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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Old One" data-source="post: 1113194" data-attributes="member: 83">Session 19 (Part One)Faded Glory returns!  For those few that still peruse these pages, FG and Old One are back…The many months since my last “official” game post have been filled with travel, job changes, a baby, and still more job changes.  In addition, an evil entity known as the Neverwinter Nights Persistant World (PW) of Narfell has consumed much of my free time <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />!  After much teasing and promises, the first official update in many moons is ready.We have played 5 sessions (I think) since resuming play earlier this year and are now ~ 10 session ahead of current happenings.  I will try to strike a balance between catching up fairly quickly and providing enough detail to make it fun!  As always, commentary, critique and questions are welcome.The last “official” entry can be found <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=13867&page=10&pp=40" target="_blank">Here</a>, about ¼ of the way down the page.Without further ado…Can’t We Do Anything Right?The smell of singed Brigante filled the air as an oil-fueled flash fire flared around Rosë.  He howled in anger, gritted his teeth and continued his charge, scattering droplets of liquid fire.  Cragen halted for a grain, raised his shield and bulled his way through the flames.  Rowan, a bit more circumspect, allowed the flames to recede before following his companions into the chamber.Rosë shrugged off several crossbow bolts and leapt over an overturned table into a pair of archers.  Cragen made for the menacing figure bearing the ranseur and suffered a painful strike as he came within range of the long weapon.  Rowan’s draw dropped in amazement at the familiar sight of the pit fighter.  “But we killed him,” the ranger sputtered indignantly.The barbarian quickly split the skull of one Shadowblade crossbowman, but the other landed a cut across his ribs.  Rosë grinned a vicious grin and prepared to kill the man.  The stout dwarf traded blows with the pit fighter, but got much worse than he gave.  The human warrior used an overturned table and his reach to thwart Cragen’s approach.  Rowan traded missile fire with the other pair of crossbowmen, slightly wounding one and receiving a bolt in return.  Several Magic Missiles streaked past the ranger’s head as Quintus’s arcane power joined the fray.  The magical strike sent an archer spinning to the floor.  Sextus launched a bolt at the pit fighter, but it sank into the intervening table.The Shadowblade facing Rosë cringed as the huge Brigante loomed above him and thrust feebly.  Rosë batted the attack aside and spilled the man’s entrails onto the floor with his riposte.  He roared in triumph, and then howled in pain as the pit fighter feinted at Cragen and sank the tines of his ranseur into Rosë’s torso before somersaulting toward the open doorway.  The dwarf took advantage of the brief respite to call upon Moradin’s favor to heal his numerous wounds.  Rowan and Sextus traded arrow and bolt with the last archer while Quintus moved up.The pit fighter landed one last blow on Cragen before retreating into the hallway, leaving the last archer to his fate and calling loudly for reinforcements.  The remaining Shadowblade was ripped asunder by the combined assault of Rosë and Cragen, but shouts and numerous footfalls echoed from down the hallway leading deeper into the complex.Rosë started to charge after the pit fighter, but Cragen grasped his forearm and pulled him back.  “Ach…no…let ‘em go, laddie!”Quintus coolly surveyed the group.   Cragen and Rosë were badly battered; Rowan didn’t look much better.  He cursed under his breath at another failed attack.  A concerted counter-attack, especially with magical support, might overwhelm them.  “Retreat!” He snarled through clenched teeth.The party pulled back through the forced door and into the sewer tunnels.  Rowan squeezed into the lead and quickly led them through the maze to an easily defensible spot past a pit trap they had discovered earlier.  They healed as best they could and waited for the inevitable counter attack…an attack, which, thankfully, did not materialize.They rested and argued.  Rosë wanted to return to the hideout and force the issue while Cragen counseled caution.  Quintus did not want to abandon Drusilla to whatever fate faced her, but they were tired, injured and low on supplies.  Rowan and Sextus were torn between revenge and self-preservation.  After much grumbling and many recriminations, they decided to seek a way out of the sewers to rest and refit.(DM’s Note: They were not too pleased to find their old nemesis - the pit fighter – leading the defense.  Cries of “foul” echoed across the Table of Elemental Evil until they realized they had not ensured his demise several session before.  Whether he had played dead or been healed from the brink by an ally remains unknown.  Delicious!)They retraced their steps through several parts of the sewers tunnels where they had noted varying water levels at different times.  Correctly deducing that the water level raised and lowered with the tides, providing a natural “cleaning” mechanism for the sewer tunnels, they waited until low tide and moved off through the tunnels with due haste.After several wrong turns, many curses and a face full or two of stinking muck, they found their way into a low-ceilinged sea cave blocked by a badly rusted and algae-covered iron grate.  The strength of Cragen and Rosë made short work of the pitted metal and the party finally emerged from the depths onto a rocky shore and into the muggy night air.  It took Rowan a few moments to get his bearings and he quietly informed the others that they were on a rocky outcropping below the ruined Bishop’s Palace.Filthy, exhausted and dispirited…the quintet slowly and painfully ascended into the Cathedral grounds.To Be Continued…Next: Session 19 (Part Two) - So You Want to be a Living Legend?</blockquote>

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