CAMPAIGN DIARY - GREYHAWK

Previously on the Age of Worms Campaign…

 

Our heroes had fought Martaugh and his dwarven retinue in his throne room and though many of the dwarves were killed, Martaugh himself refused to fall.  He dealt a killing blow to Captain Olaf (who was saved by his magical amulet) and bullied his way through Micah’s summoned berzerkers to retrieve the Sword of Annihilation from Halimyr, who had taken it from the king with the Talisman of the Sphere.  But before Martaugh could retrieve the sword, Halimyr produced a wall of force around the dwarf, trapping him within.  The wizard then used his magic to disappear and reappear on the back of Samilar, who was in the form of a brass dragon.  Samilar then used his draconic breath weapon to put many of the dwarves in the hall into a magical sleep.  Meanwhile, Micah helped Olaf by pouring a potion of healing into his mouth, reviving the captain, who promptly joined Halimyr atop the dragon’s back.  Samilar then proceeded to fly out of the throne room.  After a bit of taunting of Martaugh, Micah followed the dragon out upon her magical figurine of wondrous power.  The group flies through the dwarven city, bursting out of the entrance and flying out into the plains beyond.

 

Once out of the stronghold they find a good sized tree that Samilar could use his druidic power to transport the team to the courtyard of Tenser’s floating manor.  There, Hella greets the heroes and helps them to heal up and rest.  Micah confronts Balabar Smenk, who continues to try and get the survivors of Diamond Lake to follow the Worm God.  The heroes discuss their next move, which is to either go to Greyhawk and attempt to recover the next segment of the Rod of Seven Parts, which is located somewhere within the ziggurat of the Wizards Guild of Greyhawk, or to find Dragotha’s lair and obtain the final piece of the Ro7P.  They settle on going to Greyhawk first, and the group uses the magic available to them to transport to a wooded area near the walls and Olaf leads them to one of the hidden entrances that lead into the tunnels running below Greyhawk.   The group follow Olaf through the tunnels on their way toward the ziggurat, but they are blocked by a cave-in and forced to back track to other tunnels.  Olaf tells the group that they must exist the tunnel they are in, cross the nearby river and enter another tunnel if they want to get to the ziggurat underground.  Micah climbs out of the tunnels with her cloak of invisibility activated and scouts the area.  She immediately spots a number of Kyuss spawn nearby, but then spots giant pink and green worms and an even larger figure that somewhat resembles the Faceless One, but who towers over the surrounding buildings, walking up the river towards the north end of town.  Micah returns to the sewers, reports what she saw and the group discuss a plan to fly her across the river.  Samilar does the honors, but the is detected by one of the Kyuss spawn that someone seems to alert the other surrounding spawn and a nearby giant pink worm.  The giant worm moves to attack the flying druid and this is where the session ends.