Lamashan 17th 17 - The Shiny River Part 1

The group come across what appears to be a piece of silver string which as they follow soon becomes apparent is the beginning of the river of souls.

To be continued.

Lamashan 16th 17 - Just one more page

The group stumble across a floating plateau with 20 statues of beings in godly poses each reaching into the middle where they touch a tome.

Vaneer casts comprehend languages on the tome and after a while they discover that the book claims to hold the meaning of life, they take some further time to study it which turns into a day.

Eventually after another day of studying it the group break away from the strange magical effect of the book before they continue on their journey towards the river of souls.

Along the journey they notice a few other sights of wonder including,

A strange floating island with a fortress tower to which Zamas informs is Astral Slavers and a site of mass elemental combat.

Lamashan 14th 17 - The lighthouse Kid

In the distance there are fleeting glances of something bright which then vanishes before reappearing elsewhere.

Suddenly a being appears behind the group like a child with clawed hands, it attacks as light pours out of its eyes and mouth,

Otto takes a side step and casts a quickened disintegrate but misses followed by a hold monster spell which also fails,

Creature casts a quickened spell and shoots a ray at Otto scorching the sorcerer,

Something invisible attacks Bob and Zamas but only manages to hit Zamas,

Miro attempts to feint the creature which succeeds allowing him to land a blow,

Vaneer uses a quickened Holy smite on the creature before casting a healing burst on the group,

Natalia casts fairy fire in the area of combat which highlights the outline of a small invisible creature,

Otto casts Cone of cold twice at the glowing creature,

Zamas attacks the small creature,

The glowing creature casts a spell on itself and then fails to blind the group before trying to hit Otto which also failed,

The invisible fey creature tries to blind Vaneer but fails and then attacks Bob hitting the badger hard,

Zamas attacks the fey but misses,

Miro feints and kills the glowing creature,

Vaneer casts an quickened inflict spell on the fairy,

Natalia attacks the fey and hits,

Zamas fails to land a successful blow,

Otto casts Haste and magic missile at the fey creature,

The fey creature casts blindness on Otto which fails, attacks Bob and manages to hit,

Miro flanks the fey creature and hits killing it as it shrieks in pain.

They take a moment to recover from the fight before continuing on their way.

Lamashan 12th 17 - It's the Astral Plane!

A strange star could be seen in the sky at a distance but it soon grew closer and brighter at which point Zamas confirmed that it was the entrance to the astral plane.

As they entered through the planes entrance they were met with a clear silvery sky above and below them, it was everywhere.

Lamashan 11th 17 - It's going to be a long journey

It been two days of walking in nothing but an empty expanse but finally in the distance the group could see shadows of what appeared to be mountains and valleys covered with webs but Zamas guides the group away from that direction saying it would be unsafe to get any closer.

Lamashan 9th 17 - To perplex with a Giant

As the group are travelling near the mountains to the south of Varnhold, Natalia starts to subtly pull back from the group and once at a safe distance she began to summon a Hill giant.

The Hill giant attacks the group and whilst Miro is distracted Vaneer attempted to cast a break enchantment but the spell fails,

Otto casts an invisibility sphere hiding all but Miro and the giant,

Miro takes a swing at the group’s direction but misses,

Vaneer casts another Break enchantment which takes hold and releases Miro.

Vaneer takes a moment to explain to Miro what the group was up to and the affect the sword was having on him let alone that it was drawing every barbarian and evil doer to the sword and its wielder and asked if he was happy to continue to which he agreed.

The group continue towards the mountains to find Zamas the phase spider and her entrance to the ethereal plane.

After a short search they are reunited with Zamas and engage in general chat with the phase spider before approaching the subject of why they were here to see her.

Vaneer explains to her that they need use of her entrance to the ethereal plane so they could journey to the boneyard to destroy an evil artifact.

Zamas agrees to let them through her portal and offers her assistance in escorting the group to the beginnings of the river of souls.

Begin the Travel montage!

Lamashan 7th 17 - The Miro Issue

Vaneer calls the group minus Miro to a private meeting and informs them of his vision from the previous night.

He believed that the graveyard he saw was the ‘Bone Yard’ the place where all souls go to be judged when they die and that the group would somehow need to get Miro there and get him to destroy the sword.

The group agree to prepare a number of spells to try and bring Miro back into full control of his mind and discussed an ‘excuse’ to get the Rogue back on the road.

“A Hill Giant?” asked Miro sceptically,

“Yes” replied Vaneer,

“Otto will show you the note from Varnhold if you don’t believe me” the cleric continued,

“No I believe you, it just seems odd that’s all” the rogue continued,

“Well how often have our adventures made sense?” Laughed Otto as he rested a hand on Miro’s shoulder.

And so the group collected their equipment and made their way towards Varnhold.