Characters: Anthony, Julian, Balin, Grim, Randal, Cael, Terus Tulgar.
NPCs: 8 Mindflayer Tadpoles, 8 Purple Ooze walls, 2 Otyughs, 4 Cave Trolls, 2 Young Mindflayers.
30 Hammar 1374 - 30 Hammar 1374
5400 XP
Anthony Manton awoke from a numbing slumber with a terrible pain in his occipital bone and neck. His divine body had resisted. Anthony was floating in a foul pinkish fluid in a small circular pool. Reaching to the back of his head he pulled away a Mindflayer Tadpole which had been attempting to burrow through his skull. Hours later he awoke again from the pain and found Balin with him in the pool. After pulling Balin's Tadpole away from his skull Anthony and Balin prayed for strength to their gods. Hours passed and they decided to slam through a doorway blocked by a Purple Ooze. As they passed through their agility was slightly sapped.Finding themselves in a hallway with more purple doorways the pair smashed through a second and rescued Tulgar and Julian. Bald, naked, and coated in a foul slime the four returned to the old dwarven hallway and were assaulted by two mirror-eyed Otyughs. One flung Balin through a Purple Ooze and drained him of his agility further. After slaying the two sentries the four prisoners rescued Randal, Cael, Grim, and Terus. Once the party had regrouped they went down to the end of the hallway and Cael smashed through another Purple Ooze. They found a large vacant dwarven bath area similar to the ones they had been captive in. Terus suggested this would be the final place of ceremorphosis if it had been allowed to continue.
As Cael broke through the opposite hallway entrance a Symbol of Suggestion was triggered and sent Julian, Terus, Grim, and Tulgar back to their cells whenever they were not in the presence of Anthony's aura. Balin finally dispelled the ward and they found another large bath area empty of activity. Julian fearfully casted a powerful force spell and destroyed nearly everything in the room in a massive whirlwind. The noise echoed through the quiet, moist hallways and soon the party was seiged by 4 mirror-eyed Cave Trolls and 2 Young Mindflayers. They bravely dispatched the trolls and ilithids despite their lack of equipment, however Grim was torn down by a Cave Troll's rending claws.
They searched the room quickly and regrouped just in time to see down the two adjoining hallways of this great pool room. There were more enemies approaching in this twisted dwarven bath house.
