Rahasia

Session VIII Springfest 5/365-4/24/365

During Springfest in Kelron, Xavier has a spell permanently put on him to enable him to see in darkness called blindsight. It costs a chunk of xp, but the trade-off is well worth it (even if it is a bit of a DM's headache).

Dagny communes with nature and the local druidic circle, acquiring her first druid level--and her first animal companion, a wolf that would eventually take the name of warfang.

The party decides that after training, a journey to Doc's homeland of Alfhindi is in order. The overland trek is long, but relatively encounter free, with only a solitary werewolf to threaten the party. He is easily dispatched

Along the way, we encounter a slain elven warrior bearing a message for adventurers with courage and stout hearts to aid the elven princess Rahasia, an old flame of Doc's. It seems that a powerfully charming cleric, called the Rahib, has come from far away to terrorize the village. Long story short, the Rahib's overtures toward Rahasia were spurned and he took over the academy of Siswa (elven students) who took residence in a temple under Grey Mountain. His latest crime was the kidnapping of several elven maidens and the theft of Rahasia's dowry. Her betrothed Hasan, a pompous rival to Doc's affections, and Rahasia's father journeyed into Grey Mountain to defeat the Rahib but haven't been seen since.

The party takes up the quest to free the Siswa from the Rahib's spell, rescue the elven maidens (and possibly Hasan), and return the princess's Dowry and father.

A trip to a roadside shrine honoring an ancient human teaher on whom the temple was dedicated, the group discovers a magical "backdoor" teleport that drops us smack dab in the heart of the third level of the temple. The party shortly encounters a black-robed foreigner who is sitting in an old library reading. It turns out to be the Rahib himself, and caught wholely unprepared. The fight is brief. The death of the Rahib breaks the spell-but our adventure is not over. Then his pet panthers are defeated. Among his papers is a letter to "The Master" that things are proceeding and that they will soon have the witches as their allies.

After dispatching the dark cleric, the group meets the guardian of Elias's tower, a good naga named Ular Taman. To appease the naga, we feed him a bunch of dire rats we found, and then we prove to him that we are friends of Elias and Rahasia's father, who has unfortunately shuffled off the mortal coil. He parts with a portion of Rahasia's dowry he was protecting as well as a staff that turns into a large constricting snake. Dagny, our resident beastmaster, takes the snake staff.

Xavier -1500xp (blindsight)

Xavier Cle2 Rog1 3,982
Doc Sor3 5,482
Dagny Bar2 Dru1 5,482
Lume Rog1 Sam1 Ftr1 5,482
Cadman Pal3 5,482