[D&D 2e] Stalwart Adventures 10
Thanin – Human Fighter
The party ran into the mining camp to find the three dwarves fighting a large fire elemental. One of the dwarves was down, and Boroth was standing over him. The other dwarf fought a losing battle against fire.
The party joined the battle, but things went almost as badly. Multiple party members were set on fire by the large elemental, losing all combustible materials on their person. That meant backpacks, coin pouches, arrows, clothing, hair, and a spell book.
Through the fight, the party fighter took a dive into the camp’s well to try to combat the fire of the elemental. She didn’t find anything to help, but she found a strange current in the well. Otherwise, her aid was pulling up buckets of water to put out party members that had caught on fire.
After the elemental had caused enough damage, Boroth, the king’s military advisor, revealed he was actually behind summoning the elemental. He used some sort of portal spell to leave the area before he could be stopped. The elemental was finally extinguished shortly thereafter.
In the well, the gnome found a sizable, unstoppered decanter that seemed to emit a current too strong for him to wield. The party dwarf went swimming to grab the decanter and pull it out of the well. In the process, the party found the trigger word “wantessa.”
Suffering much loss, the party returned to the king of the dwarves with only their story and the decanter of flowing water to show for their effort