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<blockquote data-quote="Fenros" data-source="post: 5745" data-attributes="member: 975"><p>First Adventure – “From The Woods Come The Undead” Part 2:</p><p></p><p></p><p>Eight skeletal wolves rush into the camp and start attacking. </p><p></p><p>[Extra DM Commentary/Notes: <em>This is my very first combat using the new 3e system so I didn’t want to go overboard and make an extremely deadly fight be the Players’ first. I thought eight skeletal wolves should be a fair fight. I guess it sort of was</em> .]</p><p></p><p>Golorn retreats behind some trees as the others meet the wolves in combat. Victor swings his morning star back and forth crushing one skeletal wolf after another. Rashino also lays down a path of destruction. Atalos, with a little difficulty, manages to destroy a wolf with his rapier. However, Kindar seems to be having trouble connecting with any of his foes and when he does, there are mere glancing blows. Evanstil manages to hit absolutely nothing. Golorn doesn’t hit anything with his crossbow either. He now discovers that it is very difficult to hit a foe when a friend is in melee combat with it. Seeing actual undead must’ve unsettled Pelbek a bit because, for a moment, he forgot that he could use the divinity of his diety to turn the undead away. By the time he remembers, all of them are destroyed. Most by Victor and Rashino.</p><p></p><p>Victor teases Rashino about his ineffectual contribution to the battle.</p><p></p><p>Even though the party had destroyed a batch of skeletal wolves, those with more keener ears hear others in the far distance moving about. Evanstil and Kindar recommend the party turn back to Valindrea to warn the town and discuss possible solutions with the town elders. Victor has a particular hatred for the undead and is anxious destroy them as quickly as possible. He tells the party that Evanstil and Kindar’s plan would waste time and that they should continue south into the mist, toward the source of the undead. Everyone but Evanstil and Kindar seemed fine with that plan and so they started hiking south. Except for Kindar, who turned and started hiking back to Valindrea.</p><p></p><p>[ Extra DM Commentary/Notes: <em>Kindar’s player couldn’t make it to the next couple of sessions after the battle with the wolves so we said he just simply went back to Valindrea. </em> ]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Not having a full night’s rest however, the party starts to tire easily. The increasingly difficult terrain beneath the trees wasn’t helping either. So they stop for a break some hours later. The party builds a campfire and huddle around it for warmth.</p><p></p><p>Rashino smells something foul in the wind and heads away from camp to follow the scent. Not far from the fire, he stumbles upon a dead body. Another human. This one was a man dressed in leathers. But most of his armor is torn to bits by large claws. Rashino thinks that perhaps they are marks from a large bear. Rashino returns to camp and reports this to the others. As he does so, a pack of skeletal wolves jump into the camp and begin attacking everyone!</p><p></p><p>Victor yells, “Hey, who was on watch?!?!”</p><p></p><p>This time there are ten wolves! Victor and Rashino again do the majority of the damage to the undead in the first few moments. Pelbek, anxious to deliver the words of Corellon Larethian holds up his holy symbol upon the remaining undead. They turn away and run off into the woods. Everyone pats Pelbek on the back for a job well done.</p><p></p><p>The party continues to rest up some more. Then as early morning starts to come and the eerie mist disappears, they move south. Sometime in midmorning they come upon a large open area beneath the trees. An odd growing of the surrounding tree branches have extended out to join with one another and weave a ceiling of sorts over this clearing. The clearing is roughly about 300’ x 300’ and littered with the bones of various animals. In the center of the clearing is a low structure of stone. Various twelve foot tall statues of different animals surround the outside edge of the structure. Most of the statues are not intact. On the north face of the structure are a set of huge wooden double doors. One of these enormous wooden doors lies broken in front of the entrance. The party moves closer to examine the area by the entrance. Evanstil is nervous that the surrounding field of undead could animate and come to life at any second. Golorn says that he doesn’t believe that would happen. He believes that they only come to life at night. </p><p></p><p>The party examines the area in front of the doorway. They see many bodies of recently slain animals. Not undead skeletons that were bashed apart, but actual animals that were, until recently, alive and of flesh. There are bodies of large wolves, huge boars, bears, badgers, stags, etc. Just inside the doorway they find a few dead bodies of human men. They look as if they were torn apart by the animals.</p><p></p><p>Atalos gave a theory that perhaps these men were tomb robbers and that by disturbing this temple they had angered some forest spirit. The animals must’ve come together under the influence of this spirit and attacked the men in retribution. The men must’ve tried to defend themselves by retreating back into the temple and closing the doors. Eventually, the animals must’ve broken down one of the doors and overran the men.</p><p></p><p>Most of the elves in the group feel a little angered that such men had come to their lands to make such a mess. Victor doesn’t really feel any sentimental attachment to the old temple and just wants to stop the undead.</p><p></p><p>The party breaks up into small groups and search around the field of bones. They find at the edge of the field, four clearly marked paths that head away from the temple in different directions. They gather together again and report to each other as to what they had found. Victor suggests that enter inside the temple to investigate.</p><p></p><p>Stepping over the dead bodies at the double doors, they enter. </p><p></p><p>To be continued . . .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fenros, post: 5745, member: 975"] First Adventure – “From The Woods Come The Undead” Part 2: Eight skeletal wolves rush into the camp and start attacking. [Extra DM Commentary/Notes: [I]This is my very first combat using the new 3e system so I didn’t want to go overboard and make an extremely deadly fight be the Players’ first. I thought eight skeletal wolves should be a fair fight. I guess it sort of was[/I] .] Golorn retreats behind some trees as the others meet the wolves in combat. Victor swings his morning star back and forth crushing one skeletal wolf after another. Rashino also lays down a path of destruction. Atalos, with a little difficulty, manages to destroy a wolf with his rapier. However, Kindar seems to be having trouble connecting with any of his foes and when he does, there are mere glancing blows. Evanstil manages to hit absolutely nothing. Golorn doesn’t hit anything with his crossbow either. He now discovers that it is very difficult to hit a foe when a friend is in melee combat with it. Seeing actual undead must’ve unsettled Pelbek a bit because, for a moment, he forgot that he could use the divinity of his diety to turn the undead away. By the time he remembers, all of them are destroyed. Most by Victor and Rashino. Victor teases Rashino about his ineffectual contribution to the battle. Even though the party had destroyed a batch of skeletal wolves, those with more keener ears hear others in the far distance moving about. Evanstil and Kindar recommend the party turn back to Valindrea to warn the town and discuss possible solutions with the town elders. Victor has a particular hatred for the undead and is anxious destroy them as quickly as possible. He tells the party that Evanstil and Kindar’s plan would waste time and that they should continue south into the mist, toward the source of the undead. Everyone but Evanstil and Kindar seemed fine with that plan and so they started hiking south. Except for Kindar, who turned and started hiking back to Valindrea. [ Extra DM Commentary/Notes: [I]Kindar’s player couldn’t make it to the next couple of sessions after the battle with the wolves so we said he just simply went back to Valindrea. [/I] ] Not having a full night’s rest however, the party starts to tire easily. The increasingly difficult terrain beneath the trees wasn’t helping either. So they stop for a break some hours later. The party builds a campfire and huddle around it for warmth. Rashino smells something foul in the wind and heads away from camp to follow the scent. Not far from the fire, he stumbles upon a dead body. Another human. This one was a man dressed in leathers. But most of his armor is torn to bits by large claws. Rashino thinks that perhaps they are marks from a large bear. Rashino returns to camp and reports this to the others. As he does so, a pack of skeletal wolves jump into the camp and begin attacking everyone! Victor yells, “Hey, who was on watch?!?!” This time there are ten wolves! Victor and Rashino again do the majority of the damage to the undead in the first few moments. Pelbek, anxious to deliver the words of Corellon Larethian holds up his holy symbol upon the remaining undead. They turn away and run off into the woods. Everyone pats Pelbek on the back for a job well done. The party continues to rest up some more. Then as early morning starts to come and the eerie mist disappears, they move south. Sometime in midmorning they come upon a large open area beneath the trees. An odd growing of the surrounding tree branches have extended out to join with one another and weave a ceiling of sorts over this clearing. The clearing is roughly about 300’ x 300’ and littered with the bones of various animals. In the center of the clearing is a low structure of stone. Various twelve foot tall statues of different animals surround the outside edge of the structure. Most of the statues are not intact. On the north face of the structure are a set of huge wooden double doors. One of these enormous wooden doors lies broken in front of the entrance. The party moves closer to examine the area by the entrance. Evanstil is nervous that the surrounding field of undead could animate and come to life at any second. Golorn says that he doesn’t believe that would happen. He believes that they only come to life at night. The party examines the area in front of the doorway. They see many bodies of recently slain animals. Not undead skeletons that were bashed apart, but actual animals that were, until recently, alive and of flesh. There are bodies of large wolves, huge boars, bears, badgers, stags, etc. Just inside the doorway they find a few dead bodies of human men. They look as if they were torn apart by the animals. Atalos gave a theory that perhaps these men were tomb robbers and that by disturbing this temple they had angered some forest spirit. The animals must’ve come together under the influence of this spirit and attacked the men in retribution. The men must’ve tried to defend themselves by retreating back into the temple and closing the doors. Eventually, the animals must’ve broken down one of the doors and overran the men. Most of the elves in the group feel a little angered that such men had come to their lands to make such a mess. Victor doesn’t really feel any sentimental attachment to the old temple and just wants to stop the undead. The party breaks up into small groups and search around the field of bones. They find at the edge of the field, four clearly marked paths that head away from the temple in different directions. They gather together again and report to each other as to what they had found. Victor suggests that enter inside the temple to investigate. Stepping over the dead bodies at the double doors, they enter. To be continued . . . [/QUOTE]
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