Players (Characters)
Scott (Rain)
Catherine (Amber)
Tony (Roland)
Rachel (Horkina)
DM: Tom (Garlen)
Most of the party awoke the next morning, refreshed and ready to fight goblins, but Grokk was nowhere to be found. He stumbled in extremely drunk just after breakfast, and passed out halfway to his bunk. The party opted to leave him there. Roland made a quick trip to the library to research vampires and lycanthropes, and then briefed the party on the basics: both types resist damage unless it's from silver weapons, and vampires can mentally dominate someone unless they're magically protected. Amber picked up a scroll of magic circle against evil to provide that magical protection.
The guards posted at the bathhouse said a small group of goblins had approached from behind a locked door the night before, but they just left the door locked and stayed quiet until the goblins left. The party unlocked the door and climbed down a ladder beyond it. Across from the base of the ladder, scribbled in blood, was a sentence in goblin: "Drakthar is Dead! Long live Drakthar!" This meant it was very likely Drakthar was a vampire.
The party fought and killed several goblins, including some spellcasters, in a small Dwarf-constructed complex. One room had previously been a temple to the dwarf god Moradin, but the statue of Moradin was missing its head, and goblins had covered the walls with graffiti and poo. Horkina headed upstairs to find Orak's decanter of endless water, and used it to spray the filth off of the walls and floor and out the door. She also found the statue's head nearby and placed it back where it belonged.
The Dwarf-constructed complex opened into a large cave. Two goblins mounted on worgs began to attack. One worg tripped Rain, but neither the goblins nor the worgs were able to do significant damage before they were brought down. A goblin sentry tried to run away, and Roland threw a tanglefoot bag at him. Roland overthrew his target, but the fleeing goblin reacted too slowly to avoid becoming entangled. He, too, was quickly dispatched.
In the next cave, Rain noticed some of the stalactites hanging from the ceiling didn't look quite right. He fired an arrow at one and it began to move. Horkina and Roland shot at it as well, bringing it down. It was a darkmantle, a predator that creates utter darkness and then swoops down to devour its prey. Moving slowly and looking carefully, Rain noticed two more darkmantles, and they were brought down with similar ease.
As the party approached a fork in the cavern, Rain and Garlen heard the sounds of more goblins. Some were up on a ledge to the east, while others were in a small alcove to the northwest. Horkina climbed up to the ledge and killed a pair of goblins with a cleaving blow from her axe. Garlen moved into the alcove and started stabbing, while Amber threw a thunderstone at a goblin trying to cast a spell. A couple of crossbow bolts ruined the goblin adept's day. The goblins were quickly routed, and the party gathered together to pick up the treasure.
Two swarms of bats began to attack the party, while a bugbear with bloodshot eyes arrived at the ledge -- this must be Drakthar. The bugbear told Horkina to tie her shoes, but she shook off the powerful suggestion. Amber moved away from the bat swarm and cast Magic Circle against Evil to protect Horkina from domination. Horkina and Rain fired several arrows at Drakthar, but to no effect. Roland, Garlen, and Rain regrouped around the nearest corner and used several vials of alchemists fire to slay the bats. Amber used a spell to fill Drakthar with a sense of doom, and Horkina again resisted a magical command to tie her shoe. She and Amber moved into formation with the rest of the party. When Drakthar followed, the party surrounded him and attacked. He shrugged off most of their blows, so everyone worked to distract him and make it easier for Horkina to hit. She landed a single, powerful blow that forced the bugbear to turn into a mist and retreat. After this difficult battle, the party headed back to town to rest and re-equip.
The present members of the party reached level 5.
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