Ghosts of Saltmarsh (#21) - The Isle of the Abbey II

Day 50 - The Ruined Abbey continued

We advanced cautiously down the rough-walled corridor and saw what Navda had reported - a door in the east wall of the chamber, two large minotaur skeleton statues with great axes and a pile of what looked like corpses piled in a corner.

As Navda stepped into the room, a ghostly figure appeared and began to attack us, closely followed by an eerie looking menace in dark robes. When the dark-robed figure gazed at us all, Gladreth and Dharion collapsed to the floor.

A Bodak  - courtesy of Fantasy Grounds

Druss and Navda attacked the robed figure whilst I summoned my Spirit Guardians to tackle the spectre. This also gave me time to resuscitate Dharion and Gladreth who was then able to cast a shower of Magic Missiles to dissipate the spectre.

Unfortunately the gaze of the robed being overcame me, and Gladreth again, and we collapsed to the floor, but my Spirit Guardians kept fighting to protect me. Dharion was able to destroy the robed figure before any more of us could succumb to its deadly gaze, but another spectre attacked us. Dharion was able to bring me round, and the second spectre was quickly put down by a combination of all of us attacking it.

I quickly cast a Prayer of Healing, which brought Gladreth round again, but just as we thought we were safe, the two minotaur skeleton guardian statues came to life and began to advance up the corridor. Druss and Dharion moved to attack them but were scythed down without mercy. I stepped forward to Heal them, only for them to be scythed down once again. The combined attacks of Gladreth's Witch Bolts and Navda's critical archery finally dispatched the giant skeleton guardians.

A Minotaur skeleton guardian - courtesy of Fantasy Grounds

After the melee, we nursed our wounds but found that were very sorely beaten up. We searched the room for any further dangers, but found none. Navda then set a trap on the door in the east wall of the chamber, and another to the main entrance to the underground complex, and we barricaded ourselves into one of the rooms in the main chamber to rest and heal up overnight.

Day 51

We awoke refreshed and checked the trapped doors, but found that neither had been disturbed during the night.

We advanced again to the minotaur skeleton room; Navda scouted ahead, with me following as back up. He passed through the east wall door into a maze of corridors, and explored northwards whilst I covered him from a cross-roads.

More of the dungeon

The next thing I heard was a yelp as Navda fell into a pit full of some green slimy stuff which burned him as he hurriedly climbed back out.