Barrowmaze 5E Session 5 - Back to the Dungeon - Carnivorous Flies and Ghouls!

 

Today (8/24/25) we played our fifth session of Barrowmaze 5E. The party decided to return to the dungeon and try to fill in some gaps on their map . . . 

The roster of characters:

• Tanya - Sariel Moonblossom (Half-Elf Cleric of Arcantryl 2)
• Eli - Omarion Zolond (Drow Necromancer 2) 
• Aidan - Alivin O'Harris (Human Ranger 2)
• Christopher - Feles Pugnat (Tabaxi Fighter 2)
• Hireling - Freelik of Glossimir (High Elf Fighter 1) - 2 gp/day
• Hireling - "Killer" Kelg Barrelgut (Hill Dwarf Fighter 1) - 2 gp/day
• Hireling - Brother Binford (Human Cleric of St. Ygg 1) - 2 gp/day
• Mongrelmen Hirelings: Kasmut, Kenamon, Qalhata, Somintu, and Werenro

7th Day of Hardfrost, 1000 GCY

     The party set off for the Barrowmaze early as usual, and arrived without any random encounters. They entered the dungeon and started to explore areas of the map they had left unfinished. They fought a gray ooze (damaging the weapons and armor of Alivin O'Harris, though they later replaced his damaged battle axe with a +1 battle axe) and a couple of giant carnivorous flies, and then pressed on to an area where they fought even more giant carnivorous flies in a room with the demolished ruins of a statue. They did find some murals that gave some hints to the history of the Barrowmaze that they had previously gleaned from a runic tablet - the ancient death-god, Nergal, gifting his favored priest with a special tablet, the Tablet of Chaos, then sending his followers into the Barrowmaze . . . Having used up a lot of spells and resources, the party retreated to a "safe" room (previously secured as a base) and took a long rest . . . 

8th Day of Hardfrost, 1000 GCY

     When the party finished their long rest, it was in the wee hours of the 8th. They explored a defiled crypt, where they fought a ghoul - Sariel turned the undead, and as it tried to flee, Omarion captured it, tied it on a leash, cut off its arms and jaw, and kept it. They then entered another defiled crypt, where four more ghouls awaited them. After this, the party decided to return to Helix for rest, recovery, and restocking . . . 

Valhalla (R.I.P.)

•  Imeni the Mongrelman, beheaded by Varghoulis the Dread Knight and his Crypt Knights of the Black Legion (1/3/1000)