19971004 FirstDungeon

<H1> Our First Dungeon Crawl </H1>
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<H2> Role Call </H2>
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<TABLE>
<TR>
 <TH> Name </TH>
 <TH> Profession and Level </TH>
 <TH> Player </TH>
</TR>
<TR>
 <TD> Kill'Dar </TD>
 <TD> 4th/3rd Elf Fighter/Mage </TD>
 <TD> Rick DiRicco </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
 <TD> Daeron </TD>
 <TD> 6th Elf Cleric </TD>
 <TD> Ray Chiang </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
 <TD> Prince Donner </TD>
 <TD> 6th Human Fighter </TD>
 <TD> John Speck </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
 <TD> Borgar Evenhand </TD>
 <TD> 4rd Dwarven Cleric </TD>
 <TD> Matt Miller </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
 <TD> Colin </TD>
 <TD> 6th Human Fighter </TD>
 <TD> Jim Yonemura </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
 <TD> Feanor Fingolfin </TD>
 <TD> 5th Half-Elf Bard </TD>
 <TD> Mark Whisler </TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<H2> Session Summary </H2>
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The group proceeds down the kobold tunnel and come to a shaft. Some of the
party members go down the shaft. In the process, they discover a giant
lizard in the chamber. After many frustrating rounds, they eventually kill
it. They discover that the neighboring chamber contains kobolds. They
also discover that Graden and Ciarda are nowhere to be found. Daeron
mentions that Graden is a worshiper of Grummsh and they two may have
abandoned and betrayed the party. After some further exploration, it
appears as though they have left and taken Donner's dog.
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<P>
They group attempts to rest and heal for a bit. After some discussion,
they believe that Donner has undergone some kind of enchantment that has
changed his attitude. During this time, Feanor pushes Donner down the
grating, hoping to break the enchantment. The party attempts to lower
a rope to Donner, but he refuses to come back up. Instead, he begins
exploring the area below. After some discussion, the group decides to
use the Elixir of Health to heal Donner. They go down to him and give
him the draught. It works and he appears to be his old self.
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The group proceeds to explore the area from the lowest level. After some
exploring, they end up being corralled by a group of kobolds armed with
poisoned arrows. They are forced to retreat due to their inability to deal
with the poisoned arrows. The party ends up in a room where the kobolds
appear unwilling to enter. From the room, there is one other exit which
leads to the shore of an underground lake. There are the corpses of
several kobolds on the lakeshore. They appear to have died with frightened
expressions on their faces.
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At the far end of the lake, there appears to be a glowing being. The
party looks out at the glowing figure and Kill'Dar identifies it as a
banshee. The group decides to retreat to the other room. As they
peek back out, the banshee appears to return to the far end of the
lake. As the party sits in the room discussing what to do next, Kill'Dar
reminisces. The banshee looks familiar to him. As he thinks about it,
it's possible that the banshee is the restless spirit of his long lost
cousin. She had disappeared while on a mission to the Imperium. She
also wielded the Ring of the Silverveils--a powerful artifact belonging
to his family.
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<P>
After some discussion, Kill'Dar and Daeron decide to go out and identify
themselves to the spirit. If possible, they will use the crystal skull
provided by Father Kultos to trap her spirit. The rest of the party would
remain in the current chamber. They head out to the lakeshore and the
spirit begins to approach again. After a few minutes, the figure
approaches and begins to yell (but not the horrible banshee yelling). The
sounds coming from the banshee is not understandable to either Kill'Dar
or Daeron. Kill'Dar yells in Elvish: "This crystal will trap your
spirit. We can use it to take you from this place." He holds out
the crystal and the spirit reaches out and touches it. The banshee
is absorbed into the skull and it appears as though anyone touching
the crystal skull can communicate to the spirit trapped within.
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<P>
It appears as though the crystal does contain the spirit of Kill'Dar's
cousin. She tells Daeron and Kill'dar the following information:
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<UL>
<LI> Braegus, the commander of the Bragean Guard, is in the Abyss.
<LI> He will come back when this area has captured 50 souls and
 he will bring 50 of the Bragean Guard back with him.
<LI> He current has 40 souls trapped in the Teeth.
<LI> Braegus can be found down in the maze.
<LI> The Ring of the Silverveils is over by the trolls at the other end
 of the lake.
</UL>
<P>
Kill'Dar swims out to the other side and finds that there are a couple
of troll corpses. After some searching he finds the Ring of the Silverveils.
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<H2> Foes Fought </H2>
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1 Giant Raptor
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Base Experience: 6540
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