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Day 6 - Starday, 13th of Desnus

We return back to the basement of the Gauntlight. Exploring the back of the Kitchen, we to through a door at the end, finding the Pantry. It looks like it exits both to the water under the boat house (where we met the dragon), and the other shows stairs descending. I set down some caltrops in front of the door leading to the stairs, and we move to check out the door we couldn't open yesterday.

I try picking at the door, but cannot open it. I hand my crowbar over to Kayden, and he's able to force open the door. There is an octagonal chamber adorned with runes. All the surfaces are incredibly smooth. Ulmin says it's a Teleportation Circle - but it is not active. I ask if it's linked to one place, or multiple (Ulmin knows it can be part of a network, or just A->B, but as a network, you need to have a "key" to go there. But Ulmin thinks that this one is just disconnected.) (I write on the outside of the door, "Defunct Circle")

We go through the secret door, and start looking through the sarcophagus. We find humanoid skeletons in them, naked. When we get half way down again, we all get that feeling of dread. Ulmin says the door at the end looks clear, and Kayden opens the door. Revealing a circular room, ribbon of pale blue light connecting the ceiling and floor. Where the light touches, the stone seems to writhe in pain. In the center of the room is a large dead(?) purple worm thing. Gadron is unable to cross the hallway. Ulmin goes up to poke the worm as I suggest we go back and find another way.

I retreat back to find another way with Gadron. (Ulmin is looking through the worm body, and finds a corpse with a corpse.) I am trying to find another way.

We roll initiative

1. Ulmin is looking over the corpses. Gadron is looking around. A ?morlock? opens the door next to me and warhammers me HARD. Another pulls out some junk into his "crossbow" and shoots at, hitting hard. I triple stride da'fuck out. Kayden strides to protect me, and raises his shield. Zan moves to get closer, and casts HEAL on me.
2. The Shadow returns and attacks Gadron, hitting, stealing some of his strength. Ulmin moves to flank (he's closer to the pale light, Ulmin feels uncomfortable) and strikes twice, hitting. Gadron move away from the Shadow. The ?morlocks? run after me. I throw an alchemist fire at the ?Morlocks? and then move to throw a ghost charge at the shadow. Zan attempts to disrupt the undead, this time succeeding.
3. The Shadow swoops up to Zan, hitting. Ulmin uses his electric arc but fails. Gadron moves to help Kayden, marks one of the ?morlocks? then shoots. The ?morlock? hammers at Kayden, missing twice and then moves. The other ?morlock? gets crap out of his bag, shoots it at Kayden, who raises his shield. I throw my last ghost charge (should make more next time), and hit due to Zan's guidance, then change the grip on my axe, and try swinging, but miss. Kayden attacks the ?morlock? with the hammer, but misses twice. Zan casts Disrupt Undead again, and again succeeds, then casts Guidance at Ulmin.
4. The shadow reaches into Zan's soul, and he is enfeebled, then it tries to rip away Zan's shadow, but Zan resists. Ulmin moves up to stab - and hits, then gives it the hairy eyeball. Gadron, shoots his prey, hitting once. Warhammer ?morlock? attacks and hits, (kayden blocks and his shield breaks), then hits Kayden again. Ranged Caster ?morlock? shoots at Gadron. I start the enthusiasm and then attack with my Axe. Kayden drops his shield, draws another shield, and then slashes, hitting, and then attacking again, hitting. Zan uses Disrupt Undead, but the shadow evades. then he casts guidance on Gadron.
5. The Shadow continues to try to steal Zan's shadow, and sees his shadow get pulled away and absorbed into the creature (healing it.) Ulmin tries to Stab three times, but fails. Gadron sets a snare on the ground. Warhammer ?Morlocks? attacks Kayden thrice, missing. Ranged ?morlock? shoots at Gadron, hitting. I again continue the music, and swing with my Axe, but miss. Kayden moves to the side, and tries to shove the warhammer ?morlock? into Gadron's snare - Killing it, then Kayden attacks the ranged ?morlock and hits. Zan drops back and casts Disrupt Undead, but she shadow evades. Gadron is bleeding out.
6. The Shadow attacks me with it's shadow hand, hitting. Ulmin joins in the party, he gives it the hairy eyeball, and then tries to stab it, but misses. Gadron marks the ranged ?morlock? then moves behind them and shoots. The ranged ?morlock? unloads the projectile launcher at Gadron, but misses, and then reloads and hits (Kayden uses the Glimpse of Redemption), but Gadron still falls. I continue the song, and then throw another alchemist fire, but miss. Kayden strikes down the ranged ?morlock? hitting once, and then adjusts. Zan moves closer to the shadow and again uses Disrupt Undead, hitting.
7. The Shadow attacks Zan, hitting. Ulmin joins in the song, gives him the hairy eyeball, and then stabs it, hitting. Ranged ?morlock? draws his hammer and attacks Kayden, hitting. I continue the music, and then attack with the Axe, hitting because my brother was flanking with me. Kayden uses Lay on Hands on Gadron, bringing him to life, then moves up. Zan uses his full heal, but the undead resists.
8. The Shadow attacks at Zan but misses, and swings again (Kayden uses Glimps of Redemption), and Zan falls down!!! Ulmin joins in the song, gives it the eyeball, then stabs at it, missing. Gadron stands up, moves in, and shoots at the shadow, missing. I continue the enthusiasm, and then swing, hitting!!! but do not do any damage. Then Kayden steps up, swings, crits, and drops the Shadow!

[END OF SESSION 10 - 10/18/23]

[START OF SESSION 11 - 10/25/23]

We manage to heal Zan a bit, and we discuss. Ulmin checks out his hammer, as we loot bodies. Eventually we get through the door and come to a T-intersection to the north and south. To the south there is a small circular room with a small table and a moss-caked human skull. On the table is a small vase, with decomposed dried substance inside. Ulmin touches the skull, when he touches it, the eyes light up green, and then go dark. Zan tries to touch it, but it doesn't change anything. I also try touching it, but nothing.

Going through the north door, we come to a torture chamber. Ulmin finds the trigger for the secret door we came through. Opening the west door, a hallway goes west and bends north, then there's a door in the way, and the hallway continues. Opening the door, we see a room full of bones. I step into the room to get a better look, and the bones fly together to form a giant horned skeleton thing.

We roll initiative.

1. The Skeletal Giant swings once at both Kayden and myself (dropping me.) Ulmin gives it the hairy eyeball, and then moves in, and stabs, hitting (a bit). Zan casts Stabilize on me and then draws his new war hammer (that Ulmin gave him). Gadron moves in, drawing his curved blade, and swings and hits and calls in Moe, who comes in and bites. Kayden moves in, raises his shield, and swings his scimitar - hitting.
2. I am stable. The Skeletal Giant tries to gore Kayden, who blocks, then bellows to demoralize Kayden, then braces itself. Ulmin moves around it for a flank, and then stabs again, critting, then attacks again, but misses. Zan casts a three action heal - healing everyone and hurting the giant. Gadron marks the Giant and then stabs at it, hitting and then Moe moves into flank, and attacks with a bite, hitting. Kayden swings twice, hitting twice, and then raises his shield.
3. I stand up, move away from the creature, and draw an elixir of life. The Skeletal Giant turns to Ulmin and strikes with his glaive, but misses, then gores Ulmin with his horn, hitting. Ulmin stabs with his rapier three times, hitting once. Zan steps in and swings twice, hitting once. Gadron attacks twice, hitting once, and calls to Moe to attack, who attacks twice, and hits twice. Kayden swings once and kills it.

I drink my elixir. On the corpse we see glaive and half plate, but fitted for a large creature. On the far side of the bone room the door leads to some small stairs that lead to a muddy beach that we believe is the other side where the dragon was.

Suddenly Ulmin steps on some mold, that moves up his leg, chilling his bones.

We roll initiative.

1. Ulmin gives it the hairy eyeball, then casts Electric Arc at it, hitting. Gadron steps into the room, and identifies it as a brown mold that is weak to cold, then tries to free Ulmin from it, but fails. The Brown Mold attacks Ulmin, freezing him more. Zan moves up and heals Ulmin. I move up and cast shield. Kayden backs up.
2. Ulmin tries to scrape the mold off of himself, and succeeds, and then zaps it again. Gadron moves further into the room, marks the Mold, and attacks, hitting. The Brown Mold moves onto Ulmin, and freezes him. Zan tries to daze it, but it's unaffected. I cast shield, and then get ready to throw some Alchemist Fire. Kayden peeks in and then moves out of the room.
3. Ulmin scrapes it off his leg (I throw my Alchemist Fire, but even though I hit, there is no damage, as the fire is absorbed, and it grows to engulf both Gadron and Ulmin). Pissed, Ulmin casts Electric Arc again, succeeding. Gadron adjusts to the side, and then slashes once, and then attempts to scrape it off himself, successfully. The Brown Mold continues to do cold damage to Ulmin, dropping him. Zan casts stabilize on Ulmin, then waits. I move up, grab Ulmin's body, and drag him back a bit. Kayden moves up, grab Ulmin, and moves out of the room.
4. Gadron attempts to tumble through the mold, then moves again out of the room. Ulmin is stable. The Brown Mold moves to engulf Zan and I. Zan move out the room, and then tries to scrape off the mold successfully. I move out of the room, close the door, and try to scrape the gunk off me, but fail to do so. Kayden lays his hand on Ulmin, then backs off to make room.
5. Gadron waits. Ulmin stands up, scrapes the mold off of himself, then scrapes it off me. The Brown Mold is attacking the door, but cannot get through.

Zan marks the door with Chalk, "Brown Mold" on the door. Then we head back to Otari.

Ulmin brings the glaive and half-plate to Blades for Glades, and offers all 40 gold in trade.

We spend the night.