The woman huffs mightily, but does not protest. The guards form a semi circle around her, which hides her frustration. You are free to pass into the next room. Taeli gives Shalendra a humorous look, already sweating from the heat in the next room. Taeli found secret doors, two of them, one leading into the next area. Even by the doorway, we could feel the heat and hear a crackling roar. We entered AREA 6.

A blast of heat escaped as the door opened. A howling creature of flame roiled at the center of a soot-streaked stone chamber whose walls were lined with glowing runes. Before we could even act, the fire elemental reared up upon us, and the runes on the walls glowed very brightly, causing the elemental to stop short right in front of us. The heat was so intense, EVERYONE takes 3 points of damage.

 DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana): ?????

"WAA!" Taeli barked in surprise as the fire elemental rushed towards us, her shield raised, but then something happened, it began speaking. "Does anyone here speak Primordial?" Taeli wondered.

Arcana: 3

"Nope," Kit mutters, watching the elemental with a touch of nervousness.

Amelia scratches the back of her head as she tries to investigate the runes, all the while wiping her forehead of sweat.

Dump Stat: 16

John Lee saunters up to the runes, looking them over with an arched eyebrow. "Well, I'll be."

I can't access my character sheet because of some silly reason roll: 9

Amelia, you discern that the runes on the wall are a set of arcane bonds that keep the elemental confined here. You believe that by touching one of the runes, you can deactivate whatever ward is keeping the elemental in check in this room, freeing it.

You all suffer another 3 damage from the roiling heat due to the proximity of the fire elemental.

“So,” Amelia starts after discerning what the tunes were. “If one of us touches these runes it’ll deactivate whatever it is binding the elemental here...” She gives a look to her group. “I don’t know if that’s something y’all wanna deal with or...”

Taeli did not answer the notion as to not meta game, whatever that meant, but instead shook her head to whip the sweat dripping down her nose and front hair. "Merciful Pelor, it's like we're standing on the core of a star.

"Alrighty, time to make an exit," Kit says, brushing strands of hair off her forehead and leading the group around the cage. "No need to take the risk of being attacked."

Mongo turns to Captain Kit: "It's your call, boss.  Remember, I'm the brains here, and my two brain cells are telling me that this fire boy here would be good to have on our side!"

John Lee rolls his eyes at Mongo, turning to leave before he withers away from the heat. 

Taeli places her hand on Mongo forehead, checking for a fever, although it was so hot in here it would have been impossible to tell. "Two brain cells? That's one less than you had last mission, how odd!" 

ABYSSAL PRISONS - THE ABYSSAL GATE 

This area might once have been a great banquet hall, but its furnishings now lie in rotting piles along the walls. Between rows of pillars, six great magic circles glow brightly, illuminating the whole chamber. 

An armored skeletal warrior, two wights, six zombies patrol this room. A number of demonic creatures: one hezrou (A), four quasits (B), a vrock (C), and ten manes (D) are on the summoning circles mentioned above. Like the elemental, they appear to be "stuck" in the runic circles.

"Anyone know how to get through this room without fighting about 20 demons?"

John Lee reaches into his pouch, digging around a bit and producing a handful of bat shit. "Fireball?"

Amelia looks bewildered at John having bat shit in his pockets, then remembers magic is ******* weird and shrugs. “Go for it, my dude.”

"The demons appear bound in the circles." Taeli observed. "Look. They're not moving out of it. A well placed fireball would certainly damage most of them. How's your aim today, John?" she smirked.

John Lee offers a mischievous grin, rolling guano into a small ball while sprinkling sulfur on it. Setting his stance, he winds up and hurls it. "Burn, baby, burn!"

Fifth-Level Fireball: DC16 DEX save or  33. Half damage with save.

KAPLOWEE!

Dread Guard: 6
Wight1: 8
Wight2: 10
Zombie1: 1
Zombie2: 11
Zombie3: 8
Zombie4: 2
Zombie5: 1
Zombie6: 0

The zombies combust and die, but the Dread Guard and the Wights survive! 

"Nice shot, John." Taeli says, impressed. "Teach me that trick one day, will you? Although..*sniff sniff*..the bat poop?"

Dread Warrior(AC18/HP4) 3
Wight1(AC14/HP12) 22
Wight2(AC14/HP12) 4

The arcane ring containing the Hezrou fizzles and the demon advances!

Hezrou(AC16/HP68) 17

"That got their attention. Here we g- WHOAoAoh!!" Taeli warns. 13

The Dread Warrior swung it's great battleaxe at Amelia!
Hack Attack: 11 Damage: 12
And Rosamia!
Slash Attack: 21 Damage: 5

MOMENTUM: 0, CHAOS: 12
Dread Warrior(AC18/HP4)20, Hezrou(AC16/HP68)20, Taeli16, Wight2(AC14/HP12)5, Wight1(AC14/HP12)3

Mongo: "Boy, a fire boy would sure have been useful right about now, huh?!"

Initiative: 6