5.26. The Abandoned Cathedral

(This scenario was Gamesmastered by N. Alan Bond.) During the night of the first day of this scenario, the characters were awakened by a loud rapping on their bedroom doors and the snooty voice of Elbain the Small telling our heroes to gather in their common room. There the adventures met Amlach the Golden who represented the Yester. After Amlach offered a job and a reasonable price for the party's services, the adventurers agreed to undertake the offered mission. The next morning, our heroes set out on a ship provided by the Yester which traveled from Seagate to Swithan's Cove. After departing from the boat with the Yester Rabon as their guide, the party traveled across the Plain of Desai to a point in the Southern Palisades.

From here the party traveled into the heart of the mountains. Rabon guided the party along a trail that was badly deteriorated, but had recently seen some use. On the second day of travel in the mountains, the party spotted a sentinel fleeing along the trail. The sentinel escaped from the party's partial attempt at pursuit. With the Arkons so warned, the party was ambushed twice. (The second ambush occurred after the party allowed a prisoner to scream during a tortu... ah interrogation session. The party was saved during the ambushes by Gim Torson's brilliant fighting technique, of course.) After dealing with the ambushes the party found the Cathedral.

When darkness fell, Jamie and Derenedeth eliminated the sentinels on the keep's walls which allowed the party to enter the keep and ascend to the stairs to the cathedral, with Gim Torson covering the advance of the party with his powerful magics. Our heroes were thus able to gain entrance to the cathedral and close the portculius with a few encounters with the enemy. After a short rest, Rabon took a small magical boomb[25] from his pack and planted it next to the entrance of the tunnel. The party then followed the corkscrew tunnel into the darkness, pausing only to deposit more of Rabon's boombs. At the bottom of the tunnel, the party met the eternal champion and Rabon reclaimed the sword the champion carried. Through here the party traveled through a downshaft to the private chambers of the Elite. Here the party planted more bombs, found treasure, and harassed a disembodied voice with slight telekinetic powers.

During their search through the Elite's chambers, the party discovered a secret exit which they followed to a cave that led to the sea. Rabon activated his bombs and the party then sailed in a small boat back to Swithan's Cove and rejoined the ship of the Yester which took them back to Seagate.

Note

This adventure was gamed in late June or early July, 1988.



[25] Pronunciation by the Inspector Clouseau, of course.