Session 4 : The Temple of the Rats

General Summary

The session begins with the New Hope style plan, where Lovelle and Belus are lead up into the temple "bound." Inside they find seven priests performing a ritual, which Lovelle realizes is not of Aboabec.   Grim kneels on the floor and ritually casts detect magic.   The priests confront Alduin who says he has prisoners. The priest is quite taken aback, but commands them to go into the dinning room while they wait for Misha. When Misha is told she is incredibly angry at them and orders Alduin to take them upstairs to the library while she makes a potion to knock the other players out. Safdee sneaks in, listening at each door and opening them at random trying to find the other players. She continues sneaking around and eventually ends up on the second level where she finds the torture chamber and inadvertantly, nay heedlessly, opens the door to Abramo's room and alerts him to her presence. It actually looked like she was going to charge into the room with the Goblins.   Eventually, Safdee finds her way to the library and as soon as she is there, she tells them part of the story but before she can finish, Misha comes in and orders Safdee, who is dressed as Lee to leave.   She attempts to give the potion to the two captives, but during the conversation Grim loses his cool and puts his trident to her throat - making a demand. At the same moment, Alduin puts his blade to Grim's throat.   They confront Misha who gives them information, about the temple in the forest and that the god she served has turned away from her. In a final act of defiance Misha strikes out at Alduin and is killed by the players.   Belus and Grim, the impulsive two bolt out of the room in search of goblins. Battle ensues as the party arrives and dispatches the goblins and the hobgoblin. The hobgoblin is lit up by Belus after he accuses him of being a kobold. Safdee divine rebukes two goblins into oblivion.   Abromo keen to fight wonders out into the room and calls on his children, the rats to join in the fight. The players fight him and defeat waves of rats, Lovelle uses burning hands to scorch them. Abramo attempts to flee after the rat screeches happen - but Grim hunts him down and kills him on the way to his room.   Lovelle's invisible servant returns with a statue of the naga.   Alduin quickly finds a secret room and there, unconscious is a young girl. The session ended when they woke her up.