Kingdom on the Brink - Session 11
General Summary
The party takes a short rest, during this time Ashara attempts to make amends with Oneiro and Hendred for going berserk. Oneiro is distant from her, but eventually Ashara is able to make peace and offers him the healing ointment she was carrying. Thorne approaches Artimus, but Artimus tries to evade him, Oneiro blocks Artimus (who turns invisible), Oneiro attempts to grapple Artimus but he escapes. Thorne begins to scold Artimus and Ashara about how their reckless actions are hurting the party and if they don't show more intelligence in their actions then they could find themselves alone. The party then sets off and head towards the crossroads that used to have all the webbing, choosing to go the northern route, they enter what appears to be old ruins with blue crystals growing. The party begins to spread out, Ashara moves further into the room and six blue spiders appear all around her, Ashara activates her boots of speed and runs back to the rest of the group while evading some spider attacks. The spiders disappear and the group begins to ready their attacks when the spiders reappear, once the spiders reappear the part lets loose their attacks and the spiders attempt to bite. The party moves to finish off the last of the spiders, once they're dead the party begins to thoroughly examine the blue crystals. The party realized that the blue crystals could be used as spell components requiring diamonds and started to break them apart. Hendred examines the stone work and realizes that the architecture resembles that of what ancient dwarvish society used in the years following The Great Fire, Oneiro attempts to try to get to a larger crystal and realizes that it is very far down.
The party moves further down the paved walkway which led to a large circular room with a large glowing crystal in the center, surrounded by ankle deep water. The party begins to spread out and Swift Paws moves away from the group, trying to stay in the shadows four blue spiders appear and begin to attack. The spiders managed to paralyze Ashara, Hendred attempts to neutralize the poison but another spider manages to land another bite that paralyzes Ashara. Oneiro moves out to the water and begins to attack the spiders from range, Talia transforms into a bear and begins to shred the spiders. The party kill the last of the blue spiders and begin to catch their breathe when a screech resonated through the room, two blue Driders appear and begin to move towards the party. Runsha rides on his steed and begins to strike the crystal with his Warhammer, Oneiro runs up to Ashara and applies a healing ointment to remover her paralysis and whispers "You owe me one." The blue Driders reappear, one heads towards Runsha while the other goes towards the rest of the group, Oneiro shouts to focus on the blue Drider that's attacking Runsha. Oneiro, Thorne, and Runsha begin to focus on their Drider while Artimus and Hendred move towards it but keep their distance. Ashara and moves to attack the closest Drider and attempts to retreat after attacking, the Drider uses it reaction and manages to drop Ashara, the Drider then casts hold person on Artimus and disappears. The other Drider attacks Runsha and disappears, the party readies some attacks in preparation for the Driders return. The Driders return and after the party attacks they begin to attack again, The Drider near Hendred attacks her and drops her to unconsciousness and begins to move along the wall while the other Drider attempts to attack Thorne. Oneiro is able to banish the Drider on the island and yells at them to get ready to attack, the second Drider attempts to cast bane but it's ineffective. Once the banished Drider comes back the party unleashes their attacks and finally managed to kill it, the other Drider casts Insect swarm on the three people on the island and disappears again. The party readies more attacks and once the Drider returns they attack and kill the second Drider.
Oneiro runs over to Hendred and applies the restorative ointment to Hendred which brings her back from death. The party takes a short rest and Ashara shows Oneiro Dragons chess and begins to teach him the game, Talia moves towards the entrance away from the group. The party then begin to examine the room, Oneiro and Runsha begin to attack the crystal with ice and fire, while Artimus finds a message written in ancient draconic and begins to cast comprehend languages. Talia hears what the party found and runs over shouting at them to stop trying to destroy the crystal. The group finds out that the crystal is one of the shackles used to keep "The Ancient One" contained and find a crude looking map on the side, Talia attempts to commune with it and becomes familiar with it's energy and general location where the other anchor points are. The party heads out to the next room, they find that it's the spider egg room and after much examination some gold is found and they find one spider egg that they managed to extract without killing it. The party moves to the second to last room and begin to explore, Artimus heads towards the back and a Roper attacks with its tendrils, Swift Paws fires an arrow but gets restrained by a Roper that was hiding behind her. The party splits and begin to attack each Roper, the Roper takes a bite out of Artimus who then uses his potion of Gaseous Form to escape from being grappled. The party manages to kill the first Roper and begin to focus on the second one, during this time Oneiro notices that the ground is starting to shake, he warns the party and begins to move back. Runsha ends up getting entangled by the second Roper and gets downed when the Roper takes a bite out of him, Talia drops her bear form and heals Runsha and then kills the Roper. Elsewhere an Earth Elemental burrows out of the ground and head towards the group, Ashara and Hendred move to engage. The Earth Elemental attempts to slam Ashara and then burrows into the ground, the party readies their attacks for when it reappears and Ashara runs over the surface to try and draw its attention. Once it reappears the party attacks and quickly kill it.
The party moves further down the paved walkway which led to a large circular room with a large glowing crystal in the center, surrounded by ankle deep water. The party begins to spread out and Swift Paws moves away from the group, trying to stay in the shadows four blue spiders appear and begin to attack. The spiders managed to paralyze Ashara, Hendred attempts to neutralize the poison but another spider manages to land another bite that paralyzes Ashara. Oneiro moves out to the water and begins to attack the spiders from range, Talia transforms into a bear and begins to shred the spiders. The party kill the last of the blue spiders and begin to catch their breathe when a screech resonated through the room, two blue Driders appear and begin to move towards the party. Runsha rides on his steed and begins to strike the crystal with his Warhammer, Oneiro runs up to Ashara and applies a healing ointment to remover her paralysis and whispers "You owe me one." The blue Driders reappear, one heads towards Runsha while the other goes towards the rest of the group, Oneiro shouts to focus on the blue Drider that's attacking Runsha. Oneiro, Thorne, and Runsha begin to focus on their Drider while Artimus and Hendred move towards it but keep their distance. Ashara and moves to attack the closest Drider and attempts to retreat after attacking, the Drider uses it reaction and manages to drop Ashara, the Drider then casts hold person on Artimus and disappears. The other Drider attacks Runsha and disappears, the party readies some attacks in preparation for the Driders return. The Driders return and after the party attacks they begin to attack again, The Drider near Hendred attacks her and drops her to unconsciousness and begins to move along the wall while the other Drider attempts to attack Thorne. Oneiro is able to banish the Drider on the island and yells at them to get ready to attack, the second Drider attempts to cast bane but it's ineffective. Once the banished Drider comes back the party unleashes their attacks and finally managed to kill it, the other Drider casts Insect swarm on the three people on the island and disappears again. The party readies more attacks and once the Drider returns they attack and kill the second Drider.
Oneiro runs over to Hendred and applies the restorative ointment to Hendred which brings her back from death. The party takes a short rest and Ashara shows Oneiro Dragons chess and begins to teach him the game, Talia moves towards the entrance away from the group. The party then begin to examine the room, Oneiro and Runsha begin to attack the crystal with ice and fire, while Artimus finds a message written in ancient draconic and begins to cast comprehend languages. Talia hears what the party found and runs over shouting at them to stop trying to destroy the crystal. The group finds out that the crystal is one of the shackles used to keep "The Ancient One" contained and find a crude looking map on the side, Talia attempts to commune with it and becomes familiar with it's energy and general location where the other anchor points are. The party heads out to the next room, they find that it's the spider egg room and after much examination some gold is found and they find one spider egg that they managed to extract without killing it. The party moves to the second to last room and begin to explore, Artimus heads towards the back and a Roper attacks with its tendrils, Swift Paws fires an arrow but gets restrained by a Roper that was hiding behind her. The party splits and begin to attack each Roper, the Roper takes a bite out of Artimus who then uses his potion of Gaseous Form to escape from being grappled. The party manages to kill the first Roper and begin to focus on the second one, during this time Oneiro notices that the ground is starting to shake, he warns the party and begins to move back. Runsha ends up getting entangled by the second Roper and gets downed when the Roper takes a bite out of him, Talia drops her bear form and heals Runsha and then kills the Roper. Elsewhere an Earth Elemental burrows out of the ground and head towards the group, Ashara and Hendred move to engage. The Earth Elemental attempts to slam Ashara and then burrows into the ground, the party readies their attacks for when it reappears and Ashara runs over the surface to try and draw its attention. Once it reappears the party attacks and quickly kill it.
It is late afternoon on the 32nd day of Terseg
Rewards Granted
Diamond spell components
2 longswords
170 GP
2 longswords
170 GP
Report Date
13 Jun 2020
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