February 27, 2016 Session Notes
From the Journal of Roland Red Oak
The group for the day’s journey was Fayne, Roland, Milo, Draven, Borg, & Quasi. We hired Mandor and Seamus (traveled with us before), two local mercenaries to accompany us. We relaxed in the town for about 10 days; Fayne, Borg, and Quasi trained while Milo, Draven, and Roland worked in town earning a small amount of money.
We returned to the Mount of the Red Door and found 4 hobgoblins guarding the entrance, they informed us that King Ruck-Ruck would like to speak with our group. We decided to accompany the hobgoblins to the king, Rook-Rook, he asked if we had gone beyond the stairs with a yellow mold on the 1st level. We informed him that we have found the stairs but did not go down the stairs. He offered to pay an additional 500 gold to explore this area. We offered to explore the area after we finished the third level. He agreed.
The first room we encountered on the third floor was odd shaped with 5 mutant hobgoblins guarding the stairs, the room had two exits (a door to the south and a hall going south east). They introduced themselves and we found out that they have been hearing noises coming from the hallway without a door. The group decided to go through the closed door.
This led into a small room with a door to the east and a hall leading south. The room was filled with smashed tables and chairs. The group checked the door (hearing nothing and finding no traps) we entered a small armory with some remaining armor and weapons. The group noticed that the two sets of chain mail were magical, we took the armor with us and stuffed it into the bag of holding until we can identify it. Borg gave Seamus the crossbow and bolts, helping arm the mercenaries. The group celebrated our findings with much rejoicing!
The group returned to the small room and sent Ember the Pseudodragon down the hall to scout ahead for the group. He found a well-furnished barracks with a human soldier. The soldier spotted Ember and immediately drew his sword and charged after him, Ember decided that discretion is the better part of valor, turned tail and ran back to Fayne. Ember made it back to the group and the soldier did not continue the chase. The group decided to come down the hall to investigate, we entered the room and found six soldiers. The group prepared for battle, however Borg and Mandor started to yell at the group that the room was empty and became very concerned about thier companion’s mental health. Fayne stepped to the front of the group confident in his new abilities, casted shatter and nothing happened to the soldiers, this wiped the smirk of his smug elven face. Milo took several horrible blows from our opponents, but retaliated with a thunderwave spell that dropped one of the guards. Quasi stepped into the opening created by Milo’s spell and slaughtered two of the soldiers.
Kills – Milo 1, Quasi 3, Seamus 1, Roland 1
After the last soldier fell, the illusion collapsed and the well-furnished barracks became a dusty empty room. The group confused about what just happened decided to camp in the room and recover from the very trying ordeal. Borg and Quasi examined the chain mail and found that it is Sulian chain mail (+1 to saves vs. magic spells). After the rest the group found a secret/hidden door at the back of the empty barracks. We found two chests, one locked and one unlocked. We found 1,800 silver pieces!!! Fayne unlocked the locked chest and found 270 gold and a magical chime, however he discovered a needle trap that jabbed into his right hand when he picked the lock. Luckily the poison had degraded with age and did not affect him.
The group returned to the room with the hobgoblin guards and proceeded down the remaining hallway. Sending Ember down first to stealthy scout ahead of the group. Ember broadcast telepathically to the group that the hall ends in a large room with two doors north, a door south, and a hall south as well. Aimlessly wandering around the room were ten humanoid looking frog men armed with shields and spears. The group decided to ambush the frog men, the group charged in and Roland dropped a spiked growth spell in the middle the frog men. As the group charged in Roland used thorn whip to drag a frog man across the spikes shredding him into a green paste. Draven, blasted a small group of the frog men with an ice knife spell that exploded into frozen chunks of dead frog. The sole remain frog man on our side of the spike growth spell was cut in two from a devastating blow from Borg. Fayne hit one of the remaining frog men with an eldritch blast that pushed him across the spike growth ripping him into a green chunky goo. The two frogs across the hall leaped to the attack only to be impaled on the spike growth spell, killing one that Quasi had shot with an arrow previously. As the group started to celebrate our victory, the door on the north corner burst open and 6 very large frog men entered the fray. The new frog men grouped up and attempted to charge the group, they were in a perfect position where Draven cast ice knife that slammed into the group and coating them in blue frost. Fayne cast shatter in the middle of the group, doing significant damage to the group. Quasi cast a hail of thorn spell and launched a volley of arrows into the frog man group. The arrow killed the middle frog man and the thorns rained down on the rest of the group, making frog kabobs out of the entire group and killing the remaining little frog man from the original group. The shaman of the group took off running, fleeing our mighty group. Quasi fired an arrow into one of the two remaining frog men, killing him with a shot to his bulbous eye. Roland finished off the group with a thorn whip spell to drag the last frog man across the spike growth grinding him into a frog like slush.
Kills – Roland 5, Draven 3, Borg 1, Fayne 1, Quasi 3
The group searched the dead frog men and found the only things they possessed were some wooden shields (13 total shields). Borg quickly stuffed them into the bag of holding and the group was ready to move on. The group decided to go through the first door to the north and found a small room with a black basalt alter flanked by two basalt pillars. The altar has been defiled and damaged, Roland determined that the altar may be related to some deity of evil. To the east was a hall that ended in a door. The group returned to the large room and entered the second door to the north.
Inside the second room we found an ornate desk and cabinets. After searching room we found nothing of value and moved on. The group decided to enter the room to the south.
Inside the room we found a large privy, we found a small book from some sort of an erotic cult. Borg took the book and placed it in his backpack, much to the disgust of the group. We decided to go down the hall that the frogmen ran down and ran into a cross hallway to the east. A quick trip down the hall found a large room with 6 marble pillars and a stairway to the south. The group decided to go back to the door way that the original hall to the south ended in.
The group entered the room to the south and found a very large room with 4 marble pillars that supported the vaulted ceiling. The southern wall is covered by a large black silk tapestry with geometric patterns. The walls are covered in strange paint that caught the light of torches and lanterns. There was a statue carved from scorched wood in the form of a wide mouthed demonic looking frog and a door leading to the north. Once we entered the room, Fayne, Milo, Draven, Quasi, Borg and Mandor began to walk to the statue and began to worship the frog statue. Roland began searching the room looking for a way to break the spell, mid-way through the search the group stood up, shook their heads, and looked around confused. The only thing the group could remember was the name Tsath Dagon. Milo recognized the name as the demon prince of dark waters.
After the un-nerving encounter with the frog demon the group decided to proceed to the northern door. Finding a medium sized room with an exit to the north. Six giant beetles scuttle around the room and attacked with slimy dripping pincers. The beetles made a horrible shrieking noise, releasing a brown cloud of poison mist. Fayne and Borg were stunned by the blast unable to move or act, both horribly burned by the poison attacks. Roland charged to the front lines and cast thunderwave pushing three of them back. The beetles retaliated by charging in savaging him with vicious pincer bites. Quasi speared one of the beetles with his rapier killing it. Roland re-payed the two beetles with a second thunderwave blasting them into pieces, killing them both. Milo speared a beetle expertly with his rapier, sliding the blade between the bugs plates, killing it instantly. Borg smashed the beetle that had just bitten Quasi, cutting it in half. The group charged and surrounded the remaining beetle, trying to end it quickly. Borg finished the last one off.
Kills – Quasi 1, Roland 2, Milo 1, Borg 2
Borg grabbed one of the beetle corpses and smeared its blood and goo at the entrance to the northern hall, stating it would allow him to see any foot prints in the goo if something travels through the room. The group then retreated to one of the rooms we had cleared earlier and decided to rest and recover after the devastating battle with the beetles.
After the rest, the group returned to the room with the beetles, we continued through the hall to the north and found a medium sized room with a statue on the western wall of the god Midas whose head has been replaced by a stone head of Vork (the goatee beared man). The northern wall had a hall going north, a frosted glass door going north, and another hall leading south from the southwestern corner. The group decided on going to the northern hall.
We entered into a large room filled with rubble and the southwest corner has collapsed. To the east was a door leading back to the room with the basalt alter. To the north was a hall with a door leading north and on the southwestern wall was a hatch made of adamantine. Much to our dismay we found another six of the spitting beetles we had fought previously. Roland dropped the spike growth spell on top of the beetles, carving them up as they moved. The beetles retaliated by squirting their mist clouds into the group, causing horrible burns and damage to the group. Fayne and Draven were stunned by the shrieking sound. The group of beetles charged through the spike growth taking horrible damage, but the soldiered through it to attack the group. They once again doused the group in their toxic mist, causing more damage to our wounded group. Draven would have collapsed if not for the timely intervention of Milo who pushed him out of the way, rallying his spirits, and returning him to the fight. Fayne moved back and blasted the group with shatter spell that shook the hall and rained dust down on the group, two of the beetle’s carapace burst from the sound wave. Draven launched magic missile into the group of monsters dropping two of them in the process. Quasi speared one of the two remaining, killing the little bug eyed bastard. Draven finished off the final beetle with a magic missle.
Kills – Fayne 2, Roland 2, Quasi 1, Draven 1
After finishing off the final bug we returned to the room the beetles occupied and a quick search revealed 18 gold pieces and a single gold earring. The group took a short rest to recover some of the damage we had suffered in our last battle.
We returned to the room with the statue of Midas and tried the frosted glass door, Draven opened the door with a mage hand spell. Past the frosted glass door is a small room filled with shelves full of a perfectly silvery metal circular plates. The plates had small engravings on them, but they did not appear to be a language or make up pictures. Borg grabbed one of the silver plates to take back to Karlsburg to see if any of the historians in town could identify the use of the plate. Draven noticed that the room had perfectly smooth walls that were at perfectly 90 degree angled corners.
The group then traveled down the hall to the south of the silver plate room, we found a bend to the east that ended in a door. Past the door we found a large room with 8 heavy basalt pillars hold up a vaulted ceiling. The southern wall is covered by blue curtain, to the north is a basalt statue of Midas in dwarf form carrying a craftsmen’s tools. Of note was the fact that the to the east is a door opposite the one we entered the room through.
As we entered the room, the statue came to life and charged into attack the group smashing poor Draven with a heavy blow to the head staggering the dwarf. Roland prayed to the forces of nature and column of moon light landed on the statue causing it to burst into flames. Milo cast Bane upon the creature, cursing it. Borg charged in and smashed it with heavy blows from his axe. The group threw all we had at the monster, slowly chipping away at it. During the pitched battle the rock monster smashed Borg with a viscous blow to the chest, blasting him off his feet and stunning him. With Borg on his ass, the monster smashed Quasi with a devastating blow. Fayne finally hit the creature with a heavy blast using his eldritch blast, staggering the beast but not dropping it. Angered beyond all reason, the creature turned on Quasi and delivered a horrendous blow that crushed bones and bruised flesh. Quasi retreated from the front lines, dashing to the rear of the room, dropped his sword, pulled his bow off his shoulder, knocked an arrow and fired it straight through the creature’s head. Causing it to crumble into a million pieces in front of the group.
Kills – Quasi 1
The group checked the room for hidden doors and traps, finding a short hallway behind the curtain which led to a stairway leading down. Deciding that we had enough of the mount the group decided to return to Karlsburg ending our adventures for the time.
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