Three, If You're Nasty

Synopsis of the previous session:

The Gang had managed to infiltrate Ravenloft by polymorphing Donkar into a giant flying Quetzalcoatlus and landing atop the North Tower of Ravenloft. They destroyed the “heart of Strahd” (Strahd’s phylactery) but Kasimir took a huge fall that killed him. Mamol used Revivify to bring the Dusk Elf back to life.

Begin Session

Room #20. Bottom of the North Tower.

The Gang was gathered around Kasimir as he had just returned to life. They were in an oddly shaped room with an exit to the west, stairs leading down, or back upstairs. Mamol cast Mass healing and Kasimir drank several healing potions. Grant took a peek down the west passage and saw nothing, but a hallway filled with large cobwebs. The Gang went down the stairs (#20A).

Rooms #71 & #72. The Guards Quarters and Rahadin’s Office.

A rectangular room. The nearer half was a moldering ruin of an old Guards Quarters, while the farther half was a neat and tidy office. Rahadin and his Shadow Demon surprise attack the party. The Gang wins but are severely hurt.

Room #67. The Bone Temple.

The blasphemous Bone Temple curated and maintained by Cyrus Belview. The Gang notices an old ally’s dragonborn skull (Smugly) mounted next to the huge dragon skull. Sleeps takes Smugly’s skull.  The Gang takes the south door.

Room #68 & #69. Hallway and larger Guards Quarters.

The Gang fights 10 skeletons. Kasimir blasts 8 of them with fireball and they mop up the other two. The Gang goes up the spiral stairs in the south (#64)

Rooms #11, #12, and #13. Hallway and lower battlements.

These rooms were empty and led to an apparent dead end. The Gang went back down the stairs (#64), then returned to the Bone Temple (#67).

Room #62. The Servants Hall.

The Gang takes the double doors in the eastern wall of the Bone Temple (#67). A long hallway running from west to east that the Gang had mapped on a previous visit. Three doors to the north and one door to the south. They spot Cyrus approaching from the opposite end of the hall. Greetings are made and the Gang explores the rooms to the north. Nothing much there. They ask Cyrus for a way down to the Catacombs. He leads them to the south door.

Room #61. The Elevator Trap.

After opening the door, the Gang spots spiral stairs going up and down (#21). Cyrus leads the way and the Gang follows. The shit hits the fan. As the Gang moves further down the hall, portcullises dropped down from the ceiling, splitting the party.

Group 1: Mamol, Elyrion, Sleeps, and Donkar are trapped behind the portcullises. They are now in a sealed elevator with no apparent exit. They couldn’t see it, but there was now an open shaft above. Also, the counterweight was now dropping fast, and the elevator rapidly rose.

Group 2: Grant and Kasimir. They were stuck down below with a ten-foot pit in front of them.

Group 1: After dealing with sleep gas, the elevator slammed into the ceiling far above. They escape the elevator through a trapdoor in the top. They were now in room #47, a 10-by-20-foot room with a door in the western wall and stairs going down in the south (#21). They hear a noise coming from the other room (#49). The groups splits up further.

Group 2: They see Cyrus go upstairs, explore the elevator shaft by casting Light Spell, then they race after Cyrus.

Group 1: Now comprised of Elyrion, Mamol, and Donkar. They race down the stairs (#21).

Group 3: Comprised of Sleeps. Stays upstairs and hides using Greater Invisibility. He witnesses Anastasiya, Ludmilla, and 2 Vampire Spawns race down the stairs (#21) chasing Group 1. He explores rooms #49 & #50.

Group 2: Tracks down Cyrus and shoots him in the back (classic Grant move). He eventually reconnects with Group 1. They race down the spiral stairs (#21) and reach the Catacomb Level.

Group 3: Follows the Vampires all the way down the stairs.

Group 1: Now comprised of everyone, except Sleeps.  They are now in a hallway covered in water 3 feet deep (#73). Hearing the Vampire Spawn, they traverse down the hallway.

Grant hits a trap. There’s an explosion of water and he disappears.

Donkar hits another trap. Disappears.

Elyrion hits yet another trap. Disappears.

Mamol and Kasimir hold off the Vampire Spawn with a Fireball, Cone of Cold, and Radiant Sunlight. Sleeps joins the fight. They destroy Anastasia, Ludmilla, and the two Vampire Spawn.