Session 57

=September 24th, 2020 - Serpent Suggestions=

Serpent Suggestions
The session began right where we last left our adventurers, facing a column of lizardfolk and some of their yuan-ti masters. The lizardfolk led the charge across the slick, thin, stone bridge that stretched across the deep pit chamber - the only way forward, into what appeared to be a yuan-ti stronghold, carved out behind the Tomb of Diderius. Alburt stepped forward as usual with his staff of fire and unleashed fireballs, killing most of the charging lizardfolk. However, the yuan-ti behind cast their magical red gaze upon Rufus and Alburt, suggesting to each that the other was helping the snake people.

Even though Rachen almost fell off of the slick bridge, Cadmus, with the power of a mighty dawn spell, helped the party fend off the assault. The various party members afflicted with suggestion broke out of it when their assailants were killed, or if their will was strong enough. When the dust settled in the dank and pitch black cavern, the party could hear the sounds of further reptilians down the opposite cave tunnel - which descended even further into the earth - but none came attacking. Before moving on, the group decided they needed to stop and take a short rest once again. Rachen was severely wounded, and the rest of the group wasn’t looking very strong.

They felt as if they couldn’t sleep through the night just yet, for if the remaining Cult of the Dragon members were without their wyrmspeaker, he could dead already. But, they hadn’t seen a dwarven body yet, and so there was still a chance they could capture him alive. The group decided to have Alburt conjure a magical dome of force blocking the cave tunnel out to Diderius’ tomb. As this appeared to be the only way into the yuan-ti caves from the tomb, they could stop any from trying to escape while they bandaged up. Thus, the party rested as best they could in the darkness within their magical ‘cuddle hut’, for another eerie hour.

Constant sounds of lizardfolk gibberish could be heard, but they never made themselves seen. When an hour passed without seeing any signs of aggression, Alburt dispelled their cuddle hut, and began they started to press forward. As the group descended the cave tunnel towards the pit chamber once again, they saw a large number of lizardfolk and yuan-ti waiting. Immediately, the battle broke out as one of the yuan-ti bellowed, and the secret door to Diderius’s tomb opened behind the party. Yuan-ti fired arrows from the chamber as lizardfolk charged down, and the party was surrounded in the small chamber and tunnel.

The party members maneuvered the best they could in the small space, with Alburt casting all his remaining fireballs, but they were being whittled down. A second wave of suggestion casting yuan-ti followed, and almost every party member found themselves with a desire to kill another. In trying to eliminate Rufus along with the lizardfolk, Alburt unleashed a lightning bolt across the pit - which the halfling expertly evaded as if he were in slow motion. Then, just as it seemed the group was getting the upper hand, from either side a very large, legless, serpentine yuan-ti monstrosity came slithering toward them, each wielding a massive sword.

The party pressed forward, focusing all their remaining strength against the first monstrosity, being able to just barely kill it before the second became too much trouble. By this point Alburt’s mind and staff were exhausted of powerful spells. However, with incredibly lucky displays by Rufus, the divine lightning from Cadmus, and the determination of a group that had fought together for a year, they survived. Both monstrosities lay dead, among many more lizardfolk and yuan-ti corpses.

And that is where the session ended, it was now the evening of the two hundred and fifty first day since the raid on Greenest, as the group stared down the yuan-ti tunnel across the pit once more.

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