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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 5452495" data-attributes="member: 16069">Couldn't wait till tomorrow...H2 Thunderspire LabyrinthEncounter #7 Thain in the LabyrinthNote this is Encounter #31 for this group of PCsAnd after an uninterrupted rest in the Chamber of Eyes, Charrak is back in business, and leading the PCs back through the Labyrinth, however not the way they came- why you ask. A DM device, I've put the clock on them, explained that there's a chance that a Bloodreaver got away from the Chamber of Eyes- I did a lot of hinting, no actual evidence. The players bought it.Therefore the PCs are now in the midst of a Skill Challenge of my own devising, success will return them to the Seven Pillared Hall ahead of any Bloodreavers that escaped- of course this is a device I'm using in order to string then next set of encounters together, otherwise it'd be back to the Hall fully rested and then to the Duergar Trading Post- this way I can play out a few encounters in a row, and make them take on the Duergar a little depleted.At least that's my thinking- like a Delve kind of thing. And so three hours later, with Charrak grumbling, and several PCs already a Healing Surge down- failed Endurance checks, the PCs wander into a much larger chamber and are immediately surrounded and confronted by...A crazy looking Dwarf- Thain Cardanas (see previous), wearing his crown, and a bunch of homicidal Human Berserkers- the story is the crazed Dwarf and his colleagues have been living off the land- as it were. Basically consuming large quantities of rank and rotten meat, and vaster quantities of 'magic mushrooms.'Thain Cardanas- up on a rock shelf, demands that the PCs kneel before him and offer him tribute- he is a Thain afterall, he goads Dirty.Which is just foolish.Like prodding a tiger with a spoon.Dirty (Dave) is not happy- he's so easy to wind up, he goes from 0 to affronted in a matter of seconds. Dirty wants the crown, and Cardanas dead.The PCs and the mad Dwarf chat for a little while- nobody makes a Diplomacy check it should be noted.You know what happens next...Good GuysDirty Biskit, Male Dwarven Fighter 5 (HP61)Kaspard, Female Half-Elf Cleric of Bahamut 5 (HP46)Winstanley Portico, Male Halfling Rogue 5 (HP46)Grey Morlock, Male Human Wizard 5 (HP40)Phrenic, Male Tiefling Warlord 5 (HP49)Bad Guys 875 XP Level 4 Encounter.Human Berserker Level 4 Brute [HB] (x4) (HP66)Thain Cardanas, Dwarf Bolter Level 4 Artillery [TC] (HP46)Initiative- 31 Grey 25 Winstanley 22 Human Berserkers 17 Thain Cardanas 15 Phrenic & Kaspard 12 DirtyRound #1.Grey- Scorching Burst HB2; Hit 9 Fire damage (57 HP) & HB3; Hit 9 Fire damage (57 HP) & TC; Miss. Shift back.Winstanley- First Strike. Sly Flourish Combat Advantage HB1; Hit 25 damage (41 HP).Thain Cardanas orders his men to destroy the insolent Dwarf, I can't repeat the things that Dirty (Dave) has been saying- stuff about the Thain's parentage, and worse...HB1- Charge Dirty; Miss.HB2- Charge Dirty; Hit 16 damage (45 HP).HB3- Charge Dirty; Hit 7 damage (38 HP).HB4- Move. Charge Winstanley; Hit - 2nd Chance - Crit – Armour of Bahamut- reduced to normal Hit 7 damage (39 HP) & Medic's Mace- 4 HP back for Dirty (42 HP).TC- Aimed Shot. Crossbow Dirty; Hit 6 damage (36 HP).Thain Cardanas does a little jig- and swears at Dirty (Dave) some more- or at least I do anyway.Phrenic- Leaf on the Wind HB4; Miss. Inspiring Word +4 HP Dirty (55 HP).Kaspard- Shift. Divine Glow HB1; Crit 17 Radiant damage (24 HP bloodied) Immediate Reaction Battle Fury Greataxe Dirty; Hit 17 damage (38 HP). Back to Kaspard's Divine Glow & HB2; Miss & HB3; Miss & HB4; Hit 7 Radiant damage (59 HP). Healing Word +5 HP Dirty (58 HP).Kaspard Crits- shocker.Dirty- Crushing Blow HB1; Crit 39 damage- DEAD.Dirty (Dave) grins like a chimp, and gives me the bird- friendly soul isn't he.Time to play 11 minutes, map and minis already set up.End of Turn-Good GuysDirty Biskit, Male Dwarven Fighter 5 (HP58/61)Kaspard, Female Half-Elf Cleric of Bahamut 5 (HP46)Winstanley Portico, Male Halfling Rogue 5 (HP39/46)Grey Morlock, Male Human Wizard 5 (HP40)Phrenic, Male Tiefling Warlord 5 (HP49)Bad Guys 875 XP Level 4 Encounter.Human Berserker Level 4 Brute [HB] (x4) (HP57/66 57/66 59/66) 1 DEADThain Cardanas, Dwarf Bolter Level 4 Artillery [TC] (HP46)Action Points 0 Total 0Daily Powers 0 Total 0Healing Surges 2 Total 22nd Winds 0 Total 0Crits 2 Total 2PCs Ko'd 0 Total 0Comment: The players are giggling like buffoons, particularly as Dirty (Dave) is so riled- he's a gift for any DM. In character he's an easily provoked violent maniac, out of character he's... let's not go there.</blockquote>

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