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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OnlineDM" data-source="post: 5316469" data-attributes="member: 90804">Finishing Scouring - Moving into the Fire ForestMy party played a sessions two weeks ago in which we went on a side quest since one of our players was absent.  Part of it was a total side quest, completely unrelated to WotBS, but there was one encounter that I highly recommend - a battle with zombies in the ruins of the Gnoll Hunt encounter.  The PDF of the encounter is <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6875434/Ruined%20Outpost.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> and it's described <a href="http://onlinedm.wordpress.com/2010/08/30/online-campaign-session-6-meet-gary-sidequest/" target="_blank">on my blog</a>.  There are ruins described but the players can't go in?  What a missed opportunity!This evening the party finished the side quest and then went into the final chapter of the adventure - the battle with the Inquisitor at the home of Haddin and Crystin.  Because the party had some failures in their navigation of the caves to escape from Gate Pass and in one of the skill challenges with King Marben Diamondheart, plus the fact that they took an extra extended rest after the Gnoll Hunt, I had them arrive at the farm and be greeted by Crystin - at which point the Inquisitor and his goons attacked the rear of the house, before they even had a chance to meet Haddin.My goal, frankly, was to have the Inquisitor kill Haddin in front of Crystin.  This was partly because I thought it would add some depth to Crystin's character, and partly because Haddin seems like a pain in the butt NPC and I had no interest in running him.  The party rushed to Haddin's rescue, but I eventually had the skeletons break down the wall that he was using for protection so that the Inquisitor could finish him off.  Since several of the bad guys had spent time focusing on Haddin, the player characters didn't take much damage and had a pretty easy time of the battle.We had some nice role playing in the aftermath of the battle, dealing with Haddin's burial and Crystin's pleas for the party to take her along (which they did, after much deliberation).  The party also took precautions to travel the last distance to the fire forest under cover of darkness to avoid detection by enemies - not that there were any enemies planned, but I appreciated the lengths they went to in order to plan this out.We then went into the forest and had a run in with the dire bats and the elemental goblin - a nice little warm-up encounter (no pun intended) to introduce the party to the forest.My only complaint about the forest so far is its name.  Innenotdar is really hard to pronounce and to remember.  Any tips on a nickname for it, aside from just "the fire forest"?</blockquote>

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