WLD June 7, 2006
Those present this week were:
* Rampenape - human sorcerer
* Kysta half-elf cleric
* Riamara spryte greenbond
* Ruke human palaldin
* Cinner the dwarven rogue/wizard/fighter
The party found a room that had mirrors on the walls and a plaque under each mirror. The first rune pressed showed some kind of storage room, the other showed a dark elf moving through a ritual, and a great hall. After playing with the mirrors for a bit, the party moved on.
They found a small pack of chokers in the next room, but between Riamara and Cinner, the chokers didn’t even get a chance to react before being annihilated. At the end of another corridor they found a statue that plunged the area into darkness when touched. Then they found what looked to be some kind of den.
As they moved to the next room, Cinner spotted a larger choker with a number of smaller ones around him. Riamara led the way in with a sorcerous blast. The larger choker managed to dodge both Riamara’s blast and Cinner and Ruke’s attacks. Rampenape had more luck with his scorching ray, landing two solid hits. Kysta prayed to assist all in the battle.
The chokers recovered from their surprise and pressed forward, hoping to wrap their tentacles around a neck or two. One managed to grab Cinner, another managed to stab at Ruke with a poisoned dagger, and Kysta’s faith helped shield Rampenape from the last one. Cinner stabbed the one who grappled him, which was followed by another blow from Ruke. Kysta’s spiritual weapon also managed a solid hit. (At this point cinner, speaking through his Capt Crispy Critter alter-ego asked “What do you get when you cross a choker and a chicken? A good time and a empty kleenex box.” Yuulek reached out for Ruke with both tentacles and began to squeeze the life from his body. Rampenape hit again with his scorching rays. One regular choker was burned to a crisp. A nasty odor wafted up from the corpse. Yuulek sreeched as the ray hits his back but didn’t loose his hold on Ruke. Riamara cast lesser transfer wounds on Ruke.
The choker holding Cinner decided it didn’t like the odds, dropped him and tried to run for it. Cinner caught it and killed it before it could escape. He then tumbled around and cut another choker. Kysta’s spiritual weapon moved in to pound Yuulek. Yuulek managed to make a run for the door. Yuulek managed to paralyze Cinner when Cinner caught up to him, then touch of fatigue delivered by Rampenape’s pseudodragon familiar failed to affect him, so Yuulek made his escape.