DRAMATIS PERSONAE:
Skeef Hawkridge (Half Elf Druid 7 / Thief 6)
Goro (Half Orc Cleric 6 / Fighter 6)
Solcha (Elf Fighter 5 / Magic User 6)
Chanee (Human Paladin 4)
[Baqua Irontoes (Halfling Fighter 4 / Thief 4)]
Date/Time
Planting 12 (mid-morning) to Planting 12 (mid-afternoon)
The party pushes forward into the passage, and the darkness plays havoc with their light sources which flicker much dimmer than usual. Suddenly Skeef disappears into a hidden trapdoor in the floor. They pry open the hinged lid, and are surprised to find nothing but an empty 20' deep pit. Figuring it must be a portal to some place their friend might need their help, the party all leap in one by one. Meanwhile, Skeef has found himself in a silenced 8'x8'x8 cube with a ghast for company. The monster does not attack right away, and Skeef used his cloak to alter form to look like a ghast. The creature then reaches gently forward, touching and paralyzing the the druid/thief. Then suddenly the rest of the party lands in the cube, making for very tight quarters indeed. A fight ensues, which very nearly sees all the party paralyzed and presumably food for the ghast. Only Solcha escapes the creatures touch, and succeeds in taking it down. As everyone's paralysis wears off, they discover they are in fact at the bottom of the original pit, hidden by an illusion and silence. A series of failed attempts to get out of said pit ends with Skeef turning into a gecko and hauling a rope up to the surface for everyone to climb.
After a few rounds of healing (which to their dismay doesn't work well in this gloomy environment) the party moves on, following a twisting maze of stone-slabbed passages leading deep into the barrow. Twice they are ambushed by ghasts who seem to appear out of nowhere, and pay a price in paralyzation and pain. The second ambush occurs just as they reach a great stone door, flanked by a pair of low alter stones and illuminated by a faint candle. The candle is newly lit, and once scrubed bare of dirt and growth, the two alters are found to be dedicated the Beary the Earth Mother.
The door opens into another corridor, with two similar doors at the far end. Through one the party finds a small chamber lit by a pair of flickering touches. Low stone benches line the walls, and in the centre is a disturbed area of earth mixed with shattered and broken bone. Chanee immediately warns them that evil lurks in the room. Examination of the wall between the torches reveals that it is not stone, but a cleverly painted canvas sheet. Skeef is just about to pull it aside when the pile in the centre of the floor starts to stir, forming into a large humanoid shape made of clay, broken bone and rotting flesh. Battle ensures, and the creature is soon beaten back to a heap on the floor ...
GAINS
None
KILLS/VICTORIES
7 ghasts
LOSSES
none
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