Session 27: Investigating the Tunnels
General Summary
The Ratcatchers known as the Vandals of Fate begin their investigation of the Coenoby. Working their way around the workers they explore the main area finding not much of interest. Fedi attempts to head down a hallway but is quickly turned away by the security of the arena. Kretzel explores a long winding tunnel that eventually leads him to a set of catacombs with of pool of water on one corner and a statue in the other. Stepping near the pool of water he notices a man sized large stone plug that seems to be sealing something. He immediately decides to try and take this shiny slate stone for himself and attempts to move it but quickly discovers that it is just to heavy for him to lift. Kretzel returns to the rest of the group just as they decide to see what Kretzle had found. Finding interest in the stone plug the group all travels down to the catacombs, Kal summons a couple of minotaurs to help Koris in lifting the stone plug. Once they do so water quickly rushes down the path that is revealed. As the water flow normalizes the group decide to explore beyond the plug, as they head down the tunnel it opens up into a cavern full of ghouls. The Ratcatchers easily are able to defeat them.
Exploring the cavern they learn that the ghouls seem to have traveled up through a cave system. However a larger path draws their attention as they travel it and begin to explore the long winding path they find themselves at a small pond with geometric symbols carved into the far wall on the other side of the cavern. Kal checks them out and quickly learns they are symbols to Baphmet and they are quite old in fact. Five hundred years or more old at least. The group checks out the cavern further and quickly realize that the tributary that feeds this pond has had the ceiling above it smoothed out to allow a regular sized creature well enough room to walk up the stream. The Ratcatchers follow the stream and follow its long winding stream until they find themselves at a fork in the path. They decide to follow the stream for now as the ceiling still shows signs of man made construction. They follow the stream a little further before finding another path that branches off, further up the stream it opens up to a nasty surprise of raw sewage that is being fed by a drain on the northern part of the wall. Kal sends his familiar to scout and Breen manages to spot a gauntlet still attached to a severed arm. Hearing this Kretzel and Koris wade into the muck to go and collect what is most likely treasure. However as they make their way into the room they are ambushed by four slimes who attack from the ceiling of the cave. Luckily our two Ratcatchers spot them before the slimes can launch a surprise attack. After the defeat of the slimes the group collects the gauntlet that is quickly identified as magical in nature. Fedi identifies it as a Gauntlet of Danger Sense. Kretzel claims it for himself.
The Ratcatchers then move to the nearest dry path and begin their search along it. The path quickly shows constructed sandstone on the ceiling the same sandstone that is used in the construction of the arena meaning the Ratcatchers are directly under the Arena itself. As they creep forward they find themselves where the sewer is drains into the pool below. Above they also see what could be a well that is strangely clean. They continue to follow the path where they find where all the sewage of the Cloudbreach Arena drains into. With the smell getting to them the party quickly retreats after Kal has his familiar scout a bit further ahead who finds a perfect circle that has been mined out of the rock. The Ratcatchers decide for now to return to their quarters in the Coenoby, rest up and maybe venture out later that night after things quiet down and it will be easier to explore areas that they are not allowed in.
Report Date
08 Aug 2024
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