A quick shot of my health during tonight's battle
So we had successfully ran away from the magical ice wizard person and continued our way up the mountain. We had a rough idea of what we were looking for, an ancient dwarven city, but beyond that not a clue what we might encounter. The rest of the journey to the top of the mountain went quickly and was uneventful.
As we arrived at the top of the mountain we found an ancient archway leading into a manmade tunnel. Around the edge of the archway were some basic runes that led us to believe we were headed on the right path to find the ancient weapon we sought. As we approached the archway a voice echoed out from inside the tunnel something in a language I couldn't understand. Since I had no idea what the voice said and it didn't seem like anyone else could either, I continued towards the archway. Right before I got there Babylon, the annoying new Changling that had just joined our group, exclaimed that the voice was a warning not to enter.
My character doesn't do well with being told what to do and I decided I would test out this warning to see what we were up against. We had to enter the tunnel anyways so might as well just get it over with. So I walked up the edge of the archway and slowly slid my foot across the threshold. And my asswhooping soon followed.
Out of the darkness, a ghost-like Dwarven figure appeared and slammed violently into me wounding me greatly. Before I could even react he slammed into me again knocking me unconscious. Thankfully most of my party came to my aid, we began battling the ghost Dwarf and were taking heavy damage. Lyle the Druid was doing his best to keep us all healthy but the creature seemed to excel in close quarters combat and we had all foolishly moved with his reach, all except Babylon the worst most annoying and useless Rogue. Babylon stayed outside the cave and thought it was the optimal time to sit around and watch while we all got beat down by a ghost Dwarf. Babylon was quickly becoming worse then Namfoodle ever was.
So I decided to take matters into my own hands. The ghost Dwarf had knock me prone and I was barely clinging to life, so I used one of my spells to quickly teleport me out of the tunnel and appeared right beside Babylon. If the Dwarf hit me again I was surely dead. I asked Babylon to help me up and as soon as she grabbed my arm I teleported her stubborn ass right beside the ghost Dwarf, forcing Babylon to be part of the group. While I put myself in a position that would almost certainly result in my death, I was sick and tired of Babylon's bullshit.
Babylon's first action after appearing beside the Dwarf? SHE TRIED TO RUN AWAY! The group did not take kindly to this and turned on her, using the opportunity to take a few free swings at her. This finally smartened her up and she finally decided she would help us.
Soon after the ghost Dwarf dropped to the ground. After catching our breath and regrouping we cautiously headed into the tunnel. Before us was a well crafted set of stairs leading into an ancient Dwarven city that surely housed the weapon we sought.