"But we also have bigger offers. If I could win you over for an afterlife in hell, you could enjoy your present time without fear of dying by such minor inconveniences." .
"I am just wasting magic here on this door guard." Stam says as electricity crackles around him..
The plant again takes the full damage of the lightning Stam sends, but it still stands.
A large explosion of fire, followed by a deafening bang rips the plant apart into little pieces. Grergof and Darius find themself engulfed in the blast of fire, but it doesn't touch them. The greenhouse also takes damage, as some of the glass panes crack.
As the dust settles Spugnoir, Quinley and Elli force their way out of the now limp traps. Where the plant stood is a now obvious entrance into whatever lies below.
Mommy! Spugnoir groans.
Quinley stands up and tries to get some of his dignity back by wiping the plan't digestion fluid from his clothes. "That was an experience I could have done without."
Stam looks shocked at the explosion. "Spugs are you ok?" Stam rushes over to his fallen friends. "We need to get down quickly before they realize that we are coming and send reinforcements." Stam says helping everyone up.
Who is hurt? Grergof says in concern as he looks around.
I'm almost soup!
Spugnoir uses his CLW wand
"I am slightly injured, some scratches and a bite." Stam says
Special Attacks arcane reservoir (13/14)
Arcanist Spells Prepared (CL 11th; concentration +17)
5th (4/4)— dismissal (DC 23), hungry pit APG (DC 23)
4th (4/5)— black tentacles , dimension door , summon monster IV
3rd (1/5)— haste, invisibility sphere , lightning bolt (DC 21), stinking cloud (DC 21)
2nd (5/6)— acid arrow , arcane disruption (DC 20), glitterdust (DC 20), summon monster II , web (DC
20)
1st (5/6)— ear-piercing scream UM (DC 19), mage armor , magic missile , protection from evil , thunderstomp
0 (at will)— acid splash , arcane mark , detect magic , disrupt undead , light, mage hand , mending, prestidigitation, read magic
Counterspell (Su) Use 1 reservoir as an imm action, counter with spell 1 level higher or same spell at +5 bonus.
Dimensional Slide (100 feet) (Su) Use 1 reservoir as part of move/withdraw, move to spot in sight for only 5 ft movement & no AoO.
Metamixing (Su) Use 1 reservoir while casting a spell, apply a known MM to spell without affect on casting time.
Piercing Spell Affected spell treats creatures with SR as having an SR of 5 lower
Quick Study (Ex) Use 1 reservoir as a full rd action, consult spellbook to switch out mem spell (provokes AoO).
Sickening Spell You can cast a spell that sickens those injured by it (duration = spell's level in rounds, Fort negates).
Scroll of Bull's Strength (5th)
Scroll Comprehend language x3
Scroll of Dark Vision x3
Scroll of Enlarge Person (3rd)
Scroll of False Life (4th)
Scroll of Knock
Scroll of Shield (2nd)
Scroll of Summon Monster 1
Wand of Grease 5/14
Wand of Spider climb 40/15
Pearl of power (1st) 1/1
Lesser silent metamagic rod 3/3
Liquid Ice 2/2
Smoke pellet 4/4
Smoke stick 1/2
Spell Latice vanish 1/1
Spugnoir drinks a potion of CMW
A wide hole leads down into a circular chamber, where numerous roots have wormed their way between the ancient bricks of its walls. The floor of this 'basement' room is about eight foot below the floor of the greenhouse.
Do we really want to go down there right now?
"Do you want to wait until the actual guardian finds out what we've done to her babies?" Quinley offers as a counter argument, pointing at the devastation the fight has laid to the greenhouse.
I suppose you are right
To quicken things, Quinley jumps down. "You're coming too? It's nice here."
To the west of the small room a corridor leads to a door. A fork in the corridor to the south leads to another door. Both doors are about 20 foot away.
Two the North-East a short passage leads to the sewer. A narrow, five-foot-wide walkway hugs the wall of this low-ceilinged sewer. Its swift current pushes east, frothing and gurgling under a stone bridge crossing to the other side. Surprisingly and fortunately the water flowing there is not what you'd expect from a sewer, but more like an underground river. It transports the waste of the town and you wouldn't want to drink it. But the typical stink you'd expect from a sewer just isn't there.
Hmm..Might have one of those poop-eating monsters down here.
We are going to need new wands Spugnoir taps himself more
He also pours a CMW potion into his Sipping Jacket for emergencies.
Stam steps down into the hole, covering his face with a handkerchief, "Not my idea of a good spot to live but lets moving quickly so we can be out of this area." Stam smiles behind his Handkerchief at Spugs comment. "Grergof you lead the way."
"I really wasn't prepared for fighting plants today. Who needs more healing, let me top you up."
Quinley? Stam? How are you?
"My dignity got hurt. And my body a little. If you could spare some healing?" Quinley replies.
Can you use healing potions? Spugnoir snaps back to his original form. His mutagen is being twitchy today.
"Feel that healing love." Darius says and dishes out the healing.
"How's that?"
"Wonderful. I'm all healed up." Quinley replies while checking on his wounds as they close.
"I'm alive and react like you to the normal healing. No undead traits here." he tells Spugnoir with a wink.
If you are all ready?
Grergof takes the lead and peaks into the main sewer area.
Clomp, Clomp, Clomp goes the Full Plate Paladin with the light.
Spugnoir sighs
Stam sighs as well, "They will know we are coming long before we ever get there." a slight smile on his face.
A narrow, five-foot-wide walkway hugs the wall of this low-ceilinged sewer. Its swift current pushes east, frothing and gurgling under a stone bridge crossing to the other side.
There are several exits from this area. To some steps to the East one leads back South. Across the bridge one leads on North. And another one to the West. All have doors.
"I don't know which way to go here. I haven't used this entrance to the underground yet." Quinley excuses himself. "We still would to get deeper under the town. Which way would you suggest?"
"Let me see if there is any magical Trail we can follow." Stam says as his vision shifts into the magical spectrum.
Grergof turns right and starts carefully sneaking that way.
Grergof moves to the door and opens it. These 15-foot-diameter chambers lie beneath sewer grates above. A shallow trough in the floor carries a small trickle of water to the main sewer beyond. Large iron grates block
the passages leading to the sewer, while allowing air and water to freely pass though.
Another thing catches Grergof's attention. A symbol painted on the wall.
Stam's eyes go wide and stay that way
Argg! Avert your eyes!
Grergof looks away from the symbol and quickly closes the door.
Then he will stand guard over anyone who seems to have gotten a good look at the symbol.
Surprisingly, nothing else happens. Which seems to be off. As the stunning itself does nothing to finally hinder anyone from moving deeper into the lair of the vampires.
Ugh..Let us continue
"yes that was odd, no follow up on the stunning that happened." Stam says from the middle
As everyone is themself again and the dropped items are picked up -luckily nothing fell into the river - the group moves on. This time to the west. Only to find the same kind of room with a large iron grate above. And again with a stunning symbol at the wall. Same results, different participants.
Running out of other options, the group finally tries the northern door. A large tapestry covers the north wall of this room. Two clay urns flank the southern door, while other doors lead east and west. Bloodstains cover a disturbingly large area of the floor underfoot.
"This seems like the perfect trap for a Vampire to come and kill you while you cannot do anything." Stam says picking up his staff yet again
I reckon it has something to do with the urns and or tapestry.
Grergof also stands in the doorway and peers in.
He also opens his senses up to see if there is any evil lurking around.
The evil that uses this room seems to be somewhere else. No magic, no evil and nothing to see that piques your interest. To the east and west more doors suggest where it might go on.