6th session: The demonic temple

4th moon, 8th day, year 4553
After considering the big hole in the ground, the T'orgh brothers decided to climb down and check out the place. Climbing down, they found themselves in a big underground demonic temple. At the far end of the room, there was a demonic shrine. Inside they found a 8' maul, and were attacked by their own daggers. Strangely enough, the attacks only lasted for mere seconds, before the daggers once again became inert.
They proceeded to investigate the paired doors at the other end of the temple, but that was a dead end. A corridor stopped after a few feet, being collapsed.

The T'orghs moved down the stairs, and went to the left. There they found a crypt, with 23 stone coffins. They decided to wait with that room, and tried to get through a nearby door. Unfortunately, the door was trapped with a Fire Trap spell, and Ukerin went down like a sack of potatoes.

Not wanting to move on without their mage, they dragged Ukerin upstairs and rested for the rest of the day, behind the doors.

4th moon, 9th day, year 4553
After a good day and night's rest, the T'orghs left their hideout and once again moved through the temple. And once again, their own daggers attacked them and once again, Ukerin went down.

4th moon, 10th day, year 4553
After another day of rest, hiding behind the doors, the T'orghs went back out, and once again, got attacked by the daggers. This time however, they managed to deal with them, and no one was severely wounded. They went downstairs, to the crypt, and started destroying coffins. One of them held a Zombie Lord, which almost managed to kill Nalfein when he (once again) failed to turn it.

With their healer out, it was decided to rest some more. Lots of dice-playing got done.

4th moon, 11th day, year 4553
During the night, Tagar awoke hearing orc voices. Peaking out, he saw several orcs in the temple. They had found the entrance and were now exploring. It was only a matter of time before they found them.

The brothers surprise the orcs, and try to take them out quickly. Raheem manages to kill the orc trying to cut the ropes leading down into the temple and after sleeping some more, the T'orghs head down again.

They head back to crypt, where they find a chainmail amongst other things. They continue their exploration and find a pentagramed summoning-room guarded by some sort of skeleton wielding what will later turn out to be a magical trident. They dispatch the skeleton-guard, but find nothing else of interest.

They search through several rooms, finding some potions, a pair of boots in remarkable condition (Tagar bends some bars to get to them) and in the last room, they find a crumbled floor with a big hole leading far, far down. They decide to climb down, and Raheem goes up to buy a climbing ladder 100 yards long - or rather, the pieces necessary to build one.

Despite him being fairly adept at such things, something has gone wrong, and when Raheem starts his descent into the deep, the ladder breaks and Raheem narrowly escapes death. He remakes the ladder and tries once again, only for it to break again, once again almost sending Raheem to the Underworld. Eventually the brothers get down, and they explore the area. They realize they must be in the Underdark, but they do not encounter anything or anyone, and decide to leave it alone.

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