With Baum back, they powered up for another run at the evil temple. Rothaga put down his sword and took up the spear. When they arrived, the temple occupants were ready. Rothaga found his new spear glowed in the presence of undead. Even with this help, they failed everything else they attempted. Outnumbered and floundering, the party wisely made a retreat back to the keep.
They went back the next day and found the entrance unguarded. They found a bedroom with four evil priests and killed them. They destroyed many evil writings in the room as a bonus. The grand hallway continued, Baum, just happen to notice outlines a secret door on the northern wall. Nobody else noticed this hard to see entrance. Chopper quickly managed entrance and found the back of another secret door just inside. He breached both and the party entered the plush evil bedroom beyond befo-re anyone noticed. The evil bedroom had a chest, but they found it empty. Beyond the normal door to the room was a room with four zombies who lurched forward to attack. The party slew them and ventured forth. They found a huge temple room with tapestries, a throne, an altar, and a huge bell covered in evil depictions. On the far side of the room, three priests in black robes saw the party and began to attack. The party quickly saw they were actually zombies programmed to ring the bell! That is just what one of them managed to do before the party took them out.
The striking of the bell initiated an epic battle. Without relating every exact action during the battle, I will say this: the head evil priest entered through the secret door to his bedroom while his horde of undead swept from an unexplored chamber on the far side of the temple. From it poured a score of powerful zombies and skeletons and a large wight (taken down by one of the wizard’s explosive magic missiles). The party cleverly positioned themselves between the priest’s chamber and the temple and exploited this to their tactical advantage. In addition, before Morgan cast a sleep spell that put all the priests into Goldilocks mode, the evil priest managed to summon a demon from the abyss. It was a spider creature with poisonous lobster pincers. Darthon almost died fighting the thing. They did manage to finish the demon, sleeping head priest and kill all the attacking undead. The room on the other side of the temple contained what might be undead spawning or creation machines. The devices were dim and not working when the party investigated. Taking no chances, the team toppled them over. Then they made their way to the exit fully intending to return and explore the reported megadungeon lying between the old tower and the caves.
Upon return to the Keep, the Castellan rewarded them 1200 gp in gems as promised and told them to keep his magic spear. The party re-grouped in their private (and now free) apartment to begin planning their return to the Caves.
12/31/13
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