Skullshank and the Sinking Spire part 2

1489
Year of the Warrior Princess
Uktar 23

 

    After taking a short rest our party continues to explore the tower.  They encounter a reading lounge with a hidden door running the length of the wall.  The hidden area is a permanent Magnificent Mansion!  They plan on coming back and making this one of their bases. (If they can keep the tower from sinking into Tar, which may be difficult since none of them are trained in engineering).  Several rooms offer some challenges the hardest so far is a Tar Roper that makes some trouble for our heroes. The room after this is perhaps the most difficult one faced so far.  With the tower on a 15% slope they enter a room that used to be a lab but now all they see is broken glass.  Riddick attempts to move across the room, but is surprised by a Imp in the form of a hyena!  The hyena trips Riddick and Riddick slides under a pile of junk and out of the tower through a hole in the wall!  Joining him two rounds later is Hannibal!  Riddick and Hannibal start to take damage from the extremely hot tar which burns for several rounds after they get out of it.  The rest of the party led by Landon and Azten dispatch the imp as Riddick and Hannibal climb up the tower.  They find a very important jewel in a broken display case, this will aid the Harpers greatly.  Also in the room is a Helm of Brilliance which Hannibal dons proudly.  In the final room they find two injured agents of Thay, Odolan and Virkus, both sent here on the same type of mission as our party.  After some parley in the form of diplomacy from Hannibal, both sides agree to part in peace.  As a symbol of respect and a possible future alliance, Hannibal gives Odolan his Harper's pin and Ololan gives Hannibal his Thayian badge.  The group then makes the long trek back to Saerloon.