Post by David on Mar 2, 2009 13:59:45 GMT -5
After the battle with the drow, it began to snow. Shivering, the heroes (Dion, Daj, Pepper, Cliffy, Alec, River, Soren, with "Harry") went back to sleep with multiple people on watch. By the time the sun rose, it was clear that camping without cover would be difficult, so the group talked it over and decided to head toward Nulb. En route, they were ambushed by just over a dozen bandits, but made VERY short work of the lot. Dion charmed the leader and questioned him (although Pepper had to remind him that the leader probably knew more than his underlings). The party learned that now that Nulb was mostly empty, Belak had started to move trolls and drow into the empty huts in the village. Accordingly, the heroes decided to camp at the deserted farm-house instead.
Cliffy and Daj scouted ahead invisibly. The spied five gargoyles when the first troll jumped the rest of the party in the woods and by the time the second arrived, the scouts saw an ettin, two hill giants, and two ogres. Cliffy fireballed the later four, catching the farmhouse in the blast. Daj tried to take out the ettin, but it was too strong. Were it not for a lightning bolt from Soren, the jotun would have killed the half-dryad. Luckily, however, the blast also took out three of the gargoyles. Three more ogres came out of the structure and another fireball and lightning bolt took them out, but also collapsed the old farmhouse. Meanwhile, the rest of the heroes finished the two trolls. The group settled in to rest during the cold, snowy day.
Around 3am the next morning, the heroes awoke to a loud noise -- something was trying to shift the rubble off the trap door and exit from the Temple's secret passage. The party argued and then slipped out of the barn and into the woods. There, they saw two hill giants, a troll, an ogre, and four bugbear climb out. A fireball and lightning bolt greeted the creatures, as well as River's lethal arrows and a volley of magic missiles. That's when the party spied the drow...! River managed to kill the drow too and Cliffy charged to the edge of the hole, blasting all the drow climbing up with a lightning bolt -- their magic resistance protected the dark elves, but not the wooden ladder, which was destroyed and the drow fell several stories into the darkness...
Soren grabbed River and Pepper and flew them down to attack. A random hold had taken out Alec, but Cliffy then gathered up Daj to follow. In the passage, the sorceress and gnome held the line and at first the archer rained arrows of death at the drow -- until he too was held. With all of the party faerie fired, the drow had an easier time hitting. Daj joined the fray just in time -- Pepper was held too, but Cliffy flew her to Dion on the surface. The cleric of Apollo, after being reminded, removed the gnomes paralysis. Soren was soon paralyzed as well but flew back out to Dion.
The battle in the tunnels was difficult, but Daj and Cliffy held the line, followed by Daj and Pepper. On the surface, the bandit leader, Felix, stayed with Alec while he was held, but took the time to pay the cleric back (he was only charmed by Dion) -- Felix started peeing on the downed cleric of Prometheus. When the spell ended, Alec sprang up and started fighting the bandit, initially slipping on the snow and nearly being killed by the thug, but finally landing a lucky blow from his rod of smiting and learning just how deadly the weapon could be (Felix was mostly bone shards and a red haze on the snow).
Pepper fell back after her phantom armor was destroyed for the final time -- using a spectral force Pepper cut off the gathering bugbear, ogres, and hill giant from coming to the drows' aid. Most of the dark elves were now dead, but the main cleric of Ghaunadaur remained untouched. Ogres began tossing spears through the wall of fire, and hit River several times in the back. The cleric had cast a protection from evil 10' radius which bodily prevented Soren from even joining the melee. Cliffy brought Alec into the tunnels and the cleric of Prometheus saved the cleric of Apollo. Soren picked up Daj and flew to the top of the tunnel. At their signal, Pepper lowered her illusionary wall of fire enough for the girls to blast first the giant and then the ogres with their lethal magic missiles taking them out too. Finally, with only a handful of bugbear left, Pepper dropped the wall. One of the surviving drow had also fetched a troll, but it was no matching for more magic missiles and River's arrows. Alec, meanwhile, nearly killed the drow priest with a lucky shot and River finished him off. A single worg escaped the carnage and the heroes fell back to the barn, again pilling rubble on the trapdoor. Feeling mostly safe, they went back to sleep.
Just before dawn, Pepper awoke to see a wraith slip into the barn. It said it had come to claim them as it had the power to get out of the hole. The undead touched Daj once, but then Dion turned it and the party destroyed it, Daj regaining her lost life essence.
In the morning, the party's status is:
Alec: 4 of 23, cast CLW x5, NPP
Dion: 4 of 53, cast CLW x4, prot E, aid, sham, remove, prayerx2, CSW
Pepper: 13 of 32, cast light, PAx3, SF
Helga: 23 of 54
Ryan: 12 of 16++
Cliffy: 7 of 35, no spells left
Daj: 8 of 38++, no spells left
Soren: 17 of 44, no spells left
River: 10 of 49
Cliffy and Daj scouted ahead invisibly. The spied five gargoyles when the first troll jumped the rest of the party in the woods and by the time the second arrived, the scouts saw an ettin, two hill giants, and two ogres. Cliffy fireballed the later four, catching the farmhouse in the blast. Daj tried to take out the ettin, but it was too strong. Were it not for a lightning bolt from Soren, the jotun would have killed the half-dryad. Luckily, however, the blast also took out three of the gargoyles. Three more ogres came out of the structure and another fireball and lightning bolt took them out, but also collapsed the old farmhouse. Meanwhile, the rest of the heroes finished the two trolls. The group settled in to rest during the cold, snowy day.
Around 3am the next morning, the heroes awoke to a loud noise -- something was trying to shift the rubble off the trap door and exit from the Temple's secret passage. The party argued and then slipped out of the barn and into the woods. There, they saw two hill giants, a troll, an ogre, and four bugbear climb out. A fireball and lightning bolt greeted the creatures, as well as River's lethal arrows and a volley of magic missiles. That's when the party spied the drow...! River managed to kill the drow too and Cliffy charged to the edge of the hole, blasting all the drow climbing up with a lightning bolt -- their magic resistance protected the dark elves, but not the wooden ladder, which was destroyed and the drow fell several stories into the darkness...
Soren grabbed River and Pepper and flew them down to attack. A random hold had taken out Alec, but Cliffy then gathered up Daj to follow. In the passage, the sorceress and gnome held the line and at first the archer rained arrows of death at the drow -- until he too was held. With all of the party faerie fired, the drow had an easier time hitting. Daj joined the fray just in time -- Pepper was held too, but Cliffy flew her to Dion on the surface. The cleric of Apollo, after being reminded, removed the gnomes paralysis. Soren was soon paralyzed as well but flew back out to Dion.
The battle in the tunnels was difficult, but Daj and Cliffy held the line, followed by Daj and Pepper. On the surface, the bandit leader, Felix, stayed with Alec while he was held, but took the time to pay the cleric back (he was only charmed by Dion) -- Felix started peeing on the downed cleric of Prometheus. When the spell ended, Alec sprang up and started fighting the bandit, initially slipping on the snow and nearly being killed by the thug, but finally landing a lucky blow from his rod of smiting and learning just how deadly the weapon could be (Felix was mostly bone shards and a red haze on the snow).
Pepper fell back after her phantom armor was destroyed for the final time -- using a spectral force Pepper cut off the gathering bugbear, ogres, and hill giant from coming to the drows' aid. Most of the dark elves were now dead, but the main cleric of Ghaunadaur remained untouched. Ogres began tossing spears through the wall of fire, and hit River several times in the back. The cleric had cast a protection from evil 10' radius which bodily prevented Soren from even joining the melee. Cliffy brought Alec into the tunnels and the cleric of Prometheus saved the cleric of Apollo. Soren picked up Daj and flew to the top of the tunnel. At their signal, Pepper lowered her illusionary wall of fire enough for the girls to blast first the giant and then the ogres with their lethal magic missiles taking them out too. Finally, with only a handful of bugbear left, Pepper dropped the wall. One of the surviving drow had also fetched a troll, but it was no matching for more magic missiles and River's arrows. Alec, meanwhile, nearly killed the drow priest with a lucky shot and River finished him off. A single worg escaped the carnage and the heroes fell back to the barn, again pilling rubble on the trapdoor. Feeling mostly safe, they went back to sleep.
Just before dawn, Pepper awoke to see a wraith slip into the barn. It said it had come to claim them as it had the power to get out of the hole. The undead touched Daj once, but then Dion turned it and the party destroyed it, Daj regaining her lost life essence.
In the morning, the party's status is:
Alec: 4 of 23, cast CLW x5, NPP
Dion: 4 of 53, cast CLW x4, prot E, aid, sham, remove, prayerx2, CSW
Pepper: 13 of 32, cast light, PAx3, SF
Helga: 23 of 54
Ryan: 12 of 16++
Cliffy: 7 of 35, no spells left
Daj: 8 of 38++, no spells left
Soren: 17 of 44, no spells left
River: 10 of 49