Characters: Terus, Anthony, Cael, Julian, Samael, Grim, Davvin.
NPCs: Gargantuan Swarm of Wasps, Gnomes of the Golden Hills, 4 Diamond Golems.
14 Alturiak 1374 - 17 Alturiak 1374
8300 XP
The party teleported into the next room of the great runecaster clan's dungeon and immediately began to use their magical spells to restore their fellow adventurers from Petrification, Polymorph, and Stasis. They were surrounded by a small circular room with a domed ceiling and dry-fitted stone work. Missing blocks from the walls lay randomly on the room's dusty floor. Without warning, powerful yellow conjuration runes began to glow as a massive Swarm of Wasps flew through the missing holes. The party desperately attempted many magical defenses but were becoming overwhelmed. Eventually, they were abnle to fight the swarm and return the missing blocks to their respective holes. The swarm was broken and dissipated by the party's endurance. Next they again teleported to a long corridor where many evocation runes were inscribed on the walls. Grim briefly studied them and discovered they had been written in a great magical circuit to function together seamlessly. The party braved forth down the evocation corridor and was blasted by waves of fire, ice, electricity, acid, and sound. Grim battled to counterspell some of the effects as Davvin and Balin attempted to time their healing spells along with the circuit. At the very end the party was blasted by a wave of force sending Julian, Samael, Cael, and Balin back through the other traps. With great agility and strength they managed to reunite safely with their fellow adventurers.Again, the party had activated another teleportation circle and found themselves in a very large circular brick room. Cael carefully read across the runes the words, "Stand 'round together, or die 'round apart." However, the enchantment runes of the room began to activate and sent powerful Dominations against the party. Terus, Julian, Samael, and Anthony were initially controlled to attack their fellow party members. As the other party members struggled to break the enchantment Balin, and Anthony were stricken Insane. Soon Terus, Julian and Samael were locked in a bloody melee. Cael acted against them and began to strike them to death with Calinus Brumalis. When only Balin, Cael, Anthony, and Davvin still stood, they gathered their fallen comrades in a circle and united with what they had left. The enchantment runes deactivated and the party was again gone. Now only Cael, Davvin, Anthony, and Balin stood capable of completing the unpredictable Theoric dungeon. They rested for 8 hours in a cramped space in front of the gateway to a room resonating with abjuration magic. After that time they moved forward and were surrounded by three shifting walls of prismatic energy. The shifting colors, shapes, surfaces, and positions of the walls dizzied the remaining 4. The party slowly began to navigate through these walls avoiding all contact until they became utterly confused and walked into one of the Prismatic Walls. The waves of energy passed over them and nearly killed all 4, Anthony however had been Planeshifted. Now Cael, Balin, and Davvin found an increasing urgency to their task as they navigated through the rest of the maze and searched for a way to rescue Anthony. Davvin used his Divination abilities to find that Anthony was in fact on the plane of the Golden Hills and the three shifted there.
From the glowing stone halls of the Theoric dungeon the party now found themselves on beautiful rolling hills with golden grasses and trees. Many gnomes happily greeted the adventurers and with their help Davvin, Balin, and Cael had found the Insane Anthony Manton and Healed him. They stayed with the Golden Gnomes for one night and ate honeyed bread and Sugarfruit, and drank Sunwine. The next morning the party Raised their dead friends, passed through the Graveyard Gate that Davvin had summoned and returned to the Theoric Dungeon. The reunited adventurers passed again through a magical gate and were teleported to a new Theoric room. Roughly hewn gemstone walls surrounded the party in a simple square shaped room. Julian, Balin, and Terus took a few steps and immediately fell 70 feet into an identical room. Things were not as they seemed. The rest of the party struggled to disbelieve the appearance of their surroundings and some believed they were actually on an illusionary catwalk above a pit below. Meanwhile, The fallen three became attacked by Invisible Diamond Golems and had many Targeted Dispells deactivate their magical abilities. It was now a race to find the room's hidden exit. Samael flew about the catwalk above and through his force of will discovered a lone block against the wall, he passed through and was gone. One by one the adventurers struggled to disbelieve. Davvin descended to assist his overwhelmed party members below and they fled the Diamond Golems seemingly inevitable attacks. With a few great leaps and tests of the mind the party had disbelieved their Illusionary room and were again gone.
