The paty started off this time by backtracking to a previously unexplored area. It was an octagonal room, with several large pillars. Each pillar had a face with two arms and two legs on each side. Felix, paranoid as usual, explored the room slowly with Yuri and Corrail keeping watch. The room was empty and uneventful.
The party then proceeded on deeper into the tomb. The next room was very long with many pillars all covered in mirrors. The walls were covered in mirrors. The room was dark. The party edged through slowly, using Felix's ropes of climbing to keep the party together and moving straight in the confusing space. About 50 feet along the room, Corrail spotted shadows moving ahead. A few steps later, Victaerus, who was out front, was attacked, having the strength sapped out of her by two shadowy creatures.
The party attacked for several rounds, all the while Victaerus got pounded. She was barely able to walk by the end of the confrontation.
The party camped for the night without incident.
Felix checked out the amulet that Kiva left him. In the red crystal at the center of the amulet, floated a face of Kiva. Felix spoke to it and it spoke back. He asked it questions, but it indicated it was only an echo that could answer certain questions. Pretty much everything Felix asked couldn't be answered by it.
The next morning the group started down the next corridor to hear weird sounds from the distance. Merp! Ploorp! Keebog! Suddenly two bipedal creatures appeared with eye stalks crowning their head. The party had little idea what they were except that they might be beholder relatives. They chewed on Corrail's armor but did no damage. A third one danced in and out of sight down the hall. The two chewing on Corrail became impatient and with a wiggle of their eyestalks blasted Corrail with a ray of fiery light from the ceiling.
Victaerus, annoyed by their constant chirping of weird noises, put in ear plugs offered by Felix. They tried feeding them some rations and the two creature became friendly.
In the next room, the party found two Sepulchral Guardians, skeleton remains wrapped in iron, waiting to pound anyone who entered the tomb. Apparently anyone didn't include the "Merps". Corrail tossed rations into an adjacent room to draw them away. Felix moved into the room and the guardians animated. Felix and Victaerus were visibly shaken from the horrid creatures.
The party moved in to attack and the guardians seemed drawn to Sheena and pounded her hard, leaving her on the ground bleeding. Corrail and others attacked back, killing one of the guardians. The second guardian rushed toward Sheena and began casting a spell, its arms and the arms of the dead guardian moving in unison to cast. Sheen was hit by a blast of red light and disappeared. Victaerus was very scared and shocked and couldn't fight any more.
The rest of the party fought the last guardian until it was dead.
Felix searched the adjacent tomb where the Merps were eating rations and found a small stash of coins. A secret door in the room also lead to a hidden room, where a number of weapons, some armor, and a larger stash of gold was left.
The party continued on into the next room where they found stairs leading down.
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Let's take a small break for introductions:
The party then proceeded on deeper into the tomb. The next room was very long with many pillars all covered in mirrors. The walls were covered in mirrors. The room was dark. The party edged through slowly, using Felix's ropes of climbing to keep the party together and moving straight in the confusing space. About 50 feet along the room, Corrail spotted shadows moving ahead. A few steps later, Victaerus, who was out front, was attacked, having the strength sapped out of her by two shadowy creatures.
The party attacked for several rounds, all the while Victaerus got pounded. She was barely able to walk by the end of the confrontation.
The party camped for the night without incident.
Felix checked out the amulet that Kiva left him. In the red crystal at the center of the amulet, floated a face of Kiva. Felix spoke to it and it spoke back. He asked it questions, but it indicated it was only an echo that could answer certain questions. Pretty much everything Felix asked couldn't be answered by it.
The next morning the group started down the next corridor to hear weird sounds from the distance. Merp! Ploorp! Keebog! Suddenly two bipedal creatures appeared with eye stalks crowning their head. The party had little idea what they were except that they might be beholder relatives. They chewed on Corrail's armor but did no damage. A third one danced in and out of sight down the hall. The two chewing on Corrail became impatient and with a wiggle of their eyestalks blasted Corrail with a ray of fiery light from the ceiling.
Victaerus, annoyed by their constant chirping of weird noises, put in ear plugs offered by Felix. They tried feeding them some rations and the two creature became friendly.
In the next room, the party found two Sepulchral Guardians, skeleton remains wrapped in iron, waiting to pound anyone who entered the tomb. Apparently anyone didn't include the "Merps". Corrail tossed rations into an adjacent room to draw them away. Felix moved into the room and the guardians animated. Felix and Victaerus were visibly shaken from the horrid creatures.
The party moved in to attack and the guardians seemed drawn to Sheena and pounded her hard, leaving her on the ground bleeding. Corrail and others attacked back, killing one of the guardians. The second guardian rushed toward Sheena and began casting a spell, its arms and the arms of the dead guardian moving in unison to cast. Sheen was hit by a blast of red light and disappeared. Victaerus was very scared and shocked and couldn't fight any more.
The rest of the party fought the last guardian until it was dead.
Felix searched the adjacent tomb where the Merps were eating rations and found a small stash of coins. A secret door in the room also lead to a hidden room, where a number of weapons, some armor, and a larger stash of gold was left.
The party continued on into the next room where they found stairs leading down.
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Let's take a small break for introductions:
- New player 'A' is playing Nickolai, a half-orc Zent barbarian that hates demons.
- New player 'B' is playing Caleel, a human cleric of the Goddes Denessa
- The tiger finally has a real name: Sionna
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So the stair led the party down into a very narrow corridor, just barely wide enough for one person. At the end, there was a hidden door. Victaerus opened it, peering into a room with furniture, 3 small floating eyeball creatures with single eyestalks, and a half-orc in an apron. Felix says "Hi". Victaerus moved into the room, seeing a larger beholder in the nearby hall. Two of the floating creatures are making strange noises (crying) and the third blasts away with an eye beam, hitting Felix.
The half-orc pulls a bookcase down and jumps behind it.
Felix decides to turn into a bat and fly near the ceiling until he landed beside the half-orc. Victaerus moved back into the area behind the secret door The half-orc makes a run for it to the secret door and starts asking for weapons and armor.
Corrail gives him a breastplate and a great sword. Victaerus hits the newcomer with 20 questions, not trusting him implicitly, but trying to figure him out. He says that he wants to get away but there is another slave their with him he want to save.
Victaerus moves out into the room and is spotted by the larger creature in the hall. Corrail notices a button on the wall and pushes it and the doorway closes with a portal-like aperture door. Outside the door, the floating monster calls another human servant to assist him (Caleel).
The half-orc charges one of the small floating creatures (beholder babies) and hurts it badly.
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