WARNING! Contains spoilers for Dyson's Delve.
We had a full house this week with Blundercuss the Dwarf joining the party to replace Red Dongya.
Characters:
- Barack Kihnos - Cleric 4 - Male
- Blundercuss - Dwarf 2 - Male
- Howayanshite Goblin Slayer (aka "Wayne") - Dwarf 3 - Male
- Vampire Hunter De - Cleric 3 - Male
- Zarjaz the Zazzy - Magic-User 3 - Male
- Gizman - Elf 1 - Male - NPC Retainer
Back at Ethanfeld the party restrain Gizman in an inn room and go and catch up with Wayne. Whilst the rest of the party have been fighting cultists Wayne has recruited an old acquaintance, Blundercuss; a fellow Dwarf with whom he served in the army. Blundercuss has a Yorkshire* accent, a distrust of magic, a dislike of wizards and a special hated of unicorns, "The magic bastards." He also carries a Blunderbuss+ named "Boomer", a memento from his time in an experimental fusilier unit; a unit largely destroyed by an explosive accident.
* Apparently all Dwarves come from a mysterious place known as "The North".
+ d8 damage, fires last each round, in other words a crossbow.
It takes two days for Gizman to shake off the effects of the Charm Person spell and though he agrees to remain with the party he is obviously shaken by the experience. He is also unhappy with some of the things that the newly Chaotic De is saying about him; mostly regarding the idea that they need to keep Gizman around so that they can relieve him of his possessions when he dies!
About halfway along the trail back to the Dragonbone Peaks the party is taken unawares when a White Dragon swoops down and grabs one of their pack mules. De fires his crossbow at the receding beast, but perhaps fortunately the bolt bounces unnoticed from its scales. The loss of the mule is not a significant blow as its saddlebags are empty but the incident does shake the party from their lassitude after so many uneventful journeys. The White Dragon is observed to be taking its meal further east into the mountains.
When the party arrive at the ruins that night they eschew their usual campsite in a nearby copse and instead bring Kong (their donkey) and the remaining mule into the main cave. De insists that Gizman stands watch ALL night and the Elf accepts with bad grace. However in the morning Gizman is gone and has taken the last the last mule with him. Urged on by a vengeful De, the party follow Gizman's trail back towards Ethanfeld. But with no mounts, two Dwarves in the party and De laden down with plate mail, the party are slower than their quarry and lose the trail at Ethanfeld. They badmouth Gizman to the locals but are otherwise impotent and in the end they buy some replacement mules and head back to the ruins.
In the party's absence the Cult of Ildoreth have extended their influence over the dungeon and the party run afoul of two guard-posts manned by warrior cultists: one at the bottom of the stairs to the Level 5 and the second at the bottom of the stairs to Level 6.
The remainder of this post is unfortunately brief as real life intervened and it was not completed until two months after the session from incomplete notes.
The party cut their way through the first guard-post without sustaining any serious wounds. The second guard-post is defended by a cultist magic-user and his bodyguard of warriors. They are also swiftly broken and the party chases the surviving magic-user through the corridors encountering another group of cultists and then a random group of wererats along the way. This evolves into a three way fight between party, cultists and wererats.
In the confusion of the the melee the magic-user tries to sneak away. Chugging his Potion of Invisibility, Wayne chases him down a spiral staircase leading to Level 7. He follows until the stone stairs give way to an iron staircase leading down into a 40ft high "Grand Temple" dedicated to Ildoreth. He observes the alarm being raised and a force of several dozen cultists start to gather.
Quietly back-tracking up the stairs Wayne rendezvous with the rest of the party who have finished off the cultists and wererats. De, raving under the influence of the Circlet of Alignment Change, has mutilated the bodies, daubed himself with their blood and is parading around using one of them as a puppet. The rest of the party look on aghast (or amused depending on their inclination).
The session ended here.
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