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.
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