16-17/5/4713 Quillax takes the gnome Luonim and Thassilonian head Capita to Fort Rannick (along with Sephiria), consults with Captain Oriana. Return next morning (down 1 spell slot). A messenger boy delivered a message to Neril at the Inn - Abra Lopati of the Duskwardens sends thanks for the destruction of the Dark Rider (who killed his wife) and promises Duskwarden aid when needed.
The dwarf merchant Gadka visits and tells of meeting (& beating) one of Tirana's minions who says she has collected all the Seven Swords and begun a powerful ritual - likely taking several days.
Quillax Account
[7-May]
Trying a new format - a summary of the major plot points before the journal. Also, did a lighter write up format, less of a blow-by-blow. Let me know what you think at the next game.
Summary:
- Took Luonim to Fort Rannick
- Gadkah tells us Tiraneh is rumoured to be starting a ritual - will take a couple days to complete
- Enter ventilation shaft via skull on Kaer Maga city wall
- Work out control room panel combinations and find a short term off switch (energy off for mere seconds) and document sequence for full shut down
- Dominated Squid vs Electric Item carrying armour coveting Imp
- Abyssal Goblins riding super ninja evil cleric Jurassic Park style raptors. Killed all four Goblins. Two had Wands; We did not collect these.
- Ran away from raptors. Sealed them in room with Wall of Stone
- Retreated to entrance for Short Rest.
[xp 3520 each]
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Journal [7-May]
It was a quick use of Transport Via Plants to bring Luonim and Sepheria (+Capita) to Fort Rannick. After speaking with the Grey Maidens there and updating them on the general situation including Luonim's role at the Fort, we left most of Sepheria's collection of books for his research, with the most valuable/dangerous books in her room under Capita's guard). We spent the night and returned to Kaer Maga on the following morning, making our way from outside the city in once more, a path I am beginning to become quite familiar with.
While we were away, the Dusk Wardens sent a message, which Neril collected and responded to. They sent their thanks for our dealing with the Black Rider, who had killed some of their family members and they offered their assistance should we need it in the future.
Upon our return, Gadkah sought us out and informed us that he had heard Tiranah was starting a ritual using the Sword, although rumour had it the ritual would possibly take a few days to complete. We decided to take the ventilation shaft instead of the front door and Gadkah volunteered to take us there. He led us to a window in the stone and informed us the ventilation shaft was just through the window then left. Sepheria and Neril checked out the area on the broom and reported back they had found the entrance in the left eye of the skull about 40 feet below the window's ledge. The top of the skull was 20' below the window itself, so we could easily get down using rope or being ferried by broom.
Just inside the entrance were three tunnels, each with four slowing spinning turbines that circulated the air. I went ahead with Sepheria to see if we could interrupt these without setting off any alert. After some discussion, we decided it was not safe to do so and as it would be difficult to get Clank through the turbines undamaged, we left him and Moncey to their own devices outside while we made our way past the turbines magically.
There were two possible doors, one that glowed slightly and one that smelled of floral decay. As I was already in a wildshape, I scouted the glowing door, shifting into a spider to slip under the door. Inside was a control room with a glowing pool and inside the pool a squid lurked under the bridge. Reporting back, we decided that room was important and we went in. Claw dashed across the room and started poking at the controls so Sepheria Tasha's Hideous Laughtered him so he couldn't break anything. As Irizati stepped in, the squid finally decided to attack. Irizati was able to dominate the squid and used it to open the next door in the control room. That led down to a short hall and a circle of crystals that acted as a lightning-conducting barrier. Meanwhile, I investigated the control panel and was able to work out how to interrupt the power briefly as well as turn it off completely. The latter required a complex series of steps, which I documented. In the other room inside the circle of lightning, Neril found an Imp with some sort of lightning rune/gem guarding a pile of armour. We send the squid to investigate and ended up down one squid.
We decided to check out the other door near the entrance that had smelled of floral decay. Getting closer, I could also smell reptiles. We opened the door to a room with a raised central platform and two strange dimensional portals - one on their side of the room. On the left, the portal seemed to lead to a dinosaur filled jungle and on the right to a world of fire and ash. Four Absyssal Goblins, each riding a dinosaur wearing armour attacked us, two wielding wands. Irizati managed to hold person most of the goblins except the boss and we were able to pick them off one by one but the dinosaurs were amazingly strong. Neril and Sepheria tried to stay invisible which helped them greatly, but Claw took rather a large amount of damage. I polymorphed him into a Giant Ape, twice, which kept him alive long enough for us all to run. We sealed the raptors in the room with a wall of stone and retreated - with Sepheria grabbing Claw and using dimension door to escape.
We retreated to the entrance for a short rest. After waiting for the group to meet up and return, we decided to try the path past the Lighting-wielding Imp instead.
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