps stabbing left and right with his halberd, Kerric destroys the armed zombie, Irann zaps in and out of the battlefield with her warlock teleportation, and Helga does her best to defend herself despite her paralyzed legs. Splug returns with the sunrod, and with the extended range of its light, they see what was flying toward the back of the room: some sort of grayish imp. [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/ghoul9.jpg[/img] And it has been targeting a PC nearly every round with dazing psychic damage. The creature hisses and flaps out of sight, popping around the corner to hit someone with ranged pain, at least until Erevan locks its wings with a spell and it crumples to the floor. The ghoul is finally destroyed and failed to actually bite anyone, and Kerric surges ahead to slay the little imp before it can escape. To his surprise, it is not flesh and blood and at all, but a man-made homunculus. It dies regardless. [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/ghoul10.jpg[/img] The warren is thoroughly searched, but all they find is a small tunnel in the wall. It would be comfortable for Splug to scramble through, but the goblin refuses. Helga tosses the sunrod into the tunnel far enough to see it land inside a small room. Kerric volunteers to enter, and he squeezes twenty feet down and stands up. He searches the dirty rags and rotten clothes stuffed here and finds a Bag of Holding filled with gold coins. The group has only one direction to go now: down a wide set of stairs to a large double doors emblazoned with a ram’s skull. Kalarel surely cannot be far now. The doors are opened, and the group sees a long, long hallway that opens up into a massive chamber. Someone stands upon a dais at the far end, and his voices echoes out upon their arrival, almost as if expected them: “WHO DARES TO DEFILE THE HOLY SANCTUM OF LORD ORCUS?” [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/cath1.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/cath2.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/cath3.jpg[/img] Kerric raises his hand. “That was me.” And there we stopped (short session). Next time could very well be the conclusion to Shadowfell Keep. [/QUOTE]
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