Adventure 79 – Deep Hold: Evil silver Urns & Earth Elementals.

Mightychondria – HalfOrc: Fighter (lvl 8)
Pete – Dragonborn: Cleric (lvl 9)
Gubikla – Gnome: Wizard (lvl 9)
Hammar – Dwarf: Cleric (lvl 9)
Tetranac – Drow: Ranger (lvl 8)
Talin – Dwarf: Fighter (lvl 9)
Othello – Gnome:  Thief (lvl 10)
Bone – Human: Fighter (lvl 10)


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This adventure pickups with the party standing around the huge silver Urns with strange skulls on them.  It was found out that only radiant damage would cause even a scratch.   They seem to be evil and it repels any good character from get close.  The party attacks the Urns after Hammar cast a Crusader’s Mantle which gave everyone a little add radiant damage to their weapon.  After a while of hitting the urn it finally weakened enough to explode causing considerable damage to anyone within fifteen to twenty feet.  Talin and Hammar determined that the destruction of the urn destroyed thousands upon thousands of Dwarven souls.  This prevented the party from destroying the other urns.  

Talin and Othello investigated the main door to see if they could find a way in, but they found nothing.  Pete digs through his pack and comes up with some glue that he gives to Hammar so that he can glue the lids on the urns so that they don’t get knocked off while the party moves them away from the door.  It is decided to move them down over the ridge so that they will can’t be seen from the door.  So the party rolls them away from the door and down the side path coming into the area.  It is getting close to dusk and the party is talking about where to hold up camp for the night before trying to get into the Dwarven Hold.  When Guikla sees three waves of dirt and possibly lava heading toward the party.  

These turned out to be three Earth Elementals as they surfaced surrounding the party.  The one that is closer to Talin and Bone seems to be the tougher one and leader.  Othello hears him tell the others as they surfaced to kill the magic users first!  Gubikla summons two water elementals only to get killed by the Earth Elementals throwing lava rocks at them.  Plus one hitting Gubikla knocking him to the point of death.  As Gubikla falls to the ground, Talin unleashes his earth reaver axe against the leader.  This seems to do more than expected damage but the is unshaken.  Tetranac rushes over to Gubikla and pours a healing potion down his throat.  Bone swing and slices into the Earth Elemental leader.  Mightychondria throws his returning shield against the one near Pete giving Pete a change to retreats to a safer distance.  Othello shoot and blinks into the air above the third elemental causing a small exposition of rocks that Hammar and Tetranac had to dodge.  Hammar was not please as he had just cast a healing spell himself.  The battle raged on for a several rounds.  Hammar Banished the elemental Othello had attacked leaving two to concentrate on for a few rounds.  Bone almost got stuck in a lava/rock flow from the lava.  But he was able to break free before it solidified locking him in place.  Gubikla managed to cast Otiluke’s Resilient Sphere and rolled around bugging Hammar to heal him.  The leader elemental was shattered into pieces. Then the second one fell shortly after.  The party then gathered around the spot where Hammar had Banished the last one.  A few healing spells were cast and Pete even cast Bless on Othello and Hammar, leaving himself as the only one unblessed.  Othello sat down and started smoking his pipe while waiting.  The last elemental finally re-appeared after being Banished and the party struck it down leaving Othello disappointed that he could not shoot bolts through his smoke rings at the beast.
COD = Pete for finally blessing the most important member of the party. 😉