Post by David on Mar 23, 2015 19:00:51 GMT -5
The heroes (Taarna, Rhom, Wynd with Thundr, Brock, Esmerelda with Drusilla, and Tolus) set their trap for Redwing and his griffon flock again in the morning, using a phantasmal force of the flock as bait along with the real Starwind. The next day passes without incident, but the following sees the griffons take the bait. A faerie fire from Wynd lights up Redwing and a hit from Rhom's hammer prevents him from flying away. The rest of the griffon flock attack, but are no match for the heroes -- only a single griffon of the dozen is able to escape the carnage. Taarna and Rhom protect Starwind during the battle and Thundr even goes toe-to-toe with a griffon and wins. Unfortunately, Esmerelda is less lucky and even though Brock comes to her rescue, the Green Witch's knee is shattered. The evening of the 26th, with the griffon threat taken care of, Esmerelda dimensional folds the party back to the storm giants' sky island where the pegasai are reunited and the heroes sleep.
In the morning, Esmerelda dimensional folds herself, Tolus, and Thundr back to Klarr for magical healing. Taaran, Rhom, and Wynd, other hand use a lighten load from the elf to reduce their weight. The three stallions of the herd then begin flying the three of them over the Hellfurnaces to the Sea of Dust.
In Klarr, Esmerelda isn't able to find the help she hoped for, but Mikhail does send word to Hannok who agrees to cast cure critical wounds on the witch in return for some gold and a chance to speak with the young man. Cliffy hears of the encounter and tags along. Esmerelda then takes a day to transport the party to Greyhawk and Ningal, where they load up on magical potions (and she on necromancy books).
Meanwhile, the trio with the pegasai begin with a boring day flying. The following morning, 11/1, the heroes spy a naked woman with bat wings flying with a pair of humans with feathered wings in the distance. Taarna elects to ignore them and the creatures don't see the speedy pegasai. That afternoon, however, the fliers meet up with three dozen refugee al karak elam. Their airie had been attacked by demons immune to normal weapons. The demons carried off several children. The winged folks convinced the party to help and they turned around and fly back toward where they'd seen the flying people that morning. The group continued along the same trajectory but by nightfall, still had found nothing. They landed and set up camp for the night.
While on watch, Wynd spied five figures approach the campsite. All had pale skin, red eyes, and long teeth...! The heroes took out the two lead vampires quite quickly, inadvertedly releasing two of the three others from control. The newly freed vampires offered to help the heroes find and slaughter the rest of the vampire coven. The group enters a cave and quickly runs into three more vampires. True to their word, the newly-free vampires keep the summoned wolves and bats busy while the heroes defeat the three, and then later four, full-fledged vampires. Continuing, the group encounters the vampires' den where they slaughter all the vampires, save the 11th lvl mage who dimension doors away. Unfortunately for the undead, it freed two of the three earlier-vanquished vampires and returned, only to be decimated by the combined attacks of Rhom, Wynd, and Taarna. During the fight, however, despite being beserk twice, Rhom is charmed by two different vampires. The warsmith nearly kills Taarna and only avoids slaughtering Wynd because the elf had thought ahead and charmed him in advance!
The three are battered but leave, having slain all the undead in the lair. Upon exiting, however, they're attacked by the succubus and two type IV demons...drawn in by the freed-vampires! During the fight, the succubus goes down and one of the vampires elects to reap her soul instead of fighting the party. Similarly, one of the type IV demons is sent back to the Abyss and the other one teleports away to save it's hide. One of the freed vampires is destroyed and the last one escapes into the night...
In the morning, Esmerelda arrives with the rest of the party plus Cliffy...
Status:
Wynd: 46 of 74. cast ent, MMX3, FF, d.magic / / / CSWx2
Thundr: 69 (full)
Brock: 59 (full)
Tolus: 65 (full)
Taarna: 71 of 92, no spells
Rhom: 49 of 82
Esmerelda: 42 (full), cast / moment / / dimensional
Drusilla: 17 (full)
In the morning, Esmerelda dimensional folds herself, Tolus, and Thundr back to Klarr for magical healing. Taaran, Rhom, and Wynd, other hand use a lighten load from the elf to reduce their weight. The three stallions of the herd then begin flying the three of them over the Hellfurnaces to the Sea of Dust.
In Klarr, Esmerelda isn't able to find the help she hoped for, but Mikhail does send word to Hannok who agrees to cast cure critical wounds on the witch in return for some gold and a chance to speak with the young man. Cliffy hears of the encounter and tags along. Esmerelda then takes a day to transport the party to Greyhawk and Ningal, where they load up on magical potions (and she on necromancy books).
Meanwhile, the trio with the pegasai begin with a boring day flying. The following morning, 11/1, the heroes spy a naked woman with bat wings flying with a pair of humans with feathered wings in the distance. Taarna elects to ignore them and the creatures don't see the speedy pegasai. That afternoon, however, the fliers meet up with three dozen refugee al karak elam. Their airie had been attacked by demons immune to normal weapons. The demons carried off several children. The winged folks convinced the party to help and they turned around and fly back toward where they'd seen the flying people that morning. The group continued along the same trajectory but by nightfall, still had found nothing. They landed and set up camp for the night.
While on watch, Wynd spied five figures approach the campsite. All had pale skin, red eyes, and long teeth...! The heroes took out the two lead vampires quite quickly, inadvertedly releasing two of the three others from control. The newly freed vampires offered to help the heroes find and slaughter the rest of the vampire coven. The group enters a cave and quickly runs into three more vampires. True to their word, the newly-free vampires keep the summoned wolves and bats busy while the heroes defeat the three, and then later four, full-fledged vampires. Continuing, the group encounters the vampires' den where they slaughter all the vampires, save the 11th lvl mage who dimension doors away. Unfortunately for the undead, it freed two of the three earlier-vanquished vampires and returned, only to be decimated by the combined attacks of Rhom, Wynd, and Taarna. During the fight, however, despite being beserk twice, Rhom is charmed by two different vampires. The warsmith nearly kills Taarna and only avoids slaughtering Wynd because the elf had thought ahead and charmed him in advance!
The three are battered but leave, having slain all the undead in the lair. Upon exiting, however, they're attacked by the succubus and two type IV demons...drawn in by the freed-vampires! During the fight, the succubus goes down and one of the vampires elects to reap her soul instead of fighting the party. Similarly, one of the type IV demons is sent back to the Abyss and the other one teleports away to save it's hide. One of the freed vampires is destroyed and the last one escapes into the night...
In the morning, Esmerelda arrives with the rest of the party plus Cliffy...
Status:
Wynd: 46 of 74. cast ent, MMX3, FF, d.magic / / / CSWx2
Thundr: 69 (full)
Brock: 59 (full)
Tolus: 65 (full)
Taarna: 71 of 92, no spells
Rhom: 49 of 82
Esmerelda: 42 (full), cast / moment / / dimensional
Drusilla: 17 (full)