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Lazlo is unaffected by the fear — You only fear the unknown, he thinks to himself, and now I know this elf. Though, we've not been properly introduced, so maybe I really don't...
Putting that dichotomy aside for the moment, Lazlo reaches into his haversack and pulls out a wand of acid arrow, which he uses against the Lamashtan cleric!
In his haste, however, he points the wand in the wrong direction, narrowly dodging the arrow as it flies back toward him! Whoops! the gnome says sheepishly, turning the wand about. My mistake! Sorry!
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Dhastrach seems rather unmoved by the elf's actions. "Come down, now!" he bellows, and throws his warhammer using hand of the acolyte.
Dhastrach noticed how the elf was healing itself. He takes a closer look in case the elf ceases to regenerate, or whether it continues to revive. If it does revive, Dhastrach gives it a good whack.
The blast from Azkadelia's fiery magicks fells the crazed elf as she tumble to the ground as Shardra continues to hide from the woman in the hallway, avoiding any contact.
Dhastrach moves up to investigate the woman and sets his warhammer to smash her face in, sending blood and bits of flesh across the expertly carved stone floor.
Status: Azkadellia @ 25/44 HP; Dhastrach @ 46/56 HP; Lazlo @ 32/48 HP; Shardra @ 46/73 HP
Active Effects
Prot. from Evil - Azkadelia; Dhastrach; Lazlo
Pending
The elf appears to be just an elf to Dhastrach's untrained eye, but he does notice that she is rapidly regenerating, despite the grievous head wound he inflicted earlier.
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Azkadellia thinks, trying to recall everything she's ever learned about regeneration.
Unfortunately, as a sorcerer, she doesn't have as much formal education as a wizard, so she might not know anything useful. She does remember that the elf healed even after being hit by fire in the first round of combat, so another Scorching Ray for fire damage probably isn't the way to go here.
Just for good measure, she'll toss an Acid Splash on top of the damage already done, still not entering the room until she has a chance to heal.
"If cold iron, fire, and acid aren't the keys to stopping her, I do have a silver dagger we could try."
With Lady Morilaeth’s defeat, any surviving derros and mites in the room retreat through the torture sage's hallway and flee deeper into the Darklands.
The yellowed bones of Barek Triongger lie draped over a chair in a corner of the gallery. An iron signet ring with his rune still sits on one bony finger and a rusty iron bracelet holds more luminous pearls in a hidden compartment. Masterwork artisans’ tools (stoneworker’s chisels) lie in a satchel by the skeleton’s bony feet.
Once you emerge from the caves, Torvic leaves to return to his home and spread word of his discovery among the dwarf kingdoms. Other dwarves soon arrive, eager to reclaim the Gallery of Wonders. Eventually, because of the party’s discovery, dwarven craftsmen in the Five Kings Mountains rediscover some of the techniques of their lost master artisan. This gives you a small bit of celebrity with the dwarves of the Five Kings Mountains.
Since Lyrehawk was rescued (one of the humanoids that was bound where the mites ambushed you), you soon discover that she has influential friends among the Andoren Eagle Knights in Almas. The knights offer you a lavish feast and gift you ten +1 fey bane arrows and an efficient quiver.
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Once the threats had been neutralized, Dhastrach had established a formal expedition. They could now gather notes in peace with no interruption or fear of ambush, and thus he writes on and on and on about the architecture of the gallery in meticulous detail. He searches every nook and cranny for anything worthwhile the Society's interest, making sure they don't miss anything.
On their way out, Dhastrach wonders about the trap. "Should we rreactivate thiss? It would deterr scavengerrss and otherr intrruderrss frrom pillaging the ancient site. Furrtherrmorre, I think we should scout the surrroundingss of thiss entrrance ass well."
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Shardra will return after her artificially induced emotional reaction wears off and uses her wand to heal up the party, apologizing to everyone for her momentary lapse.
She will also assist in the cleaning and clearing of the place if allowed to do so, and take plenty of notes to present to the Society. This place very much is a pearl of the un-homed, that needs cleaning to return it to former glory.
"We'll need Lazlo to reactivate that, I think, since he's the one that disabled it, aye? And aye on exploring the immediate area for security sake."
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"We'll need Lazlo to reactivate that, I think, since he's the one that disabled it, aye?
Wait, I did? Lazlo replies, clearly surprised. He reaches into his haversack and pulls out a jumbled, chaotic stack of parchment with various scribblings. Hmm, I don't recall noting that. Stinging insects of some sort — what were those again? Spiders? No, those wouldn't be insects, would they? Giant centipedes? Hmm, too many legs as well... The gnome rifles through about a dozen more pages before exclaiming, Giant ants! That's right! Definitely insects. Now... he pauses a bit, wrinkling his brow, before turning to Shardra again. What was it I was researching again? I seem to have forgotten...
After another moment, he brightens again. Ah yes! The pearl! The non-pearl of power pearl! Lazlo begins frenetically searching his pockets.