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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 9404629" data-attributes="member: 508">In today's "Dreams of Erthe" session, the PCs made it to the surface drow city of Du'dorach, where they:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Were interviewed at the city gate by the guards, who had them pen their dinosaur mounts and follow a guard into a building for what their halfling guide assumed was a simple registration of their animals (that's what happened the last time he was through here, with the lady whose body the PCs are crossing the continent to fetch and bring back home)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Were instead brought before a drow administrator in what was basically a courtroom, where they were accused of bringing a dangerous animal into the city</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Learned the "dangerous animal" wasn't the halfling's fastieth mount, but the half-orc cleric/paladin PC</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Were found guilty, sentenced to the arena, and when the administrator shut off the wall of force/illusory wall serving as the courtroom's floor, went sliding into an anti-magic field outside Machina Arena, where they were met up by a drow slave serving as their handler</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Learned from the handler they'd be up against a group of Assessors, who would then determine how many bouts they'd need to survive in order for the gods to grant them clemency for their crime</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fought and defeated six hammerer automatons (the Assessors) with no problem, at which point they learned they'd have to fight their way through three separate bouts</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fought and defeated two maug fighters without too much problem</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fought and defeated an advanced chain golem, relying heavily on summoned creatures since it was immune to so many of their spells</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fought and defeated an iron golem juggernaut, likewise relying heavily on summoned creatures (although the dwarf cleric cast iron body on herself for the first time and went hand-to-hand with the golem while everyone else held back and did stuff from range)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Were each given a token (a small stone disk) with their name on it and proof that they'd survived the arena and could roam the city freely (although they were warned any future mishaps could lead them right back to the arena)</li> </ul>They plan to spend some of their money in Du'dorach, now that they're in civilized lands after months among hungry dinosaur predators and tribal humanoids.  The half-orc has already put in an order for a +1 adamantine gauntlet for his left hand, since his right hand has a gauntlet of Cal (God of the Air and Healing) which allows him to throw three javelins of lightning per day.Johnathan</blockquote>

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