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<blockquote data-quote="cthulhu42" data-source="post: 7358756" data-attributes="member: 6792361"><p>Session 14</p><p></p><p>We start the session mid-battle against the fire giant matron, her servants and her wards. We had to retcon a bit when it was discovered that Gerit could not have cast Suggestion against Krote as he was out of range. He instead switched his target to Edran, suggesting that it was of vital importance that Edran kill the matron, which caused Edran to turn his full attention upon her. Krote broke away from the giants to deal with Gerit and Obmi only to have Obmi first deal a heavy wallop to Krote, and then Gerit cast a spell which caused them to disappear. </p><p></p><p> With the two unknown villains gone, they turn their full attention on the remaining giants and it turns into a very difficult battle indeed, largely because of Edran's inability to sneak attack. Joshua dies, Thoradin is put down, Krote is at a single hit point and is up and down several times, and for a brief moment it looks as if the PC's might have met their match. But they rally, with Selendra cleaving away at giants as Sai exhausts nearly every spell at his disposal, piling on damage. </p><p></p><p> When the dust clears, the giants lay dead, but the party is forced to hole up in a tiny hut and rest, after which they teleport back to Pellak for even more recuperation. Thoradin Raises Joshua, but it will be a few days before the stout dwarf will be back to full capacity. Even so, he insists they not let him slow them down. So after another day to recover, they teleport back to the lair. </p><p></p><p> They also finally figure out that it is a collection of six cursed statuettes found in Snurre's treasure chamber that have been causing Edran such grief. He'd been carrying them around with him after their discovery. Thoradin narrowed down the possible culprits at last and quickly tossed the offending relics down the garbage chute. </p><p></p><p> They follow a downward trending ramp that leads to the lair's second level and are immediately ambushed by ettins, more fire giant servants, the remains of the hill giants who fled with Chief Nosnra, a pair of fire giants, some fire giant young, and Chief Nosnra himself. The giants attack from three directions, strategically pressing and retreating as needed, but the heroes, at full health and capabilities, give as good as they get. </p><p> </p><p> There is a bad moment as Thoradin is grappled by a fire giant who carries the hapless dwarf all the way to their forge, which contains a pool of bubbling lava. Thinking to toss the dwarf into the pool, he very nearly does. It is only with Krote, Edran and Thoradin himself hampering the giant with attacks that the giant goes down mere feet from the lava. A close call indeed.</p><p> </p><p> By the time Thoradin returns to the fight it is all but over. The giants gang up on Krote and take him down to a single hit point, but there is no putting the stout barbarian down completely. With Edran at full sneak attack and Selendra rolling crits right and left, not to mention Sai being able, at last, to heap Fireballs on the many non fire resistant foes, the giants and their kin drop one by one until only Chief Nosnra is standing. </p><p></p><p> He runs!</p><p></p><p> The party give chase, hampering him as best they can, but the wily giant makes it to a room down the hall. He staggers in and slams the heavy, iron door, sliding the bolt into place. </p><p></p><p> The party is furious, especially Thoradin, who rages at the giant chief, calling him every name in the book and threatening horrible consequences if he doesn't come out. Of course Nosnra, safe for the moment, answers with taunts. </p><p></p><p> And that's where we broke, with the PC's gathered around the door, scarcely able to believe that such a simple thing can stymie them. </p><p></p><p> It is Harvester 15, roughly 12:30pm</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cthulhu42, post: 7358756, member: 6792361"] Session 14 We start the session mid-battle against the fire giant matron, her servants and her wards. We had to retcon a bit when it was discovered that Gerit could not have cast Suggestion against Krote as he was out of range. He instead switched his target to Edran, suggesting that it was of vital importance that Edran kill the matron, which caused Edran to turn his full attention upon her. Krote broke away from the giants to deal with Gerit and Obmi only to have Obmi first deal a heavy wallop to Krote, and then Gerit cast a spell which caused them to disappear. With the two unknown villains gone, they turn their full attention on the remaining giants and it turns into a very difficult battle indeed, largely because of Edran's inability to sneak attack. Joshua dies, Thoradin is put down, Krote is at a single hit point and is up and down several times, and for a brief moment it looks as if the PC's might have met their match. But they rally, with Selendra cleaving away at giants as Sai exhausts nearly every spell at his disposal, piling on damage. When the dust clears, the giants lay dead, but the party is forced to hole up in a tiny hut and rest, after which they teleport back to Pellak for even more recuperation. Thoradin Raises Joshua, but it will be a few days before the stout dwarf will be back to full capacity. Even so, he insists they not let him slow them down. So after another day to recover, they teleport back to the lair. They also finally figure out that it is a collection of six cursed statuettes found in Snurre's treasure chamber that have been causing Edran such grief. He'd been carrying them around with him after their discovery. Thoradin narrowed down the possible culprits at last and quickly tossed the offending relics down the garbage chute. They follow a downward trending ramp that leads to the lair's second level and are immediately ambushed by ettins, more fire giant servants, the remains of the hill giants who fled with Chief Nosnra, a pair of fire giants, some fire giant young, and Chief Nosnra himself. The giants attack from three directions, strategically pressing and retreating as needed, but the heroes, at full health and capabilities, give as good as they get. There is a bad moment as Thoradin is grappled by a fire giant who carries the hapless dwarf all the way to their forge, which contains a pool of bubbling lava. Thinking to toss the dwarf into the pool, he very nearly does. It is only with Krote, Edran and Thoradin himself hampering the giant with attacks that the giant goes down mere feet from the lava. A close call indeed. By the time Thoradin returns to the fight it is all but over. The giants gang up on Krote and take him down to a single hit point, but there is no putting the stout barbarian down completely. With Edran at full sneak attack and Selendra rolling crits right and left, not to mention Sai being able, at last, to heap Fireballs on the many non fire resistant foes, the giants and their kin drop one by one until only Chief Nosnra is standing. He runs! The party give chase, hampering him as best they can, but the wily giant makes it to a room down the hall. He staggers in and slams the heavy, iron door, sliding the bolt into place. The party is furious, especially Thoradin, who rages at the giant chief, calling him every name in the book and threatening horrible consequences if he doesn't come out. Of course Nosnra, safe for the moment, answers with taunts. And that's where we broke, with the PC's gathered around the door, scarcely able to believe that such a simple thing can stymie them. It is Harvester 15, roughly 12:30pm [/QUOTE]
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