Stonehell: Dogs and Cats

 Session 161 was played on 8/2

Boris, Cleric 9 (Jeff)
Karl, Dwarf 8 (Julia)
Joho, Mystic 6 (Chris)
Ool, Mystic 3 (NPC)
Morgana, Mage 7 (Reggie)
Borumar, Thief 8 (Josh)

Returning to the 4th level of the dungeon, the party continues to explore the area around the Ghoul’s lair. They return to the room with the defaced statue. Karl tries to push it over, feels a tingling in his arms, then sends it crashing to the ground. The noise attracts a pair of depraved berzerkers who rush the party and are cut down. Not finding anything of value, they move on.

“DO NOT OPEN!” is written all over the door. Do they listen? Of course not, and they release an animated amber sabre-toothed tiger statue. It hits hard, but the party hits harder. Karl lands the killing blow with a crit, smashing the cat into chunks with his hammer.

Avoiding the stairs down to level 5, they investigate a room with bas-relief carvings of a dwarven funeral rite on the walls, a mosaic of the world tree on the floor, and geometric patterns carved into the ceiling. There’s also a 12’ ladder on the floor leaning against the wall. In the center of the room is an empty stone bier. Fussing about with the ladder draws the attention of 4 hellhounds!

The scary demon dogs cause the party to use their horn of Valhalla, and the war mammoth. The berzerkers summoned by the horn are only a little effective (mostly as meatshields) but the evil dogs are killed. Some gems are collected from the burning bonfire in the adjoining room that the hellhounds came from. Having made far too much noise, and feeling some pain from burns, the party heads back to town.

Gains: 5 gems
Kills: Amber Golem, Hellhounds
Losses: