Session Summaries; Vol. 16: The Demon Tree @ 26 Nov 2006 10:56 am by Kevyspice
Rewards Earned
- Experience Points: 2000
- Treasure: None to speak of
After some magical reconnaisance, the party bluffed their way through the city and into the tree. They quickly learned that the tree was shifting the tunnels within itself to herd the party in a particular direction. With no small misgivings, they found themselves at the entrance to a dimly-lit wooden cavern. Magically climbing like a spider, Chow traversed the right-hand wall around a corner, and was soon attacked by a tall bipedal creature later revealed to be a gray render. The group destroyed the render without incident, and managed to communicate with the group of sentient fungi the render had “adopted.” The myconid colony thanked the party and wished them luck.
Many twists and turns later, the party emerged into another irregular cavern within the tree. The floor of the cave featured a large number of brackish pools, with a suspiciously clear path running through the middle of the floor. Unsurprisingly, the group was attacked when they were halfway through the room. A gigantic purple worm emerged from the floor of the cave, but the group’s close-in fighters dispatched it in short order. The second worm that descended through the ceiling proved a bit more distressing, as it appeared near the party’s spellcasters. The nasty fight was complicated by a sudden, severe drop in temperature and a quick shower of viscous acid rain, presumably enacted by the tree itself as a kind of defense mechanism.
When they were finally able to concentrate their attention on the second worm, the party destroyed it without taking any casualties. Quickly exiting the far side of the cavern, they rested for a few moments before continuing through the creaking passage before them.