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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delkain" data-source="post: 1418612" data-attributes="member: 8939">My FoF Player experience.At the time I was running a grey elf wizard 3rd level. 3.0 rules in effect. My Encounter with the FoF entrance went as follows...My party was at the bottom of the mountain after our Halfling rogue scouted the mountain. He did not mention the chimney, just a couple of Guards and arrow slits. The group was arguing about when to go. They were about to rest and then proceed the next day. I saw no reason for the delay and told them we should go now as we do not know if they are scouting the area (And thus be alerted to our presence before getting there. (I STILL can't believe the dwarf fighter was against me on this.) Well the party ended up offending my character and said they would never follow his lead. I said well fine I'll get in myself! So I left the camp and cast Invisibility and went up the mountain. (back when Invis was useful for this sort of thing) I approached the 2 guards, stood just before the corner of the trail that would have exposed me to the arrow slits and cast Ghost Sound at a spot off the cliff. When the orcs were looking off the cliff I cast Magic Missile, killing both and sending them plummeting off the cliff. Luckily they did not make much noise as they fell and I managed to get by the first arrow slit without being seen or heard. I then sat down and waited for the rest of the group as I did not want to push my luck with the arrow slits. Well my gamble paid off and the group eventually came up, hoping to find a dead wizard.We then rushed through the arrow gauntlet and reached the doors. I covered as the Cleric and the dwarven fighter managed to open the door. Staring at 4 orcs at close range  after the door was open gave me the perfect launch area for Color Spray. All four in front went down.After gaining the entrance one of the 2 orcs fled through the back door and the other fell to a ranged assault. We then proceeded to kill the orcs at the arrow slits, and then tackled the "Bridge of DOOM". We almost lost the cleric and the dwarf she was roped to... We then proceeded to the cavern beyond to face the battle royale with the Orc chief, sorceress, the Ogre and all their pets. We nearly lost that battle and the terrain and lighting really hindered us.   The Cleric was the savior of that battle. In summary, it was not an easy assault and we got lucky. Surviving the rest of the adventure, now that was a challenge. Many chances for a TPK were narrowly avoided. It was tough.</blockquote>

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