These derro are crazy
AK510-40 Cool Summer End Week 4 [Charon Guiding, Shale Resting, Cycles Watching]
Draiday (afternoon)
They descended to the Summoning and Binding level but it was sealed. In order to progress there Fear Iarann animation plans they decided to continue to the Elemental Reactor. At the reactor level, instead of the usual dark chasm in the centre of the stairwell, they found a platform. Ethan guessed that it was probably a lift. Any curiosity about the platform was drowned out by the sounds of battle coming from the reactor chamber through the open entry doors. A band of derro cloaked in shadow, poured out of the doors and attacked with poison bolts. They inflicted almost no damage and their poison was weak. Appleby scoffed at the spider venom he identified on the quarrel lodged in his ironwood armor. "I'm immune o this!" he announced happily. They were quickly slain by Charmers bow and Ivellios' flame.
A battle raged in the main reactor chamber beyond the level's entry hall. They moved into the hall and saw a couple of hundred kobolds in battle with a few dozen derro down in the chamber floor below. Appleby called an ice storm. The freezing hail killed dozens of kobolds and badly injured several derro. They moved forward to the edge of the ramp that lead down into the reactor. They fired spells and missiles into the fray. Ethan and Tanner both called upon the kobolds to lay down their arms and convert to the church. The Derro, they announced, were fallen and would be defeated in the name of the Chosen. The insane derro broke off the attack against the kobolds and charged their new enemy.
The derro moved to the ramp taking heavy casualties and bombarded the party with poisoned bolts from their repeating crossbows. The Bard took several hits and poison entered his blood. But the reincarnation of Setanta Fochlachan was firm of fetlock and strong of thews and he had fortitude to resists the spider venom they had used. Ivellios sent a swarm of fire spiders in amongst the Derro and their feeble magical resistances were no match for the power of the Ivellios' arcane flame. Appleby sent his hippogriff's into the fray which stalled the derro advance. Tanner felled one with a mace of Croi. A hail of arrows flew in from Bob Charmer, dropping another four.
The Derro retaliated by bombarding their attackers with sonic blasts. The blasts pummelled all the attackers on the top of the ramp, bar Tim Tanner who was protected by the divine power of Croi. The sonic blasts were particularly devastating to Charmers bees who were killed in their thousands by the blasts. The swarm was scattered and Charmers link to them was broken. To everyone's surprise, charmer seemed more relieved than distraught by this. Then a fireball exploded in their midst. The source could not be determined.
The battle raged on and soon the spiritual weapons, fire spiders, hippogriffs and arrows had routed the derro. Fire and Fear continued to rain down upon them from above and they were unable to determine the position of the spells. Ivellios remarked that it was probably a derro sorcerer using fly, greater invisibility, mirror image, haste, fireball and cause fear. The last of the routed derro cast spells and became invisible. The aerial bombardment ceased as soon as the derro had been routed. The bard tried to flying around the reactor chamber with an invisibility purge spell to find the mystery caster but their assailant was long gone. Obviously, while derro were insane, they were not suicidal.
The kobolds then emerged to parlay with them. Ivellios looked around for a control chamber for the elemental reactor.
Draiday (afternoon)
They descended to the Summoning and Binding level but it was sealed. In order to progress there Fear Iarann animation plans they decided to continue to the Elemental Reactor. At the reactor level, instead of the usual dark chasm in the centre of the stairwell, they found a platform. Ethan guessed that it was probably a lift. Any curiosity about the platform was drowned out by the sounds of battle coming from the reactor chamber through the open entry doors. A band of derro cloaked in shadow, poured out of the doors and attacked with poison bolts. They inflicted almost no damage and their poison was weak. Appleby scoffed at the spider venom he identified on the quarrel lodged in his ironwood armor. "I'm immune o this!" he announced happily. They were quickly slain by Charmers bow and Ivellios' flame.
A battle raged in the main reactor chamber beyond the level's entry hall. They moved into the hall and saw a couple of hundred kobolds in battle with a few dozen derro down in the chamber floor below. Appleby called an ice storm. The freezing hail killed dozens of kobolds and badly injured several derro. They moved forward to the edge of the ramp that lead down into the reactor. They fired spells and missiles into the fray. Ethan and Tanner both called upon the kobolds to lay down their arms and convert to the church. The Derro, they announced, were fallen and would be defeated in the name of the Chosen. The insane derro broke off the attack against the kobolds and charged their new enemy.
The derro moved to the ramp taking heavy casualties and bombarded the party with poisoned bolts from their repeating crossbows. The Bard took several hits and poison entered his blood. But the reincarnation of Setanta Fochlachan was firm of fetlock and strong of thews and he had fortitude to resists the spider venom they had used. Ivellios sent a swarm of fire spiders in amongst the Derro and their feeble magical resistances were no match for the power of the Ivellios' arcane flame. Appleby sent his hippogriff's into the fray which stalled the derro advance. Tanner felled one with a mace of Croi. A hail of arrows flew in from Bob Charmer, dropping another four.
The Derro retaliated by bombarding their attackers with sonic blasts. The blasts pummelled all the attackers on the top of the ramp, bar Tim Tanner who was protected by the divine power of Croi. The sonic blasts were particularly devastating to Charmers bees who were killed in their thousands by the blasts. The swarm was scattered and Charmers link to them was broken. To everyone's surprise, charmer seemed more relieved than distraught by this. Then a fireball exploded in their midst. The source could not be determined.
The battle raged on and soon the spiritual weapons, fire spiders, hippogriffs and arrows had routed the derro. Fire and Fear continued to rain down upon them from above and they were unable to determine the position of the spells. Ivellios remarked that it was probably a derro sorcerer using fly, greater invisibility, mirror image, haste, fireball and cause fear. The last of the routed derro cast spells and became invisible. The aerial bombardment ceased as soon as the derro had been routed. The bard tried to flying around the reactor chamber with an invisibility purge spell to find the mystery caster but their assailant was long gone. Obviously, while derro were insane, they were not suicidal.
The kobolds then emerged to parlay with them. Ivellios looked around for a control chamber for the elemental reactor.
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