ADVENTURE BRUNCH #52 - 11/07/20 - SO MANY TRAPS!
General Summary
Zura, Tali, Cyrus, Jingles, and Shakkax slowly made their way underground, following the screams and threats of the mourning female Famorian(s). The adventurers knew things were going to get bad quickly when they quickly found themselves slogging through black, blighted water--the same as corrupted them at the Eldergleam. Zura's magical ring allowed her to walk on top of it, but she knew she'd need to get everyone back to bathe at the Pool soon...
Tali's Radiant Elemental was helpful in lighting up the space, though not in keeping the element of surprise. The group traversed a dark and murky cluster of underground tunnels and caves and the blight continued to get deeper and deeper, flowing upwards from their perceived destination. They fought a few shadow creatures, froze a few strange totems, and passed a strange magical altar, continually moving forward and down until the underground space opened up to show a shadowy forest with one path through.
Zura's "Look forward, go forward, never stand still." philosophy epically failed here; the group was beset by layers of traps on the road, and the shadowy trees on either side of the road grappled anyone their branches could reach to pull them up and away to be pricked by hosts of shadowy pixies. The dark magic traps weakened those caught in them significantly--halfing damage done and healing taken, or doing poison damage over time.
While trying to "go forward", the group was also suddenly beset by the Famorians themselves! Two large and ugly female Famorians (larger and uglier than the males!) began to pop in and out of magical gates around the adventurers and snatch outliers (further away from the Radiant Elemental) to drop them into the magic traps in front of and behind the main group. Talisaron sent his familiar Bright into the woods on the righthand side of the path, and found where one of the Famorians was teleporting from. He then began to move through the trees to get there and confront her head-on; the elemental shielded him and everyone who followed from the grasping branches.
Those who did not follow included Jingles and Zura, who had been snatched and deposited in the trap by the entrance (Zura) and in the trees next to the trap (Jingles), as well as Cyrus, who was isolated further down the path fighting the second Famorian all by himself (and his smaller Radiant Elemental)! Cyrus fought will all of his skill, abilities, and wildshapes, and successfully defended himself; he was able to get away and begin to make it back to the group!
Meanwhile, his party members attacked the Famorian in the trees and did enough damage to make her decide it was time to retreat; she turned into an ugly vulture and flew away. Everyone could hear tinkling sounds like coins from a place further away, and Zura was determined to follow the sound and destroy the Famorian threat! She dashed forward and took poison trap damage before finding Cyrus--very bloodied, but still alive after his hard-fought battle--at the entrance of yet another tunnel leading further underground.
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