Session 9 – December 12, 2022
Level 3
Player Race/Class
- D’Jango Drow Wizard
EdU Human Mage
Fiadh O’Cleirigh Dwarf Bard
Jorp Dwarf Paladin
Sho-Ku Human Monk
Sofija Goliath Barbarian
The group continues on for an hour or so, the terrain making the going rough. The group spots strange protrusions from the rock seemingly made of some sort of crystal. The vegetation has taken on similar characteristics. EdU recognizes that the phenomenon is caused by lightning strikes which can be caused by blue or bronze dragons. All of a sudden, the group hears a huge roar and see a glittering blue shape up in the sky. Everyone scatters and takes cover behind the strangely shaped rocks. Fiadh and Sho-ku actually see it as it circles a structure in the distance. They see three columns protruding upwards of various heights. The dragon lands on the tallest column and disappears.
Cautiously, the group continues on until they reach the structure, they had seen the dragon land on. It appears to be an observatory of some kind with the only way across being a bridge which appears to be out. The observatory is built atop columns of earth which are jutting upwards from the ocean. The group is approximately 30 feet above the the water surface. They see two dragon statues with their mouths open in a silent roar. The statues are marble with gold veins throughout. EdU and D’Jango investigate and find indentions at the base of each in the shape of a hexagon. It appears to match the key which had been given to us. EdU inserts the key into the statue causing the statue to light up and a bridge, made of light, emerges, stretching out to the observatory. EdU goes over the bridge, as he walks the lights sparkle. There are 2 matching statues on the other side. The rest of the group follow EdU, lights sparkling with each step.
Rubble and broken statues greet us. There is a statue of the solar system in the middle of the landing. Out of nowhere, the group hears a screech and see 2 winged Kobolds along with bats flying around them. Sturgis come up and attack the Kobolds, a couple of them even going so far as to latch on to them. At the smell of blood, they start heading towards the party and we go into initiative! EdU casts Ray of Frost onto the Sturgis, crits and kills it. Fiadh casts Vicious Mockery and kills another Sturgis! Sho-ku advances and kills one of the Sturgis who is atop one of the kobolds. Sofija dashes to another Sturgis, rages and moves to the Kobold. D’Jango chill touches a Sturgis which is near him, killing it instantly. As the fight goes on, one of the kobolds kills the Sturgis which was attacking it, he thanks Sho-Ku and yells out “You shouldn’t be here!” The other kobold fights back, attacking the Sturgis on top of him. Jorp slices the Sturgis attacking him, in half. Another flying kobold is attacked in the air by another Sturgis, which sadly kills him. The kobold crashes to the ground and the Sturgis lands atop it, feasting on it’s corpse.
Out of nowhere we hear a voice coming from the southern tower in draconic. Fiadh moves up and readies Vicious Mockery, Sho-ku runs towards another Sturgis, killing it. The other Kobold yells out some encouraging words. Sho-ku manages to kill the Sturgis and tells the kobold “We need to talk.”
D’Jango hears another voice in Draconic coming from the Southern Tower. Sofija uses intimidation on the Kobold, asking it what was going on. The Kobold says “Thank you brave warrior but you shouldn’t be here. Our master is taking a nap.” Sofija asks “Who is your master?” The Kobold replies, “His name is Sparkrender.” Sofija tries to get the Kobold to take us to him but the Kobold refuses, fear in his eyes. The Kobold goes to check on his brother, only to find him dead.
D’Jango inspects the two dragon statues to the south and discover another key hole, identical to the first. He then inspects the statue in the middle. As he is doing so, he hears voices to the south speaking draconic. The remaining Kobold goes south to tell his compadres that everything is okay now. Jorp then inspects the statue in the middle. It depicts the planet we are on, the sun and several smaller planets. The statue also features a comet. The current position of the comet is very close to the planet meant to represent the one that we are currently on.
Also, scattered around the room, we see 5 crudely sculpted hunks of rubble. The Kobolds were painting them; one red, one bronze, one gold, one blue and one brass. Jorp walks over to the wooden bridge but doesn’t see anything. The group decides to send Sho-ku back over the bridge of light to retrieve our key. Sho-ku gives a rope to Jorp who ties it to a post. Sho-ku crosses the bridge. A kobold comes down and shouts something in Draconic. Another Kobold comes up and says “It’s them! They attacked us!” So-ku explains that we were attacked first and that we were only defending ourselves. Sho-ku then attempts to use Knowledge From A Past Life but fails. As he begins to cast it, we go into initiative.
Sho-Ku yells out “Tried to reason but they wouldn’t listen!” He tries to attack using his Staff but fails. He then does an unarmed strike, hitting the winged Kobold from the southern tower. The other Kobolds fly to the one whose brother had been killed and said “Don’t just stand there! Why didn’t you alert us?” D’Jango moves towards this exchange and tries to charm him but fails. He then moves back 15 feet. The one whom we had been talking to says something in Draconic and backs up a step. The Kobold on Sho-ku stabs him with his dagger!
Fiadh casts Hideous Laughter on the Kobold who was attacking Sho-ku. It falls to the ground, uncontrollably cackling. Just then another Sorcerer comes from the north and casts something on Sho-ku. Sho-ku makes his constitution save but starts to float up. He grabs onto something and pulls himself down.
Jorp goes south and kills one of the Kobolds. He says to the others “You don’t want this, turn around for your own good!”
Sofija crosses the bridge and readies her hammer in case one comes close. EdU moves to the right and casts magic missile and one of the airborne Kobolds, shooting it out of the sky. One of the Kobolds has a really scared look on it’s face.
The Kobold Sorcerer casts another spell on Sho-ku but Sho-ku manages to save and keeps his feet on the ground. Sho-ku then casts sleep on the two kobolds standing to the one bent over laughing. Sho-ku casts sleep on the group, they fall right where they stand, fast asleep. DJango moves 30 feet towards the Kobold cowering in fear and tries to use Persuasion to try and get him to help us. If fails and the Kobold trembles in fear, urging us to just leave. Fiadh moves closer to Sho-ku's position, trying to help him. Jorp dashes north, crossing the wooden bridge.
Sho-Ku is commanded by one of the Kobold Sorcerer. Sofija moves up and attacked the one bent over, uncontrollably laughing and slams it with her Warhammer, killing it instantly in a spray of blood and tissue. She takes a step up to the sleeping Kobolds.
Fiadh casts Vicious Mockery on one of the sleeping Kobolds, waking it instantly. As it wakes it begins to laugh uncontrollably, tears of laughter running down it’s face. EdU moves up to the sleeping Kobolds and casts Ray of Frost on the laughing Kobold, freezing it dead. Sofija kicks it, stubbing her toe causing her to cry out. The awoken Kobold stands up attempting to stab Sofija, with disadvantage it swings wide. It attacks her again causing 5 points of damage.
Sho-ku sees the ocean and heads for the water and dives in. The shock of the cold water causes him to fully wake up from being charmed and he easily climbs up to the top. D’Jango moves towards the group, making it almost across the wooden bridge. EdU tries to use Perception but doesn’t see anything. Fiadh casts Vicious Mockery on one of the remaining Kobolds, it doubles over in laughter. One of the other remaining Kobolds shoots 2 bolts of Chromatic damage; blue for 4 points of cold damage and red for 13 points of fire damage.
Jorp runs up besides Sofija and hits the laughing Kobold with his battle axe, splitting it in half in a spray of blood. Sofija runs up to the other Kobold, hitting it with her warhammer for 9 points of damage. EdU runs across the wooden bridge and casts Ray of Frost but misses. Sho-Ku moves up towards the Kobold engaged with Sofija, hitting at it with his quarterstaff causing 9 damage. He then attempts and Unarmed Strike but fails. D-jango continues forward across the wooden bridge and points at the nearly dead Kobold and Tolls the Dead for 7 points of necrotic damage. The Kobold attacks Sofija and Sho-ku; it misses the tall barbarian but manages to Strike Sho-Ku! Before the blow can land, Jorp intercepts!
Jorp then hits the last sleeping Kobold with his Battleaxe, killing it instantly. Sofija slams the Kobold in front of her with her Warhammer, beating it to death.
The group regroup and search the Kobolds bodies finding 5 silver and 3 gold. We then search the room. It appears to be some sort of living quarters. Basic adventurer gear is found but it has no value. Jorp looks at Sho-ku and asks why he was all wet?
We all return to the main landing. Our talkative Kobold is gone. Sho-ku crosses over the bridge of light and retrieves our key. He easily dives into the water, swims back across and climbs up to where we are waiting. We put the key into the southernmost statue; it activates another bridge. As we cross the bridge, we see our talkative Kobold friend hiding on the corner. Part of the floor has collapsed, old and mouldering books are scattered across the floor. Sho-ku asks the quaking Kobold where Sparkrender is. He tells us where we can find him. He also mentions that there are 2 Kobold guards with him. He also tells us of a bronze dragon which had fought Sparkrender and lost. Sparkrender had taken the bronze dragon as his prisoner and that the bronze dragon is underneath the tower, alive. We deduce that the bronze dragon must be Airedon. We note where the entrance to Sparkrender’s quarters is. Before we move on, D’Jango searches the scattered books for anything of value. He manages to find a small black journal with an ornate lock. There is a small engraved rune above the lock on the book. The rune appears to be a magical trap. D’Jango is familiar with how to disarm it. He disarms it, scratching the rune. Fiadh picks the lock and D’Jango scans through it. It contains a treasure trove of Starmaps and Experiments. In Archaic Common it says “To ye four scholars: Point your eyes towards the dragon’s light for it guides your descent into knowledge.”
Sofija and Jorp try to intimidate our talkative friend. He says that all of his friends and relatives have died. Sofija persuades him to leave and take the remaining Kobolds with him.
The group continues to search the room and finds a Potion of Resistance to Lightening behind a loose brick. We also find a pouch containing 10 gold pieces. Jorp takes the Potion of Resistance to Lightening. To the northeast of the tower, a lift can be seen. It is in the down position, meaning the guards had left.