(G616 14/02/2026 via Roll20 - JF, KT, AP(GM), AD) 5ED15

 
(G616 14/02/2026 via Roll20 - JF, KT, AP(GM), AD) 5ED15

[This continues the story of Rogier the bard, a warforged called Gravedigger and a goliath paladin known as Uthmar Shatterstone. They have arrived at the  mysteriously deserted town of Everaska and have just recently opened a portal to the God's only know were while mucking about in the manor house of the Viers family.]


DAY 19 cont...

The lads didn't know where they were and had a thin grasp of what was going on but they knew they were in a dungeon and that meant there was treasure to be had!

The next chamber they came to was like an underground forest, chocked with roots and dark foliage. Here they were attacked by fiery skeletons that hurled magical bolts of flame at them.

Uthmar charged at the undead and started laying about them. Rogier cast spells at the back and Gravedigger managed to Turn two of them.

Rogier found that his poison bolts burned off the skeletons harmlessly so he switched to his trusty Cloud Of Daggers spell. Each time a skeleton was slain - it exploded! Our heroes soon learned to stand well back when they went off. After the battle they then hunted down and destroyed the Turned ones.

With all the excitement over they moved further into the cavern. They discovered a  dark overgrown graveyard.

They found a secluded place to rest and settled down for the night. Uthmar and Rogier spent a large portion of the evening arguing about the division of loot.


DAY 20

They broke camp in the small hours of the morning. Gravedigger had a look around. It felt like they were underground. The plants that had grown here were dried and desiccated. They were of no type of fauna that Gravedigger was familiar with.

While looking around he found a door in the east wall of the chamber. Rogier came over and "accidentally" opened it, just to annoy Uthmar, who came racing down to where they were and shouted, 'shut that bloody door!'

Gravedigger did as he was bid, but whatever was on the other side of the door had been awoken. Screeching and banging was heard, then hissing and rasping. Rogier shrugged and opened the door again. They were attacked by four ghouls. Gravedigger Turned the first two, who went running back into the darkness of the other chamber.

Uthmar grumbled at Gravedigger for some reason and used his Smite Evil on one of the other ghouls. As it died he remarked to the warforged, 'waste of a good Smite, that was!'

While that was going on, Rogier had destroyed the last remaining one, so they ventured further in. It appeared to be a large crypt. The Turned ghouls were at the back of the chamber and with a bit of trouble they were eventually dealt with.

Our heroes were all puffed out after that, as none of them had even had breakfast so they rested for a while. After that they investigated a door in the north wall of the crypt. Rogier warned that the door was trapped so Uthmar threw a dead ghoul at it, which landed on a  pressure plate and released an acid cloud.

Once open the door lead to a corridor, then to some stone steps leading down. They could hear voices coming from below.

Opening the door revealed a wide hallway that went east and west and opened out into large gloomy chambers on either side. Chained to the north wall was a ragged lady who looked up from here mutterings when she saw our heroes arrive and cried, 'praise the God's you are here!'

Uthmar at first shushed her, but then made some very poor taste jokes about the smell of urine coming from here. He then commanded Rogier to get her unchained.

However, as Rogier approached it appeared she had just been pretending as she leapt at him, brandishing one of those Ritual Sickles used by the cultists. Then another bunch of them came from the eastern room. Someone shouted 'Agnes! Pull the lever!'

The cultists were fanatical, but not strong and were easily slain by Uthmar and Rogier. Gravedigger found that all his spells just slid off them, he was having bad luck with his magic. As the last of them fell, they heard a low hum build into a louder noise and then a crack of thunder and a flash of lighting came from the east - then abruptly everything was silent.

Uthmar went east and saw that the corridor opened out into a large chamber to the north. At the top of the room were all sorts of strange equipment, some still sparking and smoking. A woman stood beside a wide table were some sort of hideous monster lay. Indeed by its description I would say it was a flesh golem, a being made from the stitched together parts of dead people, bought to life by magic and lightning.

Uthmar came back and told the others what he had seen. He and Rogier then distracted themselves with puerile jokes revolving around the size of the golem and the need to use magic to enlarge Uthmar's... well, I won't relate here what I don't understand. If there was a joke here I fail to see it, but anyway, they were drawn from such low banter by Gravedigger giving an "ahem" as the monster came down the corridor towards them.

Gravedigger tried a Turn, but the monster was a construct, not undead and the spiritual magic had no effect. When it came to fighting this horror, the jokes stopped and they got to work. For all their low humour I must admit they knew their business. Uthmar faced the monster and traded blows with it, while Rogier used his magic from a safer distance to injure it with fire and magical blades. Meanwhile, when Uthmar received a blow or two, enough to make him stumble, Gravedigger was on hand to heal him. Even so, the monster was very strong and managed to beat them back to the door they had come though. By this time they were all hurt and once they had all hustled through the door they pushed it shut.

Uthmar pondered for an irritatingly long time if he should take a Healing Potion or not. Gravedigger gave up listening to him about it and cast Bless, Aid and then Spiritual Weapon.

They then opened the door again and charged the monster. After more desperate fighting the monster lay slain, next to the lady that had released it.