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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 6230731" data-attributes="member: 16069">Let's Play #9 Goodman Games DCC55 Isle of the Sea Drake (Level 1)Session 3.<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/10385226104/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5499/10385226104_863c21275a_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a>Encounter #6 The Tidal Bridge (Area B-1)[sblock=The Map]<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9162515532/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7377/9162515532_ef0518cb54_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a> The Map- obviously the guys don’t get to see this, obviously. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9162534718/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7352/9162534718_8c186734b9_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a> Area B-1. The Tidal Bridge… [/sblock]The adventurers head out early the next day, refreshed and ready for action, this time the guys have two Coyomi guides with them, the men will fight if need be but have sworn to return alive to their women.Snake Sister has likewise made the adventurers promise to return with their guides safe, I like giving the players a little extra responsibility, and the kids are always keen to demonstrate that they’re the good guys.The first part of the journey is relatively uneventful, the guides lead the adventurers across the Isle of the Living to the Tidal Bridge, and their arrival coincides, as planned, with low tide.After observing the causeway and the far shore for ten or so minutes the adventurers, with the Coyomi men following behind, head over- at speed, they don’t want to get caught in the open.They don’t however bargain for the Zombies buried in the sand.Bad Guys 500 XP Level 1 EncounterTrap- Buried Zombie Level 2 Obstacle x1Zombie Level 2 Brute x3[sblock=The Monster Manual]<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9160211125/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7320/9160211125_b7421a1064_o.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a>[/sblock]It starts when the trap goes off, the trap in this instance is a buried zombie, only its head and arms above the sand- it looks like a partially buried body, which it is- of course; Brevill spies it and goes to investigate, he gets too close and the flailing undead grabs the Warforged’s legs and yanks him off his feet.At the same moment three Zombies, submerged in the shallow water to either side of the causeway suddenly reveal themselves. They reveal themselves by suddenly lurching to their feet and rushing towards the adventurers.Several of the kids are a little scared by this turn of events.Just to say I thought about playing this encounter with plenty of horror and terror, I did a little of this but, this isn’t the audience for horror and terror; I’m not going to make a four year old cry. Therefore I quickly changed tack and made the Zombies comical, with appropriately placed starfish, barnacles and sea urchins covering the three in the water. The buried Zombie, I explained, flails wildly because it has an octopus wrapped around its head- eventually it gets the thing out of its eyes but wears the tentacled monstrosity like a hat for the rest of the encounter.The Zombie trio are surprisingly sprightly, they charge, as best they can, flailing at the adventurers- Lia is slammed and knocked down in the rush.The fight back gains momentum quickly, Lia leaps back to her feet, grabs out her magical short sword, and slashes at her attacker. Brevill scrambles up and away from the buried Zombie, he slashes another of the undead with his longsword, which is already in hand.Arannis shouts and orders, Brevill manoeuvres again and sets the Zombie he’s attacking up for the Eladrin- Arannis cuts hard and leaves the creature staggering and flailing wildly.“May the glorious light of Sehanine burn the undead abominations!” Heian rasps and thrusts his holy symbol in to the air- a burst of radiant energy smashes in to all of the undead, including the buried Zombie.The Zombie betwixt Brevill and Arannis explodes in to dust as the radiant energy hits it, the Zombie facing Lia is partially destroyed- its left arm and part of its upper body is incinerated; the last of the walking Undead is only scorched a little.Shuva’s Witchfire engulfs the partially destroyed Zombie- it roars with flame, staggers off towards the ocean, alas it doesn’t get far, it slumps down to continue to burn and flail forlornly in its death throes.The last Zombie standing thumps, slams and generally flails wildly at Lia- the Elf Princess is left lurching, trying desperately to keep on her feet.Lia gasps, slashes hard with her short sword and then back-pedals out of the Undead creature’s reach.“Help me.” She staggers and sways.“In the name of Erathis- Fight Me!” Brevill challenges the last Zombie attacker and then gets in its face, he cuts the foul creature in two (a critical hit).Arannis cries out, “To the shore! To the shore!” Her Inspiring Words cause Lia to forget her wounds, the Eladrin meanwhile blinks out of existence.He reappears behind the buried Zombie, courtesy of his Fey Step, he skewers the Undead menace, dead (and another critical hit).Quickly, and at Shuva’s urging, they check the bodies of the fallen Zombies- none of them have owl tattoos.The adventurers run for the far shore, the Coyomi men following after.Encounter #6 CompleteBad Guys 500 XP Level 1 EncounterTrap- Buried Zombie Level 2 Obstacle x1Zombie Level 2 Brute x3The guys get to the opposite shore, a little out of breath but not far to go- a last dash up the beach and they’ll be back in the jungle, under cover and away from prying eyes.Ahead, on the beach, between the adventurers and the jungle is a grisly totem pole, fifteen feet high and constructed, seemingly, from skulls- ugly!The adventurers slow their dash, intrigued by the edifice.[sblock=The Skull Totem]<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9162651184/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2860/9162651184_b3a8362c0d_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a>[/sblock]“It’s…” Lia recoils.“… hideous.” Arannis finishes Lia’s sentence.At which point another Zombie lurches out from behind the totem, grinning- and swinging wildly.Comment:  And I didn’t allow the guys to take a short rest between the two encounters, this is the random encounter I said I’d pull on them some time in the future. A nasty Zombie- a Chief, or at least a dead one.The Tidal Bridge was never going to be a difficult encounter, after two critical hits though… the kids just blew the Zombies away.</blockquote>

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