Hagrym has cast his vote to go back to town. He looks at the others awaiting a response.
Mac agrees with his cousin to go back to town, hoping that Garidan can be healed.
Shakingly, Garidan downs the vial of Antiplague and nods on the suggestion to go home.
"Sounds good. I'm starting to run low on my specialty rounds anyway," Jon agrees.
Garidan is cured of ghoul fever. The party is refreshed at full hps. Do you head back to Level 3?
”We need to go back loaded for bear….i mean, ghouls. Aw whatever you know what i mean,” Hagrym grumbles as he finishes off a tasty pastry he has bought earlier in the morning.
On their way back home, Garidan tries not to shake. But he was obviously afraid.
He goes straight home and into his bed, tryinto sleep the Ghoul Fever off. Like a common cold. What a stupid thought.
But after a good amount of sleep, he actually felt better. That Antiplague apparently won the fight.
With his newly found optimism, he visits Carman Rajani, where the party had already unloaded their treasures. He found the type of whip he was looking for and tasked the man with a rune transfer once again.
Before rejoining the party, he refreshed his Antiplague stock. You never know...
After curing Garidan's disease and doing some shopping, the party is ready to take another foray into the depths.
My pick would be the first room in the library NW of the hallway that we enter C11.
"That was scary. I hope we're all OK the same page here. If something like that happens again, don't let me become a ghoul. Yah?"
Garidan follows Mac and his pick.
Shelves on the wall here contain iron sorting racks, jars, and all manner of bookbinding tools.
This room contains repair materials for the upkeep of books. All are too old to be useful. Searching this room discovers two 2nd-level
scrolls: Scroll of mending and a scroll of hypercognition. There is nothing else of interest in this room.
Next: NW room from last one.
Hagrym fell in line with his mates. He was a bit quieter than usual, between eating the remaining pastries he picked up from town and a bit intimidated by the power of the ghouls the group had encountered already.
The next NW door leads to a 10' passage leading to another door west. Assuming you continue exploring west, you reach the following room:
This office is brightly lit by several glowing lights in a chandelier hanging above a desk and chair. Mirrors hang on the north and south wall, although both of them are badly cracked.
The western door leading from this room is locked, and the lock plate is engraved with a stylized open book.
Shelves on the wall here contain iron sorting racks, jars, and all manner of bookbinding tools.
This room contains repair materials for the upkeep of books. All are too old to be useful. Searching this room discovers two 2nd-level
scrolls: Scroll of mending and a scroll of hypercognition. There is nothing else of interest in this room.
"Let's head back. There were some rooms just in front of the Scrivener's workshop. And I also believe, there was a door behind his desk."
"I think we have the key for this lock," Jon says, holding up a bronze key with a book on it . "But if you'd rather check the unsecured doors first, that might be wise."
Jon, in fact, does have a key that seems to fit the lock in the door of C26. However, you decided to investigate the doors in front of the scrivener's workshop.
The first room:
Three plain beds have been awkwardly stacked against the west wall of this room, leaving room for a single low table heaped with foul-smelling chunks of flesh and bone of a dead morlock.
There is nothing else of interest in this room.
The second room is a storeroom for firefighting supplies:
Several buckets of sand and a number of large barrels crowd this cramped storeroom. A simple wooden case with a closed lid is attached to the back of the door.
Inside the case, you find a wand of quench.
Hagrym suggests going back and opening the locked door with Jon’s key. ”Be nice to see what is considered worthy enough treasure to be locked away.”
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Penflower says "But before, they seem to be preparing to stop a fire. We might want to ponder as to why. Or at least what type of advantage this could bring us."
He says "It's unlikely the morlocks were trying to burn them or something, as the fire would eventually rise to their level. They could be protecting from something coming from below. In any case, we should hold on to this wand in case... well, in case the danger comes for us as well."
The elf is thinking of something more dangerous than wild fire. Namely, he is scared of fire with intent, such as an elemental.
"I reckon they gathered firefighting supplies in case they accidentally set a fire in the library with a candle or something," Jon muses, "But you could be right, Pen, that there is something fiery down below, and it never hurts to be on our guard. I mixed up some cold rounds today that could be useful against fire." Jon loads one barrel of his pistol with a cold round and the other with an acid round.
"Now, let's see what's behind the locked door." Jon inserts the key into the lock, turns it, and opens the door.
Jon opens the door to reveal:
This room looks exceptionally comfortable with a thick carpet, bright light from a glowing chandelier, and soothing incense. Two overstuffed chairs sit opposite a low table stacked with books, while more books sit on a set of shelves to the west. A softly gurgling fountain carved to resemble a mossy skull leaking water sits in the northwest corner.
You also see a curious sight: A 2' tall glowing fairy-looking creature with two sets of wings on its back sits awkwardly in one of the oversized (for it) chairs in the room as it focuses on balancing a book a little bit too large for it to handle. The fairy creature periodically cackles and titters over the book as it sems to annotate its text with a colorful quill.
Unfortunately, due to the bright glow emanating from the creature and the light in the room, you cannot make out the creature's exact features. It does not appear to notice any of you standing at the entrance as it appears to be engrossed in the book it is reading.
Garidan answers Pen's look with a whisper. "This is a insert by GM. I once met a druid that loved to hit the bottle. He had some weird fetishes and this over there was one of them." He points at the creature.
Mac murmurs quietly, "I don't like its cackle. Is it known for being evil?"
Garidan identifies the small creature as a Lurker in Light, an evil fey who has ties to the First World and is weak to cold iron. It is also has very keen perception, as it looks up at the party, as it appears to hear your whispers. The creature appears annoyed, as it puts the book down and initiates combat!
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Jon draws his whip◇ and pistol◇.
"You've turned your last page," Jon says with a growl...
...which quickly turns into a hacking cough, ruining his bravado.
Then he activates◆ and fires◆ his acid round.
Round 1: The Lurker in Light
The evil fey winces as Jon's bullet strikes it, causing 6 damage. The creature casts a spell at Jon, causing bright light to burn Jon's retina.
The creature then flies north, using its reaction to blend into the bright light of the area to go invisible.
The evil fey cackles, "Not so funny now, are ya?" He said that before turning invisible.
Garidan wonders about the strange fey creature and how it was able to disappear so quickly, after casting a spell at Jon.
Hagrym waits on Garidan to see what happens with spotting their enemy.
With Garidan's knowledge, Pen acts quickly and accordingly. With a mere thought Garidan steps back, so that only dim light shine into the room. Then he casts Guidance on Mac.
The combination of Pen's spell and Garidan's actions cause the light in the room to lower to dim, revealing the Lurker in Light.
Round 1: Mac
Unhindered by the dim light due to his darkvision, Mac strides toward the creature, buffed by Garidan, and attacks it twice.
Harry rushes in and flanks the creature with his cousin. He then swings his hammer at it.
Attack with flank
Damage
Round 2: Lurker
The fey creature lashes out 3x with its claws at Mac for damaging it.
"Nasty little bugger, isn't it?" Garidan ◆ sets down the lantern to keep the light dim in the room and ◆ moves in, too. Standing next to the little creature, he decides to simply fetch it with his now free hand.
"The bastard blinded me," Jon spits, and fumbles◆ behind the door and takes cover◆ behind the shelf in front of him. Then he drops his whip◇ and reloads◆ with another acid round.