Episode 31 - Dungeon and Dragon Part Two
General Summary
As the episode opened, the Guardians of Golarion faced off against a huge mechanical scorpion guardian as well as four floating scimitars. Hugo Powerfist had prepared to throw a bomb at the creature but appeared distracted by something before vanishing. The rest of the party strategically dispatched their opposition, with Ella attempting to capture one of the floating scimitars to sell. Buck put a bullet through it, ending any chance at resale.
The piles of gold in the room were only illusions. There were coins in the room, as well as a few potions and scrolls. However they were magically weak, and the coins were mostly copper sprinkled with silver. Everything was bagged for transport. Meanwhile, Ella worked over the barrier blocking the doorway. She hacked her way through the magic while the others examined the room.
Beneath the coins, another portal was discovered. It was the same magic that sealed the entryway portal. Shen Stroheim and Reh worked over the magic, and 30 minutes later the doors slid open. The portal revealed a shaft that descended into darkness. The sides were covered in glowing green runes. At the bottom of the shaft, 80 feet down, they could see the glimmer of gold.
Sir Godric was about to walk down when Reh examined the runes. They were antimagic, sparing Godric an eighty-foot swan dive. They tied rope together and climbed down. Occasional contact with the runes caused spectral green claws to strike out at them. The shaft formed a J shape and the bottom was filled with hundreds of gold coins. All of them are scratched and worn as if they have been repeatedly scraped with stones. Some of them were stained dark.
Lying near the opening of the shaft was an armored skeleton. Leoran Swiftstorm, the skeleton in question, appeared to have flown into the tunnel. The runes dispelled his spectral gryphon Cloudclaw the second he entered the shaft and Leoran fell eighty feet to the bottom of the tunnel, headfirst. Near death, he dragged himself to the edge of the tunnel and looked down into the catacomb. His neck and back were broken, and he lay there helpless unable to even end his own life. He finally passed, either from his injuries of from lack of food and water.
Shen recovered the longsword that Master Barretto had requested, and the party found the saddle of Cloudclaw that would be returned to Eviana and the people of Crying Leaf. Still, there was a rather large-looking cavern that still needed to be looked into. And so, they created various light sources and approached the opening.
From the hole high in the wall, the Guardians could see down into the huge circular chamber. The shaft opened at the top of the room. The floor was completely covered in gold coins, as well as relics and bones. Near the far edge of the room was a huge stone statue in the shape of a roaring green dragon, resembling the statues of the dragon Myrkara above. Its claws were outstretched and seemed to have something resting in them.
A void-touched dragon and four void-touched elven undead wearing armor and apparel from Crying Leaf also happened to be in the room. When they saw the party, they began to advance.
Most of the party descended into the room, with Shen and Rooker Shango remaining up top. Combat was violent and intense. The dragon and three of the void zombies fell. A bloody and battered Ella, consumed with rage that overcame her sense of self-preservation, attacked the final zombie. In the end, going toe-to-toe with the creature, Ella was dropped unconscious. Her rage brought her back to her feet, but she fell again. This time, her rage left her and took her life with it.
The shock of Ella's death was still in the air when Shen and Rooker heard chanting coming from the darkness behind them. Barely visible in the shadows were two drow mages. Rooker realized that they were not chanting. They were casting, and he recognized the spell.
It was Fireball.
Rewards Granted
Coins: 0 pp, 579 gp, 304 sp, 2,824 cp
- The gold was from the pile at the bottom of the antimagic tunnel shaft.
Missions/Quests Completed
- Escaped the false hoard room.
- Recovered the Longsword for Master Barretto.
- Recovered the Saddle of Cloudclaw for Eviana.
- Discovered the true hoard of Myrkara.
Notes
- Experience and Battle Points will be rewarded after your next rest... that you wake up from.
