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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 5423737" data-attributes="member: 16069">HS1 The Slaying StoneSession 6 Part 3The PCs are faced with their first encounter with the Severed Eye Orcs, who have been searching for them since their arrival in Gorizbadd, what's more Krayd, the Butcher, is the Severed Eye Orc Champion, a seven foot tall mound of muscle with a massive axe.<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/5293265913/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5123/5293265913_1927e6b053.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a>Severed Eye Orcs, giving evil humanoids everywhere a bad name.Krayd charges in and in the opening axe whirl- action point- axe whirl leaves Rogar and Neb both bloodied, it gets nasty very quickly. A scrum of melee with Neb and Drake on the outside looking to find ways to make their spells count, a round or so later and one of the Orc Drudge Minions has fallen, Krayd has taken 20-something damage and Rogar has just a handful of hit points left.Then Drake steps in and action points back- heals Neb, he can't get to Rogar, and drops Astral Seal and Exacting Utterance on Krayd, leaving the Severed Eye Orc Champion- Vulnerable 5, -2 on all defences, 5 Temp HP to any that Hit, and regain 9 HP for the first to hit.Rogar is of course the first to connect, and delivers over forty damage (with three attacks including action point & Flurry), the Halfling is also back on 20 or so hit points (including Temps).Krayd is suddenly bloodied, and my smile is fast fading.Still Krayd is a Solo (with a few Minion friends), the Severed Eye Orc wades in and axe whirl- action point- axe whirl (sounds familiar), the result of which is Rogar back down to a handful of hit points, the same for Neb, who some how ended up too close to the fracas) while Maldor is again unconscious (-6 HP & dying). Deja vu anyone?Neb back peddles out of the action and magic missile- action point- magic missile, and with the 5 vulnerability that's 24 more points of damage to Krayd without rolling a dice in anger, and a few temp hit points to bolster the Wizard's meagre total.Maldor fails a Death Save- our first of the campaign. Strike One!Jeb wades in and makes something like six attacks (sword bursts with action point), and hits once, and that more of a tickle than a solid blow, another Minion falls- the Gith looks a little peeved.Drake however is again to the rescue with Healer's Mercy- Rogar and Neb are no longer bloodied, and Maldor opens his eyes.Resolute and Rogar pile into Krayd, neither misses, and the giant Severed Eye Orc is swaying, and on 7 HP. The last Minion is also taken out.And to add insult to injury, Neb steps up (again), and fires (yet another) Magic Missile into Krayd who, after a last swipe (Savage Demise) and miss, falls down dead.The PCs grab the Orcs money, drag yet more bodies down to the river, and count themselves fortunate- at the end of the fight most PCs have none or one Healing Surge left, except for Jeb with two. They're all also badly wounded, some only just over bloodied- they need rest.'The Library it is then...”So that's agreed- but for next time.Another excellent encounter, a good Solo that with a few Minions (with Savage Demise for the free attack) really made a mess of the PCs. Only a Level 1 Encounter, you've got to like that- Severed Eye Orc Drudge (Level 4 Minion) x3 & Krayd the Butcher (Level 1 Solo Brute).Some notes-An excellent Solo, I didn't care what damage Krayd was taking my job was to just park her in the thick of it and do as much damage as possible, and action point every round for the first two rounds- there was no way she was going down without having done everything she could to make a mess of the PCs.Savage Demise- wonderful, even though I only hit once with it, I still enjoy the possibilities. One day it's going to come good, and when it does.The PCs helped me out by bunching up- they were all going for the same guy so... Although what Neb was doing in the thick of it, Erathis only knows.Again Maldor got singled out, unintentionally- two axe whirls and he got hit both times, I followed up with a Brutal Kick on him (Minor) and hey Presto!Drake really can dish out the healing, and undermine a big bad guy- Exacting Utterance and Astral Seal make it easy for a round for the PCs to do big damage, and recover health. Bastard.Still an incredibly dirty and violent fracas, another winner.And so endeth the sixth session of play, with the PCs battered and bruised, they need desperately to find shelter (the Kiris Library).They're all also well into enough XP for Level 2- bring on the Extended Rest.Next time- No rest for the wicked (mwa-ha-ha-etc).Maldor has the last word, this from the chat window-'And I almost died... twice! I think it's time to make that back-up character.'</blockquote>

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