Last Session 47>> into this session 48 ((recap))
At the start of last session, we rejoined Ophi’s Bodyguards down in the dungeon below the Rogue Monastery, after having just defeated the small group of demons that were awaiting them at the end of the long trap filled passageway.
Bosa takes the lead this time, and walks around the corner into an opened up room, where inside he is confronted by 4 Death Clan goat demons, with sharpened battle axe blades.
Soon a battle ensues and Bosa takes some heavy damage from the dark energy which pulses through the Death clans weaponry… Rhyker spotting a companion in need of help, comes to his aid, and takes up position next to Bosa, and they face down these demons together.
Rhyker manages to fumble his axe, as he moves his arm backwards to wind up for a big hit, he loses his grip on its haft as the muscles in his hand give way ever so slightly, causing his axe to fall to the ground next to him, with a loud clunk… Meanwhile, Zrin moves into position from the rear of the party, and fires off a Firebolt… One that is so potent with fire magic delivery, that in one blast it totally incinerates one of the demons, turning them into a pile of ashes in just a few seconds.
Soon after this event occurs, the battle draws to a halt, with the party emerging victorious with Aurora landing an arrow directly to the skull of the final demon standing, ending its life in an instant.
The party waste no time in healing up and searching the room, only to realise that they were stood inside of a very used torture chamber… The darker secrets of the Rogues being brought to light in that moment, and maybe THIS was why the demons were drawn to this place.
Scarlett being Scarlett, can only wait for so long before she gets agitated with standing around, and in typical Scarlett form, she walks off… Only to walk into yet more danger.
As she enters the jailors room, she finds two more Vengeful Wraiths, awaiting their next living victim.
Scarlett reacts fast, and fires off crossbow shots at the two ghostly forms, with very little success. Meanwhile, the rest of the party try to catch up with her, after looting the place for whatever they could find of worth.
Soon, the wraiths close in, and are quickly within touching distance of the entire party, as by now they too have caught up with Scarlett, and are funneling into the room… The life draining creatures are very resistant to the physical weapons, but the spells do their job, and end the two wraiths, but not before their weakening strikes relieve some of the party members of a few of their stat points and mana.
After the battle, Ophi searches a nearby chest, only to find a measly single gold coin, whilst Scarlett grows even more impatient and heads around the corner to the Jail staircase leading to the upper floors.
Upon reaching the next floor up, and the exit to the jail, Scarlett throws open a door she finds leading out to a inner sanctum area, where there were several Spike Fiends poised to strike, or in their case, to fire!
The moment the door is swung open, Scarlett is riddled with sharpened razor like quills, fired out from the bodies of these mutated overgrown rat-like creatures, meanwhile the rest of the party are still climbing up to the top of the stairs.
Battle begins and the Rats get the jump on Scarlett yet again, and fire…. She suffers another devastating piercing barrage of razor quills… She stumbles and falls back quickly, pulling out the spines and bleeding heavily as she partially lays on the floor… after being mortally wounded, its all she could really do at that point.
Ophi could only watch from a distance, unable to get close enough to aid Scarlett, and to top it all off, Scarlett was in such pain at that point, that Ophi’s words are not even heard by her, as the pain intensified her inability to comprehend anything else right at that moment.
The rest of the party move to face the new opponents, whilst Aurora runs to Scarletts side, and offers her help with her bandages, and props her up a little, whilst Rhyker moves out into the courtyard area and casts his Holy Fire, instantly killing the first wave of these vermin, in a mere heartbeat.
Zrin exits after Rhyker and casts his shatter spell on a second group of rats, taking out 5 our of 6 of them with his magical abilities… Ophi and Nix both deal with the sole survivor of the the second group, with a couple of well placed Firebolts.
At that moment, a third group over the far side of the area join the fight, whilst Scarlett continues to give herself battlefield triage with the aid of Aurora beside her.
Rhyker and Bosa move to take down the Spike Fiends, but the rats retreat to a safer distance and are able to fire off shots at Zrin, turning another of the party into a pin cushion, and he too feels the agony of the razor quills piercing all over his body, as each hit after hit connects with his flesh and bone.
Finally, the large vermin are chased down, cornered, and killed, by Bosa and Rhyker… and for a moment the area goes silent.
The area is then searched and Scarlett finds her feet, still in dire need of a full recovery though she is unable to help with the loot finding, however some decent items are still found, along with Ophi spotting the nearby way-point… She quickly activates it, so that its ready for a quick escape if the party needed it.
Together, once in the garden area, the party look up at the looming doors to the Temple itself, an eerie red light seems to glow there, coming through the temples stained glass windows, just off to the side of the building.
For the moment though, the party agree they need to return to Baxter and collect him to take him back to the Rogue Encampment with them, instead of pushing on into who knows what.
So, we then moved to the Rogue encampment, where the party are ready to turn in instantly, and when they awaken, maybe do a few downtime activities – or simply to just rest up and recover.
Act One: Episode 48 – The Inner Sanctum
