23 December 2023
Battle against the behir in the sapphire caves.
Omar enlarges Ishtar and hides. Tal casts the Dire hex on the wyrmling familiar. The behir grapples the wyrmling. The wyrmling ungrapples itself from the behir. Big Ishtar runs up and gets into melee. Torch runs up and gets some major damage in. Big Ishtar finishes it off.
Loot from nearby dead goblins: pin (pin of finding), sealed tub (lotion of enhanced sensitivity), flask of “water” (water of clarity. 20 uses), bottle of dirty mica? (potion of passage), bracelet with feather charms (charm bracelet of soft landing. feather fall per charm. 6 charms), pouch with 31 silver, 1 gp, raw sapphire (worth 5 gp). Some players loot the behir. Torch gets a cool magic trenchcoat.
Tal suggests party jump into pit and Omar cast feather fall. 1 minute later, Tal recognizes the sounds of 20 armor-wearing humanoids. Urtho spots orcs. Omar says she’s down to 2 spell slots. Party continues decides to take a free-fall until the dragon familiar says he sees the bottom.
The players with darkvision notice a change in the surface of the sides of the pit from unworked stone to carved tiles. This section of the caves is populated by orcs that have lived here for a long time. According to Omar, the tiles must have been added within the last 30 years or so. Tal uses the vision of the dragon to get an idea of what awaits down below: a forge; a sapphire table; stairs with sapphire coating; smoke coming from a fire. The party lands.
A Spectator appears and attacks the party. Spouts something about Domidan. Tal hears a voice nearby say “rodents, I will clean you out”. A small beholder-like creature comes out of the pink beam comes out of the nearby archway and fires a pink (confusion) ray at Urtho. Suddenly both beholderkin phase out of existence. Tal blesses his allies, unsure of what’s going on. Omar enlarges Ishtar again. More beholderkin (Spectators and gazers) start phasing in and out. attacking the party. Tal heals Torch and sends his wyrmling to attack the Spectator. Urtho attacks the Spectator, who swaps places with one of the Gazers. The Spectator and one Gazer fade away, leaving two Gazers. Tal takes time to stitch up Torch, who has taken a lot of damage. The Spectator reappears and attacks, then says “Domidan said you would appear. We will rid you of him”. Tal casts shatter on a group of Gazers then has his wyrmling attack the Spectator, killing it. Omar has some kind of realization about the beholderkin, that they’re spawning due to some kind of planer disturbance. The combat finishes. Urtho realizes the sapphire altar nearby is the source. Tal starts casting a prayer of healing. Ishtar tries to break the altar, but does minimal damage and takes some when the altar reacts with a blast against him. Torch loots 100 pounds of sapphire-filled rocks and dirt. The party uses the teleportation map to get back to the Bumblebee at the surface. The party spends time clearing rocks off the boat from the avalanches that have happened while the party was underground.
Magical loot from the fight: a shirt (shirt of undead constitution), a broom (broom of flying).
Party returns to Grantax. Gives the sapphires to Quinn. Spend the rest of the day in rest. Uneventful long rest.
—Long rest—
Party decides to head to the swamp.
Time spent learning with trident: 8/40
Remedy:
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