Tovag Foyer

The heroes passed through the gateway arch into the Adytum.  The entryway ran southwest to a more open area that was lit with a pallid green-yellow light.  In the foyer the characters saw 5 ghouls munching away on humanoid remains and 6 onyx statues of Vecna in various guises.  As they party approached the ghouls did not even look up from their meals, the chomping and gnashing of teeth making quite a racket.


The group loosed a flurry of ranged and area attacks at the ghouls eliminating them quickly.  They then moved toward the entry way into the foyer warily.  As they did the onyx statues started moving toward them and attacked.  The statues were formidable as they attacked from 10 feet away.  Some attacks dazed the adventurers while others caused the characters to grant combat advantage.  Once Pretis even had fallen and could not get up.  

Quickly several members of the party were bloodied.  Melisana cast written in fire and Demin kept firing his crossbow.  Mara and Gofin were at the front of the party with Gofin taking the most damage.  As the battle continued 3 of the statues squeezed their way through the group to attack Lythandar, Melisana and Alhellara in the rear of the group.  When the going continued to get tough Alhellara provided a battle surge so that the party could regain some lost energy.

Pretis still not able to stand up was attacking from the floor but the battle finally turned in the party's direction as statue after statue broke into piles of rubble leaving difficult terrain.  At last the final statue was destroyed and Pretis actually stood up.  The group decided on a short rest while Demin searched the bodies.  After their recovery the group moved to listen at the doors exiting this chamber.  There were four stone doors, one to the north, two to the south and one to the east.  On the west was a vast portal seemingly made from a shiny metal, heavily graven with relief sculpture.  The sculpture showed Vecna, missing his left eye and hand, treading over many fallen humanoid bodies.  At his sides were created(?) creatures of some fashion, one a large hand the other a large eye. 

Demin listened at the shiny metal door and heard no sounds, he heard the same lack of noise at the north and two southern doors also.  At the door to the east he heard some heavy plodding and grunting sounds.  The group discussed their options and determined that they should try a silent(?) door first, maybe the one to the north.  The day has been long, but it is still the middle of the afternoon and they do not feel as though an extended rest is at hand yet.

Scorecard:  The group received 1700XP for the night, 1000 for the ghouls and Vecna statues and 700 for finding the Adytum by passing through the Tovag parallels.   They now have 35,141 XP and need 3859 more to reach 13th level.    Last week in Partly Cloudy the group found a Symbol of Divine Light +4 which was claimed by Alhellara.