Post by David on Feb 11, 2022 14:18:47 GMT -5
A group of heroes again attempt to breach the gate a few hours after their previous attempt. Conan charges through into continual darkness while Soren flies invisibly above him. Mas joins them and unleashes continual light, which then drops the region into starlit darkness plus the flame of Conan's sword. The gate was surrounded by over a half dozen minotaur and as many kzinti. The heroes charged.
Conan and Mas each stagger a minotaur. A lightning bolt takes the fight out of a third of the foes. Artec begins raining arrows of death into the minotaur. The kzinti briefly surge back, Claude stepping through the gate and being momentarily blinded into victimhood. The real victim, however, was Soren, whose magical dragon hide armor again got shreaded, with her body nearly as bad off.
Many lupogriffs swoop down from above, thrashing Soren further. She unleashes another lightning bolt and some magic missiles, but is forced out of melee combat. Kyron and Joshua had to save her. Meanwhile, Conan and Mas are cutting bloodly swaths through their foes. At one point Mas is thrashed by a pair of kzinti and a pair of minotaur, but he manages to hold his own. With his magically-enhanced strength, Joshua too butchers minotaur and kzinti.
Conan and Joshua scout while the healers tend. Joshua spies a pair of thri-kree, shooting an arrow at one, which deflects the missile. Mas and Soren join them as they begin to explore. Meanwhile, Kyron continues to tend Artec and himself with Claude standing guard.
The group leaves the geode for the caldera. They find the way up amid all the high ledges, battling first eight more kzinti and then a few minotaur and some flind with the last of the lupogriffs. And then it went silent…
Artec: 54 of 68
Conan: 68 of 73, 8gbs, 1/2 DEX
Claude: 59 (full), 18/70 Str
Kyron: 19 of 81, 1/2 DEX (broken foot)
Mas: 49 of 73, 8gbs
Soren: 16 of 49, 8gbs, badly broken bones (1/2 X 1/2 DEX and -2 to hit), used all spells (only functional cuz she can fly)
Joshua: 17 of 29, 8gbs, cast CLW
Conan and Mas each stagger a minotaur. A lightning bolt takes the fight out of a third of the foes. Artec begins raining arrows of death into the minotaur. The kzinti briefly surge back, Claude stepping through the gate and being momentarily blinded into victimhood. The real victim, however, was Soren, whose magical dragon hide armor again got shreaded, with her body nearly as bad off.
Many lupogriffs swoop down from above, thrashing Soren further. She unleashes another lightning bolt and some magic missiles, but is forced out of melee combat. Kyron and Joshua had to save her. Meanwhile, Conan and Mas are cutting bloodly swaths through their foes. At one point Mas is thrashed by a pair of kzinti and a pair of minotaur, but he manages to hold his own. With his magically-enhanced strength, Joshua too butchers minotaur and kzinti.
Conan and Joshua scout while the healers tend. Joshua spies a pair of thri-kree, shooting an arrow at one, which deflects the missile. Mas and Soren join them as they begin to explore. Meanwhile, Kyron continues to tend Artec and himself with Claude standing guard.
The group leaves the geode for the caldera. They find the way up amid all the high ledges, battling first eight more kzinti and then a few minotaur and some flind with the last of the lupogriffs. And then it went silent…
Artec: 54 of 68
Conan: 68 of 73, 8gbs, 1/2 DEX
Claude: 59 (full), 18/70 Str
Kyron: 19 of 81, 1/2 DEX (broken foot)
Mas: 49 of 73, 8gbs
Soren: 16 of 49, 8gbs, badly broken bones (1/2 X 1/2 DEX and -2 to hit), used all spells (only functional cuz she can fly)
Joshua: 17 of 29, 8gbs, cast CLW