Session Sixty-Five: Gray Plumed Mountain Part 5

Note: For those unfamiliar with Dark Sun, psionics are called the Will for wild talents and the Way for trained psionicists.

The group tied themselves together with rope and gathered the shallow bowls. They jumped into the flowing stream of silt, while sitting on their bowls. They were whisked through the hole in the wall and through a tube.
The stream carried them into a room, where a group of men were waiting with nets and clubs. The men caught Shade in a net and pulled him out of the stream and onto the floor. The other men near him started beating him with their clubs.
No one else was caught by the nets, but the group was having trouble dismounting from their bowls without being scoured by the silt stream. The best fighter among the group was wielding a bone carrikal and the men engaged the group fiercely. Shade, with the help of Vashti, was able to break free of the net.
The fighting was rather brutal, as the men had taken advantage of their foes awkward positions. However, once the group was able to gather themselves, they defeated the men. The battle did take a toll on the group. They were wounded and low on magical and mental resources. They decided to rest. They made sure to keep watch.

Day 5, Week 1, Macro, Friend's Vengeance, 190th King's Age, Sun Descending

Upon waking, the group searched the dead men. The fighter who had wielding the carrikal had a brass key on his belt. Alaxander took it.
The group began searching for a way out of the room, besides the silt stream. They were not having much success and began to think they had to get back onto the shallow bowls. However, Alaxander saw a door appear, while he was holding the brass key. No one else could see it and when Alaxander passed the key to Shade, he could no longer see it, but Shade could.
They used the brass key to unlock the door and it opened into a narrow hallway. The group was forced to walk single file as they moved down the hallway. The hallway angled to the left and ended at a blank wall. The group pushed on the wall and it opened into a larger hallway, which they could walk more freely.

At the end of the hallway were a set of large stone double doors. The group moved toward them, with Shade checking for traps along the way. They arrived at the door and pulled them open.
They room on the other side of the doors was a huge inverted pyramid, with terraced levels. Each level of the inverted pyramid was terraced as a ten foot ringed pathway. Each pathway was designed differently than the others.
The first level of the pyramid was empty and allowed the group to walk above the other levels; the second level was filled with silt; the third was designed as a desert landscape and contained six giant scorpions; the fourth was filled with filthy water; and the bottom level had three b'rohgs. The b'rohgs saw the group and immediately starting throwing stones at the group.
The group ran back through the double doors and decided to make a plan of attack. They decided to attack the b'rohgs first and that they would attack them one at a time. Kill one and move to the next. Julius said that he would try to disintegrate them with the way, so he would target his own. Everyone agreed and they returned to the large room.

Julius used the way to turn one of the b'rohgs into dust. The rest of the group started using their ranged weapons to attack the b'rohg closest to them. As they fought, they tried to dodge the large rocks being thrown at them. Some of the rocks found their targets and the group was beaten up a little. 
Julius used the way again and turned another one of the four armed giants to dust. The rest of the group managed to kill the last b'horg with their ranged weapons and magic.
Suddenly, some tentacles reached out of the silt and started attacking the legs of Vashti, Kalino, Shade, and Alaxander.

Join us in two weeks for another exciting session of Adventures Under the Dark Sun. 

2nd edition AD&D Dark Sun Cast of Player Characters 
Julius: Human male psychokinetic. 22 years old. Played by Dave. Speaks Balican, Tyrian, and Giant. 
Alaxander: Human male psychokinetic. 18 years old. Played by Ben. Speaks Balican, Tyrian, and Elf. 
Vashti: Human female clairsentient/water cleric. 20 years old. Played by my wife. Speaks Nibnese, Gith, Tyrian, Balican, and Urikite. 
Shade: Half-Elf male ranger/thief, 18 years old. Played by Chad. Speaks Balican, Elf and Tyrian. 
Kalino: Human male fighter/preserver. 20 years old. Party NPC. Speaks Rammin, Tyrian, and Balican.