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<blockquote data-quote="Demetrios1453" data-source="post: 9326665" data-attributes="member: 6801060"><p><strong><em>Pool of Radiance </em>(Part 47): Outpost of Zhentil Keep (Part 3) - Outpost of Zhentil Keep completed!</strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359756[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Time to finish this up!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359757[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>This is obviously going to be a lot tougher. The Commandant has 100 HP, and he has a caster next to him. The rest we can just wear down.</p><p></p><p>Time for Brother Baltor to start taking out their leaders if possible.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359758[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]359759[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]359760[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>He gets the spell off...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359761[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Well, that went poorly. Only a hapless corporal got held, while the Commandant and his wizard made their saves...</p><p></p><p>Well, if subtle means fail to work, it's time for brute force.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359762[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Except the enemy wizard goes while she's casting the spell, and, worse still, he has a a <em>wand of lightning. </em>It went by so fast that I didn't get a screenshot, but it's a bit lucky Brin is still standing as it bounced off the wall behind her and hit her twice. These games <em>love</em> bouncing <em>lightning bolts</em> off walls like that. So not only did Brin fail to cast her <em>fireball</em>, she's pretty badly wounded as well...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359763[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Bragir doesn't have any such flashy spells left, but he can still incapacitate foes...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359765[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]359766[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, melee have been concentrating on the wizard, and Baroness Bella gets in the killing blow.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359767[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Then the Commandant goes, and he apparently has a <em>javelin of lightning</em>. Again a flash of lightning crosses the screen too quickly for me to get a good screenshot, but he hit poor Bragir pretty good. Both my magic-users are in poor shape now...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359768[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Brin tries yet again to get a <em>fireball </em>off.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359769[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>While Brother Baltor tries again with <em>hold person.</em></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359770[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>With <em>much</em> better results...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359771[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Now Brin successfully completes her casting of <em>fireball...</em></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359773[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]359774[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>20 points of damage. A bit above average for a 5d6 <em>fireball</em>, and it should take down quite a few of them, and seriously hurt the others in the radius.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359775[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Yep, that took a lot of them off the board. We've got plenty of held/sleeping foes, and quite a few are in single digits as well.</p><p></p><p>Shortly afterwards, it's <em>auf Wiedersehen</em> to the Commandant.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359776[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We've rapidly cleared out many of the others as well. There's a stubborn group of four up top who are still shooting at us with their crossbows, but as we take down the others, they begin to surrender.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359777[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And soon the battle is won, although definitely not with out some serious damage taken!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359778[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]359779[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>That's a nice XP reward. Presumably the late Commandant and his wizard had some nice items on them!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359780[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Indeed they did! Let's check out exactly what they are.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359781[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Well, Buffy picked it all up, and she can definitely use the better bracers and upgrade from her shortsword to that longsword. The magical plate will go to one of our melee (Baroness Bella has better plate from the buccaneer camp), but all of them have better shields than this one. Two <em>rings of fire resistance</em> are a great addition to my melee, and will allow a bit more flexibility when casting <em>fireballs.</em> That wand will be very useful for one of my magic users...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359782[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]359783[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We'll trade Bant's banded mail to Brother Baltor.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359784[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]359785[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And since Brin was the one hit by the wand, it's only fair to give it to her.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359786[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>With the XP, Bant is ready to level up!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359787[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]359788[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The big thing there is that he now gets 3 attacks every 2 rounds, which will increase his overall damage quite a bit. What will happen in combat is that he'll get 1 attack the first round and 2 attacks in the second, with the pattern repeating until the combat is over.</p><p></p><p>Also, he rather impressively has over 100 HP now.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359789[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Yet another den of iniquity destroyed.</p><p></p><p>Since we've vanquished our foes, it's safe to rest - and, man, do we need it!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359790[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We heal up and re-memorize spells.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359791[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]359792[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And now it's time to head back towards Phlan.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359793[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Just to see what would happen, we try to re-enter after leaving.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359794[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Wow, they restocked up on soldiers quickly. We decide to just leave it be and head back to town.</p><p></p><p>We make good time, but then, just as we pass the old buccaneer base:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359796[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359797[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Brin decides to cast <em>fireball.</em></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359798[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]359799[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Well, darn, that's at max distance. We'll get what we can, I guess.</p><p></p><p>When they move a bit closer, Bragir tries his luck...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359800[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]359801[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The problem with <em>fireball</em> on overland map is that its radius is one square less than casting it indoors (thanks, esoteric 1e rules!), so I'll get all the snakes here, but just barely.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359802[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Some of the snakes get close. Seeing as they are venomous, and a failed save vs poison basically means insta-kill, I spend a few anxious moments until the party can take them down.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359803[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>But, soon they are dead or slithering away.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359804[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]359805[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Excitement over for now, we head to the boat to Phlan.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359806[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]359807[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Well, isn't that bad timing? Sunset is at 14:00, at which point everything shuts down. We won't be able to get to the City Clerk or the stores before night falls. So, off to the inn we go...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359808[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We rest up and memorize spells. After resting, we'll visit the City Clerk for our reward (and other news!), but that will be in the next post, since I've hit the upload limit for this one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Demetrios1453, post: 9326665, member: 6801060"] [B][I]Pool of Radiance [/I](Part 47): Outpost of Zhentil Keep (Part 3) - Outpost of Zhentil Keep completed![/B] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 171654.png"]359756[/ATTACH] Time to finish this up! [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 171711.png"]359757[/ATTACH] This is obviously going to be a lot tougher. The Commandant has 100 HP, and he has a caster next to him. The rest we can just wear down. Time for Brother Baltor to start taking out their leaders if possible. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 171726.png"]359758[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 171746.png"]359759[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 171757.png"]359760[/ATTACH] He gets the spell off... [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 171827.png"]359761[/ATTACH] Well, that went poorly. Only a hapless corporal got held, while the Commandant and his wizard made their saves... Well, if subtle means fail to work, it's time for brute force. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 171837.png"]359762[/ATTACH] Except the enemy wizard goes while she's casting the spell, and, worse still, he has a a [I]wand of lightning. [/I]It went by so fast that I didn't get a screenshot, but it's a bit lucky Brin is still standing as it bounced off the wall behind her and hit her twice. These games [I]love[/I] bouncing [I]lightning bolts[/I] off walls like that. So not only did Brin fail to cast her [I]fireball[/I], she's pretty badly wounded as well... [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 171901.png"]359763[/ATTACH] Bragir doesn't have any such flashy spells left, but he can still incapacitate foes... [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 171943.png"]359765[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 171957.png"]359766[/ATTACH] Meanwhile, melee have been concentrating on the wizard, and Baroness Bella gets in the killing blow. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 172021.png"]359767[/ATTACH] Then the Commandant goes, and he apparently has a [I]javelin of lightning[/I]. Again a flash of lightning crosses the screen too quickly for me to get a good screenshot, but he hit poor Bragir pretty good. Both my magic-users are in poor shape now... [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 172115.png"]359768[/ATTACH] Brin tries yet again to get a [I]fireball [/I]off. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 172155.png"]359769[/ATTACH] While Brother Baltor tries again with [I]hold person.[/I] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 172231.png"]359770[/ATTACH] With [I]much[/I] better results... [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 172257.png"]359771[/ATTACH] Now Brin successfully completes her casting of [I]fireball...[/I] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 172311.png"]359773[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 172319.png"]359774[/ATTACH] 20 points of damage. A bit above average for a 5d6 [I]fireball[/I], and it should take down quite a few of them, and seriously hurt the others in the radius. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 172403.png"]359775[/ATTACH] Yep, that took a lot of them off the board. We've got plenty of held/sleeping foes, and quite a few are in single digits as well. Shortly afterwards, it's [I]auf Wiedersehen[/I] to the Commandant. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 172536.png"]359776[/ATTACH] We've rapidly cleared out many of the others as well. There's a stubborn group of four up top who are still shooting at us with their crossbows, but as we take down the others, they begin to surrender. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 172635.png"]359777[/ATTACH] And soon the battle is won, although definitely not with out some serious damage taken! [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 172650.png"]359778[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 172703.png"]359779[/ATTACH] That's a nice XP reward. Presumably the late Commandant and his wizard had some nice items on them! [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 172733.png"]359780[/ATTACH] Indeed they did! Let's check out exactly what they are. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 172818.png"]359781[/ATTACH] Well, Buffy picked it all up, and she can definitely use the better bracers and upgrade from her shortsword to that longsword. The magical plate will go to one of our melee (Baroness Bella has better plate from the buccaneer camp), but all of them have better shields than this one. Two [I]rings of fire resistance[/I] are a great addition to my melee, and will allow a bit more flexibility when casting [I]fireballs.[/I] That wand will be very useful for one of my magic users... [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 172958.png"]359782[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 173016.png"]359783[/ATTACH] We'll trade Bant's banded mail to Brother Baltor. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 173038.png"]359784[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 173139.png"]359785[/ATTACH] And since Brin was the one hit by the wand, it's only fair to give it to her. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 173255.png"]359786[/ATTACH] With the XP, Bant is ready to level up! [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 173307.png"]359787[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 173318.png"]359788[/ATTACH] The big thing there is that he now gets 3 attacks every 2 rounds, which will increase his overall damage quite a bit. What will happen in combat is that he'll get 1 attack the first round and 2 attacks in the second, with the pattern repeating until the combat is over. Also, he rather impressively has over 100 HP now. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 173417.png"]359789[/ATTACH] Yet another den of iniquity destroyed. Since we've vanquished our foes, it's safe to rest - and, man, do we need it! [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 173517.png"]359790[/ATTACH] We heal up and re-memorize spells. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 173559.png"]359791[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 173628.png"]359792[/ATTACH] And now it's time to head back towards Phlan. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 173718.png"]359793[/ATTACH] Just to see what would happen, we try to re-enter after leaving. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 173746.png"]359794[/ATTACH] Wow, they restocked up on soldiers quickly. We decide to just leave it be and head back to town. We make good time, but then, just as we pass the old buccaneer base: [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 173839.png"]359796[/ATTACH] Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes? [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 173853.png"]359797[/ATTACH] Brin decides to cast [I]fireball.[/I] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 173914.png"]359798[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 174038.png"]359799[/ATTACH] Well, darn, that's at max distance. We'll get what we can, I guess. When they move a bit closer, Bragir tries his luck... [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 174238.png"]359800[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 174308.png"]359801[/ATTACH] The problem with [I]fireball[/I] on overland map is that its radius is one square less than casting it indoors (thanks, esoteric 1e rules!), so I'll get all the snakes here, but just barely. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 174316.png"]359802[/ATTACH] Some of the snakes get close. Seeing as they are venomous, and a failed save vs poison basically means insta-kill, I spend a few anxious moments until the party can take them down. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 174506.png"]359803[/ATTACH] But, soon they are dead or slithering away. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 174648.png"]359804[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 174758.png"]359805[/ATTACH] Excitement over for now, we head to the boat to Phlan. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 174834.png"]359806[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 174936.png"]359807[/ATTACH] Well, isn't that bad timing? Sunset is at 14:00, at which point everything shuts down. We won't be able to get to the City Clerk or the stores before night falls. So, off to the inn we go... [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-21 175008.png"]359808[/ATTACH] We rest up and memorize spells. After resting, we'll visit the City Clerk for our reward (and other news!), but that will be in the next post, since I've hit the upload limit for this one. [/QUOTE]
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