EPISODE
#35
SUMMARY:
Game
Date: 12-08-14
Cast:
Sparruu, Frothgar, Argus, Azmooth
Trapped
in the tomb! Frothgar prays to Frimm for guidance and Frimm reveals
that the tomb is riddled with deadly traps. Stairs and statues and
doors...all trapped. This place was not built for guests.
Vek
seems to be mad. He's reading the walls, muttering like an idiot
about the "deep mother". Meanwhile Sparruu approaches two
twin doors upon which are the faces of serpents. He holds up the
serpentine statue head and lo and behold the doors react...the locks
and traps seem to lower with a click.
Vek
grins at this. "The children are free! See their beauty..."
Azmooth, sick of Vek's inane ramblings, clocks him, knocking him out.
Beyond
the doors Sparruu hears the grating sound of stone on stone and loud
thumps...lids being removed from coffins? The doors open and out step
emaciated, mummified snake men! They slither toward the party,
hissing their disapproval at being disturbed. The battle ensues.
And
it is a short one. The mummies seem weakened by time. Though Argus,
bravely taking lead, takes a serious slash from a scimitar the team
is able to put arrows and fire to the creatures, battering them down.
Vek, seeing this, attacks the party, crying "Blasphemy!"
And
so Vek must die. By fire. And in his final moments it is as if a veil
is lifted and he returns to normal. "You must not open the..."
But
he dies before finishing the sentence.
Searching
the tombs reveals sarcophagi laden with treasures. Gold and silver
rings and necklaces. And perhaps a cursed brooch.
And
a secret door...which the wolf headed mace that Sparruu wields easily
opens as if it were a key. Stairs leading down, down into darkness.
But wait. The heroes shut the door. It is unwise to go deeper into
this labyrinth at this point. Better to check the other doors that
were not opened already. Trapped, they must find a way out!
Another
door is checked and opened and reveals a room with 5 serpentine
statues. The statues speak, asking the business of these intruders.
"Do you have the key?" They ask. And indeed Frothgar
produces the mace as a sign that he has the key. "Show us a
sign. Slay your weakest member in the old way of the Deep Mother."
Sparruu,
remembering how Vek raised his brother from the dead with the magic
dagger, raises Vek. The animated demon slayer does as Sparruu wishes
and poses as a helpless victim as the party slays him before the
snake statues. A foul scene, but perhaps necessary to pass the guards
without a fight.
A
secret door is revealed and the party enters yet another tomb bearing
a sarcophagus. But as they hesitate the snake statues realize they
are being fooled. They close in to attack! Sparruu lets the door slam
shut...
Now
our heroes are sealed in a tomb within a tomb in a room with a rich
sarcophagus and their only way out is through a room with five
serpentine guards.
The
life of an adventurer is never dull.
End
Episode #35
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