The Mountain Breathes Report

General Summary

1489 DR - Autumn - 29, Nightal (12) - Near Mount Hoteno

• The Chosen begin by looting the lair of the werewolf and keeper they had slain in the previous room. A chest releases a stinking cloud trap that chokes the entire crew until they can get out of the room through the greased hallway. They loot the room only to discover that a heavy illusion is placed on everything, and it is in truth merely junk excepting what they find in the chest.
• The move to the large doors that wedge in one direction and begin opening them up and propping them. Upon opening the last one a gush of boiling water splashes through the door boiling everyones skin, only spared by the closing of the door promptly. They realize the doors are a failsafe from water floods, but press on into the room knowing the clue led them here.
• The boiling room with a protective bubble holding back the scalding water houses a monstrous crab they become entangled with. The claws grab Huden holding him, but the crew brings a full assault but struggle to control the monstrous shellfish.
• Huden teleports to safety and brings support spells, Oudman deflects the claws with his enchanted shield.
• Xifor and Llewellyn launch ranged attacks that miss and puncture holes in the bubble that stream boiling spray into the room.
• The final blows are dealt with more accurate attacks and the crab is defeated.
• Lucyan begins taking off parts of the crab including it's shell jewelry while the crew examines a huge chest.
• They discover a large Trident that seems to play music and sing shanties in the wielders head. It urges something, but no one is willing to wield it to discover what. They believe this is WAVE and the first of three artifacts.
• The party takes a short rest to recover from the fight and then moves deeper into the eastern area of the dungeon.
• The crew is threatened by a group of flesh golems unless they answer a riddle. Xifor manages to answer immediately and one of the Golems agrees to follow him and obey. The others return to lifelessness.
• Around a bend they find a room filled with boiling mud and suspended platforms on chains hanging across the geysers. Huden attempts to jump and falls, catching himself with magic and being hauled back up.
• Llewellyn begins moving across the area with Huden, they both slowly succeed in crossing, and the rest ride summoned giant hornets across. When nearing the far side, one of the geysers erupts, spraying boiling mud across the room. Everyone is dirtier and in pain but otherwise alright.
• Passing the final ledge, the party enters a room where there is a room dipped in magical darkness, Lucyan is able to dispel the magic and they find a coffin inside.
• A Vampire awakens from the coffin and begins attacking the crew, who are scattered around the room and beset by swarms of bats.
• Lucyan summons more hornets to defend and the crew fights a grueling battle in which the Vampire jumps around the room, inflicting maximum damage to the weakest members, bolstered by some deadly spells.
• Huden is able to finally take down the undead lord despite his healing, but he transforms into mist and retreats to the coffin. They move to the coffin and use magic to ensure the mist dies and the Vampire will not return.
• In a false bottom of the coffin, they discover a massive dwarven warhammer, which seems to affect a desire to build and create on anyone who holds it. They determine this is Whelm and store it again for safekeeping.