Post by David on Apr 4, 2013 19:21:10 GMT -5
The heroes (Malkierian, Pudic, Erik with Faust, Aerone, Clod, Talking Bird, and Akom) take a moment to tend their wounds. During this time Pudic, Aerone, and Malkierian change their armor as well. The heroes find themselves battling several more waves of orcs and orogs as the foes pour in from the unsearched tower. The other tower burns brightly and only a handful of orog attack from that direction. During the battle, a single human also joins the fray, but the heroes defeat him (and Erik takes his head).
After the battle, the heroes are nearly dead. Most of them are down and bleeding; it takes all of the party's remaining healing spells, the shaman's goodberries, and the party's potions to keep everyone alive. At pathetic strength, the group opens the secret door and moves up the stairs to the drow wizard's lair. Amazingly, the heroes catch "Snake" by surprise as he's loading up a sack full of treasure and spell books. The heroes dash for him, but the drow is faster, incredibly faster, bolting out of the room and jumping through a window. Erik nails him with a couple shurikens on the way down, but the mage escapes into the daylight. Meanwhile, a single volley of magic missiles nearly costs the witch his life. And that's when the displacer beast pups attack!
Aerone with some support from Clod and Talking Bird manages to keep the monsters at bay and slay them. Finally, with only a couple of heroes still conscious, the paladin tries to tend the wounded. An hour passes and Malkierian comes conscious, followed by Clod, Pudic, and Erik. The heroes rest in the mage's rooms until the next morning, then heal up and sneak out of the fortress.
Eeps: 1565 xps each (only) plus 500xps mission sorta-accomplished for the other heroes (Pudic, Erik, and Malkierian got 1000 for making every run).
After the battle, the heroes are nearly dead. Most of them are down and bleeding; it takes all of the party's remaining healing spells, the shaman's goodberries, and the party's potions to keep everyone alive. At pathetic strength, the group opens the secret door and moves up the stairs to the drow wizard's lair. Amazingly, the heroes catch "Snake" by surprise as he's loading up a sack full of treasure and spell books. The heroes dash for him, but the drow is faster, incredibly faster, bolting out of the room and jumping through a window. Erik nails him with a couple shurikens on the way down, but the mage escapes into the daylight. Meanwhile, a single volley of magic missiles nearly costs the witch his life. And that's when the displacer beast pups attack!
Aerone with some support from Clod and Talking Bird manages to keep the monsters at bay and slay them. Finally, with only a couple of heroes still conscious, the paladin tries to tend the wounded. An hour passes and Malkierian comes conscious, followed by Clod, Pudic, and Erik. The heroes rest in the mage's rooms until the next morning, then heal up and sneak out of the fortress.
Eeps: 1565 xps each (only) plus 500xps mission sorta-accomplished for the other heroes (Pudic, Erik, and Malkierian got 1000 for making every run).
