Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
Playing the Game
Story Hour
Let's Play #5 4e Dungeon Scales of War 1) Rescue at Rivenroar The End NOW WITH PICS OF THE PCs
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 6179510" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px">Let's Play #5 Dungeon Magazine Scales of War #1 </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px">Rescue at Rivenroar (Level 1)</span></p><p></p><p>Session 4.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9319913571/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2846/9319913571_0b11ba4c72_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Encounter #20 Lords of Rivenroar Audience Chamber (Area 24.)</p><p></p><p>[sblock=The Map]</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8615024690/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8382/8615024690_03c63c2520_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center">The Lords of Rivenroar Audience Chamber is in area 24 on the map (see below).</p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8613918201/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8530/8613918201_1192f152de_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>Overnight things do not go well, for all the adventurers’ ministrations- with help from Zerriksa, the herbalist, still things go badly- Miss Teri is really not well. The shadar-kai can stand but she’s spent, between hot flushes and icy waves she struggles, and shivers amd shakes constantly, the rogue has Filth Fever.</p><p></p><p>Miss Teri is -2 on her defences, and down a Healing Surge or two, she needs the cure, and yet she’s got to go on.</p><p></p><p>The adventures head back to the chamber in which they fought the demon and the wererats, and then north in to a chamber they saw through the scrying pool- the shrine in which they spotted a gnome. The place is empty- abandoned, quickly with the remains of spilled rations and items left in haste; nothing alas of interest however.</p><p></p><p>And so onwards- in to the Audience Chamber of the Lords of Rivenroar, where things play out pretty much as you’d expect them to, and pretty much as the players want them to- give them what they want I say.</p><p></p><p>[sblock=The Lords of Rivenroar]</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8613915319/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8542/8613915319_aa10913b7c_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>The skeleton on the throne gets up, the wight makes threats- and here’s your chance, while many of things I told my players were about the return of chaos and destruction (file under general prophecies of doom), I also included a few clues to some of the things that are coming up in the future. I obviously don’t remember exact details but things like-</p><p></p><p>“When the Lost Ones are found…”, referring to the secret gang/organisation operating in later modules in this adventure path.</p><p></p><p>So the guys got a talking to, lots of threats and then from the bone strewn floor skeletons assemble themselves, and attack…</p><p></p><p>Bad Guys 500 XP Level 1 Encounter</p><p>Decrepit Skeleton Level 1 Minion x5</p><p>Deathlock Wight Level 4 Controller</p><p>Boneshard Skeleton Level 5 Brute</p><p></p><p>[sblock=The Monster Manual]</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8670383126/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8257/8670383126_2216f390ef_o.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8670382692/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8399/8670382692_c28ca1bbfa_o.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8670383266/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8399/8670383266_7814c4872b_o.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>The boneshard rushes at Thug and cuts the fighter with its scimitar, dealing necrotic damage as well as the wound- Snatch fires two arrows in to the creature with his Two-Fanged Strike, the undead proves to be tougher than that (even though one of them is a critical hit- nice start).</p><p></p><p>Miss Teri finds somewhere to hide, sending a shuriken in to the deathlock wight en route, she’s soon gone from sight. The wight takes his anger out on Chiggers, the dragonborn is hit by a Grave Bolt, necrotised and immobilised.</p><p></p><p>The five decrepit skeletons get in to the action, a flailing bolus of bones, Thug and Gargemel are slashed, the later twice.</p><p></p><p>Then it all goes wrong for me, Thug unleashes his Lasting Threat (Daily) on the boneshard skeleton (and rolls a ‘20’- which works out to be 52 damage), the Boneshard Bursts sending fragments of bones flying- two of the decrepit skeletons are smashed to pieces by the bone shrapnel, Chiggers and Thug are left bloodied, and Snatch is just injured. The boneshard skeleton survives, just. Thug screams- he’s Unstoppable.</p><p></p><p>Chiggers is immobilised, the dragonborn prays- starting off with a few Healing Words for himself and following up with a Shield of Faith, he manages to free himself at last.</p><p></p><p>Miss Teri moves to hide behind the thrones, another shuriken whizzes out and another decrepit skeleton falls. Snatch manages just to catch the wight with an arrow, there’s a lot of flailing and firing but not much hitting at the moment.</p><p></p><p>Another decrepit skeleton rises from the bones.</p><p></p><p>Bad Guys 525 XP Level 1 Encounter</p><p>Decrepit Skeleton Level 1 Minion x6</p><p>Deathlock Wight Level 4 Controller</p><p>Boneshard Skeleton Level 5 Brute</p><p></p><p>The three skeleton minions focus their efforts on bringing Gargemel down- they all connect and the sorcerer is quickly bloodied.</p><p></p><p>Chiggers shouts for Thug to attack the wight- he’ll take care of the boneshard, the bugbear does as he’s told and smashes the foul creature with his greataxe, the wight is bloodied. Chiggers, as good as his word, Turns Undead, the boneshard explodes- the only one of the good guys caught in the burst is Chiggers- he sacrificed himself, the dragonborn is bloodied (again).</p><p></p><p>Miss Teri sees an opportunity to end this, she risks it, darts out from hiding and with a Clever Strike stabs the wight in the back, the Lord of Rivenroar dies- not before calling on all the dark gods to bring ‘a creeping, crawling doom on the one that struck him down…”.</p><p></p><p>At which point, having run out of bad guys in the room two undead variants of Kruthik Young burrow out from the rubble filled corridor Thug collapsed earlier. Oh and another decrepit skeleton gets to its feet.</p><p></p><p>Bad Guys 800 XP Level 3 Encounter</p><p>Decrepit Skeleton Level 1 Minion x7</p><p>Deathlock Wight Level 4 Controller</p><p>Boneshard Skeleton Level 5 Brute</p><p>Zombie Kruthik Young Level 2 Brute x2</p><p></p><p>[sblock=The Monster Manual]</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8669279697/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8398/8669279697_7b73c4bc7b_o.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>Snatch is straight in to action sinking two arrows in to the nearest kruthik, it’s bloodied- Gargemel at last gets in to the action (he’s not his anything so far), the sorcerer’s Burning Spray destroys a pair of decrepit skeletons (woo-hoo), but gets stabbed in the process. Gargemel glugs down a potion of healing.</p><p></p><p>Thug deliberately steps in front of the kruthik- who are out to destroy Miss Teri, the bugbear is clawed, he too glugs down a potion of healing. Chiggers moves to help out but just manages to take down the last of the decrepit skeletons with his lightning Dragon Breath.</p><p></p><p>The rubble filled corridor further collapses and crawling in to the audience chamber come three more kruthik- two hatchlings, and an adult. The adult fires out its Toxic Spikes, Chiggers is left staggering (on 3 hit points) and poisoned (ongoing damage).</p><p></p><p>Bad Guys 1037 XP Level 5 Encounter</p><p>Decrepit Skeleton Level 1 Minion x7</p><p>Deathlock Wight Level 4 Controller</p><p>Boneshard Skeleton Level 5 Brute</p><p>Zombie Kruthik Young Level 2 Brute x2</p><p>Zombie Kruthik Adult Level 4 Brute</p><p>Zombie Kruthik Hatchling Level 2 Minion x2</p><p></p><p>[sblock=The Monster Manual]</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8670382442/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8105/8670382442_8b3805135e_o.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8669279817/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8112/8669279817_2f5e56dbaf_o.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>It all just got very serious- the players are genuinely frightened they’re going to lose it at the last. The call goes out for brave deeds.</p><p></p><p>Miss Teri Shadow Jaunts in to the middle of the kruthik, the creatures enter a frenzy- she cuts with her Acrobat’s Blade- killing both hatchlings, wounding one of the young and the adult kruthik, and bloodying the other. Miss Teri scurries back out of the kruthik and hides behind Thug and Gargemel.</p><p></p><p>Snatch’s Twin Strike destroys the bloodied young kruthik.</p><p></p><p>Gargemel unleashes hell beginning with his fiery Dragon Breath, following up with his acid Tempest Breath and finishing with his Lightning Breath (Daily)- the young kruthik is all but destroyed, the adult badly wounded, approaching bloodied. The young kruthik Claws at the sorcerer, Gargemel staggers (on 8 hit points).</p><p></p><p>At the same moment Chiggers collapses, poisoned, the dragonborn chokes and coughs up blood- dying.</p><p></p><p>Once again Thug interposes himself between the kruthik and Miss Teri, the bugbear somehow survives and keeps the giant undead reptiles at bay. Miss Teri dashes forward and with a Gloaming Cut (and a critical hit) finishes off the young kruthik.</p><p></p><p>Snatch fires, his Hunt’s End (Daily)- his arrow smashes through the carapace of the last remaining kruthik and the creature sags and sinks to the floor—unmoving (would you believe it, another critical for 36 damage).</p><p></p><p>Gargemel is quickly to Chiggers, the dragonborn is saved.</p><p></p><p>Bad Guys 1037 XP Level 5 Encounter</p><p>Decrepit Skeleton Level 1 Minion x7</p><p>Deathlock Wight Level 4 Controller</p><p>Boneshard Skeleton Level 5 Brute</p><p>Zombie Kruthik Young Level 2 Brute x2</p><p>Zombie Kruthik Adult Level 4 Brute</p><p>Zombie Kruthik Hatchling Level 2 Minion x2</p><p></p><p>The chamber is searched, the remainder of the missing treasures are found- the ceremonial platinum longsword, the three shields with Bloody Hand insignia and the heraldic battle standard.</p><p></p><p>All of the prisoners (save Kartenix) have been rescued, the treasures likewise recovered- success.</p><p></p><p>But that’s not all, there’s a bunch of gold and a pair of magic items, identified by Gargemel- a +1 Flaming Longbow, which Snatch takes; and a +1 Staff of the War Mage, which Gargemel snaffles.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9322730192/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3771/9322730192_99212dc944_o.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center">Nice bow!</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9322730304/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3724/9322730304_5c0b9c82db_o.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center">And staff!</p><p></p><p>Miss Teri, alas, is still unwell- they need to get her back to Fallcrest, and so after a short rest the adventurers head back the way they came, back home.</p><p></p><p>Comment: Nice combat, certainly the hardest fight in the dungeon, if it hadn’t been for the two big critical hits from the PCs. </p><p></p><p>Just a note to say the PCs are a whisker away from third level, which is why- oh see the next encounter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 6179510, member: 16069"] [CENTER][SIZE="5"]Let's Play #5 Dungeon Magazine Scales of War #1 Rescue at Rivenroar (Level 1)[/SIZE][/CENTER] Session 4. [CENTER][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9319913571/][img]http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2846/9319913571_0b11ba4c72_c.jpg[/img][/url][/CENTER] Encounter #20 Lords of Rivenroar Audience Chamber (Area 24.) [sblock=The Map] [CENTER][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8615024690/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8382/8615024690_03c63c2520_o.jpg[/img][/url] The Lords of Rivenroar Audience Chamber is in area 24 on the map (see below). [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8613918201/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8530/8613918201_1192f152de_o.jpg[/img][/url][/CENTER] [/sblock] Overnight things do not go well, for all the adventurers’ ministrations- with help from Zerriksa, the herbalist, still things go badly- Miss Teri is really not well. The shadar-kai can stand but she’s spent, between hot flushes and icy waves she struggles, and shivers amd shakes constantly, the rogue has Filth Fever. Miss Teri is -2 on her defences, and down a Healing Surge or two, she needs the cure, and yet she’s got to go on. The adventures head back to the chamber in which they fought the demon and the wererats, and then north in to a chamber they saw through the scrying pool- the shrine in which they spotted a gnome. The place is empty- abandoned, quickly with the remains of spilled rations and items left in haste; nothing alas of interest however. And so onwards- in to the Audience Chamber of the Lords of Rivenroar, where things play out pretty much as you’d expect them to, and pretty much as the players want them to- give them what they want I say. [sblock=The Lords of Rivenroar] [CENTER][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8613915319/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8542/8613915319_aa10913b7c_c.jpg[/img][/url][/CENTER] [/sblock] The skeleton on the throne gets up, the wight makes threats- and here’s your chance, while many of things I told my players were about the return of chaos and destruction (file under general prophecies of doom), I also included a few clues to some of the things that are coming up in the future. I obviously don’t remember exact details but things like- “When the Lost Ones are found…”, referring to the secret gang/organisation operating in later modules in this adventure path. So the guys got a talking to, lots of threats and then from the bone strewn floor skeletons assemble themselves, and attack… Bad Guys 500 XP Level 1 Encounter Decrepit Skeleton Level 1 Minion x5 Deathlock Wight Level 4 Controller Boneshard Skeleton Level 5 Brute [sblock=The Monster Manual] [CENTER][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8670383126/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8257/8670383126_2216f390ef_o.png[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8670382692/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8399/8670382692_c28ca1bbfa_o.png[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8670383266/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8399/8670383266_7814c4872b_o.png[/img][/url][/CENTER] [/sblock] The boneshard rushes at Thug and cuts the fighter with its scimitar, dealing necrotic damage as well as the wound- Snatch fires two arrows in to the creature with his Two-Fanged Strike, the undead proves to be tougher than that (even though one of them is a critical hit- nice start). Miss Teri finds somewhere to hide, sending a shuriken in to the deathlock wight en route, she’s soon gone from sight. The wight takes his anger out on Chiggers, the dragonborn is hit by a Grave Bolt, necrotised and immobilised. The five decrepit skeletons get in to the action, a flailing bolus of bones, Thug and Gargemel are slashed, the later twice. Then it all goes wrong for me, Thug unleashes his Lasting Threat (Daily) on the boneshard skeleton (and rolls a ‘20’- which works out to be 52 damage), the Boneshard Bursts sending fragments of bones flying- two of the decrepit skeletons are smashed to pieces by the bone shrapnel, Chiggers and Thug are left bloodied, and Snatch is just injured. The boneshard skeleton survives, just. Thug screams- he’s Unstoppable. Chiggers is immobilised, the dragonborn prays- starting off with a few Healing Words for himself and following up with a Shield of Faith, he manages to free himself at last. Miss Teri moves to hide behind the thrones, another shuriken whizzes out and another decrepit skeleton falls. Snatch manages just to catch the wight with an arrow, there’s a lot of flailing and firing but not much hitting at the moment. Another decrepit skeleton rises from the bones. Bad Guys 525 XP Level 1 Encounter Decrepit Skeleton Level 1 Minion x6 Deathlock Wight Level 4 Controller Boneshard Skeleton Level 5 Brute The three skeleton minions focus their efforts on bringing Gargemel down- they all connect and the sorcerer is quickly bloodied. Chiggers shouts for Thug to attack the wight- he’ll take care of the boneshard, the bugbear does as he’s told and smashes the foul creature with his greataxe, the wight is bloodied. Chiggers, as good as his word, Turns Undead, the boneshard explodes- the only one of the good guys caught in the burst is Chiggers- he sacrificed himself, the dragonborn is bloodied (again). Miss Teri sees an opportunity to end this, she risks it, darts out from hiding and with a Clever Strike stabs the wight in the back, the Lord of Rivenroar dies- not before calling on all the dark gods to bring ‘a creeping, crawling doom on the one that struck him down…”. At which point, having run out of bad guys in the room two undead variants of Kruthik Young burrow out from the rubble filled corridor Thug collapsed earlier. Oh and another decrepit skeleton gets to its feet. Bad Guys 800 XP Level 3 Encounter Decrepit Skeleton Level 1 Minion x7 Deathlock Wight Level 4 Controller Boneshard Skeleton Level 5 Brute Zombie Kruthik Young Level 2 Brute x2 [sblock=The Monster Manual] [CENTER][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8669279697/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8398/8669279697_7b73c4bc7b_o.png[/img][/url][/CENTER] [/sblock] Snatch is straight in to action sinking two arrows in to the nearest kruthik, it’s bloodied- Gargemel at last gets in to the action (he’s not his anything so far), the sorcerer’s Burning Spray destroys a pair of decrepit skeletons (woo-hoo), but gets stabbed in the process. Gargemel glugs down a potion of healing. Thug deliberately steps in front of the kruthik- who are out to destroy Miss Teri, the bugbear is clawed, he too glugs down a potion of healing. Chiggers moves to help out but just manages to take down the last of the decrepit skeletons with his lightning Dragon Breath. The rubble filled corridor further collapses and crawling in to the audience chamber come three more kruthik- two hatchlings, and an adult. The adult fires out its Toxic Spikes, Chiggers is left staggering (on 3 hit points) and poisoned (ongoing damage). Bad Guys 1037 XP Level 5 Encounter Decrepit Skeleton Level 1 Minion x7 Deathlock Wight Level 4 Controller Boneshard Skeleton Level 5 Brute Zombie Kruthik Young Level 2 Brute x2 Zombie Kruthik Adult Level 4 Brute Zombie Kruthik Hatchling Level 2 Minion x2 [sblock=The Monster Manual] [CENTER][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8670382442/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8105/8670382442_8b3805135e_o.png[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8669279817/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8112/8669279817_2f5e56dbaf_o.png[/img][/url][/CENTER] [/sblock] It all just got very serious- the players are genuinely frightened they’re going to lose it at the last. The call goes out for brave deeds. Miss Teri Shadow Jaunts in to the middle of the kruthik, the creatures enter a frenzy- she cuts with her Acrobat’s Blade- killing both hatchlings, wounding one of the young and the adult kruthik, and bloodying the other. Miss Teri scurries back out of the kruthik and hides behind Thug and Gargemel. Snatch’s Twin Strike destroys the bloodied young kruthik. Gargemel unleashes hell beginning with his fiery Dragon Breath, following up with his acid Tempest Breath and finishing with his Lightning Breath (Daily)- the young kruthik is all but destroyed, the adult badly wounded, approaching bloodied. The young kruthik Claws at the sorcerer, Gargemel staggers (on 8 hit points). At the same moment Chiggers collapses, poisoned, the dragonborn chokes and coughs up blood- dying. Once again Thug interposes himself between the kruthik and Miss Teri, the bugbear somehow survives and keeps the giant undead reptiles at bay. Miss Teri dashes forward and with a Gloaming Cut (and a critical hit) finishes off the young kruthik. Snatch fires, his Hunt’s End (Daily)- his arrow smashes through the carapace of the last remaining kruthik and the creature sags and sinks to the floor—unmoving (would you believe it, another critical for 36 damage). Gargemel is quickly to Chiggers, the dragonborn is saved. Bad Guys 1037 XP Level 5 Encounter Decrepit Skeleton Level 1 Minion x7 Deathlock Wight Level 4 Controller Boneshard Skeleton Level 5 Brute Zombie Kruthik Young Level 2 Brute x2 Zombie Kruthik Adult Level 4 Brute Zombie Kruthik Hatchling Level 2 Minion x2 The chamber is searched, the remainder of the missing treasures are found- the ceremonial platinum longsword, the three shields with Bloody Hand insignia and the heraldic battle standard. All of the prisoners (save Kartenix) have been rescued, the treasures likewise recovered- success. But that’s not all, there’s a bunch of gold and a pair of magic items, identified by Gargemel- a +1 Flaming Longbow, which Snatch takes; and a +1 Staff of the War Mage, which Gargemel snaffles. [CENTER][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9322730192/][img]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3771/9322730192_99212dc944_o.png[/img][/url] Nice bow! [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9322730304/][img]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3724/9322730304_5c0b9c82db_o.png[/img][/url] And staff![/CENTER] Miss Teri, alas, is still unwell- they need to get her back to Fallcrest, and so after a short rest the adventurers head back the way they came, back home. Comment: Nice combat, certainly the hardest fight in the dungeon, if it hadn’t been for the two big critical hits from the PCs. Just a note to say the PCs are a whisker away from third level, which is why- oh see the next encounter. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
Playing the Game
Story Hour
Let's Play #5 4e Dungeon Scales of War 1) Rescue at Rivenroar The End NOW WITH PICS OF THE PCs
Top