January 22, 2020 Session
Highlights
The party tries to open the gates again, this time with a solid plan relying upon the playing of Corliss, the Dimension Door of Nymaria , and careful guarding of the gates by the remainder of the party in order to prevent entry to Cappen Varra .
The plan is a partial success, the gate opens, the party enters, and the Dark Asher doesn’t kill Corliss and is denied entrance. But, the party surmises that Cappen has entered.
The prison complex - which turns out to be built in the remnant’s of the dragon’s lair - has a guard room near the entrance. The guard room has alarms and a special gas trap, but the party arrives to find the guards - orcs dressed in the gear of the Ancient Dominion of the Unending Lands - already dead and bleeding out their eyes and ears. The alarm and trap have not been triggered.
A roving group of sentries arrives, sets off the alarm and gas trap, and the few survivors then run deeper into the complex, pursued by the party.
On multiple occasions, the party encounters orc assassins waiting behind corners and in the shadows, pit traps defended by orcish crossbowman, and orc shamans rounding corners and casting Fireball. The party charges forward without a pause or a plan - led by Kal - as fast as Dawngreeter Yornan Hawklight can follow, healing the party members as they fall by the wayside.
The session ends with the party rounding the corner and catching a glimpse of the final guard room.