This will be a quick recap, as it has been a while.
The party arrives at the Great Canyon and finds the triangular obelisk markers of the stairs down to the bottom of the canyon. Debi Hari uses the scroll's incantation to drop the magical force field which previously repelled Mick as he attempted to go through. The party starts down the stairs on the 600 foot decent.
Halfway down they are attacked by a flock of disgusting, flying, fleshy creature that look like across between hairless bats and mosquitoes -- stirges. The creature are easy to kill, but with three stirges per party member they do some damage. The party survives and makes it to the bottom.
They find the entrance to the stronghold of Straja Lament. Debi opens it. Inside they find the mummies of an elf in shining chainmail, a barbarian, and a dwarf. When Debi uses Mage Hand to take the elven chainmail and try it on, she gets a nasty electrical shock. They leave it.
Going up the stairs Mick almost finds a trap, but misses it. As he steps on one of the steps, and iron gate blocks off the exit at the bottom, leaving Jewell and Lorian locked out of the stairwell. Meanwhile in the room above a crystal golem-like construct attacks. They destroy it, and the party manages to figure out the gate mechanism. Debit and Mick use Mage Hands to manipulate the mechanism while the strong characters lift the 600 pound iron gate. The party is reunited.
They explore the stronghold. Simon finds a hollow wall and then a secret door that provides and easy entrance to the interior.
They explore, finding Lament's old chambers and workshop. They fight the hydra-vine in her garden. They discover the treasure room in which they fight two more of the crystal guardians. Finally they defeat 9 giant crystal spider constructs in the bottom of a pit room.
They leave and return to Langwon. XP 445 each.
Returning to Langwon, the PCs are at the Eye of the Beholder. They are lured to an abandoned textile factory by what appears to be Blix Yodarian, Mick's mentor. Mick goes in first by himself and is hit by a crossbow bolt trap in some stairs. Simon and Debi join him. They find themselves in a building that has been filled with deadly traps, which they explore. Finally they open a door and see a beholder in there. Simon cast Sacred Flame but misses. Debi casts Cloud of Daggers. Mick slams the door shut. It is the monster's turn. They hear a giant blast of air inside the room but don't open the door.
A wizardly figure appears behind them, introducing himself as Ty Kindal, who has been studying them. He set this all up to access their prowess as potential adventuring partners, and explains that inside the room was a Gas Spore, not a Beholder, and that they avoided being infected by its explosion when Mick slammed the door.
End of session 23. 200 more XP each.
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