2016/10/05

- Entered through the skull doorway into the main temple. Saw rows and rows of pews with dead bodies in, and a ritual being performed at an altar behind another anti-life barrier. - We were spotted by a tall pale figure and another person who came in, praying at an altar. Lil J managed to lip read. They didn't seem to be attacking us. - One of them dropped something into a brazier, a huge fire came out. They added all the ingredients and sacrificed Alistair and tried to sacrifice the girl as well. - Managed to save the girl but Alistair or a being possessing Alistair fighting us, Margaret closed and gave him a good smite (several times over!) and everyone started dog piling him, Quest managed to reach the girl and cast Darkness to hide her. - Alistair started trying to absorb bodies to heal himself after a prolonged battle but Lil J peppered him with scorching rays over and over while Jon and Margaret pressed their assault. - Alistair's body burned to cinder, a smirk on his face. - Lil J noticed a blue ember rising from Alistair. Managed to grab it. It was some sort of scroll with arcane runes on it. Pocketed it! We couldn't discern what it was. - Looted lots of magical items from him! - Investigated the temple, Jon found a hidden room with a sculpture with eyes in it that showed a particular room somewhere. Was large with vaulted ceilings and a big gilded large door. Didn't know where it was. - Jon used speaking with dead to get some info from an initiate, found out that there are many places to worship Vecna potentially. And also that there is a phylactery for the Lich, a backup plan, and that it is "written". - Quest tried unsuccessfully to argue that we need to destroy that strange scroll that Lil J found earlier in case it's a phylactery! - Started burning the place, found some gold under a trap door! Destroyed the altar and summoning area. Kept the girl close and planned to make our escape, burning as we go!