Party Time
The next day, after a pleasant night of feast and fun, we receive four invites to celebratory parties. From the Mayor, the Tradesmen Guild (halflings), Caravan Transport guild and the Ranchers guild. I ask around trying to discover why the four parties. Turns out that each group is trying for the most prestige in order to attract the best guards. We split up and plan on visiting all four parties. First stop for each is: Mayor ~ Gracie, Jian and Dubious. Tradesmen-Bakersmith ~ Elwin and I. Teamsters-Lady Hefnerhard ~ Brak and Sky. Farmers-Willibrooks ~ Aerrion. I have a party dress made for 15 gold. Good price, looks worth twice as much. Each party has a presentation. Mayors: Dubious gets a full set of Dwarven Plate. Tradesmen: Elwin gets a set of lenses, “In Doubious’s behalf” - Lenses of Detection. Farmers: Aerrion gets a pair of Elven made boots. Teamsters: Don’t know.
Elwin learns of a dwarf NW of town. He claims to have found a mithral mine but he has never shown any mithral. It is only a day trip away. We decide to visit him. A half day out, spot carrion birds in sky. Signs of battle. One human and two dwarves. One dwarf still alive. I heal him. Name of Thomas. Attacked by Dark Elves like Gracie. His master was Old Bardy. Wearing a clan symbol. Thomas mentions breaking thru to another chamber. Had bad feelings about it. He is now afraid of caves. We decide to explore the caves. Thomas takes our horses to his shelter a few minutes away. The cave entrance is well traveled. Elwin surprised by two Drow males. Shot by a bolt. Gracie charges up shouting, “How dare you attack my party!” Her bluff appears to work. They tell us to follow and we do. Arrive at a large chamber with more Drow. Gracie speaks with one of the males. I understand some of what is said. He wants her to follow him to Kyless. Discuss to follow or not. Some move into chamber. Dubious gets concerned at the tone of the discussions and the encroaching Drow. He starts swinging. Tangled combat in close quarters but we take little damage before killing all but one that gets away. Explore around. Find armor and stuff. Plus a ring and wand. Several goblins are chained in a chamber. Mining mithral. It is sent away via a twenty foot chamber with blue sparkly magic.
We decide to try the portal. Probably stupid. Gracie, Dubious and Sky go first. The rest follow. The first three startle three Drow, two males and a female acolyte. Brief scuffle. Dubious cleaves one in half and the other two are captured. A small room nearby has four chests. Elwin searches and unlocks them. He also finds a bone tube and a potion bottle. Scroll is a divine type to break enchantments. While they continue futzing with the chests, I and others start hearing distant chanting. Arcane in nature. Sky moves up and looks. A male spellcaster is chanting and walking around a magical circle on the ground. Sky moves to attack. Four spiders move out from the walls. The Drow mage casts a Lightning bolt, zapping Sky and dropping Jian. Dubious and Sky charge the mage while I move to help Jian. Brak charges the spiders. Drop them all. Mage had a wand of Magic Missiles. Gracie finds a room full of jars with body parts. A young dwarf lies on a table, gutted. Elwin, Sky and Dubious find a small chamber with a spider in it. They soon dispatch it. Check out a second door. No noise. No traps. Locked with no key hole. Gracie interrogates one of the prisoners. She learns the other dwarf is with Kayless. Need the wizard to open the second door. Kayless is down stairs. Will have to use the teleporter again. Debate what to do about the door. Decide the scroll won’t work. Dubious bashes at the door and succeeds in smashing it open. Gracie runs in to read the runes on the chest. Oops, a trap. Explosion. She is badly hurt. Elwin move in but also trips a trap. Falls down in a weak heap. Chest still locked. Dubious and Sky carefully bash the chest open. Dwarves can be such useful tools. I search the room while they work. Find expensive spell components. Spellbook. Black cloth around a spider mask. The female prisoner says she can make the portal work. Debate the wisdom of letting her. Jian ungags her while we talk. Decide to try it. Poof, new room.
Move out to look around. A bunch of little spiders are etched into the floor, forming a much larger spider. It is about seventy feet across. Several low, four foot, walls are around. Jian and Dubious find something. Big with teeth and claws. Sky and I check out the other corner of the room. A Drow cleric steps out by Sky and shouts “Intruders!”, before casting a Ring of Blades. She then casts a spell at me but I shrug it off. Two more Drow step out by the monster fight. The cleric shatters Sky’s long spear with a spell as he draws it. I keep shooting her. Meanwhile, Dubious has heroically smacked the monster twice, severely wounding it. It collapses and Dubious finishes it off. The other Drow are also soon down.
Oosana
XP - Kills: 800, Story: 200, RP: 200
Everyone gets 1 action point.
Loot:
Wand of Magic Missiles
Wand of Burning Hands
Mace, light +2 damage vs good
Cloak of Resistance +2
Cloak black and spider mask
Spell book of 8th level mage
Plate Mail, +1, built for elven female.
Ring ??
Elwin learns of a dwarf NW of town. He claims to have found a mithral mine but he has never shown any mithral. It is only a day trip away. We decide to visit him. A half day out, spot carrion birds in sky. Signs of battle. One human and two dwarves. One dwarf still alive. I heal him. Name of Thomas. Attacked by Dark Elves like Gracie. His master was Old Bardy. Wearing a clan symbol. Thomas mentions breaking thru to another chamber. Had bad feelings about it. He is now afraid of caves. We decide to explore the caves. Thomas takes our horses to his shelter a few minutes away. The cave entrance is well traveled. Elwin surprised by two Drow males. Shot by a bolt. Gracie charges up shouting, “How dare you attack my party!” Her bluff appears to work. They tell us to follow and we do. Arrive at a large chamber with more Drow. Gracie speaks with one of the males. I understand some of what is said. He wants her to follow him to Kyless. Discuss to follow or not. Some move into chamber. Dubious gets concerned at the tone of the discussions and the encroaching Drow. He starts swinging. Tangled combat in close quarters but we take little damage before killing all but one that gets away. Explore around. Find armor and stuff. Plus a ring and wand. Several goblins are chained in a chamber. Mining mithral. It is sent away via a twenty foot chamber with blue sparkly magic.
We decide to try the portal. Probably stupid. Gracie, Dubious and Sky go first. The rest follow. The first three startle three Drow, two males and a female acolyte. Brief scuffle. Dubious cleaves one in half and the other two are captured. A small room nearby has four chests. Elwin searches and unlocks them. He also finds a bone tube and a potion bottle. Scroll is a divine type to break enchantments. While they continue futzing with the chests, I and others start hearing distant chanting. Arcane in nature. Sky moves up and looks. A male spellcaster is chanting and walking around a magical circle on the ground. Sky moves to attack. Four spiders move out from the walls. The Drow mage casts a Lightning bolt, zapping Sky and dropping Jian. Dubious and Sky charge the mage while I move to help Jian. Brak charges the spiders. Drop them all. Mage had a wand of Magic Missiles. Gracie finds a room full of jars with body parts. A young dwarf lies on a table, gutted. Elwin, Sky and Dubious find a small chamber with a spider in it. They soon dispatch it. Check out a second door. No noise. No traps. Locked with no key hole. Gracie interrogates one of the prisoners. She learns the other dwarf is with Kayless. Need the wizard to open the second door. Kayless is down stairs. Will have to use the teleporter again. Debate what to do about the door. Decide the scroll won’t work. Dubious bashes at the door and succeeds in smashing it open. Gracie runs in to read the runes on the chest. Oops, a trap. Explosion. She is badly hurt. Elwin move in but also trips a trap. Falls down in a weak heap. Chest still locked. Dubious and Sky carefully bash the chest open. Dwarves can be such useful tools. I search the room while they work. Find expensive spell components. Spellbook. Black cloth around a spider mask. The female prisoner says she can make the portal work. Debate the wisdom of letting her. Jian ungags her while we talk. Decide to try it. Poof, new room.
Move out to look around. A bunch of little spiders are etched into the floor, forming a much larger spider. It is about seventy feet across. Several low, four foot, walls are around. Jian and Dubious find something. Big with teeth and claws. Sky and I check out the other corner of the room. A Drow cleric steps out by Sky and shouts “Intruders!”, before casting a Ring of Blades. She then casts a spell at me but I shrug it off. Two more Drow step out by the monster fight. The cleric shatters Sky’s long spear with a spell as he draws it. I keep shooting her. Meanwhile, Dubious has heroically smacked the monster twice, severely wounding it. It collapses and Dubious finishes it off. The other Drow are also soon down.
Oosana
XP - Kills: 800, Story: 200, RP: 200
Everyone gets 1 action point.
Loot:
Wand of Magic Missiles
Wand of Burning Hands
Mace, light +2 damage vs good
Cloak of Resistance +2
Cloak black and spider mask
Spell book of 8th level mage
Plate Mail, +1, built for elven female.
Ring ??
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