Session 16: Panthelos Percivers

Day 3
Ahem. Well. Uh. Ilelynn really just kind of grabbed me and the next thing I know, I was heading off to a tower in the middle of the ocean that Emrys previously investigated. It is an ancient Morgannwig arch mage tower which was owned by Itaz Paxis. So we’re going to activate a magic item that needs teleportation magic or should I say, Altum and Emrys will. I have no business in magic after all. Well, the team that’s coming along is Emrys, Nuvian, Illelyn, Altum. Altum is a strange blue teifling man in a blue suit but with large black tentacles sprouting from his back. Nuvian has a ten gallon hat since last I saw him and like me, just got nabbed by Emrys for this. Illelyn has a sword hilt without a blade, a bow without arrows. It’s probably magic or something. Magic. Probably. I hope. Currently on the Shrike, the ship taking us to the tower, and hopefully the weather gets better. Been nothing but storm for the past couple days.
 
Day 6
We finally arrived. A completely submerged grey and red tile tower surrounded by the blue green water in the middle of the ocean. It's covered in barnacles and other sea life. Nothing too special aside from a pretty well made structure, some function, and a little bit or ornateness thrown on in with all the magic runes. Getting one’s lungs filled with water however is a strange feeling, especially when it’s magical. A unique feeling for sure.
 
The tower master is a large tentacled creature with three eyes and a strong psychic presence. The creature is an Abolyth called Anomalous. Skipping to the end, he died when we met Penthalos in his actual form. Just magically packed up and poof, pop! He’s gone. Dead. Pushed out of existence.
 
Oh right, so we got teleported to some other place after activating the teleportation in the tower. There we met Penthalos or at least initially some lesser form. An advanced recording of the original. A sort of lesser ego with a deformed hairless face wearing the same stuff as Emrys. Pretty strange. Still, even though it was just a lesser piece, it’s ego was massive and capable of great electrical magic.
 
We were taken through a couple rooms to get to Penthalos himself. The first room was really a prank. TO prevent hill giants he said. Despite that we still didnt get the answer of "zero". Just a fluke he said. We still didn’t get it. I still don’t. The second room was a massive library. While everyone else chose predicable books on magic, I decided to get the story of this Penthalos. A great Knower, martial artist, and magician of the highest order. While I have not yet read his story, I anticipate it will be quite an enjoyable read. Volume 10 of Edition 3 of his autobiography. Apparently when he was in his prime.
 
Anyway, the third room unleashed a dog that kept causing me to lapse out for a bit. Accidental but still it really hurt. It kept popping up in several rooms, shattering our ear drums until Penthalos himself dusted the dog. One room was stone and steel of great damage and fracture. The Knower’s great martial prowess. Sure he may have been a giant but that was still impressive. Another room was a pitch black room that apparently held pure chaos energies. Nuvian and Altum had rainbow oscilloscope eyes after that room. It was pretty hilarious.
 
Then we got to the man himself. Basically he just need us to help assemble his own body. A new mechanical body. It didn’t last very long though. Monstrosities, chimeras, and a vast host of deadly creatures spewed forth from a white portal. While they were defeated, Penthalos’ new body failed him, and he exploded, destroying the complex after Emrys teleported us out. The last creature to come from the portal, a hybrid of several beasts declared that the will of chaos will end the world, rending it’s inhabitants from chaos, killing them. It seemed like they were following Ilelynn, perhaps her cult’s slaughterers, but that’s not my business.
 
Sigh… It looks like my peaceful days are coming to an end now.
 
Time to save the world again. Hah… I’m getting too old for this.
 
 
Boon: Cataclysmic Knowledge: Can increase your intelligence by 2, can call about the winds of chaos, you can spend up to half of your own hit dice when doing an attack or damage spell. Does not count for crits.
 
+Penthalos' Volume 10, Edition 3 Autobiography Penthalos in his prime,
 
Damage Done: +0/+5, +0/+18
 
Damage done by Allies:
 
Damage done by Enemies: -35 Thunder, -40 Thunder, -9 piercing, -22 Piercing,
 
HP Healed: +30 from Penthalos' healing potion bath
 
Times Down: 0
 
Natural 1s: Natural 1 to avoid the thunder cry, hit the hydra
 
Natural 20s: