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Message: <blockquote data-quote="blargney the second" data-source="post: 5243368" data-attributes="member: 14678">Session 13: ~2.5 hours total#1) 90 minutes, 1100 XP each, 2 crits, 3 dailies, 4 action points, 6 surges. 6 rounds vs 4x brute 11s, 2x artillery 11s, 1x skirmisher 12, 1x elite lurker 13 with ~970 hp.We kicked open the next set of big, dwarven, double doors.  A ginormous room lay ahead of us, dimly lit by multiple glowing runes inscribed on the floor.  Four large pillars supported the ceiling, and around the base of each were tied one or two eladrin.  Some were already dead, but the living ones had tiny tentacled monsters attached to their heads.There were other monsters that lay in wait for us.  Two archers stood on a balcony on the far side of the room, and a bug-eyed eladrin waited in the center with a balhannoth behind him.  The eladrin spoke into our minds, "We do not need to fight.  You have already killed this one's mate, and it wishes to allow you to pass in peace."  We rolled for initiative, naturally.Our experience killing the previous balhannoth apparently taught us well, because this one really didn't last very long.  We dogpiled it quite successfully.  What was more surprising were the swarms of baby balhannoths that coalesced and tried to eat us.Once the monsters were all dead, we freed the living (if catatonic) captives and herded them out the door on the far side of the chamber.  It lead outside!We could see the town of Ariel and the defenders manning its makeshift walls.  The bard sneaked up and introduced himself.  After the initial bowshot, they let him walk up to be inspected for the taint of abomination.  The rest of us came not long afterwards, with the exception of the drow rogue.  She actually is tainted, and we didn't want to alarm the villagers too much right now.The doctor currently in charge didn't believe our claims of an escape tunnel, so he sent an elf and a drow out to scout it with our halfling rogue.  With their verification, our next job will be to ensure a safe withdrawal of the survivors to the underground complex.</blockquote>

Verification