Endur's Return to TOEE part 2


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The Altar appears sturdy and made of stone.

Torn believes that she could destroy the altar using Stone Shape (assuming the altar is not resistant to magic) or the altar could be destroyed by powerful blows from Craven's hammer and Raner's hammer, just like the altar in the Air Temple was destroyed.

Lenya sees several magical auras in the room. There are is a moderate aura of Evocation and a faint aura of Enchantment throughout the room, centered upon the altar. There are also moderate auras of enchantment on the tapestries that cover the walls.

Craven detects strong evil thorughout the room, centered upon the altar.
 

Torn

Torn will use her stone shape to try to change the form of the alter, to twist it into an unusable form. She'll try to make it very thin in spots so that the Paladin can bettr smash it in to several pieces by strking in key spots.

"It is important to destroy this. After we leave, even if we destroy this cultists here, they mght return. Everyone get out of the room before I start my spell. She doesn't want anyone hurt by a collapsing ceiling.
 

Lenya

“Those tapestries have enchantments woven into them, might be worth something. But they could also be dangerous.”
 

Kerwyn doesn't find the diamond at this time (though he's still a bit wary of the possibility of a curse, so he isn't trying to use it yet).

If the others start trying destroy the altar, this time Kerwyn make sure he's a safe distance away. He'll also be keeping company to the poor elven lass.
 

After some quick discussions, the party decides not to pursue the crazy barbarian who claimed he was Lareth the Beautiful and who created the magical effect that drove half the party into a state where they could not control their own actions.

After looting the bodies of the slain reptiles and freeing the elven woman from her bonds, the rest of the party withdraws while Torn and Craven stay behind to destroy the Altar in the Earth Temple.

Torn prays to Heironeous to grant her the power to shape the stone into another form. With her bare hands, she pushes and remolds the altar into a shape that will be easier for Craven to shatter.

With two powerful blows from his hammer, Craven finishes the job of destroying the altar.

Craven and Torn flee from the room as the ceiling begins to rumble. Knowing what to expect, they make it out of the room without injury before the ceiling collapses.

While the party is traveling towards the exit from the main gate, Raner suddenly feels like someone is watching him from afar through magical means.

The party returns to the Dwarven Temple. Rerrid Hammersong and the other dwarves are thrilled that Kerwyn discovered the Emerald of the Mysteries. They immediately decide that there must be a celebration to honor the heroes.

Belaver puts 2500 gp into the magical bag you found, turns into the form of a giant eagle, and flies off into the Kron Hills and visits one of the larger gnomish communities. He returns the next day with 10 100 gp gems, a mithril chain shirt (size small), and a masterwork rapier (size small) for Toriah.

Lylamwyn uses eight of the 100 gp gems to identify the following magical items: Gauntlets of Dexterity +2, a great sword +2 (which had other abilities before the altar of the earth temple was destroyed), a bag of holding (type 1, capacity 250 lbs.), Elven Boots, a Wand of Summon Monster 3 (12 charges), a ring of climbing, a cloak of resistance +1, and an Amulet of Proof against Detection and Location.

While Lylamwyn is identifying magical items and the other party members are helping the dwarves restore the temple, Lenya suddenly receives a magical message. Alien Words appear in her mind: “Your Ambassador Held By Fire Temple. If Alliance Against Fire Temple You Seek, Come to Water Door South of Air Temple at Midnight Tomorrow.”
 


Lenya

“This is strange. Someone... or something... just spoke in my mind. The message said, that our ambassador, whoever that might be, is held in the fire temple, and they offer us an alliance against them. Since they want to meet near the water temple, I can only guess, that it's coming from them. They want to meet there tomorrow. I have no idea what makes them think, that we would want to ally with them?”
 

Rerrid Hammersong talks to Belaver, "Insect Armor? What will they think of next?

I cannae say whether I would even know where to begin. But I will look at it. I will let you know."
 

Torn starts. "The ambassador. It is imperative we rescue him to maintian the alliance between Verbobonc and the gnomes. We know the different temples have rivalries, but it could also be a trap. Yet we do have some secret ally, do we not, who sent us a note earlier. I suggest we give it a shot."
 

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