Session 40
Still in the big cavern. They steal the huge emerald from the top of the statue, which unleashes a monster, which they kill. Find the room under the monster’s pedestal with a box with a crystal globe and tiny monster. The monster is an amoebic blob with pseudopods that can attack from 25″ way, but it is slow. They luck out and take no damage, managing to kill it.
Session 41
They leave the way they came, go to the right, and are challenged trying to descend some staircases. They find a massive cavern with a pylon in the middle. They find no magic or secrets with the pylon. They explore. They find one ground-level exit. End of Session.
Session 42
Before entering the tunnel that leaves the giant cavern, Debit listens and looks carefully in. Her elven ears can still hear more of the squishies in the walls of the tunnel. The puts on the ring they found on the ancient cleric in Session 39, concentrates, and summons eight of the creatures from the walls. She then uses the ring and a Charisma roll to control them, commanding them to lead the party back up the tunnel and to the entrance to this underworld. The squishes bow in obedience and comply.
The adventurers return up the tunnel, coming to the point where two branches come together. They cross the chasm they navigated the day before and come to the 4-combination door, which they now know how to open. They open it and step through. The squishies do not. They stay in their subterranean home.
The party finds its way back to the basement of the damaged mansion through which they entered. Simon uses a Pass Without Trace spell to allow the party to easily stealth past the guards in broad daylight.
They embark on a few activities. Mick goes to the Eye of the Beholder. He pays an urchin to deliver an invitation to meet with Rivas Greel. Debi and Simon do some shopping. Debi buys some new clothes. Simon has 3 “fake” portable holes made. Fancy black fabric in the right size and shape, which can be folded and will look just like the real on in Mick’s backpack. While in the Eye, Mick is fanboyed by Brother Bryce, the young cleric who is such a fan of Simon, who asks about their adventures.
The Slash Sisters will stay around and wait for the Odd Three and Slovas to strike a deal for the huge emerald.
The group meets at the Eye. Bryce is there. Rivas shows up with his bodyguard, Larsh. They go to Rivas’s house and unveil the huge emerald. Rivas is impressed. He offers to find a buyer for it, for a 10% commission, or buy it outright for 1000gp each (6000 total). Slovas is there and balks — he knows Rivas is trying to rip them off. After some discussion after Rivas leaves they decide to opt for the commission sale.
The Odd Three to got Blix Yodarian’s house. Blix, Mick’s mentor, invites them in. He examines the emerald, estimating its value at 15,000gp. They show him the box with the crystal orb containing the tiny monster. He says it is very dangerous, and perhaps the best place for it for now is the portable hole. He examines the box, and find a small scroll hidden under the bottom. The scroll is magic. He casts identify, and tells them the scroll will allow someone to unleash the monster and possibly control it.
The return to the Eye of the Beholder, where Debi performs. They decide, for safety, to all three sleep in Debi’s flat that night.
The next morning, early, they heard something banging in the hall. Mick opens the door and peeks out to see Blix banging on his door, telling him to open up. They speak. Blix says after careful consideration, he thinks the crystal with the trapped demon is too dangerous for them to keep, and he should probably keep it as his house, which Mick knows is heavily guarded by magic and traps. They are suspicious. They insist on returning with Blix to his house. Mick thinks he is acting a bit weird (makes an Insight roll). They go to the house, and Blix has left his keys locked in the house, along with his thieves tools! He asks Mick to pick the lock for him. As they stand there, Simon casts dispel magic on Blix, but he remains Blix. No disguise spell. Debi casts Detect thoughts and immediately realizes this is not Blix. The fake Blix is about to run when the door opens and the (apparently) real Blix is standing there holding a short sword and dagger. “Just how many of me are there!?” he says! Mick double strikes the imposter, hitting with both. Debi casts Dissonant Whisper on him, doing damage and insuring he will flee. Blix then chops him down with his weapons before he can run. The imposter, now dead, reverts to its natural Doppelganger form.
XP: 333 each
PCs now at 10,175 XP.
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