Temple of Elemental Evil Session 7

Group:

Chris - Oeridian Druid, Merc from Furyondy

Marshmallow - Warforged Paladin of St. Cuthbeth, Protector of Gran March

Peep Marsh - Oeridian Rogue, Spy for the Gran March

Who Hootsalot = Sylvan Druid, Guide from the Gran March

Kurana - Dragonborn Cleric

Anderron - Dwarf Cleric of Mordin looking to help the Church of St. Cuthbeth in Hommlet to push back the evil

Ardeshir Roshani - Apprentice to the Circle of Eight Mordenkainen.  Looking to gain more magical power.

LBX-228 - Follower for Chris, Warforged.  It will not fight or anything but it will protect the horse and cart.

After a good rest and training in Hommel the group traveled with the merchants back to Verbobonc.  While they were traveling on the road, Peep and Who kept hearing odd sounds from the forests.  Peep was able to pick out a bandit in the forest but he seemed to be watching and not attacking.  Everyone was on high alert while the group got the caravan about a quarter of the way.  At that point they met another caravan and the merchants joined with them the rest of the way.  The group told the other caravan about the bandits following them and a wizard named Ardeshir joined them.  He wanted to get some more money and also maybe find some new spell scrolls to learn.

The merchants said they would be sending more payment for this help and would be able to sell goods to the group when they got back to Hommlet.  The group then decided to head though the woods back toward the moathouse.  Peep decided to start hiding in the woods and shadow the group looking for the bandits.  Who was leading the group through the forest and spotting a lot of tracks.  The group moved slowly and kept its eyes opened but saw nothing.

As Who passed a tree a 'twang' of a string was heard and a crossbow bolt headed right for Who's head.  She could not get out of the way and it looked like she might be taken down by the Crossbow bolt but suddenly a hand reached out and caught the bolt in midair.  Peep had appeared saving Who and pointing out where the bandits were.  Peep then did something amazing as she took the bolt and threw it back at the shooter at long range to her.  Her accuracy was so good that the bolt went through the eye of the bandit killing him instantly (roll 2d20 and take the lowest but when the lowest is a natural 20 then that bandit is dead).  The rest of the party attacked as the bandits tried to run away.  Who shot at one with her longbow and hit him in the back killing him.  Ardeshir showed off some magic and froze the bandit, slowing him down but not killing him.  Kurana then cast Sacred Flame and the bandit burst in flames and dust.  After searching the bandit the found a scroll mentioning a new group of adventures that were causing problems in the area.  It warned them to be careful and to increase forces to take them out.

The group took this knowledge and headed the rest of the way to the moat house.  When they got to the moat house they took their time moving into the moat house.  Chris though he saw something in the tower were the spider was and tossed some fire seeds into the tower.  It looked like one connected and the others slowly moved into the courtyard and checked the small tower.  Inside it was clear except for a dead rat (normal rat).  The party also noticed that the tower had be used since they had left.  Anderron said to look for secret passages and they searched but found nothing.  Durning the time Who and Marshmallow decided to check on the room they had been staying and the secret passage.  Both (without dark vision ran up the stairs and into the dark room almost all the way to the door (Who made it to the door thanks to her wood elf speed).  Anderron told them to let him check it out because of his ability to see in the dark but they did not listen.  Ardeshir then put a light spell on his wand and followed behind the others but staying at the entrance of the main room.  What he saw drained the blood from his face.

In the room was 4 goblins and 2 Ogres.  They were surprised by the two people running by them and gathered their weapons before the others appeared with light.  Peep took advantage of this lapse and moved next to the Ogre and with a quick double strike did a massive amount of damage (19).  She then using her new skills slipped away past the entrance to avoid the counter attack.  The Ogres attacked at that point hitting Who with a large boulder crushing her (downed to -5 so Death Save time).  The other Ogre moved into contact with Marshmallow and smacked her hard with his club but Marshmallow's shield deflected most of the attack leaving her rattled (rolled minimal damage).  Ardeshir yelled out to Marshmallow to move behind him as Who seemed to move a little under the boulder (1 Save).  Marshmallow quickly moved behind Ardeshir and took a breather.  Ardeshir ran forward and slammed his foot on the ground while yelling causing a thunderwave to explode out from him in such a loud explosion that could be heard for yards.  The wave picked up all the goblins and slammed them into the walls killing them all.  The Ogres where blasted but not hurt very much.  The rest of the group started to head to the battle but could not get close enough.  Anderron tried to cast sacred flame but the spell could not penetrate the keep.  The Ogres again attacked one threw a boulder at Marshmallow but missed.  The other attacked Ardeshir smashing him in the ground (-1 hp uncon).  Peep and Marshmallow ran back into the fight and hurt one of the Ogres bad blooding him.  The others started attacking the blooding Ogre and hurt him bad knocking him down to one knee but he was still up.  The boulder on Who was still crushing her and was slowing down (Failed Save).  Kurana healed Ardeshir and he cast shocking grasp on the Ogre (from the ground) killing him.  At this time a door opened and 4 bandits came out of the door.  They started shooting everyone with crossbows hitting Peep, Anderron, and blooding Chris.  The group quickly attacked the Bandits and the other Ogre.  Peep killed a bandit, Kurana breathed on 2 bandits killing them.  The Ogre took a ton of damage but was still alive.  Who stopped moving and looked at the edge of death (2nd Failed Save).  Marshmallow moved over to heal Who and healed her to full health.  Peep was getting ready to attack the Ogre but was stabbed 3 times in the back knocking her down to her knee and almost killing her (down to 2 hp).

5 more bandits were attacking and hurting the group badly.  The party first took down the Ogre before focusing on the bandits.  The bandit leader was next to go down with multiple attacks and finally were able to take out the rest of the bandits.  The party was very badly hurt and used up almost all their healing and a lot of their hit dice as they rested and searched the bodies.  They party found a lot of silver, some gold and a scroll with the same message that they saw before.  Someone was watching them and it looks like they will have to be on their guard for more attacks…

DM Notes:  So it was a good battle and the party is noticing that they are being watched.  It looks like they will be having some very tough fights coming up.  Also now they are going back downstairs they will have to find some safe places to rest or they will be running out of spells.

Temple of Elemental Evil Session 6

DM Notes:  Great news we had even more people, bad news is that we now need more DMs.  Right now someone stepped up to DM but still having tables with 6-8 players is slowing things down.  This week my group was selling all the goods back in Hommlet and learning more about things happening in town.

Group:

Chris - Oeridian Druid (1) and now Rogue (1) trained by Peep, Merc from Furyondy

Marshmallow - Warforged Paladin (2) of St. Cuthbeth, Protector of Gran March

Who Hootsalot = Sylvan Druid (2), Guide from the Gran March

Kurana - Dragonborn Cleric (2), Priest kicked out of order for being drunk

LBX-228 - Follower for Chris, Warforged.  It will not fight or anything but it will protect the horse and cart.

Anderron and Heyiamnot set off to fight some more monsters and meet up with a friend while Peep snuck away to get training and to report back to the Gran Marsh on what is going on.

So back in town the group split up to try and sell the good.  Marshmallow and Kurana headed to the Elder's house to turn in the bandit that they already killed (15) (Also Kurana said he would "sell" the kegs of brandy.  The Elder was ecstatic and handed over the 150 GP for their work.  They also told him about the zombies and ghouls they found.  He was disturbed by this and asked them to continue to clear out the Moat House.

Chris headed to the Blacksmith to sell some weapons and items he had.  Chris was very nice and was getting a good price from the Blacksmith.  He wanted to get more so he cast charm person on the blacksmith and got the smith to take all the Battle Axes, and Spears for a great price (50 GP total).  He left with a full pouch and ran into Marshmallow and Kurana as they were heading to catch up with Who.  They told Chris that the deal is still on for the Bandits and they need to clear out the Moat House.

Who had moved to the far side of town and to the Trading Post.  This was a large building with lots of odds and ends.  Who also noticed with her keen eyes that a lot of men-at-arms were around that they could hire if they needed.  Who met with Rannos Davl the portly owner of the Trading Post.  He was happy to deal with Who and gave her a fair price on the items.  Who was able to sell the crossbow, bolts, ring mail armor, leather armor, and shields with no issues.  She then brought out the cloaks the party found and tried to sell them.  Rannos was not so sure about the cloaks and what the symbol was but offered a silver piece for each cloak.  Who tried to persuade him but could not get a better price.  So Who sold everything and then decided to look around the store.  Rannos called over his servant Gremag and handing over the items while whispering something to him.  She found an dust covered shelf that had a lot of unique things on it.  She cleaned off one of the bottles and recognized it as a Potion of Healing.  She also found some Amulets and was not sure about them.

The rest of the party made it to the Trading Post and tried to sell the other stuff they had.  Chris sold some personal items for a little money and tried to buy some thieves tools.  Kurana sold only 1 Keg of Brandy and also sold the Bolts of Cloth and Silver Serving Set for some good money.  Marshmallow headed over to Who and Who showed her the Amulet she found.  Who was able to learn that it was an Amulet of Cairn Hills.  It was a powerful magic item to protect you against the effects of the Undead.  There was 4 potions and 3 amulets available.  The party tried to buy the items but the potions were being sold for 75 GP each and the amulets for 400 GP each.  Chris was able to talk him down to 250 GP for an Amulet and some Thieves' Tools but still could not afford the items.  Finally Chris just got a set of Tools for 50 GP and they left the Trading Post with a full purse and heading to the Moneychanger.

The Moneychanger was happy to have some adventures in town.  He was glad to exchange their money for some Platinum pieces for a small fee.  The party could not talk him out of the fee so they paid.  The gave him 2847 CP, 116 SP, 659 GP and had it converted to 63 PP (a lot lighter to carry… the CP weighed 47lbs by itself).  The party then headed to the Teamster in town to talk to the Merchants they saved from the Moat House.  The merchants were very happy to see the party and quickly bought anything they had on them for a higher price (more in thanks for saving them).  They bought the Glaives and Halberds for 100 GP and asked the group to help them on the road back to Verbobonc. 

The party asked the merchants about how they were captured.  The merchants talked about that they made it to Hommlet with no issue.  The had sold a lot of items to the town and resupplied the Tailor, Blacksmith, Tanner, Inns and Trading Post with goods.  The also picked up some bolts of fine cloth, a silver serving set, lots of food goods, and leather armor to take back to Verbobonc to sell.  Once they were about 5 miles away from the town they were quickly ambushed.  The Bandits seemed to know exactly what they had and even found the silver serving set that they had hidden.  They were then hooded and dragged to the Moat House to be a meal for the Ogre.  The party was surprise by this news and decided that they would investigate this further in the future.  The party headed to the Inn for a nice sleep and then to get training (1 week worth of time) before heading back out to the Moat House and to protect the merchants on their way to Verbobonc.

DM Notes: Next week the group will be back on the road and there will be a lot more fighting.  Also since we ended a little earlier I want to give people a taste of what was happening at the other table….

At the other table the group was clearing out the top floor of the Moat House.  They had cleared most of it and were down to 2 rooms and some stairs.  Well 2 new people showed up at the Moat House and the other party though they were bandits and moved to attack them.  The Mage stayed his ground and said he was not but the Rogue flipped a coin and it came up tails so he turned tail and ran deeper into the moathouse.  He ran to a door they had not opened and quickly opened it.  He was bull rushed from behind and fell into a room that was full of bandits ready to ambush them.  It sounded like they were having a good time and it was a tough fight.

Temple of Elemental Evil Session 5

DM Notes: Well at the Game Store we had a massive influx of players. We added 8 more players and so the player for Sknott took over running a different table while I worked with the rest of the players. This session was a little faster because the first hour was getting the new people setup and trying to break up the groups correctly. My group is heavy in healing so it might change a little next week.

Group:
Chris - Oeridian Druid, Merc from Furyondy
Marshmallow - Warforged Paladin of St. Cuthbeth, Protector of Gran March
Peep Marsh - Oeridian Rogue, Spy for the Gran March
Who Hootsalot = Sylvan Druid, Guide from the Gran March
Heyiamnot - Dwarf Mage, Former Priest
Kurana - Dragonborn Cleric of Pelor.  He was kicked out of his parish for being a drunkard and is trying to improve himself.
Anderron - Dwarf Cleric of Mordin looking to help the Church of St. Cuthbeth in Hommlet to push back the evil.
LBX-228 - Follower for Chris, Warforged. It will not fight or anything but it will protect the horse and cart.

We rejoined the group after a short rest in the torture chamber looking at the secret door with a ladder heading down in a pillar. Kurana recast the light but this time on Peep's dagger. Anderron and Heyiamnot decided to head down the stairs first and without light since they did not need it. The others stayed at the top of the stairs and listened for any trouble. Anderron and Heyiamnot fell into a small (5' by 10') room that had a secret door with an obvious opening mechanism in the door. They knew that this door was the way out but was not sure if it was trapped or if something else was wrong with it. Peep came down the ladder and took a look at the door. She had great insight (natural 20) on the door and found out that it was not trapped and easy to open. Also that the door had seen a lot of use. Anderron told Peep to douse her light and he would open the door. Peep hid here lighted dagger and grabbed a new dagger to throw. Anderron opened the door and rolled a 17 on the stealth check so it made very little noise. (Initiative time)

Peep was first into the room. He rolled her stealth and got a natural 20 for a 28 total. Peep felt around the walls and moved just 2 steps into the room but next to a wall that she was following. Anderron went next and searched from the small hidden room into the main room looking for shapes. He found out that it was a burial crypt and 2 Zombies were hiding in alcoves. Anderron stayed where he was and just readied himself for action. Right after that Peep head some noise in the south but could not figure out what it was. Something was there though. Heyiamnot decided to charge in and right into the first zombie. His powerful hit greatly damaged the zombie but it stayed up. The Zombie then decided to attack back and smashed Heyiamnot hard in the head almost caving it in (as I do every week my first attack roll against Heyiamnot was a Critical. That 8 points of damage left him with 1 point left).

The other Zombies moved out of the alcoves and we could now see 4 Zombies in total. The Zombies had not sensed Heyiamnot, Anderron or Peep yet so they just stood there looking for a target. Kurana cast light on Chris's sword Chris moved down the ladder and right into the zombie. He attacked with his Scimitar and sliced deeply into the shoulder of the Zombie removing an arm (If a Zombie takes damage below 0 he gets to make a CON save to stay up with 1 hp. This zombie rolled an 18 and was still up). Anderron then added his warhammer to the zombie but missed. He cast Healing word on Heyiamnot and healed him fully before stepping back away from the Zombie. Peep, now with light, stepped further into the room and found a hallway with more alcoves. She also could just make out the shape in the darkness. With sudden insight she figured out that these were Ghouls and their touch could paralyze the party. Peep stayed in the darkness and hidden away from the Ghouls. Marshmallow came downstairs and also attacked the Zombie but by doing minimal damage (4) the Zombie lost a leg but still fought on. Chris moved backwards some more letting Who make it down the stairs. She took a slice with her Scimitar but missed badly. She then moved back up the ladder so Chris could come back down.

While this was happening Heyiamnot attacked the Zombie in front of him and tore into him (10 points of damage). Heyiamnot's axe sliced off most of his torso on one side but the Zombie keep fighting (rolled a 19 on his save and kept on fighting). The Zombies attacked and two attacked Marshmallow but missed while the one attack Heyiamnot and also missed. The Ghouls moved forward but did not have an opening so stayed in the shadows.

Peep then was in a bad place. She was surrounded but a Zombie and 2 Ghouls. She tried to move silently by the Ghouls and behind them and rolled a 24 on her stealth check. The Ghouls did not see her and she got to a far wall and behind the Ghouls. Chris then attacked the Zombie blocking them in the room and sliced off its head in a powerful stroke. This allowed Anderron to get into the room and attack one of the Zombies doing very good damage but it still was up. Marshmallow followed into the room and also took on a Zombie but her blow was true and 1 more Zombie crumbled to the floor. Who and Kurana but made it downstairs and attacked different Zombies. Who struck lightly but Kurana's Scared Flame missed the Zombie. Heyiamnot scored another powerful hit and this time the Zombie did not get back up. The last Zombie attacked Marshmallow and missed while the ghouls moved up to attack. One attacked Anderron and hit him both times but for minimal damage. He was able to shrug off the paralyzing effect also. The last one missed Marshmallow.

Now with others in the room Peep knew it was time to shine. She got behind a Ghoul and delivered a massive dual attack. Her blades scissored thought he ghoul's neck and he fell to the ground dead (was able to deal full HP of ghoul in a single shot). The others took down the Zombie and beat on the Ghoul but were not able to take it out. The other ghouls (6 more) moved in to attack. They attacked at Peep, Anderron and Kurana but missed. Marshmallow moved into a group of 3 Ghouls to protect Peep and was able to do some minimal damage. Kurana shined as he breathed fire on the ghouls (who all could not dodge out of the way) causing them to be badly burned. Anderron stepped back and blasted one with Sacred Flame which burned the Ghoul to the ground. Who dropped her weapon and took out her longbow. She then fired into another Ghoul and it too dropped to the ground. The Ghouls turned on the Warforged that was in their ranks and attacked. 6 attacks was all that was needed (one being a critical hit) to take down Marshmallow and Paralyze her. She had 1 death save and passed and also was able to shake off the paralyzation. Chris moved in and attacked taking down the last hurt Ghoul while Peep moved forward and again hit with both weapons and cut off a Ghoul's head (got exactly what she needed to take one from full to 0). Kurana moved forward and cast Spare the Dying on Marshmallow while the others continued to attack. The Ghouls put up a good fight but were finally dealt with by the group and now they could search the room. The found a hallway leading from the room and a earthen passage that was broken though one of the alcoves. The group decided it was time to head back to town to train and to sell some goods (and get more supplies). They spent some time boarding up the earthen hole and then headed back up stairs. After about 2 more hours the Warforged returned with the cart and they started loading up. The list of items they took were:

Group:
Suit of Ring Mail Armor (15 GP)
Light Crossbow (10 GP)
224 Crossbow Bolts (11 GP)
120 Arrows (6 GP)
3 Battle Axes (15 GP)
50 Spears (25 GP)
10 Glaives (50 GP)
6 Halberds (30 GP)
70 Capes with mark of an Eye (70 SP)
20 Shields (100 GP)
12 Suits of Leather Armor (60 GP)
Rations (Worthless)
Silver Serving Set (50-80 GP)
2 Kegs of Brandy (100-160 GP)
2 Bolts of Fine Cloth (60-120 GP)
2847 CP
46 SP
3 GP
-----------------------------------------
Total:
2847 CP
116 SP
308 GP (not including the bolts, arrows or items that have a range in cost)


Need to talk to Mayor to get payment on Bandits:
15 Bandits Killed


Peep is hiding this on her:
Gold Chain (200 GP)
Fine Coffer w/inlaid gems (50 GP)


Also 3 Magic Items were found. They went to:
Large Shield +1 - Went to Marshmallow the Tank (AC now 21)
Cloak of Elvenkind - Went to Chris who now is learning Thievery from Peep
4 Arrows +1 - Went to Adaryn since she is the only one with a bow


Characters that are now Level 2:
Peep - Rogue Lvl 2
Olwen - Paladin Lvl 2
Adaryn - Druid Lvl 2
Chris - Druid Lvl 1, Rogue Lvl 1
Heyiamnot - ??
Kurana - Cleric Lvl 2

Temple of Elemental Evil Session 4

Group:

Chris - Oeridian Druid, Merc from Furyondy

Marshmallow - Warforged Paladin of St. Cuthbeth, Protector of Gran March

Peep Marsh - Oeridian Rogue, Spy for the Gran March

Sknott - Half-Orc Fighter, Blacksmith that is working in Hommlet

Who Hootsalot = Sylvan Druid, Guide from the Gran March

Heyiamnot - Dwarf Mage, Former Priest

Kurana - Dragonborn Cleric

Koro - High Elf Monk that use to be a Jester for the Verbobonc Court

Ishmael - Oeridian Fighter (Merc Soldier) sent to help with the clearing of the area

LBX-228 - Follower for Chris, Warforged.  It will not fight or anything but it will protect the horse and cart.

The group started with everyone waking up from a long rest barred up again in the one "safe" room.  This time they did not hear anything and everyone had a good night rest.  LBX-228 had left the area and went back to town with the freed merchants.  Koro decided to sleep in (player told me he was going to be late) so the others decided to clear out the first floor.

Since there was 3 rooms that still need to be searched and 1 room that was not even open the party split up.  Everyone that needed light went with together to search the rooms that were already checked while the two people with Darkvision went to the one closed room….

The main party (Chris, Marshmallow, Peep, Who, Kurana, and Ishmael) headed to the 3 rooms.  Peep, Marshmallow, Who and Kurana searched the conference room and a bedroom.  Both were very poor searches and they did not find anything new.  Chris and Ishmael were together to check out the room that Sknott and Heyiamnot said they heard noises.  Chris ready his weapon for an attack while Ishmael opened the door and stuck his torch arm in the room.  This cause the bats in the room to go nuts and start to fly though the door and into the hall while others flew outside.  Chris was prepared but the bats startled him so much that he swung his sword and cleaved into Ishmael and not the bats.  Chris then cast a healing word on Ishmael before they started searching.

Sknott and Heyiamnot opened the last room and found a kitchen.  They also, with a natural 20 and a 19, found the room contained 3 giant ticks feasting on the food in the kitchen.  They decided to setup a trap and baited the ticks to come after them.  They did this with Sknott attacking one tick and with a Critical Hit and a nice stab killed it with one shot.  They both stood by a door and hoped to fight the ticks one at a time.

The sound of battle drew the others to the Kitchen and the all ran by the main entrance.  One by one they ran by the main entrance and it was not till Who ran by did they notice a group of Bandits heading to the moathouse from the drawbridge.  It looked like reinforcements for the moathouse but they had not seen the group yet.  Heyiamnot and Sknott where doing well and beating on the ticks.  The ticks could not hit either one of them so it was just a drawn out fight.  Ishmael used his longbow to shoot the ticks while the others attacked in melee.

Marshmallow, Peep, Kurana and Who ran through the main entrance and at the bandits.  Marshmallow struck hard and quickly took down a bandit.  The others added their strength and quickly the battle went the hero's way.  After the ticks and the Bandits all fell the last room was checked over and the group decided to take a short rest and then finally head downstairs.

Sknott and Heyiamnot headed down the secret staircase while the others headed down the main staircase.  Sknott and Heyiamnot did not run into anything and moved though the rooms heading back toward the main staircase.  The rest of the group slowly moved down the main staircase looking for more trouble.

It was with the quick hands and keen eyes of Peep that the party was saved.  She saw a sheet of green slime on the celling that was being used to trap people coming down the stairs.  You had to walk in a single file line down the right side or the green slime would fall on you.  Peep had stopped Chris from stepping into the green slime and most likely saved him from a horrible, painful encounter.

Once the group got downstairs they searched and found 2 hidden doors.  Peep unlocked the doors and inside was large amounts of weapons, armor, and shields.  Also a lot of cloaks were also in the rooms.  While this was going on Chris, Sknott and Heyiamnot headed down a different corridor and found a torture chamber.  While investigating the torture chamber zombie came around the corner and attacked.  The rest of the team joined in and the first 2 zombies died quickly.  Zombies started breaking out hidden alcoves and started attacking everyone, 24 Zombies in total.  Koro joined in with the group and added his fists of fury into the battle punching the head off a zombie.  The group was still quickly overwhelmed causing Heyiamnot and Peep to go down and many others become bloodied.  The group was able to save Heyiamnot and Peep before they suffered any more damage and defeated the zombies.

After that they group searched the torture chamber and the alcoves.  Peep found a really nice gem while Chris found a secret door with a ladder heading down in a pillar.  The group decided to take a short rest and to prepare to head down the ladder deeper into the moathouse.  What will they find at the end of the ladder?  What other surprise will be in the moathouse?