Session Two Hundred and Nineteen (Graveyard of Empires Summary)

SESSION 219 – September 19, 2018

We make our way towards the life nearest the gateward end of the station where the door to the last leg of the path to Xenotel lies.

We see automatons enter the tube with the floating eye automaton, several are berserkers. One is more decorated, and has a monkey’s head (automata) on a necklace. Rallion suggests that it is Brice with a trophy of what is left of Marchmain. Bavmorda thinks it is Marchmain now in charge….

The overseers suddenly change their movement patterns, as if they are now looking for something.

We heard inaudible whispers, Bavmorda explains that she hears them speaking Ancient Dwarven. Rallion moves near, and relays to the others that they are all trying to discourage us telling us to kill ourselves, surrender, or run and hide, etc.

About halfway between the elevator we rode up and the lift Nash and Laris set timed charges with their explosives, using candles as timers.

About 20 minutes to one explosion and 15 to the second.

Laris uses his new friend, Vikram, as a scout so we avoid encounters with the groups of overseers.

We finally get close to the life, and Vikram warns that there are 30 overseers around it.

We decide to wait for the explosions to see if it draws any away.

The first explosion draws away about 10. A short time later the other explosions draws away all but 4.

Bavmorda moves in with the shard and begins the fight. Others help with missile weapons, and Axel, the spiderbot, and Oskar charge in. We quickly kill the 4 overseers.

Some of the party get the engine for the lift started and we are out of range before the overseers return. Since they can’t hit us, they use their lightning attacks to take out the life motor.

With Bavmorda in the lead with the shard out, Zxel/spiderbot, and Oskar close behind, with the rest outside the effect of the shard.

5 floating electric orbs fly down and their attacks are not doing anything, they keep testing the limits of the sphere.

Rallion and the others open fire. We destroy one sphere and damage another.

Lambertus is casting prayer, which will be ready in time for us to roll initiative.

We are left 2/3 of the way to the central tube, with about 880 feet of climb in low and decreasing gravity to go.