PCs: MacColl, Tanner, Vec

Extras: 3 stalwart allies: LeeLee, Lorsan, and Dominic.

The pit at the entrance is still there and the dwarves are ready for a fumbling show. We ask for their aid and they explain that there are planks available. Vec constructs a bridge. He uses a mechanical gizmo on his arm to force open the heavy doors.

PCs: MacColl, Lunk, Tanner, Vec
Extras: One (Lorsan)

PCs: MacColl, Lunk, Tanner, Vec, Zamfir the Paladin
Extras: None

After spending some cloyingly sweet time resting in Whoville where we avoided a variety of questions such as “why is there a dead body in your house?”, “Can we have some of your gold when you go away again?”, and “Why, dear gods why am I sentenced to this hellish prison?”, Lunk fairly beat Frank in ‘rassling’, permitting us to leave Whoville and return to the cells we’d found early in our delve. MacColl was rested from his arcane exertions and eager though apparently hung-over from something he’d been nipping out of Frank’s liquor cabinet considering his performance going forward.

PC’s: Tanner and Vec
Extra’s: Bob and Tom

With the rest of their party laid low by a mysterious malady (possibly linked to the consumption of local water and complicated by goblin hygienic practices), Tanner and Vec choose to scout ahead.

Before leaving, they searched the body of the recently assassinated orc. A quick search of the orc’s belongings revealed a set of elaborate armor, as well as a normal mace and a set of prison cell keys. Removal of the orc’s armor was complicated by the disturbing manner in which his chestplate had extended tendrils of itself deep into his body. “This could only be the Black Armor of Molag, forged in the lands of Iuz” opined Tanner with conviction. “Ah, yes,” agreed Vec, nodding sagely to hide the fact that he had no idea what Tanner was talking about. After briefly debating whether to fit the sleeping Lunk with this new armor, Tanner and Vec decided instead to pack up the evil chestplate for later analysis.

<>

PC’s: Tanner and Vec
Extra’s: Bob and Tom

A 5-orb bribe from Tanner to the extortionist dwarves gleaned useful information: Making the sign of the letter ‘I’ across your chest would cause the animated skeletons at the tower entrance to allow you to pass unharmed. Vec wasn’t sure if Tanner had shown him a capital ‘I’ as in ‘Iuz’ or a lowercase ‘l’ as in ‘leprechaun’ and naturally didn’t ask for clarification. Following closely behind Tanner, he rapidly made hand gestures for both letters and the group passed by the skeletons without incident.

With their steadfast allies Bob and Tom leading the way, Tanner and Vec would have little to fear inside the Tower of War. Sighting an orc scout, the group gave chase and closed with the scout in the ruined temple of Nerull. A burst from Vec’s flamethrowing contraption incinerated the fleeing orc as well as some of the rope netting confining a tentacled aberration within the ruined temple’s central crevasse.