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--- paldegora:session_18_xantha_and_the_bad_thing [2023/05/06 16:17] – davidm
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 The session started out with our group starring into a room with a circle on the floor that glowed. On either side of the circle, there were alters with cloth across the top. There were six pillars supporting the ceiling. There were two braziers glowing green near it. There were stone sarcophagus’s in the room, Strahd made a cameo appearance. First thought, who would have thought this was down here. There is another alter to the north, four braziers along the back wall, also a raised dais with a throne on it. Two more statues in either far corner. There were also curtains. On the eastern and western walls were arches and a room divider that you would have to unfolded to go in and out. There were also candles stands with candles that were glowing blue.
-Angelique had stepped into the room and was standing there taking in everything she was seeing. Eryn stepped in and slowly started making her way through it. She wasn’t taking the time to search it for traps but was just looking for oddities in the stone floor, trips wires, other common trap types. She made her way across the room, up to, and just past the glowing circle. As she looked at the circle, she felt the presence of magical energy. Symon attempted to disbelieve what he was seeing, he believed it might be an illusion. It had no effect. Cal-El on the other hand, moved to the west side of the room and began making his way across. He came to some doors that folded to open. He passedthe first set and continued moving north along that western wall. Eryn came up to the sarcophagus’s and saw there were runes written on them that she couldn’t read. These three seem to be in a special place of honor. Separated from the rest. She circled the circle, and found no traps.
+Angelique had stepped into the room and was standing there taking in everything she was seeing. Eryn stepped in and slowly started making her way through it. She wasn’t taking the time to search it for traps but was just looking for oddities in the stone floor, trips wires, other common trap types. She made her way across the room, up to, and just past the glowing circle. As she looked at the circle, she felt the presence of magical energy. Symon attempted to disbelieve what he was seeing, he believed it might be an illusion. It had no effect. Cal-El on the other hand, moved to the west side of the room and began making his way across. He came to some doors that folded to open. He passed the first set and continued moving north along that western wall. Eryn came up to the sarcophagus’s and saw there were runes written on them that she couldn’t read. These three seem to be in a special place of honor. Separated from the rest. She circled the circle, and found no traps.
 It was about this time that Xor heard movement behind him and turned to see the doors close. He reached to try and block it with his sword but he was too late to stop it. He also noticed the sound of fluttering followed by the sound of someone giggling. He reached to open the door but he couldn’t open it. He announced this to the rest of the room. Symon asked about the giggling. All Xor could say was that it was a light giggle but couldn’t tell from where it came or if the voice was that of a male or female. Eryn asked if the giggle sounded like Zara as we all heard her giggle when we played the trick on the gnomes. Xor couldn’t say one way or the other. Eryn moved back to the door and checked it to see if she could tell what was going on with it. There really isn’t a locking mechanism that she could see. Symon studied the circle and determined that the magic was arcane based. He thought it might be a summoning circle. Whatever it was, it’s power was above him. The magic seemed to be much more modern. Angelique tried to read the writings on the sarcophagus’s around her but was unable to read them.
-Cal-El was at the far end of the room looking at the throne. He couldn’t tell what it’s function was but it was clean and looked to be in good condition. He is not really sure about it but thinks it is probably a clerical thing. Angelique checked the braziers and determined the fire was a magical flame that produced no heat, probably arcane based magic. Eryn spoke up and said, “Hello? We know you were busy and didn’t want us to come in but we are in here and would like to talk to you if you could spare a moment.”. Angelique and Xor heard a muffled giggle coming from behind the southeast column. Xor moved quickly to there and asks, “Who are you? I hear you!”. He got no response. Cal-El was looking behind a heavy curtain on the western side of the room. Behind it is a hallway that ends in a wall but there is a passage north near the end of the hall. There are lit torches and he can hear the flame crackle on them so they are real. He moved further south to the first partition in the western wall. He pulled it back to look behind it and found a room full of coffins, another green glowing brazier but dimmer than the others, and columns supporting the ceiling.
+Cal-El was at the far end of the room looking at the throne. He couldn’t tell what its function was but it was clean and looked to be in good condition. He is not really sure about it but thinks it is probably a clerical thing. Angelique checked the braziers and determined the fire was a magical flame that produced no heat, probably arcane based magic. Eryn spoke up and said, “Hello? We know you were busy and didn’t want us to come in but we are in here and would like to talk to you if you could spare a moment.”. Angelique and Xor heard a muffled giggle coming from behind the southeast column. Xor moved quickly to there and asks, “Who are you? I hear you!”. He got no response. Cal-El was looking behind a heavy curtain on the western side of the room. Behind it is a hallway that ends in a wall but there is a passage north near the end of the hall. There are lit torches and he can hear the flame crackle on them so they are real. He moved further south to the first partition in the western wall. He pulled it back to look behind it and found a room full of coffins, another green glowing brazier but dimmer than the others, and columns supporting the ceiling.
 Xor moved closer to the curtain on the north east corner of the room. As he began to look behind the curtain, he saw a gnoll, but not a gnoll. It’s eyes were glowing pen points. It’s skin was drawn and desiccated with wrappings on it, carrying a sword. The site of this shocking creature caused extreme fear to paralyze him for a moment. At the sound of the creature’s groaning, Eryn and Symon turned to see it and were both paralyzed for 4 rounds. Angelique moved across the room to see what it was and as she saw it, she froze in terror for 4 rounds as well. Cal-El closed on it and attacked. His first weapon, even though it hit squarely, did no damage. The second attack was with a magical weapon but he clearly missed with it. The creature, focused on Xor, attacked him and hit him for quite a bit of damage. Cal-El attacked twice and missed. Xor attacked and missed on his first attack and his second attack. The monster attacked him but missed as well. Cal-El missed both of his attacks. Xor hit but apparently it had no affect. There was another round where Cal-El hit very nicely with his magical weapon. Xor continued hitting it but nothing he did damaged it.
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 Symon looked in and became paralyzed with fear. Cal-El dragged him back away from the scene. Eryn told them that they need to be able to come in here so they might as well get past this. Xor tried to look in but was also paralyzed. Cal-El dragged him out as well. Angelique tried to enter as well but also became paralyzed with fear. Cal-El pulled her back as well. Eryn stepped around the podium to look at the book,. It appeared to be arcane chants or maybe incantations. Over on the table near by was a pot of tea and some books and things. Eventually everyone became able to move again. Eryn said, “Cal-El and Angelique are the only people that can hit it and probably should.”. Angelique cut her off saying, “We don’t want to kill it, that voice said you better not do that so we’d better not do that!”. Eryn replied, “You want to leave this abomination existing?”. Angelique said “No, but what’s going to happen if we do try to destroy it.”. Eryn said, “We have to kill it! There is no way around it! I’m not a priest but even I know this cannot exist!”. Angelique responded, “I know!”. Eryn said, “But I don’t want to attack it until there are enough of us here help fight off whoever may come after us for doing it!”.
-Angelique came back in there and got another look at it and said, “There is no way I can turn this! This is way beyond us!”. Eryn said, ”But we can hack it up into pieces! We have a couple of magic weapons and can keep taking it apart until it no longer exists!”. As Angelique stands there, it gets even more violent, really going art the bars trying to get at her. Eryn hacks at anything that comes out of the bars. It was making a little headway. Angelique stepped back out as she felt she was just agitating it more. Eryn continued hacking at it. She finally started stabbing at it and slicing at it, chipping away at it as best she could. It was a hit and back away and then move in and hit and back away again. While she was doing that, she suddenly went blind. She froze and backed up a step or so to make sure she was still out of it’s reach and said, “I can’t see!”. Xor stepped in and pulled her out again. Angelique said, “I told you it was beyond us to take care of Eryn, listen!’. Eryn using suggested an oil flask to burn it. Angelique said, “Do you not realize that he is stronger than us?”. Eryn replied, “He may be stronger than us but he is still destroyable!”. Angelique said, “Yes but he just blinded you!”. Eryn said, “It’s just a meat sack waiting to be burned or something! It can be destroyed!”. In the room, they heard chuckling from the mysterious voice. Eryn said, ”It’s the other entity we need to find!”.
+Angelique came back in there and got another look at it and said, “There is no way I can turn this! This is way beyond us!”. Eryn said, ”But we can hack it up into pieces! We have a couple of magic weapons and can keep taking it apart until it no longer exists!”. As Angelique stands there, it gets even more violent, really going at the bars trying to get at her. Eryn hacks at anything that comes out of the bars. It was making a little headway. Angelique stepped back out as she felt she was just agitating it more. Eryn continued hacking at it. She finally started stabbing at it and slicing at it, chipping away at it as best she could. It was a hit and back away and then move in and hit and back away again. While she was doing that, she suddenly went blind. She froze and backed up a step or so to make sure she was still out of it’s reach and said, “I can’t see!”. Xor stepped in and pulled her out again. Angelique said, “I told you it was beyond us to take care of Eryn, listen!’. Eryn using suggested an oil flask to burn it. Angelique said, “Do you not realize that he is stronger than us?”. Eryn replied, “He may be stronger than us but he is still destroyable!”. Angelique said, “Yes but he just blinded you!”. Eryn said, “It’s just a meat sack waiting to be burned or something! It can be destroyed!”. In the room, they heard chuckling from the mysterious voice. Eryn said, ”It’s the other entity we need to find!”.
 Angelique closed the door. As she did, some of that malevolence and hatred dissipated a bit. Angelique said, “We’re just going to have to leave this for later. There is just no way we can deal with it right now, we’re just not strong enough to deal with it. Eryn said, “I think we will be dealing with it at some point and time. Whatever she is doing with that it’as going to become something we’ll have to deal with later.”. Angelique said, “Hopefully by then, we’ll be able to handle it!”. Symon said, “Obviously we saw in the letters that she intends to make an army of these things! This may just be her prototype! Actually the one in the hallway may have been the first prototype, this is an advanced prototype!”. Eryn said, “Well, I’m at your mercy as I can no longer see. I hope this is temporary or I’m going to be a drag on the party.”. Symon examined her and didn’t see any damage to the eye. They looked okay. Angelique looked at her and prayed about it and finally said, “It’s a curse! I don’t have a way to remove a curse. I can cure disease!”. Symon said, “If we go back to our original deal, which is to figure out Roger which is more our thing…whatever is going on in here is way beyond us. We can be holier than though and all that stuff but all we are going to do is get ourselves killed and being no good to anyone. There is clearly something going on here. Swe didn’t pick up anything in her writings that indicates that Roger has anything to do with her. I don’t know if anything that Theo and them are doing crosses up with anything here but the fact tat they’re so close to each other, you’ve got to figure they are commingling to some level.”.
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-Cal-El backed out of the room and closed the door and went to the other door, assuming git is Zora’s room. She is probably gone. It’s very neat, orderly, organized. Obviously the opposite of Zara. Cal-El took a moment to look around this room. There are writings and books of various subjects. Some of the books are on magic and the theory of magic, and life verses death. There are cupboards and stuff. Angelique and Symon went in and looked around. The books leaned towards the arcane with an emphasis death magic and on necromancy. In Zara’s room, her material is less orderly, like she is into the magic but gets bored easily. It’s like Zara is the younger of the two. They close up Zora’s room.
+Cal-El backed out of the room and closed the door and went to the other door, assuming it is Zora’s room. She is probably gone. It’s very neat, orderly, organized. Obviously the opposite of Zara. Cal-El took a moment to look around this room. There are writings and books of various subjects. Some of the books are on magic and the theory of magic, and life verses death. There are cupboards and stuff. Angelique and Symon went in and looked around. The books leaned towards the arcane with an emphasis death magic and on necromancy. In Zara’s room, her material is less orderly, like she is into the magic but gets bored easily. It’s like Zara is the younger of the two. They close up Zora’s room.
 Speculation: Debbie thought that maybe Morgan and Marlena were the twins.