Session Report: The Black Tablet - To The Dwarven Temple of Moradin

Having reached Dalton's Camp, the heroes rest for a day and make preparations to journey into the mountains. They are joined by three of their friends from Berador: Fargrim a dwarf paladin of Moradin, Algea an eladrin wizard, and Drast a dragonborn warlord. Ekemon, upset that the party will not retrieve the Black Tablet for Lady Caer leaves the party.

They make the trek into the foothills of the White Mist Mountains. It is unseasonably cold, and steady rain falls as they head to the temple. They arrive near the temple around noon the next day. A small stream flows nearby and they use it as a trail towards the temple. A large band of kobolds ambushes them at the foot of a great hill.

The fight is fast and furious. Several well-armed and trained kobolds warriors leap forward and lay into Dorin. Blasts of magical fire from Algea clears the field of some of the kobolds. A great tussle forms along the front ranks as the heroes make their line of defense and face off with the kobold soldiers. A few of the kobolds hold back and pelt the party with sling shots and javelins.

Rather quickly the day is won. A lone kobolds makes an escape into the wooded hills, but the rest of the kobolds are destroyed.

The heroes make their way up the side of the hill to a ledge about fifteen or twenty feet wide and some thrity feet long. The flat face of the hillside here stands out as it seems to be a sold, flat peiece of stone, unmarked and uncovered by the vines and creepers that cover the rest of the hill. According to their map, this is the place.

Some searching and delving into their knowledge of the area and of dwarven temples leads them to a discovery: there is indeed a door here, but how to open it? Some arcane knowledge, a bit of thievery and history reveals a way in and they manage to trigger the opening mechanism. Two great slabs of stone about 15 ft wide and 20 ft tall pivot open silently as a puff of dusty air issues forth from the hole in the side of the hill. A wide staircase descends into darkness below.