20th March 2022 - Session 40 - A surprise slippery lizard attack - Sally

 Dunbarr tries to find a way out of the stone giant corridor he's been trapped in. He uses stone cunning against the boulder and status, the statue is a Stone Golem with transmutation magic. It is too far away for Bearnabus to cast dispel magic. Heavy barriers, that Dunbarr cannot lift, line the corridor. Dipple checks another corridor and finds a life-size statue of an angry cloud giant with a mask on appearing to cast a spell. He doesn't enter but figures there must be rooms for each type of giant. In the central room with all types of giants, the Ice Giant is missing its axe. Dipple finds a room across from the stone giant corridor which has the doors frozen shut. Kin joins him.

The stone giant statue gets close enough to Dunbarr for him to use a dispel magic scroll on it, it works and the stone giant stops moving. Harshnag lifts the boulder and Dunbarr gets out of the corridor. Dunbarr tries putting an ice sconce in the hand of the ice giant statue, but nothing happens.

Upstairs, Kin and Dipple look into a big room without entering. It appears to be a giant feast hall with tables. There are slabs covered in blood and an active fire pit in the middle of the room. Dipple throws a Giant Elk from his bag of tricks into the room. The elk runs around the room and is suddenly speared to death by a creature at the back of the room. The spear is biological. The creature is not a humanoid. It is a monstrosity with many legs. A slippery lizard if you will.

Dipple, Graupel and Kin go into the room. The rest of the group joins while the slippery lizard eats the giant elk. The slab in the room is green and blackened with age, holding goblets and plates. It is stained with blood and grease. The fire is gas-fuelled. Graupel stomps around and the creature dives into the ground. Movement can be seen under the floor. Everyone jumps up onto the slab/tables. They spot the Giant Axe from the ice giant statue in the alcove at the back of the room where the creature had emerged from.

Dipple casts slow on the ground and it hits the creature. The team crafts a plan - Dunbarr and Graupel will go for the axe while others attempt to distract the creature. Unknown if Elknabus's stomping has an effect. Kin shoots an arrow to land on the ground, this has no effect. Dipple makes the sound of people running, with an unknown effect on the slippery lizard. As Graupel, Dunbarr and Elknabus dash towards the axe-cove, the creature pops up behind them and begins slowly moving towards Graupel. Kin hits it in the back of the head with a whistling arrow, inflicting 7 points of damage, the slippery lizard is unperturbed and continues towards Graupel and Dunbarr. Dipple keeps the slow spell going and inflicts 5 points of damage with a crossbow.

Harshnag arrives and declares the slippery lizard to be a Ramorez. He says it must be defeated. Dunbarr runs towards the Ramorez using blade ward. Elknabus rams the creature causing 21 damage. The creature attacks Dunbarr but misses. Kin hits it with a lightning arrow causing 31 damage, its skin shimmers.

Dipple hits it with a fireball and then runs towards the Ramorez. Although there are 30 points of damage, the creature's skin seems to warm up and shine on impact. Graupel picks up the axe and dashes back towards the tables.

The Ramorez attacks and eats Dunbarr, he takes 27 damage. He is now stuck in its throat. Dunbarr can see the head of the elk it has just eaten down the throat beginning to dissolve in acid. Kin's lightning arrow causes the creature 37 damage. Dipple casts fear on the Ramorez. Harshnag also attacks it.

Graupel drops the axe to help Dunbarr get out of the creature. Dunbarr pours all his alcohol (glass and all) down the creature's throat in an attempt to get it to throw up. It doesn't work. Dipple causes a further 13 damage to the creature while others miss. Harshnag cuts into the Ramorez with his axe and cuts its head clean off! Dunbarr wiggles back out and is free! The alcohol is lost forever.