~ SESSION 19 > SESSION 20 – (BRIEF RECAP) ~
Welcome back my friends!
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We picked up last session with the party stood around the corner from whatever it was that was creating a foul smelling putrid aroma, which was beginning to turn the parties stomach’s… the closer they got to it.
Arthas suddenly dashed to the rear of the group, and began hurriedly searching a large rock formation, in the hopes of finding the magical stone he is seeking.
Meanwhile, not content with just standing there, Levi moved forward stealthily, and stood at the end of the passage, facing into a room filled with rotten corpses, with chunks of black putrid flesh falling from their limbs.
He took aim with his bow, and sank an arrow deep into the chest of one of the undead monstrosities — but instantly gave his position away while doing so.
Reacting to Levi’s presence, the Zombies began to turn and slowly shamble towards Levi’s position.
Combat soon commenced, as Levi retreated back to the party, quickly swapping places with Norrec, who quickly took the front line.
The battle was a hard fought one, as the enemy were able to dish out harsh blows, and they resisted lots of damage they took, some were even able to literally revive themselves if the damage they took wasn’t too great, or the unholy magic which animated them wasn’t diminished.
Poor Lyra ended up trigering a Wild Magic surge mid-fight, and caused Lightgning to burst forth from her body, into three targets, one of which being an unsuspecting Arthas, who was currently stood in a puddle of water, which made things much worse for him, and his entire body covered in metal armour, was left crackling with static energy.
There were a few other close calls, what with Norrec taking on several of the Zombies at once, and their hits were causing him some form of corruption to his skin, reducing his health with each blow he took.
Overall though, the party managed to overcome the enemy, and sent them on their way to their final rest.
After the final enemy fell, the area went silent, the party looked around the room the Zombies were stood in, and found a chest off to one side of some stairs, which led deeper into the catacombs.
Wasting no time at all, Levi searched the chest for traps, and found one attached the rear of the chest, which he was able to disarm.
He quickly scooped up any loot within the chest, and as a group, the party headed down to the next floor of the catacombs… without Arthas following them.
Stepping off the stairs, the party felt invigorating energy circle around and through their bodies, which left them feeling stronger and more formidable.
However, remembering that they had not fully explored the defeated Skeleton King’s burial chamber, with high hopes of finding good loot, they headed back to the icy-cold tomb of King Leoric, and began to investigate further.
Immediately, the party noticed several glowing runes spread around the room, one situated on each of the main four pillars, one at the rear of the room between two statues, and one on the King’s stone coffin.
There was as a connecting lever near to each them.
((I don’t want to spoil the puzzle for those of you who have not seen it, so I would highly suggest you go back and watch it for yourself, as it’s a great section of last session, and it would be a shame for you to miss out on that))
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The Present Scene:
After the visit to King Leoric’s tomb, the party headed back down to the catacombs, and took the steps back up to the town above, with whatever new loot they had acquired.
During their time in the town, the group trained hard, identified several magical items, and in general passed time relaxing, recovering their physical and mental strength, for their next time they would be ready to journey into the catacombs.
So join me my friends, as we see what unfolds next, in this session of…. Adventure in Sanctuary!
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