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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 9504500" data-attributes="member: 508">In this afternoon's "Dreams of Erthe" session, the PCs:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Met up with a drow merchant who warned them of a hydra lairing in the area, occasionally attacking travelers (he also warned them of the gnoll raiders the PCs had taken down last adventure, and was pleased to hear the gnolls were no more)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Purchased some drow antitoxins and wine from the merchant</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Met up with the (four-headed, as that's how many heads the plastic toy I bought at Michael's has) hydra some hours later, and the half-orc cleric/paladin controlling the wood colossus (from its attic/head) felt an attempt to dominate him from some unseen source</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Had the elf sorcerer cast a sunburst spell at the hydra, dealing him some damage and permanently blinding not only him, but three of the four nagas who were "looking" through the four ruby necklaces it wore on its four remaining heads and casting spells through them</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Saw a fireball spell come from the hydra (cast blindly, targeting by memory of where the PCs were when the hydra/nagas went blind), to burn the dwarf cleric, elf sorcerer, and three of their bonehead (pachycephalosaurus) mounts</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Saw a lightning bolt spell (also cast blindly) burst from the hydra to knock three boneheads unconscious and slay their halfling guide's smaller dinosaur mount (RIP, Yellow-Belly!)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Killed the hydra with a chain lightning spell, and approached it to find a +3 frost brand greatsword sticking out of one of its five neck-stumps, and each remaining head wearing an extendable ruby necklace</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Entered the cave it had been about to enter, while the half-orc piloted the wood colossus to right in front of the cave and then had it revert to building form, blocking the entrance</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fought a blind guardian naga, blind spirit naga, still sighted dark naga for a bit (the human bard/rogue slew the spirit naga), before the human spellsword convinced the guardian naga to stand down and explain why they'd been attacked</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Learned the backstory: their three mates (and that of a now-blind water naga hiding in an underwater cave in a pool of water), as well as two other nagas, had been captured by a yuan-ti wizard who merged them into one six-headed naga abomination; he was unhappy with the result (the six heads fight for control) and would like to track the other four nagas down for another try, while the four nagas used the hydra (and its necklaces through which they can see and cast spells) to try to find some magic item that might help them track down the wizard and restore their mates</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Agreed to aid the nagas, only to notice a Tiny viper had entered the cave - this turned out to be the wizard's familiar, who had finally unearthed the nagas' location</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Had the half-orc restore the guardian naga's sight (he only had one restore blindness/deafness spell prepared - the water naga would have to wait until the next day), then reveal the Tiny viper was evil</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Watched as the yuan-ti wizard teleported himself and the six-headed naga abomination into the cave, gleeful about discovering his next round of "test subjects"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Had the dwarf cleric, rather anticlimactically, cast an implosion spell at the wizard, overcoming his spell resistance and slaying him instantly before he could cast a single attack spell</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Watched as the naga abomination, no longer under its master's domination, returned to its (their) senses</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Stayed overnight so the next day the dwarf cleric could cast a miracle spell to revert the naga abomination back into its six original "test subjects"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">On a pre-arranged agreement with the guardian naga - who had only joined forces with the evil dark naga and spirit naga to try to gain back his own mate - slew the newly-freed spirit naga and both dark nagas, ridding the world of that much more evil</li> </ul>Next adventure, they'll be back in the Dreamlands for a change of pace.Johnathan</blockquote>

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