11-19-2014, 10:42 AM
Session 10 (end)
The night was uneventful despite that the captured werewolf had manage to flee, probably by shapechanging into a wolf.
The stairs at the East end of the cavern descended deep into the Earth and laid to another cavern filled with animal bones. The party navigated among the stalagmite when one of the stalagmite came alive and surprise the characters. It threw tendrils whose grasp weakened the body. Mirko, drank his potion of levitation and raised himself up to the roof of the cavern where he dealt kicks and blows to the roper. Driga’s arrows peppered the monstrosity along with Balder’s spells. Baldwin and Jill tried to escape the grasp, but to no avail.
Finally, the creature could take no more and fell dead on the floor.
A bridge laid further. Upon close inspection, it seemed it was made of bone, hair of an unknown creature and some wood. The characters advanced further and arrived into another cavern, this one filled with giant mushrooms. Mirko took a few steps toward one. A net entangled him while a grey eyeless humanoid striked him with a stone hatchet. Mirko’s ring of free action made him escape the net, but battle was engaged between the party and a group of such humanoids supported by weird snake-like creatures whose head ended into four tentacles.
The characters were victorious but decided not the press against those who flee away to the south. There was a narrow passage that went to the North and Balder sent his pseudodragon to explore, sharing its sense.
The northern passage laid to another cavern, this one filled with stone statues of men, elves, dwarves, giants and dragons. A giant was carefully carving another statue. The characters decide to explore.
The giant, named Vaklavastar, was friendly. Fortunately, he spoke dwarvish, which both Balder and Mirko understood. He explained that he had been carving statues for centuries, as the Ancients willed him. The giant simply felt more than understood what the next statue would look like.
Among the cavern, there was a scene carved on a wall featuring the characters and Jill gazing at the statues. Baldwin found out that many statues were picturing gods, such Odir, Hak, Zugzul and elvin and dwarvish deities. Tsathoggua was absent. Two others were of interest: a carving of Driga and one of Roweena the wokan.
In the center of the cavern, was a strange monolith made of the strange black rock that the characters had seen before. The writing on the monolith seemed distantly related to Galactic, but Mirko couldn’t decipher it. Once again, Balder used his magic and found out:
It was decided to leave this land, now poisoned by our foolish quest for the knowledge of the future. It is a dark heritage we leave to those who will follow us until the end of the World.
In the abyss where we will now live, we will lie between wide awakeness and sleep. From our dreams, gods will be born. Gods that will be worshipped by those who wil follow us. May they help them to resist to the hunger of Tsathoggua.
The characters bade farewell to Vaklavastar and took the southern passage where the humanoids had flee. The entered into a strange temple, where a crude idol of Tasthoggua held a bowl filled with a blackish liquid. A grey humanoid priest was incanting, while his followers readied their weapons and three of the snake-like monstruosities advanced toward the character.
The battle was engaged again. The blackish liquid move on the ground, taking different shapes as it approached to the characters. It acidic touch burned Mirko. Fortunately, fire was found to be useful and was used in a liberal fashion to take care of the thing.
The characters were once again victorious, but decided not to press further, a passage went up and, after two miles, everyone was feeling the pine-scented air of the forest on his cheeks.
The night was uneventful despite that the captured werewolf had manage to flee, probably by shapechanging into a wolf.
The stairs at the East end of the cavern descended deep into the Earth and laid to another cavern filled with animal bones. The party navigated among the stalagmite when one of the stalagmite came alive and surprise the characters. It threw tendrils whose grasp weakened the body. Mirko, drank his potion of levitation and raised himself up to the roof of the cavern where he dealt kicks and blows to the roper. Driga’s arrows peppered the monstrosity along with Balder’s spells. Baldwin and Jill tried to escape the grasp, but to no avail.
Finally, the creature could take no more and fell dead on the floor.
A bridge laid further. Upon close inspection, it seemed it was made of bone, hair of an unknown creature and some wood. The characters advanced further and arrived into another cavern, this one filled with giant mushrooms. Mirko took a few steps toward one. A net entangled him while a grey eyeless humanoid striked him with a stone hatchet. Mirko’s ring of free action made him escape the net, but battle was engaged between the party and a group of such humanoids supported by weird snake-like creatures whose head ended into four tentacles.
The characters were victorious but decided not the press against those who flee away to the south. There was a narrow passage that went to the North and Balder sent his pseudodragon to explore, sharing its sense.
The northern passage laid to another cavern, this one filled with stone statues of men, elves, dwarves, giants and dragons. A giant was carefully carving another statue. The characters decide to explore.
The giant, named Vaklavastar, was friendly. Fortunately, he spoke dwarvish, which both Balder and Mirko understood. He explained that he had been carving statues for centuries, as the Ancients willed him. The giant simply felt more than understood what the next statue would look like.
Among the cavern, there was a scene carved on a wall featuring the characters and Jill gazing at the statues. Baldwin found out that many statues were picturing gods, such Odir, Hak, Zugzul and elvin and dwarvish deities. Tsathoggua was absent. Two others were of interest: a carving of Driga and one of Roweena the wokan.
In the center of the cavern, was a strange monolith made of the strange black rock that the characters had seen before. The writing on the monolith seemed distantly related to Galactic, but Mirko couldn’t decipher it. Once again, Balder used his magic and found out:
It was decided to leave this land, now poisoned by our foolish quest for the knowledge of the future. It is a dark heritage we leave to those who will follow us until the end of the World.
In the abyss where we will now live, we will lie between wide awakeness and sleep. From our dreams, gods will be born. Gods that will be worshipped by those who wil follow us. May they help them to resist to the hunger of Tsathoggua.
The characters bade farewell to Vaklavastar and took the southern passage where the humanoids had flee. The entered into a strange temple, where a crude idol of Tasthoggua held a bowl filled with a blackish liquid. A grey humanoid priest was incanting, while his followers readied their weapons and three of the snake-like monstruosities advanced toward the character.
The battle was engaged again. The blackish liquid move on the ground, taking different shapes as it approached to the characters. It acidic touch burned Mirko. Fortunately, fire was found to be useful and was used in a liberal fashion to take care of the thing.
The characters were once again victorious, but decided not to press further, a passage went up and, after two miles, everyone was feeling the pine-scented air of the forest on his cheeks.