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Chapter 7 - Portal to the Quann
The layout of the Black Manor. I used Dwarven
Forge walls and floors, accented by the wonderful Dundjinni
drawings of Eric
of Ptolus.
Another view of the set-up.
The gate of the Black Manor.
The Behir unleashes its lightning on the party. The ogres
may be seen hiding in the wings.
The Behir has grappled Marcus. Moments later, it rolled a
"1" when trying to swallow him whole.
Zsavri attacks! That's Zsavri on the far left. Behind
the pillar at center, her fiendish giant praying mantis companion
attacks Laelia. At far right, her yuan-ti retainers fire
arrows at Nereida. Near the center, Bonzimir has tumbled
past the two remaining ogres to render aid to Marcus. Note that
much of the layout of the Manor remains hidden from the players by
pieces of cardstock.
With the behir, ogres and fiendish mantis defeated, Demetrios
unloads on Zsavri with a lightning bolt.
Zsavri's last stand, surrounded by the Company of the Starborn.
That's Nereida's spiritual weapon in Zsavri's space.
The ancient beholder Charch-Pahn hovers over the Company and their
couatl ally.
CHAPTER 8 - The Inner
Vaults
The Wights attack! The
fight was spread over three rooms. Marcus is facing off
against four wights in the room at top, while Bonzimir, Nereida
and Elida face off against four more in the room below. This
layout shows how I'm using the great Dundjinni maps by Eric of
Ptolus. Each room is a separate piece, laid out on the table
when the PC's arrive.
The last stand of the
Betrayed. The Betrayed (far left) mocks the Great Church's
paladins and the Company of the Starborn, who have taken over his
temple, but cannot enter his Sanctum. Kalerecent (center
left) and Marcus (center right) have fallen prey to the traps in
the corridor, while Bonzimir (top) cowers after having fallen prey
to the Betrayed's Turn Living power.
The Conflagration.
Having inadvertently allowed a demon to pass into the Banewarrens,
the Company of the Starborn has wisely fallen back to a less
dangerous battlefield. Here, a blue slaad rages against
Marcus (left) and Aulus (right). The two-headed demon has
tripped both Nereida and Elida, and is turning to deal with
Bonzimir and Laelia. To far left, the red slaad is closing
in. Demetrios stands to the rear at right.
The Jail Warden. A
skeletal warrior and his undead prisoners attack the Company.
Warden Closeup. Another
view of the Skeletal warrior, with Bonzimir in the foreground.
Vallacor. The
lich Vallacor guards the ancient jail beyond death. He is
flanked by his skeletal minions and many minor undead slaves.
Second Storm Giant. In the first
run-through of the battle with the Pactlord assassins, Li and
Saarachk, Li polymorphed into a Storm Giant. That's
Saarachk in the background, still disguised as a paladin.
The downed base of Nereida's miniature may be seen below Li.
Once More Unto the Breach. After we figured
out the inter-edition changes to the polymorph spell, we
re-ran the battle. This time Li polymorphed into a
"Delver". Lacking a Delver miniature, I used the
bullette, shown here. Saarachk has returned to aranea form
(represented by the grell miniature, upper right).
Attack of the Silver King.
Okay, so Saggrinitys isn't really a Fiendish
Tyrannosaurus. I was fresh out of silver dragons, so I used
his second cousin once removed as a stand-in. The scale was
right... Here we see Aulus (left) and Basil (right),
flanking the dragon as it enters the Vaulted Hallway.
Tell Him I said "Ow."
From this angle, we can see Demetrios in the background, kissing
pavement after one round with a very angry dragon.
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