D&D at the Games Tower

(Scroll for tl;dr) The echo of a hammer hitting steel reverberated around the caverns. The Adventurers™ now somewhat rested, followed the sound and found a makeshift smithy in a large chamber. They saw a fire pit in the middle of the room and a dishevelled dwarf working steel on an anvil.  He was chained to one of the natural stone columns.  There were also two Black Earth priests leaning amongst the weapon racks and boxes around the edge of the room.  As the party attacked the priests, one of them shouted “Protect the weapon!” The other attempted to run off down a tunnel.  Skonn pursued the priest and cut him down.  Aubrey took aim at the remaining priest and began to cast a fireball.  Garon realised that the spell’s area of effect would include and most likely incinerate the dwarf so he cast counterspell and nullified Aubrey’s spell.  This resulted in some bickering between the mages while the remaining priest was hacked to death. Now that ...

(Scroll for tl;dr) Sorin dropped the poisoned mushrooms down the Xorn’s throat.  Its mouth snapped shut and a noise like stone grinding together could be heard in its stomach.  The Xorn convulsed as Skonn attacked it from behind.  A Dragonborn cleric appeared and rushed to the party’s aid.  The Xorn gained some composure and lashed out at the party as the priest, who had been feeding gems to the Xorn, was quickly cut down.  Once the Xorn had been dealt with Sorin slashed at where he expected the stomach to be, looking for the treasure that had been poured down its throat.  He eventually found some gems and gold while Aubrey found a magic scroll on the priest.  The dragonborn, Fendril explained that he had been hired by the Lord’s Alliance to eradicate the Black Earth Cult.  He and his friends had fought their way through the monastery and mines but only the dragon born had survived.  They decided to join forced for now.  Balderpoor h...

(Scroll for TL;DR) Skonn slashed at the giant with a hand axe and managed to get free of its grip.  The giants were tough but eventually bested, with Skonn and Sorin each strikingly a killing blow.  Garon hurled spells from a safe distance, managing to stay conscious in this fight.  The giants didn’t have many items of interest except for a kite shaped gem that pulsated with an eerie glow.  Garon examined it but did not believe it to be magical.  They found a strange suit of armour in a crate by the giant’s bed.  On closer inspection the party found that the armour was solid and could be fitted together.  In the chest plate was a kite shaped recess and the party immediately placed the gem in it.  The armour came to life and started to speak.  It was disorientated and said that its name was Warden. It had been a bodyguard for the Hand of Yartar.  It agreed to follow the party as it believed the earth cult was responsible for its disasse...

As they tended their wounds, the rock in Aubrey's pocket started to speak.  "Zeran, have the intruders been dealt with? We’re sending all remaining mages to the hall. The Mud Sorcerer is also on route so watch out!" Aubrey recognised the item as a Sending Stone and realise he would reply with a short message.  He said that the intruders had been dealt with and there was no need to send anyone else.  There was no response and The Adventurers™️ waited nervously while they looked over a Staff of Swarming and a Ring of Spell storing that had been found on the cultists.  Garon sensibly took up a defensive position in the corner of the hall while the others huddled around the glowing campfire.  More cultists appeared from two difference corridors and four gargoyles suddenly barred the exit from the Temple. Unfortunately Garon had positioned himself near to a sorcerer and his Stone Golem.  He desperately tried to disorientate and harry them, unleashing a thick ...

(Scroll for tl;dr) As the battle cries and footsteps grew louder, Aubrey, Balderpoor, Garon, Skonn and Sorin readied themselves for the inevitable battle. In the ancient hall there were already two Hobgoblins and Bulette. They were joined by two more hobgoblins and spear wielding Bulette rider. Balderpoor, Skonn and Sorin killed the hobgoblins easily but the Bulette proved tougher until Skonn eventually downed the beast. From the south corridor five Duergar approached but as Skonn recklessly charged at them, Aubrey crackled a lightning bolt killing four of the dark dwarves. The final Duergar cast invisibility but was not stealthy enough to sneak past Skonn, who swung his sword at the darkness, cutting the dwarf down where he stood. As Skonn was taking out his unseen foe, a Bulette and rider appeared from the west corridor followed by three Black Earth Guards and a Battlemage. Skonn charged again while the others took up positions. As the Bulette burrowed into the ground Skonn took ...

Arnogall had taken the last watch.  As the dawn broke, the other members of the party, Balderpoor, Sorin and Skonn started to wake to find their companion missing.  They assumed Arnogall would be back so over breakfast Sorin told the others about a strange dream he’d had that night.   He described the centre of the a crossroads corridor where his God, Gwaeron Windstrom, pointed to a door. When Sorin walked through it the ground trembled. He entered a large empty dwavern hall where the stoneworked floor gave way and he fell, landing in a narrow cavern. Ahead was an evil looking altar.  There was a figure with snake hair with its back to him. As he began to approach he felt immense pain and looked down to see a metal horn had pierced through his chest from the back, then pulled out. As he fell to the ground he saw a goat with long sharp metal horns. As he lay there dying, he noticed the goat’s eyes had a strange symbol where it’s iris should be. There the dream end...