Exploring caverns to attempt an entry from behind the temple of the Spider Queen, we find a few outlying sentriesand a dozen ghouls that must be put down. Discovering the last handful of Muirial's troglodyte mercenaries, Dani deceives them into responding to a hoax threat, clearing them from our path.
Several magical traps were somehow too difficult to avoid, taking out Aidan's earth elemental wildshapes and a good chunk of Dani's health.

We opened a secret door into the temple and opened combat with a moderate fireball (3 remaining beads for 5th level), but will have to contend with silences, cloudkills and a number of other unknown challenges as we attempt to assassinate the matron mother of house Ayrvrundar.

Dani donated her gem-encrusted bowl so that Aidan could cast Heroes' Feast.

• Wealth currently carried in found gems 1 banded agate (10g), 5 moss agate (10g), 8 small rubies (5g ea), 2 Tiger Eye (10g ea), 1 turquoise dolphin (25g), 4 carnelians (50g), 3 citrines (50g), 7 zircons (50g), 1 amethyst (100gp), 1 silver necklace w bloodstone pendant (250g), jade bookends (250g), a ring of moonstones (250 gp), the Eye of the Spider a fist-sized cut obsidian (1,000g), spider-shaped crystal ring set with a black pearl (750 gp), 3 amethyst orbs (750g ea), 50 malachite gemstones (10g ea), jeweled anklet (750gp), 2 Peridot (500gp ea), 2 blue spiniels (500gp ea), 1 obsidian casket with a music box (2,750gp), 6 jeweled spiders (250gp ea), 4 garnets (100gp each), 2 topaz (500gp), 1 star ruby (1,000gp), 1 jacinth (5,000gp)
• Additionally, 1,000 gp carried in the form of a gem-encrusted bowl suitable for the material component of Heroes' Feast

Sending her Greataxe +1 to the Bregan D'Arthe Armory. There's really no need to carry two magical greataxes around.

Sold Two Coils of Hempen Rope (+2g), Bought two coils (100 ft) of Silk rope. (-20gp)

Danifae was afforded the opportunity to meet Glass the Barbarian, something she has wished to do for years. (RIP, Cambria. I miss you, friend.)
While in the mysteriousthe GROWLING GROGHOUSE in Undermountain, she also had a little adventure that resulted in she and some drinking friends saving Durnan from SKALLINDRAX, an ancient black dragon that was trying to take over his brain.

• Adventure Hook: One Good Turn - A mysterious barbarian recently rescued a comrade of yours from the dungeons of Undermountain. You’ve sworn to track this hero down and see if you can repay the favor.
• Story Award: Deep Delver - Your successes in the dungeons of Undermountain have brought you glory in the city above. You earn an additional point of renown. Whenever you return to Waterdeep following a successful expedition into the dungeons of Undermountain, you gain a free healing potion.
• Story Award: Tavern Hero Your actions were noteworthy in rescuing Durnan the Innkeeper from the dungeons of Undermountain. The proprietor of the Yawning Portal has granted you free accommodation and drinks in his inn for the rest of your life and commissioned a portrait of your group to hang in the taproom until the end of time.

Gained one Healing Potion

add potion of vitality, 2 potions of healing

The band continues to clear the lost level of Undermountain, destroying the duergar raiding band wherever they are found.
Long Rest; Blessing of Corellon d100 = [[01]]. Dani wakes up male.

The band continues to clear the lost level of Undermountain, destroying the duergar raiding band wherever they are found. After breaking down two ancient helmed horrors and exploring the tomb of the ancient Melayrkin King (Melair) the crew recovers the King's corpse (and his ensorcelled sentinel shield), bearing him to the doors of the Vault to open it to us. Inside is just an oracle and another one of Halaster's teleportation arches. We return the King to his resting place and close the secret doors behind us.

Long Rest; Blessing of Corellon d100 = [[53]]. Dani wakes up female.

The party finishes exploring Maddgoth's castle and moves on to the Slitherswamp

Clearing the last of House Arvryndar from the Troglodyte Warrens, The party proceeds down into the Maze Level.
Long Rest; Blessing of Corellon d100 = [[55]]. Dani wakes up female.

Beyond the temple complex is a series of caves inhabited by three naga, one a dead bone naga and two spirit naga. One of the spirit naga has a Rod of Rulership with which they have charmed a number of weak-willed creaures like several trolls and minotaurs.

Pursuing the fight into the tunnels beyond the Yuan-ti den. Fighting through the fumes of a cloudkill, Dani dives into a pool where Aidan in Earth Elemental form is fighting what he says is a "giant squid." The adveresary is in actuality an aboleth, which grapples Dani and infects her with it's disease before they cut it down.

Destroying the aboleth, two chulls, and a handful of skum, Dani moves out of the foul pond and up to support Aidan in facing minotaur skeletons and zombie clots. Nocreth and Tigre moved down a separate passage, while Geran was stranded behind the cloud.

Aboleth disease: After 1 minute, the diseased creature's skin becomes translucent and slimy, the creature can't regain hit points unless it is underwater, and the disease can be removed only by heal or another disease-curing spell of 6th level or higher. When the creature is outside a body of water, it takes 6 (1d12) acid damage every 10 minutes unless moisture is applied to the skin before 10 minutes have passed.

Opening the door into the halls of Dweomercore, we meet the headmaster's bouncers, summoned Vrocks, Cannaloths, and a Nycaloth.

The Dean of the Dweomercore school sets a bargain with Geran. If we exterminate a handful of barbed and bone devils, he will show us the way through the school to the next level.

These devils are comparatively easy when considered against dealing with that disembodied arm and it's high level magic. It's nice moving through a level so quickly.
D-con "gets an inkling" that the Xunderbrok room is on this floor. But come on, the Melairkin were dwarves. They never hide just one thing.

We finished off the Nycaloths guarding the exit to the 10th level, but not before Nocreth disappears in a cloud of smoke. I don't know if he was banished or summoned to some other duty, but I was really counting on him to watch my back. (Dan M. left the campaign.)*

As we entered the level now called Murial's Gaunlet, we found hallways of broken mirrors guarded by a drow skeleton that had lost it's arcance ability, but was still attempting to use a wand of the warmage. Long deceased adventurer or wayward student of the arcane arts wandered down from the magister's school? we couldn't tell...

Then around the next corner, we found a temple to the Spider Queen guarded by three banshees. Undead banshees dropped most of our group with their screams, but the righteous fury of Ellistraee kept me on my feet until the last of them withered under arrow shots and eldritch blasts. I don't think I'll hear right for weeks.

Geran and Aidan discovered two deceased adventurers here and returned them to life. It's amazing they made it all the way down here equipped as they are. Takes a lot of luck to survive using rough leather armor and mass produced, market-grade weapons. Servicable for hunting your typical humanoid bounties or working caravan guard duty, yeah, but for delving into somewhere like Undermountain? Insanity.

Exploring caverns to attempt an entry from behind the temple of the Spider Queen, we find a few outlying sentriesand a dozen ghouls that must be put down. Discovering the last handful of Muirial's troglodyte mercenaries, Dani deceives them into responding to a hoax threat, clearing them from our path.
Several magical traps were somehow too difficult to avoid, taking out Aidan's earth elemental wildshapes and a good chunk of Dani's health.

We opened a secret door into the temple and opened combat with a moderate fireball (3 remaining beads for 5th level), but will have to contend with silences, cloudkills and a number of other unknown challenges as we attempt to assassinate the matron mother of house Ayrvrundar.

Dani donated her gem-encrusted bowl so that Aidan could cast Heroes' Feast.

• Wealth currently carried in found gems 1 banded agate (10g), 5 moss agate (10g), 8 small rubies (5g ea), 2 Tiger Eye (10g ea), 1 turquoise dolphin (25g), 4 carnelians (50g), 3 citrines (50g), 7 zircons (50g), 1 amethyst (100gp), 1 silver necklace w bloodstone pendant (250g), jade bookends (250g), a ring of moonstones (250 gp), the Eye of the Spider a fist-sized cut obsidian (1,000g), spider-shaped crystal ring set with a black pearl (750 gp), 3 amethyst orbs (750g ea), 50 malachite gemstones (10g ea), jeweled anklet (750gp), 2 Peridot (500gp ea), 2 blue spiniels (500gp ea), 1 obsidian casket with a music box (2,750gp), 6 jeweled spiders (250gp ea), 4 garnets (100gp each), 2 topaz (500gp), 1 star ruby (1,000gp), 1 jacinth (5,000gp)
• Additionally, 1,000 gp carried in the form of a gem-encrusted bowl suitable for the material component of Heroes' Feast

Sending her Greataxe +1 to the Bregan D'Arthe Armory. There's really no need to carry two magical greataxes around.

Sold Two Coils of Hempen Rope (+2g), Bought two coils (100 ft) of Silk rope. (-20gp)

Danifae was afforded the opportunity to meet Glass the Barbarian, something she has wished to do for years. (RIP, Cambria. I miss you, friend.)
While in the mysteriousthe GROWLING GROGHOUSE in Undermountain, she also had a little adventure that resulted in she and some drinking friends saving Durnan from SKALLINDRAX, an ancient black dragon that was trying to take over his brain.

• Adventure Hook: One Good Turn - A mysterious barbarian recently rescued a comrade of yours from the dungeons of Undermountain. You’ve sworn to track this hero down and see if you can repay the favor.
• Story Award: Deep Delver - Your successes in the dungeons of Undermountain have brought you glory in the city above. You earn an additional point of renown. Whenever you return to Waterdeep following a successful expedition into the dungeons of Undermountain, you gain a free healing potion.
• Story Award: Tavern Hero Your actions were noteworthy in rescuing Durnan the Innkeeper from the dungeons of Undermountain. The proprietor of the Yawning Portal has granted you free accommodation and drinks in his inn for the rest of your life and commissioned a portrait of your group to hang in the taproom until the end of time.

Gained one Healing Potion

add potion of vitality, 2 potions of healing

The band continues to clear the lost level of Undermountain, destroying the duergar raiding band wherever they are found.
Long Rest; Blessing of Corellon d100 = [[01]]. Dani wakes up male.

The band continues to clear the lost level of Undermountain, destroying the duergar raiding band wherever they are found. After breaking down two ancient helmed horrors and exploring the tomb of the ancient Melayrkin King (Melair) the crew recovers the King's corpse (and his ensorcelled sentinel shield), bearing him to the doors of the Vault to open it to us. Inside is just an oracle and another one of Halaster's teleportation arches. We return the King to his resting place and close the secret doors behind us.

Long Rest; Blessing of Corellon d100 = [[53]]. Dani wakes up female.

The party finishes exploring Maddgoth's castle and moves on to the Slitherswamp

Clearing the last of House Arvryndar from the Troglodyte Warrens, The party proceeds down into the Maze Level.
Long Rest; Blessing of Corellon d100 = [[55]]. Dani wakes up female.

Beyond the temple complex is a series of caves inhabited by three naga, one a dead bone naga and two spirit naga. One of the spirit naga has a Rod of Rulership with which they have charmed a number of weak-willed creaures like several trolls and minotaurs.

Pursuing the fight into the tunnels beyond the Yuan-ti den. Fighting through the fumes of a cloudkill, Dani dives into a pool where Aidan in Earth Elemental form is fighting what he says is a "giant squid." The adveresary is in actuality an aboleth, which grapples Dani and infects her with it's disease before they cut it down.

Destroying the aboleth, two chulls, and a handful of skum, Dani moves out of the foul pond and up to support Aidan in facing minotaur skeletons and zombie clots. Nocreth and Tigre moved down a separate passage, while Geran was stranded behind the cloud.

Aboleth disease: After 1 minute, the diseased creature's skin becomes translucent and slimy, the creature can't regain hit points unless it is underwater, and the disease can be removed only by heal or another disease-curing spell of 6th level or higher. When the creature is outside a body of water, it takes 6 (1d12) acid damage every 10 minutes unless moisture is applied to the skin before 10 minutes have passed.

Opening the door into the halls of Dweomercore, we meet the headmaster's bouncers, summoned Vrocks, Cannaloths, and a Nycaloth.

The Dean of the Dweomercore school sets a bargain with Geran. If we exterminate a handful of barbed and bone devils, he will show us the way through the school to the next level.

These devils are comparatively easy when considered against dealing with that disembodied arm and it's high level magic. It's nice moving through a level so quickly.
D-con "gets an inkling" that the Xunderbrok room is on this floor. But come on, the Melairkin were dwarves. They never hide just one thing.

We finished off the Nycaloths guarding the exit to the 10th level, but not before Nocreth disappears in a cloud of smoke. I don't know if he was banished or summoned to some other duty, but I was really counting on him to watch my back. (Dan M. left the campaign.)*

As we entered the level now called Murial's Gaunlet, we found hallways of broken mirrors guarded by a drow skeleton that had lost it's arcance ability, but was still attempting to use a wand of the warmage. Long deceased adventurer or wayward student of the arcane arts wandered down from the magister's school? we couldn't tell...

Then around the next corner, we found a temple to the Spider Queen guarded by three banshees. Undead banshees dropped most of our group with their screams, but the righteous fury of Ellistraee kept me on my feet until the last of them withered under arrow shots and eldritch blasts. I don't think I'll hear right for weeks.

Geran and Aidan discovered two deceased adventurers here and returned them to life. It's amazing they made it all the way down here equipped as they are. Takes a lot of luck to survive using rough leather armor and mass produced, market-grade weapons. Servicable for hunting your typical humanoid bounties or working caravan guard duty, yeah, but for delving into somewhere like Undermountain? Insanity.