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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Menexenus" data-source="post: 3325785" data-attributes="member: 8951">Session 11: Against the Grimlocks8th of Flocktime.  The party chose to rest after its encounter with a pair of Chokers the previous day at the base of a subterranean cliff.  Killick returned during the party's downtime.  He informed them that he had been inducted into the Druidic order.  He also mentions that the High Druid told him to beware of Devil's Night (in 10 days) as that is often an active time for evil.    The party waited until dusk, so that Thorash could pray for spells and the party could receive the benefits of a full day of rest.  After a few healing spells were cast, the party ventured down the cliff once more.  Again, Alexander placed a Web spell on the ledge on the opposite cliff face.  Again, there was noise of humanoids raising an alarm in response.  As the party made their way down, they noticed that the web was burning.  Almost all of the party made it into the 10 foot-wide tunnel at the bottom of the 45 foot deep crevasse.  After the web completely burned through, 2 archers stepped onto the ledge and began shooting at Alees (who was still climbing down).  Alees avoided the arrows and joined her comrades in the small tunnel at the bottom of the crevasse.  On the far side of the tunnel, the rest of the party had just engaged a small group of Grimlocks on another ledge 30 feet up.  They were throwing javelins and seemed to have a virtually endless supply.  Alexander cast Scare on them, causing one of the three to run away.  Then he cast Spectral Hand and Chill Touch to attack them from within the tunnel.      The Grimlock's ledge was connected by a rope bridge to another opening 20 feet above the party.  It seemed reasonable to surmise that this opening led to the other ledge on the far side of the crevasse that Alexander had webbed twice.  A female Grimlock in studded leather armor stood in this opening 20 feet above the party, drinking a potion.  Katawan climbed the wall to face the female warrior.  Tarric tossed up a rope with a grappling hook so that he could climb up, too.  The female Grimlock went into a rage and delivered 2 vicious hits to Katawan who dropped back down to the ground for healing.  The raging female jumped down to pursue Katawan, but she fell prone and was quickly beaten down by Katawan's comrades.  (As the life is leaving her, Thorash mysteriously bent down to touch the dying Grimlock, but there was no visible effect.)      Meanwhile, up above, Tarric bull rushed one of the archers back into a twisty passageway.  The archers tried to beat Tarric with clubs, but didn't seem to have as much skill with that weapon.  After being healed, Katawan went back through the tunnel and climbed up the opposite cliff face, allowing him to join Tarric's melee from the opposite side.  Tarric and Katawan quickly dispatched one of the archers.  Killick joined his 2 companions on the ledge, but was immediately pushed off by the second archer.  The way was now clear for the second Grimlock archer to flee across the rope bridge, but he couldn't keep his balance.  He fell off and was surrounded by the party.  In the interim, the 2 javelin-throwing Grimlocks that had not run away have also been killed by a combination of Alees's shooting and Alexander's Magic Missiles, Rays of Frost, and Chill Touches.    The previously scared javelin-throwing Grimlock returned and was the only remaining enemy holding the ledge.  Katawan crossed the rope bridge to engage it.  After suffering some damage, the last remaining Grimlock broke and ran down another twisty passageway at the far side of a small encampment.  The party found some cash on 3 of the dead bodies, as well as 2 tanglefoot bags and 4 potions.  Plus, the barbarian was wearing magical studded leather, which Alees promptly donned.  Killick found a burlap sack full of money and a preserved female drow head.  Killick also found some ivory dice on one of the archers.    The party decided to follow the winding passage way.  It led to a small room/cavern at the base of a 10 foot tall ledge.  Suddenly, Grimlocks appeared at the top of the ledge and begin throwing javelins down on the party.  Alexander climbed up the ledge and found many more Grimlocks plus a male commander in better armor.  The shock of this sight caused him to fall back down the ledge.  Katawan pulled Alexander to safety, while the rest of the party performed a fighting withdrawal.  The Grimlocks gave chase and their leader hit Killick twice with his greataxe.  Things looked grim for the party, but then Alees hit the Grimlock commander with a tanglefoot bag.  Because the leader's movement was hampered by the goo, the party was able to escape back to the ledge with the rope bridge.      After casting a few healing spells and doing a bit of strategizing, the party returned only minutes after the previous fight.  They found the Grimlocks waiting for them at the top of the ledge.  After expending their javelins, a few Grimlocks jump down to fight Tarric who quickly dispatched 2 of them.  Meanwhile, Thorash targeted the commander's greataxe with the Shatter Wand.  The great axe survived, but the commander seemed concerned.  He fell back and told his men to hold at the top of the ledge.  The party moved in and tried to provoke the Grimlocks to jump down.  The party made a show of grabbing all the javelins lying on the floor, but still the Grimlocks held and would not come down to face them.  Finally the party withdrew into the passage to draw bows.  They returned to the cave with the ledge, but as soon as the Grimlocks saw them wielding bows, they withdrew out of sight away from the edge.    Feeling somewhat thwarted, the party decided to give up for the day and return when they were at full spell casting power.  They decided that their campsite for the past 2 nights would be the most secure place to retire to.  On their way back to it, they cut down the rope bridge and took it with them (so that it could not be repaired).  They also recovered Tarric's rope and grappling hook.  They climbed back up the cliff face, made camp, and waited for a new day.</blockquote>

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