Post by David on Jan 19, 2016 18:46:43 GMT -5
Joe StrongArm was slain by a rogue giant when his party was exploring the portal outside of Portown. Wynd managed to convince Jarella Snowmane, priestess of Pyrhea to raise Joe in exchange for a quest. The mission: wipe out a specific frost giant lair in the Crystalmist Mountains. Taking up the quest are Joe, Wynd, Cliffy, and Bethany as well as Rhom StrongArm, River, and Sul Absil the minotaur.
The heroes travel several days through the snow mountains to the frost giants' glacial lair. Wynd, Thundr, River, and (invisible, flying, and dragon-formed) Bethany scout the area, tracking and scenting for inhabitants. There are MANY giants of various kinds (mostly frost though) as well as yeti, snow leopards, winter wolves, bears, ogres, ogre-like things, and a few other critters. Wynd uses Cliffy's cube to safely deliver the party into the lair where they find themselves quickly battle ten winter wolves in their lair. Later, the group backtracks and tackles first three and then four frost giants. The heroes continue and slaughter 16 ogres as well as eight more frost giants. The heroes are starting to show a bit of wear at this point, but they heal up and continue on with Rhom taking point and Wynd and River backing him up.
The group heads deeper into the glacier. Thundr picks up the scent of dragons, though neither red nor blue. The heroes roll a boulder-door open and Rhom charges into a guard post of frost giants, slaughtering them (with Wynd and River's help) before an alarm is sounded. The heroes then enter the lair of six ice ogres. The ogres ambush the group, but Rhom, Wynd, Sul Absil, River, and Joe take the creatures apart. The group continues and encounters a cloud giant. Rhom stuns him and finishes the jotun off before it can speak a word. At this point, however, the heroes become concerned that they lack the healing to handle a real battle. So, they quietly back out, gathering treasure in all the caverns they passed.
Cliffy then teleports the heroes back to Amberwood for a nap.
The heroes travel several days through the snow mountains to the frost giants' glacial lair. Wynd, Thundr, River, and (invisible, flying, and dragon-formed) Bethany scout the area, tracking and scenting for inhabitants. There are MANY giants of various kinds (mostly frost though) as well as yeti, snow leopards, winter wolves, bears, ogres, ogre-like things, and a few other critters. Wynd uses Cliffy's cube to safely deliver the party into the lair where they find themselves quickly battle ten winter wolves in their lair. Later, the group backtracks and tackles first three and then four frost giants. The heroes continue and slaughter 16 ogres as well as eight more frost giants. The heroes are starting to show a bit of wear at this point, but they heal up and continue on with Rhom taking point and Wynd and River backing him up.
The group heads deeper into the glacier. Thundr picks up the scent of dragons, though neither red nor blue. The heroes roll a boulder-door open and Rhom charges into a guard post of frost giants, slaughtering them (with Wynd and River's help) before an alarm is sounded. The heroes then enter the lair of six ice ogres. The ogres ambush the group, but Rhom, Wynd, Sul Absil, River, and Joe take the creatures apart. The group continues and encounters a cloud giant. Rhom stuns him and finishes the jotun off before it can speak a word. At this point, however, the heroes become concerned that they lack the healing to handle a real battle. So, they quietly back out, gathering treasure in all the caverns they passed.
Cliffy then teleports the heroes back to Amberwood for a nap.