Session Eight Summary (Graveyard of Empires: After the Fall)
Session 8, August 26 2020
Introduction
The party has tracked the Drow through the jungle to a small cave in a gully; Braadlur's cave fisher, though, determines that this unassuming hole connects to their home tunnels deep beneath the surface. We continue with the party just entering this cave at 3PM on the 9th of Tenrilden ...
Session Summary
We went into the cave and went down a few hundred feet over a few hours. Rallion made marks to help find out way out.
We came to a cavern too far to see across. It has a chasm with the roar of rushing water and unknown depth below. There is a ledge that we decided to keep following.
Just as we got started in our intended direction, 3 enormous spiders attacked. Braadluur called them Sabre Spiders.
Two attacked Fisher and Braadluur who were in the lead and one came at the rest of us.
Fisher quickly went down and the spiders went off with him. Braadluur tried to save him, but the spiders also took him. This was unknown to the rest of us who took a few hits, but dropped the third spider.
Laris moved up and caught sight of the spiders with the bodies of Braadluur and Fisher, but they seemed to be stabilized. We followed and came to an enormous spider web with huge strands that we walked on to follow the spiders with out travelling companions.
We ended up inside the strands and detected a spider ahead, Felix carved the speak with animals rune and unknown to the rest of the party threatened to burn their webs if we didn't get our friends. We were allowed to go to the "larder" to retrieve our companions and their gear.
We find a silver bejeweled scepter which Kauri can see no DVLs. Rallion scoops it up, figuring that being the bearer of the feather and once the bearer of the shard would enable him to pick it up. Laris and others scoop up jewelry and nice gems. Rallion pous his last 3 healing elixirs into Braadluur who finally revives. He then helps build a travois to help haul Fisher.
Three spiders attack and we trade blows. Rallion holds aloft the sceptre and cries, "All hail The Mothers!" but nothing happens.
Felix makes good on his threat to burn the webs as he missed the spider and started a small fire on the webs.
We prepare to make a fighting retreat when [chronicler pauses to fetch a new vial of ink].