Ed: DMing; Paul: Zoozeki (high elf wizard 9); Scott: Smudge (shadar-kai rogue 7 / barbarian 2) and Martin (dwarf cleric 9); Dane: Tudo (dwarf cleric 9).
We resume in the undersea/under-volcano dragon lair, and discuss whether we have enough muscle to bust into the room with a dragon and two mind flayers.
Martin casts death ward on Smudge.
Zoozeki considers why a dragon would take the form of a man and how (arcana = 27). He realizes that this dragon must be an innate spell caster who can cast polymorph every day.
We consult with the myrmidons. They consider the dragons and mind flayers a treat to the apemen kingdom.
Smudge scouts the hallway north of the treasure room. He sees a large, dark figure. Eight-pointed crown. Muscles. Two clubs. Wrapped head to toe in black, dripping rags. Stench of infection.
We decide to move to the other door. Zoozeki tries sending his familiar down the hall, past the dark figure to try to arcane lock the door. But the dark figure flattens the familiar with its club.
We go to back to the first door. Zoozeki casts protection from evil and good on Smudge. Smudge casts invisibility on himself. Tudo blesses everyone.
Smudge uses this thieves tools to silently drill a little hole through the door. He teleports into the room, then tries to sneak up on a mind flayer but is heard. Smudge charges, casts green flame blade, and sneak attacks the mind flayer for 32 damage. Gouts of black icor pour from its chest.
The other mind flayer slams Smudge with a mind blast for 13 damage.
The myrmidons bust through the door and enter the room commando style. They shoot the young man with multiple arrows. It turns back into a young red dragon with a blue cast.
A man walks through a secret door in the south-east corner of the room carrying two buckets of coal. He has a sword through his face. We call him Sword Face.
Zoozeki casts Bigby's hand and clenches the injured mind flayer for 21 damage. More black ichor squirts out of its checks.
The damaged mind flayer mind blasts Smudge for no damage.
Tudo pan flails the mind flayer.
The dragon creates a volcanic gas cloud that hits Zoozeki, Martin, Tudo, and the myrmidons.
Dragon breath (fire). Everybody takes 56 damage. Three myrmidons go to zero hit points. Zoozeki goes to negative hit points.
The dragon flies out the chimney.
The myrmidons shoot bows at the injured mind flayer and kill it.
Zoozeki succeeds his first death save.
The bronze eagle shoots eye lasers the remaining mind flayer for 12 damage.
Zoozeki fails his first death saves.
Tudo casts healing work on Zoozeki, who now has 7 HP (plus 11 temporary HP because of Martin). Zoozeki is still incapacitated by the poison gas cloud, though.
The conscious myrmidons stabilize the three downed ones.
The bronze eagle claws Sword Face for 2 damage.
The remaining mind flayer shimmers and vanishes.
Martin takes out Sword Face with some kind of necrotic damage spell.
Victory!
Next sesson, we'll look through the treasure.