H4H: Red Hand of Doom (full)

[ethandrew]

They've been busying quaffing potions instead of attacking. Their time will come.

 

[Rhun]

I'm shocked by the sheer difficulty of the battles we have faced so far. Any one of them could have ended up a TPK, and this one still might. Definitely a challenging adventure.


Let's hope Sir Jonathon and Duroin can chop through the cannon fodder this round and then engage the BBEGs (bugbear and manticore).

 

[s@squ@tch]

I don't like the fact that the bugbear dude is on the upperwalkway.

I don't see a pathway up to meet him. Plus, the manticore will probably hang out and pelt us from afar -- we don't have many ranged combat options.

But I agree that this adventure has been heavy on very difficult encounters -- all having the possibility to kill the entire party. If the Worgs hadn't run off, we would still be in dire straights, as we only nicked one of the riders, and not much damage was done to the wolves.

If the manticore had engaged at the beginning of the fight, we'd be toast.

I count so far, 2 CL2 foes (Worgs), 1 CL4 (Minotaur), 1 CL5 (Manticore), 4 Hobbies (CL1?), a bugbear (CL2 or 3?)....

Do we get xp for the Worgs, even though we didn't kill them?

 

[ethandrew]

All in the same day of a Hydra, which exhausted a lot of Kirrg's magical abilities. It's tough.

I say once we kill these hobs, we book it for the building behind us, hole up and make our stand where the manticore can't just pelt us.

 

[s@squ@tch]

You can rest assured that I will be diving through the wall next round and drinking another potion, I'm too delicate for javelin sized spikes.

 

[Rhun]

If we can get through the hobbies, we can seek shelter in the buildings to force the manticore and/or bugbear to come to us.

 

[hero4hire]

Thanks -- I will take another look, although who doesn't enjoy being unconscious? Maybe I'll just lay down prone and play dead.

Yes 20 is the total damage she has in the fight thus far.

But I am also shocked, SHOCKED, I say, that none of the regular hobgoblins are unconscious..

The miracles of healing potions.

 

[hero4hire]

I'm shocked by the sheer difficulty of the battles we have faced so far. Any one of them could have ended up a TPK, and this one still might. Definitely a challenging adventure.

If it were easy any villager would be doing it.

You guys really seem to have rough starts in fights but then start puilling together with tactics and teamwork.

I am doing the module "as is" for encounters written. Hopefully you guys are enjoying yourselves.

I will warn you though; the fights? They don't get any easier....

 

[hero4hire]

I don't like the fact that the bugbear dude is on the upperwalkway.

I don't see a pathway up to meet him. Plus, the manticore will probably hang out and pelt us from afar -- we don't have many ranged combat options.

The Bugbear came from the tower's second floor. So your options to close on him are to climb or to go into the tower.

But I agree that this adventure has been heavy on very difficult encounters -- all having the possibility to kill the entire party. If the Worgs hadn't run off, we would still be in dire straights, as we only nicked one of the riders, and not much damage was done to the wolves.

Actually rider1 took 75% (or more) of his hp and worg2 took 75% (or more) of his hp.
Tactics wise the adventure dictated if the rider or a worg were damaged to a certain point they would flee. Unfortunately the Hobbies are a bit more zealous.

If the manticore had engaged at the beginning of the fight, we'd be toast.

Fortunately you guys just didnt attack it when it showed. THEN you would be toast. The module also stated he would "attack only if attacked" or ordered to by the BBEG

I count so far, 2 CL2 foes (Worgs), 1 CL4 (Minotaur), 1 CL5 (Manticore), 4 Hobbies (CL1?), a bugbear (CL2 or 3?)....

Do we get xp for the Worgs, even though we didn't kill them?

Yes, you all definitely "defeated" them.

 

[Rhun]

I am doing the module "as is" for encounters written. Hopefully you guys are enjoying yourselves.

I will warn you though; the fights? They don't get any easier....

Actually, I am really enjoying this adventure. Based on what I've seen so far, I definitely plan on picking up the module at some time in the future (once we are done, of course).