Session 21: Tower of Terror Part 2: Bloodspawn Report
General Summary
After clearing the battered prison of the undead hounds the party moves slowly through the rest of the tower. Tyrvaans' senses telling him that magical danger still lurks within.
An ancient crack in the wall of one of the rooms shows his senses didn't lie as the party gaze through the crumbling masonry onto a ritual of necrotic energies. In the centre of the room glows another portal key, newly crafted and being infused with beams of energy from four pale humanoids in aristocratic garb around the room. Across the floor lies dead and dying. Creatures of The Elyswer taken, their life energy spent to fuel the ritual before them.
Our adventurers seize upon this opportunity and attack before any can react. Misxibis uses her crystal lute to summon a meteor while Zips shoots through the gap. The sudden attack breaks the concentration of the nearest creature which turns baring its fangs; a vampire spawn. She shouts something in a language as dead as her heart and runs from the room.
Zips squeezes through the hole as a huge troll-like creature of patchwork skin and twisted tentacles rounds the corner the vampire spawn close behind. She darts for the only vampire wearing armour and swipes at her, only for the wounds to quickly heal. Zylnan Ceda follows suite, covering himself in oil and slipping through, while Tyrvaan bashes a hole in the wall, determined to escape their confined hidey-hole before the arrival of the deformed, undead troll. He succeeds and is quickly followed by Misxibis.
The battle that ensues is deadly as swarms of bats and the Vampire Lady strike down Zips, while her spawn tear Misxibis apart. All the while the great troll batters against the wall, shaking the tower in its enthusiasm to get a hold of its escaped prey. With hope dwindling Tyrvaan calls upon his god Tyr (Cue, 'Holding out for a Hero' by Bonnie Tyler). He casts the mighty presence about the room in a startling display of holy energy and turns the great abomination and Lady Vampire, who flee before the light of his power. He then uses his dwindling vapours to heal his battered friends and turn the tide of the battle.
The rush to kill the swarms of bats and vampire's spawn before the real threats return inflicts damage on both sides and as the spawn begin to fall, Zylnan feels the tendrils of power flailing around the room. In his bid to gain strength over his foes he seizes them, and in a rush, the blood of the dead vampire spawn drive across the room and enter his body, adding to his power and granting additional strength.
With the tables turned the characters grab the newly forged portal key and run, worried the confused abomination lies between them and freedom. They make for the portal as the final spawn chases them, though the continual shots from Zylnan and Dusty keep it at bay. Zips hears the deafening sounds of a titanic struggle as they near their escape crystal, but as they reach Ellywick they find the giant undead troll slain before her, half its body incinerated and the other sporting dozens of wounds. Ellywick herself doesn't look much good with blood running down the side of her head and a limp arm but is still standing. Zips quickly hands over her potion to their powerful ally. And with that, portal key in hand, our adventurers flee through the portal and back to the Mystmore.
An ancient crack in the wall of one of the rooms shows his senses didn't lie as the party gaze through the crumbling masonry onto a ritual of necrotic energies. In the centre of the room glows another portal key, newly crafted and being infused with beams of energy from four pale humanoids in aristocratic garb around the room. Across the floor lies dead and dying. Creatures of The Elyswer taken, their life energy spent to fuel the ritual before them.
Our adventurers seize upon this opportunity and attack before any can react. Misxibis uses her crystal lute to summon a meteor while Zips shoots through the gap. The sudden attack breaks the concentration of the nearest creature which turns baring its fangs; a vampire spawn. She shouts something in a language as dead as her heart and runs from the room.
Zips squeezes through the hole as a huge troll-like creature of patchwork skin and twisted tentacles rounds the corner the vampire spawn close behind. She darts for the only vampire wearing armour and swipes at her, only for the wounds to quickly heal. Zylnan Ceda follows suite, covering himself in oil and slipping through, while Tyrvaan bashes a hole in the wall, determined to escape their confined hidey-hole before the arrival of the deformed, undead troll. He succeeds and is quickly followed by Misxibis.
The battle that ensues is deadly as swarms of bats and the Vampire Lady strike down Zips, while her spawn tear Misxibis apart. All the while the great troll batters against the wall, shaking the tower in its enthusiasm to get a hold of its escaped prey. With hope dwindling Tyrvaan calls upon his god Tyr (Cue, 'Holding out for a Hero' by Bonnie Tyler). He casts the mighty presence about the room in a startling display of holy energy and turns the great abomination and Lady Vampire, who flee before the light of his power. He then uses his dwindling vapours to heal his battered friends and turn the tide of the battle.
The rush to kill the swarms of bats and vampire's spawn before the real threats return inflicts damage on both sides and as the spawn begin to fall, Zylnan feels the tendrils of power flailing around the room. In his bid to gain strength over his foes he seizes them, and in a rush, the blood of the dead vampire spawn drive across the room and enter his body, adding to his power and granting additional strength.
With the tables turned the characters grab the newly forged portal key and run, worried the confused abomination lies between them and freedom. They make for the portal as the final spawn chases them, though the continual shots from Zylnan and Dusty keep it at bay. Zips hears the deafening sounds of a titanic struggle as they near their escape crystal, but as they reach Ellywick they find the giant undead troll slain before her, half its body incinerated and the other sporting dozens of wounds. Ellywick herself doesn't look much good with blood running down the side of her head and a limp arm but is still standing. Zips quickly hands over her potion to their powerful ally. And with that, portal key in hand, our adventurers flee through the portal and back to the Mystmore.
Missions/Quests Completed
Character(s) interacted with
Misxibis Ithopios
Tyrvaan
Zylnan Ceda
chaotic neutral Half-Elf (Haunted One)
Warlock 5
Warlock 5
45 / 45 HP
STR
10
10
DEX
14
14
CON
16
16
INT
14
14
WIS
12
12
CHA
18
18
Zips
Report Date
24 Jun 2023
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