Game summary for December 27, 2016, Ruins of Undermountain campaign, for Harm Incorporated. Session included: Kalil Bakran (Human Sorcerer played by Parker Harmon), Paddy Brandywine (Halfling Bard played by Preston Harmon), and Rumbald Shieldcracker (Dwarf Ranger played by Peyton Harmon). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.
The team heard rumor of a magical treasure that could bring the dead back to life and it was being sought by drow and their allies. Having just expended their magic to bring Paddy back from the grave, they knew they should restock their capabilities. The team entered a cavern with a sandy floor and discovered a pair of trapdoor sand spiders! Paddy was bitten and envenomed while Kalil and Rumbald swarmed in. Scorching rays, fireballs, slashing axes, and swords soon brought down the arachnids. Paddy bought himself some time to seek a cure with delay poison and a potion of lesser restoration. At the bottom of one of the trapdoors, they found a body laden with some equipment they commandeered.
Next, the team found a short hallway blocked by a door with a puzzle. They were stumped and started hitting combinations randomly causing blasts of fire to rip through the area. However, Kalil’s fire resistance and Paddy’s evasion allowed them to escape mostly unscathed.
The group proceeded into a room and discovered a pair of driders! One levitated into the air while the other cast mage armor. Paddy slipped in to the side while Rumbald took the other side. Kalil stepped up and blasted the aerial drider with a lightning bolt, but its spell resistance negated the magic. The ground drider cast web at Paddy but failed to entangle him. Rumbald quaffed a potion of fly and took to the air while Paddy cast hideous laughter successfully upon the airborne drider. Brutality ensued as casters on each side of the battle hurled their nastiest spells. Lightning bolts and fire snakes ripped through both sides. Rumbald, hating aberrations, chopped away with his battle axe and scored a critical hit which activated his shocking burst! The team soon overwhelmed the driders and cut them both down. They discovered the driders had a sack of treasures including what the team sought: three scrolls of raise dead!
