After healing from the last fight, the group started exploring. They first examined the control panel by the central shaft of the tower. Seoni started looking at the control panel while Sandru moved into one of the rooms. As he moved in, a light pulsed out and a large plant appeared in the pile of plant material in the center of the room. The light seemed intended to blind, but none of the group were affected. Sandru tumbled to the other side of the huge plant and attacked. Cendrine joined him, along with Danicia. Darsus also attacked with his spear. It was found that electricity didn't affect the plant and that non-slashing weapons did not do as much damage.
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While the plant was attacked, Sheliak felt a brush of something at his back so he dodged out of the way. Seoni moved back and cast glitter dust on the area and outlined a creature that was attempting to attack Sheliak. Meanwhile the others had damaged the huge plant so that it had fallen down. Sandru used Suishen in order to see his attacker and turned his attention to the strange being. Seoni looked into the other room and saw the center of the tower was an opening that went all the way to the roof. Wind rushed down, as if from a storm inside the tower.
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The others moved and another large plant appeared in the chamber opposite. There were also two invisible creatures which Sandru attacked. Sandru and Danicia focused on one chamber while Cendrine and Sheliak focused on the plants in the other chamber. Darsus and Seoni provided support with healing and magic and all of the plants were destroyed. After the battle, the group explored the chamber and the crystal panel. Sandru and Danicia were able to operate the device and create a force field in the center chamber which acted as an elevator. The group prepared and rose up the elevator in formation to the next level. The ride took a few seconds to rise up 100 feet to the next level.
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In the next level, the group was greeted by an old, old woman with two floating lights as companions. She was in a larger room with two walls on north side. The group chose to attack, moving off the platform. The two floating lights disappeared while the woman, attacked with witch fire. Sandru was hit and found himself lit by an eerie green glow. The woman attacked the group and they found she was incorporeal, making it difficult to damage her. The group was also getting attacks of electricity that seemed to come from no where. The platform in the center of the room had disappeared so the group had to be careful of where they stepped or risk falling down the opening of the tower.
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With help from Sandru and Suishen, the two lights were found and attacked while Cendrine and Sheliak gradually wore down the old woman. Once the battle was finished, the Storm Peace Keepers searched the room and found two crystal doors into another room. Sandru and Danicia were able to operate the controls and open the doors. There was a bewildering array of crystals and metal tracery in the room. As they watched there were occasional bursts of lights from different parts of the room. On the floor, six creatures, shapped like crystal scorpions, scuttled across the room and up the walls. Their movements seemed to have purpose and they ignored the adventurers. When one of the group spied a valuable crystal in the wall and attempted to pry it out, the creatures attacked. They were quickly dispatched, shattered into small piles of crystal dust. Upon a search of the room, they found more crystals of value and a hidden chamber in the floor. The chamber held a +1 adamantine light mace which was added to the carried treasure.
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Further exploration revealed another crystal panel, similiar to the one on the first floor of the tower. Sandru and Danicia puzzled out how it worked and found an additional feature, the activation of a protective hut on the platform. After preparation, the adventurers stood on the platform and rode up to the 3rd level of the tower.
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