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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 3795289" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chapter 5, "The Bugbear Camp" June 3rd , 1005: </strong> </p><p></p><p>Kharole identifies the fop's sword to be a +4, which explains why he did so well against the group. Klaaze claims the magic sword. Tao takes the man's magical cloak, and his magic rings are given to Kharole and Nimmy. The group decides to continue Goodfellow's mission. Serita and Timothy decide to sneak back into the city, as they are ready for apprenticeships. The group looks at a map, and decides that they will rendezvous in the town of Curigull in a week, along with Hherrmyie and Silas. </p><p></p><p>The party of Annie, Augustine, Kharole, Klaaze, Mark, Narg, Nimmy, Tao, and Vilicus head northward. By mid-afternoon they reach a long section of road surrounded by swamps. Augustine freaks out, and tells the party a tale of woe about how his parents were killed in a swamp. </p><p>At his insistence they travel well into the night, until they have past the swamplands. </p><p></p><p>June 4th , 1005: </p><p></p><p>The party travels northward for most of the day. By mid-afternoon they reach a fork in the road. Unfortunately there are nine of Lord Kohlorahdooh's troops standing guard at the crossroad. The party does not even attempt to talk to them, initiating an attack instead. </p><p></p><p>Each of the nine party members attacks a different guard. Nimmy and Kharole "magic missile" the two soldiers holding longbows, dropping them. Klaaze, Annie, Narg, and Mark go hand-to-hand against swordsmen, killing them within the first few rounds of battle. Augustine and Tao take on the Lieutenant and Sergeant of the troops, hoping to use their speed as an advantage. Vilicus casts an illusionary Orc at the remaining man, but the illusion is quickly dispelled, and the soldier attacks the illusionist. Nimmy comes to Vilicus's aid. </p><p></p><p>Augustine has a difficult time against the Lieutenant, who slices into the monk with a very nasty attack. Tao does much better against his foe, knocking the Sergeant unconscious. Tao then turns on the Lieutenant to help the senior monk, who is about to drop. The Lieutenant makes a sweeping blow with his sword, nicking Augustine and slicing into Tao's chest. Both monks fall. </p><p></p><p>The Lieutenant then gets hit from behind by a dagger from Annie. As he turns to face her Narg jumps in front of him. Narg gets two near perfect swings into the man before being hit for all of his hit points. At that point the others had finished with their opponents, and converge on the man, who doesn't last long. </p><p></p><p>Without any cleric along the group has to wait to let the Ring of Regeneration heal Augustine and Narg. Tao is beyond healing, as he is quite dead. Kharole uses the Scepter of Wishes to try to resurrect him, and is successful. </p><p></p><p><em>[DM’s Note #6: The whole party was rather relieved that this worked, since after loosing Sir Goodfellow the player had decided to play the NPC Tao as his new character. After Tao became the group’s second casualty they began to think that this player was cursed.] </em> </p><p></p><p>Nimmy identifies the Lieutenant's sword to be a +4. Narg claims it, calling it "The Nargblade." The group decides to spend the night at the crossroad. Klaaze does not want to wait, so heads off to Curigull on his own. </p><p></p><p>June 5th , 1005: </p><p></p><p>The night is interrupted by the sound of approaching horses. The group almost attacks, but stops when Kharole recognizes one of the riders as her sister Adajia. With her are D.C., and a human fighter that they do not recognize. The fighter is then introduced, he is Alec, Klaaze's younger (and rather ugly) brother. </p><p></p><p>Before heading off to Curigull, Augustine notices that part four of the rod is tugging northward. The group leaves the road, and follows the direction of the tug. As they walk northward they see a Black Pegasus flying in the distance, near the mountains. </p><p></p><p>At midday they stumble upon five dead lions, the blood drained out of them. Around the lions are several dead fish. As the group is trying to figure this out, about 150 flying fish swarm towards them. Augustine grabs the Scepter and wishes the fish dead. </p><p></p><p>The rod tug leads the group to a large lake. At one corner of the lake is a camp of bugbears. The tug is in that direction. The group spends several hours observing the monsters. Approximately twenty male bugbears are seen, with an equal number of women and children. The camp is comprised of three wooden buildings built into the side of a hill. In front of the buildings is a beach, with a large canoe. </p><p></p><p>As the sun starts to set several of the bugbears go riding off in the canoe. Most of the others go into the buildings, leaving only three outside. Narg, Alec, and Adajia start the attack, pelting the bugbears with arrows. Vilicus, D.C., and Kharole climb from the hill onto the roofs of the buildings, and start to set them on fire. Augustine, Tao, Mark, Annie and Nimmy move up to the doors of the buildings to attack the bugbears as they move outside. </p><p></p><p>As the fires spread in a matter of rounds, total chaos erupts, with bugbears fleeing the structures. Two-dozen bugbears are soon flushed out of the caves and killed and the buildings are burnt to the ground. Several of the party are wounded in this battle, and the parts sets up siege outside of the caves. D.C. begins working on making healing ointments for Kharole, Mark, Tao, Augustine, Vilicus Annie and Nimmy. </p><p></p><p>The rod was not on any of the bugbears, apparently still somewhere in the caves along with a remaining ten bugbears, including the chief. Since Adajia, Alec and Narg are unhurt they decided to take on the remaining bugbears by themselves, and charge into the caves. </p><p></p><p>In the first large room encountered is where the remaining bugbears were waiting. After several rounds the three fighters are forced to retreat, although they killed five more bugbears. </p><p></p><p>Kharole finds a hidden entrance in the side of the hill. Narg, Augustine, and Tao headed into this new tunnel, winding up in the bugbears treasure room. Buried within a chest of coins is the next piece of the rod. Unfortunately the remaining bugbears hear them, and charge into the room. As Narg fights the bugbear chief Tao and Augustine find the rod piece and retreat. Narg is forced to withdraw, without getting to take very many of the bugbear's coins. </p><p></p><p>The group has an argument about whether they should try to kill the remaining bugbears and take their treasure. D.C. and Augustine argue that the group is in no shape to fight again, and since they have the rod they should leave. The argument ends when the bugbears in the canoe are seen returning, and not even Narg wants to try to fight some fresh foes that will want revenge for the invasion of their home. The group makes a very fast retreat, heading off further to the north. </p><p></p><p>Once well away from the bugbear camp the group argues about where to go next. Augustine and Narg want to head for Kommerken, the nearest town according to the map. Kharole insists on heading for Curigull, to rendezvous with those left in Kohlorahdooh City. No agreement is reached, so Kharole, D.C., Adajia and Vilicus head off east for Curigull, while Narg, Augustine, Nimmy, Tao, Alec, Mark and Annie continue to the north.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 3795289, member: 8530"] [B]Chapter 5, "The Bugbear Camp" June 3rd , 1005: [/B] Kharole identifies the fop's sword to be a +4, which explains why he did so well against the group. Klaaze claims the magic sword. Tao takes the man's magical cloak, and his magic rings are given to Kharole and Nimmy. The group decides to continue Goodfellow's mission. Serita and Timothy decide to sneak back into the city, as they are ready for apprenticeships. The group looks at a map, and decides that they will rendezvous in the town of Curigull in a week, along with Hherrmyie and Silas. The party of Annie, Augustine, Kharole, Klaaze, Mark, Narg, Nimmy, Tao, and Vilicus head northward. By mid-afternoon they reach a long section of road surrounded by swamps. Augustine freaks out, and tells the party a tale of woe about how his parents were killed in a swamp. At his insistence they travel well into the night, until they have past the swamplands. June 4th , 1005: The party travels northward for most of the day. By mid-afternoon they reach a fork in the road. Unfortunately there are nine of Lord Kohlorahdooh's troops standing guard at the crossroad. The party does not even attempt to talk to them, initiating an attack instead. Each of the nine party members attacks a different guard. Nimmy and Kharole "magic missile" the two soldiers holding longbows, dropping them. Klaaze, Annie, Narg, and Mark go hand-to-hand against swordsmen, killing them within the first few rounds of battle. Augustine and Tao take on the Lieutenant and Sergeant of the troops, hoping to use their speed as an advantage. Vilicus casts an illusionary Orc at the remaining man, but the illusion is quickly dispelled, and the soldier attacks the illusionist. Nimmy comes to Vilicus's aid. Augustine has a difficult time against the Lieutenant, who slices into the monk with a very nasty attack. Tao does much better against his foe, knocking the Sergeant unconscious. Tao then turns on the Lieutenant to help the senior monk, who is about to drop. The Lieutenant makes a sweeping blow with his sword, nicking Augustine and slicing into Tao's chest. Both monks fall. The Lieutenant then gets hit from behind by a dagger from Annie. As he turns to face her Narg jumps in front of him. Narg gets two near perfect swings into the man before being hit for all of his hit points. At that point the others had finished with their opponents, and converge on the man, who doesn't last long. Without any cleric along the group has to wait to let the Ring of Regeneration heal Augustine and Narg. Tao is beyond healing, as he is quite dead. Kharole uses the Scepter of Wishes to try to resurrect him, and is successful. [I][DM’s Note #6: The whole party was rather relieved that this worked, since after loosing Sir Goodfellow the player had decided to play the NPC Tao as his new character. After Tao became the group’s second casualty they began to think that this player was cursed.] [/I] Nimmy identifies the Lieutenant's sword to be a +4. Narg claims it, calling it "The Nargblade." The group decides to spend the night at the crossroad. Klaaze does not want to wait, so heads off to Curigull on his own. June 5th , 1005: The night is interrupted by the sound of approaching horses. The group almost attacks, but stops when Kharole recognizes one of the riders as her sister Adajia. With her are D.C., and a human fighter that they do not recognize. The fighter is then introduced, he is Alec, Klaaze's younger (and rather ugly) brother. Before heading off to Curigull, Augustine notices that part four of the rod is tugging northward. The group leaves the road, and follows the direction of the tug. As they walk northward they see a Black Pegasus flying in the distance, near the mountains. At midday they stumble upon five dead lions, the blood drained out of them. Around the lions are several dead fish. As the group is trying to figure this out, about 150 flying fish swarm towards them. Augustine grabs the Scepter and wishes the fish dead. The rod tug leads the group to a large lake. At one corner of the lake is a camp of bugbears. The tug is in that direction. The group spends several hours observing the monsters. Approximately twenty male bugbears are seen, with an equal number of women and children. The camp is comprised of three wooden buildings built into the side of a hill. In front of the buildings is a beach, with a large canoe. As the sun starts to set several of the bugbears go riding off in the canoe. Most of the others go into the buildings, leaving only three outside. Narg, Alec, and Adajia start the attack, pelting the bugbears with arrows. Vilicus, D.C., and Kharole climb from the hill onto the roofs of the buildings, and start to set them on fire. Augustine, Tao, Mark, Annie and Nimmy move up to the doors of the buildings to attack the bugbears as they move outside. As the fires spread in a matter of rounds, total chaos erupts, with bugbears fleeing the structures. Two-dozen bugbears are soon flushed out of the caves and killed and the buildings are burnt to the ground. Several of the party are wounded in this battle, and the parts sets up siege outside of the caves. D.C. begins working on making healing ointments for Kharole, Mark, Tao, Augustine, Vilicus Annie and Nimmy. The rod was not on any of the bugbears, apparently still somewhere in the caves along with a remaining ten bugbears, including the chief. Since Adajia, Alec and Narg are unhurt they decided to take on the remaining bugbears by themselves, and charge into the caves. In the first large room encountered is where the remaining bugbears were waiting. After several rounds the three fighters are forced to retreat, although they killed five more bugbears. Kharole finds a hidden entrance in the side of the hill. Narg, Augustine, and Tao headed into this new tunnel, winding up in the bugbears treasure room. Buried within a chest of coins is the next piece of the rod. Unfortunately the remaining bugbears hear them, and charge into the room. As Narg fights the bugbear chief Tao and Augustine find the rod piece and retreat. Narg is forced to withdraw, without getting to take very many of the bugbear's coins. The group has an argument about whether they should try to kill the remaining bugbears and take their treasure. D.C. and Augustine argue that the group is in no shape to fight again, and since they have the rod they should leave. The argument ends when the bugbears in the canoe are seen returning, and not even Narg wants to try to fight some fresh foes that will want revenge for the invasion of their home. The group makes a very fast retreat, heading off further to the north. Once well away from the bugbear camp the group argues about where to go next. Augustine and Narg want to head for Kommerken, the nearest town according to the map. Kharole insists on heading for Curigull, to rendezvous with those left in Kohlorahdooh City. No agreement is reached, so Kharole, D.C., Adajia and Vilicus head off east for Curigull, while Narg, Augustine, Nimmy, Tao, Alec, Mark and Annie continue to the north. [/QUOTE]
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