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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 9828551" data-attributes="member: 16069">There Might Be GiantsPCsDCI Bawg Race: Unknown Class: Rogue Level: 11 Background: City Watch InvestigatorPhreakalus Nevrospastos Race: Human Class: Artificer Level: 11 Background: CourtierThrunorus "Thugg" Garn Race: Half-Orc Class: Barbarian Zealot of Bradlust & Fighter Level: 8 & 3 Background: Mercenary VeteranYen Stonefist Race: Stout Halfling Class: Monk Level: 11 Background: HermitNPCsPiniccarus, Phreakalus' animated puppet 'son'. Just weird.Session 007: Short Rest.Mission Time: 01:46 to 02:47.And we're still fighting, and the PCs are heading south- that's where the enemies are, mostly bugbears flinging javelins and then retreating.[ATTACH=full]426124[/ATTACH]Yen heading around the outside of the bugbear guard complex.And this is the 15th turn of combat, although in truth there are not too many bad guys on show, less than half-a-dozen bugbears with javelins.That is until...[ATTACH=full]426125[/ATTACH]Fat Stan (Hill Giant torturer) comes waddling around the corner, making straight for Yen.The monk almost loses his cool- it's not the sight of Fat Stan, it's the squeaks and groans the rubber suit makes as the hill giant wobble-lurches forward.And so...[ATTACH=full]426126[/ATTACH]Strap in, here we go again- round three, sorta. But Fat Stan has a friend.[ATTACH=full]426127[/ATTACH]The Gimp. The second hill giant torturer.In fact there's plenty of gimp to go around...[ATTACH=full]426128[/ATTACH]Thugg & Bawg put a crimp in the Gimp's day, but then the big feller rubber-stomps Thugg down.We're in the 17th turn.[ATTACH=full]426129[/ATTACH]But you can't keep a good berserker down. Thugg finishes of the Gimp and then rushes around the corner and with a javelin to the back also kills Fat Stan, this after Yen dished out another monk-style mega-beating.And the PCs are...Bloody hell![ATTACH=full]426130[/ATTACH]Shouting and screaming to get the PCs attention (not really needed) comes a platemail wearing fire giant.But the PCs are in a flow-state atm.[ATTACH=full]426131[/ATTACH]It is what it is.It's the 22nd turn of combat, some of the edges have come off my dice.And of course there are two fire giants.[ATTACH=full]426132[/ATTACH]And a few more bugbears. Thugg gets whacked again, actually Critted back into unconsciousness.But the last fire giant doesn't last, and soon after the PCs are in quick time retreat.All the way back to here-[ATTACH=full]426133[/ATTACH]Which is a guard room just off the main marshalling yard, and the door has been shut, and locked- there are five cells in here but the PCs don't even want to take a look through the window slots- just in case they trigger another encounter. They're wrecked.And rest... and the DM let's the PCs know that if they can survive another wandering monster roll then they can get an interruption free short rest in.Although the chance of an encounter atm is 4 in 6.That's right, they rolled a '5'.But the pissed DM makes a second check (5 in 6) and just as the PCs short rest concludes there's a knock at the door."Wot goes in der?" Only in the giant tongue.And so, and refreshed, the PCs leap out on...[ATTACH=full]426134[/ATTACH]Four ogres on the clean-up crew found the bodies a few moments past, and swiftly fetched a wandering ogre guard patrol- five of 'em, armed and armoured.But the PCs send the ogres screaming back towards the stairs up (west).The DM lets the PC's know, the ogres are off to tell the kitchen/steading about the PCs home invasion.[ATTACH=full]426137[/ATTACH]The ogres suffer, and get webbed- some of them. The plan is to unleash Yen, the monk goes fast.And we get to here by turn 3.[ATTACH=full]426138[/ATTACH]Four dead ogres, one alive but webbed, and four more trying to figure which direction to run.But that's the end of the session.Book of the Dead.Bugbear x 5.Hill Giant Torturer x 2 [Fat Stan & the Gimp] (both high HP).Fire Giant Smith x 2 [Vesta & Vindaloo] (both high HP and plate with big swords).Ogre Servant x 2.Ogre Guard x 2 (high HP and armour).Until next time.</blockquote>

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