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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 6054187" data-attributes="member: 20323"><p><strong>Play Report #2 (11/23/12)</strong></p><p></p><p>The bard was dead. The barbarian and the wizard were bleeding out. Only a bloodied fighter and paladin were still standing against the red dragon's onslaught. The dragon had bitten and flung them, clawed them to shreds, breathed on them, created a lava hazard, and in a particularly devious move flew up to 50 feet and let itself fall on to the PCs. They had depleted nearly all their resources and things were looking dire. However, the paladin still had a few "lay on hands" remaining and was able to bring the unconscious party members back into the fight. This proved to be the edge the PCs needed so that when the severely wounded dragon tried to flee they were able to bring it down. The fighter dealt the killing stroke in the air, leaping from his hippogriff to do so. </p><p></p><p>Everyone on the ground watched with amazement as the fighter climbed off the dragon's corpse and pulled his swords out of its scaly hide. Hive fives went around the table, and after the party tended to the wounded, a dragon evisceration promptly followed. "What does a dragon heart do?" "Can I save it's eyes in case I can make an orb later?" "Is dragon meat edible?"</p><p></p><p>A dragon steak cook out followed <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>After being summoned before the royal court and weighing their options, the party chose to accept the king's offer to claim all the dragon's treasure in Dragon Mountain - apparently the red dragon's former lair - with the crown taking a 5% tax. They also hoped to gain some insight in Dragon Mountain as to what prompted the dragon's attack. The king provided them with riding horses, pack mules, a wagon, supplies and rations (supplemented by dragon steaks). Once the wizard raised their fallen companion (on the King's generous dime), they set forth with the recovering bard in the wagon. They resisted the urge to gag the bard and write shameful things on his forehead with evercoal.....</p><p></p><p>Crossing the Misty Downs they came across (random encounter) peasants in a land dispute. After the great wizard Fastilbras' tower was sacked by the dragon, the town of Inverness - which the wizard had governed - had fallen into chaos. Monsters once kept by the wizard ran amok and there was no law. Refugees fled to the countryside and had come into conflict with a stodgy old farmer. The party's paladin found an equitable solution that got them to put aside their differences and work together, with the peasants working for the farmer to earn their keep. Chatting with some of the peasants the PCs expressed their intention to seek out Dragon Mountain. Several peasants made a holy sign over themselves to ward off the dead, implying it was a doomed venture. One peasant warned them that Harker's Ferry, the village nearest to the mountain, was overrun by trolls.</p><p></p><p>At night, while the party camped in the Misty Downs, several of them who stood watch heard ghostly women singing on a distant mist-shrouded hill....but there was no random encounter like they were expecting.</p><p></p><p>Stopping in Harker's Ferry to either get an inn or learn more about the trolls, the party concealed their weapons when they saw that trolls indeed controlled the village and keep. Tattered banners of a dragon's claw and a burning flame hung around the village. Crow cages with rotting corpses confirmed the party's sinking suspicions that the village was utterly oppressed. The paladin gathered intelligence from the village priest, learning that the war troll leader Venduul had 24 trolls at his command and a witch (who'd stolen all the priest's ritual components), the villagers were terrified and malnourished, and 30 men-at-arms loyal to Lord Napina -the rightful ruler of Harker's Ferry - had been forced to serve Venduul but that if the party opposed the war troll they might sway the men-at-arms to fight alongside them.</p><p></p><p>The party prepared to connive their way into the keep, but the hot-headed fighter intimidated his way past the human reeve at the gate and promptly picked a fight with the troll guards. I believe the words were: "I've got your tribute right here. I draw my swords." We ended the session with those immortal words: ROLL FOR INITIATIVE.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 6054187, member: 20323"] [b]Play Report #2 (11/23/12)[/b] The bard was dead. The barbarian and the wizard were bleeding out. Only a bloodied fighter and paladin were still standing against the red dragon's onslaught. The dragon had bitten and flung them, clawed them to shreds, breathed on them, created a lava hazard, and in a particularly devious move flew up to 50 feet and let itself fall on to the PCs. They had depleted nearly all their resources and things were looking dire. However, the paladin still had a few "lay on hands" remaining and was able to bring the unconscious party members back into the fight. This proved to be the edge the PCs needed so that when the severely wounded dragon tried to flee they were able to bring it down. The fighter dealt the killing stroke in the air, leaping from his hippogriff to do so. Everyone on the ground watched with amazement as the fighter climbed off the dragon's corpse and pulled his swords out of its scaly hide. Hive fives went around the table, and after the party tended to the wounded, a dragon evisceration promptly followed. "What does a dragon heart do?" "Can I save it's eyes in case I can make an orb later?" "Is dragon meat edible?" A dragon steak cook out followed :) After being summoned before the royal court and weighing their options, the party chose to accept the king's offer to claim all the dragon's treasure in Dragon Mountain - apparently the red dragon's former lair - with the crown taking a 5% tax. They also hoped to gain some insight in Dragon Mountain as to what prompted the dragon's attack. The king provided them with riding horses, pack mules, a wagon, supplies and rations (supplemented by dragon steaks). Once the wizard raised their fallen companion (on the King's generous dime), they set forth with the recovering bard in the wagon. They resisted the urge to gag the bard and write shameful things on his forehead with evercoal..... Crossing the Misty Downs they came across (random encounter) peasants in a land dispute. After the great wizard Fastilbras' tower was sacked by the dragon, the town of Inverness - which the wizard had governed - had fallen into chaos. Monsters once kept by the wizard ran amok and there was no law. Refugees fled to the countryside and had come into conflict with a stodgy old farmer. The party's paladin found an equitable solution that got them to put aside their differences and work together, with the peasants working for the farmer to earn their keep. Chatting with some of the peasants the PCs expressed their intention to seek out Dragon Mountain. Several peasants made a holy sign over themselves to ward off the dead, implying it was a doomed venture. One peasant warned them that Harker's Ferry, the village nearest to the mountain, was overrun by trolls. At night, while the party camped in the Misty Downs, several of them who stood watch heard ghostly women singing on a distant mist-shrouded hill....but there was no random encounter like they were expecting. Stopping in Harker's Ferry to either get an inn or learn more about the trolls, the party concealed their weapons when they saw that trolls indeed controlled the village and keep. Tattered banners of a dragon's claw and a burning flame hung around the village. Crow cages with rotting corpses confirmed the party's sinking suspicions that the village was utterly oppressed. The paladin gathered intelligence from the village priest, learning that the war troll leader Venduul had 24 trolls at his command and a witch (who'd stolen all the priest's ritual components), the villagers were terrified and malnourished, and 30 men-at-arms loyal to Lord Napina -the rightful ruler of Harker's Ferry - had been forced to serve Venduul but that if the party opposed the war troll they might sway the men-at-arms to fight alongside them. The party prepared to connive their way into the keep, but the hot-headed fighter intimidated his way past the human reeve at the gate and promptly picked a fight with the troll guards. I believe the words were: "I've got your tribute right here. I draw my swords." We ended the session with those immortal words: ROLL FOR INITIATIVE. [/QUOTE]
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