Tof-240417-eric

We start investigating the pit
- We hear a muffled scream coming from the northeast, it sounds like it is coming from a child
  - Drex goes into the closed room first, and calls out that there are cultists in there along with a child
- We start fighting the first two cultists, one of them runs for reinforcements
  - I have Fish-Kicker escort the kid to safety as we kill the one who didn't run
    - The kid calls to us that his friend is down the hallway with other cultists, and for us to please save them too
  - Milhouse has been invisible, then shoots a flame-thrower down the hallway at the reinforcements
    - Ell had cast entangle there too, so this worked very well
      - The cultists are calling to each other to not let us get to the altar
      - We continue fighting them, with Milhouse making his way into the next room and protecting the other kid
        
        A few of the cultists start killing themselves to try to hurt us with their death AoE
        
        We eventually finish off the cultists
We saw one of the cultists run through a doorway to the north
- We heal ourselves up a bit, and then follow
  - We see a brief flash of some horrific creature surface from the water in the room, then Milhouse calls out that the cultist who went that way is dead
    - The creature seems to be guarding the altar
      - We explore some more, and find other rooms with other creatures in them
        
        We decide to take a short rest before proceeding
We manage to sneak past the creature in one of the rooms, and find a strange room with what looks sort of like an altar
- We find a room with several statues, and a teleportation circle
  - There is a giant statue in the back of the room with blood around its mouth, and a dead body nearby
    - The dead cultist looks to have been killed by one of the creatures, but was reaching his hand into the mouth of the statue
      - I notice a handle in the back of the mouth, along with a lot of blades
        
        I carefully reach in and touch the handle
        
        I hear a voice in my head, asking if I am willing to sacrifice for its gifts
        
        It sounds like the voice of The Kraken
        
        I take my hand away
    - Milhouse steps up and offers to make the sacrifice
      - He says he wants to learn more about The Kraken, and he's willing to sacrifice anything to do what we need to
        
        Says he's already lost a lot
        
        He asks if I would be willing to sacrifice the life of another to kill The Kraken
        
        I tell him to go ahead and reach in
        
        My plan is to use Zone of Truth to make sure he's still Milhouse - Milhouse Has the majority of his right forearm cut off by the statue
- He's able to keep himself composed, and steps into the room behind the statue
  - There is a strange mechanical arm hovering, and Milhouse seems compelled to put his stump into it
    - He's able to use it as a new arm

session, TOF