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<blockquote data-quote="Rhenny" data-source="post: 7188591" data-attributes="member: 18333"><p>Session 26 – Jerris and the Worm Skeleton Stairway</p><p></p><p>This was a 2 hour session - </p><p></p><p>The party tensed as the Skyweaver riding a wyvern dove down from atop the pyramid in the center of the Howling Hatred occupied are of Tyar-Besil. Hundar braced himself for an attack as Turytopple stepped up next to him to guard and attack as well. Pate and Kippipop took positions behind the nearest pillar to keep from sight. As the wyvern came within 30’ of the group, it banked left and flew to the side. The group could hear the skyweaver casting a spell as a lightning bolt fired from his hands to hit Hundar and Tury. Hundar jumped aside and got singed, but Tury wasn’t as lucky. The bolt hit him straight in the chest and did substantial damage.</p><p></p><p>The party retreated behind the pilar hoping to draw the wyvern and rider towards them. Pate drew forth his wand of magic missiles and fired 3…then 4 missiles at the skyrider, but that did not deter the foe. Although it was difficult for the rider he steared the beast closer and using his skill with animal handling, the rider forced the wyvern to reach out with claws to grab on to Windvane, which was attached to Hundar’s pack. Hundar snatched the weapon back with ease and then fought the great beast. Pate, used his arcane skill to make the wyvern chuckle with hideous laughter causing it to plummet 20’ to the ground. The skyweaver took some damage in the fall as well, but both skyweaver and wyvern fought on. Kippipop fired a number of frost rays at the skyrider as Tury stood toe to toe with the wyvern to block attacks directed at Hundar and Kippipop, and jab at the beast with his rapier.</p><p></p><p>While they were fighting the two foes, the skyweaver turned invisible and the party could not find where he was so they concentrated on the wyvern. The beast thrust its poison tail at Hundar, and Tury blocked it with his shield. Hundar hacked and hacked the beast with his magical great axe, and Pate was able to make it laugh once more. Running low on spell power, the group fought with melee weapons for a while until the invisible skyweaver appeared and discharged another lightning bolt headed toward Tury and Pate. Pate sang out a song of arcane magic to counter the spell and the lightning bolt fizzled before doing any damage. </p><p></p><p>Kippipop shot another frost ray at the skyrider and froze him in place. Hundar, Tury and Pate took out the wyvern before it could do more damage to the group, and at the end of their fight, Pate invoked divine aura to heal the party over the next minute. </p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, the sound of battle called forth two Howling Hatred Priests along with 6 commoners. They came from the south, behind the party, but Kippipop was ready. She stepped around one of the pillars and let lose a fireball that killed 5 of the commoners and wounded one of the priests. During this fight, one of the priests was able to hit Tury with an empowered Witch Bolt. Pate used one of his last spells to make that priest laugh uncontrollably, and the deadly Witch Bolt fell. Hundar hacked the other priest, but it was resisting the damage. Tury tried to reason with the commoner, apologizing that his wife incinerated the others, but he could tell that the commoner was glassy eyed and incoherent. Over the next few seconds, Tury slapped the commoner and tried to get him to shake free of his stupor, but it did not work. Then, the priest next to Tury assumed gaseous form and started to float off into the darkness.</p><p></p><p>The group fought the other priest who kept on telling Hundar to give up “the weapon”. Hundar kept hacking the priest and dodged a number of Witch Bolts in the process. Kippipop moved down the hall to look for the gaseous priest, but she didn’t see it. Pate finished using his healing powers and attacked the priest that Hundar was attacking. Tury, apologized once more to the commoner and then struck him a non-lethal blow to the face. Although it did not knock the commoner unconscious, it did shake him out of his stupor. He dropped his club and asked what was happening. Evidently, he had been in this hell a long time. </p><p></p><p>Eventually one priest fell and the other reappeared in material form to attempt a Witch Bolt attack upon Kippi. Kippi, told the priest that she could do a better Witch Bolt, and she did. Then, after another unsuccessful attempt, the priest finally hit Kippi with his own bolt of energy and the two were locked in battle, Witch Bolt vs. Witch Bolt. The others quickly responded and took down the priest before he could hurt Kippi further, then they spoke with the commoner, named Jerris.</p><p></p><p>Jerris told them that the Queen was looking for Windvane. She had the entire temple level on high alert. She had gone to “The Eye,” and he was afraid that she had more power there even though she did not have Windvane. The group discussed what to do. Could they rest? What kind of power did “The Eye” give Aerisi? Jerris told them that there were a number of patrols so it would be unlikely that the group could find a place to rest unless they could disguise themselves. Jerris told them that he could guide them to the stairway down to “The Eye”, but they’d have to walk through the old ruined area of Tyar-Besil. The group decided to take the priests’ outfits and the skyweaver’s outfit to use as disguises. Kippipop used prestidigitation to clean the clothing and then she got on top of Turytopple’s shoulders and draped one of the robes over them. Pate and Hundar dressed in the other vestements and they pretended to push the commoner ahead of them as they walked around the pyramid to the Plaza of Mordadin.</p><p></p><p>Tury and Kippi tottled along as one as Pate and Hundar pushed Jerris ahead of them. In the Plaza they saw a number of foes, but they were not approached until one skyweaver challenged Pate. Pate tried to bluff his way past, but the skyweaver was suspicious. He asked the name of their god, and the group remembered “Yan-C-Bin.” With that, the group slipped past the plaza and continued east to another small square. Outside a large building that looked like an inn or hall of some sort, a number of Kenku milled about. The bird creatures kept their heads down, not wanting to look at the party members dressed like Howling Hatred Priests. </p><p></p><p>After turning another corner and heading east, Jerris led them to an area with a large skeletal worm, frozen in time, bursting out from the ground. In its mouth, there was a tunnel leading down, along with stairs. Jerris told the group that the level below was called “The Eye”, but there was a specific alter area on that level that was “The Eye.” He dared not follow the group, but wished them luck. Tury, thanked Jerris and gave him a ham sandwich (an old one at that) from his pack. Jerris headed back to attempt to escape as the party decended the stairway.</p><p></p><p>At the bottom of the stairway, the group was in a cave with a passage to the north and to the east. At the bottom of the stairs, the group saw a bunch of large packs. Tury peaked out from under the robes and knew that these were the Howling Hatred balloon packs that he had tried to modify earlier so each of the party took one of the packs in case they needed them in the future. Stopping for a short while, the group listened and could hear the howling of wind coming from the north, but only quiet from the smaller passage way to the east.</p><p></p><p>Comments</p><p></p><p>This was fun. The party used almost all of their resouces, but all for the best results. </p><p></p><p>Key moments included the way Pate countered a lighting bolt spell that would have been bad news for Tury and himself. He also stopped a witch bolt that had affected Tury and provided a ton of healing with his divine aura (learned spell from the Paladin list).</p><p></p><p>Tury got the commoner, Jerris, free and gained valuable information to help them continue without fighting more.</p><p></p><p>Hundar was able to hold on to Windvane and keep it from the foes, and he fought with great skill (a number of critical hits today).</p><p></p><p>Kippipop was played by the others as a ghost character, but she gave Tury a chance to roleplay the husband and wife team that they are and she got a chance to show the Howling Hatred priest how to cast Witch Bolt.</p><p></p><p>Each PC is about 500 xp from leveling up to 7th level, but they are very low on resources. They realize they can’t really rest, and hope that they can find “The Eye” and stop Aerisi once and for all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rhenny, post: 7188591, member: 18333"] Session 26 – Jerris and the Worm Skeleton Stairway This was a 2 hour session - The party tensed as the Skyweaver riding a wyvern dove down from atop the pyramid in the center of the Howling Hatred occupied are of Tyar-Besil. Hundar braced himself for an attack as Turytopple stepped up next to him to guard and attack as well. Pate and Kippipop took positions behind the nearest pillar to keep from sight. As the wyvern came within 30’ of the group, it banked left and flew to the side. The group could hear the skyweaver casting a spell as a lightning bolt fired from his hands to hit Hundar and Tury. Hundar jumped aside and got singed, but Tury wasn’t as lucky. The bolt hit him straight in the chest and did substantial damage. The party retreated behind the pilar hoping to draw the wyvern and rider towards them. Pate drew forth his wand of magic missiles and fired 3…then 4 missiles at the skyrider, but that did not deter the foe. Although it was difficult for the rider he steared the beast closer and using his skill with animal handling, the rider forced the wyvern to reach out with claws to grab on to Windvane, which was attached to Hundar’s pack. Hundar snatched the weapon back with ease and then fought the great beast. Pate, used his arcane skill to make the wyvern chuckle with hideous laughter causing it to plummet 20’ to the ground. The skyweaver took some damage in the fall as well, but both skyweaver and wyvern fought on. Kippipop fired a number of frost rays at the skyrider as Tury stood toe to toe with the wyvern to block attacks directed at Hundar and Kippipop, and jab at the beast with his rapier. While they were fighting the two foes, the skyweaver turned invisible and the party could not find where he was so they concentrated on the wyvern. The beast thrust its poison tail at Hundar, and Tury blocked it with his shield. Hundar hacked and hacked the beast with his magical great axe, and Pate was able to make it laugh once more. Running low on spell power, the group fought with melee weapons for a while until the invisible skyweaver appeared and discharged another lightning bolt headed toward Tury and Pate. Pate sang out a song of arcane magic to counter the spell and the lightning bolt fizzled before doing any damage. Kippipop shot another frost ray at the skyrider and froze him in place. Hundar, Tury and Pate took out the wyvern before it could do more damage to the group, and at the end of their fight, Pate invoked divine aura to heal the party over the next minute. Unfortunately, the sound of battle called forth two Howling Hatred Priests along with 6 commoners. They came from the south, behind the party, but Kippipop was ready. She stepped around one of the pillars and let lose a fireball that killed 5 of the commoners and wounded one of the priests. During this fight, one of the priests was able to hit Tury with an empowered Witch Bolt. Pate used one of his last spells to make that priest laugh uncontrollably, and the deadly Witch Bolt fell. Hundar hacked the other priest, but it was resisting the damage. Tury tried to reason with the commoner, apologizing that his wife incinerated the others, but he could tell that the commoner was glassy eyed and incoherent. Over the next few seconds, Tury slapped the commoner and tried to get him to shake free of his stupor, but it did not work. Then, the priest next to Tury assumed gaseous form and started to float off into the darkness. The group fought the other priest who kept on telling Hundar to give up “the weapon”. Hundar kept hacking the priest and dodged a number of Witch Bolts in the process. Kippipop moved down the hall to look for the gaseous priest, but she didn’t see it. Pate finished using his healing powers and attacked the priest that Hundar was attacking. Tury, apologized once more to the commoner and then struck him a non-lethal blow to the face. Although it did not knock the commoner unconscious, it did shake him out of his stupor. He dropped his club and asked what was happening. Evidently, he had been in this hell a long time. Eventually one priest fell and the other reappeared in material form to attempt a Witch Bolt attack upon Kippi. Kippi, told the priest that she could do a better Witch Bolt, and she did. Then, after another unsuccessful attempt, the priest finally hit Kippi with his own bolt of energy and the two were locked in battle, Witch Bolt vs. Witch Bolt. The others quickly responded and took down the priest before he could hurt Kippi further, then they spoke with the commoner, named Jerris. Jerris told them that the Queen was looking for Windvane. She had the entire temple level on high alert. She had gone to “The Eye,” and he was afraid that she had more power there even though she did not have Windvane. The group discussed what to do. Could they rest? What kind of power did “The Eye” give Aerisi? Jerris told them that there were a number of patrols so it would be unlikely that the group could find a place to rest unless they could disguise themselves. Jerris told them that he could guide them to the stairway down to “The Eye”, but they’d have to walk through the old ruined area of Tyar-Besil. The group decided to take the priests’ outfits and the skyweaver’s outfit to use as disguises. Kippipop used prestidigitation to clean the clothing and then she got on top of Turytopple’s shoulders and draped one of the robes over them. Pate and Hundar dressed in the other vestements and they pretended to push the commoner ahead of them as they walked around the pyramid to the Plaza of Mordadin. Tury and Kippi tottled along as one as Pate and Hundar pushed Jerris ahead of them. In the Plaza they saw a number of foes, but they were not approached until one skyweaver challenged Pate. Pate tried to bluff his way past, but the skyweaver was suspicious. He asked the name of their god, and the group remembered “Yan-C-Bin.” With that, the group slipped past the plaza and continued east to another small square. Outside a large building that looked like an inn or hall of some sort, a number of Kenku milled about. The bird creatures kept their heads down, not wanting to look at the party members dressed like Howling Hatred Priests. After turning another corner and heading east, Jerris led them to an area with a large skeletal worm, frozen in time, bursting out from the ground. In its mouth, there was a tunnel leading down, along with stairs. Jerris told the group that the level below was called “The Eye”, but there was a specific alter area on that level that was “The Eye.” He dared not follow the group, but wished them luck. Tury, thanked Jerris and gave him a ham sandwich (an old one at that) from his pack. Jerris headed back to attempt to escape as the party decended the stairway. At the bottom of the stairway, the group was in a cave with a passage to the north and to the east. At the bottom of the stairs, the group saw a bunch of large packs. Tury peaked out from under the robes and knew that these were the Howling Hatred balloon packs that he had tried to modify earlier so each of the party took one of the packs in case they needed them in the future. Stopping for a short while, the group listened and could hear the howling of wind coming from the north, but only quiet from the smaller passage way to the east. Comments This was fun. The party used almost all of their resouces, but all for the best results. Key moments included the way Pate countered a lighting bolt spell that would have been bad news for Tury and himself. He also stopped a witch bolt that had affected Tury and provided a ton of healing with his divine aura (learned spell from the Paladin list). Tury got the commoner, Jerris, free and gained valuable information to help them continue without fighting more. Hundar was able to hold on to Windvane and keep it from the foes, and he fought with great skill (a number of critical hits today). Kippipop was played by the others as a ghost character, but she gave Tury a chance to roleplay the husband and wife team that they are and she got a chance to show the Howling Hatred priest how to cast Witch Bolt. Each PC is about 500 xp from leveling up to 7th level, but they are very low on resources. They realize they can’t really rest, and hope that they can find “The Eye” and stop Aerisi once and for all. [/QUOTE]
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