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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tariff" data-source="post: 1541075" data-attributes="member: 18635">The Crucible of Chautea: Session 5Session 5:  Wherein Bree: the 3rd lvl Dwarven Monk, Tim Brooke Taylor: the 3rd lvl Halfling Cleric, Celene: (Britteny, Lylo, Kylo, Whistlepipe) 3rd lvl Gnome Bard, Sir Bic: 3rd lvl Human Paladin meet a another knight of good, although his oriental features and strange weapon (Katana) indicate he does not emanate from this area.  He introduces himself with a bow as Wai Dinn.  (Wai Dinn 1st lvl Human Paladin) We tell him of our current situation and he agrees to join us.  We decide to go and see the Blacksmith to ask if he has heard of anymore news regarding his missing daughter.  He informs us that a local hunter had said he had heard a female singing voice to the north, but it had been accompanied by a gruff voice speaking in common.  We get the location of the singing (base of hills) and go and buy Mules for the journey.  Wade In insists on buying Sir Bic a light horse as Sir Bic has not much coin, insisting.  “It is a matter of pride that a paladin should ride a horse”      We ride to our location and get to the base of the hills.  We come across a ruined tower, the mules get skittish and we hear gruff singing…  Bree suggests putting cheese in our ears!.  Celene searches for burrowing animals but is unsuccessful!.  Tim approaches the doors of the ruined tower.  They hang off at the hinges.  Inside a woman is tied up and a Ettin is singing with both its heads.  Never one to be outdone in the musical stakes, Celene starts singing.  Tim prepares with a Bless spell.  The Ettin shouts out “who’s there, who’s singing?”  Wai Dinn replies, “Come out here and see us, Come die like a good monster”.  “Ha, you think im stupid, im not comin out” replies one of the heads of the Ettin (the other looks dumbfounded).  “We want the girl, nothing more” shouts Wai.  Tim, who is standing readied by the door gets to attack first as the ettin comes out of the tower.  Sir Bic also hits the creature.  The Ettin stikes Tim back, hurting the little guy.  Celene begins to cast a spell but fumbles it mid cast..  Sir Bic swings his falchion at one of the heads of the giant humanoid but misses by a fraction.  Bree throws a javelin but it ricochets off the tower walls..  Tim heals himself and uses the powers of his family domain to shield some of the party (+4 Ac).  This initially helps Celene as the Ettins first strike misses the gnome, however, the Ettin’s second strike is true and he knocks her unconscious.  Sir Bic “lays Hands” on Celene and she rises up back into battle.  Bree throws his second javelin and hits, but it seems to do little damage.  Tim swings with his morning star but misses.  Wai Dinn slashes at the Ettin with his katana, the Ettin attempts to hit Bic but misses, but it strikes Celene hard with its other hand, what looks like a fatal hit for the little gnome bard miraculously misses (hero point).  Celene withdraws from combat, the ettin missing as she retreats.   Bic misses with his swipe, Bree throws another javelin into the wall, Tim swings his morning star into thin air.  Wai Dinn manages to hit, the Ettin roars with pain and swipes back at Wai hurting him bad (0hp).  Bic gets clouted but still stands and returns the compliment by hitting the Ettin hard with his trusty falchion.  Bree, from a distance, misses with another javelin.  Tim heals Sir Bic and Wai stumbles out of the fray.  The ettin strikes at Tim twice but misses the small guy.  Celene fails to hit, Bic misses, and Brother Bree’s last javelin clanks hopelessly on the ground.  Things are looking grim.  Tim heals Wai and Wai wades in and hits the two-headed terror.  The ettin decides he hates clerics and strikes at Tim twice, downing the halfling on its second hit.  Celene comes to Tim’s aid and staunches his wounds.  Sir Bic slashes at the beast hard with his fachion but still it stands.  Bree, getting desperate, throws his Sai and manages to hit.  Wai wielding his katana also hits the monster.  The ettin snarls at Wai and attempts to hit him twice, the blessing of Cyrrollee (Tims god) ensures that Wai avoids these blows.  Celene arrows from a distance but misses.  Bic, tired from battle, misses the creature again.  Bree begins to move in.  Wade shouts at the creature “Bow down or Die!”, then misses with his attack.  The ettin pays no heed to Wai’s instruction and hits Bic and then misses Bree with his other attack.  Celene misses with her crossbow but it matters not as Sir Bic finally gathers his strength and slays the Ettin.     We free the lady, who indeed turns out to be Arialle, the blacksmiths daughter.  She had been imprisoned by the split-personality ettin.  The party sets up camp in the tower for the night.  We lend Arialle our only magic item, the +1 dagger bequeathed by Bill.  In the morning we begin our travel back to Fairhill.  We camp at night again, and on our first watch we are stormed by six gnolls.  Bree shouts “EVERYBODY WAKE UP!!!” and moves forwards, his hands ready for action.  Wai takes up a defensive stance by the campfire and the rest of the party rouse themselves from sleep.  One of the gnolls attempts to fire a arrow at us, but his crude weapon breaks as he draws back the string!.  Sir Bic, not having time to don his armor confronts the gnolls in only his PJ’s.  Bree attempts to use his “stunning fist” discipline but misses his target wildly.  It seems to be catching as both Wai and Bic strike mid air.  Arialle decides its time to sing, her voice bolsters us and Celene claps on her Class Mate, then casts Flare and dazzles a gnoll.  Another gnoll snaps his bows string then barks and moves into combat with his claws.  Sir Bic is hit and knocked down.  Bree again misses with stunning fist, as does Wai and Arialle.  Celene is successful with another Flare spell however.  A gnoll manages to scrape Bree slightly, and a Gnoll, moving into attack is hacked to death by Wai (aoo).  Bree manages to hit with his last “stunning fist”, unfortunately it dosent stun the dog creature.  Wai Dinn hits and Arialle misses.  Celene steps back from combat and fires off her final flare.  The gnoll resists it.  Celene then gets hit hard by a gnoll (0hp).  Bree also gets hit, but Wai avoids two blows.  Bree in anger uses flurry of blows and hits a gnoll.  Wai hacks down another with his blade.  Celene badly hurt moves away from battle slowly and lies down to play dead.  A gnoll follows her and swipes at her on the ground knocking her into unconsciousness. (-3hp).  Bree is hit by a gnoll and Arialle is lucky as the gnoll that swipes at her is still dazzled by Celenes Flare and misses by a mile.  Bree misses with another flurry, Bic & Celene bleed, Arialle hits a gnoll but is then smacked down by one of the gnolls.  With four gnolls left and only Wai & Bree standing it looks grim, and indeed it is.  A Gnoll howls in Bree’s face as he hits the dwarf hard knocking him down (-6hp).  Wai Dinn, the last of our intrepid heroes standing, rolls his katana in his hand and states “Ok, if that’s the odds you want”, “Give up now and I will spare you”.  They cackle and advance.  Wai steps forward and kills one.  However, two of the golls manage to get either side of Wai.  Flanked, he is hit, and hurt (1hp).  The oriental paladin Wai In stands his ground and swipes at one of his attackers.  He misses.     Out of the bushes springs a familiar figure.  Lannet the halfling Rogue backstabs one of the gnolls assaulting Wai and kills it.  Celene spasms on the floor.  One of the remaining gnolls swings at Wai, it looks as though this will surely fell the paladin, but the blade passes whiskers away (hero point).  One of the dazzled gnolls begins to run away (bumping into things as he goes).  Wai and Lannet both miss the last fighting gnoll.  Celene stops spasming and stabilizes (-6).  The gnoll fighting Wai and Lannet hits Lannet.  Bree’s wounds stop bleeding and he stabilizes (hero point).  Wai In finally gets the killing blow on the last gnoll.  Lannet rushes over to stabilize Sir Bic who is lying in a pool of blood on the ground.  Lannet, however, fails to staunch the paladin’s wounds.  It seems that Bic had had one shave to many, and had indeed proved disposable.  Wai Dinn binds Arialle.  Lannet looks on at the other fallen adventurers. Tim (-3hp), Bree (-9hp), Celene (-6hp), Arialle (-4hp), Wai (1hp) Bic (dead)DM Note: Character Names.  It must be noted that some of the characters who appear in this adventure have slightly dubious names.  This is due to the fact a new player was going to join the group and we wanted to show him we don't take things to seriously...oh yeah, and annoy the DM....  Sir Bic's demise sees him joining Sir Braun as the second of our famous "razor" paladins to die. (Sir Wilkinson, Sir Gillette, Sir Remington, Sir Philips and Lady Shave still survive!)</blockquote>

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