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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 5405616" data-attributes="member: 16069">HS1 The Slaying StoneSession 3 Part 2Alas Rogar gets to the bottom of the stairs and trips over his own feet- '1', a Bullywug guard turns to stare at him, not sure for a second quite how to react, he recovers his senses and croaks a warning- it gets busy.<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/5229471171/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5081/5229471171_358d642ebf.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a>Watch out for the Giant Frogs!Chaos ensues, the Bullwug Minions fall quickly, however a pair of Giant Frogs make their presence  felt- the first hops over and devours Maldor, then hops off with the Avenger's legs hanging out the creatures mouth, Stunned and being chewed for 5 damage/turn.Maldor fails his save on the next three turns- he's munched (although just hanging in there hit points wise), and when he finally gets out (and healed) the Giant Frog swallows him again on the very next round and hops off some more- well, it made me laugh.If that wasn't bad enough towards the end of the fracas the other frog swallows Jeb and hops off with him too- Jeb however, escapes in seconds, thanks to an extra save from Drake.In the meantime inside a Giant Frog turns out to be probably the safest place in the room, the Bullywug Minions blast their foul Croaks and several PCs take bits of Poison damage. A Bullywug Mud Lord hops in and unleashes a Fiery Croak doing 12 points of Thunder & Fire damage to one of his own and three of the PCs.Soon enough Resolute, Rogar and Drake are bloodied, late in Maldor is down to only 6 HP- the fight requires some great play, Rogar taking a metric ton of AoO to get to the Mud Lord and prevent him from doing any more big damage. The PCs concentrate fire and Lord Kermit is taken down, the Giant Frogs are then hunted to extinction- the Bullywug Minions falling by the wayside in the action. A lovely combat, enlivened by the Giant Frogs hitting most every time, although less liked by Maldor who apart from two rounds of play spent the entire time in the gullet of a Giant Frog, another Level 1 Encounter- Bullywug, Croaker (Level 3 Minion Brute) x7; Frog, Giant (Level 3 Controller) x2 & Bullwug, Mudlord (Level 3 Artillery), although it felt much tougher- you can really get some enemies on the board when there are six PCs.Some notes-I succeeded this time in bottle-necking the PCs in the thin corridor from the stairs down, obviously helped immensely by the fact Rogar missed badly with his Stealth check and the alarm was sounded early.I put Bullywugs in the side rooms (above and below the PCs entrance) so I could unleash their Croak attacks and get to a few of the weaker PCs. This worked a treat, although was quickly nullified- the Bullywugs being Minions and all.I used the Giant Frogs as one-amphibian snatch squads- reel in with Grasping Tongue attacks, or just Move into combat. Then Bite & Swallow followed soon after by Prodigious Leap to get the hell-out-of-dodge (with the feet of swallowed PC just visible). This tactic worked three times out of four, and made me laugh every time. Although I seem to remember being the only one laughing.I tried to use the Mud Lord the same way as I had Rort above, he has some nice Burst & Blast attacks- I got in a good Fiery Croak early on but then quickly came unstuck. Rogar (the little... bugger), used his Drunken Monkey Move (+2 Speed +1 Defences vs AoOs), suffered three or four AoOs (one hit) and was in the Mud Lord grill, and then Steel Wind taking out a Minion and damaging the Mud Lord. Followed by Action Point Drunken Monkey Attack, bloodying (almost) the Mud Lord and with the free Basic Attack clearing another Minion. Then adding an extra 6 damage for Ironsoul Flurry and my Mud Lord was bloodied and battered, and the path almost clear. The dam broken the other PCs poured in.Maldor was effectively nullified for the whole fight- Stunned and being consumed inside a Giant Frog, even when he did Save and get out the Giant Frog just swallowed him again next turn.Jeb was also swallowed but managed to get out in moments, thanks to a free Save granted by Drake. Rogar, with help from Resolute and Artillery by Neb, did for the Mud Lord very quickly, the Halfling Monk then chased down one of the Giant Frogs, the guy is everywhere- the Monk Movement Powers, even the At Wills, are very effective when combined with good tactical play. The bodies are dragged away, and both of the Giant Frogs dissected- Maldor lost a boot in one of them- he can't remember which one he was in. Two caches of residuum are found, both small, a bunch of carpenters tools (which Maldor decides he wants to take) and a lot of gold- gathered up and in the possession of the Mud Lord. Finally an intact Ritual Scroll- Comrade's Succour is found, and taken by Drake- the poor lad is a little out of sorts, he's not used to this kind of thing.The chambers are thoroughly searched, little else is discovered, other than the fact that the previous inhabitants left in a rush, and did a good job of taking everything with them.The statue here, even bigger than the one in the previous chamber, is of the same guy- god-like he commands all before him, this guy must have an ego the size of a small continent.There's more mud on the stairs down- Rogar, again, leads the way- and this time with better rolls.Next time... Dirty Fighting.</blockquote>

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