Session 27 - Into the Fang of Worship

 

The party recovered from the Anathema fight with a short rest, interrupted by the sudden appearance and immediate disappearance of Mesmer into one of the portals. Somehow feeling like they weren't going to see him for awhile, and possible ever again, they decided not to mess with the portals and instead took to the secret passageways again and made their way into one of the hanging towers of Serastis.

Navigating their way down a spiral staircase, they were ambushed by shrieking undead baboons, who managed to suck a bit of life from Vodja and Wanda before being dispatched. They broke into a room of worship and killed a Yuan-ti necromancer and then found a sacrificial chamber with some statues and a rescuable victim, who seemed convinced they were in crypts beneath Elturgard. Deacon Fry restored one of the statues to life and she admitted that she had indeed encountered a medusa in the halls while trying to escape from the prison.

Finally they reached the bottom of the tower to find a larger portal unattended, and decided at least that they probably had to work these things out. Vodja poked at it but only managed to trigger a trap, summoning Yet Another Giant Snake for the party to chop up, which they did.