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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brakkart" data-source="post: 1795059" data-attributes="member: 19617">DM's Log of Session SixWhilst the party paused and bickered for a minute on which door to try next, Noob joined them from the bottom of the stairs, as Elena took charge of guarding the escape route, and he immediately set about picking the lock, failing three times before Gylippus pointed out that searching for traps might be a handy idea. Stepping aside, Noob yielded the lock to his companion who promptly found and activated the trap, activating a mechanised wall scythe that sprang out and sliced the pair of them badly.Fed up of this delay, Jebodiah expediated matters by putting his foot through the door, followed by the rest of him... straight into a volley of magic and missiles as arrows and spells slammed into the dwarf. Grimacing, he and the rest of the group gathered in the corridor outside looked into what could only be a temple to Sseth. A large square room draped with hangings adorned with snake motifs. With no windows, the chamber was lit by numerous oil burning braziers mounted on the walls. Facing them were a pair of soldiers and a thug of the type they had battled before. However, the temple had a mezzanine level at the rear, over the altar, reached by a set of stairs at the side, and standing up there was an archer and a half-plate clad guard, as well as the richly robed form of Janesh Broca himself.Wasting no time in their assault, the group poured into the room, led by Ki and Jebodiah, the pair launching themselves into the unfortunate thug first, the man hardly having time to lay a blow before being brutally hacked down by a multitude of blows, as he was surrounded with Gylippus joining in the fray also. From the shattered doorway, Aeron grinned and engaged into a duel of sorts with Broca, each seeking to outdo the other. Whilst Janesh was able to haste his archer bodyguard, the benefit was delayed by an electric loop dropped on him and the archer both.The guard stayed blocking the top of the stairs, using his bow to keep Aeron pinned down, and Broca drew a wand, and launched a fear effect at Gylippus, it taking hold of his mind and causing him to panic and flee the room. Seeing their attackers reduced in number, the soldiers advanced on Jeb and Ki, as Noob began a duel of his own, trading arrows with the now recovered archer, at least until he too was sent scurrying for the doorway by an enervation spell which drained away much of his ability.The soldiers, though they fought well, were really no match for the monk and barbarian though, and were soon dispatched, though not before Ki had sustained grevious wounds from a sword blow and a shower of magic missiles from Broca's second wand. Outside in the corridor,  Gylippus fled past Aeron and down the stairs, passing Elena also, who headed up to see what was going on, while the rogue huddled in a corner and whimpered at terrors unseen to any but him. Momentarily distracted, Aeron was shot twice by the archer and collapsed in the doorway bleeding profusely.Jebodiah then hurled himself up the staircase, snarling in battle rage as arrows and magic missiles alike slammed into him, and he threw himself into combat with the guard, shoving to try and get past him. Ki used an altogether nimbler approach and artfully dodged and rolled past the brute in half-plate to flank him, only to get viciously slashed by the archer who waded into melee to aid the guard. Deciding that survival was of the utmost concern, the monk duly ducked and rolled back past the guard, down the stairs and ran for the doorway, a badly wounded Noob following suit, as downstairs Gylippus snapped out of his fear induced trance and ran back towards the fight.Alone in the temple, Jebodiah gritted his teeth and battled on, felling the guard and advancing to stand over his corpse to take on the archer in melee. Noob dragged Aeron out of the doorway, and then quaffed a potion. Leaving Aeron to the care of Elena, Noob drew his dagger and headed back into the room, shaming Ki into doing the same, neither willing to let the dwarf die alone. They were joined by Gylippus who ran in with them and the trio headed up the stairs even as Jebodiah slew the archer. Seeing his guards slain and his foes closing in on him, something snapped in Broca and fixing his claw bracer to one arm, he charged into Jeb, slashing at him and viciously wounding him, dropping the dwarf into a pool of blood, even as he was cut down by the remainder of the group as they surrounded him.In the corridor Elena used the last of her magics to barely restore Aeron to the land of the living, while Noob poured a couple potions down Jeb's throat to bring the dwarf back from the brink of death. The group then set about looting the bodies of the slain cultists, finding a set of keys on Broca, that on testing, were found to unlock the drawer in the downstairs office without tripping the alarm. Grabbing a ledger and the letter stashed in the drawer, the group headed out into the streets, back towards their Inn.DM's Notes:Well that fight took a little longer than expected, using up the entire gaming session pretty much. Still the experience gained for the past couple weeks means the entire party are now 4th level (with some nearing 5th), and so they are roughly about where I want them level-wise for chapter 2 of the campaign (this raid was the end of chapter one). Next weeks session should be a lot less combat-intensive, and give the players more time to actually play their characters as oppossed to simply using their stats.As you might notice, neither Zamtap or Elena really make any contribution this week, as Gareth and Dan were not present for the session, both having let me know this in advance thankfully. This made the fight very touch and go at some points, even after I reduced the amount of bad guys (removing the priest that would have been there also).</blockquote>

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