2022/03/17: Adventure to the Mole of Undead
General Summary
Cooks Day, Mid Shine Ascending, 597th Year of the Hand
Heroes: Asha, Herzog, Orryn, Mordain, Theodrogo
Theodrogo's Tale:
"Ah my dear Goldbroad, now that is a tale. We descended into the Barrow as we did before, finding no trouble on the first three floors—not once, not twice, not thrice. We passed the spot where I had put that affront to Yaneb, the Green Skull, to its final final test with the help of holy water. And Asha snuck ahead to descend to the fourth level…” “There she found a strange site…a diamond suspended by chains about halfway between the ceiling and the floor…and in the center of the chamber, two strange undead…one enormous, one smaller, both incredibly powerful. They wandered in circular lockstep—each holding an enormous stone sword that ground across the stone floor as they walked. This was the grinding sound we’d heard in the floors above, and this circular motion of their unholy march is what I had sensed through the grace of Yaneb.” “When we others entered they took notice of us and attacked. I fought the smaller one, with Asha’s occasional help, while the others focused on the large one, and at times attempted to dislodge the gem above. The gem swirled with unholy necrotic energies, which would be emitted at times attacking us.” “It was a hard fight, and many of us fell repeatedly. I attacked relentlessly on my foe, who slashed at me with gauntlets of green scales which you see me wearing now. And they called forth more undead which we also had to defend against. When the battle seemed it’s bleakest, Asha released an air elemental that helped turn the tide—that is until it was sucked into the diamond.” “I at last defeated my foe, though with his death came an ungodly attack from the diamond. I eventually fell in battle after reviving Mordain. But the remaining undead villain at that point was quite weak from the attacks of my comrades…and while Asha began to escape, she had a change of heart and from the stairs loosed an arrow that flew true and ended that abomination’s pained existence. I woke to the battle done. If I have erred or missed vital information, I defer to my fellow adventurers to make this story whole. We did return the next day to explore what we found to be a Fertility Temple. Mordain with a mighty leap smashed a vial of holy water against the gem, finally purifying the space and eradicating all desecration. I hoisted good Orryn by rope up to the gem, where he loosed the diamond which we have brought back with us, along with other treasure and magical artifacts we found there.”
Heroes: Asha, Herzog, Orryn, Mordain, Theodrogo
Theodrogo's Tale:
"Ah my dear Goldbroad, now that is a tale. We descended into the Barrow as we did before, finding no trouble on the first three floors—not once, not twice, not thrice. We passed the spot where I had put that affront to Yaneb, the Green Skull, to its final final test with the help of holy water. And Asha snuck ahead to descend to the fourth level…” “There she found a strange site…a diamond suspended by chains about halfway between the ceiling and the floor…and in the center of the chamber, two strange undead…one enormous, one smaller, both incredibly powerful. They wandered in circular lockstep—each holding an enormous stone sword that ground across the stone floor as they walked. This was the grinding sound we’d heard in the floors above, and this circular motion of their unholy march is what I had sensed through the grace of Yaneb.” “When we others entered they took notice of us and attacked. I fought the smaller one, with Asha’s occasional help, while the others focused on the large one, and at times attempted to dislodge the gem above. The gem swirled with unholy necrotic energies, which would be emitted at times attacking us.” “It was a hard fight, and many of us fell repeatedly. I attacked relentlessly on my foe, who slashed at me with gauntlets of green scales which you see me wearing now. And they called forth more undead which we also had to defend against. When the battle seemed it’s bleakest, Asha released an air elemental that helped turn the tide—that is until it was sucked into the diamond.” “I at last defeated my foe, though with his death came an ungodly attack from the diamond. I eventually fell in battle after reviving Mordain. But the remaining undead villain at that point was quite weak from the attacks of my comrades…and while Asha began to escape, she had a change of heart and from the stairs loosed an arrow that flew true and ended that abomination’s pained existence. I woke to the battle done. If I have erred or missed vital information, I defer to my fellow adventurers to make this story whole. We did return the next day to explore what we found to be a Fertility Temple. Mordain with a mighty leap smashed a vial of holy water against the gem, finally purifying the space and eradicating all desecration. I hoisted good Orryn by rope up to the gem, where he loosed the diamond which we have brought back with us, along with other treasure and magical artifacts we found there.”
—Theodrogo
Rewards Granted
Here's what we recovered from this location:
- Black & White striped dragon hide shirt (Orryn)
- Large rectangular red dragon hide shield (Mordain)
- Green dragon scale gauntlets (Theodrogo)
- 8 - Diamond necklaces (Asha x2, Herzog x2, Theodrogo x1, Mordain x1, Orryn x1, and 1 shared by all)
- 1 - Large yellow gem.
The shield is a large single red dragon scale, shaped into long rectangle, with the corners cut to give the whole thing an octagonal shape. Flecks of orange and yellow pepper the bright red scale. It's wearer gains a +2 to AC, suffers no damage/conditions from temps between -20 F and 120 F. Three times a day as a reaction to taking damage from an attack, the wearer can trigger a hellish rebuke upon whomever inflicted the damage. 4d10 fire damage, DEX SV DC 15 for half damage.
The gauntlets are a forest green with hints of sunflower yellow when the sun hits them just right. Gauntlet is a stretch as these are more like long strands of dragon scale, with three prominent sharpened scales in the middle of the strand and two much larger scales at each end. When you wrap the strand between your fingers in a way that the three sharpened scales are in line with the knuckles, the remaining length automatically wraps itself tight around your forearm; the two large scales at the end of the strand biting into your flesh to secure themselves to your forearm. The gauntlets give a +1 AC to their wearer and now their unarmed strikes are d4+1 slashing and d8 poison damage, CON SV DC 12 for half poison damage.
The dragon hide shirt, made of alternating strips of black and white hide, is surprisingly light and flexible yet as durable as a chain shirt. The right shoulder has a massive buildup of hide straps creating a bulge. Slipping the shirt over your head, you're shocked as it morphs to fit your stouter frame. Instantly you feel strength in your right shoulder. Grabbing a large rock, your hurl it towards the trees. You're shocked to see the rock sail well further than you felt it ought. The shirt gives its wearer an AC 14 + DEX MOD. Additionally any weapon with the thrown property has their ranges doubled.
The necklaces, of which there are 8, are all yellow diamonds caged in gold, rose brass and copper tines. They do not appear to be magical. They do look very nice.
Missions/Quests Completed
Clear the site of undead and evil.
Report Date
19 Mar 2022
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