Endur's Return to TOEE part 2

[Dalamar]

Kerwyn expends the healing spell he stole from the dragon to patch together Lenya (or whoever else is in need of healing after the hornets have been taken care of, preferring female recipients).

 

[Endur]

After fully healing the remaining members of the party, Torn, Lenya, Lylamwyn, Belaver, Neshi, and Courage remain at the top of the shaft while Kerwyn and Toriah examine the traps on the treasure in the chamber below.

Belaver had tried eating one of the hornets, but found it didn't taste as well as the feast he had partaken of earlier. Belaver discovers that he has a sudden craving for honey. Belaver began to wonder whether there might be a giant hive full of honey somewhere nearby.

While Kerwyn and Toriah discuss the safest way to avoid the traps and obtain what must obviously be the most choice and magical items within the Dragon's Hoard, the rest of the party suddenly hears a loud noise.

The Fire door is descending into the stone.

The good news is that there is no longer a sound of buzzing out side, the swarm of giant batwinged hornets must have left.

The bad news is that Belaver, Lenya, Lylamwyn, and Torn can see the Red Dragon outside, and the dragon is preparing to breathe fire upon the party as soon as the door opens wide enough.

 

[Thanee]

Lenya

“We really need some faster means to heal us...”

Lenya prepares to jump down to where Kerwyn and Toriah are, before the dragon breathes fire.

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

[If Belaver's Protection from Energy is still in place] Belaver rushes towards the dragon and up, hoping to draw its fiery breath away from the rest of the party.

[If it is not] Belaver dives for cover in the hole.

 

[Manzanita]

Torn moves to get some cover from the upcoming fire bath, if possible. She'll cast holy smite at the dragon.

 

[Dalamar]

"It's got a key? Great, and the greater peeping spell's already out, too," Kerwyn curses. He still had a standard invisibility spell left, but it wouldn't really help against the dragon. Especially if everybody was going to be at the chamber below to be easily crisped by the dragon.

 

[Endur]

The only available cover against dragonfire that Torn sees is: 1) going down below where Kerwyn and Toriah are (the shaft is too small for the Huge Dragon to fit down and the chamber below opens up so that those below can not be seen from above) or 2) down the corridor the old man went in, or 3) the corridor that the Ogres came from and the Hound Archon went.

Lenya jumps down the 50' shaft and lands hard (jump check 4+, fails, tumble check 6+ fails, dmg 19-2 dr =17).

Belaver charges the Red Dragon and provokes the Dragon into breathing flame on Belaver only (DC24 reflex 1+ fails, dmg 55, all absorbed by Belaver's Protection from Fire)

Torn casts Holy Smite on the Huge Dragon and Belaver (SR19 caster check 5+10=15 fails) and both are unaffected by the spell.

 

[Thanee]

Lenya

“Ouch!”

Lenya stands up and moves away from the center of the shaft.

“If you havn't noticed, the dragon is back.”

 

[Dalamar]

"Yeah, and I have the unsettling feeling that if we stay here, it'll pile the coins back on top of the door."

 

[Endur]

Current Party Status:

Prisoners of the Cult: Craven, Raner

In the Dragon's Hoard room at the top of the shaft: Belaver, Lylamwyn, Torn, Neshi, Courage

In the 50' wide chamber at the bottom of the 10' wide 50' deep shaft: Lenya, Kerwyn, Toriah

Lenya (4+ fails) and Lylamwyn (1+ fails) tremble in Dragonfear.


Party status:
Lenya (-17, shaken)
Lylamwyn (shaken)
Belaver (barkskin +4 ac, protection from Fire 65 points)
Kerwyn
Torn
Toriah