The Forgotten Catacombs - June 17, 2022

 - Once the sounds of the battle have stopped echoing, the group holds still and listens and Rusty is pretty sure he hears even more zombie noises up ahead

- They come to a spot where there is a crack in the floor of the tunnel where it looks like it fell into a sink hole, it's just big enough that Rusty can fit down it

-There are definitely noises coming up from down the hole

- Osiris looks down the hole and she can see down to a ground, but it's hard to judge how far down it is and she doesn't see any creatures

- The hole down is wet and a little slimy

- Rusty pulls out his 50' of rope, ties it off and drops it down the hole where some of it lands with a wet thwack

- The quick plan is that Rusty will climb down the hole, get the attention of as many zombie as he can and then scamper back up with Raiàn waiting nearby to cast Fireball down the hole

- Rusty goes to climb down and almost immediately his metal feet lose grip on the wet earth and he slides down and makes a very loud clang when he hits the bottom

- The rope comes down after him and there is silence in the new tunnel system they have found

- Tiff quickly ties off her length of rope (Yay, Bag of Holding) and drops it down after

- They all listen to the silence for a few minutes and decide to climb down after him instead of waiting

- Osiris and Tiff climb down okay and then Raiàn falls but manages to tumble into a standing position followed by Lyrielle who descends with her mad parkour skills 

- There are four branches of paths not far from where they are standing

- The tunnels smells dank and reek of death and decay

- Osiris gets a feeling like maybe the smell is strongest coming from the second tunnel from the right, so they head that direction

- As they are making their way down the tunnel, they realize it's not just a tunnel, but is also catacombs, but it's not the ones under the Temple of Mishakal

- Theophania knows that Mistverge used to be a lot smaller, and that the current Temple has been in its current location for hundreds of years, so this catacombs wouldn't be associated with Mishakal, but she's not sure what it would be associated with

- Osiris examines the bones with her expert eyes and determines they are mostly human with maybe a few elves

- Theophania looks more closely at the bones too and thinks that the bones are all hundreds of years old, perhaps around 500 years old

- Rusty takes point and threads the party's way through the maze, but eventually they find themselves at hub of sorts that's a big open area that forms an almost temple with a stone altar where many pathways converge

- The altar has tendrils that range from 1/2" in diameter and get bigger and thicker up to 3" or 4" and snake over the ground and climb up onto the altar and they are pulsing slightly

- The long side of the altar has a carving of a dragon's head in profile with a crescent behind it, which Osiris recognizes as the symbol for Takhisis who is the Goddess of Night, Hatred, with the domain of death and she is associated with the evil dragons - O takes a step back 

- Tiff steps closer as soon as she notices the pulsing and notices that the tendrils are either moving magic to or from the altar and the altar has a ward of some kind on it

- She then casts Detect Magic as a ritual and learns the tendrils are glowing with evocation magic while the altar glows with abjuration and conjuration magic

- Rusty asks if he can hit it with his sword

- Osiris takes some time to cast Leomund's Tiny Hut (as a ritual) so everyone except Rusty can be protected while he takes some experimental swings

- Rusty also says the tendrils kind of remind him of the tentacles he saw in his drug trip a few days ago, which is why he wants to try to chop them into little bits

- Rusty chops the first tendril and it breaks and pop and wiggles around like a snake body that has just had its head removed

- Nothing bad seems to happen, so he moves onto the next tendril, which then also curls up and flops around

- As he goes to cut the third one, when a creature jumps out of the shadows onto Rusty's back and claws him for 9 slashing dmg and Rusty is Paralyzed then it bites him for 22 slashing dmg and 8 necrotic dmg

- The humanoid creature looks like it is made of shadow with oversized eyes, long claws and big jagged teeth

- 1,800 XP ea for 32,090 XP total ea.

Magical Meat Grinder #It'sNotOurFaultYouCan'tRollAbove10 - June 10, 2022

 - The horde of zombies has clearly spotted the party and starts rushing towards where they are standing around strategizing what to do 

- There are ten halfling or gnome-sized zombies and two of the spider-zombies

- In the time it takes the horde to approach, Raiàn casts Fireball, killing ALL the small zombies 

- Osiris also casts Moonbeam across the whole of the 8' W tunnel and Theophania casts Web catching one of the two spider-zombies in the Moonbeam spell stuck in the spell

- Another wave of small zombies is coming along behind 

ANOTHER SEWER BATTLE

-  SMall Zombie 10 moves forward gets stuck in the Web briefly then wiggles his way through to be in front of of the SPider Zombie1 

- Rusty throws a javelin at SMZ10 but misses

- Theophania shoots SPZ2 (the one that's stuck) for 5 piercing dmg

-  Lyrielle pushes her way through to the front of the part and throws a dart atSPZ2 for 6 piercing dmg

- SPZ2 takes 2 radiant dmg from Moonbeam then he manages to break free of the Web and lumbers forward to Lyrielle

- SMZ3 moves into the Web and then gets stuck and flails around until he breaks free

- SMZ9 moves forward and gets stuck in the Web

- SMZ7 moves foward as far as it can into the Web

- Red Zombie2 moves up to the edge of the Web but can't move forward because of its "friends"

- SMZ6 moves as far forward in the tunnel as it can

- SMZ5 moves as far forward in the tunnel as it can 

- SMZ1 moves as far forward in the tunnel as it can

- Raiàn shoot SMZ10 with a Magic Missile bolt for 5 force dmg and two bolts as SPZ1 6 force dmg 

- SMZ4 moves as far forward in the tunnel as it can

- SMZ8 moves as far forward in the tunnel as it can

- SMZ2 moves as far forward in the tunnel as it can

- RZ1 moves as far forward in the tunnel as it can

- Osiris casts Sacred Flame on SPZ2 for 5 radiant dmg

- SPZ2 claws Lyrielle for 8 slashing dmg and knocks her prone then it misses biting her

- SMZ10 moves forward to the spot in front of  Rusty and then sees Lyrielle on the ground so it slashes her with its elongated claws for 3 slashing dmg and 4 poison dmg and she is Poisoned

- Rusty pulls out his greatsword and cuts SMZ10 right in half then steps forward and misses due to slipping in zombie guts

- Theophania shoots SPZ2 for 8 piercing dmg then falls back 10'

- Lyrielle stands up and pops SPZ2 with her staff for 9 bludgeoning dmg then misses punching it as she reels from the Poison, but then she shakes off the Poison effect

- SMZ3 is stuck in the Web

- SMZ9 is stuck in the Web

- SMZ7 moves through the Web and the Moonbeam for 6 radiant dmg 

- RZ2 can't move forward because of its "friends"

- SMZ6 can't move forward because of its "friends"

- SMZ5 can't move forward because of its "friends" 

- SMZ1 can't move forward because of its "friends"

- Raiàn moves forward into the first bit of Web taking 22 slashing dmg from SPZ2 as she passes him then she breaths lightning (5 dmg) on SPZ1, SMZ3, RZ2, SMZ1, and SMZ4 then she casts Misty Step to teleport 30' back in front of Theophania

- R1Z1 can't move forward because of its "friends"

- SMZ4 can't move forward because of its "friends"

- SMZ8 can't move forward because of its "friends" 

- SMZ2 can't move forward because of its "friends"

- Osiris casts Healing Word on Lyrielle for 6 HP and then she moves Moonbeam to the back end of the Web spell so that she has four zombies in its effect

- SPZ2 claws Lyrielle for 7 slashing dmg then misses with his second arm swipe

- Rusty slices SPZ2 for 10 slashing dmg then again for 12 slashing dmg 

- Theophania misses her shot at SPZ2

- Lyrielle smacks  SPZ2 with her staff for 5 bludgeoning dmg and then punches SPZ2 for 8 bludgeoning dmg then she kicks it (DMS) for 9 bludgeoning dmg killing it! (She sweeps his legs out from under it then smashes its head in with her fist.)

- SMZ3 takes 5 radiant dmg from Moonbeam and is stuck in the Web 

- SMZ9 takes 5 radiant dmg from Moonbeam then it breaks free from the Web and moves forward to the edge of the

- SMZ6 takes 5 radiant dmg from Moonbeam

- SMZ7 moves forward to Lyrielle and Rusty and then misses Rusty with its claws

- RZ2 takes 11 radiant dmg from Moonbeam moves into the Web and gets stuck, but then manages to break free and moves forward farther into the Web. We can now see that it is one of the exploding hump-backed zombies they saw before

- SMZ5 can't move forward because of its "friends" 

- SMZ1 can't move forward because of its "friends"

- Raiàn casts Chromatic Order on SMZ7 for 10 lightning dmg

- R1Z1 can't move forward because of its "friends"

- SMZ4 can't move forward because of its "friends"

- SMZ8 can't move forward because of its "friends" 

- SMZ2 can't move forward because of its "friends"

- Osiris casts Toll the Dead on SMZ7 for 15 necrotic dmg and he dies!

- Rusty steps forward in front of Lyrielle and misses SMZ9 with his first swing, but then slices into it for 8 slashing dmg

- Theophania steps forward around Raiàn then shoots SMZ9 for 6 piercing dmg

- Lyrielle steps forward and smashes her staff into SMZ9 for 11 bludgeoning dmg knocking its head off 

- SPZ1 moves forward out of the Web taking 20 slashing dmg from Rusty as he passes him then claws Osiris for 22 slashing dmg then misses her on its 

- RZ2 is now stuck in the Web

- SMZ3 is stuck in the Web

- SMZ6 is stuck in the Web

- SMZ5 can't move forward because of its "friends" 

- SMZ1 can't move forward because of its "friends"

- Raiàn casts Magic Missile with all three bolts aimed at SPZ1 for 8 total force dmg

- R1Z1 can't move forward because of its "friends"

- SMZ4 moves forward into the Moonbeam and takes 4 radiant dmg, but then can't move forward because of its "friends"

- SMZ8 can't move forward because of its "friends" 

- SMZ2 moves forward into the Moonbeam and takes 4 radiant dmg, but then can't move forward because of its "friends"

- Osiris misses SPZ1 with her hammer then pulls out her shield

- Rusty steps back to SPZ1 and slices into it for 10 slashing dmg then again for 8 slashing dmg

- Theophania shoots SPZ1 for 3 piercing dmg

- Lyrielle slams SPZ1 with her staff for 10 bludgeoning dmg then she punches it for 8 bludgeoning dmg and her fist sinks into its torso and guts go flying and it crumples

- SMZ3 takes 13 radiant dmg from Moonbeam and dies!

- SMZ4 takes 6 radiant dmg from Moonbeam 

- SMZ1 takes 9 radiant dmg from Moonbeam and steps into the Web getting stuck but then he wiggles and breaks out and takes one more step farther into the Web

- SMZ5 moves forward into the Moonbeam taking 12 radiant dmg and then gets stuck in the Web

- Raiàn casts Acid Splash on RZ2 for 4 acid dmg

- SMZ3 is stuck in the Web

- SMZ8 moves forward into the Moonbeam and takes 8 radiant dmg 

- RZ1 moves forward but can't get far because of his "friends"

- Osiris moves Moonbeam forward to cover the middle of the Web spell then steps back 5'

- Rusty moves forward into the Web, gets stuck, but still manages to slice SMZ4 for 10 slashing dmg then again for 16 slashing dmg and the Web is full of guts that are then vaporized by the Moonbeam

- Theophania shoots RZ2 with her crossbow for 3 piercing dmg

- Lyrielle prepares herself for a zombie breaking through the Web

- RZ2 takes 4 radiant dmg from Moonbeam then breaks free of the Web and moves past Rusty taking 15 slashing dmg as he goes and steps in front of Lyrielle whereupon she bashes him with her staff for 11 bludgeoning dmg

- SMZ1 takes 6 radiant dmg from Moonbeam then moves forward out of the Web then turns and misses Rusty with its little claws

- SMZ5 breaks free of the Web then moves into the Moonbeam taking 3 radiant dmg and progresses forward across the Web next to Rusty

- Raiàn casts Fireball on all the zombies and also Rusty (who only takes 6 fire dmg because of Careful Spell) RZ2, RZ1, SMZ6, SMZ5, SMZ1, SMZ8, and all take 24 fire dmg, but SMZ2 only takes 12 fire dmg

- SMZ8 holds because the Web in front of him is on fire

- SMZ2 holds because the Web on front of him is on fire

- Osiris moves the Moonbeam onto the three Zombies holding behind the burning Web

- Rusty takes 2 fire dmg from the burning Web and then the Web is poof gone, and he moves to flank RZ2 with Lyrielle for 13 slashing dmg then again for 12 slashing dmg

- Theophania shoots RZ1 for 4 piercing dmg

- Lyrielle smashes RZ1 for 11 bludgeoning dmg and it explodes giving Lyrielle 4 necrotic dmg and Rusty 2 necrotic dmg

- RZ1 takes 5 radiant dmg from Moonbeam and then rushes forward to Rusty and claws him for 5 bludgeoning and 4 necrotic dmg and then misses

- Raiàn runs up next to Rusty and casts Burning Hands on RZ1 for 7 fire dmg then she Misty Steps back behind Tiff

- SMZ8 is incinerated by Moonbeam

- SMZ2 is incinerated by Moonbeam

- Osiris casts Guiding Bolt but misses

- Rusty slices into RZ1 for 15 slashing dmg and then again for 22 slashing dmg and he is splattered with necrotic gore for 2 dmg

BATTLE OVER

- Moonbeam lasts for 12 more seconds, so Osiris incinerates all the zombie guts so the tunnel doesn't smell so bad

-  Osiris casts Prayer of Healing for 19 HP to anyone who needs it

- Then they all sit down for a breather.

- 2,000 XP ea for 30,290 XP total ea.