Stonehell: Paying the Toll (or not)

Session 104 was played on 7/28

Eiric, wizard 8 (Kat)
Brie, wizard 5 (Apprentice to Eiric)
A-A-Ron, Thief 7 (Henchman) (stayed in town)
Orpheus, Human Fighter 6 (Henchman)
Linkman (Hilwik)
M@A (Vog, Bolden, Buford)
Karl, Dwarf 8 (Julia)
Lex the Cheeseman, Fighter 5 (Henchman)
Men at Arms (Rawin, Kildrik, Lamgo)
Kili, Dwarf Cleric 5 (Matt)
Borumar, ½ Orc Thief 5 (Josh)
Lucrecia Thief 5 (Henchman)

Returning to the Elementalist’s temple, the party explores the now emptied rooms. Apparently in the days away someone else looted them. Returning to the door the cultist and rock monster went through, they find the rock monster still holding the door shut. Karl uses his pickaxe to break open the door, but when it hits the monster, the monster hit back. HARD. Feeling dazed, Karl gets some healing from Kili.

They follow the tunnel out into the open air, and make a note of the location of the door, then return to the dungeon. Finding nothing that hadn’t already been looted, they continue deeper into the dungeon.

A pair of ogres in badly fitted armor stand guard, and demand a toll. Kili and Karl sass them, and finally the ogres attack. Eiric is okay with it, and the loot makes it seem worth it. Pressing on Kili and Karl get hit by a poisoned dart trap, but their dwarven constitutions allow them to shrug it off.

The next door opens into a cave in which a massive old cave bear grunts at them. Karl runs back up to the elementalist’s temple and grabs food from their store room, then returns and feeds it to the bear. Beyond the bear is a larger cave with a big pond in it, but the party figures getting everyone past the bear isn’t worth it. Back to the hallway, they then come to a door from which loud snoring can be heard. Knocking, they wake whoever is behind it, and their growling hellhound. The door is flung open, and Borumar, who’d been picking the lock, gets a face full of hellhound breath. The hellhound gets a face full of magic missiles, while Lex, Karl, and Borumar stab the ogre, and his 2 fellows to death. After looting the room, they hard back to town, using the cultist’s tunnel.

Back in town, Eiric and Brie research the spell “Polaroid”
Darryl brews a healing potion
Kili does some shopping, getting the last of the discount healing potions
Lex parties, as does Karl (who had to borrow cash from Lucrecia to cover the cost… at 10% interest).

Gains: 4400gp in various coinage
Kills: Ogres, hellhound
Losses: