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<blockquote data-quote="jydog1" data-source="post: 5773988" data-attributes="member: 48156"><p><strong>Session #50 - January 9th, 2012 - Smaug Just Had His RIGHT THERE</strong></p><p></p><p>notes: back after almost a month off - two weeks of GM vacation and one for my sorry ass GMing We Be Goblins, which went from really easy to super-difficult in a moment. When last we left our intrepid (and greedy) heroes they were hoping they had indeed found the slain Longtooth's lair. </p><p></p><p>Dinner was pork chops, rice, and corn. </p><p></p><p>From the journal of baron Grezzalik M'rethen:</p><p></p><p>I looked up the face of the sheer cliff in front of us. "You sure you want to do this?"</p><p></p><p>Trixie shrugged. "Why have you waste a spell? Shotsie can take us right up, no problem."</p><p></p><p>The gecko looked at us. "I'm not sure you're aware of this, but it's really cold here." I was getting better at reading his expressions, such as they were, and he looked miserable. With a sigh I reached out and tossed a spell on him that took away the chill, more or less. My reward for this was a big slurp, leaving behind drool that instantly started to freeze. </p><p></p><p>The bard and her mount skittered up the rocks, reaching the summit and disappearing from sight. Seconds later they returned, jumping off the edge and plummeting toward us. I was ready to stop their fall but could see Trixie was already all over it. Besides, we had an more pressing issue - the reason she'd jumped.</p><p></p><p>A trio of wyverns, mottled black in color, came screaming down to attack. We managed to defeat them and I'll spare you the details, aside from a frothing Tofa jumping up, grabbing one, and more or less dragging it to the ground. [OOC]I managed to take a 10d6 fireball and do a whopping 24 points of damage. it would set the precedent for the evening's rolls for me[/OOC]</p><p></p><p>I told Linc and Londis to harvest the poison for me, and to my amazement they did so without an argument. Well, I was amazed with Londis. Linc seems okay so far, but one doesn't get made a Black Arrow for burning the cookies you were making for orphans.</p><p></p><p>Speaking of the inquisitor, he took the opportunity to needle Tofa once again over ownership of the griffin figurine by pulling it out and ferrying all of us up to the top - all of us except Tofa, whom he made climb a rope while he flew under her delivering backhanded compliments the whole time. She responded to that and his bragging about how many wyverns he killed by tearing the head off one, shovering her arm up inside it, and using it like a puppet to say, "Londis is an <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />." Ah, my stalwart companions. So loyal to one another. She then lobbed it at him.</p><p></p><p>Inside I was immediately struck by the walls and the runework within. They were covered with repetitive carvings that I realized, after a bit of study, were an extremely powerful set of wards against scrying and teleportation. I pulled out my journal and started taking notes because this would be just what I needed for the interior of the keep, or at least my rooms. </p><p></p><p>I was snapped out of my reverie by a finger flicking against my head. "Come along, unless you just want to keep standing amid the piles of dragon <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />," said Londis. </p><p></p><p>"yes, but this will make a terrific base of operations, as . . ." He was already striding toward the back of the cavern. Seriously, did I expect anything more?</p><p></p><p>After some exploring and climbing we found ourselves at the edge of a 40 foot wide chasm, the bottom of which wasn't visible. Londis cast Light on a rock and tossed it in. We neither saw nor heard it hit bottom. "Bottomless," someone said. I started to disagree when the air was suddenly filled with arrows from the darkness on the other side of the crevice. Trixie's Rod of Wonder lit one up - gargoyles in armor. More arrows hissed in and Londis grunted. Tofa produced a salt lamp and tossed it over, bathing the rest of them in light. They seemed perturbed bu that. I stepped forward with a smirk and tossed a fireball which was a tad anemic. [OOC]another 10d6 fireball that did 22 points of damage to the one who didn't evade it. Sigh.[/OOC]</p><p></p><p>I was suddenly pelted with arrows, all of which were rendered harmless by my protection spell. I crossed my arms and laughed. "Is that all?"</p><p></p><p>No, it wasn't.</p><p></p><p>One flew over and grabbed me, which I have to admit I hadn't considered before going out there and essentially waving my junk at them. Dragging me with it as I tried to cast a spell and failed [OOC]concentration check roll - a big fat 2[/OOC] it got about halfway across and let me go, plummeting down into the darkness. I'm sure in the pebble that serves as its brain the thing was quite pleased with itself. I cast Fly before I fell too far and came back up a bit, at which point with swooped down and grabbed me again[OOC]second attempt at a concentration check? A 5. Bleh[/OOC]. This time all that did for it was allow Linc to sink several arrows into it, which worked out well for me. No more gargoyles.</p><p></p><p>After that we ran into a complex maze that utilized various strengths from each of us [OOC]an unusual, cool little skill challenge[/OOC] to allow us to navigate it. It ended at a pair of huge doors, locked and trapped. Trixie's examination indicated it was loaded up with arrows and wasn't keen on trying to disarm it. I was more than a little surprised when Londis walked over and handed me his adamantine hammer.</p><p></p><p>"You're arrow-proof, right? Go make yourself useful and bash the lock."</p><p></p><p>I hefted the hammer, barely. "You're serious?"</p><p></p><p>"Of course I am. It'll be good for you."</p><p></p><p>With a sigh I headed over, hoping Trixie had been right. I wound up witht he hammer and gave the lock a mighty smash - at least, I meant to, but I more or less missed it. The glancing blow was good enough to trip a flight of arrows that i flailed at as they bounced away. I took a few more thwacks with the hammer before another flight came, this one numerous and accurate enough to almost wear out my spell. When I paused to renew it Londis' voice rang out, "This is no time for a break!" The spell proved unnecessary as the lock shattered on the next swing. Walking back, I dropped the hammer at Londis' feet and said, "Go open the door, meat."</p><p></p><p>That proved to be a wise choice on my part as something large and bony was waiting for us on the other side. It turned out to be a bone golem and was going to be a pain in the ass until i made a [pit under it. Trixie and Tofa slowed it down by making ice, and a little Grease spell made climbing out not much fun for the big guy. We finally beat it into submission and as it fell to pieces, Londis spotted the huge pile of coins on the other side of the room. Without a word he ran over and dove in, but before any of us could even roll our eyes he jumped back out, covered with hundreds of scarabs. [OOC]This indeed happened. The GM boned the rolls on the swarm attacks, but kudos to Londis' player for playing his greedy character to the hilt[/OOC]Once we stopped laughing we helped get rid of them, but the pile turned out to be a disappointment - copper and silver, a few gems, not much else.</p><p></p><p>"This isn't the main horde."</p><p></p><p>"No kidding, Grezz. Come up with that all by yourself?" Trixie was irked at me for making a dead Foxglove joke that i just couldn't pass up.</p><p></p><p>Eurayle looked around. "So, if it's not here, where is it?"</p><p></p><p>I smiled. "I'm not sure, but I know a good place to start looking. You know what does a good job of masquerading as a bottomless pit? A Darkness spell coupled with a Silence spell." I kicked at a dead scarab, hoping I was right.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jydog1, post: 5773988, member: 48156"] [b]Session #50 - January 9th, 2012 - Smaug Just Had His RIGHT THERE[/b] notes: back after almost a month off - two weeks of GM vacation and one for my sorry ass GMing We Be Goblins, which went from really easy to super-difficult in a moment. When last we left our intrepid (and greedy) heroes they were hoping they had indeed found the slain Longtooth's lair. Dinner was pork chops, rice, and corn. From the journal of baron Grezzalik M'rethen: I looked up the face of the sheer cliff in front of us. "You sure you want to do this?" Trixie shrugged. "Why have you waste a spell? Shotsie can take us right up, no problem." The gecko looked at us. "I'm not sure you're aware of this, but it's really cold here." I was getting better at reading his expressions, such as they were, and he looked miserable. With a sigh I reached out and tossed a spell on him that took away the chill, more or less. My reward for this was a big slurp, leaving behind drool that instantly started to freeze. The bard and her mount skittered up the rocks, reaching the summit and disappearing from sight. Seconds later they returned, jumping off the edge and plummeting toward us. I was ready to stop their fall but could see Trixie was already all over it. Besides, we had an more pressing issue - the reason she'd jumped. A trio of wyverns, mottled black in color, came screaming down to attack. We managed to defeat them and I'll spare you the details, aside from a frothing Tofa jumping up, grabbing one, and more or less dragging it to the ground. [OOC]I managed to take a 10d6 fireball and do a whopping 24 points of damage. it would set the precedent for the evening's rolls for me[/OOC] I told Linc and Londis to harvest the poison for me, and to my amazement they did so without an argument. Well, I was amazed with Londis. Linc seems okay so far, but one doesn't get made a Black Arrow for burning the cookies you were making for orphans. Speaking of the inquisitor, he took the opportunity to needle Tofa once again over ownership of the griffin figurine by pulling it out and ferrying all of us up to the top - all of us except Tofa, whom he made climb a rope while he flew under her delivering backhanded compliments the whole time. She responded to that and his bragging about how many wyverns he killed by tearing the head off one, shovering her arm up inside it, and using it like a puppet to say, "Londis is an :):):):):):):)." Ah, my stalwart companions. So loyal to one another. She then lobbed it at him. Inside I was immediately struck by the walls and the runework within. They were covered with repetitive carvings that I realized, after a bit of study, were an extremely powerful set of wards against scrying and teleportation. I pulled out my journal and started taking notes because this would be just what I needed for the interior of the keep, or at least my rooms. I was snapped out of my reverie by a finger flicking against my head. "Come along, unless you just want to keep standing amid the piles of dragon :):):):)," said Londis. "yes, but this will make a terrific base of operations, as . . ." He was already striding toward the back of the cavern. Seriously, did I expect anything more? After some exploring and climbing we found ourselves at the edge of a 40 foot wide chasm, the bottom of which wasn't visible. Londis cast Light on a rock and tossed it in. We neither saw nor heard it hit bottom. "Bottomless," someone said. I started to disagree when the air was suddenly filled with arrows from the darkness on the other side of the crevice. Trixie's Rod of Wonder lit one up - gargoyles in armor. More arrows hissed in and Londis grunted. Tofa produced a salt lamp and tossed it over, bathing the rest of them in light. They seemed perturbed bu that. I stepped forward with a smirk and tossed a fireball which was a tad anemic. [OOC]another 10d6 fireball that did 22 points of damage to the one who didn't evade it. Sigh.[/OOC] I was suddenly pelted with arrows, all of which were rendered harmless by my protection spell. I crossed my arms and laughed. "Is that all?" No, it wasn't. One flew over and grabbed me, which I have to admit I hadn't considered before going out there and essentially waving my junk at them. Dragging me with it as I tried to cast a spell and failed [OOC]concentration check roll - a big fat 2[/OOC] it got about halfway across and let me go, plummeting down into the darkness. I'm sure in the pebble that serves as its brain the thing was quite pleased with itself. I cast Fly before I fell too far and came back up a bit, at which point with swooped down and grabbed me again[OOC]second attempt at a concentration check? A 5. Bleh[/OOC]. This time all that did for it was allow Linc to sink several arrows into it, which worked out well for me. No more gargoyles. After that we ran into a complex maze that utilized various strengths from each of us [OOC]an unusual, cool little skill challenge[/OOC] to allow us to navigate it. It ended at a pair of huge doors, locked and trapped. Trixie's examination indicated it was loaded up with arrows and wasn't keen on trying to disarm it. I was more than a little surprised when Londis walked over and handed me his adamantine hammer. "You're arrow-proof, right? Go make yourself useful and bash the lock." I hefted the hammer, barely. "You're serious?" "Of course I am. It'll be good for you." With a sigh I headed over, hoping Trixie had been right. I wound up witht he hammer and gave the lock a mighty smash - at least, I meant to, but I more or less missed it. The glancing blow was good enough to trip a flight of arrows that i flailed at as they bounced away. I took a few more thwacks with the hammer before another flight came, this one numerous and accurate enough to almost wear out my spell. When I paused to renew it Londis' voice rang out, "This is no time for a break!" The spell proved unnecessary as the lock shattered on the next swing. Walking back, I dropped the hammer at Londis' feet and said, "Go open the door, meat." That proved to be a wise choice on my part as something large and bony was waiting for us on the other side. It turned out to be a bone golem and was going to be a pain in the ass until i made a [pit under it. Trixie and Tofa slowed it down by making ice, and a little Grease spell made climbing out not much fun for the big guy. We finally beat it into submission and as it fell to pieces, Londis spotted the huge pile of coins on the other side of the room. Without a word he ran over and dove in, but before any of us could even roll our eyes he jumped back out, covered with hundreds of scarabs. [OOC]This indeed happened. The GM boned the rolls on the swarm attacks, but kudos to Londis' player for playing his greedy character to the hilt[/OOC]Once we stopped laughing we helped get rid of them, but the pile turned out to be a disappointment - copper and silver, a few gems, not much else. "This isn't the main horde." "No kidding, Grezz. Come up with that all by yourself?" Trixie was irked at me for making a dead Foxglove joke that i just couldn't pass up. Eurayle looked around. "So, if it's not here, where is it?" I smiled. "I'm not sure, but I know a good place to start looking. You know what does a good job of masquerading as a bottomless pit? A Darkness spell coupled with a Silence spell." I kicked at a dead scarab, hoping I was right. [/QUOTE]
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