[SPOILERS!] Expedition to the Demonweb Pits.

**Disclaimer - White Areas around and in caverns are considered walls. 'Stacks' of tiles are to show raised areas. (These things will be fixed as time goes on (black card beneath the tiles, and some scenery needs to be scratchbuilt).**

The adventurers followed the tracks, and were led to a cave opening in a small hill. With the tracks leading inside, the party decided to follow them in. Once inside the cavern, they were confronted with a large space divided by a deep but narrow chasm. On the opposite side of the chasm were two Drows mounted on large lizards.

The adventurers entered the cavern and preppared for battle, but the Mounted Drows didn't move. Skrat took aim at one of the lizards and fired a sling stone. The Drow rider pulled hard on the reins causing the lizard to rare up and the sling bullet missed it's target. Then both of the Drow were enveloped by a shroud of darkness. Boorls attempted to leap across the chasm, but was tripped by the Drow rider with his Spiked Chain. The Barbarian fell to the bottom of the chasm with a hard thudding sound, but was predominantly unharmed. Lief took the form of an Eagle and moved around a wall of rock to try and get a better vantage point.

Skrat continued his shooting with his sling, but changed his target to that of the rider instead of the mount, and he hit hard. Nearly dismounting the Drow. Boorls composed himself and moved further along the floor chasm in an attempt to get out of the rift. As he reloaded his sling, Skrat was confronted by two floating orbs of light that darted about infront of his position. Lief was also confronted, but by a dully illuminated form of a human. Lief believed this to be a ghost and backtracked the way he had came. Boorls exited the Chasm and attempted to attack the floating balls of light that he thought were Willo-Wisps, but his greataxe passed straight through them. Skrat ignored the floating globes and fired again at the Drow, barely scraping the humanoids shoulder with his shot.

Lief changed form again to that of a Dire Wolf and moved into position to be able to jump over the chasm. At this point, a Tanar'ri Demon appeared near the Druids position and flew down between the Halfling and the Human, showering them both in spores. Boorls turned and attacked the demon cutting deeply into it's flesh, but the wounds seemed almost superficial. The hit should've all but removed the demons wing, but instead seemed to do very little to the outsider.

As Skrat fired again at the mounted Drow, the Tanar'ri took a swipe at the halfling, but was unable to make contact. Skrats shot also missed it's target. Lief changed form back into a human. and cast Call Lightning on the second of the mounted Drow, but was unable to pentrate it's Spell Resistance. Before Boorls could act, the Tanari'ri demon let loose a horrifying screetch, which stunned the Barbarian. The Drow that Skrat had been shooting moved forward over the Chasm and attacked the Halfling, slamming it's Spiked Chain into the little humanoid. Lief, and the now unstunned Boorls, attacked the Tanar'ri and caused massive damage to the demon, causing it to take flight and retreat deeper into the cavern system through a passageway at the end of the cave.

Boorls then went on a rampage of slaughter, along with the Dire Wolf form of Lief. The remaining mounted Drow and their lizards were hacked down, and the party quickly advanced down the passage that the Tanar'ri had escaped through.

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Having run down the passage that the Tanar'ri had fled through, the party now found themselves standing in a large deadend of a cavern. Upon a perch then feet above the ground was the wounded demon. Taking up significant space in the center of the room was a screen of some sort, pulsating with a soft blue light.

Skrat took aim and attempted to knock the demon from it's perch. His bullet found it's target, but the Tanar'ri held it's ground. As the party moved deeper into the cavern, the demon took flight and moved to the furthest corner of the room, in an attempt to put space between it and it's attackers.

Boorls moved up onto the demons perch, while Lief moved towards the pulsating blue screen. He then changed back into his human form and cast Call Lightning on the demon. The attack was succsessful and a bolt of lightning hit the outsider hard in the center of the back. The Tanar'ri then flew to a spot between all the adventurers and again shrieked. This again stunned Boorls and also this time stunned Lief. Skrat took a step back from the demon and fired two bullets at it. Boith hit their mark and the Tanar'ri screeched in pain. When the demon moved in to attack the halfling it had mistakingly moved within reach of the stunned Barbarian. When Boorls shook of the effect of the stun, he attacked the demon in a frenzy of blows and felled the beast where it stood. Upon searching the cavern, the party found Elven boots and a cloak fashioned in the same way.

A yell came from the preceeding cavern as Sebastian called for assisstance. Once he was helped from the clutches of the Chasm, he told Skrat that the letter appropriated from the dead Drow Cleric had instructions on it for the use and activation of a portal. In order to activate the portal a bit or bridle was required. If either of these items were passed through the portal then that would act as an activation key, and the portal could be used by up to 6 individuals, before it would again fall dormant.

Not owning or having any mounts of their own, the party was lost as to a way to activate the portal. Eventually one of them had a bright idea and they tried it out. It worked, and they advanced through the portal, and on to the next part of their adventure.

**This was the end of todays session. Now I have much reading and prepping to do before we play again.**

I always enjoy your write-ups DF and this one's no different!
I need to move to Australia :)