Abyss Modified Session 16: Side Business

The party took their rest while they could within the confines of the familiar tavern. In the morning they were informed that it would be a few days before they could make the trek to the surface. They were given a few options to further help out within the town to help pass the time. Orion, Xanaphia, Thelrum, and Syre weighed their options and chose to check out a strange house in an abandoned part of town. There had been sightings of tall cloaked figures milling about the area recently so they went to take a look.

They came within sight of the building, a hovel carved into the wall, they could see green light emanating from under the door. Thelrum summoned his familiar, a spider, and sent it under the door. It could see and hear two drow talking near a stack of burning mushrooms releasing a green flame. The drow were talking about the “surface folk” and “failing her was not an option”. They noticed the spider in the room and switched into the drow sign language. He called his spider back and the party burst into the room. Syre made her mark by stabbing one of the drow in the head with a dagger. Orion killed the other swiftly and they both heard the sound of rushing water from a connected room. The door opened and a more important looking drow came out wiping his hands and drawing his sword. The south door also opened revealing another important drow. Thelrum had cast blink on himself and was able to move into the south room as well, seeing a drow mage with a spell book knocking on another door. Orion stunned the bathroom drow and helped deal with the elite warrior that had entered the room to only leave it after seeing his broken minions. the drow mage attempted to magic missile Thelrum but fell victim to shield, ruining his attack. The group made good work of the drow but were unable to stop the mage and what they saw was a drow priestess from teleporting away. Syre was able to use her whisper bard ability to steal the face and minor memories of one of the grunts after exploding his head with dissonant whispers. Chaos, duplicity, neck stabs, and lightning breath helping sew destruction. The party took all the armor and equipment from the slain and sold it in town.

They plotted for a bit, healed up, and decided to look into the missing persons reports flooding out of a strangely dangerous part of town. Once there they found what was described as an angry traffic cone, a stalagmite with terrible teeth, a horrible eye, and oh god why tentacles. It grabbed the bard instantly, pulling her closer. The party fought against the tentacles, escaping only to get caught again. Both Orion and Syre got chomped a few times by it, Xanaphia shooting it in the eye with a crossbow bolt did hamper the attacks of the roper. Thelrum used his dragon breath spell to great effect, shaking it with lightning damage often. Syre tried to make an illusion of a broken tentacle at one point to aid in her escape but the beast just tried to catch her with a second tentacle. Eventually they ended the beast and found the bones of many gnomes, orcs, and dark elves that fell victim to the roper. They also found a pile of fluffy yellow debris in the corner, Syre started poking it, releasing spores in a ten-foot burst. She ignored it, being immune to poison, and found a cool ring of water breathing. They headed back to town with their new swag and their new level, Level 7.