Rappan Athuk: Tombs below the cloister

Session was played on 8/22

Nick, Fighter 7 (Me)
Borumar, Thief 9 (Josh) & Fido
Morgana, Magic User 8 (Rob)
Darryl, Cleric 6 (NPC)
Aroon, Fighter 4 (NPC)
Jameth, Fighter 4 (NPC)
Lor’Koth, Dwarf 5 (NPC)
Gimble, Fighter 5

Checking in with the abbot, he provides the party with 2 vials of poison, 2,000gp, and access to the lower levels of the dungeons via the caves by the beach.

Heading back to the inner cloister, and down into the dungeons there, toward the tomb of Kynos. Within is a large statue of a man with a dog. From the statue a wight appears, and the hellhound (not dog) breathes fire at the party. Darrly takes care of the wight, while Borumar kills the hellhound. Within the statue’s base is a secret compartment with a statue of a dog and a pair of healing potions. Borumar however gets diseased by the compartment.

Deeper into the dungeon, and to the tomb of Kaltex, the area becomes slimy, moldy, and wet, full of toadstools and the faint whispering of… something. Nick follows the whispers and finds a passage in the ceiling. Borumar climbs it, and emerges amidst the ruins between the inner and outer cloister.

Further along, behind a locked door in a large octagon chamber are scenes depicting the life cycle of frogs, with an oily smell in the air. Off of this chamber, in a smaller side chamber is a body at rest surrounded by 62 vials. In the body’s arms is a scepter, and on its fingers, gold rings. Nick carefully removes all 62 vials, then goes for the rings. The body objects, and reaches out draining Nick’s strength. Then the walls opened up, and 10 more mummies emerged. Darryl tackles the weaker mummy things, while the rest of the party wails on the main baddie.

Aside from the vials, and the ring and scepter, there’s also 500gp in a small chest found after the last of the undead monsters is slain.

Using the rope Borumar secured to the surface in the ruins, the party returns home, bypassing the cloister.

Gains: gold coins, scepter, 62 alchemical vials, and a ring of telekinesis.
Kills: mummies, wights, hellhound
Losses: