Endur's Return to TOEE part 2

[Endur]

Round 2 Initiative
24: Kerwyn talks to Orcs
22: Toriah is dead, limbs are scattered about
21: Lylamwyn casts Haste on himself, Raner, Lenya, Belaver, Neshi, and Craven; Lylamwyn then retreats hastily.
15: 1 commanded Skeletal Dire Bear attacks Choranth, and she stops moving (10+15=25 hit, 2+15 = miss, 11+10=21 miss, dmg 13)
15: 3 Skeletal Dire Bears heard an order to attack dwarves and charge forward and attack Raner (11+17=28 hits, 3+17=20 miss, 7+17=24 miss, dmg 14)
13: Torn (beaten and damaged) no longer has any captors
12: Lenya fires a blast at a skeletal bear (7+ hits, dmg 15)
11: Graud is dead, in two pieces
10: Choranth (-45) is dying
9: 2 remaining Gnolls flee (Craven AOO 3+ miss, Raner AOO 1+ miss)
7: Raner (-33) attacks a skeletal dire bear (full power attack, full combat expertise, 18+13-12=19 hit, 11+8-12=7 vs. ac 11 miss, 10+13-12=13 hit, dmg 38-10 DR=28 dmg)
6: Belaver heals Raner (+15)
3: Craven attacks the wounded dire bear, dropping it (17+ hits, 12+ hits, 6+ hits; dmg 30)

 

[Pyrex]

Raner cuts down the remaining Gnoll in front of him then moves to place himself between the Skeletal Dire Bears and the casters.

 

[Thanee]

Lenya

Lenya keeps a healthy distance to the skeletal bears, after having seen what they did to poor Toriah, and proceeds to blast them, sparing the one, that seems to be under Lylamwyn's command.

 

[Xael]

Round 2: Lylamwyn casts Haste at the party (commanded skeleton too if possible, but the melee-oriented party members are first priority), and uses the improved speed to move away from the skeletons. He will order the commanded skeleton to attack the other skeletons when it seems to kill the cultist.

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

Round 2: Belaver heals Raner, keeping the dwarf between himself and the angry monstrosities.

 

[Endur]

Round 3 Initiative
24: Kerwyn talks to Orcs
22: Toriah is dead, limbs are scattered about
21: Lylamwyn (hasted) casts Slow on the two surviving Skeletal Dire Bears; both of the bears slow down (2+ fail, 9+8=17 vs. DC 18 fails)
15: 1 commanded Skeletal Dire Bear kills Choranth (20/14 critical hit, 18+15 = hit, 13+10 hit, dmg 49)
15: 2 Skeletal Dire Bears attack Raner (8+ miss, 2+ miss)
13: Torn (beaten and damaged)
12: Lenya blasts a bear inbetween Craven and Raner (8+ hits, dmg 8)
9: 2 remaining Gnolls flee
7: Raner (-18) attacks a skeletal dire bear (full power attack, 18+13-7=24 hit, 13+8-7=14 vs. ac 13 hit, 9+13-7=15 hit, dmg 59-15 DR=44 dmg)
6: Belaver heals Raner (+21)
3: Craven attacks the wounded dire bear, dropping it (4+ hits, 9+ hits, 19+ hits; dmg 19)

 

[Endur]

Round 4 Initiative
24: Kerwyn talks to Orcs
22: Toriah is dead, limbs are scattered about
21: Lylamwyn (hasted)
15: 1 commanded Skeletal Dire Bear attacks remaining uncontrolled bear (2+15=17 hit, dmg 13-5DR=8)
15: 1 Skeletal Dire Bear attacks Raner (20+/15+ critical hit, dmg 28)
13: Torn (beaten and damaged)
12: Lenya blasts the bad bear (8+ hits, dmg 16)
9: 2 remaining Gnolls flee
7: Raner (-28) attacks a skeletal dire bear (full power attack, 15+13-7=21 hit, 19+8-7=20 hit, 2+13-7=8 miss, dmg 34-10 DR=24 dmg)
6: Belaver heals Raner (+21)
3: Craven attacks the wounded dire bear, dropping it (15+ hits, 6+ hits, 8+ hits; dmg 29)

The battle is won. The party has rescued a prisoner. The Skeletal Dire Bear remains under Lylamwyn's control. Two Gnolls fled in the opposite direction away from the party (to the south). Toriah is dead.

Kerwyn is still talking with the Orcs to the North.

 

[Endur]

Toriah is reincarnated (die roll 40) as a Goblin (-2 str, +2 dex).

The party searches Choranth and Graud and finds the following items:

The Key to Torn's shackles
Masterwork Chain Shirt
+1 Greataxe
Masterwork Mighty Composite Longbow (Str 16)
20 masterwork arrows
potion of cure moderate wounds
magical dust
divine scroll of bless, magic weapon, doom, and cure moderate wounds
divine scroll of augury and darkness
masterwork heavy mace
masterwork full plate
large steel shield
light crossbow
unholy symbol of the Elder Elemental Eye
An iron key engraved with a silver circle (radiates faint transmutation magic, 5" long, weighs 1 lb.)

The party finds none of Torn's items, except her holy symbol. Choranth had Torn's holy symbol. Torn suspects the fat bald "high priest" with the goatee has her equipment.

 

[Manzanita]

Torn backs away a bit to keep everyone in her line of sight.

"I am Torn." she says. "Please free me. Perhaps I can help you."

 

[Pyrex]

Raner takes the key and unlocks Torn's shackles; figuring anyone they'd take as a prisoner instead of recruiting them can't be that bad.

"Nice to meet ye. I'm Raner. How'd ye come to be down here anyway?"