We head back toward the Shaitans house. As we approach, we appreciate its beauty – it appears to have grown from the surroundings and is organic with crystal windows.
We carefully approach ensuring that the female shaitan isn’t inside. Ariza scouts ahead and motions that it is safe for everyone to follow. It turns out that the house is one large room that is open to the sky. There two stone chairs, a table, bed platforms and a large chest. Ariza checks out the chest, and we decide it’s safe to open. 💰
We find:
5 small vials that seem magical (2 calm emotions, 2 see invisibility, 1 of heroism)
3 large bottles (alcohol – very hard liquor)
We divide them up. Rem’e takes a sniff of the alcohol and isn’t sure he’s up for a taste.
We decide to head back to the tomb gate with prime access to see if Habistaw has returned. There’s much discussion as we walk about possibly leaving the plane. Ariza keeps the party moving and tells them to stop wasting time on conjecture. So the conversation moves on to the liquor. Rhun ventures a minor taste, and then Rem’e ventures a full swig. Rem’e seems quite pleased. 🍸
We reach the gate to the prime, and consider returning to the real world, to drop off much of out loot, and restock in preparation for our fight against the ifrit and the dragon. 🔥 / 🐉?
We put it to a vote and we decide to stay and finish shoring up the demi-plane. We head back to Shareen, wondering if Habistaw headed that way as well. We have an uneventful trip back and discover Marilielle and Shareen had been taking a bath. 🛀 We’re all suspicious…
We tell Shareen that we placed the pylons. And she tells us we much now need to move quickly since things are out of balance and it’s going to provide an opportunity for Sixabelle and Frostjaw to invade. Ariza suggests we deal with Sixabelle first, and hopefully that will allow us to fight Frostjaw on solid land. 🤷♀️
We are worried about heading into the fire-riden area and we don’t feel prepared with the items and knowledge we have. Shareen doesn’t have a lot of ways to help us, but says that she could make some scrolls of “protect from energy.”
We decide to take a few days to create scrolls and cartridges, and Liadan will learn the spell from Shareen as well. Marilielle eventually comes out of the bath… glowing and refreshed.
Days drag on, so Ariza spends some time doing coordinated attack training with Binx, and gathers some herbs to infuse with the very strong liquor. The magic users make scrolls, 📜 📜 📜 📜 📜 📜 📜 📜 📜 📜
Marilielle sings and entertains at night – happily buzzed, Rem’e closely watches as Marilielle entertains us.
Shareen notices that fire seems to be encroaching on the earth plane and the winds are picking up. We finally feel ready so he head toward the lake of fire. Rhun protects the party 🛡 from the elements, and we forge ahead.
We run into the salamander and chat with him and he agrees that he and his companion will not be around in two hours. So we wait ⌛️ and create a plan to sneak up to the beach 🏖 where Sixabelle hangs out.
Liadan uses a scroll of invisibility on Ariza and the rest of the party hide in her invisible sphere. But when we arrive to the throne, Sixabelle is out in the lake of fire 🔥
Ariza knocks over Sixabelle’s umbrella and uses prestidigitation it make a loud noise when it falls, Sixabelle notices and heads back toward the shore.
As Sixabelle approaches, Rhun uses a scroll of eagle’s splendor on Rem’e, and prepares to summon ice elementals. Liadan is prepping a magic missile.
Ariza plans on getting behind Sixabelle as soon as she’s on the shore again.
Sixabelle makes it to the shore and moves toward the umbrella ⛱. Rem’e lets a shot go. Rhun summons three ice elementals and they each attack but don’t seem to do any damage. Liadan let’s a round of missiles go and they slam intro the ifrit. Ariza takes advantage of the elemental and slices into Sixabelle’s calf.
Sixabelle disappears and a fireball explodes out from the top of the umbrella that is in the center of the beach battlefield. The ice elementals melt… and Sixabelle reappears. Ariza tosses a dagger at the looming figure and it glances off her chain mail shirt, Binx moves closer.
Rem’e fires again and seems to connect. Rhun steps forward and creates a magical scimitar, but, like Aruba’s attack it seems to slide off Sixabelle’s armor. Liadan launches another round of magic missiles.
Sixabelle screams and creates another fireball, 🔥 everyone jumps out of the way, receiving minor damage.
Binx makes her way around and once in position bites at the ifrit. Ariza slashes again and with Binx around she seems to do some damage. Rem’e fires again, Rhun creates an ice elemental that can’t land a hit (and neither can the magical scimitar). Liadan uses her last round of magic missiles.
Sixabelle transforms into a gas and moves over the lake of fire, but before she can get too far Rhun creates a wall of wind and stops her from going too much farther. Everyone takes shots but can’t tell us they are affecting the floating gas.
The gas moves up the wall, and Ariza summons an eagle 🦅 to swoop into the gassy area. Rem’e shoots a sticky shot and shrugs, not knowing what affect it had on Sixabelle but clearly seeing the eagle die and fall to the lake of fire.
Rhun casts dispel magic, 🧙♂️ hoping to give us a solid enemy once again, but it doesn’t seem to work. Liadan sends a force missile at the gas, and the gas fades away.
Ariza drinks a potion 🧪 of see invisibility and there doesn’t seem to be anyone around. Rhun celebrates our apparent win and heals the party.
Rem’e takes out is ocarina and plays dust in the wind… 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶