Post by David on May 3, 2011 1:09:30 GMT -5
The heroes (Torr with Zayüß, Idky, Lowdog with Tensay, Yavin, and Ichi) rest on the hillock in the wee hour before dawn. Yavin talks telepathically with the little blue guy (Jumps in Puddles, or JIP for short) and gets some idea about his ‘people’ and that they are slaves to the orcs. He really likes Ichi, and he’s ready to steal food from the party. Yavin then meditates and starts psionically healing the party.
They head down to the nearby village, taking one of the roads that lead in. They see a group of 8 orcs approaching from the village. They wait for them to approach. The orcs first try to communicate in some non-understood language.
Torr addresses them in orcish, but when they demand their ‘marker’ things go south. The party attacks and kills half their number. Two run, while the leader is stunned. Ichi and Torr give chase, while Idky casts a charm person on the leader and starts questioning him. Unfortunately, the orc was faking and casts hold person on the party, which fails. The party knocks him unconscious and time him up. Casting know customs reveals that the orcs and ogre magi have enslaved the humans:
Treasure:
80 sp
146 gp
Yavin casts mind read on the orc to get information:
Orcs in village: another priest, 2 sets of patrols (up to 15), 12 at main gate, 2 more spiders, 2 orogs, 12+ orcs guard main den, ogre magi ruler who seems to be in 3-4 places at once
Dogs specially trained to hunt down hengeyokai
Ogre magi has pet owlbear and experiments on people
Werewolves and alchemist work for her
Another ogre magi
Couple dozen more orcs
A minotaur tracker in village
Palace in center of village is where
He knows little of the castle, but Blackthorn is the chief. The ‘faceless’ man is 2nd in command
About a half dozen ogre magi total between village and castle
The dragon at the castle has been forced into servitude because one of the ogre magi has its son (possibly)
After charming the orc and getting more information out of him, they send him off to the next town to avoid having to kill him in cold blood.
They party heads back to the hills to rest until night time. After nightfall, they airwalk and fly in globes of continual darkness toward the palace at the center of the village. They find that the balconies of the top (3rd) floor are magically trapped.
Torr lands on the balcony and nothing happens, until he walks through the door. An explosive rune goes off but gets absorbed by his sword. He and Ichi charge in.
It is a bedroom with a bed big enough for an ogre. On a chair in the room, getting her hair brushed by two human slaves, are an ogress magi. Also in the room are a minotaur and a large frog. Ichi runs at the minotaur, while Torr takes on the ogress. Ichi kills the minotaur in two hits.
The ogress casts cone of cold at Torr and Ichi, but Torr’s sword eats it. One of the slaves attacks Torr with a poisoned ninjato. The frog attacks Ichi and misses.
Yavin puts away his darkness necklace, as Ichi attacks and stuns the frog and shatters one of its feet. He then jumps to attack the slave, stunning her. Idky attempts to cast prayer but fails b/c he’s not on solid earth. Zayüß finishes off the frog, and Torr takes out the ogress and stuns the other slave woman. That’s when they notice the glyphs all over the room, which now go off.
And that’s also when eight ninja burst through one door, and seven orcs come through the other. They swarm the party. Lowdog frees up Yavin so he can run in to finish off the ogress with the fiery battleaxe. Lowdog and Ichi go for the mage, who has mirror imaged himself. He also seems to know martial arts, Ichi can see.
Another ogre magi enters at this point, flies over and tries to stab Torr in the back. He misses. Ichi manages to get the real mage to collapse. He then moves to help out Zayüß. Torr kills his remaining ninja and then the ogre magi—in one hit! The room starts to really clear at this point.
Then a female orc enters with two strange creatures—6’ tall humanoid bipedal crows. The orc casts hold person but catches no one. The crowmen leap on Ichi and Idky. Ichi recognizes them as tengu. Torr rushes into the other room to kill the orc, setting off two more glyphs, which his sword absorbs. Meantime, JIP is looting the ninjas’ bodies.
As the room gets almost clear, five orcs and two tengu rush up. The tengu and three orcs take on Torr. Lowdog runs out to help out Torr, sucking up four runes with not much damage to show for it—nice fire resistance! Meantime, Idky is healing himself back up. Yavin finishes off the fallen ogre with the flaming battleaxe
One of the orcs facing Torr decides to jump over the banister rather than fight Torr. One of Ichi’s orcs also bolts, but Ichi kills him as he runs. Lowdog kills the jumper orc.
Treasure:
Spellbook
6 shurikens *
Windchime *
Japanese noh mask *
Scabbard * (from ninja) with ninjato
Amulet *
Two books *
Metal box:
Stick pin like gold dragon coiled around ruby eggs 750 gp
Velvet purse w/ 50 pp, 3 500-gp sapphire
Gold and ruby necklace 1400 gp
Matching earrings 600 gp ea
Vial of dark dust *
Clay rice bowl * (probably creates bowl of rice with command word)
Set of white face paint *
As they finish up with their search, Ichi, who had been on guard out in the hallway in magical darkness, detects an invisible something moving past him. He attacks the intruder, who dissolves into nothing. Yavin sees a cloud of gas floating into the room. He casts dust devil to vacuum it up. It resumes its ogre magi form. Yavin starts off by mind thrusting him, and missing. Torr and Ichi rush it, Ichi bringing darkness with him. Torr shatters his knee
The ogre magi casts cone of cold. Torr sends it plummeting to the ground. He then goes down on Zayüß to finish it with the flaming mace.
They all then hightail it out of the village under cover of magical darkness.
Eeps: 1939 each
They head down to the nearby village, taking one of the roads that lead in. They see a group of 8 orcs approaching from the village. They wait for them to approach. The orcs first try to communicate in some non-understood language.
Torr addresses them in orcish, but when they demand their ‘marker’ things go south. The party attacks and kills half their number. Two run, while the leader is stunned. Ichi and Torr give chase, while Idky casts a charm person on the leader and starts questioning him. Unfortunately, the orc was faking and casts hold person on the party, which fails. The party knocks him unconscious and time him up. Casting know customs reveals that the orcs and ogre magi have enslaved the humans:
- Free passage isn’t allowed
- Travelers need markers that show permission
Treasure:
80 sp
146 gp
Yavin casts mind read on the orc to get information:
Orcs in village: another priest, 2 sets of patrols (up to 15), 12 at main gate, 2 more spiders, 2 orogs, 12+ orcs guard main den, ogre magi ruler who seems to be in 3-4 places at once
Dogs specially trained to hunt down hengeyokai
Ogre magi has pet owlbear and experiments on people
Werewolves and alchemist work for her
Another ogre magi
Couple dozen more orcs
A minotaur tracker in village
Palace in center of village is where
He knows little of the castle, but Blackthorn is the chief. The ‘faceless’ man is 2nd in command
About a half dozen ogre magi total between village and castle
The dragon at the castle has been forced into servitude because one of the ogre magi has its son (possibly)
After charming the orc and getting more information out of him, they send him off to the next town to avoid having to kill him in cold blood.
They party heads back to the hills to rest until night time. After nightfall, they airwalk and fly in globes of continual darkness toward the palace at the center of the village. They find that the balconies of the top (3rd) floor are magically trapped.
Torr lands on the balcony and nothing happens, until he walks through the door. An explosive rune goes off but gets absorbed by his sword. He and Ichi charge in.
It is a bedroom with a bed big enough for an ogre. On a chair in the room, getting her hair brushed by two human slaves, are an ogress magi. Also in the room are a minotaur and a large frog. Ichi runs at the minotaur, while Torr takes on the ogress. Ichi kills the minotaur in two hits.
The ogress casts cone of cold at Torr and Ichi, but Torr’s sword eats it. One of the slaves attacks Torr with a poisoned ninjato. The frog attacks Ichi and misses.
Yavin puts away his darkness necklace, as Ichi attacks and stuns the frog and shatters one of its feet. He then jumps to attack the slave, stunning her. Idky attempts to cast prayer but fails b/c he’s not on solid earth. Zayüß finishes off the frog, and Torr takes out the ogress and stuns the other slave woman. That’s when they notice the glyphs all over the room, which now go off.
And that’s also when eight ninja burst through one door, and seven orcs come through the other. They swarm the party. Lowdog frees up Yavin so he can run in to finish off the ogress with the fiery battleaxe. Lowdog and Ichi go for the mage, who has mirror imaged himself. He also seems to know martial arts, Ichi can see.
Another ogre magi enters at this point, flies over and tries to stab Torr in the back. He misses. Ichi manages to get the real mage to collapse. He then moves to help out Zayüß. Torr kills his remaining ninja and then the ogre magi—in one hit! The room starts to really clear at this point.
Then a female orc enters with two strange creatures—6’ tall humanoid bipedal crows. The orc casts hold person but catches no one. The crowmen leap on Ichi and Idky. Ichi recognizes them as tengu. Torr rushes into the other room to kill the orc, setting off two more glyphs, which his sword absorbs. Meantime, JIP is looting the ninjas’ bodies.
As the room gets almost clear, five orcs and two tengu rush up. The tengu and three orcs take on Torr. Lowdog runs out to help out Torr, sucking up four runes with not much damage to show for it—nice fire resistance! Meantime, Idky is healing himself back up. Yavin finishes off the fallen ogre with the flaming battleaxe
One of the orcs facing Torr decides to jump over the banister rather than fight Torr. One of Ichi’s orcs also bolts, but Ichi kills him as he runs. Lowdog kills the jumper orc.
Treasure:
Spellbook
6 shurikens *
Windchime *
Japanese noh mask *
Scabbard * (from ninja) with ninjato
Amulet *
Two books *
Metal box:
Stick pin like gold dragon coiled around ruby eggs 750 gp
Velvet purse w/ 50 pp, 3 500-gp sapphire
Gold and ruby necklace 1400 gp
Matching earrings 600 gp ea
Vial of dark dust *
Clay rice bowl * (probably creates bowl of rice with command word)
Set of white face paint *
As they finish up with their search, Ichi, who had been on guard out in the hallway in magical darkness, detects an invisible something moving past him. He attacks the intruder, who dissolves into nothing. Yavin sees a cloud of gas floating into the room. He casts dust devil to vacuum it up. It resumes its ogre magi form. Yavin starts off by mind thrusting him, and missing. Torr and Ichi rush it, Ichi bringing darkness with him. Torr shatters his knee
The ogre magi casts cone of cold. Torr sends it plummeting to the ground. He then goes down on Zayüß to finish it with the flaming mace.
They all then hightail it out of the village under cover of magical darkness.
Eeps: 1939 each