Endur's Return to TOEE part 2

[Endur]

Kerwyn examines the burned and unconscious wizard Vacra. She looks mostly human, if you ignore the small horns, the hooves, and the tail. She is not as beautiful as Kerwyn always heard that Demonesses are supposed to be, appearing rather plain beyond her demonic extras. Kerwyn guesses she learned magic because she can't rely on tempting men.

Inside Vacra's spellbooks, Kerwyn finds two books with different handwriting written in different languagues, as if one of the books was written by yet another wizard.

Spell book 1 (written in Gnomish):
0- acid splash, arcane mark, dancing lights, detect magic, detect poison, disrupt undead, flare, ghost sound, light, mage hand, mending, message, open/close, prestidigitation, ray of frost, read magic, touch of fatigue; 1st- color spray, disguise self, identify, mage armor, silent image, ventriloquism; 2nd- blur, invisibility, knock, minor image, mirror image, misdirection, spider climb.

Spell book 2 (written in Ancient Suel):
0- acid splash, arcane mark, dancing lights, daze, detect magic, detect poison, disrupt undead, flare, ghost sound, light, mage hand, mending, message, open/close, prestidigitation, ray of frost, read magic, resistance, touch of fatigue; 1st- alarm, burning hands, charm person, darklight (bovd), identify, magic missile, shield 2nd- darkbolt(bovd), invisibility, levitate, resist energy, summon swarm, Tasha's hideous laughter, touch of idiocy.

 

[Endur]

The party discusses where to go next. Lenya suggests going back to the West Gate to the room they rested in previously. Raner suggests resting in the Trollish room that Kerwyn explored. Toriah suggests they rest as soon as possible.

Kerwyn is bored and pays attention to the prisoners.

The troll eats his food and has not a clue what the party is discussing.

The other prisoners appear to be unconscious or sufficiently injured that they are not paying attention to the party's words.

The party reaches a consensus to rest in the Slaazh's room (area 38 on the map).

When Lenya told Slaazh of this idea, Slaazh responds enthusiastically,
"Sleep Over! You take Krall's bed! Or, better yet, sleep with me! We have great fun!
"Wait? What about all these others? You want to invite them into my room too? To watch us sleep together?
"And I'm on guard duty? What I tell D'Gran if he checks guardpost and all guards slain or gone?
"If he looks in my room, I tell him that we having party?
"Or I stay at guardpost and tell D'Gran that I Mighty Hero of Elemental Evil? I drive off many dwarves. Other trolls die, but I Great Hero. And I not mention guests in my bedroom."

 

[Thanee]

Lenya

Lenya ponders what course would be best, and she can't come up with a decent solution. They would need the help of the others, but they couldn't wait here. “This doesn't work... we only have two options... get out... well, fight our way out and rest, or attack them now before they know their minions have failed.”

 

[Dalamar]

"....well, maybe the tail would be interesting..."
Pouring over the book, Kerwyn comes over the darker spells.
"Man, they never showed me anything like this back at school. Hey elf, can yo- ...ah, right."
For a moment, Kerwyn's mood visibly drops. Then he goes back to reading the spellbook.

 

[Endur]

The discussion over what to do next ends when Kerwyn and Lenya suddenly realize that an invisible demon is staring at the party.

Surprise Round
12: Lenya takes a 5' step away from the demon and fires an Eldritch Blast (10+ hits, caster check 15+7=22 vs. SR 19, dmg 15)
7: The Demon D'Gran appears to the rest of the party and a wave of cold comes out of D'Gran's mouth, inflicting severe cold on the entire party and killing the two mercs and the prisoners (Cone of Cold, dmg 20 (rolled 6 1's on 9d6), reflex dc 19, Lenya 9+ fail, Belaver 4+ fail, Kerwyn 4+ fail, Raner 12+6=18 fail, Craven 7+ fail, Toriah 7+ fail, Slaazh 7+ fail, mercs 5+/2+ both fail, all prisoners fail)
7: Kerwyn draws his dagger

Round 1:
20: Craven (-20) moves to the Demon, drawing his hammer, and swinging at the Demon. Before his hammer lands, though, a powerful blow from the Demon's Great Sword whistles through the air above Craven's head. (D'Gran AOO 11+11=22 vs. Craven AC 25 miss; Craven 11+11=22 hit, dmg 5)
12: Lenya (-20) fires another Eldritch Blast at the Demon, hitting but not affecting the Demon (8+ hits, caster check 5+7=12 vs. SR 19, no effect), then she ducks behind cover around the corner
12: Toriah (-20) moves backward, draws his bow, and shoots an arrow that wounds D'Gran slightly (16+8=24, hit, dmg 6-5=1)
8: Belaver (-20) moves and starts summoning a Dire Wolf
7: D'Gran (-21) backs up 5' and draws evil darkness upon the party (casts Unholy Blight on the party, catching everyone but Lenya and Toriah, dmg 12, Will DC 18, Belaver 17+ success -6, Kerwyn 11+6=17 fail -6 , Raner 5+6=13 fail -12 sick for 4 rounds, Craven 1+ fail -12 sick for 1 round, Slaazh immune) some of D'Gran's wounds close (heal 5).
7: Kerwyn (-26) fails to stabilize
6: Raner (-32) moves forward, drawing his axe and swings (D'Gran AOO 18+11=29 vs. Raner AC 33 miss; Raner 6+11-3 expertise=14 miss)
3: Slaazh (-20, -22 fire) hears Lenya's call to "Kill him" (Lenya Diplomacy check 8+11=19 vs. 18-1=17), drops his greatsword, and calls to D'Gran in the giant tongue "We Friends! Don't Fight! No Kill Friends!"
2: Mercs: dead
0: prisoners: dead

 

[Thanee]

Lenya

“As I said, if we stay here, they will find us sooner or la... oh crap!”

Lenya staggers away from the fiend and...

[SBLOCK]a) ...fires a bolt of energy at the fiend.
b) ...hides behind the party.[/SBLOCK]

OOC: Depending on where Lenya is, she will either blast the fiend right away and back off 5 feet, if she is somewhere in the back, or move backwards farther into a safer position (not too close to the mercs or the troll, tho ;-)), if not.

 

[Pyrex]

Shield in one hand & axe in the other, Raner steps in and takes a cautious swing (Expertise -3/+3) at this new foe, trying to gauge it's fighting ability.

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

Belaver steps away from the suddenly appearing demon, summoning a dire wolf behind the creature to prevent its escape.

 

[Thanee]

Lenya

Lenya moves to the side behind some obstacle for cover, to avoid being caught in another of the demon's spells, while letting loose another bolt of greenish fire.

 

[Endur]

Lylamwyn's spirit watches the fight and says to himself. "I know what D'Gran is. I wish I could warn them."