Continuing from the last game, the party ignored the ugly gargoyle-like statue at the end of the room and continued opening doors at random. Behind one was a kind of barred cell which contained a demonic-looking pedastal and a book. The next room held four orcs.

The orcs attacked immediately, attempting to flow out of the room, but the party's presence in the hall provoked numerous attacks of opportunity. The party engaged while Aust's dog-like companion cowered in a faraway corner. Nick, his crossbows spent, began attacking first unarmed, then with his kukri.

Amedi cast Divine Power and Righteous Might, growing to over 12 feet tall. Stepping into melee, he began laying the smackdown on the evil orcs. Lors -- the NPC rogue played this week by Lord Adam -- dusted himself with glitterdust, thus becoming invisible. Slipping out of combat, he hid for a few rounds, but then returned to sneak attack one of the orcs.

The orcs were apparently accompanied by a cleric who, once his fighters were out of the room in which they were discovered, cast a blade barrier on the door to keep the party out. In order to reach the cleric, Forté summoned a pair of celestial badgers to try to keep it busy. Aust moved through the blade barrier using his abundant step ability in order to get close to the threat. The orcish cleric was caught off guard, but still managed to bull-rush Aust back through the blade barrier, causing the monk some serious damage.

Amedi continued striking down orcs with his adamantine great-star until he faced the cleric, whom he struck down with a full attack. The only orc left alive (but unconscious), was slain by John Alderich Jr. Lors then began searching the bodies while the rest of the party began opening more doors.

One door revealed a room containing a robe, a few books and a few scrolls, all of which Aust pocketed for identification later. Yet another room revealed a Shield and a set of Breastplate armor, which John Alderich Jr. picked up. A third room had three cells, each of which held a sleeping woman, each one wearing a primary color, red, blue and yellow. Checking the room, Amedi cast detect evil and determined that an overwhelming source of evil was coming from just below the room. He ripped the cell doors off, and the party deposited the three women in another area. Then, Amedi began pounding on the floor with his great-star, attempting to break open a hole. Nick attempted to assist, but his leather-soled boots failed to match the damage of the cleric's adamantine great-star.

Finally opening a hole big enough to see through, Amedi and Nick saw a red glow coming from the room below. Opening the hole further, they saw a glowing red pentacle on the floor below. When the hole was wide enough to slip through, Nick jumped down into the room below. Landing, he suddenly slipped on one blood-drawn line of the pentacle, disrupting its shape.

Down the hall, all three women woke at once, reaching toward the sky, screaming "NOOOOOO!"

Stay tuned!