Game summary for December 23, 2013, Ruins of Undermountain campaign; PCs included Boran Gibbs (human cleric), Kalil Bakran (human sorcerer), Paddy Brandywine (halfling bard [archaeologist]), and Rumbald Shieldcracker (dwarf ranger [dungeon rover]).
The team continued to explore treacherous Undermountain and stumbled upon a trio of drow! The two blademen attacked with their poisoned two-bladed swords! An impressive exchange began between a swordsman and Rumbald the dwarf! Kalil unleashed a scorching ray at the other while the wicked priestess of Lolth blessed her allies. Boran attempted to run over a bench and table to attack the cleric, but he tripped and fell on his back. So, he instead blessed the party. Meanwhile, Paddy moved in and cut down the burnt bladesman and moved to pressure the cleric. She responded with a hold person spell, but plucky halfling shook it off! Boran countered with the same, to no avail. The battle went back and forth, but soon the team had defeated the drow and looted them.
The group then wound its way down a dark twisting passage and triggered several acid arrow traps that fortunately missed (they went over Paddy’s head). At the end of the passage stood a frightening creature, a skeletal mage! It unleashed a scorching ray and injured the team but was soon cut down.
They then found a room occupied by a fearsome drider! The monstrosity warded itself with mage armor and blasted away with numerous lightning bolts. The team found its spell resistance particularly challenging, and it put up quite a fight! Finally, Kalil’s fire ray punched through and slew the beast!
Harm Incorporated then opened another door and found a massive yellow terror solifugid! The ten-legged arachnid ripped into Paddy, rending his flesh and harming him terribly! The team found the monster easy to hit because it was so large; however, it also injured Boran. Finally, the group whittled away and dropped the horror! Boran and Rumbald used magic to heal the injuries thus far sustained by the party.
Continuing on, they came across a room with two frenzied cultists worshiping a beholder! Fortunately, the beholder turned out to be a gauth beholderkin, a weaker relative of the floating orb of destruction! The gauth blasted Boran with its six eye rays! He shook off the worst of the effects but was significantly hampered by exhaustion! Soon, Rumbald was also magically exhausted. The team took out the cultists with ease, but the gauth put up a fight! Fortunately, Kalil caught it with two scorching rays and exploded the inhuman monster if a ball of flame!
The group then discovered the secret hideaway of Undermountain merchant Ludovic Snerd! He taught them the magic phrase to summon his magical equipment shop but warned them he would only appear in areas that were very safe. They decided to do some shopping after exploring one more room.
The final room explored by the team appeared to be a tomb of a fallen priest of Shar. The sarcophagus was flanked by four suits of battered armor which Boran determined where undead with his detect undead spell! Kalil smiled and hurled a fireball into the room and melted them all to slag! They then discovered the coffin was infested with brown mold! The mold sucked all the heat from the room and caused cold damage to the team! Kalil hit it with a fire ray and caused it to double in size! Thinking quickly, Paddy used his magically cold short sword to destroy the hazard. They then claimed the treasures from within the tomb.
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