Session 25 - Into the Cave - 21 May 23

 

• The party decided to head down the pit and into the northern portion of the cave.
• After climbing down, Jax and Jebus discovered the tunnels in the N portion found the hallways to be covered with drawings on the wall, which were only 6 feet high.
• The floor tiles were each 3 feet square and had a large symbol on them - circle, square, triangle or (Homebase) pentagon shape.
• Jebus sent his 'dog' out and it was shot by an arrow when stepping on the triangle
• Fysi then came thru and used mage hand to push down on some other tiles, but was inconclusive to see what was what..
• After a quick repair, Jebus sent dog out again and used the mage hand to push down on a square tile, which was a trap door going into the floor 10 feet.
• After some consideration, Jax used the map and folded it to show the pentagon shapes were the SAFE map after some map folding tricks.
• Once the party made this discovery, they let Jax lead the way and investigate the tunnels.
• After about an hour of carefully walking thru, the party discovered a door. Once opened, a group of Ghouls inside attacked

• Battle insured, discovering the ghouls can paralyze on attacks and were also immune to poison.
• In the middle of the fight, Flint was grabbed from under by a Jelly/ooze light creature and pulled up the wall.
• The creature was slow but massive. The party was almost done with the ghouls when he was taken.
• Redwood changed to a large spider and used his web to attach to Flint, just as the rest of the party helped out and defeated the jelly.

• Once defeated the room was found to be a sort of barracks once used for the dwarves here.
• After more exploration, the party came into a large chamber with upper levels and a 30' ceiling.
• After some usage of Find Magic, continued exploration noticed scrapping sounds on the upper levels.
• Jax jumped up to the upper ledge with his light to discover more ghouls and a larger undead creature - a Ghast.
• Battle ensued - and while that was underway, another smaller group of Ghouls came from the opposite side to attack...
• We are in round 4 of battle when the party is continuing.