The Sundew Orcs Ants And Cow (Session 55)

Summary

The session began in a room where the group had just defeated a number of undead creatures. They proceeded to explore the area, opening a door on the north side of the room that led to a hallway stretching west and then turning north. Along the way, they discovered another tunnel leading to stairs going up. Ascending the stairs, they found a room with a collapsed floor, creating a 30-foot drop to the bottom. A beam stretched across the room, supported by a single board to prevent it from rolling. The group decided to cross the beam one at a time, with Kipp successfully making it across first, followed by Brandy, Audra, and Pyreece.

Elenor chose to walk around the outer rim of the room on the remaining floor. Unfortunately, the wall tilted and fell, knocking her off and causing significant damage. Pyreece helped her back up with a rope, and Oglesby crossed without any issues. As they continued down the hallway, Pyreece healed most of Elenor's injuries. They encountered barrels with brown staining around the stopper but decided to leave them alone.

The group continued down the hallway, which turned north and led to a room with a honey-like smell coming from a pile of rags in the northwest corner. Kipp went to the door in the northeast corner while Brandy investigated the pile, which suddenly sprang to life with tentacles. One tentacle clamped onto Brandy's face, burning her skin like acid. Kipp severed the limb, but it didn't release Brandy. The creature, identified as a Sundew, attacked Kipp as well, and more tentacles latched onto Brandy, covering her nose and mouth.

Audra, Pyreece, Oglesby, and Elenor joined the fight against the Sundew. Despite their efforts, they struggled to remove the tentacles from Brandy and Kipp. Eventually, they managed to remove the tentacle from Brandy's face using brute force and then removed the remaining tentacles one by one. After healing a bit, they moved on to the next area.

They found a door in the north wall, which led to a long hallway with side tunnels to the east and west. Oglesby checked the western tunnel and heard noises from the other side of the door, possibly voices and livestock. They decided to head north to the eastern tunnel, where they found a room full of debris. Continuing south, they discovered another room with more debris and stairs going down.

Descending the stairs, they entered a rough, dug-out tunnel. They explored the tunnels in all directions, encountering large ants, some carrying weapons and others being simple worker ants. They avoided fights by not using lights. In one chamber, they found four depressions or shallow holes and a ladder leading up to a trap door. They were unsure of the purpose of the holes.

The group continued through the tunnels, eventually reaching a larger chamber with many more ants, including fierce Aspis ants wielding halberds. A battle ensued, with Kipp and Brandy taking on the fighting ants. Kipp was poisoned by a soldier ant, and Brandy took a severe beating. Despite the challenges, they managed to revive Kipp and continued fighting. Elenor threw a fireball at the Cow, the queen ant, drawing the ants' attention. After a fierce battle, they finally killed the Cow and ended the fight.

That is where this session ended.

Please start the recorder.

Exp: 1897 + 190 = 2087

Pyreece reached level 7!

Detail

They started this session in the room where they'd just destroyed a bunch of undead creatures. They checked and opened the door in the north side of the room. It opened to a hallway that stretched west and then turned north. They found another tunnel that broke off of it that opened to stairs going up. They went up the stairs and found a room where the floor had fallen away. The floor in the room below it had fallen away as well so there was a 30 foot drop to the bottom.

There was a beam that stretched across the room braced by a single board that seemed to keep it from rolling when you walked on it. They decided that they should cross it one at a time. They could also move around the edge of the room where the floor remained intact. Kipp moved carefully across the beam to the other side. Besides knocking some dust off of the beam, it supported him fine and he made it across. There was another short hallway on the other side. Brandy followed him and Audra after that. Pyreece went next as Kipp started down the hallway to clear some space for the others to come across.

Elenor decided to walk around the outer rim of the room on what remained of the floor. She made it part of the way but at one point, the wall tilted and fell, knocking her off and then falling on her. She took a lot of damage but was able to walk. Pyreece dropped down the end of a rope and helped pull her up. Oglesby came over last without any issues. As they started down the hallway, Pyreece healed most of the damage that Elenor took. They came upon some barrels in an alcove. They checked them and found some sort of brown staining around the stopper. They couldn't determine what that was and decided to leave it alone.

They continued on down the hallway. It turned north. They went down some stairs into a room. There was a smell of honey coming from what looked like rags in the northwest corner. Kipp went to the door in the northeast corner and Brandy stepped over to get a closer look at the pile. As she started to back away from it, it sprung to life with many tentacles reaching for her. One of it's tentacles touched her on the face. It clamped on to her face and burned like acid was burning her skin. She tried to pull it off but couldn't. Kipp severed the limb but that didn't release Brandy.

While Kipp was helping her, the Sundew attacked him as well. He ended up with one tentacle attached to him. Three more tentacles latched on to Brandy. She struggled to try and pull the thing off her face. It had covered her nose and mouth leaving her unable to breath. Audra attacked the creature, striking at it's core hoping that ending it would somehow release the others. Pyreece tried to help Brandy pull the thing from her face. The two of them were unable to budge it. Oglesby joined Audra in trying to kill the creature. Elenor fired at it as well. After only a couple of rounds, the creature was dead.

All actions after the death of the creature were aimed at removing the tentacles. A couple of people assisted Brandy and a one other helped Kipp. They weren't getting anywhere. They changed their tactics and everyone helped get the tentacle off of Brandy's face. They succeeded finally. They then removed each of the other tentacles, one at a time, using brute force. They healed a little and moved on.

There was a door in the north wall. They checked it and opened it. Beyondf it was a very long hallway north, with a side tunnel off of it to the east, and a short tunnel west just through the door. Oglesby checked the western tunnel and heard noises from the other side of the door at the end of it. It sounded like voices and live stock. They moved back and headed north to the eastern tunnel. There was a door in the easter tunnel and it turned south at the far end of it. Oglesby checked the door and Kipp opened it. It was a room full of debris from above. They moved to the end of that hallway and turned south, finding another door and more stairs going down. They checked that door and opened it to find another room full of debris from above.

They went back to the main hallway and moved north. At the far end, it turned west. Down that hallway, they found two doors. One set on the north wall and one set on the southern wall. They moved to the door on the north wall and checked and opened it. Inside they found four Orcs. They rushed in and attacked. It took a couple of rounds and could have been a disaster as one of the Orcs opened a door leading outside and almost escaped. Fortunately Brandy cut him down before he could sound an alarm.

They finished off the remaining Orcs and then checked the room. There were tools and supplies for maintenance work in it. Brandy looked out the opened door which opened up outside the structure on the north side. This was Ooga Booga territory. It was bright daylight outside. They pulled back in and closed the door. They searched the Orcs and found the basics but they also found a note. It read:

Crudder reports a group of possible enemy agents. 5 or more including a spellcaster and a Halfling/Goblin (they all look alike to him). Disguised as street people. They are dangerous and should be reported immediately for coordinated takedown. May be associated with rebels.

Dirk

They moved back down to the stairs that were going down between the rooms with debris. They went down the stairs and found a rough dug out tunnel. It was fairly level but definitely not worked stone. The checked the tunnels in all directions, west led to a small room with large ants, some carrying weapons and some were simple soldier ants and some were just worker ants. There were a couple or three ants in there plus some more tunnels leading off of a main chamber. Since they didn't use lights, the ants didn't see them and they avoided fights.

There was another tunnel that went south, just east of the tunnel where they entered. It also had a couple of ants and more tunnels branching off of it. They moved way northeast in the main tunnel reached a small chamber where the tunnel turned south. In that chamber were four depressions or shallow holes dug out. There was nothing in them. They were not sure what they were for. There was a ladder in that room that led up to a trap door. Randy checked that but I don't remember what happened when she went to look.

The turn in the tunnel sent them southeast before turning south and then southwest. They followed that until they came to a bigger chamber with many more ants. Some workers, some soldiers, and some Aspis which were ants that stood on four legs and wielded halberds in their other two arms. They looked fierce so they decide they would attack here. Kipp ad Brandy ran into the room and up to a couple of the fighting ants, Kipp against a soldier ant and Brandy against an Aspis. If a soldier ant hit you on it's first attack, it would sting you. Kipp was hit with that poison.

They fought hard but Brandy kept getting hit and was taking a real beating. Kipp actually fell at one point. They managed to revive him as they continued to fight. While in the room, they also found the queen ant or the Cow as it was called. Elenor was taking a beating, especially after she threw a fireball at the Cow and caught a few other ants in it. The ants turned on her quickly. She managed to get off a Mirror Image spell which helped to prevent some damage but they still got a hit or two in.

As they started to whittle down the ants, five or six more soldier ants arrived and joined the attack. Brandy feeling like she needed to change the dynamics of the fight, drank a potion of speed. She tore into the ants after that. Audra made a few key hits along with Pyreece and Kipp. Oglesby had resorted to using his sword to help Elenor fight through the ants attacking her. After Kipp went down, they were able t reach him and get him vertical again. Once the numbers dropped enough, they were able to focus on killing the Cow. They finally did and the battle was over.

That is where this session ended.

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Exp: 1897 + 190 = 2087

Pyreece reached level 7!