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Sat 16th Apr 2022 02:10

Session 10 - Depths of the Blacktop

by Kaito "Oreson" Brinejaw

As Ape vanished under the water holding on to the creature, I go to run and jump in after him but Malaphor grabs me and stops me going in. I try to struggle away from him but he manages to keep me still. Austar jumps in and after a few seconds, Raskin follows him. In the distraction I manage to kick Malaphor away from me and I roll off the edge and into the water.
 
I then fall down into a dark cavern, with a waterfall in the middle falling into a pond of some sort and flora that lights up the cavern very slightly. I walk round the cavern with a torch lit up so I can see and only see one exit which is a tunnel.
 
Going through the tunnel, I arrive at a fork and I decide to follow the left path. I then arrive into a cavern with 12 different paths in front of me. I sit down and recite a prayer to Moradin hoping he'll give me a sign. As I open my eyes the 5th tunnel has a very slight glow to it before the glow vanishes. I go down the path and end up in another large cavern, which has a basin in the middle of it, and I can hear the sound of water going up the sides of the walls, I also see the flora with the glowing bulbs on the ceiling of the cavern.
 
I fill the basin with water but that doesn't seem to do anything. I look around and start to climb the side wall and as I get around halfway, I noticed gravity seems to reverse and pulls me upwards towards the cavern ceiling.
 
I decide to call it a night after frustratingly failing to get up. I get awoken by Ape shouting my name which is a huge surprise. Raskin now wielding a staff of some kind, said he knows the way out and it's directing him towards ceiling, which is a a similar whirlpool to the one we jumped into earlier. Malaphor teleports to the ceiling with a rope held between him and Ape. We all scale the rope as weird small creatures run in and start trying to dart us. We mainly ignore them and jump in the whirlpool and find ourselves back in the original room with the whirlpool. Raskin makes us walk on water with a spell and Malaphor opens a hidden door by a large statue which has a stairway which leads us back up to the entrance of the plateau we entered the other day.
 
The pickaxe that Austar had started to rust and then crumble, and inside was a parchment, which when opened, was map of the Underdark which had text on it that magically changed to a language we each personally know.
 
We made our way out of the main entrance and I noticed another path down Blacktop Pass which would put us on the Eastern side where we want to be to investigate a long lost temple for Austar while we wait for the the heat in Pentareach to die down after I sent a message to Lucinda Marguant to let her know our whereabouts and that we dealt with the issue in the Blacktop she had tasked us to do. She hasn't had much time to investigate yet as it had only been 3 days.

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  1. Session 1 - New Beginnings
  2. Session 2 - Drunk and Disorderly
  3. Session 3 - Crossroads and Giants
  4. Session 4 - Lorger's Thicket
  5. Session 5 - Pentareach Beginnings
  6. Session 6 - Pentareach Rumble
  7. Session 7 - Friend of the King
  8. Session 8 - Forgotten Ruins and Mystery
  9. Session 9 - Blacktop's Secret
  10. Session 10 - Depths of the Blacktop
  11. Session 11 - Morgan's Mystery
  12. Session 12 - Visions and a Cleansing
  13. Session 13 - The Long Road
  14. Enemies
  15. Session 14 - Laelos Arrival
  16. Session 15 - A Royal Mistake
  17. Session 16 - Revenge and Truth
  18. Session 17 - Trouble and Research
  19. Session 18 - Lonely Toad and Proposition
  20. Research
  21. Session 19 - Vellsten and Disappearances
  22. Session 20 - Wear-wolves, bears and rats?
  23. Session 21 - Heroes of Vellsten
  24. Session 22 - Raven Queen's Champion
    12th of Morne Yowa
  25. Session 23 - Revelations and a Chaotic Victory
    14th of Morne Yowa
  26. Session 24 - The Manor and Word
    15th of Morne Yowa
  27. Session 25 - Isaiac's Maw
    15th of Morne Yowa
  28. Places of Interest
  29. Allies
  30. Session 26 - Manor Gains and Desert Travels
    22nd of Morne Yowa
  31. Session 27 - Hashal and Partha
    23rd of Morne Yowa
  32. Session 28 - Hashal's Rift Ki
    23rd of Morne Yowa
  33. Session 29 - Sol'Partha
    24th of Morne Yowa
  34. Session 30 - Partha's Mystery
    24th of Morne Yowa
  35. Session 31 - Odror Partha's Fall
    24th of Morne Yowa
  36. Session 32 - Odror's Sentinel VS The Paragon
    1st of Yoweth
  37. Session 33 - Asgorath Revelations & Beast Rescues
    1st of Yoweth
  38. Session 34 - An Exotic Rescue
    1st of Yoweth
  39. Session 35 - Demonic Beast and Desert Travels
    2nd of Yoweth
  40. Session 36 - Malaphor's True Self
    2nd of Yoweth
  41. Session 37 - Triumphant Winnings
    3rd of Yoweth
  42. Session 38 - Sailing the seas and Chankata
    6th of Yoweth
  43. Session 39 - Asgorath's Chosen United
    7th of Yoweth
  44. Session 40 - The Doyen's Teachings
    1st of Uthwix
  45. Session 41 - The Ninefold Rise
    1st of Uthmix
  46. Session 42 - The Ninefold Scatter
    3rd Uthwix
  47. Session 43 - Troll's Denthoum
    3rd of Uthwix
  48. Session 44 - Denthoum's Spectator
    3rd of Uthwix
  49. Session 45 - Talona's Plant
    4th of Uthwix
  50. Session 46 - Diege Entities & New Headings
    5th of Uthwix
  51. Session 47 - Poacher's & Mystery Dice
    5th of Uthwix

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