Session Report: 2016-12-04 by Quassii

Vroc and I met Nevus and Cathar in the town of Karlsburg. Within the Mount, the members of the party have discovered over 20 statues that at one time represented one of the various gods of the Great Church that have had their heads replaced by Vork. In order to repent to his god and restore his sacred oath, Nevus was commanded by his god to restore the proper heads to those statues. To do so, we went to the town sculpture, Vidi where Nevus to paid close to 500 gold, to have him and his apprentices to create statue heads of various sizes and material.

The new members to our coalition of adventurers really hit it off with myself. They seemed to bond instantly. Vroc was somewhat leery, just because he misses his brother that died horribly in the godforsaken Mount. After paying the gold, I showed them our Mountain Fortress of solitude. Letting them choose their own room as the other new members will be given. As a place of safety and kinship. We journeyed to the Mountain of Death renamed by Vroc and many of the families of fallen hirelings. During the trip I hunted and killed a 8 point buck and two rabbits. Ample food for a week.

We entered the Mountain tomb, and made our way throgh the maze of levels to begin the fourth level. The stairs opened to a single large room that smelt like rotten eggs. We had just eaten deer meat. So our day was not starting as we had planned. Upon entering the room we see one door and a old tapestry running across the entire back or the room. Standing around the room were six, very smelly creatures we could not identify. So we labeled them Frogmen. Nevus being the natural diplomat, and trying to regain favor with his God, tried desperately in the common tongue for a peaceful resolution. They did not seem to understand.

At that same moment, Xon a hireling of some renown, pulled out his crossbow. He held it in the air with a larger than life smile on his face. It was on. The Frogboys charged us like we were flies. With the leader casting a spear spell that never hit anyone, but was a hindrance to our movement. Nevus and I were in the front row. I knocked the crap out of a couple of them. Nevus cleaned up, killing 3 in total with his newfound magic Battle Axe. Cathar flipped and hoped around like a ninja full of zeal, killing one. Opening the way for me to kill two including the spell castor. After joking about eating some frog legs we searched the room finding nothing. So we went to the only door listening in battle formation.

Opening the door we found a series of hallways and doors. We listened at every door before passing to search the hallway. Cathar stated it was not a phobia but did not like open hallways to be attacked from. So honoring his concern we searched around them passing a few doors. We came to a odd shaped room with strange makings on the walls. Upon entering it, I and Xon felt confused standing there helpless. Vroc did not waste a second. He immediately grabbed us both dragged us down the hallway. Vroc standing almost 7 feet and weighing three hundred pounds, it was not a problem. After a few minutes we regained composure, and decided not to go back there till we had our spell castor's present.

Making a long story short, we searched several room finding secret rooms, and compartments in a few places. We found a couple treasure hiding places. There were several chest some full of silver others with gold and trinkets of various sorts. Including a coat of arms banner and gold medal of valor and other objects of the Sulian Empire. We kept them to barter with at a later date.

One of the secret treasure room we found were guarded by two rust monsters that came from behind two pillars in the large marble room. Luckily we had initiative. You have never seen the mighty Nevus and myself seem so timed to confront a ugly little beast. I pulled out my trusty bow, cast  Hunter's Mark spell and keeping my distance, I peled them with arrows galore. Nevus resorted to throwing hand axes. Xon seemed to be more brave then most. He charged and held the nasty rust devil at bay. Cathar, a monk, with few metal possessions flew past the rearguard heroes. They normally commanded the front lines with ferocity. Now Xon the henchman, and Cathar the monk held the position. They preformed flawlessly. Cathar killed his, and Xon killed the other. In the end Xon's scale armor and shield were damaged. I put Xon at ease though vowing to buy him new equipment. After the battle Xon seemed to shine with pride. Then we plundered the secret treasure room.

After a few nice loot spots we entered a large hallway. There were large double doors at each end.

We decided to go to the right side double doors. Upon me entering the threshold of the room first I teleported to another room. I was later informed that everyone except Nevus began to panic. Like a natural leader he issued commands out like a general. Physically restraining Vroc from entering the room. They gathered wood splinters from a room explored earlier. He worked on a system of throwing in the wood to see the results. After some time thinking he thought he had found a pattern. Unfortunately, he realized something was not right. He sent in everyone. We were scattered all over the map. Nevus started using chalk to mark rooms. Then I started using his chalk. We discovered five other rooms that teleported people to random rooms. Nevus found some people, handed out chalk to them. Then Nevus devised a plan for everyone to cycle through the teleportation rooms until eveyone was in the same room. Once that was done, they could as a group leave the room and explore the hallways. Then we began to map the maze in good order united.

We found a room with a jail cell. There was slimy bones in the cell. Upon seeing this Nevus looked up to see a Green Blob on the ceiling. We all drew our missile weapons and quickly killed it before it could even move. Vroc ended up throwing the last blow via a sacred flame spell. Then as we continued to find empty rooms, some with alters and statues.

We entered a room with two were-rats. Nevus and I killed them quickly unfortunately Nevus hit his with such force that its head bounced off the door. Alerting others in an adjacent hallway. Five more entered the room. We cut them down like Rats. Nevus cut down two more. Cathar killed one as did I. The last one actually pissed itself. Then ran like a bitch for help. We chased it into another room of five. Nevus came in killing two more with haste. Cathar taking another down. The other three ran again for help. Vroc had just Blessed the party moments earlier. So we chased again. One of them barely got to the next room before I did a jump spell. He ran and jumped so far he cut two off. I killed another and so did Cathar. There stood seven brave were-rats that were done running. It was to the death now. Then came Xon running into the room first. Having flashbacks of the rust monster glory from earlier. Vroc threw a buffed up level three guided bolt and took one out. Nevus entered the room like a mad man downing three more. Cathar attacking with four strikes at a time took two more down. With me taking the last ratman down. During the conflict everyone except Xon and Vrac had been bitten. Most of us were infected with Lycanthropy. Vroc the warrior cleric rested then cast lesser restoration healing us all.

After a long adventure we decided to try one more room. Going around the corner we noticed a very large room with a minotaur sitting in an iron throne surrounded by four others. Not noticing us we backed away. Low on spells i cast an acid glyph of warding at the corner of the hallway that entered into the room. Then we went to rest for our final battle before going back to town. We came back in battle formation buffed and ready. To draw them out Nevus thought to lead with a peace offering. To our surprise the King introduced himself as King Bik. Seeming rather gracious Nevus, and Cathar entered the center of the room to parlay. They exchanged pleasantries with things going very well. King Bik offered to pay us 8 gold a head for the were-rats. Sending a minion the get a chest of gold for us. The day was ending good. The minion and another minotaur returned with a chest. Then betrayal they sneak attacked Nevus wounding him. Then as they gained the upper hand, Nevus and Cathaer were about to be slaughtered. I interrupted and used a special card to let our new found allies retreat. We reformed in good order healing Nevus. Then came the hounds of war. Vicious unrelenting minotaur a fierce foe indeed. The first one had one hell of a surprise.  With the acid, and everyone wounding it, I took the first mino down. That pissed the King off. He left the room swearing. We just new he was bringing pets of some sort. Another entered the narrow hallway in front of us. We planned a perfect defense bottle necking so we only faced one at a time. We wore the second one down with Cathar taking it out with his longbow. The King came back with another minotaur carrying two huge rocks. King Bik had a barrel. All of the other mino's moved aside. Then Cathar fired and hit the barrel with his arrow. It began to spew oil. Then I fired my bow using a flame arrow. -KABOOM- the entire chamber rattled. The King caught on fire along with Rockboy receiving splash damage. The King put himself out as we laughed our asses off. We stoped laughing after the King grabbed a rock and hit me with it for large amount of damage. Then we all aimed missile weapons at the King and I ended him with a shot in the right nostril. The mino's went berserk. The first one charged with reckless intent, knocking Nevus unconscious in one blow. Vroc healed him with haste. After returning to his feet Nevus killed the mino. The last remaining two mino's were killed by myself after everyone slowly chipped away at them in a methodical fashion.

After a great victory we searched the room. Under the thrown was a minor wand of magic missiles, a scroll of knock, and charm person, thousands of silver coins with some gold.There was a Key ring with stange ruins on one and symbols on another. I paid and got King Bik's Silver Crown. The King's Skull decorates my jail war wagon along with the orc sharman whe killed Vroc's brother. We got back to town. Vroc and Xon are leveling giving everyone time to train or whatever they wish. In the end a friendship of brotherhood had emerged. The clan has grown. Nevus has showed cunning and leadership aided by his loyal bodyguard Cathar. It was an honor fighting by their side.

Session Report 2016-11-27 by Karn Brightscale

November 27, 2016 – The Journal of Karn Brightscale

I (Karn) was joined by Thagmar the Half-Orc barbarian and my good friend, Quasi the Elf ranger, Xon the ranger’s hired sword, and Vroc the dragonborn cleric of Ezaos as we journeyed to the Mount of the Red Door. On our trip to the Mount, Vroc could barely contain his excitement about his recent gambling exploits. I guess that Ezaos loves a gambler as the dragonborn had won a small fortune. The rest of the trip was uneventful, we were able to return to the level with the Red Elves, the talking ghouls, and other assorted oddities (3A).

We made it to landing of the level and decided to use the door to the south that was made from Red Brass door with 4 engraved circles on them, this door stood apart from the others. We took an abundance of caution and had Thagmar open the door while the rest of the group stood back.

Once the door was open we found a large room with exits to the Southwest and East (bronze doors), inside we found 7 short pillars about 4 feet in height, levitating above each pillar sat a globe. Each globe appears to be made of glass and each looks different from the others but we had no idea what they were or what they represented, Vroc was under the impression that these globes represented planets and our sun but I am unsure of this.

We decided to move the door leading to the Southwest, once again the bold and brave barbarian opened the door while we took up defensive positions. When the door opened, we saw what appeared to be a tree made of dragon glass (obsidian), hanging from the branches were four pear shaped and sized fruit. There was a hallway leading to the south and a wooden door heading to the west. I became curious about the tree and approached to take a closer look to see. The tree appeared to be made of dragon glass as I poked the tree with a finger, being cautious I knocked a pear off with my quarterstaff and found that they were fleshy like a fruit. I decided to collect one for future study.

Gear – Black obsidian pear in Karn Brightscale’s pack

The group prepared and opened the door to the west, we found what once appeared to be an art gallery. However, all the paintings except one had been taken. The remaining painting was of the green/blue globe from the pillar room. A door lead to the North and on the South wall was the tattered remains of a rotted curtain. Behind the curtain was a horrible painting of an eyeball with stalk like legs crawling across the landscape. We had no idea what this beast was or the symbolism behind it. Both paintings were much too large to remove from the gallery, so we decided to leave them for now or at least until we could somehow assess their value. We believed that there was secret door behind the painting, however the painting was massive and it took the entire group to move it aside and found a secret door.

The hidden room was rather small, but sitting in the center of the room was 500 gp, 20 pp, silver choker, gold scepter, and a wooden chest (room 32), and great axe sitting in a display case. I used Mage Hand to open the small chest, inside were 6 small vials of a grey dust (not magical), a potion (magical), and a scroll (magic – arcane spell). We decided to take a short rest and identify the treasure.

Treasure (room 32): (coins form the Sullian Empire) 500 gp, 20 pp, silver choker, gold scepter, and a wooden chest – 6 vials of a grey dust, a magic potion of hill giant strength (str goes to 21 for 1 hour) – Thagmar kept, and an arcane scroll of Longstrider (Karn held the scroll until he could give it Draven). The Great Axe + 1 (held for the paladin). We also found the head of a Sigmar statue.

After our rest, we looked around the hidden treasure room and found two secret doors! One to the West lead back to a hallway that was previously explored and the second one lead South. The Southern door opened into an odd shaped room, the walls of the room were covered in abstract art. With metal pieces appearing to curve off the surface of the wall and bend back into it, making complex designs and patterns. There is a door to the Southeast leaving the room. As we entered the room and started exploring a green viscous fluid dropped from ceiling attacking myself, Thagmar, and Quasi.

Battle – I took a heavy blow as the blob smashed me with all its weight, engulfing me in its fluid, entrapping me, and burning my skin with acid. Vroc sprang into action and cast Guiding Bolt at the liquid, blasting the slime across the room and freeing Thagmar and Quasi. I however was dragged across the room with the slime, still entangled. With a monumental amount of effort I was able to extricate myself from the slime and fled across the room. The beast attempted to reach out for me as I fled but missed. Thagmar took the opportunity to slash the slime twice with his great sword, injuring it, I believe. Xon fled the room, his mind broken from the horrors of the green slime. Quasi danced around the outside of the slime and flanked it from behind (can a slime have a behind?), he thrust his blade into the blade once and missed on a second attack. Deprived of attacking me, it thrust itself at Thagmar and missed the nimble barbarian. Thagmar and the beast traded blows, each landing solidly on the other, however the beast was able to grapple him. I stepped forward and cast scorching ray with confidence, targeting each ray with precision and dealing what should have been horrific damage. However, the beast appeared to heal after being hit with the scorching rays! [GM Comment: Poor Karn had rolled criticals with two of the three rays.] Quasi continued to struggle to hit the slime, finally landing a solid slash to the flank of the monster. Xon, found his manhood and returned to the battle screaming in terror as he plunged his pike into the slime. Vroc once again cast Guiding Bolt, calling to Ezaos for aid, blasting the beast with holy might. Thagmar bust free from slime, screaming in fury and fully enraged. As Quasi thrust his blade through the slime, it lost cohesion, and dissolved into a giant puddle.

Kills – Quasi I

After the battle, Vroc called upon his god to aid myself and Thagmar, and healed our wounds. Once our wounds were healed we searched the room and found nothing of value. Vroc then cast several spells to aid our group in upcoming battles. We left the art/slime room and headed through the door to the Southwest. The door opened into a hallway that has North/South hallway crossing the hall, an adamantine door leading North and a regular wooden door heading East.

We decided to head up the North hallway to an adamantine door and opened it into a large room with adamantine doors exiting to the east and south. Several adamantine steel tables lined the room, what appeared to be the dissolved remains of several wooden objects littered the room, and pulsating/sloshing around in the middle of the room was another slime. This one was orange however.

Battle – Quasi rushed into the room, firing arrows as he ran, hitting with one of the arrows dealing some minor damage to the beast. Of note was the fact that the slime dissolved the wooden shaft of the arrow. Xon must have found his spine as he entered the room and thrust his pike at the orange slime, thrusting it deep into the monster’s body. Thagmar rushed forward and delivered two punishing blows with his two-handed blade. Vroc and I followed him into the room and cast Firebolt and the monster, delivering a glancing blow to the beast. Vroc cast Sacred Flame at the orange slime, killing it.

Kills – Vroc I

After the death of the Orange Slime we searched the room and found nothing of value. We decided to exit the room through the adamantine door to the East. Inside we found a medium sized room with iron cabinets lining the walls and a wooden table in the middle of the room. We searched the cabinets and tables and found the following:

Treasure (room 14) – 5 vials with white powder, 1 dried mushrooms, 1 black dust, 1 contained azoth (silver mercury type liquid), 1 contained sulfur, 3 contained petrified wood, 1 contained florescent fluid, 1 contained quartz crystals, 5 contained glue, and 1 contained a clear liquid. None of these vials were magical, we placed the vials into the bag of holding and took them with us.

There were no other exits out of the room so we decided to backtrack a bit, returning to parts of the level that per our map we had not fully explored yet. We entered a star shaped room, in each of the points of the star contains a marble column, which supports the 20-foot-high vaulted ceilings. A severely damaged fresco covered the ceiling, however it was damaged beyond recognition. At the back of the room were stairs leading down to a crescent shaped room with a simple white stone altar with a single word in Ancient Sullian scribed upon it. We took an etching of the word and left the room.

We traveled back to a hallway we had previously examined, to check out a room we had missed. Inside we found a large room with a red brass table with a depression in the middle with a large crystal sitting in the middle. Around the table were several high-backed chairs, in front of each chair was a series of buttons. We left the room and the buttons alone.

We then traveled further North until we came to the hallway we had abandoned earlier and went through the door. We found a medium sized room with a ragged curtain on the western wall. Hidden behind the curtain was an altar to the Sullian god Sigmar, thrusting forward with a magical spear. The statue’s head had been replaced again, much to Thagmar’s anger. In a fit of anger at the desecration of the god of war, Thagmar reached up and ripped the defiler’s head off the statue and smashed it upon the ground. Thagmar then replaced the head of Sigmar, once the statue was complete it dropped the spear it was holding. The group decided to take a long rest to recover from our travels and Thagmar identified the spear as +1, he held onto it to give it to Roland.

Treasure (room 15) - +1 spear Thagmar to give to Roland

After our long rest, we moved onto the room near the entrance to this level that contained a door we had not opened. We entered the room and found the walls covered in frescoes depicting the exploration of other worlds. The frescos appear to match the worlds we saw in the room with the floating gloves, supporting Vroc’s theory. Along the South wall, we found a thin layer of red dust. Quasi used two empty vials to collect the red dust. There was a wooden door leading South.

Treasure (room 10) – Red dust, Quasi

We headed through the room to the South, a large room with an exit to the East. The walls were covered with metal shelves, resting upon the shelves were many metallic boxes. Quasi searched the boxes and found three sets of belts, boots, and gloves. The belts were giving off magical radiation.

Treasure (room 11) – magical belt, bag of holding.

We headed through the room to the East, which led to a hallway that ends in a T, heading North/South. The hallway dead ends at doors. We decided to head to the Northern door. The door opened into a medium sized room with many lockers, benches, and pegs. After a thorough search we came across two glimmer silk garments (these offer the protection of leather, but the weight of cloth). Quasi quickly stored them in the bag of holding.

We then headed down to the hallway that headed south and went to a door midway through the hallway. As we approached the door we began to hear a language that none of us recognized. Vroc cast several spells to aid our group and we entered the room. Thagmar instantly recognized the beasts in the room as Bugbears, there were four of them in the room. We surprised the beasts and sprang into action.

Battle – Thagmar let out a blood curling battle cry and charged into the room, quickly followed by Quasi. Vroc called upon the might of Ezaos, casting Guiding Bolt on one of the Bugbears, missing. I cast Magic Missile, wounding three of the beasts. Our surprise was complete as I was able to cast Witchbolt before the Bugbears could react, blasting one and missing the second. Thagmar positioned himself to guard me and still attack. He landed a single solid blow on one of the heavily armed and armored monsters. Quasi became a wheeling dealer of death as he dealt several quick slashes and thrusts to the Bugbear I was shocking with Witchbolt, killing it. Vroc shouted a battle cry to Ezaos and charged into battle, attacking with his flail, connecting solidly. Suddenly, out from behind the table a hidden bugbear jumped out and threw several punches at me. However, I was able to raise a Shield spell at the last possible second and his blows fell harmlessly against the spell. Thagmar, took a brutal blow from a morning star of one of the bugbears, but seemed to only get stronger in his anger. Quasi, struggled to land blows on the two Bugbears missing twice. Thagmar in a bloody rage, killing one of the Bugbears with the Great Sword Blood Drinker, running the blade deep into the humanoids chest. Xon landed a viscous thrust with his pike to Bugbear attacking me from the table. Vroc cast Sacred Flame on the Bugbear in front of him, killing the beast and filling the room with the stench of roast Bugbear. Quasi, thrust his blade through the heart of the bugbear attacking from his back, killing it instantly. The final remaining Bugbear attacked Vroc and landed a week punch that slightly bruised the dragonborn. Thagmar rushed forward and cleaved the last Bugbear into two, killing the last of the humanoid monsters.

Kills – Quasi I, Thagmar II, Vroc I

Treasure (room 7) – 4 morning stars, 4 sets of studded leather, and a sack with several gems, bronze locket, and a jade statuette of a demon.

After cleaning out the room we headed down the hall to finish off the last room on this level. We breached the door and found a large circular room, with an active magic portal. Standing inside the room were 5 red elves and 6 Bugbears, we knew we were in serious trouble.

Battle – Thagmar rushed into the room before anyone could react and landed two heavy blows to the first red elf he could see, wounding the warrior. The elves responded by getting into strategic positions behind or around their Bugbear body guards and cast magic missile at Thagmar, the mighty barbarian took 9 missiles and somehow remained upon his feet. He was staggered but did not drop. Quasi cast Hail of Thorns and fired an arrow into a packed group of our enemies, raining death down upon our their heads. The Bugbears rushed to the front and fell upon Thagmar and Quasi, Thagmar once again took a beating but somehow stayed upon his feet. I cast Web upon the group attacking from our right flank, catching one of the red elves and two of the Bugbears. Vroc cast Spiritual Guardian, calling forth the host of spirits to protect our group, they swirled around us attacking the Bugbears that were immediately attacking us. Several of the brutes howled in agony as the spirits assaulted them. I cast Scorching Ray and blasted one of the Bugbears attacking Thagmar, but missed on two other attacks. Quasi, cast Hunter’s Mark on the nearest Bugbear and stabbed the nearest Bugbear with his rapier, killing it instantly. The elves retaliated by casting darkness upon our group, blinding Xon, Vroc, Quasi, and myself with magical darkness. Thagmar once again took a brutal beating from the magic missiles from the red elves. Thagmar attempted to hit one of the Bugbears that had been attacking him, landing a glancing blow but missing on a second thrust of the blade. The Bugbears turned their gaze upon Thagmar, missing with several blows but landing a glancing blow to the weekend barbarian. I rushed out of the darkness spell and unleashed my breath weapon upon two of the Bugbears, burning one of them alive and roasting a second, the air filled with the smell of charred flesh. As I finished breathing fire, one of the elves hit me with a firebolt spell that wounded me slightly. Thagmar again took a magic missile attack staggering the barbarian to the point he looked as if he would drop. One last magic missile spell dropped the mighty barbarian, he slumped to the ground unconscious and bleeding out. Vroc rushed out of the darkness and cast cure wounds upon Thagmar, healing the barbarian and bringing him back into the fight. As he moved forward the spirits followed in all their howling fury, tore one of the Bugbears apart, killing the monster. The Bugbears attacked Vroc, missing on their attacks. Once again, the howling spirits ripped into the Bugbears, causing them to scream in agony. Xon stepped forward and attacked the red elf that was webbed, dealing significant damage. Thagmar, coming to, following his brush with death immediately got up off the ground and cleaved one of the Bugbears. Another red elf victim fell to the raging spirits as the others again cast spells at Thagmar, bombarding the wounded half-orc with magic missile and knocking him to the ground unconscious. Vroc again rushed to Thagmar’s aid, casting cure wounds upon him and bringing him back into the fight. Quasi rushed to the front and attacked an elf and a bugbear, dropping hunter’s mark on the elf. Quasi was able to run the bugbear through, killing it. I cast Magic Missile into one of the three elves, killing it instantly. The two remaining two elves were assaulted by the howling spirits, dealing horrible damage, the two fled through the open portal. The remaining captured elf, was interrogated and revealed the word to close the gate and let us know that if we had the soil of his home planet we could open the portal. We bound the elf and headed back to Karlsburg.

Kills – Quasi II, Karn II, Vroc III, Thagmar I

Treasure (room 8) – 6 morning stars, 6 sets of studded leather, 3 long swords, 3 sets of chain mail.

Session Report 2016-09-23 by Roland Red Oak

September 23, 2016 – The Journal of Roland Red Oak

About a month after the Dragonborn Karn brought me the documents the group had found in the Mount of the Red Door, I was approached by Draven with a new group, who had decided to enter the Mount to explore and treasure hunt. Draven explained that he and his new friends had entered the Mount recently and had some curious adventures; including running into a pair of talking ghouls. They were looking to continue their exploration and needed a healer, I joined without hesitation.

The new group consisted of; my good friend Dravin Stormblood the hammer wielding dwarven mage, Cathar Lavemion a lightning quick wood elf monk, Nevus Jorandel a half-elf paladin, Halitrax Ungart a stout dwarven fighter, Zanyk a rather angry gnome barbarian, and myself Roland.

Early in the morning our group convened at a local tavern for breakfast and then we headed to the Mount. We returned to the third level that they had left behind earlier and made our way to a Temple of Midas in search of forces from resurgent Sullian
Empire! I was most excited to meet these fellows as I have only ever read about them, however we found no traces of them and that temple had not changed from their previous encounter (much to my disappointment). We then moved onto the room where the group had found a portal that allowed the Sullian’s to travel to the Mount, finding the portal closed.

The group decided to move onto room where they had encountered a bugbear and a red elf army (oh my, so exciting!) Finding nothing of value we moved onto the next room, once again finding dust. Sitting in the middle of the Eastern wall of the room, sat a door with a glass circle, ½ black and ½ white. After a quick inspection from Draven found not arcane significance in the sigil, we decided to enter the room. Inside we found a series of stone steps leading to a dais, and sitting on top was a large archway. The steps, the dais, and the archway were all constructed from some beautiful blue stone that was covered in some indecipherable flowing silver ruins. All in all, the room was quite striking. As I admired the beauty of this strange room, my attention was quickly brought to the two red elves sitting across the room under the arch, surrounded by multiple large abominations that could only have arisen from the pits of some hell. The beasts had four spindly legs that ended in three sharp claws, scrawny bodies covered in molted fur, and oblong heads whose jaws opened up like some flower from the fever dreams of a madman. Nevus attempted to parlay with red elves, too little or no affect, battle was joined.

Combat – The elves immediately cast magic missile at Zanyk blasting the poor gnome with an entire host of missiles, staggering the poor gnome. The creatures rushed at the dwarf covering the space between them in quick, awkward strides. Luckily Halitrax was ready and their attacks banged off his shield harmlessly. Zanyk erupted into a rage and struck one the beasts attacking Halitrax in the face, sinking his battle axe deep into the monster’s muzzle. Halitrax responded to the beast’s attacks and crushed the beast in front of him with two heavy blows to the body with his mighty war hammer, wounding and angering the creature.  Dravin cast flaming sphere behind the front line of creatures attacking our fighters and slammed it into the beast, causing howls of pain. I called upon Desonia and cast healing word upon Zanyk, closing some of his several wounds.

With a mighty bellow full of dwarven curses, Halitrax brought his hammer down upon the of the wounded beast in front of him splattering floor with brain and blood, killing the monster. Again the Red Elves blasted the poor barbarian with Magic Missile, doing horrible wounds to the brave warrior. (At this point I am not sure why, but the elves seemed to hate the gnome).  Zanyk, unable to reach his tormentors, took his frustrations out upon the beast blocking his way by wounding the creature deeply. Again the beasts charged the dwarven warrior, finally breaking through his defenses and scratching wounds deep into his side. Cathar took careful aim with his bow and fired arrows into the frontline beasts, landing solid hits on one of them. I called upon the might of Desonia and cast Hold Person upon the elves, freezing them in place and hopefully buying Zanyk a reprieve from their spells. Nevus unable to make it into combat cast bless upon our frontline warriors, bringing the favor of Desonia into the battle. Dravin cast Magic Missile at the elves, blasting the villains with force damage, wounding them.

The front line beasts turned on Zanyk and he was clawed horribly, opening three long deep red lines upon his chest. Nevus laid hands upon the wounded barbarian, stopping his bleeding and mending some of his wounds. Dravin rammed one of the beasts with the flame sphere, causing it to howl in pain as it burst into flames. The beast slowly collapsed into a heap of stinking burning flesh, dying a painful death. I have never seen anything move as gracefully as Cathar, he danced his way to the front of the group and attacked one of the lead monsters. He unleashed a series of devastating blows with his quarterstaff, breaking the monster’s arm so bad that the limb was torn from its body, killing the creature and dropping it in a puddle of blood. After Cathar cleared a path to the elves, Halitrax took advantage of the opening, and rushed to the back of the room. He began screaming a litany of dwarven curses as he smashed his hammer into the paralyzed elf with brutal force, causing horrible internal injuries. Zanyk, seeing a path to the elves, ignored all obstacles in his path a raced to the rear of the room. He roared in rage as he delivered two devastating blows to the paralyzed elves.

Somehow, after this last attack the elves were able to shake off my spell, they cast a spell and vanished from view, denying Zanyk his bloody retribution. Nevus, finally with a clear path to the action, rushed to his allies’ defense and attacked the beasts from behind, driving his great axe deep into the creature’s spine, causing it to howl in rage and pain. Cathar carefully positioned himself between two of the beasts and utilizing a combination of his staff, feet, hands, and head delivered a whirlwind of blows to the nearest beast. Pummeling the creature to death, finishing it off with backhand that knocked the spittle from the dead monster’s mouth.

Suddenly the elves appeared at the back of the room and cast magic missile at Dravin, deeply wounding the mage. Dravin howling in rage and pain, spun around and cast magic missile at one of the elves, connecting, and causing the elf to flinch. Halitrax, seeing his fellow dwarf getting attacked from behind rushed to his aid and smote one of the wounded elves with a viscous swing of his hammer. I aided the wounded dwarven mage with a cure light wounds, healing some of his damage. The creatures meanwhile attacked Cathar, drawing long scratches on the monk’s arm. Nevus drove his great axe into the skull of a creature he had been battling, killing the beast. He turned and rushed to join Halitrax in attacking the elves, wounding one of them with his axe. I turned on one of the beasts and cast Poison Spray, causing the monster to die in a choking agony. After trading blows with Halitrax and Nevus, the elves once again disappeared. After several tense minutes of waiting, the elves did not return.

Kills – Halitrax I, Dravin I, Cathar II, Nevus I, Roland I

After the battle I tended to the wounds of our brave band, using my healing kit. We decided to head into the adjacent room and took an hour or so to catch our breath and prepare for additional exploration. After a brief discussion the paladin, Nevus, convinced the group that we had unfinished business with the ghouls. We decided to head to the north and eliminate the them, the group informed me that there were anywhere between 7 or 8 non-intelligent, normal ghouls and two intelligent ghoul leaders. As we entered the room with the two intelligent ghouls we saw that they were having tea, we asked about the elf and we were informed that he was mostly intact in the other room. Halitrax asked to see the elf, one of the ghouls went and grabbed the elf who was missing his left arm. The ghoul’s ushered us to the table for tea and as the group took our seats, Nevus yelled, “In the name of Desornia!” and swung his axe into the ghoul, smiting the undead monster with the holy wrath of his god. Battle broke out in the middle of a tea party.

Combat – Nevus’s plan worked to perfection, catching the ghouls completely by surprise and delivering two crushing blows to the ghoul closest to him. Halitrax, casually took a sip of the tea, set the cup on the saucer and proceeded to deliver a series of heavy blows to the ghoul closest to him. Zanyk, still gun shy from the previous battle with the elves began muttering curses under his breath about smelly, no good elves and missed both attacks on the ghoul closest to him. After getting over their initial shock the ghouls immediately began attacking the paladin. The paladin caught a diseased claw, causing Nevus to immediately become ill. Halitrax battle lust came upon him as he delivered a multitude of blows to the ghoul, splattering a caustic gore all over himself and Zanyk, burning their flesh and causing both to yelp in pain.  Halitrax then jumped on the table and smashed the china set into a million pieces. Nevus, continued to wretch and cough, unable to move. However, he was able to call upon his god for aid and blessed the fighters of the group, in between retching. As the battle continued the elf began to run directly at me, seeing a possible attacker, I ran him through with my spear. Putting the elf out of the fight. Cathar with amazing grace and power, delivered a multitude of powerful blows to the ghoul.

The remaining ghoul turned on Cathar, who expertly danced out of the way of the claw attacks. Zanyk, seeing the elf run out of the corner of his eye, turned to rush after and left himself open to attack and took a horrible double claw attack to the back. Instantly causing the gnome to wretch and stop in place. Dravin cast Witchbolt upon the remaining ghoul, blasting the beast with lightning. Nevus, still coughing and hacking attempted to throw a chair at the monster and missed. The chair exploded on the wall behind him. Zanyk once again striking with force, delivered multiple blows to the creature. Halitrax, laughing hysterically about finally looking someone in the eye as he swings away at the ghoul from the table, landed several blows. The ghoul, retaliated with a viscous swipe of the claws, causing the him to wretch and vomit. Once again, Nevus chucked another chair wide of the ghoul, smashing it into pieces. Dravin continued his electrical attack on the ghoul, shocking the monster. I cast poison spray on the monster, which shrugged off the spell to no effect. Zanyk landed two solid blows that splattered the ghoul across the room, covering the monk, barbarian, and fighter in gore.

Kills – Halitrax I, Roland I, Zanyk I

After the conclusion of the battle the group decided we need to recover from the brutal battle. We found that somehow the elf had survived a spear to the gut and was still alive. Zanyk bound the him but not before giving him a savage kick to the ribs. During our recovery, the ghouls outside began pounding upon the door to the West attempting to enter the room. While resting Dravin came across a wooden chest that contained a king’s ransom in gold and jewelry. I searched through the library in the room, they contained works of fiction written in High Sullian. We found no books of value.

The group discussed what to do with the elf prisoner, after much debate we decided to turn the elf over to the Karlsburg officials for interrogation. The group is concerned that a war between the Sullians and the Red Elves is brewing in the mount. We moved the elf into the room adjacent to the tea room, bound in a chair, and gagged. Despite the vigorous objections from the barbarian who desired the death of the elf.

The group decided that we needed to take out the ghouls who have been beating on the door to the west after we finally reached our decision on the prisoner.

Combat – Zanyk threw the door open and looked into the face of a decaying ghoul and slashed the ghoul twice with his battle axe. Halitrax delivered a couple of crushing blows with his war hammer, splattering the ghoul’s brains across the floor, killing it. Cathar fired his bow into the undead monster in the right eye and out the monster’s skull, killing it instantly. Nevus, rushed to the front of the battle, hopping the gnome and delivering a skull splitting blow the lead ghoul’s head. The ghoul died without knowing what hit it. Cathar once again danced to the front of the group and delivered a series of quick, crushing blows to the final ghoul. The ghoul died horribly and a rain of blows from his staff. The group tracked down the remaining ghouls and ended them as well.

Kills – Halitrax II, Cathar II, Nevus I, Zanyk II

After killing the remaining ghoul’s, the group collected our prisoner and headed to Karlsburg. Before we left, the wizard collected the tongues from the ghouls as a trophy for Quasi. After reaching town, I had to leave the group as an immediate issue with my congregation was brought to my attention. I wished the group well and went to help the family.

Summary of House Rules We Use

Drama Cards

This replaces Inspiration mechanic.

Each Drama card is unique and has a specific benefit and time when it can be used. Each PC receives a number of Drama cards based on his/her character level. Each PC is also restricted on the number of Drama cards that he/she can play during a session.

There are four categories of cards: copper, silver, gold, and platinum. To use a card costs a number of points based on the category: copper: 1, silver: 2, gold: 3, and platinum: 4. The number of points each PC has depends on his level.

Character Level	Max # of Drama Cards in Hand Per Session	# of Points Per Session
1-2	4	2
3-4	5	3
5-6	6	4
7-8	6	5
9-10	7	6
11-12	8	7
13-14	8	8
15-16	9	9
17-18	10	10
19	10	11
20	12	12

Initiative

Initiative is card based. Each PC gets 1 card and each group of NPCs gets a 1 card. Each round the deck of cards are shuffled. One card is revealed at a time. The card revealed is the PC or NPC that goes next. That PC or NPC takes his/her turn before the card is revealed.

Each PC gets a bonus card for each bonus from Dex, Int, and Wis. A PC may add any number of bonus cards to the deck for any round. A bonus card only lasts for one round and once used may not be again in the session. A bonus card does not grant a PC an extra action in a round. So once a PC's card is revealed, any other cards of his/her are ignored

Flanking

If you and at least one ally are all adjacent to the same enemy and all are attacking that enemy, then you and your allies each gain an advantage. However, the size of the advantage is not always a d20. The size of the advantage die depends on the number of allies that meet the above criteria.

# Characters	Dice Size
2	d10
3	d12
4	d16*
5+	d20*

The value in the # Characters column is the total number of adjacent and attacking characters, including your character. I realize a d10 may not help much unless your really good. And yes I do have a d16.

* This level is considered as granting Advantage for standard D&D 5e rules that require a character to have Advantage.

Level Training 

In an earlier post I created a training cost table that differed from the DMG. I've decided to update it again. This time I giving the players the option to decrease the time it takes to train if they are willing to pay more.

Level Attained	Training Time	Gold	Level Attained	Training Time	Gold	Level Attained	Training Time	Gold
2	10 days	30	2	5 days	68	2	2 days	180
3	10 days	90	3	5 days	203	3	2 days	540
4	10 days	180	4	5 days	405	4	2 days	1,080
5	20 days	300	5	10 days	675	5	4 days	1,800
6	20 days	500	6	10 days	1,125	6	4 days	3,000
7	20 days	800	7	10 days	1,800	7	4 days	4,800
8	20 days	1,200	8	10 days	2,700	8	4 days	7,200
9	20 days	1,700	9	10 days	3,825	9	4 days	10,200
10	20 days	2,300	10	10 days	5,175	10	4 days	13,800
11	30 days	3,000	11	15 days	6,750	11	6 days	18,000
12	30 days	3,800	12	15 days	8,550	12	6 days	22,800
13	30 days	4,700	13	15 days	10,575	13	6 days	28,200
14	30 days	5,700	14	15 days	12,825	14	6 days	34,200
15	30 days	6,800	15	15 days	15,300	15	6 days	40,800
16	30 days	8,000	16	15 days	18,000	16	6 days	48,000
17	40 days	9,300	17	20 days	20,925	17	8 days	55,800
18	40 days	10,700	18	20 days	24,075	18	8 days	64,200
19	40 days	12,500	19	20 days	28,125	19	8 days	75,000
20	40 days	15,000	20	20 days	33,750	20	8 days	90,000

Skill Knack Training

The training lasts for 100 days and costs 2gp per day. After you spend the requisite amount of time and money, you gain a knack for a single skill for which you are not proficient. A knack is simply a +1 modifier for a specific skill. You can only have one knack per skill.

Session Report 2016-07-31 by Karn Brightscale

July 31, 2016 – The Journal of Karn Brightscale; Adventurer, Merchant, and Blacksmith
It has been a year since I last picked up my staff and decided to adventure around the town of Karlsburg. I had been working as an apprentice blacksmith and traveling merchant, quite successfully I might add. When I was approached by a former associate, a half-orc named Thagmar, with a business proposition. An equal share of any treasure we recovered from the Mount of the Red Door if I would aid his group in exploring its depths. Previously, the half-orc had traveled with one of my caravans as a body guard and I found him to be an honest fellow and handy in a scrap. I had also joined him when he investigated attacks upon his village, only to find tragedy, we avenged his family upon the undead monster that was responsible. After such adventures, of course I agreed to join him and his companions.

I met the group beforehand; Quasi the Wood Elf Ranger/Bounty Hunter, Vroc the Dragonborn Cleric, and Thagmar the half-orc Barbarian. Additionally, Quasi’s body guard Xon joined our group as well. My personal body guards accompanied us as well, Bron and Jerrick. The best sword arms gold can buy. It was an impressive group that I was happy to join, we gathered our supplies and prepared to enter the Mount.

We carefully entered the Mount and headed down into the first level and found that the level was abandoned, I was informed by the group that they had cleared this level however a recent infestation of some monstrosity had taken over the upper levels. After a careful two-hour search of the level we found the level abandoned and empty. So we headed down to next level and proceeded to cautiously explore the area.

We took an uneventful trip to what I was told was a receiving room for a hobgoblin king name Ruck-Ruck and the last place they encountered the snake monstrosities. After sneaking down the hallway from the receiving room we encountered a closed door, once opened we found a large room that had a partially excavated northern wall, three remaining pillars supported the ceiling, and stairs and a hallway exited the room to the west. Between the pillars to the south sat a throne cobbled together from broken furniture. Around the room were several of the snake monstrosities, the group did not lie at the other worldly horror of these creatures. Immediately battle was joined as the creatures hissed in unison and charged.

The beasts were waiting on our group and caught us unaware, they charged at us and spit a vile acid onto three of our group causing burns everywhere they touched exposed flesh. The fellow dragonborn called upon his god and cast Bless upon our group, bringing aid to all. Quasi raced into the room, as he rushed to attack one of the spitting beasts he cast Hunter’s Mark and slashed the beast with his rapier. Thagmar charged into the room and slaughtered two of the creatures with massive swings of his two handed blade. Thagmar was quickly surrounded by the beasts, the beasts seemed to land a series of horrific blows, which barely damaged the brute. Two of the flying abominations blasted myself and Quasi with acid, painfully burning our flesh. Vroc came to our rescue and cast Prayer of Healing, causing wounds to close, mangled flesh to mend, and bleeding to stop. I shouted, “ENOUGH!” and I cast Witchbolt at two of the beasts, electrifying the flying beast to the point where its skeleton was briefly visible through its flesh. As the electricity coursed through its body the creature screamed in agony. Both creatures become enraged and charged at me swinging away at me. I brought forth a Shield to protect me, however the beast found a way through and raked me with its claws. As the second beast flew toward me, Quasi caught the enraged monster with a quick stab through the spine, killing it instantly. Vroc called upon the benevolence of his deity and cast Preserve Life and healed himself, Thagmar, and me of our wounds. Once again the beast renewed its attacks on me, my second Shield spell blocking one of the attacks but the second got through causing me to lose the Witchbolt spell. Quasi, seeing my distress charged to my rescue, taking a viscous swipe to his side from one of the beasts as he raced to my aid. Quasi quickly dispatched one of my attackers with a twisting thrust of his blade and delivered a series of quick thrusts into the flying abominations side. While this was taking place Thagmar dispatched another abomination with Blood Drinker. Quasi, delivered a series of thrusts and slashes with his rapier, finally killing the flying monster. Vroc once again cast Healing Prayer and bathed our group in the gentle healing light of his god, closing our wounds, and refreshing the Half-Orc Barbarian. Thagmar continued to hold off the beast from attacking the group, continuously being slashed and cut by the beasts but somehow he remained standing despite the punishment. Vroc cast Cure Wounds upon Thagmar and his multitude of wounds closed and mended, reviving the seemingly made of stone barbarian. I cast Firebolt and blasted the acid spitting creature, burning a hole clean through the monstrosity, killing it. Thagmar cut down the last two beasts and ending their threat.

Kills – Thagmar IIII, Quasi III, Karn I

I examined the corpses of the monsters and I recognized them as Slithers and their different variations. We then searched the corpses and found nothing of value. The group decided that it was best to recover from our last encounter, heal up, and recover our spells.

We returned to the scene of our last battle after resting and decided to explore the norther portion of the throne room that the beasts were excavating. In an alcove on the northeast of the chamber there was a carcass of some type, resembling a segmented insect. This thing was enormous. Clearly shaken by the size of this beast the group carefully examined the corpse and found no insights into what this thing was when alive.

We examined a small room on the eastern wall, south of the alcove. Inside the room there was scenes of good luck and fortune painted on the wall. Quasi quickly spotted a hidden room leading to the north, we found an archway covered in runes. Quasi pointed out that the Slither’s slither marks lead from the archway. I examined the runes and found I could not decipher their meaning.

We left the hidden room and returned to the throne room and used a door in the northwest. Upon entering we found colorful mosaics of heroes, fighting dragons, rescuing maidens, etc. We found nothing of value in the small room and carried onto the next room. Inside were frescoes covering the wall depicting agricultural scenes. Finding nothing of value and we were going to return to the throne room when found the door had locked behind us. Left with no choice we continued in the way were going.

Quasi informed the group that when he had scouted the hall previously he had encountered several of the flying beasts guarding a stairwell leading down. Quasi reported hearing Slithers on the other side of the door, the group gripped our weapons tighter and prepared for another showdown with the beasts. Vroc prepared for combat by casting Bless, Warding Bond, Bear Endurance on the group.

Despite our preparations the creatures got the drop on us again and covered Thagmar, Quasi, and Vroc in their acidic vomit. Vroc once again called upon the might of his faith and cast Prayer of Healing, bathing the group in a holy light. Closing wounds and mending damage taken. I could hear an audible sigh of relief from Thagmar and Quasi as their wounds healed. Quasi rushed into the room, with Hunter’s Mark on his lips as he quickly carved into one of the Slithers. Gray-green blood poured from the beast’s wounds. I cast Witchbolt again linking the bolt onto two of the beasts, shocking them with eldritch red colored lightning. With a growl Thagmar rushed into the room ran through one of the beasts, killing it instantly. Quasi with a series of slashes and thrusts killed one of the beasts in a puddle of gray-green blood. Once again the flying creature rushed at me, I raised a Shield at the last possible second catching the first blow but the crafty creature landed a horrific blow on its second attack. The beast’s claws left deep gashes in my side and blood poured from the wound. Vroc’s Preserve Life spell filled the room with its healing light, closing wounds. My wounds closed slightly and the blood flowing from the wounds slowed to a trickle. Thagmar in his rage struck down another of the beasts with a mighty two handed chop. Quasi made quick work of the last of the weakest variant of the Slithers and turned his attention onto one of the remaining beasts running it through. Quasi maneuvered himself behind the Winged Slither, the beast in the confusion of the battle missed his movements and he was able to drive his rapier clean through the monster. The winged abomination howled in agony as the point of the blade erupted from her side, spraying orange blood all over the floor. Vroc cast Guiding Bolt on to the Winged Slither illuminating the creature in a blue holy light, causing it to scream in agony. As the creature blinded by the spell thrashed about, Thagmar ended the creature’s life by beheading it with Blood Drinker. The blade’s ruins glowed in a red light bathing Thagmar’s arms in a warm glow as his wounds started to mend.

Kills – Thagmar III, Quasi IIII,

A quick search of the creatures and the room returned nothing. The group went down the hall leading from our last battle and as Thagmar opened the door a large chunk of stone fell, striking the barbarian, once again the tough as nails half-orc shook off the damage and continued on. The room was empty except a door leading south.

We entered the room and found three stools and an empty weapons rack, nothing of value here. There were doors leading to the west and the south out of the room. We exited the room through the door to the south, inside we found a dozen wooden statues of the pantheon of gods and several demon lords of the nine hells. Once again finding nothing of value we exited through door to the south. Inside the large room we found a silvery painted triangle with words at each point in a language that none of recognized. Quasi quickly scratched out a doodle of the painted triangle to take back to town.

The room ended with a door going to a room we had previously explored so we returned to a previous room with a door leading to the east and found a large room. Scattered about the room were the skeletal remains of 5 hobgoblins and their weapons. Quasi quickly picked up the weapons and stuffed them into the bag of holding. Most importantly we found a collection of chests, coffers, and sacks. Quasi excitedly turned to the group and exclaimed that we had found one of Ruck-Ruck’s treasuries! After collecting the treasure, Quasi searched the room and quickly pointed out a hidden room to the west. Quasi quickly pointed out that this is probably the real treasure room.
After much celebration and counting of coins the group left the treasure room behind and continued on our exploration. We returned to the main hallway and explored several rooms in the process, finding nothing of value along the way and no additional creatures.

We came across a large room with a western room with a boarded up well hidden behind the wall. A multitude of copper pipes leading into the well. Painted above well was a single word in a language we do not recognize. Vroc did his best to copy the word onto a blank sheet of parchment. With nothing else to see the group moved on. After a short trip down a long hallway we came across a door leading to the south.

Inside we found two marble statues, one male and one female, with their heads replaced by the head of Vork. In the back middle of the room sat a large finely carved golden box, sitting upon a stone altar. After several unsuccessful attempts at opening the golden box, we decided to come back with Milo, Draven, and Roland to see if they had an opinion on how to get it opened. We left the room and continued our exploration of the rest of the level.

Eventually we found a large empty room that had been stripped of all valuables and furniture. We continued on and found a large room that appeared to be a trophy room that had been previously looted however we did find several small artifacts. We thoroughly searched the room and found nothing else of value.

Continuing on we explored the final room, finding a well-worn desk and chair. Quasi found a secret door that led to a room with the symbols of Vroc’s god Ezaos covering the walls and a white wooden chest sat in the far corner of the room. Vroc slowed the group as he felt the presence of his god in the room, he approached the chest by himself as the rest of the group waited on his return. Inside the chest he found 3 vials and a marble idol of Ezaos.

After not finding any more of the Slithers we finished a sweep of the level, taking an hour or two of slow exploration we encountered another closed door where we could hear the abominations on the other side moving around. We decided it was in our best interest to recover from our exertions and camp for the rest of the day.

We returned to the room and Vroc, began praying to Ezaos, and cast Bless, Bear Endurance, and Warding Bond. Thagmar heaved the door open and we sprang into action. The battle was joined in earnest as we fought the beasts, trading blows and maneuvering into position. I moved up and cast Magic Missile, slamming missiles into two of the beasts. Vroc attempted a Guiding Bolt but missed his target, as it somehow sensed the spell and avoided it. Thagmar, in an almost blind rage, screamed in rage and cut one of the beasts in half. The beast gray-green blood exploded into a thick mist that covered the walls and floor around Thagmar. Vroc cast Prayer of Healing to bring the light of Ezaos onto the group, mending our wounds. Seeing an opportunity, I rushed up and used my flame breath, scorching three of the beasts. Quasi, using his rapier to slash the creature viciously through the midsection, dropping it into a puddle of gray-green blood. Thagmar cleaved another of the beasts with his blade, killing the wounded thing. Xon thrust with his pike into one of the beasts, driving the point deep into the beast’s gut. Vroc cast Preserve Life again, healing the group of our hurts. Quasi with a whirling attack delivered a series of quick slashes into a group of the beasts, killing it instantly. I cast Magic Missile at two of the creatures, killing one with the force darts. Vroc charged forward with a loud battle cry, cast Guiding Bolt, and once again missed the beast. The battle between our group and the remaining Slither Crystaline creature until Thagmar cut it down with his massive blade.

Victorious again we searched the creatures and found nothing of value. After clearing the level we decided to not press our luck and returned to Karlsburg. When we returned to town we tracked down Roland the Druid, another member of the party. After a brief introduction we showed him the sketches of the triangle and the words near the well. He recognized the language as Ancient Sullian. The words near the well, read “Danger” and the words around the triangle were “Light, Fear, and Fire.”

Kills – Thagmar III, Quasi II, Karn I