Saralas: Session 67

20 Elient, Caves of Hunger

• We start in battle with the shadows. Resda has already killed 2 but there are 10 left.
• Korag turns undead. 8 of the shadows are destroyed and only two are left
• Baerwin kills the next, and only the shadow that attacked Korag is left
• Korag takes that last one out.
• Resda describes the various paths we can take
• The cavern to the far east contains a dozen human skulls surrounding a pillar of ice. A large cavity has opened in the pillar as if something had burst from it.
• We head east. The cavern ceiling has icicles. High pitched barking and yipping echoes through out the cave but we cannot tell which direction the sounds come from.
• We head northeast. Peering into this 10-foot high cavern, we come face to face with an army of small, misshapen ice sculputres. The yipping sound comes from the south. The ice sculptures are 3 feet tall carved in the vague shape of kobolds.
• We head south towards the yipping. The yips and barks abate as we descend the stairs into the cave, in which hangs the faint whiff of death.
• Clinging to the walls are six kobold vampires. Professor Skant says "oh that's not good"
• We start the fight. I shoot the first but it doesn't appear to do much. Korag lights the area up with his spirit guardians. Baerwin hits another.
• Min attacks, pulling out her daggers, which are smoking, for some reason. She hits with both daggers.
• Resda sends out a skeletal hand to poke one of the vampires
• Karthos becomes an ice scorpion
• Professor Skant suggests using stakes
• I cast lightning arrow and attack. Forgetting how it works I accidentally do a bunch of damage to my friends as well as the kobold vampires. I am going to have to make up for this.
• Korag kills a couple with his spirit guardians. Another runs off, while one runs over to try to hit Resda.
• I cast hunters mark rather than risk the lightning again and attack a couple of times. Hopefully they don't heal too quickly.
• Another one dies to the spirit guardians.
• Baerwin throws his trident from across the room, just barely missing Min.
• Min kills the last guy. I walk over to heal Korag in apology for my earlier actions.
• Meanwhile, genius Baerwin runs off to the north alone.
• We hear a loud thunderclap. Oh god what is going on. Bearwin comes running out of the north tunnel again and he explodes in thunder again.
• He runs back into the room and hides in the corner. Suddenly 6 snow golems rush in after him.
• They start attacking. They appear to be immune to piercing damage. Fire seems to hurt.
• Resda casts more fire, and a massive earthquake suddenly hits. Huge chunks of ice fall from the ceiling. We manage to avoid being hit.
• I pull out a torch and light it. My sword is no good here.