ToD: Session 79: A maze full of troubles

General Summary

After the party chose a path in the maze they arrived at a pasture with two cyclopses talking and sheep grazing. But before they walked forward they were all frozen in place. As they continued everything came to life and after a little while the cyclopses saw the party and played rock, paper, scissors with each other. The one that lost walked to the players picked up a large boulder and threw it to the other side of the pasture. Here it landed and he looked at the party expectently. FIrst Sidon threw Leo to the other side but as he was so light he was thrown to far and landed on Ray back where they were. He then tried to throw Sun but he did not want that so he threw Ray which also landed at the starting point. After all this he tried to throw one of the boulder on this side of the pasture and it landed further than the boulder the cyclops which cracked open revealing a topaz inside. Sidon tried to run trough the opening on his side but Sun and Ray used their Feline Agility to get there first with Sun picking up the gem and hiding it in his backpack before Sidon arrived. As Sidon came he searched for the gem and shook down Ray and Sun for the gem after doing this he got the gem from Sun as some magical items fell from his pockets. During this Vox tried to look inside the house of the Cylcopses but only found pants in one drawer. She then left them and looked at the orb of direction from Sun and tried to throw it into the pond but failed. Sun took the orb back and they left the pasture after which they arrived back at the Sundial, where they came from.
As they arrived and where deciding where to go next, Sidon, against the wishes of the party including Leo threatening to banish him went up-right. The party decided to follow him and they arrived at a pagoda. Inside it was an old man who bowed and sat down. The party looked around, Vox tried to threaten the man for a response but he gave no kick. Sun carved a cat in the fish statue on the pagoda and the party tried to leave. As they left the pagoda they came right back to where they entered. As they came back and talked about what to do next, and Sun seeing that his cat carving was gone. The party then all sat down and the old man made a teapot rise from the ground and put some leaves inside together with water. Leo and Vox looked more closely at the tea pot and saw the face of a Dao. As the water started to boil a gas came out, as this gas filled the pagoda the old man made walls around the pagoda, closing the party in. He then lowered himself into the ground and dissapeared. During the gass filling Leo tried to put the pot inside the bag of holding but just before he was able to his soul was relocated inside the pot and he could not say anything. The soul of the Dao then controlled Leo's body and sat down not putting the teapot in the bag. Sidon then almost threw the pot on the ground but then saw that the face got scared, he then put it on the ground and began shaking Leo together with Ray and Sun in the fray. Vox then took the pot and brought it outside of the pagoda by transforming into her dragon ghost form. There she batted the pot away and Leo's soul entered back into his body together with the Dao leaving the ground and lowering the walls. This intitated combat during which the party easily defeated the creature. As the party finished up Vox went to the teapot and got a jade from it she saw while batting it. They then tried to leave again and arrived back at the sundial.
The party tried to figure out which way to go next and after some talking they decided to go right. As they walked trough the path they arrived in a proper maze and after a few moments they heard the hooves of a metal hooves charging towards them. Sun and Sidon quickly tried to look for a way out as Vox, Leo and Ray fought the Gorgon. It tried to petrify the party which almost succeeded but after some though blows where dealt and taken they defeated the creature. During the battle Ray saw that a diamond appeared from the Gorgon's petrifying breath but forgot about it. Sun and Sidon mapped the entire maze during the battle but they did not find any way out. And as the party got back together another Gorgon appeared and started to attack the party but it was destroyed in less than a round with Sun's Hold Monster and the attacks of Sidon and Vox. The party then looked further for a way out with the Lantern of Revealing from Vox. As they approached their last area another Gorgon charged out of the Maze and attacked everyone except for Sun who split from the party. During the battle the Gorgon used his petrifying breath which hit Leo starting to turn him into stone and another diamond formed. Leo took the diamond with his mage hand and teleported to the newly opened path on the edge of the maze. Leo then used Misty Step and immediatly turned to stone. The party then fled the maze, with Sidon taking Leo with him. As they came back to the sundial Ray used Greater Restoration on Leo to unpetrify him.

Campaign

Tyranny of Dragons

Protagonists

Vox

Neutral Dragonborn (Ruined)
Rogue 13

107 / 107 HP

STR
8

DEX
20

CON
16

INT
14

WIS
10

CHA
12

Sun

Chaotic Good Tabaxi (Gambler)
Sorcerer 12

86 / 86 HP

STR
8

DEX
12

CON
16

INT
10

WIS
12

CHA
20

Leo Kennedy

Lawfull Good Human (Haunted One)
Wizard 4

26 / 26 HP

STR
8

DEX
14

CON
14

INT
18

WIS
13

CHA
10

Ray

Chaotic Good Tabaxi (Far Traveler)
Cleric 12

99 / 99 HP

STR
8

DEX
14

CON
16

INT
12

WIS
20

CHA
8

Sidon Psári

Lawfull Good Triton (Outlander)
Paladin 4

39 / 39 HP

STR
16

DEX
12

CON
14

INT
8

WIS
12

CHA
14

Report Date

28 Feb 2024