Post by David on Oct 27, 2011 12:37:37 GMT -5
Anath asks the party (Idky, Torr, Yavin, Ichi, and Arthur) to perform a service for the forces of Good by killing the evil Queen of Witches, Hecube. They heroes accept.
After a bunch of spells cast on them to help with their mission, Anath uses a dimensional fold to send the party to the enchanted forest where Hecube’s lair is. The party is invisible and starts walking through the dark, evil-looking forest.
After 40 minutes, they come upon some giant trolls, ogres, and really big wolves (sniffing around for something). Ichi, who is in the lead, wisely attempts to bunch the group into the radius of their silence 15'r centered around Torr and tries to maneuver through the group. Arthur notices that one of the wolves is baying. The other monsters start paying attention to it.
Arthur moves Yavin’s head to see the wolf, so Yavin initiates telepathic contact with Arthur so they can discuss the situation. He then connects Ichi and Arthur. Ichi guides the group through gaps in the monsters. Unfortunately, he walks right up to a wolf, which catches their scent. Another wolf and three ogres charge in. Ichi throws a goodberry at the wolf. It snaps at the goodberry and continues charging. It appears to be talking.
The wolves lunge at Ichi and Torr but miss. Ichi leaps over the wolf. Torr picks up Idky and airwalks up. More ogres and trolls move in, looking for the party. That leaves Yavin and Arthur, who start trying to move through the monsters again. The party is now split up and attempting to move around the monsters. Yavin and Arthur manage to make it through by sheer luck. Torr continues to track Arthur and Yavin. Ichi very narrowly makes it through the wolves to rejoin everyone, after downing a potion of speed. They seem to have completely bypassed the entire group. But one smaller one sniffs behind them, leading some other wolves and trolls.
After about 200 feet, one of the wolves manages to make contact with Yavin, and they all start baying. Ichi attacks and brings down all the wolves and the troll that were following them. Unfortunately, the noise attracts an ogre and two more wolves. He runs to intercept. Yavin telepathically switches contact to Ichi to keep him in the loop. Unfortunately, the wolves start baying as Ichi attacks. He kills both wolves and the ogre. Meantime, Yavin and Arthur burn the troll body.
Two werewolves and a dire wolf start pursuing Ichi. He rushes back to the first wolves he killed and smears their blood on himself to give him their scent. He quaffs his potion of invisibility. However, since he also has a potion of speed, he has the unfortunate side effect that he is not able to speak. He rejoins the party, and the continue on. They elude the wolves . . . . for now.
After ten minutes, two of the wolves pick up the group's scent and pop up behind them. They’re baying, and other wolves in the distant are also baying. It sounds like they’re talking to each other. Torr hears the noises, now that the silence spell has worn off, and understands them since they're speaking an actual language. The wolves have called in the rest of the pack to assist in catching and killing the intruders.
Ichi and Torr prepare to fight. Ichi and Arthur get placed or climb into safe trees. Yavin gets put into a treant, which attacks him. He jumps back down, and the treant lumbers toward Torr. Torr and Ichi get swarmed by wolves and werewolves. Yavin joins in, while Arthur and Idky sit safely in their trees watching for reinforcements.
The party does pretty well getting rid of the wolves and werewolves, but one of the treants really messes up Torr. Torr finally uses his sword to try to dispel their charms. Unfortunately, he takes out many of their standing spells but doesn’t break the charms. Ichi kills the treants, and they move on after some first aid.
Ten minutes later, a ginormous treant clocks Torr. Another ginormous treant also orients on Torr. Ichi intercepts it. A third also joins. They kill two and Idky buries the third with a dig spell.
“Blond. David Blond.” – Steve, after David couldn’t find his PH2, which was right in front of him.
Status:
Idky: 63 (full), cast / / dispel / dig / / heal
Arthur: 35 (full), cast MM / / LB
Ichi: 63 of 79, sitta 8-(
Yavin: 28 of 52, cast CLWx4, lost pr fire, 68 of 97 PSPs
Torr: 44 of 93, lost pr cold and sacred guardian
Heroes are about 45 minutes in...
Running eeps are: 44,880 xps (total)
After a bunch of spells cast on them to help with their mission, Anath uses a dimensional fold to send the party to the enchanted forest where Hecube’s lair is. The party is invisible and starts walking through the dark, evil-looking forest.
After 40 minutes, they come upon some giant trolls, ogres, and really big wolves (sniffing around for something). Ichi, who is in the lead, wisely attempts to bunch the group into the radius of their silence 15'r centered around Torr and tries to maneuver through the group. Arthur notices that one of the wolves is baying. The other monsters start paying attention to it.
Arthur moves Yavin’s head to see the wolf, so Yavin initiates telepathic contact with Arthur so they can discuss the situation. He then connects Ichi and Arthur. Ichi guides the group through gaps in the monsters. Unfortunately, he walks right up to a wolf, which catches their scent. Another wolf and three ogres charge in. Ichi throws a goodberry at the wolf. It snaps at the goodberry and continues charging. It appears to be talking.
The wolves lunge at Ichi and Torr but miss. Ichi leaps over the wolf. Torr picks up Idky and airwalks up. More ogres and trolls move in, looking for the party. That leaves Yavin and Arthur, who start trying to move through the monsters again. The party is now split up and attempting to move around the monsters. Yavin and Arthur manage to make it through by sheer luck. Torr continues to track Arthur and Yavin. Ichi very narrowly makes it through the wolves to rejoin everyone, after downing a potion of speed. They seem to have completely bypassed the entire group. But one smaller one sniffs behind them, leading some other wolves and trolls.
After about 200 feet, one of the wolves manages to make contact with Yavin, and they all start baying. Ichi attacks and brings down all the wolves and the troll that were following them. Unfortunately, the noise attracts an ogre and two more wolves. He runs to intercept. Yavin telepathically switches contact to Ichi to keep him in the loop. Unfortunately, the wolves start baying as Ichi attacks. He kills both wolves and the ogre. Meantime, Yavin and Arthur burn the troll body.
Two werewolves and a dire wolf start pursuing Ichi. He rushes back to the first wolves he killed and smears their blood on himself to give him their scent. He quaffs his potion of invisibility. However, since he also has a potion of speed, he has the unfortunate side effect that he is not able to speak. He rejoins the party, and the continue on. They elude the wolves . . . . for now.
After ten minutes, two of the wolves pick up the group's scent and pop up behind them. They’re baying, and other wolves in the distant are also baying. It sounds like they’re talking to each other. Torr hears the noises, now that the silence spell has worn off, and understands them since they're speaking an actual language. The wolves have called in the rest of the pack to assist in catching and killing the intruders.
Ichi and Torr prepare to fight. Ichi and Arthur get placed or climb into safe trees. Yavin gets put into a treant, which attacks him. He jumps back down, and the treant lumbers toward Torr. Torr and Ichi get swarmed by wolves and werewolves. Yavin joins in, while Arthur and Idky sit safely in their trees watching for reinforcements.
The party does pretty well getting rid of the wolves and werewolves, but one of the treants really messes up Torr. Torr finally uses his sword to try to dispel their charms. Unfortunately, he takes out many of their standing spells but doesn’t break the charms. Ichi kills the treants, and they move on after some first aid.
Ten minutes later, a ginormous treant clocks Torr. Another ginormous treant also orients on Torr. Ichi intercepts it. A third also joins. They kill two and Idky buries the third with a dig spell.
“Blond. David Blond.” – Steve, after David couldn’t find his PH2, which was right in front of him.
Status:
Idky: 63 (full), cast / / dispel / dig / / heal
Arthur: 35 (full), cast MM / / LB
Ichi: 63 of 79, sitta 8-(
Yavin: 28 of 52, cast CLWx4, lost pr fire, 68 of 97 PSPs
Torr: 44 of 93, lost pr cold and sacred guardian
Heroes are about 45 minutes in...
Running eeps are: 44,880 xps (total)