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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brakkart" data-source="post: 1962976" data-attributes="member: 19617">DM's Log of Session FifteenAfter a few minutes of looking around and interacting with their environment (not to mention Thols patiently explaining that the garden was an illusion), the rest of the group were eventually able to see the laboratory in all it's grisly detail and they set about dismantling it in one way or another. While Gylippus and Aeron set about making sure that the gestating Megalomen in the six large cylinders never came to be "born", Elena sifted about through the various cabinets and drawers, looking for anything that might be useful and finding a leather bound journal.Gathering the others around, she read out what she could understand of its contents, as much of it was taken up by bizarre formulae and diagrams. The journal contained a diary of sorts, penned by Esau Enoch himself (which wasn't hard to figure out, the scientist referring to himself a couple times in his own writings), which detailed just what had been going on at Wolfhill House. The reading did not make for good news as the group found out that the results of Esau's research, (how to create quick growing super strong Megalomen clones) had already been sent to Hlondeth and Serpentes months ago. The group also realised that the "Esau" they had just beaten, and the dead Shan Hsi on the lab floor were the more common variety of clones. Which would explain "Esau's" mad ranting about having made itself when it cutting Elena and Thols to ribbons. the party looted what they could from the laboratory, but it became clear that their intended prey had escaped, likely with the help of the as yet unseen Domino mentioned in the journal as being Esau's wizardly lover.Realizing the true scale of the threat they faced, the group set about exploring the side tunnels that Zamtap had seen, finding several more cloaked in illusion but just empty chambers, until walking down one side tunnel, the party stumbled straight into a barracks of Megalomen. At the front of the group and with eyes going wide at the sight a half dozen of the brutish creatures, including a couple real monsters ofthe type, Gylippus did what any good hero doesn't... namely fled back down the corridor, pushing his way past the others in the group who due to being in single file were not yet sure of what was going on.A matter that was soon clarified when one of the massive third generation Megalomen lumbered into the corridor and smashed Zamtap to the ground in one blow. Hastily retreating down the corridor (and dragging the bleeding form of Zamtap with them) the party formed up behind Jebodiah, and then traded talk with the Megalomen's leader, the Yuan-ti Sissiska who was bitter at having been left behind when Esau, Domino and Shan teleported away. Still he was in no mood to surrender and battered as the party were and facing nearly an equal number of foes, they were in no position to take the fight to him, each group holding their place at their end of the corridor and shouting to one another.After a few minutes of this standoff, Gylippus suggested a retreat out of the cellar and for them to dismantle the aparatus with the barrels, so as to seal the Yuan-ti and his troops down here under the house. Jebodiah was keen to fight, but the others weren't and the dwarf was reluctantly forced to go along with the plan, the party backing off and leaving the deeper cellars, and then removing the chains from the winch mechanism that allowed the barrels to move. With that done, they headed back up to the house and camped in the main bedroom for the night, figuring it to be a readily defensible location. They were not disturbed.DM's Notes:Well this week went very well, the group found the journal that gives them the clues they need to pursue the Yuan-ti plot for months of campaign time to come, and Tony's reaction to the journals contents was certainly fun to listen too ("Ohh this is bad", "This is REALLY bad" etc). Too thanks to a lengthy session of dishing out the experience points gained during the groups battles through the house over the past few sessions (which I held back till after they had completed the house, their entire attack taking place in one day afterall, which is no small feat!), everyone gained a level (well except Noob who still wasn't here, but I've received assurance that he will be next session).Thus ends Chapter Two of the campaign. The group now have to battle their way back through the Poison Dusk tribe, return to Waterdeep and alert the powers that be to just what the snakemen are up too.</blockquote>

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