Saturday 18 January 2014

Cold Caves.

Cold Caves - Entrance 1/2. photo coldcaves_zps84fd0921.png

Cold Caves - Entrance, part 1.


Dear Journal,

Large group of us went to Cold Caves to find magical treasures they hold.

It's very long and dangerous trip so i didn't intend to make it full way. I warned the team.

We went few levels in and deep, past gypsy camp occupied by infected gnolls, cold cave entrance, small ogre maze, ice-spider-filled cold crypts, and into large ogre maze.

One fight i considered noteably life-threatening.

My spell energies were running dangerously low, so i decided to retreat invisibly hoping that they won't smell me as i pass past them in cold, wet, dark, in places narrow and tangled web of corridors.

In cold crypts i had to meditate in half lotus position (not only mind's), letting spell energies return, hoping i won't freeze (deeper was too cold for rest), nor that spiders come back. I was lucky.

I got lost on way back, so i opened too many doors, but i did close them before they did notice me. Hopefully other adventurers won't suffer because of this.

Finally i found rope up and way out.

Perhaps someday i'll be ready to go through all of the ogre maze and onward.

-- Yours, Chea Allin, adventuress.

P.S. Ogre Shamans' physique makes them highly resistant to body-affecting aspect of a 'Phantasmal Killer' spell. But i got one lesser ogre kill still with it.


Cold Caves - Entrance 2/2. photo coldcaves2_zps65ca24d5.png

Cold Caves - Entrance, part 2.


Cold Caves - Ice Crypt 2/2. photo coldcaves4_zpsc6c483ef.png

Cold Caves - Ice Crypt.


Cold Caves - Ogre Maze. photo coldcaves5_zpsa5b792fb.png

Cold Caves - Ogre Maze.


Cold Caves - Lone Retreat 1/3. photo coldcaves6_zps1ee5f88d.png

Cold Caves - Lone retreat on Cold Crypts long bridge (without spiders).


Cold Caves - Lone Retreat 3/3. photo coldcaves8_zpsdea558bc.png

Cold Caves - Lone retreat, infected gnoll occupied entrance.