Session 17

Members

 * Arendar
 * Ceilidh
 * Helbena
 * Robin
 * Ulric
 * Varis

The Adventure
We started today's adventure outside the stairway leading into a dark dank cave. Etrusca remembered you from your previous trip into the tunnels. The party ventured to the north this time and she asked another riddle:


 * Altar of the Lupine Lords,
 * Jewel on black velvet, pearl in the sea,
 * Unchanged but e’erchanging, eternally.
 * (Answer: The moon.)

Fifteen feet down the hallway, everyone noticed a strange circular room to the right. A quick probe of the floor showed that it dropped away. Grushnik morphed into a frog to check out the depths. He found nothing in the depths though (and nothing found him). Moving further in, They found a 60 ft x 60 ft square room. Probing the floor, the party found that 10 feet into the room was a drop off. Caelidh cast water walk and the party started across the room. The sudden, but inevitable attack by tentacles from below was sudden and inevitable. Two Uchuulons, the pets of a Sea Hag attacked and dragged Ulric and Arendar under water. Soon failing their saves and becoming paralyzed by the strange pink secretions of the tentacles. Varis rained arrows on the hag and she died first, silencing her evil eye. The Uchuulons proved to be much harder for him to hit, and with Ulric out of the fight, things got dicey. Arendar and Ulric were drowning. Caelidh and Helbena stepped up and beat the Uchuulons and Robin stabbed away.

When the paralyzation of Ulric and Arendar wore off, things started to change. Soon one of the strangely mutated Chuuls died and it's mate soon followed. There was a swollen door to a strangely empty room. Grushnik searched the lower depths and found some loot. Did he find everything? Moving further in. Ulric forced another swollen door open and found a strange spinning tube at the end of the hallway beyond the door. The surfaces of the round tunnel ahead seemed to be coated with some glistening, wet substance. An open space beyond the spinning tunnel section was visible, but the passage seemed to end there.

Moving cautiously ahead, Ulric, Varis, and Robin were surprised to see a flaming arrow shoot out form a small, previously unnoticed arrow slit. The glistening wet substance turned out to be oil, and it flamed to life. The party got across and fired off a few shots before breaking down the door to the north and attacking.

Inside was a lycanthrope and her lover. Snarla the Sorceress growled at the party, and took a special disliking to Helbena. Her life partner, Burket, sliced away at the party with an uncanny speed. Quickly getting sliced to pieces, Snarla growled and wild shaped into a wolf. Burket tried to protect her, but when she fell, he propositioned Ceailidh to take Snarla's place at his side. Needless to say, she declined the offer. The dog was soon put down, and Burket was beaten senseless. He is now tied up in the corner of the room.

After the fight, the party searched the sparsely furnished room and found an open book sitting on the plain wood table in the corner. It appears to be a history book, and may provide some information if studied further. Opening the door to the north, the party found a brightly lit and exquisitely decorated room.

It was a stark contrast to the room they came from. Always in character, Robin was first in and noticed a brass bound oaken chest. Attempting to disable the trap caused it to explode, blowing her out of the room. She landed at Ulric's feet, bloody and unconscious. Ceilidh quickly stabilized her and after an hour she gained a small amount of live back.

Looking over the room, the party saw a floor covered with fine woven rugs. The ceiling had an intricate mosaic depicting a summer sky dotted with fleecy clouds. The walls had lush tapestries and shimmering curtains. The warmth and comfort was unlike anything the party had seen in this dungeon. Snarla's bed was lavishly covered with fine blankets and cushions, and there was a low table set with a buffet of cakes, nuts, and sweets.

We end out adventure here, with the party taking a long rest in Snarla's chamber.

XP

 * Uchuulon 3600
 * Hag 400
 * Burket 1500
 * Snarla 1100
 * Flaming tunnel 1250
 * Chest trap 500
 * Total: 8350
 * Each: 1400

Loot

 * 330 gp
 * 7 small gemstones (worth 75 gp each) ✭
 * Silver necklace (worth 675 gp) ✭
 * Fine choral ring (worth 95 gp) ✭
 * A tome of local history that is of little interest to most, but serious scholars or book dealers will pay 20 gp for it.
 * A collection of odd unguents and ointments in fine stone jars (worth 300 gp)
 * Mithril chain
 * Masterwork bastard sword (+1 to damage)
 * Masterwork longbow (+1 to damage)
 * +1 Shield
 * +1 Ring of protection
 * Wand of Scorching Ray
 * Potion of Rage (Gain 10 temp HP and a +1 to STR based attack, damage, and saves)

✭ Means used up in the following session