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<blockquote data-quote="Nail" data-source="post: 762964" data-attributes="member: 224"><p><strong>Session #2, Continued</strong>: <span style="font-size: 9px">-- written by the druid Rowan, and occasionally interupted by a rude DM.......</span></p><p></p><p>.....of course, Riva required some healing from Thaile and Rowan. <em>(DM's note: that's a growing trend....)</em> Once finished, he discarded his tower shield and wandered off as the rest of the party discussed a plan of action. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Thaile, Garret, and Tieran decided to check the layout of the rest of the farm. It consisted of a well located near the barn, the small, locked hut, a two story farmhouse, a smokehouse, a small cemetery and a root-cellar. A cursory examination of the well uncovered nothing of interest. Riva and Rowan went from the well to a small hut located near the well. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The hut door was strong and still closed and locked. The two windows were shuttered and had scratches on them as if something had tried and failed to get in. Riva decided that we had to see what was inside the hut. To that end, he determined that the best course of action would be to bash the door down. So, using his superior dwarven strength, he began the long process of bashing. Rowan stood watching. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, the rest of the party was wandering around checking out the rest of the farm. They discovered that the cemetery had been disturbed, the stones overturned. Also, while it was known that four family members had died here, there were five stones in the cemetery. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As they came from the cemetery toward the small locked hut, where Riva was still contentedly bashing away at the door, an arrow shot out of the brush, hitting Thaile. The arrow was poisoned! Garret located the source of the arrow, a small crossbow, which had obviously been modified to be a trap. It was set up to shoot automatically when a tripwire was snapped. It seemed to have worked pretty well too. </p><p></p><p>Garret took the trap and went to the small hut where Riva was still busily bashing at the door. Thaile and Teiran were already there. As they stood watching Riva trying to knock the door down....</p><p></p><p><em>DM's comment: The conversation went something like:</em></p><p>....The hut was small, sparse, with simple furniture. It was neatly kept, but had obviously not been used in quite some time. A search of the room revealed a secret drawer in the small table. From the drawer came a small throwing axe of superior quality which came into the hand ready for throwing. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Moving on to the main farmhouse, Riva, Thaile and Rowan went in the door closest to the hut. Garret and Tieran moved to come in the door on the other side. The main room of the house contained a dining table and chairs, broken and tossed around and a desiccated corpse which upon examination appeared to be that of an Orc. From this room one door led to a bedroom containing a broken bed and nothing else of real interest. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The back hallway contained stairs going up to the second floor and down to the cellar. There were Orc corpses here as well. The corpses wore robes, jewelry, and fetishes that would be of some value to Orcs. Tieran took a fetish bundle from one of the corpses. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Upstairs we found nothing of value and nothing jumped out and attacked us. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Downstairs, we were completely unaware that anything was there until we were attacked. Riva was clawed and found himself unable to move. At this point, we also realized that it would have been wise to have a source of light with us. Tieran cast a light spell onto a copper and threw it into the room so that we could see what it was that we were fighting. They turned out to be two small undead reptilian creatures. We fought them for a bit, then, Thaile turned them and it became much easier to vanquish them. During the course of the battle, Tieran was also paralyzed and we were injured further. </p><p></p><p>(<em>Another DM's interuption - sorry Rowan!:</em></p><p><em>Thaile's chance to affect these horrible little hungry-dead was very small. Very small indeed. In fact, I had planned some fun, knowing the PC cleric would be unable to turn the "ghouls". There was going to be all sorts of AoO-mayhem, as the PCs were trapped on a narrow stair, and the guy in front would be paralyzed and being turned into ghoul lunch-meat. How would they survive?</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>How? Pffft. "We turn the undead, of course! Did I mention I rolled a natural 20?"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Grrrrrr..... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </em>)</p><p></p><p></p><p>After this, our healing magic spent, we decided to go and spend the night in the small cottage before going into the root cellar. We did check out the entry to the root cellar and found dried blood on the steps, which further reinforced the wisdom of spending a night resting up and getting some healing back. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Watches were set and the broken door was set up as a barricade in the doorway. Hmmmm, maybe we should have picked the lock rather than broken the door.....oh well. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>First watch was uneventful. Second watch saw some lights moving around in the darkness, but they seemed to be far away. Soon after, however, we found ourselves under attack by undead Orcs. The door gave us some protection and the shuttered windows were holding well. Thaile turned some of the creatures that ran off. Riva determined that he had to run outside and take care of the problem. Garret and Tieran also went out to fight. Thaile and Rowan remained inside the hut to defend there. In due time, the Orc were dispatched and we were able to spend the rest of the night uneventfully. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The next day we headed back to town, as we were in no shape to take on anything that might be lurking in the root cellar. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>On the way back, we heard screams as we neared the Grigson farm. Garret charged forward and saw farmer Grigson running with an eight-foot centipede chasing him. It had already taken a chunk out of him. Garret, using his lance, charged the beast and skewered it. More screams turned us in the direction of farmer Grigson’s wife and son being chased by two more of the creatures. The child was badly hurt and fell as we arrived to lend aid. Garret skewered another one and the third was taken down by ??????. Rowan pulled the child out and gave him some healing and worked to neutralize the poison from the bite. She was able to bring him back to consciousness and advised the parents to put him to bed and keep him there until the healer from town arrived. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The rest of our trip to town was peaceful. Thaile, Tieran, and Rowan went to the healer at the mill. After telling her of the centipedes, she was able to heal our wounds and then packed up her bag to go and tend to the Grigson child. She asked the party to look after her Mill while she was gone.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Riva and Garret went to the town Warden and told him the whole story, from the Smitson farm to the centipedes. The Warden told them that the last time that the farm had been checked it had been fine, so this disturbance must be fairly recent. Then the Captain said that he would be sending out some men to deal with the farm and the centipedes. </p><p></p><p></p><p><em>End of Session #2</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nail, post: 762964, member: 224"] [b]Session #2, Continued[/b]: [size=1]-- written by the druid Rowan, and occasionally interupted by a rude DM.......[/size] .....of course, Riva required some healing from Thaile and Rowan. [i](DM's note: that's a growing trend....)[/I] Once finished, he discarded his tower shield and wandered off as the rest of the party discussed a plan of action. Thaile, Garret, and Tieran decided to check the layout of the rest of the farm. It consisted of a well located near the barn, the small, locked hut, a two story farmhouse, a smokehouse, a small cemetery and a root-cellar. A cursory examination of the well uncovered nothing of interest. Riva and Rowan went from the well to a small hut located near the well. The hut door was strong and still closed and locked. The two windows were shuttered and had scratches on them as if something had tried and failed to get in. Riva decided that we had to see what was inside the hut. To that end, he determined that the best course of action would be to bash the door down. So, using his superior dwarven strength, he began the long process of bashing. Rowan stood watching. Meanwhile, the rest of the party was wandering around checking out the rest of the farm. They discovered that the cemetery had been disturbed, the stones overturned. Also, while it was known that four family members had died here, there were five stones in the cemetery. As they came from the cemetery toward the small locked hut, where Riva was still contentedly bashing away at the door, an arrow shot out of the brush, hitting Thaile. The arrow was poisoned! Garret located the source of the arrow, a small crossbow, which had obviously been modified to be a trap. It was set up to shoot automatically when a tripwire was snapped. It seemed to have worked pretty well too. Garret took the trap and went to the small hut where Riva was still busily bashing at the door. Thaile and Teiran were already there. As they stood watching Riva trying to knock the door down.... [i]DM's comment: The conversation went something like:[/i] ....The hut was small, sparse, with simple furniture. It was neatly kept, but had obviously not been used in quite some time. A search of the room revealed a secret drawer in the small table. From the drawer came a small throwing axe of superior quality which came into the hand ready for throwing. Moving on to the main farmhouse, Riva, Thaile and Rowan went in the door closest to the hut. Garret and Tieran moved to come in the door on the other side. The main room of the house contained a dining table and chairs, broken and tossed around and a desiccated corpse which upon examination appeared to be that of an Orc. From this room one door led to a bedroom containing a broken bed and nothing else of real interest. The back hallway contained stairs going up to the second floor and down to the cellar. There were Orc corpses here as well. The corpses wore robes, jewelry, and fetishes that would be of some value to Orcs. Tieran took a fetish bundle from one of the corpses. Upstairs we found nothing of value and nothing jumped out and attacked us. Downstairs, we were completely unaware that anything was there until we were attacked. Riva was clawed and found himself unable to move. At this point, we also realized that it would have been wise to have a source of light with us. Tieran cast a light spell onto a copper and threw it into the room so that we could see what it was that we were fighting. They turned out to be two small undead reptilian creatures. We fought them for a bit, then, Thaile turned them and it became much easier to vanquish them. During the course of the battle, Tieran was also paralyzed and we were injured further. ([i]Another DM's interuption - sorry Rowan!: Thaile's chance to affect these horrible little hungry-dead was very small. Very small indeed. In fact, I had planned some fun, knowing the PC cleric would be unable to turn the "ghouls". There was going to be all sorts of AoO-mayhem, as the PCs were trapped on a narrow stair, and the guy in front would be paralyzed and being turned into ghoul lunch-meat. How would they survive? How? Pffft. "We turn the undead, of course! Did I mention I rolled a natural 20?" Grrrrrr..... :) [/i]) After this, our healing magic spent, we decided to go and spend the night in the small cottage before going into the root cellar. We did check out the entry to the root cellar and found dried blood on the steps, which further reinforced the wisdom of spending a night resting up and getting some healing back. Watches were set and the broken door was set up as a barricade in the doorway. Hmmmm, maybe we should have picked the lock rather than broken the door.....oh well. First watch was uneventful. Second watch saw some lights moving around in the darkness, but they seemed to be far away. Soon after, however, we found ourselves under attack by undead Orcs. The door gave us some protection and the shuttered windows were holding well. Thaile turned some of the creatures that ran off. Riva determined that he had to run outside and take care of the problem. Garret and Tieran also went out to fight. Thaile and Rowan remained inside the hut to defend there. In due time, the Orc were dispatched and we were able to spend the rest of the night uneventfully. The next day we headed back to town, as we were in no shape to take on anything that might be lurking in the root cellar. On the way back, we heard screams as we neared the Grigson farm. Garret charged forward and saw farmer Grigson running with an eight-foot centipede chasing him. It had already taken a chunk out of him. Garret, using his lance, charged the beast and skewered it. More screams turned us in the direction of farmer Grigson’s wife and son being chased by two more of the creatures. The child was badly hurt and fell as we arrived to lend aid. Garret skewered another one and the third was taken down by ??????. Rowan pulled the child out and gave him some healing and worked to neutralize the poison from the bite. She was able to bring him back to consciousness and advised the parents to put him to bed and keep him there until the healer from town arrived. The rest of our trip to town was peaceful. Thaile, Tieran, and Rowan went to the healer at the mill. After telling her of the centipedes, she was able to heal our wounds and then packed up her bag to go and tend to the Grigson child. She asked the party to look after her Mill while she was gone. Riva and Garret went to the town Warden and told him the whole story, from the Smitson farm to the centipedes. The Warden told them that the last time that the farm had been checked it had been fine, so this disturbance must be fairly recent. Then the Captain said that he would be sending out some men to deal with the farm and the centipedes. [i]End of Session #2[/i] [/QUOTE]
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