AV-Day 12

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Day 12 - Fireday, 19th of Desnus

[CONTINUE SESSION - 01/24/24]

I bring my lute to Vandy to get her to cast Continual Flame (Lv 3) on the handle.

We agree that the prisoners are the main objective. So we return to the reading room, and go down the stairs. We find the skeletons we dropped where they were. Two of them, though still look like they are choking and the other two disarray. I go and check the glass near one of the 'choking' skeleton, but do not see any kind of poison. Gadron finds some money, a bracer and an arrow. We find out that the arrow is called a Viper Arrow (we give to Gadron), and the bracelet is a Bracelet of Dashing (we give to Kayden).

We find a wine-cellar which I investigate, we find 3 very vintage bottles (20g each) but the rest have gone bad.

Through the next door, we find a storage room with a pair of skeletons - but nothing of value.

The next door seems to be a kitchen, and Gadron finds a secret door - when Ulmin opens, we find a tunnel leading out to the north.

In another door, we find another teleportation room.

In the next room, there is a washroom with a skeleton in a tub. When Kayden walks into the room he sees water fill the tub and then drain away.

Next room is a coal room with a chute. When the group goes in, something happens.

Something shoves Ulmin from behind throwing him down a chute, and then appears as a Ghostly clawed chef, then a storm of 'things' flies at Gadron, hitting. Zan tries to disrupt it, hitting. And then he draws the warhammer. Gadron uses Hunter's Aim. I move closer to see the ghost creature, and throw a ghost charge. Kayden swings twice missing, then raises his shield. Ulmin scrambles around to catch the side, and his little gnome fingers barely catch the lip. Then he tries climbing out, and has to scramble a bit, until he gets a good hand and climbs out.
The Ghost Chef goes invisible - and then there is horrible laughter and both Ulmin and Gadron (they are both Frightened 2, and Gadron is fleeing.) Zan steps in and casts Faerie Fire (Revealing the Ghost Chef), then casts Guidance on Kayden. Gadron starts running away - all the way up the stairs! I move into the room, throw a ghost charge against the Ghost Chef and destroy it, then go chase after Gadron.

We get ready by the final door in the room - and find only a small 5' hallway that comes to another door, but this one we can't figure out. Ulmin starts picking the lock very quietly. He is making progress, and we are all watch carefully. Then he comes back and tell Kayden that it's good. I realize that the someone just didn't have chalk…

Paintings hung around the room grizzly sight. Writing desk, Iron Tub, Sitting at the desk is a creature that has an approximate drow shaped mass, made up of horrible leeches. It is angry we're there.

Ulmin gives it the hairy eyeball, and has no clue, then retreats. I move into the room, and throw an alchemist fire (which it is affected by it a lot), then retreat. The LEECH-MAN moves forward and does something which causes me to be paralyzed ("Why are you invading my Citadel?"). Kayden steps into the room, and strikes, but doesn't seem to do enough damage. Gadron shoots at the creature, hitting. Zan steps forward then casts Inner Radiance Torrent.
Ulmin gives him a Hairy Eyeball ("Worm that Walks" - Weak to Area Damage and Splash Damage) then casts Needle Darts. I am paralyzed. LEECH-MAN looks like the face contorts and vomits dozens of leeches at us! GROSS! Then it moves through Kayden trying to Envelop him. Kayden tries to strike at it, but cannot hit, then raises his shield. Gadron does his hunter's aim but misses, and then misses again. Zan draws out his staff of necromancy, and casts Ray of Enfeeblement from his staff.
Ulmin retches, then casts the Needle Darts again. I move into the room, try throwing an alchemist fire, but critically miss. Then he looks at me and casts a spell that causes worms to dig there way out from inside me and then continues to engulf Kayden. Kayden steps out from within the swarm, and then attacks twice, but misses. Gadron casts his Electric Splash, and then tells Moe to help Kayden. Zan moves next to me, then uses Battle Medicine on me and then casts Guidance on me.
Ulmin moves into the room, then casts Needle Darts, and misses. I throw some alchemist fires, and hit (I seem to still be sprouting worms). He looks at me, and says "you want to leave" and I do. Kayden attacked twice and missed, then raises his shield. Gadron kills the mo-fo with his electric splash spell.

I have to leave - for an hour.

[END OF SESSION - 01/24/24]

[START OF SESSION - 02/07/24]

(Continued) Zan uses his heal spell on all of us.
Ulmin gives it the Hairy Eyeball (with Scholarly Recollection), but he does not learn anything, then shoots it with needle darts, hitting (successfully). I move up. A blueish light covers LEECH-MAN and the eyes glow with purple light, then says "Who has killed my apprentice, why are you here?" (like Dorianna did when she was possessed.) Kayden asks, "Should I talk to this, or chase tala" "You have prisoners from our town, we want them free." (Echoing "We have intruders, they have come for the prisoners. Caliddo hunt them down and kill them. Urexian get ready.). Gadron chases after me, and tries to grapple me, but doesn't quite make it and then tries again, but too many leeches. Zan moves to the hallway, "where are you going?"
Ulmin starts to search the body. I continue to leave and cough up my last worms!

Kayden grabs what's on the desk, then activates the bracers, to chase after me. Gadron & Zan keep following (Gadron keeps trying to tackle me) ((The LEECH'S name is Volluk Azrinae.)) I keep trying to break free.

We all go outside, and I feel better. We heal up some.

Ulmin "The stupid cult leader has ignored the orders of Belcorra and has formed a ghoul army. I'll have to deal with Nhakazarin" "Stupid ghost who is pining after him whenever he gets supplies from the scrivner" "Not sure what happened to my blueprints, i need to investigate. They were at my desk. Perhaps Belcorra pet devil has stolen them." The guantlight seems have deemed the stupid dwarf and then human as unworthy. They no longer feeding the gauntlight as is. I'm going to ask Belcorra if I can sacrifice them to see if that helps."

We return back down to Volluk's room. On the way, Kayden tells us what Belcorra said to us. We search around Volluk's room. Ulmin finds 3 parchments (scrolls? - Comprehend Language lv 2, Paralyze lv 3, Worm's Repast lv 2). Behind a painting I find a button, that will do… something.

We move the carpet out of the way as Ulmin pushes the button, and it reveals a 5'x5' room! Ulmin checks out the 5x5 room, and sees that there's another door. Kayden goes into the next room and opens the door.

There is a circular room, we can see an alter (that the dwarf and human are chained to) and there is spirit energy with something floating in it. As the light touches the two, it bubbles their skin, and then heals them up - in a continual cycle. Kayden charges into to his father, Golgoth, and Kayden follows towards the dwarf. I go to help Ulmin. Gadron keeps overwatch and Zan is watching the other door. They are shackled in the light. I start to try to pick the lock and am in the light - i don't make any progress. Ulmin tells Gadron to search as Zan sees something approaching. Gadron finds some keys as we roll initiative.

Gadron moves in and hands the keys at Ulmin. The Graveknight starts walking towards us (michael meyers like). Ulmin tries the first key on the dwarf's shackles, and it works, then opens the other manacle, then moves. Zan starts to chant Inner Radiant Torrent, "We've got company!" I step into the light, grabbing the dwarf, and pull him out of the light. Kayden grabs the key, and unlocks the two shackles.
Gadron moves out and sees the Graveknight, marks him, and then shoots him. The Graveknight steps forward (Zan feels his connection diminish). Ulmin grabs Goolgoth out of the light, then moves out of the room and gives the graveknight the Hairy Eyeball. Zan finishes his chanting, but the Graveknight mostly gets out of the way. I pull out the wand, and start to sing a Hymn of Healing. "Dawnflower, please protect my father," Kayden says as he leaves the room, then heals himself, then moves again.
Gadron tries to shoot at the Graveknight, but misses. The Graveknight draws his massive greatsword and swings down at Kayden, HARD, dropping him. Ulmin gives him the Hairy Eyeball (with Scholarly Recollection) and he knows that Graveknight, when they're killed, are not destroyed unless you do something special, then he casts Needle Darts. Zan does a 3 action heal. I continue singing as I move to the Golgoth, and pull out a potion. Lasda starts waking up.
Gadron shoots at the Graveknight hitting, and then puts some Adder poison on his arrows. Kayden hears in his head, "Stay Down", and he's like, "nah brah", then gets up. "Is that the best you've got?" as he raises his shield (and the Graveknight punched him, downing him). The Graveknight steps forward and he swings at Zan, dropping him. Ulmin hears in his head, "Say the word ZELNOCK", and (we didn't hear it)he says it, and the graveknight disappeared(/hear). I sustain my spell, give a potion to Golgath, and then move forward.
Gadron tries to stabilize Zan, successfully. Kayden attempts a recovery check failing, but then heroically recovers.

Both Golgath & Lasda are both stirring. "I remember you, have you falling to your villainous ways? Have you come to torture us?"

"We should keep moving, if you are able to move," I tell them. Golgath goes to find his son, and we leave - heading back to Otari.

At Otari we make our way to the Dawnflower Library - we start attracting a following. I ask a guardsman go get Brelda (Lasda's mom) to tell her we found her son. And we find her along the way, she's overjoyed. Vandy says there is no magical maleficence, on them. Kayden explains how they were being used to fuel the gauntlight. Kayden was about to talk to the guards about not letting people leave, but both Gadron and I stop him, and go off to tell people. We find the mayor and ask him to stop people from leaving.

Tala talks to Kayden about when we should leave.

On the 21st, Ulmin will get his Cold Iron ingot. We talk to Carmen to move the enchantment from the Chain Shirt (on slushfund) to Zan's armor (which Carmen offers to do for free, but we offer the chain shirt for his troubles and I move the potency rune from the Shortbow to Kayden's Shieldboss.

[END OF SESSION - 02/07/24]