TSR [Let's Read] Polyhedron/Dungeon

[(un)reason]

5/6 players present. This one also started slowly, as the players asked about the city of L'trel and got a feel for what areas still remained undestroyed, with a focus on ones that might have good treasure to loot. After a bit of discussion, they noticed that all three temples on the left side of the map were still untouched, with the priests holed up prepared for if the kaiju came their way, which definitely seemed promising. They decided to go straight for the toughest nut, the temple of Heironeous. (using the map for the temple of Tempus from Polyhedron 115) There they saw three of the toughest clerics patrolling around the perimeter while more manned the ramparts. Of course, while they might have been high level for a gritty, low magic area, they were no match for the combo of invisibility and blasting power that the PC's have now and they were gone in a couple of rounds. This did not go unnoticed by the other guards on the ramparts though, and they sounded the alarm & sent a volley of crossbow bolts in the direction of the non-sneaky PC's. The binder & winged kobold were able to fly straight up to them to continue the fight, while the sniper blinked invisibly up onto the roofs to see what was happening further into the compound, but the priestess and the drow were left behind on the ground with no-one to fight. To make up for that, the drow used telekinesis to push one of the guards off into whipping range, then summoned an air elemental to carry the two of them up once that guy was thoroughly flayed.

Higher up, the binder continued to average one dead guard per round, while the others noticed that on the grounds, the clerics were scrambling to action and hurriedly assemble their attack dogs & mount their griffons. Since those might be more valuable resources if they could take control of them, the sniper unleashed his Wings of Flurry to selectively take out the griffon riders while leaving the griffons unharmed. The griffons still panicked and took off, but being well-trained, they'd probably wander back eventually once the havoc died down. The other inhabitants of the temple continued to die at a high rate, it all seemed like this would be another cakewalk, when they discovered I'd merely been luring them into a false sense of security. From across the city they heard the sound of a massive foghorn like voice giving an indistinct command (think train station tannoys) and saw a colossal metallic humanoid shape emerging from the sea, towering over the buildings. It's time to pit the kaiju from Beast of Burden against the giant mecha from Heart of the Iron God and see how they really compare in a stand-up fight, which is a match-up I've wanted to do ever since I read the two adventures and have worked quite hard behind the scenes to set up. Let's see just what kind of havoc ensues next week.