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<blockquote data-quote="Menexenus" data-source="post: 4884300" data-attributes="member: 8951"><p><strong>Session 86: Capturing the Roundhouse</strong></p><p></p><p><em>5th of Harvester (continued). </em>A hill giant sentry in the round tower had detected the party and they had to decide quickly how to react. Alees hid. Alexander drew a wand and cast invisibility. Killick cast spider climb on Grimlock. But before combat could begin in earnest, Katawan stepped forward with his arms extended in a sign of peace and began speaking to the sentry in the giant tongue. Although the sentry still seemed wary, he did not attack. He shouted something back but seemed ready to toss something if a fight broke out. Tarric asked Katawan to translate. Katawan quickly informed the party that the giants refuse to let them pass unless they kill two dragons. Talon cast a quick prep spell. This angered the giant who began shouting. Katawan told the party to stop casting spells until the negotiations were over. After speaking briefly with Grimlock, Killick stepped forward, displaying his dragonhide cloak. He shouted up to the giant that the party were no friends of dragons and that they wished to ally with the giants against the dragons. The giant cocked its head in confusion. It said something quizzical to Katawan who then translated what Killick had said into the giant tongue. The party heard the giant repeat itself. Katawan confirmed that the giant was still insisting that the party kill two dragons prior to allowing their entry. Katawan yelled back in a more menacing tone, but the sentry was clearly unconvinced. Disappointed, Katawan said, "Oh well. He's not going to let us through. I guess it's show time." </p><p></p><p>Just then, the party saw Alexander emerge from his invisibility atop the wall near the cavern's back wall. The arcane energies he invoked formed themselves into a Force Cage right in front of him on the battlements directly over the gate. A cry of anger and alarm went up from some unseen giant inside the cage. Tarric, Katawan, and Talon activated their Winged Boots and began flying up toward the battlements. Alees drew her lightning sword and activated its flight power. Norvelle cast Sanctuary and found a big rock to hide behind. Grimlock began climbing the wall toward the cavern's ceiling. Killick sprouted wings and began flying up. More giants came into view behind parapets at the top of the roundhouse keep. They all threw the strange green catapult loads that seemed to have bizarre sewn-up faces on them. They threw at Grimlock and Killick first, who were closest to the gate. Two of the hurled missiles impacted on Grimlock and one on Killick. Upon impact, the missiles exploded with greenish goo. The missiles themselves didn't seem to do much damage, but the goo had some sort of paralytic property. Killick's Ring of Free Action made him immunte to these effects, but Grimlock was rooted to his spot on the wall, unable to move. From his relatively secure position behind the Force Cage, Alexander peppered the giants with Maximized Fireballs and Quickened Magic Missiles. Talon cast Firestorm on them. Just as their two ballistae and catapults started to smolder from all the flames, Killick cast an Ice Storm on them and put out the flames. The giants seemed to have little defense against such attacks, but they did not flee. They continued defending their post against the intruders. Katawan hurled his last Bead of Force at the hill giant that he had negotiated with and it was caught in a force bubble, unable to attack. Katawan also hurled the last beads from his Necklace of Fireballs, which caused the first casualty on the gaints' side. Tarric flew up to teh battlements and attacked one of the giants through the parapet. Talon moved up to Grimlock and cast a spell to revive him. Alees made her way behind the one that Tarric had attacked to get a sneak attack. The roundhouse's two ballistae fired at and missed Katawan on the north side of the wall and Alees on the south side. </p><p></p><p>In rapid succession, Tarric's blade felled one giant while Talon's Flame Strike felled two others. Half of the keep's garrison was now dead and two of the remaining giants were immobilized. At this point, the fire giant in the Force Cage shouted in Common that the keep surrendered. He shouted something in Giant and the two remaining active but bloody fighters put down their weapons and raised their arms in surrender. The fire giant said bitterly, "I suppose your dragon masters will reward you well for your service." Killick replied that the party members were no friends of these dragons. In fact, they had already killed one as they had entered the city. However, they were here in Kongen-Thulnir on important business. They were here to retrieve an important artifact from the city. That being the case, the fire giant asked if his remaining soldiers might be permitted to resume their attacks on the dragons. The party granted permission and the tired and bloody giant fighters rolled the ballistae back into their original outward-facing position and resumed launching missiles at the green, black, and red dragons, who were circling an impressive fortification built on an outcropping of rock about 100 feet away from the cliff wall.</p><p></p><p>Killick began interrogating the fire giant leader, who seemed reasonably cooperative after he learned that the party had no love for dragons. He explained that the giants who lived in Kongen-Thulnir were divided into 3 independent factions, the Riftlords who were loyal to the elderly cloud giant king, Achaime Silvereye, the Riftcrawlers, who were the remnants of a failed coup attempt and whose main base of operations was now in the servants quarters below the city, and the Keepers whose only concern was defending the Citadel of Weeping Dragons regardless of who ruled the city. However, all of the factions had united to defend the city once the dragons attacked. The fire giant and the troops under his command were all Rift Crawlers. The fire giant said that if the party was looking for the same thing that the dragons wanted, it was probably in the Citadel's Vault, but neither he nor anyone else knew what was in the Vault any more. The fire gaint warned the party that the Keepers would not let the party into the Vault without a fight. The Keepers were loony fanatics, as far as the fire giant was concerned. He also let the party know that there was no point in going down to the Vault until the party had both Vault keys but he had no idea where the keys were or who would know where they were.</p><p></p><p>The party began discussing the need for rest. The fire giant offered to let the party stay in the roundhouse. At first the party was suspicious of this offer, but the fire giant seemed honorable enough to keep his word. They accepted his hospitality. Before resting Alexander used a new ability to learn the basic function of new magic items to ascertain that the dragon's amulet had increased the power of his natural attacks and that his ring had been a Ring of Invisibility. Furthermore, Gazilfek, the Ominous Fabler had been wearing a Helm of Teleportation and a Ring of Chameleon Power. Although he was interested in learning more, he needed to rest so that the party could continue their search the following day. It was crucial that the party find Dragotha's phylactery before his dragon minions did!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Menexenus, post: 4884300, member: 8951"] [b]Session 86: Capturing the Roundhouse[/b] [I]5th of Harvester (continued). [/I]A hill giant sentry in the round tower had detected the party and they had to decide quickly how to react. Alees hid. Alexander drew a wand and cast invisibility. Killick cast spider climb on Grimlock. But before combat could begin in earnest, Katawan stepped forward with his arms extended in a sign of peace and began speaking to the sentry in the giant tongue. Although the sentry still seemed wary, he did not attack. He shouted something back but seemed ready to toss something if a fight broke out. Tarric asked Katawan to translate. Katawan quickly informed the party that the giants refuse to let them pass unless they kill two dragons. Talon cast a quick prep spell. This angered the giant who began shouting. Katawan told the party to stop casting spells until the negotiations were over. After speaking briefly with Grimlock, Killick stepped forward, displaying his dragonhide cloak. He shouted up to the giant that the party were no friends of dragons and that they wished to ally with the giants against the dragons. The giant cocked its head in confusion. It said something quizzical to Katawan who then translated what Killick had said into the giant tongue. The party heard the giant repeat itself. Katawan confirmed that the giant was still insisting that the party kill two dragons prior to allowing their entry. Katawan yelled back in a more menacing tone, but the sentry was clearly unconvinced. Disappointed, Katawan said, "Oh well. He's not going to let us through. I guess it's show time." Just then, the party saw Alexander emerge from his invisibility atop the wall near the cavern's back wall. The arcane energies he invoked formed themselves into a Force Cage right in front of him on the battlements directly over the gate. A cry of anger and alarm went up from some unseen giant inside the cage. Tarric, Katawan, and Talon activated their Winged Boots and began flying up toward the battlements. Alees drew her lightning sword and activated its flight power. Norvelle cast Sanctuary and found a big rock to hide behind. Grimlock began climbing the wall toward the cavern's ceiling. Killick sprouted wings and began flying up. More giants came into view behind parapets at the top of the roundhouse keep. They all threw the strange green catapult loads that seemed to have bizarre sewn-up faces on them. They threw at Grimlock and Killick first, who were closest to the gate. Two of the hurled missiles impacted on Grimlock and one on Killick. Upon impact, the missiles exploded with greenish goo. The missiles themselves didn't seem to do much damage, but the goo had some sort of paralytic property. Killick's Ring of Free Action made him immunte to these effects, but Grimlock was rooted to his spot on the wall, unable to move. From his relatively secure position behind the Force Cage, Alexander peppered the giants with Maximized Fireballs and Quickened Magic Missiles. Talon cast Firestorm on them. Just as their two ballistae and catapults started to smolder from all the flames, Killick cast an Ice Storm on them and put out the flames. The giants seemed to have little defense against such attacks, but they did not flee. They continued defending their post against the intruders. Katawan hurled his last Bead of Force at the hill giant that he had negotiated with and it was caught in a force bubble, unable to attack. Katawan also hurled the last beads from his Necklace of Fireballs, which caused the first casualty on the gaints' side. Tarric flew up to teh battlements and attacked one of the giants through the parapet. Talon moved up to Grimlock and cast a spell to revive him. Alees made her way behind the one that Tarric had attacked to get a sneak attack. The roundhouse's two ballistae fired at and missed Katawan on the north side of the wall and Alees on the south side. In rapid succession, Tarric's blade felled one giant while Talon's Flame Strike felled two others. Half of the keep's garrison was now dead and two of the remaining giants were immobilized. At this point, the fire giant in the Force Cage shouted in Common that the keep surrendered. He shouted something in Giant and the two remaining active but bloody fighters put down their weapons and raised their arms in surrender. The fire giant said bitterly, "I suppose your dragon masters will reward you well for your service." Killick replied that the party members were no friends of these dragons. In fact, they had already killed one as they had entered the city. However, they were here in Kongen-Thulnir on important business. They were here to retrieve an important artifact from the city. That being the case, the fire giant asked if his remaining soldiers might be permitted to resume their attacks on the dragons. The party granted permission and the tired and bloody giant fighters rolled the ballistae back into their original outward-facing position and resumed launching missiles at the green, black, and red dragons, who were circling an impressive fortification built on an outcropping of rock about 100 feet away from the cliff wall. Killick began interrogating the fire giant leader, who seemed reasonably cooperative after he learned that the party had no love for dragons. He explained that the giants who lived in Kongen-Thulnir were divided into 3 independent factions, the Riftlords who were loyal to the elderly cloud giant king, Achaime Silvereye, the Riftcrawlers, who were the remnants of a failed coup attempt and whose main base of operations was now in the servants quarters below the city, and the Keepers whose only concern was defending the Citadel of Weeping Dragons regardless of who ruled the city. However, all of the factions had united to defend the city once the dragons attacked. The fire giant and the troops under his command were all Rift Crawlers. The fire giant said that if the party was looking for the same thing that the dragons wanted, it was probably in the Citadel's Vault, but neither he nor anyone else knew what was in the Vault any more. The fire gaint warned the party that the Keepers would not let the party into the Vault without a fight. The Keepers were loony fanatics, as far as the fire giant was concerned. He also let the party know that there was no point in going down to the Vault until the party had both Vault keys but he had no idea where the keys were or who would know where they were. The party began discussing the need for rest. The fire giant offered to let the party stay in the roundhouse. At first the party was suspicious of this offer, but the fire giant seemed honorable enough to keep his word. They accepted his hospitality. Before resting Alexander used a new ability to learn the basic function of new magic items to ascertain that the dragon's amulet had increased the power of his natural attacks and that his ring had been a Ring of Invisibility. Furthermore, Gazilfek, the Ominous Fabler had been wearing a Helm of Teleportation and a Ring of Chameleon Power. Although he was interested in learning more, he needed to rest so that the party could continue their search the following day. It was crucial that the party find Dragotha's phylactery before his dragon minions did! 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