WLD May 31, 2006
Two new players this week along with the regulars
* Rampenape - human sorcerer
* Kysta half-elf cleric
* Riamara spryte greenbond
* Miru human fighter
* Ruke human palaldin
* Cinner the dwarven rogue
As they rounded the corner to the site of their earlier battle with the gricks, you see two doors like the ones that brought them here begin to take shape. Out of one emerges a half-elf and out of the other a human. After introductions were made, they all continued to head west.
Cinner spotted some gricks hiding in a room of smashed skeletal bodies. Rampenape shielded himself, Kysta prayed, and Miru fell back into a better tactical position. One of the larger gricks managed to lash Cinner with a tentacle. Riamara sang her incantation for heightened sorcerous blast sonic, causing two of the smaller gricks to shake apart from the vibrations. Cinner managed to stab the large grick in a tender spot, causing it to coil and thrash about a bit before expiring. Ruke gestured for one of the gricks to come after him, but held his ground, just trying to taunt them all for now.
Rampenape buffed Ruke using his pseudogragon familiar to deliver the spell. Kysta prayed “Pelor, send your sword to cut these monsters down to size” and used the spiritual weapon to deliver a strong blow to one of the remaining gricks. The nicked grick slithered up to Ruke and tried to wrap its tentacles around him. Ruke who was prepared, lashed out with his greatsword and cut the grick into thin slices that hold together for a moment before sliding to the floor in a neat pile. Riamara moved forward and sang heightened sorcerous blast fire at the remaining gricks. The small gricks crisp and burn. The larger one proves surprising agile and doges the worst of the flames. Cinner made a bold charge and bounced off the large grick without doing any damage. Ruke moved up to the big one and lashed out once, putting force behind the blow. The grick staggers, then falls dead as the holy power courses through it.
After the fight, Cinner found a ring that none of the magic users were able to identify. When he put it on, it made him even harder to see. As he slipped through the corridors, he found a vinegary smelling room with a large slime creature in it. He tried shooting at it, but due to his lack of skills with a repeating crossbow, hit the wall instead. Miru charged in and hit the slime with her spear. The blow was solid, but hitting the creature dissolved her magical spear. Rampenape threw a fireball at the slimes, burning one severely and not affecting the other at all. Riamara followed up with a fiery sorcerous blast and burned both. Ruke saw what happened to Miru’s spear, grabbed his spare nonmagical greatsword. “Bastard thing, you’ll pay for that!” His blow split the slime into two more. Kysta stepped forward into the room and called upon the power of Pelor. “Pelor, shed your divine light upon these creatures. (Searing Light)” but it didn’t affect the slime.
Cinner had more luck with his crossbow. The quarrel sank into the first slime, dissolving as it did so. With a pop, the slime exploded and scattered goo everywhere. Miru backed off towards the door, pulling Rosco’s dagger free from her belt. Rampenape tries a ray of frost on the northernmost slime, but failed to affect the slime in any way. Riamara casts her last socerous blast using earth and both slimes are slurped into the ground. There is now a slight bump in the floor.
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Adding the new party members went well. After the lack of fighting the last while, they came in with a bang. I need to remember to keep things moving when they slow down.