LongestRoad Run14

Run began at the beginning of the Labyrinth.

• Should we split the party? NO.
• Cautiously moving ahead and scouting
• Avoiding the rotting-vegetation room
• Call from the other party- ran into trouble on the bridge
• PCs reach the bridge- huge room with a massive bridge over ucky water. Big battle going on.
  • Church of Tamara, with a silver dragon, facing off against a couple of the Tiamat-ers, with a red dragon
  • Invisible rogue stabs Sil one
  • Tamarans, aided by PCs, victorious, heal, move on
• Wail of the banshee trap: one of Zahn's group, minus hand, at the scene
  • BoyHedgie dies, the rest are saved
• Querca's location spell goes off, pointing them the right way
• Forcecage trap grabs Sil, summons a hamatula on her
  • Ezel dimdoors Ellowyn and Michael into the cage, misses with himself and Querca
  • Ellowyn and Michael manage to rescue Sil, who got grappled
• In the very next room a huge battle is occurring!
  • Charra, some undead fiend thing, and a green dragon fighting Zahn, an invisible rogue, and a swarm of abyssal ants
  • Mages speed-buff, Michael charges (of course)
  • Charra and Greenie are focusing on Zahn while invis rogue backstabs dragon
  • Querca summons a defensive wall of thorns to keep the orb away from The Red Dragon
  • Querca has ants...
  • Ezel dispels the invis rogue, who re-invis'es after yelling "Sorry!"
  • Zahn retreats behind a wall of fire
  • Michael KO's Zahn, Charra dives through the wall to grab his stuff
  • Sil leaps in and fumbles her attack, Charra flees
  • Ellowyn disintegrates Charra (!!!)
  • Struu grabs the belt o' pouches
  • Invis rogue grabs the belt and runs
  • Party pursues, Sventukothar blocks escape, rogue runs straight into forcecage and is down for the count, surrenders and vis'es
  • Querca summons a wind elemental to sweep her acidic beasty ants away, WHEW
  • Party collects all stuff, including Red Orb, from Vin (invis rogue)
• Tamara group shows up (Ezel had called)
  • Michael heals
  • Gives them the curse artifact
  • They retreat and leave hostages with PCs
• Subdual!
  • Sil has bandaged Zahn, Struu ties Zahn and Vin up
  • Vin seems very eager to cooperate, claims he had to do what Zahn said... there was no way he could not. Not like it used to be.
  • Ezel is touched (but not like that) and uses the Orb to override the order and give him basically free will.
  • CRACK!
  • Party retreats from dungeon, avoiding one trap. Eventually Vin isn't tied up.
• Delicious treasure is resisted, party leaves dungeon
  • But it's so delicious!
  • But it's deadly!
• Back in the throne room, Chancellor closes portal and dismisses them- it's your problem now, all debts are even
• PCs + Zahn (unconscious) + Vin rejoin Church of Tamara
  • Aezma is awake!
  • Everyone is crying and hugging
  • Naturally Michael ends up with his face smashed into bosoms
  • On Michael's suggestion Vin is given over to Marcus for "a second chance"
  • Marcus will res BoyHedgie tomorrow at cost, PCs must just get the diamonds
  • Aezma thanks them all
  • Ezel has a totally awkward convo with Aezma. Marcus is suspicious. Michael and Ellowyn say nothing.
  • Tamarans will meet up with them tomorrow and would like to be part of questioning Zahn
• PCs return to Struu's house while he goes out shopping
  • Sunshine wants to visit Aezma again because she smells so good
  • Struu obtains magebane manacles to restrain Zahn (from Sil's treasure)
• Plans for "tomorrow":
  • Interrogate Zahn
  • Michael has a date (embarrassed)
  • Ezel has an appointment at the abyssal temple