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Let's Play #5 4e Dungeon Scales of War 1) Rescue at Rivenroar The End NOW WITH PICS OF THE PCs
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<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 6166202" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px">Let's Play #5 Dungeon Magazine Scales of War #1 </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px">Rescue at Rivenroar (Level 1)</span></p><p></p><p>Session 3.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9319064485/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3687/9319064485_750111648b_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Encounter #15 Mushroom Chamber (Areas 11 & 12)</p><p></p><p>[sblock=The Map]</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8615024880/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8397/8615024880_7494f849fa_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center">The Mushroom Chamber encounter is played out in area 11 & 12 on the map (see below).</p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8615025172/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8543/8615025172_f678079792_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>And again the adventurers are making Adronsius angry, they’ve decided on a different route, rather than follow the dwarf’s instructions- the reason, Gargemel has mapped out the lair during the extended rest. The dragonborn is certain that the group should return to the entrance chamber and head through the north doors, he’s concerned there could be further patrols in this area- effectively behind them.</p><p></p><p>Chiggers is impressed, the priest agrees with the sorcerer’s analysis, and so having fully rested the adventurers head out- back the way they came, to the entrance chamber, and then north.</p><p></p><p>Miss Teri, as usual, is sent ahead- down the stairs, which go deep- the chamber ahead stinks- of mould and rot, it’s massive and richly overgrown with a variety of fungi.</p><p></p><p>Miss Teri stays silent and out of sight, she waits and watches, and is rewarded- a large drake wanders closer to her but pays no fails to spot her or sniff her out. She waits for it to pass and then heads back up to inform her colleagues, she describes the beast in as much detail as she can- six to eight feet snout to tail, lion-like in shape and build, heavily armoured with ridged plates covering much of its body.</p><p></p><p>“Rage Drake.” Thug states, “… nasty.” He further surmises.</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Rage Drake]</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8615024018/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8532/8615024018_d4a2215045_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>The adventurers share looks and glances, eventually Chiggers grins.</p><p></p><p>“Right then, this is what we do…” The dragonborn continues.</p><p></p><p>Five minutes later the gang are at the bottom of the stairs and ready, they wait, trying their best not to make a noise but ready should they do so.</p><p></p><p>Eventually a rage drake wanders in to view, which is the cue, Chiggers and Thug shout and scream, the creature closes in fast.</p><p></p><p>“Fire!” Chiggers screams.</p><p></p><p>Bad Guys 200 XP Level 1 Encounter</p><p>Drake Rage Level 5 Brute</p><p></p><p>[sblock=The Monster Manual]</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8670386002/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8403/8670386002_44de4c5269_o.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>The drake is hit by a shuriken, two arrows and an Acid Orb, moments later Thug and Chiggers Charge in to the beast swinging- Thug connects and the drake is almost bloodied.</p><p></p><p>Moments later it is bloodied, and almost spent, hit by another shuriken and two more arrows- the artillery are proving their worth. Thug’s Steel Serpent Strike almost ends the great beast, slashing through the drake’s armoured collar and in to its skull- and yet still it fights on, just- although its attack is easily defended by the bugbear.</p><p></p><p>Chiggers shouts and waves as a second rage drake comes charging out of the shadow and smashes in to the Priest of the Raven Queen almost knocking the dragonborn over, he’s bloodied- but far from beaten. </p><p></p><p>Bad Guys 400 XP Level 1 Encounter</p><p>Drake Rage Level 5 Brute x2</p><p></p><p>Chiggers unleashes his Dragon Breath, and lightning strikes both drakes- the first creature’s heart stops in an instant, it collapses- dead. The dragonborn follows up with his Wrathful Thunder with his morning star, and leaves the drake staggering- dazed.</p><p></p><p>The priest mutters a few Healing Words and his wounds heal over- job done.</p><p></p><p>“To the DEATH!” Chiggers screams.</p><p></p><p>The artillery fire at the dazed drake; Miss Teri’s shuriken strikes it between the eyes, both of Snatch’s arrows from his Twin Strike thump in to the drake’s forelimbs- the creature bows and takes an Acid Orb head on.</p><p></p><p>The creature’s skull evaporates in the acid hit.</p><p></p><p>It collapses- dead.</p><p></p><p>400 XP Level 1 Encounter</p><p>Drake Rage Level 5 Brute x2</p><p></p><p>The adventures fan out and move through the rest of the chamber, en route Miss Teri warns them to avoid the fungi- there are many dangerous species here she explains, there’s nothing to find, except the door.</p><p></p><p>After a brief check the door is opened and Miss Teri is sent to wander inside, she quickly calls the other adventurers through, down a passage in to a small chamber- of note is some sort of magical inscription, complete with translucent barricade, within which is another of the goblin’s prisoners- Zerriksa, the crone.</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Zerriksa]</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8615023662/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8403/8615023662_17b7c96fae_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>“Getme bluddy aw tov ere!” The crone yells and raps the force field that surrounds her with her walking stick.</p><p></p><p>Chiggers frowns, looks expectantly at Gargemel, who frowns and looks expectantly at…</p><p></p><p>“When I say step out- step out.” Miss Teri states.</p><p>Zerriksa snarls, “If you think…”</p><p>Miss Teri cuts the crone dead, “… if you want to escape then do exactly what I say. Do you want to esacape?”</p><p>“I…”</p><p>“I said do you want to escape?”</p><p>Zerriksa nods.</p><p>“The magical force that is projecting the barrier has a flicker, it is poorly constructed. Now move as close as you can to the barrier and be ready to step out when I say. Do you understand?”</p><p>The crone nods again.</p><p></p><p>The room holds its breath.</p><p></p><p>“Step out.”</p><p></p><p>Zerriksa does, behind her the magical barrier collapses.</p><p></p><p>The crone grins and raps her arms around the shadar-kai rogue.</p><p></p><p>“Arn’tcha cleva dearie.” Miss Teri has a friend.</p><p></p><p>The crone is talkative, she tells of her time within the catacombs, and how yesterday she was shown the body of Kartenix, and then later the same day that a pair of gnomes brought the young lad, Kartenix’s son, Thurann to see her, they threatened to kill the child.</p><p></p><p>Which causes some consternation- are their more gnomes within the complex? They need to go find out.</p><p></p><p>Much to Adronsius’ delight, they’re heading back to his route, back to the landing on which they fought the ettercaps, the stairs there.</p><p></p><p>Comment: Nice visuals when we were playing this one, the guys wiped the floor with the Rage Drakes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 6166202, member: 16069"] [CENTER][SIZE="5"]Let's Play #5 Dungeon Magazine Scales of War #1 Rescue at Rivenroar (Level 1)[/SIZE][/CENTER] Session 3. [CENTER][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9319064485/][img]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3687/9319064485_750111648b_c.jpg[/img][/url][/CENTER] Encounter #15 Mushroom Chamber (Areas 11 & 12) [sblock=The Map] [CENTER][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8615024880/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8397/8615024880_7494f849fa_o.jpg[/img][/url] The Mushroom Chamber encounter is played out in area 11 & 12 on the map (see below). [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8615025172/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8543/8615025172_f678079792_o.jpg[/img][/url][/CENTER] [/sblock] And again the adventurers are making Adronsius angry, they’ve decided on a different route, rather than follow the dwarf’s instructions- the reason, Gargemel has mapped out the lair during the extended rest. The dragonborn is certain that the group should return to the entrance chamber and head through the north doors, he’s concerned there could be further patrols in this area- effectively behind them. Chiggers is impressed, the priest agrees with the sorcerer’s analysis, and so having fully rested the adventurers head out- back the way they came, to the entrance chamber, and then north. Miss Teri, as usual, is sent ahead- down the stairs, which go deep- the chamber ahead stinks- of mould and rot, it’s massive and richly overgrown with a variety of fungi. Miss Teri stays silent and out of sight, she waits and watches, and is rewarded- a large drake wanders closer to her but pays no fails to spot her or sniff her out. She waits for it to pass and then heads back up to inform her colleagues, she describes the beast in as much detail as she can- six to eight feet snout to tail, lion-like in shape and build, heavily armoured with ridged plates covering much of its body. “Rage Drake.” Thug states, “… nasty.” He further surmises. [sblock=Rage Drake] [CENTER][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8615024018/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8532/8615024018_d4a2215045_o.jpg[/img][/url][/CENTER] [/sblock] The adventurers share looks and glances, eventually Chiggers grins. “Right then, this is what we do…” The dragonborn continues. Five minutes later the gang are at the bottom of the stairs and ready, they wait, trying their best not to make a noise but ready should they do so. Eventually a rage drake wanders in to view, which is the cue, Chiggers and Thug shout and scream, the creature closes in fast. “Fire!” Chiggers screams. Bad Guys 200 XP Level 1 Encounter Drake Rage Level 5 Brute [sblock=The Monster Manual] [CENTER][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8670386002/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8403/8670386002_44de4c5269_o.png[/img][/url][/CENTER] [/sblock] The drake is hit by a shuriken, two arrows and an Acid Orb, moments later Thug and Chiggers Charge in to the beast swinging- Thug connects and the drake is almost bloodied. Moments later it is bloodied, and almost spent, hit by another shuriken and two more arrows- the artillery are proving their worth. Thug’s Steel Serpent Strike almost ends the great beast, slashing through the drake’s armoured collar and in to its skull- and yet still it fights on, just- although its attack is easily defended by the bugbear. Chiggers shouts and waves as a second rage drake comes charging out of the shadow and smashes in to the Priest of the Raven Queen almost knocking the dragonborn over, he’s bloodied- but far from beaten. Bad Guys 400 XP Level 1 Encounter Drake Rage Level 5 Brute x2 Chiggers unleashes his Dragon Breath, and lightning strikes both drakes- the first creature’s heart stops in an instant, it collapses- dead. The dragonborn follows up with his Wrathful Thunder with his morning star, and leaves the drake staggering- dazed. The priest mutters a few Healing Words and his wounds heal over- job done. “To the DEATH!” Chiggers screams. The artillery fire at the dazed drake; Miss Teri’s shuriken strikes it between the eyes, both of Snatch’s arrows from his Twin Strike thump in to the drake’s forelimbs- the creature bows and takes an Acid Orb head on. The creature’s skull evaporates in the acid hit. It collapses- dead. 400 XP Level 1 Encounter Drake Rage Level 5 Brute x2 The adventures fan out and move through the rest of the chamber, en route Miss Teri warns them to avoid the fungi- there are many dangerous species here she explains, there’s nothing to find, except the door. After a brief check the door is opened and Miss Teri is sent to wander inside, she quickly calls the other adventurers through, down a passage in to a small chamber- of note is some sort of magical inscription, complete with translucent barricade, within which is another of the goblin’s prisoners- Zerriksa, the crone. [sblock=Zerriksa] [CENTER][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8615023662/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8403/8615023662_17b7c96fae_o.jpg[/img][/url][/CENTER] [/sblock] “Getme bluddy aw tov ere!” The crone yells and raps the force field that surrounds her with her walking stick. Chiggers frowns, looks expectantly at Gargemel, who frowns and looks expectantly at… “When I say step out- step out.” Miss Teri states. Zerriksa snarls, “If you think…” Miss Teri cuts the crone dead, “… if you want to escape then do exactly what I say. Do you want to esacape?” “I…” “I said do you want to escape?” Zerriksa nods. “The magical force that is projecting the barrier has a flicker, it is poorly constructed. Now move as close as you can to the barrier and be ready to step out when I say. Do you understand?” The crone nods again. The room holds its breath. “Step out.” Zerriksa does, behind her the magical barrier collapses. The crone grins and raps her arms around the shadar-kai rogue. “Arn’tcha cleva dearie.” Miss Teri has a friend. The crone is talkative, she tells of her time within the catacombs, and how yesterday she was shown the body of Kartenix, and then later the same day that a pair of gnomes brought the young lad, Kartenix’s son, Thurann to see her, they threatened to kill the child. Which causes some consternation- are their more gnomes within the complex? They need to go find out. Much to Adronsius’ delight, they’re heading back to his route, back to the landing on which they fought the ettercaps, the stairs there. Comment: Nice visuals when we were playing this one, the guys wiped the floor with the Rage Drakes. [/QUOTE]
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