So, my group decides to go exploring instead of waiting around a few days while Keldara gets ready to cast the Ritual of Unmaking. So they head back to the W side of I.
They find the Chokers sitting around chanting. The chanters move a bit so they can see the party in the doorway but don't react in any other way so the party leaves them alone.
The party finds 'the Scuts'. The party starts to walk though the room and the Chokers react by screaching and starting to move to attack. The party backs off and the Choakers stop in the door way hooting and throwing things.
The group works their way aournd to the North and finds the Choker lair. Since the scuts were making so much noise to the S. everyone is in hiding and jumps the party as they cross the room (from W to E).
I know this is going to be a sad, quick fight. 5 8th level party members vs 17 hp Chokers... Instead of hitting the party with 4 and bringing in more each round till there are 3 per party member (per the book) I think the party with 10 and was going to bring in 5 more and the leader next round.
Round 1 lots of the Chokers go. The main high AC fighter/cleric starts to cast Enlarge. Most the party gets a Choker grappled onto them.
Round 2 the now large fighter takes a 5 foot step and kicks off Whirlwind. From where he is at he can hit every bad guy in the room. 9 attacks he hits and kills 8 of the 9. I deem that the rest run away in terror.
The party talks about heading back and just waiting for the spell as they are, so far, not finding any 'stuff'. They decide to check one more room...
And find the Black Pudding by chucking a spoon with a light cast on it into the room. The high AC fighter turns and runs but the halfling sorc only does a half move and lets loose a lighting bolt. Because he did a half move he is not going to be able to move fast enough to keep away from the Pudding. The fighter moves back up to act as a dwaven shield.
He hits the Pudding once splitting it. I gave the Axe its Holy damage against the Pudding. The dwarf made a reflex save and pulls the axe back out before the Pudding can grab ahold of it (how I described what the Pudding was doing that caused the Reflex save).
The other fighter in the group had cast Enlage on himself and attacks with a Holy Long Spear... hits and only does Holy damage splitting the creature yet again. He makes a refex save... and rolls a 1. I tell him that the creature grabs ahold of the spear and he starts to tug back. He pulls hard and stumbles back as it gives and he realizes he is now holding a well made staff.
The dwarven shield was standing his ground. The Pudding needed a 20 to hit him and couldn't pull it off. Several rounds of Lightning Bolts and Holy Smites reduced the Puddings to pulls of steaming black liquid.
After having 3 Holy weapons in the group the party is now down to 1.
Next game the Ritual and then the party heads to J.
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