Stonehell: Mud and Rock

Session 213 was played on 12/4

Morgana, Magic User 8 (Rob)
Borumar, ½ orc thief (Josh)
Blotto, Goblin (Lanse)
Koltic, Cleric 7 (NPC)
Aroon, Fighter (NPC)
Jameth, Fighter (NPC)
Lor’Koth, Dwarf (NPC)

Upon returning to the ruins, the party finds Auntie Ethel and her followers decamped to parts unknown. The door to the crypts under the monastery was open, and figuring they might as well check it out, they head down into the muddy depths. The stairs had been mostly cleared of mud, though some wet bits were still along the edges, and everything was still very wet. At the bottom of the stairs, a flooded hall with a raised altar at the far end. The water was only ankle deep, and Borumar went to go check it out. In the muddy water he quickly discovered a significant number of bones, likely washed out of the burial niches when the crypt was initially flooded.

Approaching the dry raised section, the party started to follow, and they were surprised when a water elemental rose up and did its best to drown them. Morgana’s elemental staff saved the day, but while everyone was distracted by that, a pair of undead Wyrds stepped out of the shadows and started launching magical explosive orbs at the party. Between the elemental and the wyrds, Lor’Koth dropped, and fell under the water. Koltic eventually got to him in time to revive him, but he wasn’t up for much for the rest of the day.

With the wyrds and elemental defeated, the party explores the crypt, finding it already looted, the Staff of Life and Death long gone.

Returning to the muddy surface, the party scouts around, and Borumar finds a trail heading deeper into the mountains. The following morning they head out after Auntie Ethel.

The first day on the trail they were spotted by a flight of giant eagles, but the birds were uninterested in the party. Shortly after lunch a troop of rock baboons pelted the party from above with rocks, sticks, and shit. Not feeling a fight was worth it, they fled the baboons.

On the morning of the second day, a dozen stone giants used the party as moving targets, though it was a lazy effort on their part. Aroon’s new sword wanted to teach the giants a lesson, but was (wisely) overruled.

The third day of travel was without incident.

On the fourth day, the party reached a large circular valley, and the tracks dropped down into it…

Gains:
Kills: water elemental, 2 wyrds
Losses: