Deadly Dungeon: Episode 08

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==Session 8: Escape from the Centre of the Plane (The Dark Shard Party - 5th Floor)==
=== Characters ===
*Leon the Lifestealer - Cleric of Life 6
*Edward the Edgeborn - Soulknife Rogue 5, Bard 1
*Yoalli the Drow - Oath of Glory Paladin 6
*Fire Dan the Burning Man - Red Draconic Sorcerer 6
===Episode Synopsis===
The party spawns in the dungeon in a room with eight bookcases and a door leading to the north. Fire Dan stares at Edward and tells him to begin the ritual. Edward pulls out an obsidian flute and starts playing, using Psionic Power to allow the party to telepathically communicate with him. Yoalli looks at the bookcases for something that matches the runes on the door, and finds many books about people who perform extraordinary feats in the face of great adversity. He finds a specific book titled "Escape from the Center of the Plane" (part 2), which he takes. The party feels the earth shudder underneath them, as cracks start to appear in the ceiling. The party gathers at the door as Yoalli casts Aid on everyone but himself and Fire Dan casts Darkness on himself and Leon as a twinned spell. Leon casts Spirit Guardians on himself. Lava breaks through the ceiling and lands near Leon. The party all touches the door, concentrates on going through, and pass to the other side.
The party finds themselves in a room with many columns and five fountains that produce water. There is one in each corner and one in the center. There is a Treasure Chest by the center fountain. There are 9 Magmins and 7 Mud Mephits in the room that immediately attack the party. Lava starts falling through the ceiling as Leon moves forward with Spirit Guardians while using Sacred Flame on a Mephit. Magmins and Mephits try to breach the darkness, taking damage from the Spirit Guardians and attempting to find the party. A Mephit breathes Mud Breath on Yoalli and restrains him. Edward uses a Psychic Blade and kills a Magmin, which explodes and kills two Mud Mephits and damages the party. The Mephits then explode and restrain the Magmins. Dan moves forward and Firebolts a Mud Mephit, killing it. Multiple creatures fly into the Spirit Guardians and chain reactions occur, as Mephits and Magmins explode everywhere. Yoalli casts Bless on the party. The party takes damage from multiple explosions, but clears the room of monsters quickly. The lava flows from the ceiling and starts moving to the south, as the party realizes the room is slanted. Fire Dan finds a Scroll of Entangle in the treasure chest. Edward gives a Bardic Inspiration dice to Yoalli. The party moves to the door to the north, concentrates on the door, and moves through, with Edward moving one round behind the party. 
The party finds a room with 11 suits of armor, 1 in the center and 5 along the right and left wall. There are two sections of ceiling that are already pouring lava onto the floor. There is a Treasure Chest and a Recycling Chest at the back of the room. The center suit of armor starts moving, turning into a Helmed Horror. Dan Firebolts the Horror as 3 Flying Swords animate from the suits of armor and fly towards the party. They run into the Spirit Guardians and take damage. A suit of armor Animates and moves towards Leon. Yoalli kills a Flying Sword as a second suit of Animated Armor moves to Yoalli and misses him. The Helmed Horror steps up and slashes Yoalli as a third suit of Animated Armor starts moving forward. Dan casts Burning Hands and roasts multiple enemies. Edward throws a Psychic Blade and does massive damage to the Helmed Horror. Leon kills the Helmed Horror with a Sacred Flame, and the party makes short work of the remaining Animated Armors. The lava continues to flow as the party moves forward towards the door at the north of the room. Edward opens the Treasure Chest and finds a Scroll of Burning Hands. Leon casts Cure Wounds on Yoalli. Dan puts the Scroll of Entangle in the Recycling Chest, and it turns into a Ring of Swimming, which he gives to Yoalli. The party gathers by the door, concentrates on going through, and moves to the next room. 
The party finds room with two areas, a set of mine tracks on the left overtop of lava with two large statues and on the right there is a recycling chest, a Treasure Chest, and two more large statues. There are two fountains in the front of the room, and two more spots where lava starts raining down from the ceiling. The room contains 9 Duergars, who shout at each other and start attacking the party. 3 of the Duergar immediately Enlarge themselves as Yoalli stabs another one with his rapier. That Duergar dies in the Spirit Guardians as two of its companions turn invisible. Dan flings a Firebolt and kills a Duergar in the back right. The last two remaining Duergar Enlarge themselves. Edward dashes to the back of the room, taking a hit from a Duergar who breaks his invisibility, and opens the Treasure Chest to find another Scroll of Burning Hands. Yoalli stabs a Duergar, using Divine Smite, and then uses his Channel Divinity to give Edward temporary Hit Points. A Duergar steps up and lands a mighty blow with his war pick on Edward. Leon moves to a central position around the Duergar and does massive damage with his Spirit Guardians. The Duergar attempt to hit Leon unsuccessfully, and the party proceed to pick off the Duergar and clear the room. Dan takes the Ring of Swimming and recycles it to 2 Potions of Poison, which Leon takes. Yoalli uses some of his Lay on Hands to heal Edward. The party moves to the door and goes through. 
The party finds themselves in a narrow hallway, where cracks in the floor and ceiling are spitting gouts of flame. At the back of the hallway is a statue of a Lizardfolk woman dressed in regalia, as lava pours down from the ceiling on top of the statue. Yoalli casts Bless on the party, and everyone dashes across the fire bursts. The statue's eyes glare at Leon, but he shakes off the affect. Dan moves past the statue, shaking off the affect as it psychically screams at him, and then approaches the next section of floor where fire bursts emanate from the floor. Edward steps by the statue and radiant energy burns his soul. Yoalli uses Divine Sense as he passes the statue, and senses that the lava is corrupting it. The hallway trembles and shakes as the party moves forward. The party attempts to time the fire bursts and repeatedly fails, taking damage. They come up to section of floor where they see magma bubbles bursting to the surface and exploding, and an area of solid floor with a steamy mist. Leon throws a silver piece to the misty area, and sees it begin to glow red hot. Edward casts Longstrider on Yoalli, increasing his speed. He crosses the fire bursts and moves to the lava bubbles, taking more damage. Yoalli enters the steamy area, and begins to get hot. The party follows him forward, taking more damage from lava bubbles. The party gathers in the steam in front of the door, concentrating on the door as the steam gets very hot for everyone. Leon takes some damage from the steam, but the party is able to move through the door. 
The party finds themselves in a room with just a Treasure Chest. There is a door to the left without runes on it, and a door to the right with runes. Leon opens the chest to find a Level 1 Pearl of Power. Dan and Leon drink a Healing Potion while the party gathers by the door to the right. The party concentrates on the door and moves through. They find themselves in a room filled with stifling amounts of steam, which severely limits their vision. Edward moves north along the wall and then runs into a steam mephit, which can't see him. He sneaks back to the party while warning them. Yoalli moves way ahead of the party and finds a Flameskull, which screaches. Several steam mephits move up to Yoalli and breath scalding steam on him, dealing a small amount of damage. Yoalli discovers the source of the steam, a channel of water that lava is running into. He steps behind the Flameskull and strikes it twice. Edward steps worms his way through the enemies and hits a steam mephit. A steam mephit claws Edward as the Flameskull casts a 3rd level Magic Missile against him, blasting him for a large amount of damage. Many steam mephits surround Edward as Leon moves forward to surround them in his Spirit Guardians. Yoalli hits the Flameskull with a Divine Smite. A steam mephit starts in the Spirit Guardians and explodes, but the party dodges out of the way. Edward sneaks through the enemy and kills the Flameskull with a Psychic blade. Dan walks into a section of lava, taking damage and setting himself of fire. More steam mephits take Spirit Guardian damage as Yoalli moves out into the water. Dan finds the water and puts out his burning clothes. The party moves to the right side of the room, finds the wall, and eventually finds the door as the Spirit Guardians finish off the steam mephits. Edward gives Dan the Scroll of Burning Hands as Leon uses his Channel Divinity: Preserve Life to heal Edward. Yoalli spends a minute to attune to the Pearl of Power, and uses Lay on Hands to heal his party. Leon uses Cure Wounds on Yoalli, and peels the labels off the Potions of Poison. All healed up, the party gathers by the door and moves through. 
The party finds themselves in a room with large amounts of water, several stone pillars, and a great waterfall to the north that seems to be feeding the lake around them. Leon and Edward end up on a gangplank leadint to a boat with three lanterns on it, while Yoalli and Dan immediately fall into the water. Far to the south, in the direction of the flowing water, the party sees a glowing light and hears a screech. The party sees the woman from the statue, the Lizard Queen, issuing orders to her brethren. Yoalli and Dan grab the edge of the gangplank and pull themselves up, and the party immediately moves to the boat. Yoalli ties himself and Leon to the boat. They find the boat isn't tied to the dock, and as the party gets on the boat, it starts moving. Javelins start flying as Edward observes another waterfall to the south beyond the Queen and several creatures in the water behind the stone pillars. As the boat moves down the pathway, 12 Lizardfolk pop out from behind the pillars and throw javelins at the party. All of javelins miss. The Lizard Queen and 2 Lizardfolk Shaman dive into the water. The boat keeps moving as 2 of the Lizardfolk go down. One of the Lizardfolk shout out to pull them off the boat, and all the enemies start swimming and climbing onto the boat. The Spirit Guardians rip them apart as they start climbing aboard. Dan uses Chill Touch to damage the Queen while Edward and Yoalli pick apart any Lizardfolk that make it to the boat. Yoalli attacks the Queen and casts Compelled Duel on her. The Lizardfolk Shaman attempt to Thorn Whip and pull people off the boat, snagging Yoalli and dragging him off the boat. Yoalli's rope keeps him from attached to the boat, but he starts to sink into the water. More Lizardfolk move towards the boat as Dan activates his Burning Hands scroll, killing three Lizard Folk, and then Quickens a Scorching Ray to kill the Lizard Queen and damage a Shaman. More Lizardfolk die to the Spirit Guardians as Yoalli climbs back onto the boat. The last remaining Shaman tries to Conjure Animals, but Dan uses Counterspell to stop the action. Dan kills the Lizardfolk Shaman as Spirit Guardians rip apart the remaining Lizardfolk, and the party finishes off any that are left. The boat continues forward and reaches the dock, as the party jumps off. The boat continues off the waterfall as the party finds a staircase leading up, which they ascend. Halfway up the staircase, a strange thick air settles over them, and all of their active spell effects are cancelled. They eventually find themselves in a room with two bookcases, and two sconses emitting green light. 
=== Death Synopsis ===
No Concentration Spells died in the making of this episode
Spirit Guardians did 853 damage this episode
=== Post Mortem Recap ===
* Check out all the Tasha's extras, as they made a huge difference in this run. 
*Don't forget a ranged weapon!
*Spirit Guardians is abusive, and you should absolutely use it
Category:Deadly Dungeon Episodes