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<blockquote data-quote="Rhenny" data-source="post: 6740400" data-attributes="member: 18333"><p>Session 9 – About 2 ½ hours of play</p><p></p><p>From the journal of Myles Stormgroom (Human 3rd level Tempest Cleric raised by Elves)</p><p></p><p>We had the kobold cornered in the northwest corner of the cave and we were just about to interrogate it. Strix was just about to ask it some questions in Draconic when Mily alerted us that other kobolds were incoming. It was a small force, about 5 kobolds, a guard drake, and they had a human female prisoner bound, gagged and in tow. The kobold we had cornered started screaming out to his comrades so I stuck him with my rapier. The filty creature, we couldn’t have this guy getting in our hair while we fought with the others. Mily and Brevick were the first to enter the fray. When they saw that one of the kobolds was commanding a guard drake. Grim also joined the battle, as did I. Strix remained at range slinging spells to injure the enemy. </p><p></p><p>Mily took a nasty blow and was toppled to the ground, unconscious. I moved into her spot and unleashed a mighty thunderwave infused with divine power. This killed a few kobolds and injured 2 others along with the guard drake. Brevick and Grim both fought bravely at the front. As we fought, the kobolds, their prisoner slowly wriggled out of her bonds. Once she was out, we could tell that she was a spellcaster. She ended up firing bolts of flame and gave chase to a fleeing kobold, which she burned to the ground. When it seemed as if we would prevail, I tended to Mily’s wounds and stabilized her. Brevick tried to wrestle with the drake, but unfortunately, the beast was too quick for him sending him to the earthen floor. Grim hacked at the beast with his mighty greataxe and severed it’s spine, ending the combat. We had no prisoners to question, but we did meet a new friend.</p><p></p><p>It turned out that the spellcaster’s name was Valleja, and she explained that she was taken prisoner, blindfolded and brought into this horrible cave. She had heard the Kobolds (and other creatures which she could not see) speaking about a ritual they would conduct to bring Tiamat to this world. She was certainly against such mayhem, as were we. I explained that we were from Greenest and we were gathering information about this Hatchery for an informant. We needed to find out more information, but we were also quite exhausted and were entertaining the idea to leave the caves to find a place to rest for a night. Valleja really wanted to get out of this area, so we invited her to join our band. </p><p></p><p>As we rested for a few minutes, I prepared a healing ritual that would get Mily up and healed some of the party’s wounds. But our rest was interrupted by two cultists and an acolyte. I tried to maintain my concentration on the ritual while Grim, Brevick, Strix and Valleja all encountered the foes. Grim succumbed to one of the acolyte’s spells and he turned to attack Brevick, firing a nearly fatal bolt into Brevick’s shoulder. After he snapped out of it, he was able to fight with the others and ultimately my friends put down the foes and I was able to finish my ritual restoring Mily to consciousness while also knitting up wounds we all incurred.</p><p></p><p>Quickly, we made for the cave exit and found a hidden cave outside that we had already used to hide from the Dragon Queen’s forces a few nights before. Valleja was uneasy about spending a night in a small cave with us, but I assured her that we would protect her and once we did make it back to civilization, I’d be sure to pay for a room for her to stay in. Before we took our night’s rest, Strix set up an alarm using his arcane magic, and we were able to sleep…well, all except for Valleja. She was not comfortable enough to get her rest.</p><p></p><p>Refreshed, we snuck back into the Hatchery and down to the area we had last explored. We let Brevick go down some stairs about 20’ ahead of us since he could see in the dark. I lit up my shield with divine light and followed as the rest followed me deeper into this cave complex. Before we realized it, we heard Brevick shout his Dwarven war cry. Undoubtedly he was propelling himself into another battle. When we rounded the corner, we saw the Half Dragon, Cyanwrath, engaged with Brevick while three barbarians watched with glee. Our hearts were thumping with fear and adrenaline. </p><p></p><p>Brevick fared much better than the first time he met Cyanwrath, a week before. Mily took on one of the barbarians and found that they were also pretty tough. I moved into combat to give Mily advantage, and then after she attacked, I moved toward a shrine area that looked like a shrine to Tiamat. I kicked at some of the columns in the shrine and faced the rest of the foes waiting for my next turn when I could cast a powerful sonic blast (Shatter) to injure as many as I could. Brevick traded blows with Cyanwrath and held up to the beasts attacks. Grim moved in and hacked at a barbarian toppling it to the ground. Strix and Mily added to the combat, as did Valleja. Both Strix and Valleja targeted Cyanwrath, as if they had a personal score to settle with the Half Dragon while Mily and I worked on the reckless barbarians. My sonic blast caught two of the barbarians, but they took the blow in stride. Then Mily downed one and eventually I downed another with my rapier. Brevick was cleaved and he hit the ground, so I used divine power to get him back on his feet again. He fell once more, and again thanks to Silvanus, I got him to his feet. Strix was able to hit Cyanwrath with some streams of flame, and finally, Valleja seared Cyanwrath with a witches bolt….and she kept it on him even after his form seemed lifeless.</p><p></p><p>After the battle, we found a chest near the shrine. Mily checked it out and thought it was safe, but when she opened it, acid rained down from the ceiling of this cave burning us severely. Mily, Valleja and Brevick went down. Then, the acid reacted with the ground and a poisonous mist filled the room, but Grim, Strix and I were able to hold our breaths escaping further injury. I was able to scoop up Valleja and run out of the room back to the stairway we came from as Grim dragged Brevick and Strix pulled Mily from the poison filled cave. Safe in the stairway tunnel, I enacted my healing ritual and restored our group so that we could continue our exploration, although quite battered. It felt good to get back at Cyanwrath, and find more evidence that showed us these creatures, the kobolds, half dragons, cultists and acolytes had grand plans to try to bring Tiamat back from Hell. When the poison clears, we’ll check the chest and see if Cyanwrath has anything interesting on his body.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rhenny, post: 6740400, member: 18333"] Session 9 – About 2 ½ hours of play From the journal of Myles Stormgroom (Human 3rd level Tempest Cleric raised by Elves) We had the kobold cornered in the northwest corner of the cave and we were just about to interrogate it. Strix was just about to ask it some questions in Draconic when Mily alerted us that other kobolds were incoming. It was a small force, about 5 kobolds, a guard drake, and they had a human female prisoner bound, gagged and in tow. The kobold we had cornered started screaming out to his comrades so I stuck him with my rapier. The filty creature, we couldn’t have this guy getting in our hair while we fought with the others. Mily and Brevick were the first to enter the fray. When they saw that one of the kobolds was commanding a guard drake. Grim also joined the battle, as did I. Strix remained at range slinging spells to injure the enemy. Mily took a nasty blow and was toppled to the ground, unconscious. I moved into her spot and unleashed a mighty thunderwave infused with divine power. This killed a few kobolds and injured 2 others along with the guard drake. Brevick and Grim both fought bravely at the front. As we fought, the kobolds, their prisoner slowly wriggled out of her bonds. Once she was out, we could tell that she was a spellcaster. She ended up firing bolts of flame and gave chase to a fleeing kobold, which she burned to the ground. When it seemed as if we would prevail, I tended to Mily’s wounds and stabilized her. Brevick tried to wrestle with the drake, but unfortunately, the beast was too quick for him sending him to the earthen floor. Grim hacked at the beast with his mighty greataxe and severed it’s spine, ending the combat. We had no prisoners to question, but we did meet a new friend. It turned out that the spellcaster’s name was Valleja, and she explained that she was taken prisoner, blindfolded and brought into this horrible cave. She had heard the Kobolds (and other creatures which she could not see) speaking about a ritual they would conduct to bring Tiamat to this world. She was certainly against such mayhem, as were we. I explained that we were from Greenest and we were gathering information about this Hatchery for an informant. We needed to find out more information, but we were also quite exhausted and were entertaining the idea to leave the caves to find a place to rest for a night. Valleja really wanted to get out of this area, so we invited her to join our band. As we rested for a few minutes, I prepared a healing ritual that would get Mily up and healed some of the party’s wounds. But our rest was interrupted by two cultists and an acolyte. I tried to maintain my concentration on the ritual while Grim, Brevick, Strix and Valleja all encountered the foes. Grim succumbed to one of the acolyte’s spells and he turned to attack Brevick, firing a nearly fatal bolt into Brevick’s shoulder. After he snapped out of it, he was able to fight with the others and ultimately my friends put down the foes and I was able to finish my ritual restoring Mily to consciousness while also knitting up wounds we all incurred. Quickly, we made for the cave exit and found a hidden cave outside that we had already used to hide from the Dragon Queen’s forces a few nights before. Valleja was uneasy about spending a night in a small cave with us, but I assured her that we would protect her and once we did make it back to civilization, I’d be sure to pay for a room for her to stay in. Before we took our night’s rest, Strix set up an alarm using his arcane magic, and we were able to sleep…well, all except for Valleja. She was not comfortable enough to get her rest. Refreshed, we snuck back into the Hatchery and down to the area we had last explored. We let Brevick go down some stairs about 20’ ahead of us since he could see in the dark. I lit up my shield with divine light and followed as the rest followed me deeper into this cave complex. Before we realized it, we heard Brevick shout his Dwarven war cry. Undoubtedly he was propelling himself into another battle. When we rounded the corner, we saw the Half Dragon, Cyanwrath, engaged with Brevick while three barbarians watched with glee. Our hearts were thumping with fear and adrenaline. Brevick fared much better than the first time he met Cyanwrath, a week before. Mily took on one of the barbarians and found that they were also pretty tough. I moved into combat to give Mily advantage, and then after she attacked, I moved toward a shrine area that looked like a shrine to Tiamat. I kicked at some of the columns in the shrine and faced the rest of the foes waiting for my next turn when I could cast a powerful sonic blast (Shatter) to injure as many as I could. Brevick traded blows with Cyanwrath and held up to the beasts attacks. Grim moved in and hacked at a barbarian toppling it to the ground. Strix and Mily added to the combat, as did Valleja. Both Strix and Valleja targeted Cyanwrath, as if they had a personal score to settle with the Half Dragon while Mily and I worked on the reckless barbarians. My sonic blast caught two of the barbarians, but they took the blow in stride. Then Mily downed one and eventually I downed another with my rapier. Brevick was cleaved and he hit the ground, so I used divine power to get him back on his feet again. He fell once more, and again thanks to Silvanus, I got him to his feet. Strix was able to hit Cyanwrath with some streams of flame, and finally, Valleja seared Cyanwrath with a witches bolt….and she kept it on him even after his form seemed lifeless. After the battle, we found a chest near the shrine. Mily checked it out and thought it was safe, but when she opened it, acid rained down from the ceiling of this cave burning us severely. Mily, Valleja and Brevick went down. Then, the acid reacted with the ground and a poisonous mist filled the room, but Grim, Strix and I were able to hold our breaths escaping further injury. I was able to scoop up Valleja and run out of the room back to the stairway we came from as Grim dragged Brevick and Strix pulled Mily from the poison filled cave. Safe in the stairway tunnel, I enacted my healing ritual and restored our group so that we could continue our exploration, although quite battered. It felt good to get back at Cyanwrath, and find more evidence that showed us these creatures, the kobolds, half dragons, cultists and acolytes had grand plans to try to bring Tiamat back from Hell. When the poison clears, we’ll check the chest and see if Cyanwrath has anything interesting on his body. [/QUOTE]
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