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<blockquote data-quote="pogre" data-source="post: 6060480" data-attributes="member: 6588"><p>Episode Five</p><p></p><p>The ratmen's arguments won the day and the adventurers agreed to finish exploring the upper story of the structure. The Half-Orc, Skulleater, was placated by promises of more gobbo hacking and he reluctantly left the stairs behind. Their path brought them back to the original foyer and a long hallway with numerous doors.</p><p></p><p>Skulleater's acquiesence was quickly rewarded as the group stumbled onto the throne room of the goblin chieftan, Ripnugget! Ripnugget was mounted upon a nasty, toothy looking beast. The chieftan was accompanied by a trio of tough-looking gobbo warriors and a goblin War Chanter.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ep05_01_ripnugget_throneroom.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Aggie, the paladin, leapt to the forefront - taking the battle to the goblins. The templar was bushwhacked by the mounted Ripnugget as the goblin chieftan came cruising past her and attacked on the run. The mounted chieftan moved in a continuous charge and moved away before Aggie could even lift her sword against him. Following the chieftan's lead, the goblin warriors soon swarmed Aggie.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ep05_02_throneroom_combat.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Fortunately, Aggie's heavy armor saved her from most of the goblins' cuts and soon her fellow adventurers were cutting their way through the goblin swarm. Skulleater pushed his way through the lesser goblins to take a swipe at Ripnugget and his monstrous mount. The goblins did not last long against the adventurers' onslaught and soon the throne chamber was awash in gobbo blood.</p><p></p><p>Bug, the ratman rogue, nosed around the area and found a set of keys on the deceased chieftan. Two of the adjoining doors to the chamber led to a bedroom chamber,</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ep05_03_ripnugget_lair.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>and an armory.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ep05_04_armory.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>*****</p><p>Descending the stairs the adventurers discovered an abandoned dining hall.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ep05_05_feast_room.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>A door from the dining area led to cavernous areas that were piled up with junk.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ep05_06_storage_cave.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Bug was scouting ahead of the group and was grabbed up by some horrid land squid thing. The monster poisoned and incapacitated the ratman and it looked like death was near. Bug was saved by the healing prayers of his fellow ratling, Shagrax. The rest of the party hacked the beast up and Bug was rescued.</p><p></p><p>****</p><p>The adventurers approached a pair of carved doors with learing demonic faces. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ep05_07_shrine_entrance.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Pushing beyond the doors they discovered an evil temple. As they approached the altar they were attacked by a pair of strange hounds. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ep05_08_combat_shrine.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The baying of the hounds sent a couple of the adventurers, Bug and Fireheart running. The melee was brutal, but the adventurers overcame the hound guardians.</p><p></p><p>***</p><p></p><p>The chamber they entered appeared to be some sort of planning area. An area map was on the wall and crude plans for an attack of Sand Point were sketched in slate there. The plans made it clear another attack from the goblin tribes was being planned.</p><p></p><p>An adjoining door led into a room, which was obviously a research chamber of some sort. A beautiful dark-skinned human woman was reading some scrolls intently. </p><p>She reassured the adventurers she was just doing some research into an ancient dark cult. She admitted that her studies had led her to the complex and she had convinced the local goblin population that she was a powerful priestess to allow her to continue her studies. Aggie had some doubts about the veracity of her claims. The paladin also insisted that the evil artifacts the woman, named Lyrie, had to be destroyed. A deal was struck where Lyrie would be allowed to study the objects for a couple of hours and then the materials would be destroyed.</p><p></p><p>Skulleater was particularly annoyed by this agreement and wanted to kill Lyrie immediately.</p><p></p><p>The group posted guards at the open door and watched as Lyrie continued inspecting the artifacts. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ep05_09_lyrie.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Twenty minutes later, Lyrie suddenly scooped up all of the scrolls and dashed through a secret door in the back of the chamber. Amidst loud scoldings of “I told you so” from Skulleater, the group dashed in pursuit.</p><p></p><p>**</p><p>Following a chase down some stairs into a lower level of the complex </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ep05_10_pursuit_below.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>the adventurers burst into a circular room containing Lyria and a woman they had seen depicted in Tsuto’s journal, Nualia.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ep05_11_lyrie_nualia.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The adventurers let out a collective groan as they realized they were facing two hostile spell-casters in a battered and depleted state. Retreat apparently was not a consideration though as they dashed to the attack.</p><p></p><p>Lyrie immediately cast the always annoying mirror image.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ep05_12_lyrie_mirrorimage.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The red-clawed Nualia proved to be a dangerous foe and soon had Fireheart down on the ground bleeding out. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ep05_13_nualia_combat.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ep05_14_fireheart_down.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Only a prayer from Shagrax saved the half-elf. Skulleater was being battered by spells from Lyrie and even had his precious battle axe shattered by one of her spells. Nualia kept the group in desperate straits by continued use of negative energy channeling. </p><p></p><p>Yara dashed into the room to attempt to pull Fireheart’s body out of the fray. Meanwhile, Lyrie disappeared from Skulleater’s view. The half-orc turned his attention on Nualia grabbing up Fireheart’s now unused sword. While Aggie, Bug, Shagrax, and Fentra concentrated on Nualia, </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ep05_15_nualia_killed.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Lyrie suddenly reappeared and attacked Yara. Just as events looked most dire a killing blow was landed on Nualia. Lyrie soon abandoned her attack and braving blows from Yara and Fentra cast another spell via scroll and disappeared.</p><p></p><p>An inspection of the room revealed that Nualia had left a journal behind. The journal detailed her sad and lonely childhood including some traumatic events in her adolescence. It described her murder of her adoptive father, the late head priest of the temples in Sand Point and her goal of replacing her angelic heritage with a demonic one. Nualia was apparently currently engaged in a search for a demonic beast called a barghest that she hoped would complete her transformation.</p><p></p><p>The battered group decided to hole up for a long rest and continue their explorations of the lower level after they recovered.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pogre, post: 6060480, member: 6588"] Episode Five The ratmen's arguments won the day and the adventurers agreed to finish exploring the upper story of the structure. The Half-Orc, Skulleater, was placated by promises of more gobbo hacking and he reluctantly left the stairs behind. Their path brought them back to the original foyer and a long hallway with numerous doors. Skulleater's acquiesence was quickly rewarded as the group stumbled onto the throne room of the goblin chieftan, Ripnugget! Ripnugget was mounted upon a nasty, toothy looking beast. The chieftan was accompanied by a trio of tough-looking gobbo warriors and a goblin War Chanter. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ep05_01_ripnugget_throneroom.jpg[/IMG] Aggie, the paladin, leapt to the forefront - taking the battle to the goblins. The templar was bushwhacked by the mounted Ripnugget as the goblin chieftan came cruising past her and attacked on the run. The mounted chieftan moved in a continuous charge and moved away before Aggie could even lift her sword against him. Following the chieftan's lead, the goblin warriors soon swarmed Aggie. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ep05_02_throneroom_combat.jpg[/IMG] Fortunately, Aggie's heavy armor saved her from most of the goblins' cuts and soon her fellow adventurers were cutting their way through the goblin swarm. Skulleater pushed his way through the lesser goblins to take a swipe at Ripnugget and his monstrous mount. The goblins did not last long against the adventurers' onslaught and soon the throne chamber was awash in gobbo blood. Bug, the ratman rogue, nosed around the area and found a set of keys on the deceased chieftan. Two of the adjoining doors to the chamber led to a bedroom chamber, [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ep05_03_ripnugget_lair.jpg[/IMG] and an armory. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ep05_04_armory.jpg[/IMG] ***** Descending the stairs the adventurers discovered an abandoned dining hall. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ep05_05_feast_room.jpg[/IMG] A door from the dining area led to cavernous areas that were piled up with junk. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ep05_06_storage_cave.jpg[/IMG] Bug was scouting ahead of the group and was grabbed up by some horrid land squid thing. The monster poisoned and incapacitated the ratman and it looked like death was near. Bug was saved by the healing prayers of his fellow ratling, Shagrax. The rest of the party hacked the beast up and Bug was rescued. **** The adventurers approached a pair of carved doors with learing demonic faces. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ep05_07_shrine_entrance.jpg[/IMG] Pushing beyond the doors they discovered an evil temple. As they approached the altar they were attacked by a pair of strange hounds. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ep05_08_combat_shrine.jpg[/IMG] The baying of the hounds sent a couple of the adventurers, Bug and Fireheart running. The melee was brutal, but the adventurers overcame the hound guardians. *** The chamber they entered appeared to be some sort of planning area. An area map was on the wall and crude plans for an attack of Sand Point were sketched in slate there. The plans made it clear another attack from the goblin tribes was being planned. An adjoining door led into a room, which was obviously a research chamber of some sort. A beautiful dark-skinned human woman was reading some scrolls intently. She reassured the adventurers she was just doing some research into an ancient dark cult. She admitted that her studies had led her to the complex and she had convinced the local goblin population that she was a powerful priestess to allow her to continue her studies. Aggie had some doubts about the veracity of her claims. The paladin also insisted that the evil artifacts the woman, named Lyrie, had to be destroyed. A deal was struck where Lyrie would be allowed to study the objects for a couple of hours and then the materials would be destroyed. Skulleater was particularly annoyed by this agreement and wanted to kill Lyrie immediately. The group posted guards at the open door and watched as Lyrie continued inspecting the artifacts. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ep05_09_lyrie.jpg[/IMG] Twenty minutes later, Lyrie suddenly scooped up all of the scrolls and dashed through a secret door in the back of the chamber. Amidst loud scoldings of “I told you so” from Skulleater, the group dashed in pursuit. ** Following a chase down some stairs into a lower level of the complex [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ep05_10_pursuit_below.jpg[/IMG] the adventurers burst into a circular room containing Lyria and a woman they had seen depicted in Tsuto’s journal, Nualia. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ep05_11_lyrie_nualia.jpg[/IMG] The adventurers let out a collective groan as they realized they were facing two hostile spell-casters in a battered and depleted state. Retreat apparently was not a consideration though as they dashed to the attack. Lyrie immediately cast the always annoying mirror image. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ep05_12_lyrie_mirrorimage.jpg[/IMG] The red-clawed Nualia proved to be a dangerous foe and soon had Fireheart down on the ground bleeding out. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ep05_13_nualia_combat.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ep05_14_fireheart_down.jpg[/IMG] Only a prayer from Shagrax saved the half-elf. Skulleater was being battered by spells from Lyrie and even had his precious battle axe shattered by one of her spells. Nualia kept the group in desperate straits by continued use of negative energy channeling. Yara dashed into the room to attempt to pull Fireheart’s body out of the fray. Meanwhile, Lyrie disappeared from Skulleater’s view. The half-orc turned his attention on Nualia grabbing up Fireheart’s now unused sword. While Aggie, Bug, Shagrax, and Fentra concentrated on Nualia, [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ep05_15_nualia_killed.jpg[/IMG] Lyrie suddenly reappeared and attacked Yara. Just as events looked most dire a killing blow was landed on Nualia. Lyrie soon abandoned her attack and braving blows from Yara and Fentra cast another spell via scroll and disappeared. An inspection of the room revealed that Nualia had left a journal behind. The journal detailed her sad and lonely childhood including some traumatic events in her adolescence. It described her murder of her adoptive father, the late head priest of the temples in Sand Point and her goal of replacing her angelic heritage with a demonic one. Nualia was apparently currently engaged in a search for a demonic beast called a barghest that she hoped would complete her transformation. The battered group decided to hole up for a long rest and continue their explorations of the lower level after they recovered. [/QUOTE]
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