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#25 #25 Darkness Falling
The Hook
The party knows what Darnoc looked like and the book he used, now can they stop him before armgeddon?
Prelude
You can see the darkness growing and moving South, you can feel the urgency mounting.
In the North Master they know!
Only time will tell now.
In the tower Yes Darnoc was the Librarian but only the gods know where he would go to to become a Lich and it seems to me that if he became as powerful as you say he would need to be called back in the same location.
Summary
The group paused for a brief rest and then continued. They explored the rest of the tomb, finding nothing that really challenged them until they went through a door and found themselves in a desert looking into a cliff wall which was a giant bas relief of a dragon. Ignoring the danger, they walked into the dragon's mouth and down a long damp tunnel.
They emerged into what might have been a throne room; it was circular, about 50' around with a 10' column in the middle. They were sure it was hollow but no one could find a way in. On the far side there was a throne and a scepter. When BAMF outraced Bornon to grab the scepter, it nearly killed him by withering away half his body. Luckily, the bright lady was able to temporarily render the scepter inert and BAMF smashed it on the column. They saw that it have been made by fusing two femurs and BAMF and Bornon each took one of the broken pieces.
They finally came to a room where they could hear chanting down one of the halls. They followed that one and came to a room where they could hear chanting from two passages. They chose one and soon found themselves in a room where they could see a woman watching as a half-dozen men chanted over a pile of bones on an altar.
They leapt into action: Alon launched a cone of freezing cold and BAMF breathed fire on them. Bornon used stomped his foot shaking the room and all six men fell, two of them destined to never rise again. The woman seemed unhurt. As the group prepared to rush into the room, a zombie dragon above them breathed on them, covering them in acid and viscera. Several of them were badly hurt in the attack.
Arric stepped to the middle and called uon the flames of the Sacred Attendant which burned the dragon and healed Arric and his allies. The others closed with the chanting men and began to lay waste to them with their weapons while Alon brought the fury of his spells to bear against the vampire queen. The battle was long and difficult; this group was not to be trifled with. Luckily, the heroes of Westhaven were no pushovers either. Thanks to their efforts, the vampire queen and her retinue were slain and the bones of the lich were broken and split among several bags.
They continued to explore, eventually finding the quarters of the vampire and her henchmen. In one room they found a large gem which they believed might hold the soul of the lich. When the game proved magical and evil, it was destroyed.
They emerged into the light of day but still in the desert. Alon took them to Doomgate which they found in ruins. They began mopping up the undead and hunting for survivors while waiting for him to recover the spells he would need to get them to Westhaven.
Quotes
Bornon: I pick up Ropp and carry him to the shelves to see if he pings.
Arric: I can't think of a good reason not to let Bamf destroy these specimens.
Bornon: I was going to dare him to drink out of 1 for a gold piece.
Bamf: I just keep wackiung.
Bornon: What a wonderful smell you've discovered!
GM: The cliff face is carved to look like a dragon, the entrance is his mouth
Joe: I'm glad we showed up at the front.
GM: You cut open her top exposing her.
Steve: Great, now BAMF will never be able to focus.
Ropp: It's a trap.
GM: The door slame and the walls start closing in
(The group escapes, then rejoins Ropp)
Steve: Thanks Ackbar!
Bornon: What a dick! He has a giant walk-in closet of death and he makes the other guys sleep six to a room.
The Spoils
BAMF: Belt of +4 Strength, Potion of CLW x2, Potion of CMW, Elf Chain + 2
War Wandering: Healing Belt (from BAMF)
Alon: +6 Bracers of Armor, Tome of Leadership +2
Bornon: Oil of Grease, Scroll of Divine Power
Smashed: Staff of Withering
Unclaimed
Dwarven Plate
Wand of Magic Missiles
+2 Cloak of armor
+2 Bracers of Armor
+4 Bracers of Armor (from Alon)
+2 Chain Shirt
+1 Dagger
+3 Dagger
+2 Staff
+1 Heavy wood shield
+1 Splint
Oil of Light
Oil of Light
Oil obscure object
Potion of Jump
Potion of Virtue
Oil of Obscure object
MW Whip
MW Sword
Scroll of sleep
Scroll of Clairaudience/Claifvoyance
Scroll of Unholy blight
Scroll of Entangle
oil of bullet shield
oil of magic fang
oll of purify good & drink
Wand of Mage armor
Heavy Load belt
Wand of Death Watch
Lich Book
Spellbook
Small Spellbook
Nagic hairbrush keeps hair nice
silk coffin liner (stays clean & fresh)
Loot
Turquoise & Rodocrisite 23 gold total
1075 cp
600 sp
435 gp
5 pp
pearl worth 100
black pearl worth 500
zircon 60
sardoniz 20
Experience Points
| Character | Previous | Bonus | Base | New Total |
Part 1
| Character | Previous | Bonus | Base | New Total | |
| Alon | 73642.0 | 5800.0 | 8200.0 | 87642 | Need 17358 for level 11 |
| Roleplaying +300 Stopping the return of the lich king +5500 | |||||
| Arric | 81626.0 | 5800.0 | 8200.0 | 95626 | Need 9374 for level 11 |
| Roleplaying +300 Stopping lich king +5500 | |||||
| Bamf | 71810.0 | 5800.0 | 8200.0 | 85810 | Need 19190 for level 11 |
| Roleplaying +300 Stopping lich king +5500 | |||||
| Bornon Dibayou | 82546.0 | 5800.0 | 8200.0 | 96546 | Need 8454 for level 11 |
| Roleplaying +300 Stopping lich king +5500 | |||||
| Dragan | 57213.0 | 10500.0 | 0.0 | 67713 | Need 3287 for level 10 |
| B team bonus +5000 Stopping lich king +5500 | |||||
| Ropp Flamecoin | 65326.0 | 10500.0 | 0.0 | 75826 | Went from Level 9 to 10 Need 29174 for level 11 |
| B team bonus +5000 Stop lich king +5500 | |||||
| War Wandering | 57764.0 | 5800.0 | 8200.0 | 71764 | Went from Level 9 to 10 Need 33236 for level 11 |
| Roleplaying +300 Stopping lich king +5500 | |||||
Part 2
| Character | Previous | Bonus | Base | New Total | |
| Alon | 87642 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 87642 | Need 17358 for level 11 |
| Arric | 95626 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 95626 | Need 9374 for level 11 |
| Bamf | 85810 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 85810 | Need 19190 for level 11 |
| Bornon Dibayou | 96546 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 96546 | Need 8454 for level 11 |
| Dragan | 67713 | 5000.0 | 0.0 | 72713 | Went from Level 9 to 10 Need 32287 for level 11 |
| Accounting balance +5000 | |||||
| Ropp Flamecoin | 75826 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 75826 | Need 29174 for level 11 |
| War Wandering | 71764 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 71764 | Need 33236 for level 11 |
| <= #24 Ground Hog's Tower | Chronicles | #26 Return to Doomgate =≫ |
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