Vaneer casts Heroe's
feast again to feed the group before they headed towards the fort.
As they approach the
fortress the group could see another 4 Wyverns fly over their heads
at which point the penny suddenly drops that the creatures in the
fort re-appear every day which made things make so much more sense to
them.
More evidence could be
not seen as all the damage from Vaneers earlier earthquake spells had
been repaired.
Otto decides to
teleport the group into the forts greenhouse.
Once inside they head
back to the room where they found the dancing bear only to find it
has certainly returned along with its monkey friends.
Otto casts fireball
into the room and destroys the entire rooms occupants.
With the room cleared
the group head straight to the throne room.
They access the throne
room through the double doors and head straight across the room to
explore the corridor beyond.
In one room they
discover what appears to be elder air elemental's that were bound to a
specific room.
Another room contained
what appeared to be a large library and water clock, its only
occupant being a small mephit that was terrible at hiding.
The creature appeared
to be afraid of the group and somehow managed to appeal to their
gentle sides as they decided to leave the creature alone.
The final room down the
corridor appeared to be a grand hall where a large marble statue of
the Jabberwocky stood in the center.
Natalia finds a hidden
door which leads into what appeared to be a wash room where two naked
Nymphs were currently bathing.
The female figures try
to tempt Vaneer to join them almost snaring the cleric till they
turned round to reveal blood dripping from their empty eye sockets.
Otto quickly casts
chain lightening into the bath water causing one of the Nymphs to
shout “SISTERS!”
Hugo uses his fey bane
ability and attacks (1) landing a single blow,
Miro attacks Nymph (1)
and hits twice,
Boss shoots Nymph(1)
and kills the Nymph and then shoots Nymph(2) twice and hits,
Nymph (2) swipes at
Hugo and misses,
Another Nymph (3)
emerges from the bath water and casts flamestrike at the group
hitting all except Miro and Otto,
Another Nymph (4)
emerges from a nearby study and lets out a wail that the group
manages to resist,
The remaining Nymphs
try to use their unnatural beauty to charm the group but fails to
charm anyone,
Bob attacks Nymph(2)
but misses,
Natalia casts firestorm
covering all the Nymphs and manages to kill Nymph(2),
Vaneer casts
flamestrike on Nymph(3) and hits,
Hugo attacks Nymph(3)
and kills her,
Miro attacks Nymph(4)
and misses,
Boss attacks Nymph(4)
and hits,
Otto pokes the
remaining Nymph with a magic missile killing her instantly.
Before the group could
rest 5 more Nymphs appear from out of the bath tub and study to
continue the onslaught.
Natalia casts reverse
gravity over them causing them all to float upwards,
Whilst everyone waits
for Otto to cast a prismatic wall,
Just as the wall came
into affect the Nymphs use their Baleful Gazes against the group
which only effects Otto,
Natalia dismisses her
reverse gravity spell causing the Nymphs to fall into the prismatic
wall,
3 of the Nymphs are
turned to statues and sent to another plane of existence,
1 Nymph is poisoned to
death,
1 Nymph is turned into
a statue.
Vaneer heals the group
and restores Otto to his former charismatic glory.
The group then up to
the next floor and find a trap door leading up to an attic space but
the door is partially jammed so Vaneer forces the door open.
Once in the attic the
find a lot of items scattered over the attic space but all are
covered with dust sheets along with 3 demonic skeletons, before they
could start to investigate the items a little voice could be heard in
the room
“Are you our mummy?”
Numerous little
skeletal creatures emerged from all over the attic encircling the
group.
Vaneer casts a healing
burst twice and sends the skeletal children onto the next life.
Another trap door is
soon discovered and via a control plants it is forced open to reveal
a route to the forts tower.
When they reach the top
of the tower they notice that it looks and feels a lot like a large
nest and after much deliberation they decide that the creature that
lives in the nest is of plant based origins and quite large almost
like the plant like draconian creature they fought a while ago.
The group then head
back down into the fort and find another set of stairs which leads to
the 2nd floor which clearly has been unkept and has
deteriorated.
As they walk along the
corridor Natalia looks into one of the mirrors and sees a pair of
eyes staring back at her and so the group start smashing the mirrors
as they pass them.
Eventually they spot
two figure heading towards them, the first was had the top half of a
human female with tendrils for hair and her bottom half appeared to
be like a tangle of roots (1). The second appeared to have an aquatic
like face whilst having snakes for hair (2).
The Devil woman(1)
glides to Natalia and attacks the Druid grappling her within her
lower roots.
Medusa(2) casts chain
lightening at Vaneer but fails and follows up with a quickened
glitter dust over Otto, Hugo, Boss and Miro,
Vaneer casts a healing
burst followed by a quickened remove blindness on Boss,
Miro tumbles behind the
devil woman(1) and hits her once,
Otto casts Maze on the
devil woman(1) and she disappears leaving Natalia behind,
Boss shoots at
Medusa(2) and hits,
Bob charges at
Medusa(2) but misses his target,
Natalia moves away from
her current position and starts summoning,
Devil woman(1)
reappears in the spot she vanished from,
Medusa(2) attacks Bob
and turns him into a badger,
Vaneer casts dismissal
but the spell fails and follows up with a quickened shield of faith,
Miro attacks Devil
woman(1) and hits twice,
Hugo attacks Devil
woman(1) and hits once,
Otto casts maze at
Medusa(2),
Boss shoots a holy
arrow at devil woman(1) but misses,
Natalia summons an
earth elemental before shifting into a form of a fire elemental and
casts flamestrike,
Devil woman(1) attacks
Miro but misses,
Vaneer fails to cast
Holy Smite on on Devil woman(1) followed by a quickened barkskin,
Miro attacks Devil
woman(1) and hits twice and kills her,
Natalia and Vaneer cast
blade barrier and firewall in preparation for the return of
Medusa(2),
10 minutes eventually
pass for Otto's maze spell to expire,
Medusa returns but
under an invisibility spell though she does suffer from the effects
of both walls,
Otto is able to see her
and casts magic missile,
The earth elemental
attacks the area but misses,
Natalia casts firestorm
in the general area,
Medusa(2) casts chain
lightening starting with Vaneer but fails to get anyone else,
Vaneer casts insect
plague,
Miro shoots at
Medusa(2) and hits,
Otto casts Greater
dispel magic but nothing appeared to change,
Boss throws a javelin
of lightening and hits Medusa(2),
The Earth elemental
attacks Medusa(2) and hits,
Natalia attempts to
cast Faerie Fire on Medusa(2),
Medusa(2) casts cone of
cold at the group,
Vaneers insects appear
and forces Medusa(2) back into the blade barrier wall which kills her
instantly.
The group being
exhausted and spent most of their spells were reluctant to rest now in
the knowledge that in doing so would reset the fortress and all those
that dwelled within its walls.
Eventually Vaneer has
an idea and casts the miracle spell and with Miro crying at loosing
some gold the group suddenly feel refreshed, healed and full of
magical energies again as it they had a good nights sleep.
They then set off to
continue exploring the second floor where next they find what appears
to be a destroyed treasury which make Miro cry even more but so far
still no sign of their fey queen target.
To Be
Continued...........
