Post by David on Dec 15, 2012 18:13:53 GMT -5
The the heroes (Idky, Yavin, Athos, Artec, Katya, and Hamish) spends the next day tracking the troglodytes back to their cave. There are five minotaur lizards outside the cave. Artec starts firing arrows at them, and three come charging at them. As they get closer, Katiya summons a giant snake to help with the battle. It doesn’t last long.
After two minotaur lizards have died, Katiya next summons two pterodactyl-men to take on a third lizard that shows up. One gets killed right away. They finish off the lizards, and eleven trogs step out of the cave. Idky casts entangle at them, catching six. The other five retreat back into the cave. They hack through the entanglement and slaughter the captured trogs.
They enter the cave and wipe out the remaining adults. They back the juveniles into their egg hatchery. They kill them all and find no treasure in the lair, but Artec is able to get raw materials for arrows.
The middle of the next day, they pass by some large lizards. Idky uses commune with nature to see if there are any powerful supernatural creatures ahead. They get nothing this night. The next night (the 18th), they find out about a powerful supernatural creature to the north. So they change direction and head into the mountains. He gets the distinct impression that the ecosystem is hostile to them.
The next day they get to an area along the coast that looks like a dragon came through the area and destroyed it. Another commune with nature reveals that the creature has moved off along the coast back toward the west. Katiya summons a griffon and Yavin flies. Using lighten load and levitation, the rest of the party “surfs” behind the griffon. They find a big black dragon hunting around. It sees them and flies in to attack.
The party takes cover in the trees, and the dragon hovers about a thousand feet up. Katiya summons a small dinosaur, hoping the lure the dragon down. Artec starts firing arrows at it. It’s now ANGRY! The dragon breathes acid at the party. Even though Artec’s arrows have really messed him up, he’s angry. He stays way up high. Katiya conjures three pteranodons to attack it. Yavin attempts to establish telepathic contact and gets in.
Meantime, the pteranodons attack the dragon’s wings. Yavin taunts the ancient dragon, trying to get him to come back down into arrow range. The dragon kills the pteranodons.
Artec realizes that the dragon has drifted down into his (remarkably large) bow range and starts shooting again. He misses, so the dragon flies off. “This isn’t over!” Meantime, Yavin continues to taunt the dragon.
The party decides to hunt down the dragon so they don’t have to worry about yet another powerful creature on their tail. The next day they run into two tyrannosaurs rex. Katiya casts guardian and Idky casts prayer, as Artec launches a volley of arrows. Hamish prepares to engage one. The other goes for Artec. Artec and Hamish get torn up, but Yavin jumps in front of Artec to try to free up the archer to fire arrows. They kill that one. Athos sets up to backstab one . . . and misses. Idky slaps an aid on Hamish. Yavin hits one with mind thrust. Katiya summons three giant constrictors to entangle one of the dinosaurs and kills it. Idky forms a bloodstone from the blood of one. It’s barely big enough, but it works. Hamish takes dinosaur teeth.
They hike an hour away (back toward the east) and stop to rest up in Katiya’s shelter and heal more. After an hour and a half, the black dragon shows up and tailswipes the shelter, destroying it. Katiya, warned by her magical earring, had started casting monster summoning III, and four orogs appear. The dragon spits acid at Katiya, and her guardian griffon, stunning both of them. The acid also kills an orog.
Yavin and Katiya get hit by a tail swipe, Katiya getting badly stunned and thrown away. Athos tries to throw daggers at its eyes, in vain. The three remaining orogs attack. Yavin mind thrusts and misses. Artec gets stunned out of his gourd by a bite. Idky casts heal on Artec, and the dragon breathes acid on them. Yavin casts precipitation to try to reduce the acid damage. After an arrow from Artec, Hamish lands the killing blow and begins bathing in its blood.
Yavin casts thought capture to try to get some information from the dragon. He then announces that he wants to take the dragon head so he can call up its spirit later, when he has access to the spell.
Eeps: 6166 each (dragon)
6666 each (t-rex)
834 each (trogs)
After two minotaur lizards have died, Katiya next summons two pterodactyl-men to take on a third lizard that shows up. One gets killed right away. They finish off the lizards, and eleven trogs step out of the cave. Idky casts entangle at them, catching six. The other five retreat back into the cave. They hack through the entanglement and slaughter the captured trogs.
They enter the cave and wipe out the remaining adults. They back the juveniles into their egg hatchery. They kill them all and find no treasure in the lair, but Artec is able to get raw materials for arrows.
The middle of the next day, they pass by some large lizards. Idky uses commune with nature to see if there are any powerful supernatural creatures ahead. They get nothing this night. The next night (the 18th), they find out about a powerful supernatural creature to the north. So they change direction and head into the mountains. He gets the distinct impression that the ecosystem is hostile to them.
The next day they get to an area along the coast that looks like a dragon came through the area and destroyed it. Another commune with nature reveals that the creature has moved off along the coast back toward the west. Katiya summons a griffon and Yavin flies. Using lighten load and levitation, the rest of the party “surfs” behind the griffon. They find a big black dragon hunting around. It sees them and flies in to attack.
The party takes cover in the trees, and the dragon hovers about a thousand feet up. Katiya summons a small dinosaur, hoping the lure the dragon down. Artec starts firing arrows at it. It’s now ANGRY! The dragon breathes acid at the party. Even though Artec’s arrows have really messed him up, he’s angry. He stays way up high. Katiya conjures three pteranodons to attack it. Yavin attempts to establish telepathic contact and gets in.
Meantime, the pteranodons attack the dragon’s wings. Yavin taunts the ancient dragon, trying to get him to come back down into arrow range. The dragon kills the pteranodons.
Artec realizes that the dragon has drifted down into his (remarkably large) bow range and starts shooting again. He misses, so the dragon flies off. “This isn’t over!” Meantime, Yavin continues to taunt the dragon.
The party decides to hunt down the dragon so they don’t have to worry about yet another powerful creature on their tail. The next day they run into two tyrannosaurs rex. Katiya casts guardian and Idky casts prayer, as Artec launches a volley of arrows. Hamish prepares to engage one. The other goes for Artec. Artec and Hamish get torn up, but Yavin jumps in front of Artec to try to free up the archer to fire arrows. They kill that one. Athos sets up to backstab one . . . and misses. Idky slaps an aid on Hamish. Yavin hits one with mind thrust. Katiya summons three giant constrictors to entangle one of the dinosaurs and kills it. Idky forms a bloodstone from the blood of one. It’s barely big enough, but it works. Hamish takes dinosaur teeth.
They hike an hour away (back toward the east) and stop to rest up in Katiya’s shelter and heal more. After an hour and a half, the black dragon shows up and tailswipes the shelter, destroying it. Katiya, warned by her magical earring, had started casting monster summoning III, and four orogs appear. The dragon spits acid at Katiya, and her guardian griffon, stunning both of them. The acid also kills an orog.
Yavin and Katiya get hit by a tail swipe, Katiya getting badly stunned and thrown away. Athos tries to throw daggers at its eyes, in vain. The three remaining orogs attack. Yavin mind thrusts and misses. Artec gets stunned out of his gourd by a bite. Idky casts heal on Artec, and the dragon breathes acid on them. Yavin casts precipitation to try to reduce the acid damage. After an arrow from Artec, Hamish lands the killing blow and begins bathing in its blood.
Yavin casts thought capture to try to get some information from the dragon. He then announces that he wants to take the dragon head so he can call up its spirit later, when he has access to the spell.
Eeps: 6166 each (dragon)
6666 each (t-rex)
834 each (trogs)