2/21/2008 -- By Death Knights beseiged!

Our heroes emerged from the spiders' lair into a dried out underground lakebed. There appeared to be a giant hole, through which the so Cameron and Toobelain raced out to investigate.

Instantly we were besieged by skeletons. Toobelcain and Cameron charged the undead. Fingar threw a tangelfoot bag. Don Pacheco rolled a 1. The battle looked grim ... and then Chloroxina wiped them out with one turning check. Luckily she was not, "An Easter and Christmas cleric," as Hugo joked.

After we crossed the lakebed and dropped into the hole, we found a small alcove leading into a tunnel full of statues. Naturally, we were attacked by more skeletal undead, including several death knights. They were highly resistant to turning and our mere mortal blows...until Chloroxina nailed them with a Nat 20 turning check. (We were again reminded of Devina's axiom "Who needs to know the rules when you roll 20s?")

Don Pacheco and Toobelcain searched a wall at the end of the alcove and discovered a glyph of warding, luckily managing to disable it. It led into another section of tunnel, where we fought ghouls. They were overwhelming us with their paralytic attacks...and Chloroxina got another Nat 20 turning check to stop a lot of them. Fingar got the killing shot on the last one.

In the next section of the tunnel, we fought shadows, who robbed the mighty Hugo of much of his strength (though none of his courage). Chloroxina came to again save the day with a turning attempt? and rolled a Nat 1. Failure! The battle was tense, as the shadows were incorporeal. But we managed to beat them back. Fingar cast shocking grasp. Toobelcain, Hugo, and the Don dogpiled on one shadow...and Fingar got the killing blow with a magic missile.

In the last section of the tunnel, we found two large shadows. Don blasted one with a firebolt, and Cameron laid out a super-karate-death-punch. After we finished the last one, a mummy appeared, paralyzed Toobelcain, and manhandled the rest of the party. It took everything we had to stop him. How could we survive the next encounter...? (Guy's voice: "Bwa ha ha ha!")