Post by David on Nov 9, 2012 0:41:54 GMT -5
Using easy march and clear the path, the heroes (Idky, Yavin, Athos, Artec, Katya, and Hamish) head East from the strange marble city. On the second day, they find a pack of lean brontosaurus and three 17-feet long creatures with horns on their noses hunting them. Then they see the party and decide to go after them instead. Artec starts shooting, dropping one of the creatures as it arrives.
Katiya casts monster summoning and the half-orc Rarrk appears and starts fighting the dinosaurs. He gets critically hit and stunned in their first attack. Katiya casts another monster summoning and six kobolds appear. Yavin hits one ceratosaur with mind thrust. Artec and Hamish finish off the creatures.
Yavin tries out his latest new psionic power on a kobold and discovers that it is mesmerize.
Meanwhile, very oddly, Rarrk has remained. The party heals him and explains that he was summoned by Katiya and can’t be sent back. So he agrees to join them.
That night, as they’re inside Katiya’s shelter, they hear three creatures outside trying to get inside. Between Artec, Hamish, and Arthur, they finish them off . . . while Rarrk is putting on his platemail.
The next day, they see a bunch of lizardlike creatures capturing some dinosaur-like creatures. They seem to have a spellcaster. They are troglodytes, and there are at least 40 of them, which surround them. After the initial round, the leader leads sends another charge at them. He is seven feet tall, wearing a bronze breastplate and wields a bronze 2-handed sword. His eyes glow with a black light. He has a quiver full of javelins. As he approaches, all the trogs act as if blessed. He has a camouflage ability, so he is difficult to see. He summons a vrock and commands 8 trogs to attack.
Katiya pulls out a scroll and casts Evard’s black tentacles at the incoming group and the leader. The tentacles catch the leader and four others. Katiya casts monster summoning III, and three of the dinosaurs the trogs were riding disappear and reappear in the combat to help the party.
The big boss casts a spell, creating a mud weird, which attacks Hamish. More trogs swarm the party. Katiya’s right arm gets broken and she goes into shock briefly.
The leader animates seven of the dead trogs. Katiya casts monster summoning, and five giant ants appear to defend her. The chanting priests bring out more lizard mounts to join the fight.
Idky uses darkness to try to sneak up to the big leader, but he had cast a spell that allows him to see in magical darkness.
Arthur gets free and casts a lightning bolt, clearing off a number of the trogs and some leaders. Katiya casts another monster summoning I and five teenage lizardmen appear and attempt to take up some of the charge. Yavin helps to clear Athos, but they both get swarmed again. A priest sends more lizards into combat.
The mud weird encases Hamish in mud. Katiya casts monster summoning IV and three hellhounds appear. Arthur casts fly on himself. Idky manages to get away from the leader, but just barely. Arthur flies over to cast lightning bolt at the big leader, but his magic resistance saves him. The hellhounds breathe fire. The big leader sends all of his animated dead to attack Artec, who is doing poorly.
Katiya casts monster summoning I and five fire beetles show up. She sends them to kill the big leader. Idky casts prayer. Arthur casts lightning bolt, and kills the priests and damages the minotaur lizards they were leading. The mud weird reorients on Yavin. The big leader moves to attack Katiya.
Arthur casts lightning bolt and clears more bad guys and catches the big leader. Unfortunately, it also caught Rarrk. One minotaur lizard attacks and kills the big leader. Idky tries to get blood from the dead leader, but he realizes it would be a really small stone and hesitates.
Katiya casts monster summoning IV and 3 giant wasps appear and attack the trogs. A minotaur lizard attacks Yavin, but it ends up dislocating its own leg and hip. Artec, finally freed, kills the other minotaur lizard and the mud weird. Unfortunately, even the lizards are too weak to form a large enough bloodstone.
The heroes fall in a heap and camp for the night...
Eeps per person: 3850 xps each
Katiya casts monster summoning and the half-orc Rarrk appears and starts fighting the dinosaurs. He gets critically hit and stunned in their first attack. Katiya casts another monster summoning and six kobolds appear. Yavin hits one ceratosaur with mind thrust. Artec and Hamish finish off the creatures.
Yavin tries out his latest new psionic power on a kobold and discovers that it is mesmerize.
Meanwhile, very oddly, Rarrk has remained. The party heals him and explains that he was summoned by Katiya and can’t be sent back. So he agrees to join them.
That night, as they’re inside Katiya’s shelter, they hear three creatures outside trying to get inside. Between Artec, Hamish, and Arthur, they finish them off . . . while Rarrk is putting on his platemail.
The next day, they see a bunch of lizardlike creatures capturing some dinosaur-like creatures. They seem to have a spellcaster. They are troglodytes, and there are at least 40 of them, which surround them. After the initial round, the leader leads sends another charge at them. He is seven feet tall, wearing a bronze breastplate and wields a bronze 2-handed sword. His eyes glow with a black light. He has a quiver full of javelins. As he approaches, all the trogs act as if blessed. He has a camouflage ability, so he is difficult to see. He summons a vrock and commands 8 trogs to attack.
Katiya pulls out a scroll and casts Evard’s black tentacles at the incoming group and the leader. The tentacles catch the leader and four others. Katiya casts monster summoning III, and three of the dinosaurs the trogs were riding disappear and reappear in the combat to help the party.
The big boss casts a spell, creating a mud weird, which attacks Hamish. More trogs swarm the party. Katiya’s right arm gets broken and she goes into shock briefly.
The leader animates seven of the dead trogs. Katiya casts monster summoning, and five giant ants appear to defend her. The chanting priests bring out more lizard mounts to join the fight.
Idky uses darkness to try to sneak up to the big leader, but he had cast a spell that allows him to see in magical darkness.
Arthur gets free and casts a lightning bolt, clearing off a number of the trogs and some leaders. Katiya casts another monster summoning I and five teenage lizardmen appear and attempt to take up some of the charge. Yavin helps to clear Athos, but they both get swarmed again. A priest sends more lizards into combat.
The mud weird encases Hamish in mud. Katiya casts monster summoning IV and three hellhounds appear. Arthur casts fly on himself. Idky manages to get away from the leader, but just barely. Arthur flies over to cast lightning bolt at the big leader, but his magic resistance saves him. The hellhounds breathe fire. The big leader sends all of his animated dead to attack Artec, who is doing poorly.
Katiya casts monster summoning I and five fire beetles show up. She sends them to kill the big leader. Idky casts prayer. Arthur casts lightning bolt, and kills the priests and damages the minotaur lizards they were leading. The mud weird reorients on Yavin. The big leader moves to attack Katiya.
Arthur casts lightning bolt and clears more bad guys and catches the big leader. Unfortunately, it also caught Rarrk. One minotaur lizard attacks and kills the big leader. Idky tries to get blood from the dead leader, but he realizes it would be a really small stone and hesitates.
Katiya casts monster summoning IV and 3 giant wasps appear and attack the trogs. A minotaur lizard attacks Yavin, but it ends up dislocating its own leg and hip. Artec, finally freed, kills the other minotaur lizard and the mud weird. Unfortunately, even the lizards are too weak to form a large enough bloodstone.
The heroes fall in a heap and camp for the night...
Eeps per person: 3850 xps each