Post by David on Jul 11, 2011 17:16:55 GMT -5
The heroes (Daj, Bradeen with Dale, Cliffy, River, Helga, Maedhros, and Jay) are joined by Kennibrae Zajalyra, a young drow priestess of Elistraee, the Dark Maiden. The mission is to attack and destroy a hill giant fortress for Helga. There are giants, demons, trolls, orcs, ogres, orogs there. After some preparation, Hannok of Fangoria uses his bags of holding to transport via plants near the fortress in the next morning.
Using a combination of lighten load, item, and the bag of holding, Maedhros teleports the gang up to the mouth of the giant lair. Cliffy uses the travelers pearl to join them. They don’t surprise the two giants . . . or the vrock hiding in the mouth of the cave. Yet River stuns his giant immediately, as the girls (Daj, Helga, and Kennibrae) jump out of the bag.
Despite a silence 15'rspell in the mouth of the cave, two trolls heard the commotion before the spell was cast and rush out and attack poor Daj.
The next round, eight ghasts show up. Daj gets stunned, and Jay gets paralyzed. Maedhros turns all but one of the ghasts, and they flee toward the forest. The remaining ghast paralyzes Cliffy. Maedhros casts a frostball at the fleeing undead and they all get unturned and start coming back. This gives Daj time to cast lightning bolt at them.
Maedhros starts foaming at the mouth as the fight with the ghasts intensifies. He can barely wield his sword as he starts attacking a nearby ghast and gets ripped up in return. All the same, the hores make short work of the remaining undead.
Giants treasure:
Sword hilt with two gems
200 gp
The party then encounters a trip wire in the entrance of the cave. Cliffy disarms it (or thinks he does). They move on to a fork in the tunnels and encounter eight trolls from one way and six ogres from the other fork. Meanwhile, ten shadows sneak up behind the party. It's clear why Hannok and Mirkquin's forces couldn't handle this mission...! Maedhros starts foaming at the mouth again and dusts the shadows before they can attack.
The fighters at the front take on the ogres and trolls, with River shooting over Helga’s head. The monsters get bunched up, because their front lines dropped. Two of the ogres run off.
Eight more shadows sneak up at the back and two more at the front. Kennibrae turns one of the shadows at the back, and it flees. She turns another seven back into the cave. Daj casts lightning bolt at the fleeing shadows and the trolls, clearing the passageway. Maedhros dusts the remaining shadows and then races out of the caves to catch the last one.
Daj casts metamorphose liquid (using some of Cliffy's sample fluid) to make some acid from their water to finally kill the downed trolls. While Maedhros is out (he magic missiles the last shadow to death), ten more shadows attack the group. They start draining strength from various party members, but the party is mowing them down. Maedhros returns but only destroys one shadow at first.
Cliffy and Jay keep damaging downed trolls to keep them from getting back up. They make short work of the shadows and complete the acid burning of the troll bodies.
River stops to track and sees giant troll, troll, ogre, demon tracks. In the next room, they encounter three giant two-headed trolls and an ogre. The ogres calls out for the shadows to come in. The trolls tear into Helga and River. Cliffy casts improved magic missile at one of the trolls. Kennibrae casts prayer. Daj takes out the ogre with her throwing scimitar. River takes down two of the trolls.
Finally, 24 shadows pour out. Maedhros dusts six of them as they come out. Cliffy also notices the shadows and lightning bolts them, killing another five. Helga takes down the last troll. The remaining shadows swarm the party. Cliffy gets critically hit by a shadow. Kennibrae turns three shadows into a corner. Maedhros dusts the rest. Another metamorphose liquid from Daj to create more acid destroys the trolls.
Troll treasure:
500 gp
4 gems 250, 250, 500, 10000
2 necklaces 3500 4000
They heroes come to a huge cavern that has HUGE double doors at the other end. River notices a babau jumping down on him as they walk in. Another one, however surprises him. An ogre at the opposite side of the room runs up and throws a spear. River gets taken down by the babau that surprised him. Helga stuns one of the demons.
Kennibrae runs to take on the ogre. Jay moves up to help out Daj. Cliffy hits one demon with Melf’s acid arrow, while Maedhros misses the other one with the same spell. One demon casts dispel magic on the party. Another psionic blasts the party but hits no one.
Jay’s left hand gets severed by one demon. He also gets enfeebled. Another ogre and nine bugbear run into the room. Maedhros casts a prayer to help out with the combat. Daj casts improved magic missile, killing an ogre and stunning a bugbear.
One of the demons psionic blasts Helga, Kennibrae, and Daj, stunning them all. Eleven more bugbears start coming into the cavern. Cliffy tries to magic missile his demon, but it doesn’t pierce his resistance. Maedhros blocks them from the party with a wall of fire, saving their hides.
Cliffy’s demon attempts to psychic crush him but misses. Maedhros takes a bugbear off Jay with magic missiles. Cliffy casts Melf’s acid arrow at the babau but misses.
A babau casts another dispel magic, but it doesn’t take down the prayer or wall of fire. The other babau casts heat metal, but it only affects Helga, as her armor heats up.
Maedhros and Cliffy both try spells on Cliffy’s demon but either don’t hit or pierce its resistance. Meantime, Daj is clearing bugbear off of herself, as does Kennibrae. Helga succumbs to enfeeblement from another babau.
Maedhros gets surprised by bugbears coming from behind. They pour into the room. Helga starts cooking in her armor and collapses. The demons laugh maniacally. One teleports away.
The remaining demon levitates Cliffy and turns him into a piñata. Between Daj’s improved magic missiles and Cliffy’s magic missiles, they clear off all but one of Cliffy’s bugbears. The demon shape changes into Helga’s form to taunt her.
Maedhros notices four more bugbear coming up the passage and blocks them . . . for now. Cliffy kills his final bugbear.
Maedhros gets swarmed by bugbear. The demon changes back to his own form, which heals some damage. Daj clears two more bugbear with improved magic missiles. Maedhros blows his last magic missile spell, screaming about shadows. Maedhros goes down under the bugbear assault.
Cliffy, who has been floating up to the ceiling, attempts to cast Mordenkainen’s Sword off a scroll, but it fails because he miscasts it. Daj continues casting magic missiles at bugbears augmented by her skill in ranger-craft, killing another. Kennibrae casts another prayer. The demon psychic crushes Jay, and his head just explodes.
Cliffy casts lightning bolt straight down at the demon, but its magic resistance protects it. He pulls out his spellbook in desperation. Daj invokes her totem’s ally, and a redheaded woman appears and heals Daj. Cliffy casts improved magic missile from his spellbook at the demon, but doesn’t pierce the magic resistance.
The woman gets attacked by the demon and a bugbear. Cliffy also invokes his totem’s ally, and a 10th level thief appears and backstabs the demon, but he misses. Daj kills another bugbear. All that’s left is the demon.
Daj gets a cure serious wounds from the red-headed woman who is her totem-sister. River gets a potion of healing poured down his throat. He stands up. The woman then brings Maedhros on his feet. Daj attempts to cast slow on the demon, but again its resistance protects it.
River starts shooting cold iron arrows at the demon. Daj tries slow again, but still doesn’t pierce its resistance. The demon casts dispel magic, causing Cliffy to fall. He goes unconscious. The wall of fire goes out, as does the prayer.
Kennibrae casts protection from evil on herself and interposes herself between the demon and the party.
The demon veers at Daj, but she dimension doors away with Helga. River continues to shoot the demon. Maehdros, who had cast strength on himself, picks up Cliffy and starts to head out. The demon enfeebles River. Kennibrae keeps the demon at bay as the rest leave. It attempts to ego whip Kennibrae but misses. Kennibrae then bolts before it attacks again. They all get out.
Somehow, outside, the heroes discover that the spells from their scrolls and spellbooks are unused while both Daj and River still retain their one-time abilities to call upon their totem's allies.
Using a combination of lighten load, item, and the bag of holding, Maedhros teleports the gang up to the mouth of the giant lair. Cliffy uses the travelers pearl to join them. They don’t surprise the two giants . . . or the vrock hiding in the mouth of the cave. Yet River stuns his giant immediately, as the girls (Daj, Helga, and Kennibrae) jump out of the bag.
Despite a silence 15'rspell in the mouth of the cave, two trolls heard the commotion before the spell was cast and rush out and attack poor Daj.
The next round, eight ghasts show up. Daj gets stunned, and Jay gets paralyzed. Maedhros turns all but one of the ghasts, and they flee toward the forest. The remaining ghast paralyzes Cliffy. Maedhros casts a frostball at the fleeing undead and they all get unturned and start coming back. This gives Daj time to cast lightning bolt at them.
Maedhros starts foaming at the mouth as the fight with the ghasts intensifies. He can barely wield his sword as he starts attacking a nearby ghast and gets ripped up in return. All the same, the hores make short work of the remaining undead.
Giants treasure:
Sword hilt with two gems
200 gp
The party then encounters a trip wire in the entrance of the cave. Cliffy disarms it (or thinks he does). They move on to a fork in the tunnels and encounter eight trolls from one way and six ogres from the other fork. Meanwhile, ten shadows sneak up behind the party. It's clear why Hannok and Mirkquin's forces couldn't handle this mission...! Maedhros starts foaming at the mouth again and dusts the shadows before they can attack.
The fighters at the front take on the ogres and trolls, with River shooting over Helga’s head. The monsters get bunched up, because their front lines dropped. Two of the ogres run off.
Eight more shadows sneak up at the back and two more at the front. Kennibrae turns one of the shadows at the back, and it flees. She turns another seven back into the cave. Daj casts lightning bolt at the fleeing shadows and the trolls, clearing the passageway. Maedhros dusts the remaining shadows and then races out of the caves to catch the last one.
Daj casts metamorphose liquid (using some of Cliffy's sample fluid) to make some acid from their water to finally kill the downed trolls. While Maedhros is out (he magic missiles the last shadow to death), ten more shadows attack the group. They start draining strength from various party members, but the party is mowing them down. Maedhros returns but only destroys one shadow at first.
Cliffy and Jay keep damaging downed trolls to keep them from getting back up. They make short work of the shadows and complete the acid burning of the troll bodies.
River stops to track and sees giant troll, troll, ogre, demon tracks. In the next room, they encounter three giant two-headed trolls and an ogre. The ogres calls out for the shadows to come in. The trolls tear into Helga and River. Cliffy casts improved magic missile at one of the trolls. Kennibrae casts prayer. Daj takes out the ogre with her throwing scimitar. River takes down two of the trolls.
Finally, 24 shadows pour out. Maedhros dusts six of them as they come out. Cliffy also notices the shadows and lightning bolts them, killing another five. Helga takes down the last troll. The remaining shadows swarm the party. Cliffy gets critically hit by a shadow. Kennibrae turns three shadows into a corner. Maedhros dusts the rest. Another metamorphose liquid from Daj to create more acid destroys the trolls.
Troll treasure:
500 gp
4 gems 250, 250, 500, 10000
2 necklaces 3500 4000
They heroes come to a huge cavern that has HUGE double doors at the other end. River notices a babau jumping down on him as they walk in. Another one, however surprises him. An ogre at the opposite side of the room runs up and throws a spear. River gets taken down by the babau that surprised him. Helga stuns one of the demons.
Kennibrae runs to take on the ogre. Jay moves up to help out Daj. Cliffy hits one demon with Melf’s acid arrow, while Maedhros misses the other one with the same spell. One demon casts dispel magic on the party. Another psionic blasts the party but hits no one.
Jay’s left hand gets severed by one demon. He also gets enfeebled. Another ogre and nine bugbear run into the room. Maedhros casts a prayer to help out with the combat. Daj casts improved magic missile, killing an ogre and stunning a bugbear.
One of the demons psionic blasts Helga, Kennibrae, and Daj, stunning them all. Eleven more bugbears start coming into the cavern. Cliffy tries to magic missile his demon, but it doesn’t pierce his resistance. Maedhros blocks them from the party with a wall of fire, saving their hides.
Cliffy’s demon attempts to psychic crush him but misses. Maedhros takes a bugbear off Jay with magic missiles. Cliffy casts Melf’s acid arrow at the babau but misses.
A babau casts another dispel magic, but it doesn’t take down the prayer or wall of fire. The other babau casts heat metal, but it only affects Helga, as her armor heats up.
Maedhros and Cliffy both try spells on Cliffy’s demon but either don’t hit or pierce its resistance. Meantime, Daj is clearing bugbear off of herself, as does Kennibrae. Helga succumbs to enfeeblement from another babau.
Maedhros gets surprised by bugbears coming from behind. They pour into the room. Helga starts cooking in her armor and collapses. The demons laugh maniacally. One teleports away.
The remaining demon levitates Cliffy and turns him into a piñata. Between Daj’s improved magic missiles and Cliffy’s magic missiles, they clear off all but one of Cliffy’s bugbears. The demon shape changes into Helga’s form to taunt her.
Maedhros notices four more bugbear coming up the passage and blocks them . . . for now. Cliffy kills his final bugbear.
Maedhros gets swarmed by bugbear. The demon changes back to his own form, which heals some damage. Daj clears two more bugbear with improved magic missiles. Maedhros blows his last magic missile spell, screaming about shadows. Maedhros goes down under the bugbear assault.
Cliffy, who has been floating up to the ceiling, attempts to cast Mordenkainen’s Sword off a scroll, but it fails because he miscasts it. Daj continues casting magic missiles at bugbears augmented by her skill in ranger-craft, killing another. Kennibrae casts another prayer. The demon psychic crushes Jay, and his head just explodes.
Cliffy casts lightning bolt straight down at the demon, but its magic resistance protects it. He pulls out his spellbook in desperation. Daj invokes her totem’s ally, and a redheaded woman appears and heals Daj. Cliffy casts improved magic missile from his spellbook at the demon, but doesn’t pierce the magic resistance.
The woman gets attacked by the demon and a bugbear. Cliffy also invokes his totem’s ally, and a 10th level thief appears and backstabs the demon, but he misses. Daj kills another bugbear. All that’s left is the demon.
Daj gets a cure serious wounds from the red-headed woman who is her totem-sister. River gets a potion of healing poured down his throat. He stands up. The woman then brings Maedhros on his feet. Daj attempts to cast slow on the demon, but again its resistance protects it.
River starts shooting cold iron arrows at the demon. Daj tries slow again, but still doesn’t pierce its resistance. The demon casts dispel magic, causing Cliffy to fall. He goes unconscious. The wall of fire goes out, as does the prayer.
Kennibrae casts protection from evil on herself and interposes herself between the demon and the party.
The demon veers at Daj, but she dimension doors away with Helga. River continues to shoot the demon. Maehdros, who had cast strength on himself, picks up Cliffy and starts to head out. The demon enfeebles River. Kennibrae keeps the demon at bay as the rest leave. It attempts to ego whip Kennibrae but misses. Kennibrae then bolts before it attacks again. They all get out.
Somehow, outside, the heroes discover that the spells from their scrolls and spellbooks are unused while both Daj and River still retain their one-time abilities to call upon their totem's allies.