Plynck



November 7, 2009

XP Starting Out:      73,488

Pail 26, 5040

2:00 pm    

Ar'tes checks the stairs for traps.  Finds none so we continue up the stairs to a new room.  There is a fountain in each corner.  Ar'tes checks the door for traps, finding none, Ulfgar enters the room.  We all enter the room.  Ulfgar approaches a fountain.

Out of each fountain comes a Greater Spawn of Jubilex.  Kes yells, "Water Elementals: don't let their slime stay on you!"

0.  E-1 hits Ulfgar for 29; E-2 and E-3 move; E-4 hits Kes for 20 & slime.

1.  Beri casts Electric Orb on E-3 for 42; Ulfgar activates his boots, hits E-1 three times; Ben casts Banishment on E-1 and it disappears; Zora charges E-2 for 19 & 3 electricity; Jenna casts Flame Strike on E-4 for 27 holy and 22 flame; Fuori charges E-3 for 9; Ar'tes tumbles behind E-2; E-2 hits Zora twice; E-3 hits Fuori once; E-4 entwines with Kes; Kes tumbles away, yells, "Hit me with cold or fire.  They are immune to acid."

2.  Beri casts Disintigrate on E-3 and it turns to dust (which is impressive since it started as water); Ulfgar charges E-4 and hits it twice; Ben casts Flame Strike on E-4 for 29 holy and 26 flame; Zora hits E-2 twice;  Ar'tes takes an opportunist hit on E-2; Jenna casts Searing Light on E-4 and kills it.  Fuori charges E-2 for 8; Ar'tes hits E-2 three times;  E-2 hits Fuori for 19; Kes takes all five of her Alchemists fire, puts them on the floor, and jumps on them for 28 fire damage (and gets rid of the slime).  

3.  Beri laughs at Kes; Ulfgar charges E-2 and hits; Ben heals Kes for 38; Zora hits E-2 and kills it.

Kes jumps in the fountain to put out the flames on her.  Ben heals Kes and Fuori.

XP    900    Running Total: 74,388

We gather up the powder from the disintigrated water elemental so we will have some "instant water".

Ar'tes searches and finds an amulet, 600gp, 11 gems, a wand, a stone (dusty rose colored prism shaped).

Kes will use the supposed dusty rose ion stone.

2:30 pm  

The next corridor seems to be filled with Black Pudding.

1.  Kes shoots BP, splits it into A & B, spilts it into A, B, & C; Ar'tes splits D off of C, E off of D; Fuori looks on; Ulfgar abstains; Zora splits B to F, E to G, A to H; Jenna splits A to I, A to J; Beri splits B to K, B to L; Ben splits C to M, G to N; there are now fourteen puddings.

2.  Kes blows up 14 puddings

XP    275    Running Total:    74,663

No treasure.

Ar'tes checks the hallway for traps -- seeing none we move down the hall.  In the hall we find a big spidery thing.

1.  Fuori casts Dimensional Door and takes Ar'tes with her to the other side of the spidery.  Beri casts Lightning Bolt; Ulfgar charges and criticals for 71; Spidery hits Ulfgar three times; Zora charges and criticals for 135;  Ar'tes tumbles to flank but misses; Kes yells, "Ar'tes watch out" and casts Fireball, but spell fizzles.  Jenna charges Ulfgar and heals him forcefully with Cure Critical for 34; Ben casts Searing Light on Spidery for 34.

2.  Fuori charges and criticals for 20; Ar'tes takes an opportunistic hit for 33; Beri casts Odeluke's Freezing Sphere as a ray for 57 points of cold; Ulfgar activates his boots and hits for 34; Spidery hits Jenna for 28, Zora for 28, Ar'tes for 30; Zora hits for 29, 28, kills.

XP    900    Running Total:    75,563

No treasure.

We go back to the fountain room and put up the Secure Shelter.

3:00 pm  

Get through the night.

Pail 27, 5040

In the morning Kes and Beri get all their spells back, but the clerics only get spells fifth level or lower -- they fill higher level slots with 5th level spells.

8:00 am  

We continue down the hall and find another large room  (click for image)

It has some fuzzy humanoid figures who are not moving.  We approach cautiously.  Ar'tes checks out the stairs and door.  Ulfgar checks out the figures.  He throws a coin at them and it goes right through them.

1.  A Broodkeeper storms out of the door and charges Ulfgar - Ar'tes AoO for 10 - BK hits Ulfgar twice with a pounce and grapples him and rakes him four times; Fuori casts Electric Orb; Zora charges, criticals for 111; Beri casts Odeluke's Freezing Orb as ray for 52; Kes casts Greater Magic Weapon on her crossbow and starts singing; Ar'tes flanks and criticals; Ulfgar tries an opposed grapple and is unsuccessful; Jenna casts Bestow Curse but it doesn't work; Ben casts Searing Light.

2.  BK chews on Ulfgar again; Fuori hits for 15; Ar'tes takes an opportunistic hit for 33; Zora hits for 39, criticals for 132, kills; Swarm spill out from carcus onto Fuori for 9; Beri reserves for nobody else in range of fireball; Kes casts Fireball but swarm saves (Fuori saves; Ar'tes takes 7); Ar'tes tumbles away; Ulfgar moves away; Jenna casts Searing Light but it fizzles; Ben says, "Fuori, run!", reserves for that.

3.  Fuori runs; Beri casts Fireball for 32; Ben Summons a Celestial Orca over the swarm, which acts as a wet blanket when it falls (and does 137); Zora hits; Swarm moves to Beri for 22; Kess shoots flaming crossbow bolts three times; ULfgar drops his ax and pulls out his flail and hits twice; Jenna casts Flame Strike for 24 holy and 17 flame, kills.

Then there was healing.  The Broodkeeper's heart is good for two Fast Healing potions (2 hrs fast heal 5 pts / round).

XP    1,800     Running Total:    77,363
XP      450     Running Total:    77,813


9:00 am  

Ulfgar and Ar'tes look into the room beyond the open doors.  Ulfgar sees a room with murals not he wall beyond the archway.  Ar'tes looks for traps and finds none.  Beri casts Read Magic and looks for symbols in the murals.  No symbols.  Kes examines the murals: they are scenes of torture.

There are no secret doors in the mural room or the room the Broodkeeper came out of.  Ar'tes and Ulfgar clime and fly to the "window".  Things look weird.  They throw a copper piece in and it disappears.

We go up the stairs  40' up over 40' distance (click for image)

1.  Zora, Beri, and Fuori are attacked by the hoops that were hanging.  Kes casts Shatter on the collar on Zora; Zora hits it for 16, 19, 19, 19, kills; Ulfgar flies to Beri and looks at the collar: it looks like lead; he activates his boots and attacks the collar on Beri for four hits for 39; Beria attacks with her dagger, hits for 3;  Ben casts Shatter on the collar on Fuori for 51; Ar'tes attacks the collar on Fuori for 4; Fuori attacks her collar for 6; Jenna attacks Beri's colllar for 2; Beri takes 4 points subdual and Fuori takes 15 points subdual.

2.  Kes attacks but misses; Zora attacks Fuori's collar for 19, kills, cleaves on Beri's collar for 23; Ulfgar deactivates his boots, hits Beri's collar for 14, kills.

XP    250    Running Total    28,063    Thirteenth Level!

 
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