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<blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 5256308" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>So you're never going to believe this but here it is: I'm going to finish this thing.</p><p></p><p>We're getting pretty close to the end now and I had a big pow-wow with the players earlier in the week to try and get my facts straight as best as possible. So while all that is still fresh (and I took notes!) I'm going to finish this out before I leave for GenCon a week from Monday!</p><p></p><p>Before I push forward I thought it was worth mentioning something I left out as well as a couple of remembrances by the players that I neglected to mention.</p><p></p><p>First, they reminded me that while The Dweller (Mikel) was fashioning his dragonbone armor to ward off the Mist, he also made a dragonbone greatsword and gave it to the party by way of thanks. Astavian held on to that.</p><p></p><p>Also they mentioned a few other things about the big fight at the gates of Karak Tor. They still had the explosive device (the "Kapow!") that was given to them WAY back by the Gnomes in the Feywild. Before the battle really got underway, Zanne took this and flew up to where the Arcanon Confederacy forces were about to breach the outer wall. After the demon carved a hole through the wall, Zanne dropped the Kapow! into the breach where it exploded, killing a pile of Bugbears and collapsing the sides of the breach into a pile of rubble that temporarily blocked the way. This didn't slow the enemy down much but it did let the Dwarves get enough distance that far fewer of them were killed during the retreat than would have been otherwise.</p><p></p><p>Also there is some discrepancy over the involvement of the Guardian in the battle with the Demon. The players remembered that the gate opened and the Guardian was there (which they all agreed was cool) but didn't think it got directly involved in the battle. They remember telling the Guardian to stay out of it because the Demon had already show a propensity for slicing big chunks out of stone with its claws and the Guardian was of course made entirely of stone. I recall it getting in a single attack the round that the Demon was killed. This is corroborated by the fact that I have a single damage entry noted on the Guardian's monster sheet in my binder. I'm now guessing that what happened was that the Guardian's attack actually missed, triggering the Aura of Bloodlust that the Demon gives off.</p><p></p><p>In any event, it was roundly recalled as a tense battle and one where terrain was a big deal. There was a partly destroyed building just outside the gates and it was blocking line of sight for some of the PC's and was rough terrain for those trying to cross it. The Demon was using this especially to try and break off the attacks by Astavian because he was using Certain Justice to weaken it. Reducing its damage by half was putting a major crimp in the Demon's style so it concentrated a lot of effort on throwing Astavian far enough away so that he couldn't attack it for a round, thus ending his Divine Challenge, thus ending the Certain Justice. It finally succeeded but by then they had inflicted so much damage on it that it only lasted about one more round.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I think that covers the retroactive stuff. Now on with the game!...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rel, post: 5256308, member: 99"] So you're never going to believe this but here it is: I'm going to finish this thing. We're getting pretty close to the end now and I had a big pow-wow with the players earlier in the week to try and get my facts straight as best as possible. So while all that is still fresh (and I took notes!) I'm going to finish this out before I leave for GenCon a week from Monday! Before I push forward I thought it was worth mentioning something I left out as well as a couple of remembrances by the players that I neglected to mention. First, they reminded me that while The Dweller (Mikel) was fashioning his dragonbone armor to ward off the Mist, he also made a dragonbone greatsword and gave it to the party by way of thanks. Astavian held on to that. Also they mentioned a few other things about the big fight at the gates of Karak Tor. They still had the explosive device (the "Kapow!") that was given to them WAY back by the Gnomes in the Feywild. Before the battle really got underway, Zanne took this and flew up to where the Arcanon Confederacy forces were about to breach the outer wall. After the demon carved a hole through the wall, Zanne dropped the Kapow! into the breach where it exploded, killing a pile of Bugbears and collapsing the sides of the breach into a pile of rubble that temporarily blocked the way. This didn't slow the enemy down much but it did let the Dwarves get enough distance that far fewer of them were killed during the retreat than would have been otherwise. Also there is some discrepancy over the involvement of the Guardian in the battle with the Demon. The players remembered that the gate opened and the Guardian was there (which they all agreed was cool) but didn't think it got directly involved in the battle. They remember telling the Guardian to stay out of it because the Demon had already show a propensity for slicing big chunks out of stone with its claws and the Guardian was of course made entirely of stone. I recall it getting in a single attack the round that the Demon was killed. This is corroborated by the fact that I have a single damage entry noted on the Guardian's monster sheet in my binder. I'm now guessing that what happened was that the Guardian's attack actually missed, triggering the Aura of Bloodlust that the Demon gives off. In any event, it was roundly recalled as a tense battle and one where terrain was a big deal. There was a partly destroyed building just outside the gates and it was blocking line of sight for some of the PC's and was rough terrain for those trying to cross it. The Demon was using this especially to try and break off the attacks by Astavian because he was using Certain Justice to weaken it. Reducing its damage by half was putting a major crimp in the Demon's style so it concentrated a lot of effort on throwing Astavian far enough away so that he couldn't attack it for a round, thus ending his Divine Challenge, thus ending the Certain Justice. It finally succeeded but by then they had inflicted so much damage on it that it only lasted about one more round. Anyway, I think that covers the retroactive stuff. Now on with the game!... [/QUOTE]
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