Session 30 Recap

The party arrived in the Elemental Chaos a few miles from the City of Brass. The city was easily identifiable in the distance. The heroes were standing on one of several islands floating in a sea of lava. The largest island had an aribic style tower. Guarding the outside of the tower was a Beholder with duergar, salamanders and an elemental. The party hopped from island to island until they reached the tower island. They dispatched the Beholder with little trouble, more worried about falling into the lava than fighting.

The first floor of the tower was a reception hall. A dias on the far side was decked out with rugs and a throne. Tapestries decorated the walls. Pillows and arabic smoking pipes (sishas) completed the decorations. Leena (shadar-kai witch) was seated on the throne, several gnoll lackies around her. The party offered her terms for surrender, but that didn't do any good. The heroes tried to hold their ground, hoping the gnolls would advance, but that didn't happen. Instead, Leena and two gnolls started dropping spells on the group. The other gnolls held the stairs, and the fight quickly became an exchange of ranged fire. The heroes focused down their ranged opponents & closed in for the finish, but the last two gnolls fled. Towards the back of the dias was a levitation shaft. It went up & down. The party followed the gnolls up.

The second floor was largely a sand pit. On the opposite side was another levitation shaft going up. The two gnolls were found dead in the sand pit. One of the adventurers threw something into the pit & the sand (or something under the sand) reacted. Toradin walked accross the pit & was attacked by two sand elementals. These strange creatures tried to engulf their opponents, with little luck. They claimed Teregor, but he survived his short time "in" the elemental. The monsters were dispersed, and the party pressed on.