Session XVII
Our intrepid heroes work their way deeper into the Great Hive, finding the laboratory. The fights are easy thus far, and they toss torches onto the spawning pools as they find them. Their casual approach takes a turn for the wide-eyed concern when they see into the queen's chamber, as a horde of army ants & giant jumping jacks begin to swarm at them. A web gives them some time, followed by a fireball to severely injure the army ants, gives them some hope. They still feel the heat of so many threats, so they have Sharra throw down a wall of fire to give them time.
As they step back for a breather, they notice leafcutters are finishing extinguishing one of the pools they dealt with, so they slay these surprise ants, then set it ablaze again. Farther back from whence they came, an eclectic mix of vermin start heading for them, so they start trying to fight them off. While back there, they find one of the other pools had been doused as well, so they start having Sharra & Ribbles blast it with poison & necrotic cantrips to fully kill the larvae.
By this point, the wall of fire ends, and the swarm of defending army ants & jumping jacks begin to head for them. Thoradin whips out a maximized lightning bolt the vast majority of the army ants to be taken out. This, followed by some army ants coming from another room, gives them quite the fight. Fortunately, no more vermin seem to pour of the chambers after them, so they take the time for a short rest.
...as does the rest of the dungeon.
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