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<blockquote data-quote="tariff" data-source="post: 1628477" data-attributes="member: 18635"><p><strong>Re-Entering the Crypts</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Session 7:</strong> Wherein the party goes shopping in Daggerfalls. They buy a lot of potions, Antitoxins and Healing potions being a particular favorite. As with Zarathrustra’s departure they are without cleric. Whilst they have a quiet drink that evening in the Teshford Arms Inn a powerful looking Necromancer enters, <em>“good day I am Mortise a associate of Chandos. I need to speak with him, then ill be on my way” </em> They whisper together for a moment. Then Mortise leaves. The party have a few more drinks and retire for the night. Tomorrow they will set off back to the Dordrien Crypts, and back to the drow beyond.</p><p> Morning arrives and the party set off on foot, none of the party wishing to ride. They take a leisurely stroll, it takes about 5 hours to hike the distance of 10 miles along the wide and dusty track. Two old small stone buildings appear out of the gloom. It had been here the party had faced the vampire Chahir. Nothing seems disturbed. <em>“wish we had a tracker” </em> says the Half-Orc Lipput. They approach the large stone doors set in the hillside. <em>“Hope these aren’t shut, took ages to open last time” </em> grumbles Brownstone. </p><p></p><p>The combined brute strength of Lipput and the human, orcus worshipping, Chandos pries open the doors easily, revealing the corridor stretching into the rock. <em>“the doors haven’t been barred…” </em> states Chandos. The party proceeds in. The Duergar, Hairbear feels comforted entering the Hillside, even though he has been blessed with Daylight adaptation, the dwarf prefers it underground. Even so, he doesn’t trust the Drow, he knows what they are capable of. He begins searching the corridor slowly for traps. The half-elf, Assassin, Mr Brownstone, impatient, strides ahead. Getting to the corner, Brownstone peers round to the right. He spies the corridor stretching off approximately 80 feet before entering the first cavern area of the Dordrien Crypts. <em>“Seems to be clear” </em> he whispers to the party. Lipput decides to check in the first room, it should contain a empty crypt.. yep, still does!. Hairbear stops searching for traps in the corridor, figuring Brownstone would have set them off by now with his nonchalant steps. Brownstone steps out and heads for a door on the left hand side of the corridor. This had been a family vault, the party had triggered a glyph and celestial Dire lions had appeared and attacked the party. The glyph therefore should be dispelled, best check. Brownstone begins to check for traps when suddenly out of the corner of his eye he notices movement at the cavern area down the corridor. Nanoseconds later a pillar of flame (flame strike) from above slams down on Brownstone, his reactions do not fail him however and he dodges the blast taking no damage. <em>“we got company!”</em> shouts Brownstone as he spies a Drow that has suddenly appeared in the cavern, by her vestments she appears to be a cleric, a cleric of this this new god Kiaranselee.. Chandos, hearing Brownstones cry starts getting potions/antitoxins from his backpack… “Poison me after I quaffed this lot!” thinks the warrior. Hairbear runs forward, round the corner and fires off a arrow at the cleric. The drow responds by attempting a <em>Hold person</em> on Hairbear, it fails. Brownstone once again utilizes his quick reactions as he sees several missiles scream towards him from another Drow that has appeared out of thin air in the cavern 80 feet away (a Arcane Guard), he is unsuccessful and two missiles slam into his body. “That was unerring” he thinks. More Drow come from the cavern, these appear to be common Drow armed with bows and rapiers, one fires a poisoned arrow at Hairbear but he resists its <em>sleep </em> effects. Chandos rushes forward with purpose. He comes under a hail of arrowfire. He can see the sticky black Drow <em>sleep </em> poison coating the arrows, fortunately he is aided by antitoxins. Hairbear engages the Arcane Guard with arrow fire initially before closing in. The cleric speaks to the party in broken common. <em>“I am Velina, you will bother us no-more, attack my prettys!” </em> Out of the cavern steps a creature the party is only to familiar with, the flayed skin of the undead creature drips with its caustic blood. It’s <em>horrific gaze </em> to much to bear for Chandos and Hairbear who cower before the creature. Lipput wields <em>Crow the Bow </em> and rains arrow fire at the Quth Maron from the end of the corridor. Brownstone attacks Velina. Velina lets out a cackle as another of the undead creatures enters the fray from the cavern, its awful visage overwhelming Mr Brownstone who cowers in its presence. Velina steps forward and attempts a <em>slay living </em> spell on the cowering Chandos but Chandos resists . The Arcane guard uses a wand on Lipput, but the Barbarian/Rogue manages to shake off the effects of the <em>Hold Person</em> Spell. Velina does however; manage to heal the Arcane guard. Lipput the only member of the party not cowering before this drow onslaught lets loose with Crow, his aim is true and he fells one of the Quth Maron. With the creature dead, Chandos and Hairbear are released from its gaze, they look up and see the other Quth Maron but both manage to overcome their fear. The party engages their attackers with vengeance. Hairbear attacks Velina with his shocking spear, he hits but as he hits searing flames burn him <em>“she’s got some kind of fire shield on”</em> exclaims the duergar. Brownstone attacks Velina and fells the drow cleric, but not before taking fire damage. Lipput finnishes off the remaining Quth maron. The Arcane guard and the other common drow fall soon enough with Chandos’s flailing arms & Lipputs arrow fire. </p><p></p><p>They search the bodies of the fallen Drow. Velina T’sarran had acquired a few items the party may be interested in, these included a Corrosive Dagger and Elven Chainmail +2 and Velina’s wand of hold person</p><p></p><p>The party continues through the Dordrien Crypts again without incident. Once again they come to the small shaft, behind it standing a wall of stone. Hairbear leads the way and they climb down into the room that adjoins the huge chasm. They peer down the huge web. There seems no sign of life.</p><p></p><p>The party have the choice of a six possible caverns/cave entrances to enter from off of the huge spider web. They decide to go back to the top right cave entrance, the area they had deemed The Barracks.</p><p>They successfully navigate the web and enter the small Barracks complex. There are a total of six rooms in this area, as well as cells. And the party encounter no Drow in this area. They enter a officers quarters. On searching this area Mr Brownstone finds on top of a neat stack of papers a wax-sealed bone tube containing a letter penned in Espruar Script, the drow dialect. It takes a while, but Mr Brownstone successfully deciphers the letter and reads it to the party</p><p></p><p><em>Indrizil:</em></p><p><em>Word has probably reached you about the fall of Maerimydra, and perhaps you have wondered about my safety. Obviously, i survived the sack of the city, although it was a close call indeed. The city fell at the hands of mere chattel— the priestesses of the Spider Queen had kept the city so cowed that, with their power gone, its defenders could not resist even a force of goblins, ogres, and giants. We held our strong places for a time without the clerics, but then House Chumavh was overthrown from within, and so we were undone.</em></p><p><em>I write to you now from Szith Morcane, the old outpost north and west of the city. "Perhaps you will come visit me— though I must say that if you still profess faith in Lolth you will not be welcomed by those who rule here now. The Spider queen's priestesses have found a new role here, which I think you would not enjoy very much.</em></p><p><em>I do not know if you still cling to the hope that the Spider Queen will restore you—will restore all of us—to her favor, but if you do, I urge you to reconsider, it is not too late for you or for our bond of blood. The Lady of the Dead will accept you still, just as she has taken me into her care. All Maerimydra is her temple now, and her emissaries rule here too. Abandon your empty allegiance to a silent goddess and come to Szith Morcane, but do not wear the emblem of the spider. I have need of allies of my own blood, and if Lolth still ignores your pleas, I suspect you do as well.</em></p><p><em>—Rhavauz</em></p><p></p><p>They search the other quarters.. One has a <em>fire trap </em> on the door wich blackens Chandos’s face!. In the main barracks room Hairbear and Brownstone are alone searching while Lipput and Chandos search the wizards quarters. Hairbear opens a footlocker and discovers a few interesting items including a scroll, a wand of fly, and a gold comb studded with small diamonds as well as 3 iron keys. <em>“Will you say anything if I, err, keep this” </em> says the bald dwarf holding up the comb to Mr Brownstone <em>“I could use it for my beard”</em> he says, knowing what Brownstone is thinking. <em>“I will KILL anyone caught stealing from the party” </em> bellows Chandos from the doorway, Hairbear dropping coins and his comb on the floor in shock as he tries to shove them in his pocket. Lipput, hearing Chandos, also agrees that death is a good punishment of inter-party thieving. Hairbear sheepishly apologizes and puts the comb in the Party treasure sack!.</p><p></p><p>Chandos begins to search the cells, there are six in all. All have heavy iron doors with small shuttered windows in. One of them also holds a trap that Chandos sets off. A Noble Salamander materializes in the hallway and attacks Chandos. Chandos attacks back doing mighty damage. The rest of the party running to aid Chandos. The salamander summons a fire elemental to aid it. Lipput gets burnt a lot by this creature, but the party survives the encounter. They drink some of their healing potions. <em>“Where have all the Drow gone” </em> Chandos says to himself <em>“we must have killed most of them last time”</em> replies Lipput. Where to go to next?. Perhaps the Bazaar area.</p><p><em>Timeline: Day 46</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tariff, post: 1628477, member: 18635"] [b]Re-Entering the Crypts[/b] [B]Session 7:[/B] Wherein the party goes shopping in Daggerfalls. They buy a lot of potions, Antitoxins and Healing potions being a particular favorite. As with Zarathrustra’s departure they are without cleric. Whilst they have a quiet drink that evening in the Teshford Arms Inn a powerful looking Necromancer enters, [I]“good day I am Mortise a associate of Chandos. I need to speak with him, then ill be on my way” [/I] They whisper together for a moment. Then Mortise leaves. The party have a few more drinks and retire for the night. Tomorrow they will set off back to the Dordrien Crypts, and back to the drow beyond. Morning arrives and the party set off on foot, none of the party wishing to ride. They take a leisurely stroll, it takes about 5 hours to hike the distance of 10 miles along the wide and dusty track. Two old small stone buildings appear out of the gloom. It had been here the party had faced the vampire Chahir. Nothing seems disturbed. [I]“wish we had a tracker” [/I] says the Half-Orc Lipput. They approach the large stone doors set in the hillside. [I]“Hope these aren’t shut, took ages to open last time” [/I] grumbles Brownstone. The combined brute strength of Lipput and the human, orcus worshipping, Chandos pries open the doors easily, revealing the corridor stretching into the rock. [I]“the doors haven’t been barred…” [/I] states Chandos. The party proceeds in. The Duergar, Hairbear feels comforted entering the Hillside, even though he has been blessed with Daylight adaptation, the dwarf prefers it underground. Even so, he doesn’t trust the Drow, he knows what they are capable of. He begins searching the corridor slowly for traps. The half-elf, Assassin, Mr Brownstone, impatient, strides ahead. Getting to the corner, Brownstone peers round to the right. He spies the corridor stretching off approximately 80 feet before entering the first cavern area of the Dordrien Crypts. [I]“Seems to be clear” [/I] he whispers to the party. Lipput decides to check in the first room, it should contain a empty crypt.. yep, still does!. Hairbear stops searching for traps in the corridor, figuring Brownstone would have set them off by now with his nonchalant steps. Brownstone steps out and heads for a door on the left hand side of the corridor. This had been a family vault, the party had triggered a glyph and celestial Dire lions had appeared and attacked the party. The glyph therefore should be dispelled, best check. Brownstone begins to check for traps when suddenly out of the corner of his eye he notices movement at the cavern area down the corridor. Nanoseconds later a pillar of flame (flame strike) from above slams down on Brownstone, his reactions do not fail him however and he dodges the blast taking no damage. [I]“we got company!”[/I] shouts Brownstone as he spies a Drow that has suddenly appeared in the cavern, by her vestments she appears to be a cleric, a cleric of this this new god Kiaranselee.. Chandos, hearing Brownstones cry starts getting potions/antitoxins from his backpack… “Poison me after I quaffed this lot!” thinks the warrior. Hairbear runs forward, round the corner and fires off a arrow at the cleric. The drow responds by attempting a [I]Hold person[/I] on Hairbear, it fails. Brownstone once again utilizes his quick reactions as he sees several missiles scream towards him from another Drow that has appeared out of thin air in the cavern 80 feet away (a Arcane Guard), he is unsuccessful and two missiles slam into his body. “That was unerring” he thinks. More Drow come from the cavern, these appear to be common Drow armed with bows and rapiers, one fires a poisoned arrow at Hairbear but he resists its [I]sleep [/I] effects. Chandos rushes forward with purpose. He comes under a hail of arrowfire. He can see the sticky black Drow [I]sleep [/I] poison coating the arrows, fortunately he is aided by antitoxins. Hairbear engages the Arcane Guard with arrow fire initially before closing in. The cleric speaks to the party in broken common. [I]“I am Velina, you will bother us no-more, attack my prettys!” [/I] Out of the cavern steps a creature the party is only to familiar with, the flayed skin of the undead creature drips with its caustic blood. It’s [I]horrific gaze [/I] to much to bear for Chandos and Hairbear who cower before the creature. Lipput wields [I]Crow the Bow [/I] and rains arrow fire at the Quth Maron from the end of the corridor. Brownstone attacks Velina. Velina lets out a cackle as another of the undead creatures enters the fray from the cavern, its awful visage overwhelming Mr Brownstone who cowers in its presence. Velina steps forward and attempts a [I]slay living [/I] spell on the cowering Chandos but Chandos resists . The Arcane guard uses a wand on Lipput, but the Barbarian/Rogue manages to shake off the effects of the [I]Hold Person[/I] Spell. Velina does however; manage to heal the Arcane guard. Lipput the only member of the party not cowering before this drow onslaught lets loose with Crow, his aim is true and he fells one of the Quth Maron. With the creature dead, Chandos and Hairbear are released from its gaze, they look up and see the other Quth Maron but both manage to overcome their fear. The party engages their attackers with vengeance. Hairbear attacks Velina with his shocking spear, he hits but as he hits searing flames burn him [I]“she’s got some kind of fire shield on”[/I] exclaims the duergar. Brownstone attacks Velina and fells the drow cleric, but not before taking fire damage. Lipput finnishes off the remaining Quth maron. The Arcane guard and the other common drow fall soon enough with Chandos’s flailing arms & Lipputs arrow fire. They search the bodies of the fallen Drow. Velina T’sarran had acquired a few items the party may be interested in, these included a Corrosive Dagger and Elven Chainmail +2 and Velina’s wand of hold person The party continues through the Dordrien Crypts again without incident. Once again they come to the small shaft, behind it standing a wall of stone. Hairbear leads the way and they climb down into the room that adjoins the huge chasm. They peer down the huge web. There seems no sign of life. The party have the choice of a six possible caverns/cave entrances to enter from off of the huge spider web. They decide to go back to the top right cave entrance, the area they had deemed The Barracks. They successfully navigate the web and enter the small Barracks complex. There are a total of six rooms in this area, as well as cells. And the party encounter no Drow in this area. They enter a officers quarters. On searching this area Mr Brownstone finds on top of a neat stack of papers a wax-sealed bone tube containing a letter penned in Espruar Script, the drow dialect. It takes a while, but Mr Brownstone successfully deciphers the letter and reads it to the party [I]Indrizil: Word has probably reached you about the fall of Maerimydra, and perhaps you have wondered about my safety. Obviously, i survived the sack of the city, although it was a close call indeed. The city fell at the hands of mere chattel— the priestesses of the Spider Queen had kept the city so cowed that, with their power gone, its defenders could not resist even a force of goblins, ogres, and giants. We held our strong places for a time without the clerics, but then House Chumavh was overthrown from within, and so we were undone. I write to you now from Szith Morcane, the old outpost north and west of the city. "Perhaps you will come visit me— though I must say that if you still profess faith in Lolth you will not be welcomed by those who rule here now. The Spider queen's priestesses have found a new role here, which I think you would not enjoy very much. I do not know if you still cling to the hope that the Spider Queen will restore you—will restore all of us—to her favor, but if you do, I urge you to reconsider, it is not too late for you or for our bond of blood. The Lady of the Dead will accept you still, just as she has taken me into her care. All Maerimydra is her temple now, and her emissaries rule here too. Abandon your empty allegiance to a silent goddess and come to Szith Morcane, but do not wear the emblem of the spider. I have need of allies of my own blood, and if Lolth still ignores your pleas, I suspect you do as well. —Rhavauz[/I] They search the other quarters.. One has a [I]fire trap [/I] on the door wich blackens Chandos’s face!. In the main barracks room Hairbear and Brownstone are alone searching while Lipput and Chandos search the wizards quarters. Hairbear opens a footlocker and discovers a few interesting items including a scroll, a wand of fly, and a gold comb studded with small diamonds as well as 3 iron keys. [I]“Will you say anything if I, err, keep this” [/I] says the bald dwarf holding up the comb to Mr Brownstone [I]“I could use it for my beard”[/I] he says, knowing what Brownstone is thinking. [I]“I will KILL anyone caught stealing from the party” [/I] bellows Chandos from the doorway, Hairbear dropping coins and his comb on the floor in shock as he tries to shove them in his pocket. Lipput, hearing Chandos, also agrees that death is a good punishment of inter-party thieving. Hairbear sheepishly apologizes and puts the comb in the Party treasure sack!. Chandos begins to search the cells, there are six in all. All have heavy iron doors with small shuttered windows in. One of them also holds a trap that Chandos sets off. A Noble Salamander materializes in the hallway and attacks Chandos. Chandos attacks back doing mighty damage. The rest of the party running to aid Chandos. The salamander summons a fire elemental to aid it. Lipput gets burnt a lot by this creature, but the party survives the encounter. They drink some of their healing potions. [I]“Where have all the Drow gone” [/I] Chandos says to himself [I]“we must have killed most of them last time”[/I] replies Lipput. Where to go to next?. Perhaps the Bazaar area. [I]Timeline: Day 46[/I] [/QUOTE]
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