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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 6384966" data-attributes="member: 2525">Session 32July 31, 2014Present: Max, Noah, Jason, JohnThe night of the epic battle against the drow!The plan, as conceived last week, was for Slink to unlock the door, and everyone to run in with as much stealth as they could muster, taking down any guard seen, leaping the chasm to avoid the known-trap where possible, and turning anyone to stone with the head of the medusa held by Father Rivers, hopefully.The plan was put into action, and it went rather well! Everyone except Father Rivers got the drop on the one guard in the chamber with the chasm. Bear and Luther leaped over the chasm, clearing 15 feet with ease. Hollin ran in, but hesitated prior to the bridge, as he did not want to jump the chasm in heavy armor, and as unsure exactly where the trap might be. Milo and Slink also held back on the far side of the chasm.Bear and Luther took the guard down, but not before the guard could yell for help. Unfortunately someone was on the other side of the door from the guard. The door opened, and darkness dropped on the half of the group on the near side of the chasm.Father Rivers finally moved in, as Slink uncovered the trap on the bridge and Hollin and Milo moved across.Bear managed to spot some unusual dark headgear with glass in them over the eyes of one of the drow, before the darkness hit. He grabbed it off the dead guard, found a trigger button on it, and found he could see in the deeper darkness spell with the glasses on!He moved in and took down the next guard, while grabbing more glasses and trying to get them to Hollin. Meanwhile Father Rivers, moving as best his memory of the surroundings could guide him, ran to the wall and using his Thumaturgy and medusa head, attempted to turn one of the drow to stone.It seemed to be working, though Rivers couldn't tell, blind as he was in the darkness.Hollin managed to grab the glasses from Bear and trigger them, and he moved in as well, all while Slink lite a torch and Milo tried (and failed) to dispel the darkness with a light spell.Many more drow could be seen down the corridor now, and one of them hit Bear with a poisoned crossbow bolt! Bear felt like he was starting to drag his feet a bit, but was able to press on.Finally, the guy who Rivers had attempted to turn to stone did, indeed, turn to stone. And with that, his concentration broken, the Darkness spell fell. Yay everyone could see again! For now...Everyone moved in, with Bear, Luther, and Hollin in the lead, followed by Slink, Milo, and Rivers. Several more drow dropped to the combined attacks, as another further back let loose against the party with twin hand crossbows. Bear survived the onslaught, and charged down the passageway after the drow who had just shot him, with reckless abandon at his hatred for the drow! Luther, not to be outdone, followed him.The twin-crossbow drow did manage to pound on a door to his north before falling to Hollins flaming sword, as Bear challenged a drow with flaming eyes further down the cooridor. That drow didn't last long, while Bear caught someone opening the door to the north. With a cry of rage he smashed into the rapidly opening door, knocking down the drow behind it!With a quick slash of his weapon, he dropped that drow and moved further into the new room. This room seemed to be full of drow wizards of some kind.Luther followed him in, as did Hollin, and Slink, while Milo and Rivers stayed in the passageway. Hollin made short work of another guard with his flaming sword. It was obvious to the remaining drow wizards that death was soon to be on them.Suddenly, in an act of savagery and revenge, one of the remaining drow wizards let loose with a fireball, in his own room!BOOOM! Both remaining drow were instantly incinerated. Slink dropped as well, as Bear, Luther, and Hollin did their best to jump behind furniture and dodge the deadly blast. The room's walls were charred as flames licked across every surface.Knowing the sound made from the blast would alert more drow nearby, everyone held their guard. Rivers started to heal the fallen Slink, as Luther and Hollin steeled themselves for the coming onslaught (second wind). Rivers cast another healing spell, as Milo hid behind the newly minted statue of a drow, and everyone else prepared in the now-charred room.A door opened further down the corridor, as six more drow wizards came charging in a pack to the sound of the fireball. The party readied for further battle..."I'd love to just charge in, but then these guys will cast 'ray of hatin life' and such, so maybe not." -Noah[Most people think they will be available next week, though Jason is iffy)</blockquote>

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