==== V2 Session Seventeen - 28 September 2007 - "The Sinister Spire" (part 3) ====

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^ Player ^ Character ^ Race ^ Class ^
| Dave | [[Freyrik]] | Human(Feytouched) | Warlock/5 |
| VW | [[Heilli]] | Human | Soulknife/4, Psion/1 |
| Kurt | [[Ketamine]] | [[Crag Gnome]] | Barbarian/1, [[Witch]]/4 |
| Chris | [[Yosi]] | Wood Elf | Barbarian/5 |
| Val | [[Allie]] | [[Lesser Aasimar]] | Favored Soul/4, Fighter/1 |

//Note: This adventure comes from 
"[[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndacc/107977400|
The Sinister Spire]]", by Bruce R. Cordell and Ari Marmell, as
published by [[http://www.wizards.com|Wizards of the Coast]].//

=== 16 September 1111 ===

[[Líkami]] mysteriously announces that he will not be joining the party on their 
mission to the "Necromancer's Spike".  After a brief, heated "debate" between 
the twins, [[Heilli]] sides with his brother and agrees to split the party (at 
least temporarily).  [[Ash]], however, is not convinced this is an acceptable 
solution, so he insists on remaining behind to keep an eye on [[Líkami]].

From the bazaar, the remaining party members scout out the entrance to the inner 
city, where the "Necromancer's Spike" sits.  Seeing it unguarded, they make 
their way in, avoiding a pack of Dire Rats on the way.

//Area S1)// Spike Entry

The only entrance to the spike is guarded by a trio of guards from House 
Dusklorn.  After a brief fight (in which [[Freyrik]] falls asleep from Drow 
sleep poison), the Drow are slain and entrance is gained.

//Area S2)// Guardian Chamber

The ring that Es Sarch gave to the party works -- though they get an inkling of 
the danger to this magical room when [[Heilli]] (carrying the ring) steps out of 
the room before the others.

//Area S5)// Haunted Trophy Room

The party sees an illusion of a gaunt drow male hanging up a cloak, then cocking 
his head upward, mouthing words silently and looking angry.  They take him to be 
the mysterious necromancer, who disappeared some twenty years ago.  They find 
the cloak he hung up in the illusion and discover a folded piece of parchment 
with six words written in an unknown language.

//Area S7)// Shrine of Lolth

In this room, they discover a web-covered altar.  When disturbed, a massive 
stone spider statue comes to live and disgorges a fire-resistant Spider Swarm. 
The party decides this threat is too much for them and flees.  The great spider 
statue remains, but the swarm emerges from a gap under the door.  After 
destroying it with acid, they seal the room as best they can and proceed.

//Area S9)// Kitchen

Battle a weird, undead mimic (who had taken the form of a set of a pantry), and 
five tiny creatures made of ash and soot.

Weakened by poison and disease, the party decides that they cannot proceed 
without the help of [[Ash]] and [[Líkami]], so they leave the "Spike" and return 
to the Dripstone Inn.

^ # ^ Challenge ^  CR  ^
| 3 | Dusklorn Mercenaries |  5 |
| 5 | Tomb Motes |  2 |
| 1 | Ghoul Mimic |  6 |
^ ^ Total XP (each) ^  1,850<sup>(5)</sup> ^

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