Date: 12/28/2014
Attending:
Jake, Justin, Joey, Dave, Ben as Guest
Absent: Chris
– entertaining out of town guest Robin
Start Time: 7:41
p.m.
End Time: 10:27
p.m.
XP awarded: 750
Game time
elapsed: several hours
Enemies
Defeated: 1 ooze, 8 tusked creatures, 4 frogmen, 5 fungus guards, 1 human
leader
Notes:
Picking up
immediately after Session 15, the party squared off with the Doorwarden.
Grinning, she bowed to the party and said, “You are certainly deserving a
reward for making it this far. So you are free to go.” She flings the front
door of Dalus Keep wide open, revealing the courtyard beyond, and moved over to
the corner of the room. Immediately the
whole party, with the exception of Frumious, bolted for the door. Cackling, the
Doorwarden pressed a button on her rod, and the floor of the room fell, sending
the Knights down a sliding shaft deep into the bowels of the Keep. Frumious,
not wishing to be separated, jumps in after them.
The knights
arrive at the bottom of the shaft in what appears to be a jail or dungeon cell.
They also see that Grigor and Kyros have gone down a different shaft, and are
now missing. After fighting and killing an ooze in the cell, the knights break
down the door. Realizing they are in the Keep’s dungeon, they examine the other
cells. In one they find a gaunt long bearded man whom they recognize as their
old conscript buddy Master Shake.
Master Shake
tells them that two days or so after he left to deliver the scroll, he was
captured by men loyal to the Marquis. He was brought and has been imprisoned
here ever since (ten years). The party fights their way out of the dungeon
level, defeating several large tusked creatures, more frogmen, some more of the
armored guard figures, and a human leader of some sort. Along the way they find
a room that seems to be used as junk storage, mostly filled with old gears and
clockwork parts. They find a magical humanoid construct about the size of a Halfling
that is missing a large section of its head. Fyn convinces the group to take it
with them. Finding the exit, which was blocked by a portcullis Fyn disabled,
the party runs up a staircase that leads them to the frogmen level. Working
their way through that level they are able to find the spiral staircase from
before (Session 15) and retrace their steps to the exit. In one of the tunnels
they hear a chuckling as a large creature of some sort stalks through the
halls.
At the Keep
exit, they find the Doorwarden, right where they left her. She grins and opens
the door again – assuring them that this time she will let them leave. A rope is tied around Frumious and he goes
running out into the room. Sure enough the Doorwarden triggers the trap floor
again. The party hauls Frumious up while unleashing a flurry of missile weapons
at the Doorwarden, who counters with spells. Frumious, now back on solid
footing, uses the spell Mage Hand to steal the Doorwarden’s rod. Receiving it
he passes it to Fyn who finds the correct button and restores the floor. The
Doorwarden screams and charges, but Fyn drops here down the shaft by triggering
the trap. Then, restoring the floor again, the Knights rush out and saddle up.
As they begin riding out Grigor is spotting trying to shake free a grate in the
wall. The Knights retrieve him and ride out of the Keep towards Shadowmount.
End Session.
If someone can make an argument that there is a better 0 level spell out there than Mage Hand, I'd like to hear it. I just hope I can hear over the sound of my own boos.
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