Session 20 – The Lost City – Tier 3 Revisited
General Summary
After a needed long rest, Sylbella is able to, via her mediation, use a Lesser Restoration to cure Gikhesh of the disease contracted by the rats.
Restored to full health, they again attempt to communicate with the apes, but they clearly are more concerned about protecting their territory and carrying out their charge to guard the dead Cynidicean champion’s remains and so the team has no choice but to take them out. They are, however, well rewarded for their efforts.
Afterwards, the group returns to the third tier, where they encounter a roaming patrol of the Brotherhood of Gorm. At first apprehensive, having never seen Gikhesh and with Sylbella still in ape wild shape, Gunkyn and Feebs quickly diffuse the situation and the Brothers recognize the group. During the ensuing conversation, the Gormites reveal very useful information.
To begin with, in the temple on the fifth tier there is a trap door that leads to a tunnel to the Great Underground City of Cynidicea. Furthermore, the wall at the bottom of the stairs they found is indeed magically sealed but they provide the password that will let them pass through – although they caution that the lower levels of the pyramid are the domain of the Fanatics of Zargon.
Following their brief meeting with the Brotherhood, they continue to explore parts of the third tier as yet unexplored. The first room the find is full of yellow mold, which in an of itself is mostly harmless if untouched but the real problem begins when the room begins to fill with water. Thankfully they are able to get the door propped open enough to keep the water from getting much more than angle deep (knee deep for Feebs).
Unfortunately, the water is deep enough to knock over a basket located in an antechamber behind a secret door, releasing several pit vipers, which are dealt with fairly quickly. The basket they were in is filled with silver and gems, so naturally it ends up in the bag of holding.
Beyond yet another secret door they find a hallway containing a door that bears one of the marks they found earlier in a spinning hallway. Following it away from that door to the northwest, they enter a room occupied by a Giant Subterranean Lizard. The creature attempts to grab and swallow Gikhesh but the half-orc is too strong and resists. Once they are able to get into the room, the large reptile is killed and they can finally get a short rest.
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