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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gfunk" data-source="post: 539232" data-attributes="member: 1813">Session 11 “It’s all fun and games . . . until the dragon shows up!” Exiting the Rope Trick, Entropy, Noir, Hor'ahun, and their Desmodu companions quickly made their way to the opposite end of the lake they had begun to cross yesterday. Not knowing when their comrade Joachim would arrive, Entropy conjured another rope trick for the party. However she requested that one of the Desmodu stay outside and look for Joachim.Several hours later the Desmodu spotted an incorporeal creature approaching him. As the bat-man looked on, the ghost slowly solidified taking the form of High Inquisitor Joachim."Greetings my friend, where are Entropy and the others?"The Desmodu pointed up and Joachim saw a small piece of rope seemingly hanging out of nowhere. Grabbing it, he hoisted himself up and was re-united with his companions."I was unable to gain any useful information with Dante. However, these drow are not wasting any time so we must not either. We must make to Tilverton with all due haste," Joachim explained."A Gelugon? A little, itty-bitty Gelugon? Half your clergy was taken out by such a minor devil? I thought the Temple of the Triad housed the most powerful clerics on the planet. Heh, well I suppose 'powerful' is a relative term," Entropy remarked."Look we don't have time . . .""I mean, if you want real power why don't you summon a Pit Fiend? Or even a Greater Elemental! They could do some serious damage. Just the other day, I summoned an Ooze paraelemental . . .""ENOUGH!" Regaining his composure, Joachim regarded Noir the paladin. "My lady, perhaps you can inform me what has transpired with you the past few days." Noir quickly summarized their meeting with the Desmodu and their encounters with the giants and Kuo-toa."Yes, I noticed that the cavern several miles back is littered with giant corpses. Why did you attack them, did they provoke you?""They certainly did! We were verbally assaulted and had to respond," Entropy offered."Noir, were you party to this act of . . . barbarism? You must be the moral compass of the party!" As Joachim scolded Noir, Entropy continued, "of course we wouldn't have dared attack those giants without the paladin's explicit consent."Anger flashing in her eyes, Noir lunged at the sorcerer. Before she could do any serious damage, Hor'ahun and Joachim pulled her back."Listen, I know that being in such an evil place is putting a strain on you all. However we . . . let me rephrase . . . Noir and myself have higher standards to uphold. We will not be party to any attacks upon innocent creatures, even if they live in the Underdark," stated Joachim."Well we did negotiate with some Kuo-Toa, but it turned out rather poorly," added Hor'ahun.Sighing, Joachim made his way down the rope. "Come, we have a long way to go and precious little time."--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Seven hours later the party found themselves at the bottom of a sheer cliff wall. Noir and Joachim were together on the Inquisitor's flying carpet, Hor'ahun on his broom, and Entropy and the Desmodu were the subject of Fly spells.Though the party couldn't see very far up the wall with their limited darkvision, the Desmodu were not similarly handicapped."There are several caves that dot the cliff face. We should be cautious as we travel through this area," the scout recommended."Perhaps we could send a scout. Hor'ahun would you like to volunteer," Entropy asked.Hor'ahun nodded and flew up the cliff face. As he did so he activated his magic ring, which rendered him invisible. He approached the first cave and could see that the passage immediately began to twist. Flying cautiously forward, he saw two demonic looking creatures. Both were utterly black and winged, almost like gargoyles.As Hor'ahun considered his next move, one of the creatures raised its ears and began listening intently for the intruder. In a panic, the githzerai blasted both of them with a psionic shockwave. As the gargoyles reeled in pain, Hor'ahun quickly exited the cave, "We've got problems you guys!"Following the Psychic Warrior, from yet another cave, flew four more of these creatures. As they approached the surprised party, two of them hurled a sticky web-like substance at the Desmodu. One managed to dodge, but the other was hit squarely in the feet and was rooted to the ground. Two more landed in front of Desmodu, dealing a pair of painful strikes.The Desmodu pulled out two-bladed weapons of their own making, the notba. With blinding speed they began to slash into their surprised foes, even biting them with bloodlust. Noir and Joachim moved forward together, critically injuring one of the attackers.Entropy, eager to test a new spell she had acquired, began to chant as she pulled out a leather glove with brass knuckles from her component pouch. Behind one of the Kir-lanan gargoyles appeared a giant disembodied hand balled up in a fist. At the sorcerer's direction, it slammed into the back of the gargoyle knocking it senseless.As the battle continued the party made short work of the Kir-lanan as more began to emerge from other caves. In a pre-emptive maneuver Joachim rode forth on his magic carpet to meet them. Trailing behind him was Hor'ahun. Entropy, Noir and the Desmodu waited at the bottom.As he entered another cave entrance, Joachim saw two more of these creatures rush forward to attack him. However, their hits failed to penetrate his full plate. In retaliation Joachim called to Tyr to smite his foes with divine fire and a column of flame roared down from the ceiling, immolating both enemies.However, there seemed to be no end to their foes as four more dived towards the party on the chasm floor. Three of them approached Entropy and the Desmodu while one flew above Noir. The Paladin could see that this particular gargoyle seemed to be considerably larger than the rest and sported wings which appeared decidedly draconian. It flung a small bead at Noir, who tried to dodge but could not escape in time. Immediately, she was encased in a sphere of force, which even her potent weapons could not penetrate. Without party aid, it looked as if Noir would sit out this battle.One of the Desmodu next to Entropy looked upwards in a panic. "A dragon is coming, a pretty big one too," it explained.Just as he spoke, Hor'ahun saw a huge globe of darkness envelope him from above. He heard a deep intake of breath and was suddenly surrounded by a dread feeling of numbness as his very life force was attacked. A veteran of many battles, Hor'ahun knew this feeling before -- when he was attacked by powerful, intelligent undead. Screaming with delight at the arrival of their master, three Kir-lanans landed in front of Entropy and the Desmodu, bolstered by the sight of their potent ally. Entropy began to cast a fireball spell but, with her considerable knowledge of spellcraft began to modify it. Not only did she make the blast twice as powerful, but she also converted the spell from fire to sonic energy, and placed it in three cubes surrounding each gargoyle rather than one massive burst. All three kir-lanan exploded as they were overcome by the powerful energies of the spell.Hearing Hor'ahun's cry, Joachim emerged from the cave and found himself in total darkness. He could not hear anything save the sound of something very large moving in directly above him . . .</blockquote>

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