A DnD Tale: Tomb of Annihilation - The Hunt for Cubes (part 5)

 

It lived to ambush the characters another day.

We return after 2 month hiatus in real time. And since they still complain that it takes to long time I pretty much used all the other people we have in the balloon to scout out the place and indicate 2 shrines for them to check out. The first shrine being Froghemoth Shrine. And they obviously suspect something with the pool outside and the statue in the middle, but since they have 2 pieces of the rod of law they have access to the spell Arcane Gate so they just transport over it. And then they are stuck at the shrine entrance and a missing key. They got a thief, but they don't lockpick the door... sad. They figured the key was in the statue in the middle of the pool so Immeral used Shadowstep to get there and search the statue and finding the key in the mouth. I then sprung the Froghemoth on them by grabbing him with the tounge in order to bring him to it so that he could be swallowed up. And I roll a damn 1. So it bit its tounge allowing Immeral to Shadowstep away after being slimed and drenched in the murky water. But they got the key,

Behind the door they reached a room with spikes and beams across so that they are supposed to jump across the beams to avoid falling unto the spikes. Which Immeral sidestepped with the shadowstep ability... I feel a bit cheated on that. They also figured out that the message on the door about give what you take meant that they have to do the Indiana Jones thing with exchanging the cube on the pedestal with something of similar weight. Since they already have a cube they fix a bottle with oil that weighs something like that and Immeral intends to do the switch. She fails this time so I just wing it that the bottle slipped and rolled of the pedestal forcing the mechanism to activare, locking them in the room and then releasing poison gas. Destinova and Freya gets poisoned and takes damage. Hope lockpicks the door and is able to open it so everyone can get out. And then Immeral Shadowsteps everyone across the pool.

Onward to the Kamadan Shrine (jaguars with snakes on their back). They push open the door and goes into the shrine. They figure they need four spears to put in the statues inside the arena so they continue round the corridors until they stumble upon the trap that activates the 4 chultan warrior statues that they fight until they are destroyed. They take the spear, put them in the statue's hands and then the cube reveals itself. They take it and is attacked by 2 kamadans. One of them is putting Destinova to sleep so that Freya have to slap him awake so that he can use his magic on them. It isn't that hard for them even though they fought another battle just before. And with that they leveled up to level 10. Gotta remember to tell them that besides the abilities they also gained more HP.