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The Journal of Myles Stormgroom (Hoard of the Dragon Queen Campaign)
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<blockquote data-quote="Rhenny" data-source="post: 6740393" data-attributes="member: 18333"><p>Session 3 – ShadeRaven’s Horde of the Dragon Queen – Session 3 (a short session)</p><p></p><p>We were still trying to help the keep repel attacks from the Dragon Queen’s army. It had been a long night in Greenest. We found Escobert and other guards, and I traded my shortbow and a few gold to a guard for a longbow. Then Governor Nighthill came to us directly and asked us to hustle over to the mill. He feared that the enemy would target the mill to destroy their food production, which would be a crippling blow to Greenest. We set off right away, mostly because Brevick was running down to and out of the secret tunnel before we could even devise a plan. We followed and found an easy path toward the mill. </p><p></p><p>When we got to the mill, we had to cross over a collapsed dam. We all made it over without mishap. It was strangely quiet as we got closer, and when we got to the doors, a group of foes attacked from all sides. We met with 5 cultists and a guard. Grim who had been moving stealthfully was able to surprise one cultist that was hiding behind the dam. His axe hewed the our foe easily. Brevick also took one down and ran to another which, he wounded. I fired my bow and downed the wounded acolyte as Strix fired his fire bolt at still another. Things looked good, but one of the acolytes hit Brevick badly (crit). Then the guard that came from another direction tried to move in, but Mily vaulted atop a wall and slashed down on the guard, killing him with a single deadly blow (crit). With only Brevick hurt, we prevailed and pushed our way into the mill.</p><p></p><p>Inside, Brevick made a bee-line upstairs. Since it is so hard to communicate with the nearly illiterate Dwarf (who only speaks Dwarvish), we followed again. There were 5 guards upstairs and after we engaged them, a number of cultists came up the stairs behind us. Upstairs, Grim moved out and was surrounded on 3 sides by 3 Guards. Another guard threw a spear down the stairs to hit Mily. Then Mily jumped up the side of the stairs and pulled herself up to take down one of the other guards while I decided to call on sacred flame to slightly injure another guard. Brevick hacked at another, but that guard survived and then cut into Brevick badly, taking Brevick down. We dispatched another as Strix fired at it with a bolt of fire, and Grim stood his ground against 3 Guards, although he was hit hard (another crit but he kept on his feet). As things started looking bad, Brevick unconscious and still a number of foes remaining, Mily leapt down to the first floor. There she was surprised by 2 more cultists, and they took her down. Those 2 cultists spent some time trying to loot Mily and take off her armor too. Topside, I realized we were in trouble so I shouted out to Grim and told him to disengage and come back to us. When he did, I called upon Silvanus and blasted 3 guards with a mighty Thunderwave. It obliterated all 3 of them. Now only 3 acolytes and the 2 downstairs remained. Strix stepped up and produced magical fire from his hands to injure all 3 cultists. Then Grim, Strix and I were able to take them out, but the mill had started to burn. Grim, thinking quickly, pulled out a blanket from his pack and smothered some of the flames.</p><p></p><p>Just then, we heard Mily from below. She had regained consciousness (rolled a 20 on death save) and she had stabbed and killed 1 of the 2 cultists that were trying to loot her body. While both Strix and Grim tried to extinguish the fires upstairs, I ran downstairs to help Mily. By this time, Brevick had stabilized, but he was still unconscious. Upstairs, Strix used magic to quench some of the fire and then Grim was able to stamp out the rest. Running downstairs, I smashed into the final cultist and skewered him with my shortsword. </p><p></p><p>We were beaten up and in bad shape, but we had prevailed. Soon after, the militia entered the mill. Feeling some safety with this regiment defending the mill, we took a short rest. We were able to bandage our wounds, but we could not get Brevick on his feet yet. We’d like to stay here with the militia to wait for Brevick to regain consciousness. We’ll see what happens next.</p><p></p><p>End of session.</p><p></p><p>We started our session late and spent time leveling from 1st to 2nd level. Then we decided to play for an hour. The sprawling battle outside and inside the mill was epic. We really thought we would not make it out alive. Instead of healing Brevick to get him back on his feet, I decided to use my last spell for a maximized Thunderwave using my divine channeling. That was a life saver.</p><p></p><p>We all had a great time and felt the thrill of near TPK. Shaderaven's dice were on fire. Ours were streaky. I was pretty lucky tonight, but Grim, Mily, Brevick and Strix, not as lucky.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rhenny, post: 6740393, member: 18333"] Session 3 – ShadeRaven’s Horde of the Dragon Queen – Session 3 (a short session) We were still trying to help the keep repel attacks from the Dragon Queen’s army. It had been a long night in Greenest. We found Escobert and other guards, and I traded my shortbow and a few gold to a guard for a longbow. Then Governor Nighthill came to us directly and asked us to hustle over to the mill. He feared that the enemy would target the mill to destroy their food production, which would be a crippling blow to Greenest. We set off right away, mostly because Brevick was running down to and out of the secret tunnel before we could even devise a plan. We followed and found an easy path toward the mill. When we got to the mill, we had to cross over a collapsed dam. We all made it over without mishap. It was strangely quiet as we got closer, and when we got to the doors, a group of foes attacked from all sides. We met with 5 cultists and a guard. Grim who had been moving stealthfully was able to surprise one cultist that was hiding behind the dam. His axe hewed the our foe easily. Brevick also took one down and ran to another which, he wounded. I fired my bow and downed the wounded acolyte as Strix fired his fire bolt at still another. Things looked good, but one of the acolytes hit Brevick badly (crit). Then the guard that came from another direction tried to move in, but Mily vaulted atop a wall and slashed down on the guard, killing him with a single deadly blow (crit). With only Brevick hurt, we prevailed and pushed our way into the mill. Inside, Brevick made a bee-line upstairs. Since it is so hard to communicate with the nearly illiterate Dwarf (who only speaks Dwarvish), we followed again. There were 5 guards upstairs and after we engaged them, a number of cultists came up the stairs behind us. Upstairs, Grim moved out and was surrounded on 3 sides by 3 Guards. Another guard threw a spear down the stairs to hit Mily. Then Mily jumped up the side of the stairs and pulled herself up to take down one of the other guards while I decided to call on sacred flame to slightly injure another guard. Brevick hacked at another, but that guard survived and then cut into Brevick badly, taking Brevick down. We dispatched another as Strix fired at it with a bolt of fire, and Grim stood his ground against 3 Guards, although he was hit hard (another crit but he kept on his feet). As things started looking bad, Brevick unconscious and still a number of foes remaining, Mily leapt down to the first floor. There she was surprised by 2 more cultists, and they took her down. Those 2 cultists spent some time trying to loot Mily and take off her armor too. Topside, I realized we were in trouble so I shouted out to Grim and told him to disengage and come back to us. When he did, I called upon Silvanus and blasted 3 guards with a mighty Thunderwave. It obliterated all 3 of them. Now only 3 acolytes and the 2 downstairs remained. Strix stepped up and produced magical fire from his hands to injure all 3 cultists. Then Grim, Strix and I were able to take them out, but the mill had started to burn. Grim, thinking quickly, pulled out a blanket from his pack and smothered some of the flames. Just then, we heard Mily from below. She had regained consciousness (rolled a 20 on death save) and she had stabbed and killed 1 of the 2 cultists that were trying to loot her body. While both Strix and Grim tried to extinguish the fires upstairs, I ran downstairs to help Mily. By this time, Brevick had stabilized, but he was still unconscious. Upstairs, Strix used magic to quench some of the fire and then Grim was able to stamp out the rest. Running downstairs, I smashed into the final cultist and skewered him with my shortsword. We were beaten up and in bad shape, but we had prevailed. Soon after, the militia entered the mill. Feeling some safety with this regiment defending the mill, we took a short rest. We were able to bandage our wounds, but we could not get Brevick on his feet yet. We’d like to stay here with the militia to wait for Brevick to regain consciousness. We’ll see what happens next. End of session. We started our session late and spent time leveling from 1st to 2nd level. Then we decided to play for an hour. The sprawling battle outside and inside the mill was epic. We really thought we would not make it out alive. Instead of healing Brevick to get him back on his feet, I decided to use my last spell for a maximized Thunderwave using my divine channeling. That was a life saver. We all had a great time and felt the thrill of near TPK. Shaderaven's dice were on fire. Ours were streaky. I was pretty lucky tonight, but Grim, Mily, Brevick and Strix, not as lucky. [/QUOTE]
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