13 August 2022
[[Jaezred]] moves to rejoin the group. Tal heals him a little and then sends his familiar to try to find [[Kalina]]. [[Pip]] works on tying up [[Belaena]]. [[Coyra]] runs off to try to find [[Kalina]].
[[Pip]] pickes up [[Belaena]]’s black oak shortbow. Tal tries to find [[Kalina]], but she seems to be invisible. Someone (probably [[Kalina]]) casts Chill Touch and Ray of Frost on Tal and his familiar, killing the familiar. Then the [[Ishtar]]’s old potion bottle appears, as if thrown by an invisible person. [[Coyra]] stealthily moves to try to find [[Kalina]]. [[Ishtar]] says he sees [[Kalina]] running up the nearby stairs. [[Kalina]] is knocked down the stairs, and due to the Bleeding Hex, seems to die. [[Jaezred]] tries to kill [[Belaena]] while she is unconcious, but fails. She wakes up and then transforms into a giant spider, then webs and attacks [[Pip]].
[[Jaezred]] attacks the giant spider. [[Ishtar]] and [[Gammy]] head to group back up. Tal summons his familiar to guard [[Kalina]]’s body and then heads to join the group. [[Coyra]] searches nearby bodies. A bubble of Anti-magic appears around [[Kalina]]’s body and dispels the familiar. [[Pip]] attacks the spider. Tal tries to burn the spider web but fails.
[[Lortuku]] reappears, covered in blood, and moves towards [[Kalina]]’s body. [[Pip]] shoots an arrow at the giant spider. [[Lortuku]] picks up [[Kalina]]’s, turns into the defiler demon, vanishes in a column of black smoke, and wipes the existence of [[Kalina]], [[Lortuku]], and related events from [[Gammy]]’s and [[Coyra]]’s minds. A giant portal appears in the sky and a fiendish hand tries to push through before vanishing.
[[Coyra]] knocks [[Belaena]] off the wall and she turns back into a drow. She attempts to Fear some people, but they succeed against it. Then she runs into the desecration. [[Jaezred]] tries to follow, but cannot enter the desecration. [[Ishtar]] tries to cut down the webs but gets tangled up in them. [[Belaena]] summons a spiritual weapon and a bunch of spiders (Insect Plague). [[Pip]] continues to shoot arrows at her (which spawns ravens for some reason because of the cursed bow). [[Gammy]] heals [[Jaezred]] to bring him back to conciousness, but then the Insect Plague knocks him out again. [[Ishtar]] is almost brought down. Tal tries to curse [[Belaena]], but fails, and moves [[Jaezred]] towards the edge of the Insect Plague. [[Coyra]] throws a powerful Sneak Attack Psychic Dagger and knocks out [[Belaena]], getting rid of the Insect Plague. She summons some darkness, but [[Pip]] hits her through it and then Tal dispells it. [[Coyra]] knocks her down again, but [[Belaena]]’s regeneration lets her stand back up.
She turns back into a giant spider, but gets hit enough to drop it. Up and down a couple more times. Climbs up a wall. Tall uses his telekinesis to pull her down and then throws fire at her, causing her to burst into flames. [[Pip]] dies as Tal drags him out of the desecration, and Tal revives him.
Party goes up the stairs to Level 5 and the gate closes behind them. Starts knocking on doors. All are locked and cannot be unlocked, one explodes when they try. An Aboleth appears in the pool of water nearby and puts [[Ishtar]] into a trance of some kind. Party runs to a nearby door they hadn’t checked. Dispel the rune on the door and force their way in, [[Ishtar]] leading the way (forced by the Aboleth). Beautiful room, every surface made of gold. [[Ishtar]] is uncharmed. Room is small, but slowly expands and changes shape as time passes.
Tal lays down on a bloody mattress that appears nearby and gains a curse. There’s a jug nearby that gives a long rest to anyone who drinks from it. A hole opens up under Tal and he drops 30 feet. The room keeps moving around, changing shape, creating treasure, and creating problems for the party. Tal uses Misty Step to get out of the hole and tries to find the rest of the group.