Post by David on Dec 7, 2015 14:11:51 GMT -5
The heroes (Ichi, Shang-Lung, Corona, Klornap, Shayana, Zylvanar with Nikaris, and Bruenor) continued battling the elite guard of the duergar temple. While slaughtering the unarmored dwarves wasn't too hard for the monks and jaguar, despite their enhanced strength and psionic talents, once the dwarves began swarming in their platemail, the heroes found themselves on the defensive. Worse, a squad split off to attack the heroes from the rear, forcing them to battle on two fronts. This drained the heroes ability to defend themselves (as well as their strength and focus) as the party's fighters were spread too thin.
First Nikaris and the Zylvanar fell, followed by Bruenor and finally Ichi. The monk managed to clear an amazing swath of destruction, but a few lucky shots took him out. A gray dwarf kills Corona, though Shayana saves her later using an elixir of life. Before this, however, Shayana uses her scroll of heal to restore Bruenor. The dwarf fights alongside Shang, but drops a second time. One grey dwarf gets past Shang and takes out Reinhardt.
With Ichi down, the initial fighting line collapses. Shayana manages to stapple one dwarf's leg to the floor, preventing him from charging, but that still leaves two more to fight the badly-weakened elf. Shang-Lung is alone defending the other fighting line and things look bleak for the heroes... Shayana begs her goddess for aid...
At about this point, Nikaris gets up. The dwarves who appears to be gutting him had actually been healing the black jaguar surreptitiously. He leaps to the attack, taking out two more gray dwarves before falling again. The two dwarves that had "gutted" and healed him switched sides and began battling their fellows. Shang drops, but together with Shayana, these two dwarves help defeat the remaining temple defenders.
The gray dwarves identify themselves as Breeka Ironbread and Delgarath Drowslayer. Worshippers of Deep Duerra, they wish to ally with the party for the express purpose of slaughtering the clergy of Orcus and returning control of the people to the LAWFUL gods of the dwarves. They strike a deal with each party member to this end -- to work together with honor to defeat the demon and his followers.
It's worth noting that Shayana is convinced that these dwarves helping is the result of her invocation to Hanali Celanil. Chaotic Corona accepts them when Breeka spit-shakes on their alliance. As worshipers of Wee Jas, Shang and Klornap have no problem with the deal and even both Ichi and Bruenor agree.
Together, the three heal the party up enough to save them, including rescuing Klornap. The heroes then use their rod of security to escape to safety...
Status:
Klornap: 8 of 48
Reinhard: 8 of 9
Ichi: 14 of 57
Corona: 55 of 58 (less with the CON loss...)
Shang: 9 of 56
Bruenor: 6 of 74
Shayana: 9 of 49
Zylvanar: 14 of 49
___Nikaris: 10 of 49
___Breeka: 26 of 48
___Delgareth: 28 of 54
First Nikaris and the Zylvanar fell, followed by Bruenor and finally Ichi. The monk managed to clear an amazing swath of destruction, but a few lucky shots took him out. A gray dwarf kills Corona, though Shayana saves her later using an elixir of life. Before this, however, Shayana uses her scroll of heal to restore Bruenor. The dwarf fights alongside Shang, but drops a second time. One grey dwarf gets past Shang and takes out Reinhardt.
With Ichi down, the initial fighting line collapses. Shayana manages to stapple one dwarf's leg to the floor, preventing him from charging, but that still leaves two more to fight the badly-weakened elf. Shang-Lung is alone defending the other fighting line and things look bleak for the heroes... Shayana begs her goddess for aid...
At about this point, Nikaris gets up. The dwarves who appears to be gutting him had actually been healing the black jaguar surreptitiously. He leaps to the attack, taking out two more gray dwarves before falling again. The two dwarves that had "gutted" and healed him switched sides and began battling their fellows. Shang drops, but together with Shayana, these two dwarves help defeat the remaining temple defenders.
The gray dwarves identify themselves as Breeka Ironbread and Delgarath Drowslayer. Worshippers of Deep Duerra, they wish to ally with the party for the express purpose of slaughtering the clergy of Orcus and returning control of the people to the LAWFUL gods of the dwarves. They strike a deal with each party member to this end -- to work together with honor to defeat the demon and his followers.
It's worth noting that Shayana is convinced that these dwarves helping is the result of her invocation to Hanali Celanil. Chaotic Corona accepts them when Breeka spit-shakes on their alliance. As worshipers of Wee Jas, Shang and Klornap have no problem with the deal and even both Ichi and Bruenor agree.
Together, the three heal the party up enough to save them, including rescuing Klornap. The heroes then use their rod of security to escape to safety...
Status:
Klornap: 8 of 48
Reinhard: 8 of 9
Ichi: 14 of 57
Corona: 55 of 58 (less with the CON loss...)
Shang: 9 of 56
Bruenor: 6 of 74
Shayana: 9 of 49
Zylvanar: 14 of 49
___Nikaris: 10 of 49
___Breeka: 26 of 48
___Delgareth: 28 of 54