November 17th 216B The party attacks tower feeling that with the key assembled, there is little keeping them from Gulthias. In the tower the group is attacked by mohrgs. Using a magical wall to control the battle the party is able to easily contain the mohrg attackers. Party then examines the entrance to Gulthias's vault. There are half a dozen high level spells wrapping the entranceway. A little investigation by Jaenelle reveals that the walls are illusionary and conceal half a dozen of Gulthias's spying eyes. As Alex starts to destroy the eye trees, a group of invisible assassins strikes at party. The party manages to defeat the pack of vampiric assassins. One assassin in particular is incredibly hard to pin down due to the magical defenses she has running. Alex cuts off the assassins retreat with an ectoplasmic wall. Bereft of surprise they fare poorly against the party. Herunaro blinds the magically powerful assassin, and the party takes her down physically. The party surmises that the assasin leader must have been 'Redbones', Gulthias's right hand lieutenant. In death she is revealed as a bat-like humanoid similar to the one the party fought in Brindenford. Next to her disintegrated remains the party leaves a gravestone labeled "Gulthias's wench". Party tries to get into chamber but the area is forbidden. Jaenelle sneaks in by thinking dirty thoughts and scouts the trapdoor above. As she peeps into the chamber above, she is hit by ray of enfeeblement. She quickly drops back to the party, and they attempt to escape. The plan requires Alex and Korvath to use plane shift and everyone else to teleport to Colorless Lodge. As they flee Gulthias puts mind fog over the group, but before he can get off his attack Korvath planeshifts Alex and himself and Jaenelle teleports the others to the colorless lodge. The discovery of gnomes ----------------------- Alex and Korvath planeshift to a hollow world where everyone is 3 feet tall. There is apparently an ancient enmity between different factions of short people living on the dual-sided plane. Alex volunteers to build a catapult transportation device to get to the other side of the world, where the other short people live. The halflings are very appreciative and celebrate finishing their transport systems months beofre the invasion plan required it. Alex and Korvath attempt to trade on their newfound fame and ask after the formula for gunpowder, but are denied by the duplicitous halflings. Travelling to the other side of the plane the duo realize that the race on top of the world are more openminded than the halflings. The race is not familiar to either Alex or Korvath. But since these "gnomes" share the duos quirky sense of humor and disdain for halflings the two troublemakers soon are involved with a plot to create a huge tar pit covered with feathers and disquised as a cream pie. (It will make an ideal landing spot for the halfling invasion, and the tarred and feathered halflings can be ransomed back to their fat friends for a fortune. (long story.) Bonds are formed quickly, and the generous 'gnomes' do not hesitate to share the secret of the black powder with the adventurers. November 18th 216B The gnomes seem interested in travelling to other planes, so with a couple of bags of holding, some reduce spells, and a lot of squeezing the party gets a breeding colony of about 20 gnomes to come along to the prime. Korvath initially shifts the group into a desert wasteland and then when Alex tries to teleport to Ossington the group instead arrives at Trossincten in the Grey Towers range of mountains. The unexpected appearance of Alex and Korvath almost starts a battle with the dwarves. Alex appeals to the dwarves' mercantile greed and soon has them bargains with hime for mithrael ore. The dwarves are greedy and dishonest - once caught they are fair in there dealings. Alex gets some ore. Korvath airs out a few bags of gnomes, and the group teleports to Ossington. There they are met by Mel and Essandri whom have settled in that region. The group spends a lot of time catching up on old times. The gnomes will be welcomed in the village, and Mel and Essandri will try to help them adapt to the new society. November 19th 216B When the group leaves the gnomes seem excited about their new realm. One mentions that he hasn't had so much fun in the last several thousand years. The party gets the feeling that either gnomes are immortal, or the plane they came from does not have old age and death. The Alex and Korvath decide to leave before the gnomes find out about death and mortality. SESSION END evening of November 19th 216B NEXT TIME : Heartless adventurers EXPERIENCE TOTALS (Session 36) ----------------- Korvath Alex Herunaro Swiftwind Jaenelle Murgen 76566 73728 74469 77433 77236 37435 DEATHS Redbones