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Friday Night Pathfinder: Escape from Waterdeep

The party as it now stands:

  • Elf Ranger Corrail
  • Winter Wolf Yuri
  • Corrail's Father (Maiali) 
  • Don The Magnificent, an older human bard
  • Ally the Gnome Sorcerer
  • Elliot, Human Cavalier
  • Felix, Half-elf Rogue / Druid
  • Felix's tiger whose name I forget
  • Zirul, Half-elf Cleric
Zirul and Felix were unmanned tonight.  Prior to reaching the courtyard with the adult red dragon, Felix and the tiger went missing.

The party grabbed some potions from a potion cart in the courtyard while Don talked to the dragon.  On a lucky diplomacy reroll, Don was able to calm the dragon.  He demanded food and wine, which the party rushed to get, and ate his fill and then flex off to a hidden cave to rest.  Corrail noticed that the dragon had a bit of trouble exiting the city -- was that some sort of barrier?

With the dragon gone, a massive tidal wave was seen heading into the city.  With seconds to spare, Don teleported the party to the Bowels of the Earth, a local Waterdeep tavern.  The tsunami wave covered about a third of Waterdeep, killing many people.

The party got a drink of the bar and regrouped before heading towards the mountain.  There a group of Necormancers from the Kraken Society started casting to raise the dead within the city.  This society is known for its desire to waken THE Leivathan, a great continent-sized monster lying at the bottom of the oceans made of leftover chaos from the time of creation.  At the discovery of the scourge of evil, Zirul changes into a blue-flamed god-like force of reckoning.  The party arranged mounts for everyone and quickly got to the mountain before the dead started to walk.

Climbing the mountain slowed the parties progress.  Zirul moved quickly and untiringly towards the circle of 6 and the 7th lead necromancer.  Corrail and his father fired off arrows as the party came under attack from two of the lesser casters.  The wand of wonder allowed Don to produce a blast of lightning, a wall of cheese, and an octopus on the main caster's head.

The party killed off the two casters fighting them with Zirul decapitating the second caster since he was nearly dead already.  Zirul charged the group, grabbing three of the other lesser casters and crashing over the side of the mountain with them.  It is unclear where he and they went.

The party started firing on the main caster and his apprentice as a flash appeared across the sky.  Halaster appeared on the mountain, mumbling about the disturbance.  He blasted the greater caster with 1000 magic missile while the other caster got away.  He then repaired the damage to the city, pushed back the ocean, and sanctified the dead so they would not rise.  Waterdeep looked the same thought many still lie dead.

Halaster winked and said "Should you be getting to the mountains?" as he stepped away through a magical door.

And for next time:  finding Flexis, finding Ziruls, finishing up in Waterdeep, and heading toward the Sword Mountains.
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