Endur's Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

"Good heavens... well, we found the body of a ghoul upstairs, and... the gnolls killed one of our number on the way down. We slew them, and they will not bother anyone else again. But... yes, the crypts, that must be where the undead are coming from. The cultists must be in league with the undead! We have to find these crypts and clear them out, and bring these cultists to justice!" Craven declares, quickly finding a direction and purpose to distract him from death.

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

"What gods does this cult worship? Repugnant as it may seem, we may be able to reach an accomodation, as we have a common enemy."

 

[Endur]

Spugnoir replies, "The black triangle with the upside down Y inside is the symbol of the Temple of Elemental Evil. They were destroyed long ago, but perhaps someone is attempting to revive the Temple or make use of their reputation.

"As to what God, the Old One, the Demon Queen of Fungi, and the Demon Queen of Spiders were rumored to be the powers behind the Temple."

 

[Pyrex]

Raner Bluestone, 17/24hp

(OOC: I assumed Raner and Kerwyn fled down the stairs with the other PCs...)

OOC: That's fine. It's what I would've done anyway.

15: Jackal faced humanoids laugh and press forward the attack, both swinging their axes at Raner.

Dodging the first attack Raner neatly steps into the path of the second; taking a nasty gash for his trouble. "Ye'll pay for that you dog-faced son of a goat!" Raner shouts as he brings his axe across in a wide arc, gutting the gnoll that hit him.

~After the battle~

Raner leans agains the wall for a moment to catch his breath, then pulls out a waterskin and begins cleaning & bandaging the wound.

OOC: Raner typically wouldn't be carrying a light source. Not only does he not need the light to see, but between his axe and his shield his hands are pretty much full.

"I know a secret passage that avoids the Moathouse. But the main body of the cult is in between us and the secret passage. We'll have to get by them."

"Just how many cultists do ye figure are down here? Push comes to shove I think I'd rather deal with them than the dragon."

 

[Dalamar]

"Hopefully not too many cultists, 'cause I'm not exactly loaded with bolts, and doubt I could slice anybody up with this butterknife of mine," Kerwyn says with a pat on his dagger for emphasis.

OoC: Kerwyn'll be carrying a torch if somebody's been gracious enough to borrow him one.

 

[Endur]

Spugnoir replies, "I'm not exactly sure how many cultists are down here. Originally, I think there were twenty or so of them. But you killed two. And the Dragon killed several. And maybe others died to various dungeon mishaps.

"So, there might be as many of us as there are of them, not counting the ghouls."

 

[Thanee]

Lenya

“That sounds a lot better than the dragon, if you ask me. Although, the dragon is a danger for all Hommlet, but old Del is already on his way back to inform Elmo. Let's just hope he does a better job convincing him than he did with us. And maybe we could even find out more about this strange cult here.”

 

[Seonaid]

Toriah nods when Craven mentions clearing out the cultists. "Tha' sounds much more manageable than th' dragon, though perhaps we shoul' work on tha' as well. Not at th' same time, of course!" he finishes hastily.

OOC: Toriah will carry a torch if asked, but prefers not to.

 

[Dalamar]

"Sounds good to me. Judging by my earlier performance, I could use some target practice. Do all of the cultists have nighteyes, though? That could prove to be a problem for us."

 

[Endur]

Spugnoir replies, "The cultists seem to be a mix of races. Humans, beastmen, and other creatures."