Date: 3/31/96

Players: JC, Chris, Richard, Lori, Kathy

Characters: Rio, Glow, Raagnar, Elrinith, Beccah, Dre

Pick up with the decent into UnderMountain. It is the 20th day of Eliant. There are 10 days until High Harvest.

Elrin discovered yesterday at lunch with Lord Perrigrin that Drur's possesions would go on sale on the 21st. He's was interested in aquiring the 'Girdle of Giant Strength' because it would save him from having to make his journey to Myth-Dranor. Raagnar figured that since Drur owes him 7000 GP damages from yesterdays trial we could probably get the 'Girdle' as part of that settlement. The Lords agree and place a 5000 GP value on it so Raagnar also gets 2000 GP. Now Elrin has achieved his goal of increasing his strength, since it's a 'Girdle of Fire Giant Strength' which raises his STR to 22, and is well prepared for the journey to UnderMountain.

As we descend Rio, Glow, Dre and Raagnar all get out light sources. We land safely at the bottom and Rio casts 'Find The Path' from the scroll we were recently given. It should allow him to always find the shortest most direct physical route to Angstroms home. Although the spell is cast successfully something blocks the effect leaving Rio feeling empty and the spell gone from the scroll. We set the marching order up as follows...

Raagnar in front, Elrin, Dre, Beccah, Glow, Rio behind.

As we set out we hear footsteps retreating in the direction we're heading. After a few turns of the passage they retreat in one direction and Elrin says we could go in another and still get to a point we need to reach. Raagnar and Elrin decide to follow the footsteps to a point and then diverge when suddenly 3 orcs come out of a side passageway and attack. The two in front are the only ones who can effectivly attack them due to the narrowness of the cooridoor. Elrin quickly kills the first and they turn to flee in terror retreating down another passageway. Elrin, Dre and Raagnar investigate the room they came from and discover a set of chain mail and a sword that glow with a bluish light. Rio and Glow stay back in the passageway to keep watch. The others return, Raagnaar having taken the sword and Elrin the armor, and we proceed in the direction the map indicates. Shortly we come to a point where most of the group hears a slithering sound from another side passageway. We ignore it and continued on for another few minutes to the point where we need to pass through another secret door. Before we get there we pass under a point where steam jets out of vents in the ceiling. Those in front dodge quickly out of the way and are not harmed. Dre makes short work of the locked door and we continue on in the direction Elrin indicates. As we pass another side cooridor some of the group hears a grating sound, stone on stone, perhaps a door opening or closing. Since it's not the direction we're heading we continue on coming after another few minutes to a closed door. We've been down here now maybe 40 to 45 minutes. Raagnar opens the door and we advance onward. We take a deliberate path around the center of the room and are keeping close watch on the other doors when one burst open and a group of 8 were-boars charges out to attack.

MELEE

We dispatch them after ten minutes or so with no serious injuries sustained. Beccah begins to search the dead bodies finding little if any money. We continue on getting only 150 feet or so further when 2 large nasties rear up ahead of us and attack. The appear to be large crossbreed carnivores, Leucrotta to be exact. Raagnar, Elrin and Dre dispatch the creatures fairly quickly but Raagnar is down to 1/2 hit points so Rio casts Cure Serious Wounds on him. We continue on hoping to reach the stairs to the next level without further incident. We pass through another large chamber and reach a locked door which Dre is able to open easily. We pass through another several chambers and reach the stairs to the next level down. As we stand looking down we hear a faint as if someone shut a large door somewhere below. We've been down in UnderMountain for maybe an 80 minutes now. Continuing on we keep the same marching order and head downstairs. We hear a scuttling, scratching sound heading toward us while still on the stairs and within seconds a group of giant centipedes is upon us. Although their bite does no damage we Rio knows that can cause paralyzation. The worry is needless as they are quickly dispatched. Raagnar and Beccah cut them open hoping to get at some of the poison to dip arrows in. All are successful and 32 arrows are coated.

Pick up next time continuing down the stairs.

END SESSION
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