Session 8: What is Spelunking?

With morning came another opportunity to attempt breaking of Rarunex's sorcerous curse, a geas preventing him from divulging any details of the Drow commander's plans without incurring physical damage. Grayscream broke the spell placed on Rarunex. Clidiot attempted to break a similar spells placed on Fikva (Rarunex's crony), but did not succeed.

Grateful for the healing provided by the PCs and finally able to share his knowledge, Rarunex divulged the location of two cave system entrances (in the church and the forest) and the fact that he reports only to the Drow commander, and has no knowledge of a higher power, if one exists. He also estimates there are fewer than 30 Drow in the cave system, but they have almost 130 elves in their forced employment. In the cave system itself, there are typically around 10 Drow and 30 Elves. Rarunex cautiously pointed out that he's never actually seen the families. He also revealed that the cave system gets its water from a spring near the forest. Finally, he laid out a rough sketch of the cave system and noted the location of war room where he met with the Drow commander on numerous occasions.

The PCs spent some time preparing to enter the cave system. After an attempt at building a roofie aerosolization device nearly ended in disaster (only Nesbitt saved them from knocking themselves out), they redoubled their efforts and built a functioning roofie bomb. Ready to execute their plan, they sent Rarunex into the cave ahead of them to deploy the roofie bomb. Then, the group split up their numbers, with Nesbitt, Gavroche, and Artemis going in through the Forest entrance and Liet, MFS, and Grayscream going in through the church entrance.

Getting in through the church entrance required some careful bluffing which was well-handled by MFS, the world's most silver-tongued sorcerer. The characters all rendezvoused in one particular room of the cave system and discussed further plans for awhile. After realizing that nearby Drow guards probably overheard everything they said, they decided to take the pair out, and a fight ensued with two Drow guards and three Elven conscripts. The fight left the Drow guards dead and the Elven conscripts unsure of the what to do. It is clear that more soldiers are approaching this part of the caves - the PCs counted at least 6.

Experience:
 * Two CR2 Drow soldiers
 * Experience: 200/character