Dwarf Rescue 4 - Heavy Price

A Kuatoan steps out and casts a blade barrier around the second level of the temple. Gracie and Alistar are cut to ribbons. I evade the spell and jump down to the floor. Jian falls but is revived by Brak after he also leaps to the floor. Nugi leaps from the third floor to just short of the water. After Jian fireballs the Kuatoa, Sky breathes on him and Dubious and I hit him. The Kuatoa retreats into a back room. Nugi closes the door rather then charging in, surprising the Kuatoa. It latches from our side. Wait for the blade barrier to fall. Discuss how to disrupt the temple. Elwin and Jian check out the exit doors while Brak consecrates the area. The others and I recover equipment. As we retreat out the lower doors, a portal opens and a winged critter steps out. It is interested in Aerrion’s body. I challenge it in Celestial and it responds that it is here to tend to a “servant of their god”, Aerrion. Elwin yells about pulling a lever. Go into the lower hallway. A four way with doors each way. Listen at the doors. The winged one starts healing the injured. Open doors to the south. Dark temple lined with dead kuatoa. Several female’s body’s are blown open from the inside. An altar to the south has a crustation claw on in. Close that door. Open door th east. A large room with five alcoves. Several workshops. Elwin investigates. Red curtains partially cover the areas. Mostly empty. Check out and open west door. Octagonal room. Stairs up. Water in room. Portcullis to south covered with netting. Jian and Dubious re-check the work shop room. A kuatoa attaches Dubious when he gets near some water in the south end. A dark something oozes out under the door to the south while Elwin is guarding it. It forms into an incorporeal being that attacks. I hear what sounds like a portcullis opening to the west. I move to lock or jam the western door. It starts steaming from acid on the other side. The north door is being forced open by the armored kuatoa we fought earlier. The west door is forced open and Mikeal (the winged thing) fireballs them. When the kuatoa on the north door pushes, Brak and I pull on the door at the same time. The kuatoa falls in and I tumble past into the temple area as a darkness fills the area. About twenty feet into the temple. I clear the darkness and the temple appears clear. Elwin runs up next to me. Sounds of fighting from the darkness. Move up the stairs toward the second level exit doors. Elwin follows but slower. Short legs and all. Stay at the top of entrance to cover the other’s retreat. The acid thing was a large dragon that was impregnating the female kuatoa. We collect the remains of our companions as best we can. Retreat to a cave and debate what to do. Back to Cauldron. Try to find the dwarf again? Get replacements?

Travel back to Longspear. Shensen(druid from the Lucky Monkey) has brought a group of priests of the “One God”. They will take the bodies back to the Lucky Monkey and keep them preserved while we research how to raise our dead.

Oosana

XP:
Kills - 1800, Story - 200