by xandersdad » Thu May 05, 2011 10:28 pm
You venture south past the bodies of your fallen enemies, to the east is a set of open double doors. Looking through them, the symbol of Torog glares at you from the other side of a large cavern. Painted on the wall in a dark pigment, this 15 foot tall symbol graces the stone wall of a building. There's no sign of motion in the cavern, except for the pulsing green light that comes from the bottom of the cavern, filling the cave. From what you can see, the chasm is filled with mushrooms of all sizes, many of them glowing with phosphorescence. It smells terrible. As you peer across, you hear a muffled scream from the building featuring the symbol of Torog. It has no doors or windows that you can see, but a coarse rope bridge stretches across the chasm
As you peer into the chasm, you can see pieces of corpses and skeletons scattered on and through the mushrooms at the far base of the wall, as if someone had thrown bodies across the edge. The chasm itself is 35 feet deep. The rope bridge appears sturdy, and is about 20 feet above the bottom in the middle.
Tying a rope to Durzo, he rushes across the bridge, expecting the worst. As he reaches the halfway point, he hears a scrape from the south side of the rough stone building. Another blue homonculus flaps awkwardly into view, along with a lurching blue creature made entirely of blue stone. Humans in blood-splattered gray robes bearing the symbol of Torog follow around the south corner of the building, carrying bows. One screams "turn back fools! Torog gives us strength, and you can never defeat our might. You will be laid low before the King Who Crawls!
With that the battle ensues, the human archer minions are horrible shots. they are effectively boxed in by the adventuring party, while Busty's incendiary orb effectively demolishes the group. Nook continues his clumsy ways, but is an effective meat shield. Durzo continues his streak of never missing a target. The last remaining archer, awed by the party- tries to gain entrance back into the building, but the door is effectively barred. The party is considering using intimidation tactics, but Jukka comes from behind for the final killing blow.
You prepare yourselves for the next battle behind the door, as chanting gets louder, and the screams are getting weaker...