Fatal One Episode 14

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==Recap==
=== Session 14 (The one where everyone gets to Meet the Spartans) ===
=== Characters ===
Pyrrhos - Level 6 Paladin
Cyrus Hanas - Level 5 Warlock, Level 1 Fighter
Octopius - Level 5 Druid, Level 1 Fighter
Athanasios - Level 5 Ranger, Level 1 Cleric
=== Episode Synopsis ===
The game starts with Pyrrhos changing his backstory to avoid losing his Paladin abilities. The party spawns in the dungeon and moves to the east towards the magic item room. Pyrrhos moves into the room and immediately runs into a Gelatinous Cube. The party moves about the room battling the Cube, taking minimal damage before dropping it. They proceed past the room into a long hallway and take a door to the north. They find a hallway with three exits, and move to the west door. Athanasios Blesses the party while Pyrrhos casts Shield of Faith. They move through the door and find 4 Carrion Crawlers. Pyrrhos takes a bunch of damage and loses concentration, ending the Bless. Pyrrhos Lays Hands on himself to heal up, as Cyrus takes Pyrrhos place in the door. They drop one Carrion Crawler as Pyrrhos casts Shield of Faith on himself and switches places with Cyrus again. The party finishes off the last two monsters and moves forward into the next room, finding a Portal. The party moves through it and finds themselves in a room with a door in all four cardinal directions. They take the east door, setting off an alarm bell. They find a hallway and move down it to find a path north and south. The party moves to the north and moves through the door they find there into another hallway with a path north and south. They gather by the south door and moves through the next three rooms, which are small and all have a door leading south. They come through and see a long hallway with four doorways leading west and one door leading south. All of the doors are heavy and made of brass. The party pulls out a portable ram and tries to break down one of the doors. After several attempts put large dents in the door, a final hit breaks the door off it's frame, revealing a wall behind it. The party breaks down all of the doors in the hallway, which all have only walls behind them.
The party then moves to the north and back through the small rooms. The move to the west exit from that hallway and move back through the door. They move back through the next hallway to the west exit and into the room where the teleported in. The move to the north door and go through to a hallway with a door leading north and a passage to the west. They go through the north door, seeing a door to the west and a passage leading around the corner to the west. They move around the passage and come up to a double door leading to the south, which is locked. The party tries to break it down with their portable ram, and is unsuccessful. Athanasios spends 10 minutes trying to pick the lock, and hears it click open. Athanasios Blesses the party, and they move through the door, finding a Treasure Chest. Athanasios shoots it several times, and then Pyrrhos steps up and opens it, finding a Potion of Invulnerability. The party moves back through the hallway and to the west door. Cyrus holds it open to show a hallway with a door leading south and one leading east. The party decides not to go down this route, and goes back to the room they teleported into. This room and many of the rooms to come have exits in all four cardinal directions. Octopius Conjures 2 Giant Octopi. The party goes through the south door, and finds an empty room. They attack several squares looking for invisible creatures, and then move into the room. The party moves into the room to the west, finding it empty, and gathers to go to the south. They open the door and find a group of 16 Kobolds, who open the door to the south revealing a Hydra. Cyrus throws a Fireball into the door between the monster rooms, killing all of the Kobolds, and closing the door to block the Hydra. The party moves to the south door, and opens the door to face the Hydra.
The Hydra is grappled by both Giant Octopi as the party beats down on it. The Hydra kills a Giant Octopus, but the party brings it down. The party moves into the room and opens the door to the east, finding 6 Githzerai Monks. Athanasios Blesses the party as the Spartans hunker down in the Hydra room. The Githerai monks open the door to the north, where 6 more Githzerai Monks attack the party. A Monk bursts into the room and is instantly brought down. Cyrus casts a Fireball into the east room when Pyrrhos opens the door, damaging the monks as they pummel Pyrrhos. The party brings down several monks and then pulls back into the room. Octopius uses Healing Word on Pyrrhos, who drinks the Potion of Invulnerability. The party effectively defends both chokepoints for several rounds, until Pyrrhos gets pulled into the next room by a Monk. The tactic backfires as the Monks can't land a hit, and the party pushes forward and eliminates the Monks. Athanasios casts Goodberry, and the party tries to heals up. Cyrus moves into the room to the east and finds nothing. The party again tries to heal up, when Cyrus moves into the next room and there are 16 Kobolds. Cyrus disengages and moves back out of the room. The party pushes into the Kobold room and starts dropping several when a Hobgoblin Warlord sneaks up behind them. The party keeps ripping Kobolds apart and then turns to deal with the Hobgoblin Warlord. The Warlord hits Octopius repeatedly and brings him down. Athanasios brings Octopius back up with Healing Word, who Wildshapes into a Giant Octopus just long enough for the party to drop the Hobgoblin Warlord.
The party moves through the Kobold room and north through the door, finding a solid wall to the east in both rooms. The party moves through the door to the west, checks one more room to the west, and returns. The party moves north and finds 8 Goblins. The party defeats them with minimal damage and moves to the north door, pulling out the portable ram. They smash the door down, once again finding a wall. The party checks the door to the east, finding another Hobgoblin Warlord. The Hobgoblin Warlord hits Pyrrhos, breaking his concentration and ending Shield of Faith. The Hobgoblin Warlord eventually goes down, but deals decent damage to both Pyrrhos and Athanasios. The party moves back west through the door and goes west a second time and third time. They find a smaller room with a door leading south, and through that door they find a Blue Treasure Chest. Athanasios shoots it a few times, and Octopius opens it, finding Gauntlets of Ogre Power. Cyrus puts them on and the party finds another locked door with a wall behind it. The party moves back to the teleport exit room and moves through the door to the east. They go north in the next hallway and move through door, and then again take the north passage through the next door. They find a long hallway with three doors leading south, and knock down the second door with their portable ram.
On the other side they find a Fomorian and 3 Treasure Chests. The Fomorian uses his Evil Eye to deal massive damage to Cyrus as the party pelts him with ranged attacks and Octopius Wildshapes into a Giant Octopus. The Fomorian uses his Evil Eye on Athanasios and brings him down. Pyrrhos casts Aid on the party, buffing HP and bringing Athanasios back up. The party beats on the Fomorian, but he is able to knock Athanasios back down before being dropped. The party moves into the room and opens the Treasure Chests, finding a Potion of Speed, a Scroll of Scorching Ray, and Elven Chain Mail. Octopius stabilizes and heals Athanasios, and the party tries to rest. They are interrupted by 2 Mummies and 4 Zombies. The Mummies quickly bring Pyrrhos down and close on the rest of the party, as Cyrus avoids combat and tries to continue resting. Octopius Conjures 2 Giant Octopi, who block the hallway. The Octopi restrain the Mummies as Pyrrhos bleeds out. The Mummies and Zombies slowly go down to repeated shots from Athanasios and the party resumes it's rest. They are interrupted again by a Githzerai Zerith and 2 Githerai Monks. The Monks pummel Cyrus and he goes down. The party gets dropped and brought back up by several spells, but it is in vain. Athanasios kills a Monk, but the other Monk and the Zerith eventually beat the rest of the party to unconsciousness. The Monk steals Athanasios' crossbow, takes it safely 30 ft. away, and continually attacks it until it breaks. The party bleeds out.
=== Death Synopsis ===
Pyrrhos is knocked unconscious by a Mummy and bleeds out
Cyrus is knocked unconscious by a Githzerai Monk and bleeds out
Octopius is knocked unconscious by a Githzerai Zerith and bleeds out
Athanasios is knocked unconscious by a Githzerai Monk and bleeds out
=== Post Mortem recap ===
The party learned that:
* Gelatinous Cubes can be anywhere, even in rooms
* Watch out for Gelatinous Cubes in the small room and door corridor
* Metal Doors require repetitive strength checks above a predetermined DC to break the door
* Some doors have only walls behind them
* Locks can be picked by hitting a predetermined DC
* A portable ram can be very effective for getting through locked doors
* The party kills more doors in the first 2 hours of the run than monsters
* The next four hours of the run progress 70 rounds (7 minutes) where they explore 14 rooms 
* Check magical items, as they may have labels telling what they are
* Random encounter rooms should be large enough to hold all of the monsters in that encounter
* Random monsters spawn outside of vision range.
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