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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 9872975" 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 012: Apres Les Slaughter.Mission Time: 03:25 to 04:50.Here we go again...[ATTACH=full]431384[/ATTACH]Here we all are, and when I say all I mean pretty much all, the pile of bodies in the hallway here must be at least ten feet high- it's a multiple dead hill giant (and ogre) pile-up, and the giants still living? Well, what you see is pretty much all of them.Grutha, the chief's wife, is a mighty big bag of hit points, but then again I could say the same of Sgt. Dibl maybe a turn or so ago.The giant killers, sorry- Giant Killers, are killing giants. Imagine.[ATTACH=full]431385[/ATTACH]Dibl doesn't last.But...[ATTACH=full]431386[/ATTACH]I have a cloud giant.Note the Cloud Giant is flying, but in the corridor here- not so much.From memory he has three attacks, and so two orc slaves die and Thugg gets sliced badly (but he's raging and still has a lot of hit points).Red rag to a bull.[ATTACH=full]431387[/ATTACH]The giant killers ignore all other enemies and focus fire.Fire being the operative word, the artillery get into their work, and the PCs spend IPs to hit the giant hovering bullseye (I mean cloud giant) again and again.Soon after...[ATTACH=full]431388[/ATTACH]Thugg gets into his work, and there's a crit hit in there from the big half-orc barbarian, and a Crit from Thugg is no fun- sixty-ish damage in one hit.The cloud giant thus far has been speechifying, mostly little-ist jibes and trash talk aimed at the PCs et al, atm he's gone quiet, he's maybe got 2-3 dozen hit points left. Keep in mind he started out a Max HP cloud giant.But then...[ATTACH=full]431389[/ATTACH]DCI Bawg orders the artillery to take the great hall, and in the process- payback any injuries suffered at the hands of Grutha. You'll note the late to the party ogre boss just arriving (in the bottom right corner) this was another one of the fellers sent out by Nosnra to rouse the guards.What guards- they dead.[ATTACH=full]431390[/ATTACH]DCI Bawg blows the cloud giant's head off. He took ten turns to get to the fight (he went back to his room to get his magical two-handed sword, Waythe) and lasted three further turns, and keep in mind in the first turn he just made a speech (he had just double-moved to get to the fight) and was then ignored by the PCs et al.And Grutha and her bear are not long for this world either...[ATTACH=full]431391[/ATTACH]Just the one ogre left here, and the orc army has been given free reign. Spoiler- the ogre gets surrounded and killed very quickly.Oh, but the other ogre (who went for reinforcements) the one in the northern corridor.[ATTACH=full]431392[/ATTACH]"Pull", and the ogre dashes around the corner and BLAM!DCI Bawg is having a little target practice with his long-barrel. The terrified screaming ogre turns to run and...[ATTACH=full]431393[/ATTACH]Phreakalus puts a pair of arrows in his back (and through his chest).The war is over.Well, that was an encounter.Just for info-In the Kitchen (combatants only) = 6 Young Ogre Servants (as Orcs) & 5 Hill Giant Servants (as Ogres).In the Great Hall (combatants only) = 6 Hill Giant Servants (as Ogres), 1 (Max HP) Cave Bear (as Polar Bear), 8 Ogre Bosses (Ogres with high HP), 6 Hill Giants (Big Bonk, Bumbo, Bumstead, Lionel, Pikles & Tikkit), Sgt. Dibl & Grutha (both Hill Giants with Max HP), Sub-Chief Grok (as Stone Giant with Max HP), Nimbus the Cloud Giant (Max HP) & Chief Nosnra (as Frost Giant with Max HP)That's 37 Monsters, 35800 XP and a CR 29 Encounter.We go on...[ATTACH=full]431394[/ATTACH]It's party time (but no bingo), imagine- if you will, all of the orc slaves have been freed and are at present enjoying the rest of the feast. Thugg orders the army to drink and be merry, and with pillaging for afters.Its is happy fun time for the orcs/slaves.But not for Chief Nosnra...[ATTACH=full]431395[/ATTACH]So, the big hill giant chief is healed back to consciousness, and then subjected to the Phreakalus mind reading effect, I don't know what spell it is (mind reading?) but he can read surface thoughts but delving deep and I (Nosnra) get a save.Here's the thing, and when we get to it, Nosnra got his save and he rolled a '20', so there's that.Basically for ten or so minutes DCI Bawg chats (in Giantish) and tries to lead Nosnra's thoughts to reveal the following pieces of info-1) Who's your boss? Who's behind the giant attacks?2) Where the money at? Where's Nosnra's loot to be found?But, I rolled a '20', or else Nosnra did, and so...In answer to question #1 Phreakalus perceives this-[ATTACH=full]431396[/ATTACH]A trophy wall, and in the image Phreakalus is convinced that there's another giant sitting off-screen left. But that's all he gets by way of an answer to question #1.As to question #2- where's the loot at, Phreakalus briefly sees (through Nosnra's eyes) a long plain (giant-sized) stone passage heading from the east to the west, there's a corner ahead- the passage turns to the north. That's it.Except to say a little later he manages to work out that the passage he saw was underground (from the brickwork) and he has the feeling that Nosnra- at the start of his vision- had just descended a set of stairs.So, the treasure is somewhere below.That done.[ATTACH=full]431397[/ATTACH]Thugg executes Chief Nosnra, he beheads the hill giant chief. Thugg gottsta get paid.The PCs, after a little bit of a sit down and rest, go for a wander through the rest of the upper reaches of the steading, they just want to flesh out the rest of their map, and see what they can see see see. [ATTACH=full]431399[/ATTACH]They find a little more treasure, but not much.Also, they've not figured out the answer to question #1- who (and where) is the boss? And #2- where's the money at?So, still got things to do.But that's the end of the session.Book of the Dead.See above.Until next time.Cheers goonalan.</blockquote>

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