Session 12: Excavation at the Border

Well, whoops. This mission may have been a mistake. The elven nation is being destroyed as I write this. Uh, hmm... The beginning. Lets start there.
 
So the mission was heading into Orcish territory to excavate a site that the elven kingdom of Ambarad found. The team assembled for this was Kira, a Canjian woman, short stature at 4'10". She was equipped with a minotaur's head and has two massive cleavers. Small but intimidating you know? Next up we have Striktly Speaking, a grey teifling with big unblinking yellow eyes. The man wears black clothes, cloak, armor. Kinda like a certain half elf I know. Not related at all though. The other members are old colleagues, Tyrannus and Liberty. Along the way we also picked up a hobgoblin chef named Naska. Turned out just to be Jel being weird though. Honestly didn’t think it was him. The food wasn’t burnt or anything but that’s beside the point.
 
The ship that came to pick us up was elven but the crew seemed somber and quiet. A bit too serious for my liking. The area we were at were the jungles of Chalakor, near the front lines of their war against the Orcs. I’m surprised that they declared war. I didn’t think that they would have made it this far but there’s a good chance that they’ll win. Well, there was a good chance.
 
Anyway, we arrived at the beaches and made our way forward to an toltecan style temple being taken by nature. These were common around chalakor and Tolteca so it wasn’t anything too strange. Figured that the elves just wanted to have some good reassurance that the excavation went well.
 
Stairs heading up to the top of the pyramid was pretty large. A bit of a problem when you’re short. There was a button on the top with a written warning. Something about evil within and fighting it. We pressed it. Ended up falling into the temple. One slippery slide later and we found ourselves in a massive black obsidian room with an egg in the middle of it.
 
Kira ended up hitting it which causes the temple to activate. A copper dragon mural was illuminated as some circus music began to play. Soon after a small dragon creature flies out from the egg. A smooth white stone with black speckles rightly named Marble the Guide tells us to enter the circuits. It seemed to be a golem or maybe a construct with a personality of some sort. Either way it was more advanced then anything I’ve seen. It directed us to a rather large dragon’s mouth for us to start it’s circus.
 
Since it looked like the only way out we entered of course. Ahead of us was an obstacle course of some sort. First obstacle, a hallway full of blades and swords that slashed at us. I went ahead and took out my shield and then ran so fast the shield didn't even get a nick. Everyone else? They got a few slices but no big deal. Next obstacle, some pillars slamming into the ground and then a red magical trap at the end of some sort. Easily passed by everyone.
 
Next room was magically darkened but the room was brightened as all of us went in. It was a room of mirrors. We had to open 1 of 12 doors until we found our way out. So Jel opened up the first door. I was pretty happy with the surprise. A blue draconic wyvern. Round 1, pretty easy. I am the dragon slayer after all.
 
Well, then round 2. The remaining doors opened up, releasing the remaining monsters. There was a fire elemental, some hellhound and it's owner, and a weird purple giant. No idea what the others where but we won. The battle devolved into a free for all so I just focused on surviving. Got a fairly good harvest from these creatures. Poison, claws, weapons, armor. A good haul.
 
Next up was a strong man competition. A black dragonborn was flexing and calling us to try it. I think I did pretty well but I didn't get any prizes though. Nothing really left for me to take since Tyrannus and Kira got the same prizes. That aside the food here was really good, sweet, salty, savory meats. Ah, back on topic.
 
While wandering around I got this liquid squirter, purple. Basically a pump that spews liquid. It proved to be fairly critical in the next room where we fought a large metal construct with a top hat. As we shot it with the acid a balloon on it expanded until it eventually burst and fall apart, the acid eating away at it.
 
During the fight Marble did get blasted by Jel due to a “voice in their head”. Strange but I’ve seen stranger. After the fight we went down another slide and meet a ringmaster copper dragon, Justa Prank. Well, not really the dragon. This dragon died a long time ago. Only this illusion, a memory of himself, remains. He talked about the state of the world thousands of years ago and, after saying his goodbyes, he disappeared. There were a few magic items there but I was mostly interested in the autobiography of this dragon. I need to ask Jel for a copy or something later on. It seems like an interesting read. After dividing the items I helped Jel carry out the massive dragon scroll for our return to Agarthi.
 
Upon our return though, we learned that our removal of the scroll had destroyed another so called Obelisk which kept interplaner travel from happening. Ambarad was destroyed as a mind flayer army came through the interplaner rift. The elves are crippled. Their people are scattered among the other nations now. Sigh... It may just be the end. Just maybe. Well, nothing I can do about it. It seems that all that is left for me to do is simply live. Long enough to see the end of all things at least. One more war.
 
+38 gold Luminous Arms hand crossbow. -2 torches, +2 vials of Wyvern Stinger Venom, + 1 Wyvern Head, +Ancient Dragonborn splint armor, +1 ancient long sword , Liquid Blaster Tubes (20/60 with a bonus action to reload at a source of liquid. +250 gold.
 
Avgift Level up to 9, 3/14/2021
 
Damage Done: +5/+8/+6, +14/+6, +0/+15/+0, +18/+20, +0/+18/+17,
 
Damage done by Allies:
 
Damage done by Enemies: +12/+10
 
HP Healed:
 
Times Down:
 
Natural 1s:
 
Natural 20s: Nat 20 to harvest 2 vials of wyvern stinger venom (One vial to one weapon. DC 15, 7D6 poison damage or half damage.