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DM's Log of Session Forty Two
So for the rest of Nightal 18th the party rested and saw to their wounds and their dead friend, Zamtap presiding over a brief ceremony as they interred Ki's remains in a ruined building and covered them with a dome made using the priests domain spell of Stoneshape. That night went by without further event, though on discussing a plan to sneak into the heart of the city to scout it out, Aeron was dimsmayed to learn that only Ash and Masembe had any real means of disgusing themselves, meaning that his magic was going to have to do for the rest of the group.
The morning of Nightal 19th dawned with rain pouring down and a really rather miserable Ash and Jeb on watch peering out of the door of their ruined building, at the deluge, and then from some distance away Ash heard the sounds of approaching voices and he signalled Jeb to wake the others, as he headed out into the rain moving closer to the road to see who or what was coming their way. As the sky began to clear, he could just make out a group of yuan-ti halfbloods and an abomination entering the city edge from the surrounding jungles and marching down the road that would lead them past where the group had staked out as their camp. But what really got the paladin's attention was the nearly naked human hanging from a pole between two of the halfbloods.
With the others awake by now, some hurriedly donned what armour they could, while making their way towards Ash's vantage point, intending to spriing a hastily prepared ambush, while others cast spells to bolster themselves. As the patrol headed past the entrance to the ruined bazaar, so Ash drew his sword, hefted his shield and stepped out into the open, being immediately spotted by the Abomination at the head of the group, it bellowing a warning to the rest of its patrol.
Immediately one of the halfbloods vanished from sight (Hereth) and the abomination drew its sword, its skin beginning to secrete acid. Aerons hands wove in a familiar gesture as he cast Shield on himself. From further down the road, Jebodiah moved out into plain sight, heading towards the abomination as it was the biggest target. Another of the halfbloods (Shamoor) seeing Jebodiah approach chanted and unleashed a Venom Bolt at him, the torrent of poison wounding and slowing the dwarf. Seeing which one cast the spell, Ash charged into him, getting hit by the abomination en route, smiting and badly wounding the snakeman cleric. The other three halfbloods, drop their prisoner to the ground, draw their weapons and spread out, only for one of them to get torn into by a suddenly appearing bear, Masembe working his usual magic to summon animal allies, he then casting an Entangle spell on the road heading further into the city to slow down any escape this patrol might try and make. At the very back of the group, Zamtap trudged closer to the action, still fiddling with what little armour he managed to get on.
From her new position of safety, unseen, the wizardess Hereth cast a Lesser Globe of Invulnerability on herself, as not far away the hulking abomination slashed and cut the dwarf, but its bite failed to connect with the paladin. Aeron muttered words of power and cast Fly on himself, heading up over a rooftop and peering down on the fight in the road. His wounds bringing on his battle frenzy, Jebodiah hacked at the monstrous snakeman before him, rage lending further strength to his blows. Shamoor backed away from Ash, intending to get some distance away and see to his wounds. He never got the chance, the Sunite bellowing a warcry and charging after him, ducking a scimitar one of the other halfbloods swung at him on the way, smiting and cutting him down. Two of the yuan-ti rangers moved in on Zamtap and Ash then, though neither managed to score a telling blow, as the third ranger was grabbed and crushed in the grasp of the bear, even as Masembe began another summoning. Zamtap ignored the ranger closing in on him, to send a Spiritual Warhammer at the abomination, though it failed to hit the creature.
Grasping a rod, Hereth sent a fireball soaring up towards where Aeron was hovering, aiming to blast the wizard out of the sky. The rods magic enlarged the ball until it engulfed Aeron, Masembe, Zamtap and one of the rangers, injuring all of them. Realising that he had a wizard to deal with, Aeron figured out roughly where the fireball had come from and cast an area Dispel Magic to try and reveal Hereth, though due to the globe surrounding her it had no effect, instead dispelling the Bull's Strength spell Ash had earlier cast on himself. Trading blow for blow, Jebodiah grunted as twice he was cut by the abominations scimitar, dealing the same number of cuts in return. Suddenly weakened, Ash's blows failed to get past the scalemail of the range rhe was fighting, but neither could the snakeman get past the paladins platemail, the ranger fighting Zamtap also failing to hit his foe. The bear tore apart the third ranger then, as another Black Bear apeared. Masembe headed down off the rooftop where he had been hiding and shifted form into that of an ape. As Zamtap's Spiritual Warhamer again missed the abomination, so he headed towards the large snakeman, intent on healing Jebodiah.
hissing a curse that her fireball failed to take out the wizard, Hereth sent a Phantasmal Killer at Aeron to try and complete the job, but the air genasi easily shrugged off the spell. Try as he might, Jebodiah just couldn't seem to land a blow on the abomination, his foe slithering around every swing of the dwarfs axe, slashing him twice in return. Knowing that while she was under her globe, he couldn't affect the wizardess, Aeron instead cast a Gedlee's Electric Loop on the ranger fighting Ash, stunning him, the paladin then easily running him through. The last remaining ranger fired an arrow at Aeron, which bounced off the wizards previously cast spell that warded him against arrows. Masembe called out to Ben who came running from where he had been staying at the far end of the bazaar. Both bears charged into the abomination then, clawing at him. Casting Speak with Animals, Masembe started to try and sniff out Hereth's location. Zamtap tried to heal Jebodiahs many wounds, but the spell failed as he was slashed by the abominations scimitar.
Seeing that her patrol was lost, Hereth grasped the rod again and fireballed everyone except for the ranger and Aeron, the blast killing the abomination and one of the bears and badly injuring both Jebodiah and the bound prisoner and she flees then. Aerons Phantasmal killer failed to do anything to the ranger he sent it at, and Jebodiah headed towards the groups last visible opponent, the yuan-ti backing away from both Ben and the oncoming dwarf. Masembe and Ben sniffed out a scent trail and began stalking the escaping wizardess, with the druid also casting a Cure Light Wounds on himself. Zamtap also saw to his wounds with a Cure Moderate Wound, and he then headed towards the prisoner who Ash was busy untying.
Seeing the two apes closing in, Hereth cast Haste on herself and sped away down a side road not blocked by the entangling vines. Aeron threw a Lesser Electric Orb at the ranger, badly hurting him, in time for Jebodiah to advance and cut the snakeman apart. As Masembe and Ben continued to follow Hereth's scent trail, soAsh unfastened the last of the prisoners bonds and laid hands on him to heal his considerable wounds, the recued man introducing himself as Chand.
Continuing to move away, Hereth snarled and sent a volley of Magic Missiles into Masembe to deter further pursuit. the druid backing off around a corner. Aeron swigged back a moderate healing potion and flew over to see what help he could lend to Masembe. Behind the group though, Jebodiahs frenzied state of mind continued, the dwarf losing sight of friend and foe, and hefting his axe he advanced towards the closest target, Zamtap! Seeing the dwarf coming and the grim intent in is eyes and snarled words, Ash sheathed his sword and hefted his tower shield, placing himself in front of the cleric. Hearing that they were looking for an invisible wizardess, Chand focused his arcane sight granted to him by Mystra, but could not see their elusive foe.
Zamtap then cast Obscuring Mist on himself, though because of his proximity to Ash and Jebodiah, he cloaked those two from sight of the others also.
As her invisibility spell began to expire, Hereth fled as fast as she could run, and totally out of sight of the group. Angry at her escape, Aeron blasted a Scintillating Sphere into a nearby tree setting it ablaze and stalked off, much to the annoyance of Masembe. Jebodiah frenzedly attacks Ash but his axe just hits the paladins shield as Ash concentrated on defending himself. Zamtap backed away then, taking his mist with him, and letting the rest of the group see what was going on, Chand immediately cast Hold Person on Jebodiah, but the spell fails to stop the maddened barbarian.
Heading back to the building the group were camping in, Aeron cast Hold Person on Jebodiah as he passed, his spell stopping the barbarian's attacks, though Jeb's eyes bulged with the strain of trying to break the enchantment. Ash drew his sword then and began beating his frienbd with the flat of the blade, hoping to knock him senseless, but to no avail, the blows seeming to have no effect, and mere seconds later the dwarfs efforts to break loose paid off and he hacked into the paladin, badly wounding Ash. With no choice left to him, Ash began using the edge of his sword, cutting apart his friend even as he pleaded with the dwarf to cease his madness.
So it was that Jebodiah's fourth death was at the hands of his best friend, the paladins blade running him through and sending his spirit once again on to the Fugue Plane. Zamtap walked up and laid a hand on Ash's shoulder, healing him, even as Masembe and Ben cornered Aeron and shouted at him for needlessly destroying a tree, the wizard simply shrugging and using Prestidigitation to give himself ear plugs.
DM's Notes:
Well one new character joins the group, and another dies... again. He'll be back no doubt. Also one of the yuan-ti escaped to possibly bring warning to the rest of the city of the groups presence. Still a little annoyed that Ash hacked my cleric down so fast, still Hereth did well and will likely turn up again at some point. I'd write more but right now I am ill and have a stinking headache.
So for the rest of Nightal 18th the party rested and saw to their wounds and their dead friend, Zamtap presiding over a brief ceremony as they interred Ki's remains in a ruined building and covered them with a dome made using the priests domain spell of Stoneshape. That night went by without further event, though on discussing a plan to sneak into the heart of the city to scout it out, Aeron was dimsmayed to learn that only Ash and Masembe had any real means of disgusing themselves, meaning that his magic was going to have to do for the rest of the group.
The morning of Nightal 19th dawned with rain pouring down and a really rather miserable Ash and Jeb on watch peering out of the door of their ruined building, at the deluge, and then from some distance away Ash heard the sounds of approaching voices and he signalled Jeb to wake the others, as he headed out into the rain moving closer to the road to see who or what was coming their way. As the sky began to clear, he could just make out a group of yuan-ti halfbloods and an abomination entering the city edge from the surrounding jungles and marching down the road that would lead them past where the group had staked out as their camp. But what really got the paladin's attention was the nearly naked human hanging from a pole between two of the halfbloods.
With the others awake by now, some hurriedly donned what armour they could, while making their way towards Ash's vantage point, intending to spriing a hastily prepared ambush, while others cast spells to bolster themselves. As the patrol headed past the entrance to the ruined bazaar, so Ash drew his sword, hefted his shield and stepped out into the open, being immediately spotted by the Abomination at the head of the group, it bellowing a warning to the rest of its patrol.
Immediately one of the halfbloods vanished from sight (Hereth) and the abomination drew its sword, its skin beginning to secrete acid. Aerons hands wove in a familiar gesture as he cast Shield on himself. From further down the road, Jebodiah moved out into plain sight, heading towards the abomination as it was the biggest target. Another of the halfbloods (Shamoor) seeing Jebodiah approach chanted and unleashed a Venom Bolt at him, the torrent of poison wounding and slowing the dwarf. Seeing which one cast the spell, Ash charged into him, getting hit by the abomination en route, smiting and badly wounding the snakeman cleric. The other three halfbloods, drop their prisoner to the ground, draw their weapons and spread out, only for one of them to get torn into by a suddenly appearing bear, Masembe working his usual magic to summon animal allies, he then casting an Entangle spell on the road heading further into the city to slow down any escape this patrol might try and make. At the very back of the group, Zamtap trudged closer to the action, still fiddling with what little armour he managed to get on.
From her new position of safety, unseen, the wizardess Hereth cast a Lesser Globe of Invulnerability on herself, as not far away the hulking abomination slashed and cut the dwarf, but its bite failed to connect with the paladin. Aeron muttered words of power and cast Fly on himself, heading up over a rooftop and peering down on the fight in the road. His wounds bringing on his battle frenzy, Jebodiah hacked at the monstrous snakeman before him, rage lending further strength to his blows. Shamoor backed away from Ash, intending to get some distance away and see to his wounds. He never got the chance, the Sunite bellowing a warcry and charging after him, ducking a scimitar one of the other halfbloods swung at him on the way, smiting and cutting him down. Two of the yuan-ti rangers moved in on Zamtap and Ash then, though neither managed to score a telling blow, as the third ranger was grabbed and crushed in the grasp of the bear, even as Masembe began another summoning. Zamtap ignored the ranger closing in on him, to send a Spiritual Warhammer at the abomination, though it failed to hit the creature.
Grasping a rod, Hereth sent a fireball soaring up towards where Aeron was hovering, aiming to blast the wizard out of the sky. The rods magic enlarged the ball until it engulfed Aeron, Masembe, Zamtap and one of the rangers, injuring all of them. Realising that he had a wizard to deal with, Aeron figured out roughly where the fireball had come from and cast an area Dispel Magic to try and reveal Hereth, though due to the globe surrounding her it had no effect, instead dispelling the Bull's Strength spell Ash had earlier cast on himself. Trading blow for blow, Jebodiah grunted as twice he was cut by the abominations scimitar, dealing the same number of cuts in return. Suddenly weakened, Ash's blows failed to get past the scalemail of the range rhe was fighting, but neither could the snakeman get past the paladins platemail, the ranger fighting Zamtap also failing to hit his foe. The bear tore apart the third ranger then, as another Black Bear apeared. Masembe headed down off the rooftop where he had been hiding and shifted form into that of an ape. As Zamtap's Spiritual Warhamer again missed the abomination, so he headed towards the large snakeman, intent on healing Jebodiah.
hissing a curse that her fireball failed to take out the wizard, Hereth sent a Phantasmal Killer at Aeron to try and complete the job, but the air genasi easily shrugged off the spell. Try as he might, Jebodiah just couldn't seem to land a blow on the abomination, his foe slithering around every swing of the dwarfs axe, slashing him twice in return. Knowing that while she was under her globe, he couldn't affect the wizardess, Aeron instead cast a Gedlee's Electric Loop on the ranger fighting Ash, stunning him, the paladin then easily running him through. The last remaining ranger fired an arrow at Aeron, which bounced off the wizards previously cast spell that warded him against arrows. Masembe called out to Ben who came running from where he had been staying at the far end of the bazaar. Both bears charged into the abomination then, clawing at him. Casting Speak with Animals, Masembe started to try and sniff out Hereth's location. Zamtap tried to heal Jebodiahs many wounds, but the spell failed as he was slashed by the abominations scimitar.
Seeing that her patrol was lost, Hereth grasped the rod again and fireballed everyone except for the ranger and Aeron, the blast killing the abomination and one of the bears and badly injuring both Jebodiah and the bound prisoner and she flees then. Aerons Phantasmal killer failed to do anything to the ranger he sent it at, and Jebodiah headed towards the groups last visible opponent, the yuan-ti backing away from both Ben and the oncoming dwarf. Masembe and Ben sniffed out a scent trail and began stalking the escaping wizardess, with the druid also casting a Cure Light Wounds on himself. Zamtap also saw to his wounds with a Cure Moderate Wound, and he then headed towards the prisoner who Ash was busy untying.
Seeing the two apes closing in, Hereth cast Haste on herself and sped away down a side road not blocked by the entangling vines. Aeron threw a Lesser Electric Orb at the ranger, badly hurting him, in time for Jebodiah to advance and cut the snakeman apart. As Masembe and Ben continued to follow Hereth's scent trail, soAsh unfastened the last of the prisoners bonds and laid hands on him to heal his considerable wounds, the recued man introducing himself as Chand.
Continuing to move away, Hereth snarled and sent a volley of Magic Missiles into Masembe to deter further pursuit. the druid backing off around a corner. Aeron swigged back a moderate healing potion and flew over to see what help he could lend to Masembe. Behind the group though, Jebodiahs frenzied state of mind continued, the dwarf losing sight of friend and foe, and hefting his axe he advanced towards the closest target, Zamtap! Seeing the dwarf coming and the grim intent in is eyes and snarled words, Ash sheathed his sword and hefted his tower shield, placing himself in front of the cleric. Hearing that they were looking for an invisible wizardess, Chand focused his arcane sight granted to him by Mystra, but could not see their elusive foe.
Zamtap then cast Obscuring Mist on himself, though because of his proximity to Ash and Jebodiah, he cloaked those two from sight of the others also.
As her invisibility spell began to expire, Hereth fled as fast as she could run, and totally out of sight of the group. Angry at her escape, Aeron blasted a Scintillating Sphere into a nearby tree setting it ablaze and stalked off, much to the annoyance of Masembe. Jebodiah frenzedly attacks Ash but his axe just hits the paladins shield as Ash concentrated on defending himself. Zamtap backed away then, taking his mist with him, and letting the rest of the group see what was going on, Chand immediately cast Hold Person on Jebodiah, but the spell fails to stop the maddened barbarian.
Heading back to the building the group were camping in, Aeron cast Hold Person on Jebodiah as he passed, his spell stopping the barbarian's attacks, though Jeb's eyes bulged with the strain of trying to break the enchantment. Ash drew his sword then and began beating his frienbd with the flat of the blade, hoping to knock him senseless, but to no avail, the blows seeming to have no effect, and mere seconds later the dwarfs efforts to break loose paid off and he hacked into the paladin, badly wounding Ash. With no choice left to him, Ash began using the edge of his sword, cutting apart his friend even as he pleaded with the dwarf to cease his madness.
So it was that Jebodiah's fourth death was at the hands of his best friend, the paladins blade running him through and sending his spirit once again on to the Fugue Plane. Zamtap walked up and laid a hand on Ash's shoulder, healing him, even as Masembe and Ben cornered Aeron and shouted at him for needlessly destroying a tree, the wizard simply shrugging and using Prestidigitation to give himself ear plugs.
DM's Notes:
Well one new character joins the group, and another dies... again. He'll be back no doubt. Also one of the yuan-ti escaped to possibly bring warning to the rest of the city of the groups presence. Still a little annoyed that Ash hacked my cleric down so fast, still Hereth did well and will likely turn up again at some point. I'd write more but right now I am ill and have a stinking headache.
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