Adventure 55 – Caverns Under the Quarry.

Othello – Gnome:  Thief (lvl 8)
Gubikla – Gnome: Magic User (lvl 8)
Bone – Hauman: Fighter (lvl 8)
Hammar – Dwarf: Cleric (lvl 8)
Pete – Dragonborn: “Real” Cleric (lvl 7)
Tetranac – Drow: Ranger (lvl 7)

Did Rokynskaldyn’s offspring take the Ulthkarl of Anvale curse, and pass it on Cloverdung?
The curse was passed on, but Cloverdung quickly cured it by turning into a tree and back to normal again. 

The party finished up the dealing in town and wanted to get back to the Dwarven complex underneath the quarry.  So they went out into the Fishing Bear’s courtyard and Gubikla teleported the group back to the Minotaur retirement party room.  The plan is to head back to the trap door and head down.  The party gets teleported into the room and it is dark.  The party notices a strange odor but not of rotting flesh like they would expect from dean Minotaurs.  The party finds that there are no bodies in the room.  Did someone cleanup the area?  The Othello and Tetranac starts sneaking down the hallway to scout out the area.  They come to the hole in the floor from the Umber Hulks and they do a quick check with nothing insite within the hole.  Bone is following up with his new flaming sword guiding his way.  Othello and Tetranac make it the the intersection and hear some noises from the south.  They decide that they should investigate as they would not want anything from sneaking up behind the party.  Tetranac and Othello head toward the room where the pools reside.  Bone checks out the Umber Hulk hole by poking his sword into the hole with no incident and cheches up with Tetranac and Othello.  The noises are pretty loud in the room ahead.  They sound like gnashing of teeth and body parts getting pulled apart.  

As the party approaches they see Ghouls tearing apart the dead peasants that were killed because they were being controlled by flying creatures.  As the Ghouls see the party they contemplate whether to keep feeding or attack the party.  They soon decide that fresh meat is better than old.  A battle ensues and party spreads out and attacks the creatures.  Othello and Tetranac shoot and kill a pair of Ghouls.  Gublika cast a fire bots and kills another.  Bone, Hammar, and Pete swing at the incoming Ghouls.  It is not long before it is done to one.  That Ghoul on seeing two clerics does not want pain of trying to be converted to their faith and rips his own throat out.  

Tetranac and Othello sneak and scout back down the hallway and get back to the northern intersection and hear clanking of armour from the direction of the Minotaur room.  Othello is a little confused as where did this group come from.  Could they have possibly come from the Umber Hulk’s cave?  The group of Hobgoblins stop and start loading their crossbows as the see Bones light up the intersection as he approached Othello and Tetranac.  On seeing this Othello pulls out his lightning bolt wand and shoots it down the hallway.  Tetranac takes Othello’s lead and shoots an arrow that then turns into a lightning bolt.  The party gets there just in time to finish off the Hobgoblins.  Othello ask Tetranac if he can track the Hobgoblins back to where they came from.  Tetranac indicates he can and tracks them back to the opposite wall in the Minotaur room.  Right across from the hallway.  Othello does a quick search and find way to open the secret door.  Othello shakes his head and wonders how the heck he missed it the first time.  On opening the secret door it reveals a hallway heading west that comes to a corner and then heads south down stairs.  Right in the hallway corner is a glowing translucent cylinder of reddish light that covers most of the hallway.  There is not enough room for anyone but the Gnomes to inch by without hitting the cylinder.   There are no runes that the party can see.  Pete cast detect traps and does not sense any traps.  Hammar tosses a silver palm coin into the cylinder and nothing happens.  Othello reaches in and picks up the coin only to find that it is covered in Dwarven gunk so he hands it back to Hammar not wanting to contaminate the rest of his loot.  Pete goes back and pickup up a Hobgoblin body and throws it into the cylinder.  Still nothing happens.  At this Pete cast dispel magic on the cylinder with no effect.  So Hammar does the same.  Still nothing.  Pete goes in and sits down on the Hobgoblin body.  Nothing seems to happen.  Hammar says fine and walks through to the other side.  Othello still not trusting it sneaks past without touching it.  The rest of the party walk through it and head down the stairs.  The stairs circle around several time leading the party several stories down.  

When the stairs finally come to an end it opens up into a octangle shaped room heading east.  In the room is a mother Ogre knitting in a rocking chair with six of her sons laying around the room.  There is a large fire in the corner of the room.  As the Ogre is sees the party coming into the room she says “It is dinner time, Boys” and stands up pulling a large sledge hammer out.  Tetranac shoots one of the Ogres with his bow.  Othello shoots his three in one bolts at the Mom.  Gublika cast fireball.  Pete cast guiding bolt.  Bone take a swing at one of the sons.   Hammar reaches into his bag and pulls out a jar that Boris gave him and points it at the Mom and says some magic words.  A giant lightning bolt comes out of the jar ricocheting round the room and then down the hallway.  This kills off the sons but almost kills off the party as well.  Now that the mom is mad and is out for revenge for killing her sons.  She starts hammering Hammar straight down with her sledge hammer.  Pete cast Prayer of Healing, Bone hacks at the Ogre mom.  Othello and Tetranac shoot the Ogre.  Hammar swings his hammer at the Oger.  After several blows the Ogre finally collapses and falls on Hammar.  Giving him a nice giant motorboat opportunity.  The party searches the Ogres and frees Hammar from being pinned to the ground.

CoD = Hammar