Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wraithdrit" data-source="post: 765249" data-attributes="member: 10820">Session 3Eleint 26th, 1372 - Temple of the Axe, Tethyamar Ruins, just after dawnWill skid to a stop at Amador's feet, a pool of blood starting to form around him. The crumbled wizard looked dead, the side of his head was cracked open, his arm was broken with an obvious compound fracture, several ribs were probably broken, and blood poured from his mouth.Darkness... utter darkness. Will opened his eyes, and could not move. Light appeared before him. A fairly dim light, and behind it, a figure that slowly came into focus, a drow woman. It was the woman they had found in the woods. "Well, well... I knew one of you would be joining me soon enough, but I had no idea it would be this soon..." She practically purred the words, as if enjoying them very much."Joining you? I see." Will still could not move, save to move his eyes and mouth."So what was it? Trap? Undead? Drow?""Stone construct."She smiled, "A golem?""Aye. Something like that.""I'm so pleased." "I'm sure." Will swallowed. "Well since it doesn't matter now, would you mind telling me who it was that nearly killed you?"She cocked her head to one side. "I do not suppose it would hurt. It was-"Will's body convulsed as Amador's healing magic coursed through him. He gasped for air and his eyes flew open to see Amador drawing back his hands, a prayer slipping from his lips. Durgaden leapt from the dias and charged the massive construct. He slammed his axe into the thing's chest, splitting the massive iron plate and rocking the construct back a bit. Tanerus continued to circle.Will shook his head and stumbled to his feet. He coughed, "Don't kill it! Parry!" He ran toward the dias. Amador looked confused glancing between Will and the construct. Durgaden growled, "What would you have me do? Pour it an ale and tell it fireside tales?" He ducked as it swung at him over and over. Shots rained between the two mighty opponents. Durgaden's axe bit into the construct over and over. Most of the constructs blows deflected off of Durgaden's armor or shield, but Durgaden was starting to feel his arm go numb and realized he could taste blood on his lips. Amador slipped to behind the dwarf and whispered a soft chant, grabbing his holy symbol. His hands glowed and with a touch, Durgaden's wounds started to mend. Tanerus leapt atop the open trap door, perching nimbly behind the construct. He studied the thing's back, and not finding any soft spots began to chip away at it. His blows seemed to have little effect, finding no good holes in the armor.Meanwhile, Will tossed aside the axe stand and looked in horror at the compartment that was hidden beneath, it was sealed with some sort of resin. One stab with his dagger got him nowhere so he laid it aside and conjured an acidic arrow, slamming it into the resin. The acid bubbled and the resin started to burn away. Will glanced over his shoulder at the fight, "I might be able to shut it down, don't kill it!"Durgaden was starting to get the upper hand, dispite the fact that the construct seemed to be magically healing itself slowly over time. "I'll shut it down for ye!" Again and again he slammed his axe into the thing.Frantic, Will shot a second acidic arrow into the resin, burning away the last of it. Durgaden slammed his axe in again and the construct fell forward, slumping to the ground. "It's shut off!"Will looked over, he was too late. They had already managed to stop the Shield Guardian. He knew that the dias probably held the Guardian's amulet. If he had gotten to it sooner he could have controlled the thing. He sighed.With a whir and a clunk the Guardian stood back up. Durgaden yelped and ducked aside as the Guardian slammed the ground where he had been standing with both mighty fists. Will spun and snatched the stone plug from the dias, ignoring the acid burning his hand. He prayed that the amulet was within and not some sort of trap. He shoved his hand inside, grasped whatever was within and pulled it out."I said stay down!" Durgaden slammed the thing with his axe twice more. As Will spun, a glowing amulet in his hand, he yelled out in both Dwarven and human, "I command you to stop!"The Shield Guardian swayed, then toppled, falling into several pieces. Will stared at the thing. His gaze went from the amulet to the construct to his companions. Durgaden looked pleased. "Its alright Will, we got it to stop."Will sputtered, "We could have had a Shield Guardian!" Durgaden blinked and looked between the construct and Will, "You mean we coulda had it as a pet?" "Yes!""Oh." Durgaden shrugged. Will sighed and slump to a seat on the dias. Amador and Tanerus poked at the guardian pieces looking to see if there was anything else there. After a few moments Tanerus walked over and clapped Will on the shoulder, "Eh, we couldn't have done much sneaking around with that thing with us anyways." Will looked at him, shook his head and stood up. Amador walked over to Durgaden and began healing his wounds. Tanerus trotted over to the door, glancing outside to make sure no one had heard them. Will was the next to receive healing. After Will's wounds were mended Amador said, "We need to consider whether we have the energy left to take on a camp now or if we need to rest."Durgaden growled, "I be ready, but nightfall may be a better time." It was not even noon yet, that gave them at least eight hours before darkness fell.Tanerus nodded, "They will have less men awake at night."Will nodded, "I can always use the time to study." He still held the amulet in his hand. He glanced down at it and noticed it was glowing. Amador nodded, "I could use the prayer time, my energy is waning from all the heals I have performed."Will looked to the pieces of the guardian and then to the amulet. The guardian was obviously no more, but the amulet still glowed. Interesting, he thought. A quick detect magic confirmed that the amulet still held power. He resolved to identify it after he rested. The group rested for a few hours, Durgaden and Tanerus caught alternating naps, and Will and Amador slept the whole time through. After resting Will pulled out a pearl, crushed it and cast his identify. He called over to Durgaden, "Let me see the amulet you got from the drow priestess." Durgaden pulled out the drow holy symbol and passed it over. An hour later Will rejoined the group, handing the drow holy symbol to Durgaden. Will wore the Shield Guardian's amulet around his neck, he had found that it still held protective powers, even without the Shield Guardian's presence, a minor consolation, considering."We need to discuss what to do with that thing." Will pointed to the drow holy symbol. "Melt it down, its mithral." Durgaden was pretty straight forward with his idea."Yes, its also a direct link to Lolth, if you wear it, you might even become a drider, it has several other enchantments, only a few of which are beneficial," said WillTanerus frowned, "Direct link to Lolth? Anyone else dream of spiders while resting?" The little halfling frowned, not liking what he had dreamt obviously. There were a few nods in agreement.  "We need to get rid of it."Durgaden dangled the thing, pointed to it and just said again, "Mithral." He seemed unwilling to part with it.Exasperated, Tanerus said, "Its a direct link to Lolth!"Durgaden shook the amulet, "Mithral!" He bound it up, pulled out a pair of holy symbols to Clangeddin, wrapped both around either side of the amulet and wrapped the whole bundle even more, "We will melt it down when we can."Tanerus threw up his hands, "Fine! But I disavow any possession of that thing. Its yours now!"Amador swallowed, "Durgaden is right, it must be destroyed."Tanerus shook his head, "I say put it where the Shield Guardian's amulet was, plug the hole and be done with it!"Amador frowned, "Someone else good find it."Tanerus shrugged, "That someone wouldn't be us!"Durgaden stored the bundle deep in his magic pack, "It'll be fine there till we find a way to destoy it. Sooner rather than later, me hopes."Will watched this exchange, deciding not to get into the middle of it. He told them most of the important details about the drow amulet. To tell them of the serious protective magics it would bestow upon a wearer, or the fact that it gave potent spellcasting benefits would only add to any temptation. Durgaden was insistant on melting it down, little point in getting in the middle of it. Finally Will spoke up, "Well, shall we get going to the smaller camp? It seems dark enough out there now." He stood and grabbed his things, as did the rest of the group.And so with that, they slipped out of the single standing structure of the City of Tethyamar. Back out into the ruins they strode, into the night, and toward the smaller of the two encampments. Torches began to be lit in both camps. Night was upon Tethyamar but the adventures where just beginning.</blockquote>

Verification