Endur's Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil
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Endur
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Toriah follows Craven and Lenya.
All of a sudden, the light from Kerwyn's lantern vanishes. Almost as if some creature of darkness has interposed its body inbetween Craven and Lenya and the descending elevator, blocking the light of the lantern as it prepares to strike from above.
Lenya's darkvision reveals what appears to be a creature of many tentacles and a bulbous mass floating above and blocking her view of Kerwyn.
All of a sudden, the light from Kerwyn's lantern vanishes. Almost as if some creature of darkness has interposed its body inbetween Craven and Lenya and the descending elevator, blocking the light of the lantern as it prepares to strike from above.
Lenya's darkvision reveals what appears to be a creature of many tentacles and a bulbous mass floating above and blocking her view of Kerwyn.
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"No!," Craven shouts as he unslings his bow. "St. Cuthbert guide my hand," Craven whispers as he speed an arrow towards the darkness.
Endur
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Hearing Lenya and Craven's voices above, Kerwyn looks up and sees a floating creature descending upon the elevator.
The creature looks like a giant brain with a dozen long tentacles and a large beak.
Kerwyn thinks to himself that that creature would surely have wrecked havoc upon the party if not for the fact that he volunteered to scout and lure the creature out.
It suddenly occurs to Kerwyn that the creature has no eyes and might not realize that Kerwyn is invisible.
Round 1:
16: Craven fires an arrow at the Tentacled Horror, but misses (4+4=8 miss)
12: Toriah fires his crossbow at the Tentacled Horror, hitting (8+5+1=14 hit, dmg 12)
11: With one hand holding the winch, Kerwyn fires his crossbow (which he loaded before lowering the elevator) with his other hand at the Tentacled Horror (15+5=20, dmg 8)
8: Tentacled Horror flees up and into the darkness.
5: Lenya fires a frightening blast against the Tentacled Horror, destroying it utterly (20+, 13+ confirms crit, dmg 14)
Craven, Lenya, and Toriah feel quite weak. As if the strength is being drained out of them. Looking down at their feet, they realize ominously that they are standing on a purple vein.
Craven Fort Save 15+7=22 pass
Lenya Fort Save 3+6=9 fail, -6 strength
Toriah Fort Save 19+3=22 pass
Kerwyn can now see the bottom of the cavern.
The creature looks like a giant brain with a dozen long tentacles and a large beak.
Kerwyn thinks to himself that that creature would surely have wrecked havoc upon the party if not for the fact that he volunteered to scout and lure the creature out.
It suddenly occurs to Kerwyn that the creature has no eyes and might not realize that Kerwyn is invisible.
Round 1:
16: Craven fires an arrow at the Tentacled Horror, but misses (4+4=8 miss)
12: Toriah fires his crossbow at the Tentacled Horror, hitting (8+5+1=14 hit, dmg 12)
11: With one hand holding the winch, Kerwyn fires his crossbow (which he loaded before lowering the elevator) with his other hand at the Tentacled Horror (15+5=20, dmg 8)
8: Tentacled Horror flees up and into the darkness.
5: Lenya fires a frightening blast against the Tentacled Horror, destroying it utterly (20+, 13+ confirms crit, dmg 14)
Craven, Lenya, and Toriah feel quite weak. As if the strength is being drained out of them. Looking down at their feet, they realize ominously that they are standing on a purple vein.
Craven Fort Save 15+7=22 pass
Lenya Fort Save 3+6=9 fail, -6 strength
Toriah Fort Save 19+3=22 pass
Kerwyn can now see the bottom of the cavern.
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Endur
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What Kerwyn sees at the bottom of the cavern...
On what appears to be the true bottom of the collossal cavern, the stone is worked and smooth. Two symbols are carved into the floor on the western side of the cave: A two-tiered inverted ziggurat, black in color, and a flaming sun, also jet black. Rising from the middle of the cave, a pillar supports the black and violet mass of the enormous obelisk on whose surface you recently stood. On the other side of the cave, water spilling from above collects into a pool.
D/E. The black inverted ziggurat and black flaming sun symbols engraved on the floor of the cavern almost seems like the protective circles that Kerwyn studied in school, except strange. The black sun in particular seems an evil perversion of the otherwise good solar sign of light and life.
F. Impossible though it seems, the huge obelisk comes to a very narrow point that is balanced atop this 30 foot high stone pillar. The pillar has been carved from the rock itself and appears to be quite solid. Iron rungs, mostly free of corrosion, have been ahmmered into it, allowing anyone to climb to the point where pillar meets obelisk.
G. An archway is carved out of the stone cavern in such a way that it seems to be nothing but a curved mass of writhing tentacles and serpents. Beyond the opening is a smooth black wall.
H. The water that pours down from above, spattering across the top of the obelisk, finally collects in a pool at the bottom of the cavern. About 10 feet across and perhaps 2 inches deep, it fills an imperfection in the floor's otherwise smooth surface. The water runs in a rivulet across the floor through a large crack in the cave wall, disappearing into the earth.
On what appears to be the true bottom of the collossal cavern, the stone is worked and smooth. Two symbols are carved into the floor on the western side of the cave: A two-tiered inverted ziggurat, black in color, and a flaming sun, also jet black. Rising from the middle of the cave, a pillar supports the black and violet mass of the enormous obelisk on whose surface you recently stood. On the other side of the cave, water spilling from above collects into a pool.
D/E. The black inverted ziggurat and black flaming sun symbols engraved on the floor of the cavern almost seems like the protective circles that Kerwyn studied in school, except strange. The black sun in particular seems an evil perversion of the otherwise good solar sign of light and life.
F. Impossible though it seems, the huge obelisk comes to a very narrow point that is balanced atop this 30 foot high stone pillar. The pillar has been carved from the rock itself and appears to be quite solid. Iron rungs, mostly free of corrosion, have been ahmmered into it, allowing anyone to climb to the point where pillar meets obelisk.
G. An archway is carved out of the stone cavern in such a way that it seems to be nothing but a curved mass of writhing tentacles and serpents. Beyond the opening is a smooth black wall.
H. The water that pours down from above, spattering across the top of the obelisk, finally collects in a pool at the bottom of the cavern. About 10 feet across and perhaps 2 inches deep, it fills an imperfection in the floor's otherwise smooth surface. The water runs in a rivulet across the floor through a large crack in the cave wall, disappearing into the earth.
*Craven gives a shout of disgust and leaps off the vein.*
"Good work Leyna," he says, "That was rather spectacular..."
"Good work Leyna," he says, "That was rather spectacular..."
Thanee
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Lenya
“Thank you! I need some rest now, I feel so tired.”
Lenya is about to sit down, when she remembers the purple veins and immediately heads for the first platform to jump on it.
“Crap, what is this?”
OOC: And there I was going to write in my action above, that Lenya will keep an eye out for the veins and use her move action to stay away from them... but figured, that she wouldn't really, while concentrating on the foe in that moment... grrr
“Thank you! I need some rest now, I feel so tired.”
Lenya is about to sit down, when she remembers the purple veins and immediately heads for the first platform to jump on it.
“Crap, what is this?”
OOC: And there I was going to write in my action above, that Lenya will keep an eye out for the veins and use her move action to stay away from them... but figured, that she wouldn't really, while concentrating on the foe in that moment... grrr
Endur
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Toriah follows Craven and Lenya to the first wooden platform to avoid the purple veins. The three members of the party on the black and purple surface are shivering and their armor and equipment feels heavier.
After making it to the platform, Craven and Toriah's strength returns. Lenya remains weakened, however.
After making it to the platform, Craven and Toriah's strength returns. Lenya remains weakened, however.
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