Session 6 - 2/19/24

We made it past the goblins outside and found doorway leading further in. We descended the stairs to, unsurprisingly, find more goblins. They were easily dispatched.
 
Velvet managed to discover a secret/false wall in the next room. One of the statue arms acted as a lever to operator the door. We entered in and thankfully Velvet spotted and disarmed a trapped pressure plate. Someone definitely does not want us here.
 
We passed through some crowded hallways and into another small room covered in a green...moss? residue? But yet another secret door was discovered. Just what are we headed towards?
 
We found two chests and unlocked one of them. The locked one had some gold and green metal greaves. The unlocked one however had a gelatinous cube waiting in ambush! Good thing we opened it from a distance.
 
Finally at the end of the path we found a...valve of sorts. It took me a bit, but I finally realized it was made of Cold Iron, a material used for impacting the Ethereal. What is it doing here?
 
We were concerned however that whatever that capsule was made of contained something dangerous, so we did not open it immediately and instead returned to the main path.
 
We went through more winding paths, arriving at another room with a large fountain in the middle. It seems to be filled with...alcohol?? It was filled with more goblins though, including some bigger and definitely more dangerous ones. One of them was able to cast some dangerous spells, and the other was armed to the teeth.
 
We eventually took them down, but the armored one was tough. Even facing down the 4 of us he held his ground - it was Arlen's searing bolts that did him in. He reminded me of the knights from the stories that I enjoy so much, having a heroic last stand...he was nothing like the other runty goblins that we dispatched. I had to show him the respect that a warrior was due. And then I desperately needed a drink afterwards...
 
We had to go upstairs and rest - another hit from the warrior would've done me in. Thankfully our rest went undisturbed [Ashton was not awake when Mara managed to knock out the two goblin scouts that came upon us].
 
We came back to the fountain room, except there were more goblins there?! How did this happen! We caught each other by surprise and went back into the fight! Thank the gods that there wasn't another one armored like the last one.
 
In the fight, we ended up damaging one of the statues by the fountain...I hope we do not come to regret that later.
 
We continued through the winding hallways and passed another door that leads down. Just how far does this go?
 
The hallway emptied out into another room covered in that green residue. We're prepared for slimes this time.