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<blockquote data-quote="Rhenny" data-source="post: 6970223" data-attributes="member: 18333"><p>Session 9 – The Orcs and Agatha</p><p></p><p>After a few more hours traveling by road, we came across a mutilated pack mule. The trail of blood proceeded to the south into the hills. This was a sign that perhaps the Orcs were about. We were able to follow the trail to a small crag, and before we took a few more steps Brace saw some smoke billowing into the air from around the crag opening. There was a river rushing down one of the hills making a bit of noise, which helped us approach a lone Orc who seemed to be guarding the crag opening. We set upon him with quick fury taking him down with minimal noise.</p><p></p><p>Then Heinrick took the lead and entered the crag. He disappeared into the darkness after about 20’ or so so I skittered up to take a peek. The cave was filled with a good half-dozen orcs, one which looked like a leader of sorts. In addition, there was a brutish ogre. Heinrick had cast some kind of sanctuary spell and when the orcs came to attack him, some of them seemed to back off unexplainably. As this battle started, I sang a bladesong and casted a blur spell upon myself so that I could enter the fray, but then I stepped back before any of the monsters could attack me. Pretty soon, Heinrick dropped his spell and started hacking. Rasputin crept up from behind, and first he molded the earth in one area next to Heinrick to make it more difficult terrain; then he withdrew to safety. Brace crept up to fire his bow and keep out of sight. Then Gerald stepped forward even though he had a tough time seeing in the dim light. His sacred flame burnt one orc to the ground as I stepped up again and took a fighting stance. Seeing that there were a few orcs and the ogre, named Gog, within range, I unloosed burning hands injuring them all. Henrick slashed an orc or two, and Brace, Rasputin and Gerald focused on the leader, Axebreaker. While I was up close, one of the Orcs grappled me and tried to pull me down into the river that ran through their cave. Brace killed that Orc before it did me harm. Then, even blurred and in a bladesong dance, I found that one of the Orc great axe attacks was heading straight for my neck, so I flipped up a magical shield to divert his blow. </p><p></p><p>Soon after, Gerald’s sacred flame was the end of that Orc leader, and we were able to cut down the other Orcs, Rasputin’s Eldritch blast downing the last of them. But, Gog was still fighting us. In fact, his mighty club came down hard upon Heinrick, staggering the Dwarf slightly. We focused fire upon the brute, Brace scoring a sneak attack, Heinrick cutting him with his sword, and Gerald’s sacred flame was the final blow.</p><p></p><p>After the battle, we searched the cave and found a locked chest, which Brace unlocked. Inside we scored some coin, and Heinrick found a note on the leader, but it was written in the Orc language. Heinrick, disgusted, crumpled the note and threw it to the ground. I picked it up so that we could bring it back to town and get someone to read it. We also took the Orc leader’s axe as a prize to show the Town Master. </p><p></p><p>Before leaving the cave, we took a rest and I casted detect magic to double check the area to no avail. Then I drew upon arcane recovery to restore some of my spell energy for later that day. With a little rest in order, we left the crag and traveled for a few hours toward Coneyberry in the direction of Agatha’s abode. </p><p></p><p>On our journey we were beset by an owlbear. It entered our ranks and tore into me before I could even begin my bladesong. After being hurt, I was able to sing and gain some quickness of foot and combat skill, but I was in pain. Gerald, used a spell to soothe my aches, and eventually after Rasputin misty stepped up into a tree to fire down Eldritch pain from above, and the rest of us hacked at the beast, the beast went down. During the battle, Gerald was able to inflict wounds upon the beast with divine magic, and Heinrick delivered an especially vicious Elven longsword blow to a major owlbear artery, which spelled the end for the dangerous beast.</p><p></p><p>A few more hours on our journey we arrived at the overgrown village of Coneyberry. Vines and growth covered some ancient abandoned buildings, and soon Heinrick could find where Agatha, the banshee’s abode was. He strode confidently to it as I trailed behind as to not lose the Dwarf. He opened the hut door and went inside speaking out to Agatha. I poked my head in the doorway, but then stood there and took out a book of lore to read more about banshees, looking up every so often to see what was going on. Rasputin went into the hut with Heinrick, but soon he was feeling a cold chill, and a fear he could not shake. Heinrick, spoke eloquently and offered the banshee the comb that Sister Gareale had given him. Then when Agatha agreed to answer a question, Heinrick asked how he could set her free. The banshee told him to go to Thundertree to vanquish the dragon that had destroyed her family. With that, Henrick promised to abide, and we left the banshee in peace. </p><p></p><p>At that point, I tried to get Heinrick to delay the journey to Thundertree mostly because I felt we were not ready to fight a dragon, but he remained resolute. Then, I realized that we had a 3 day journey to get to Thundertree, yet I only had 2 days of rations so we decided to search Coneyberry for edibles and make camp for the night. We found scarcely any good food and barely managed to avoid poisonous berries, so we had to make a meal of our rations. </p><p></p><p>That night, around our campfire, when Rasputin was taking watch with Gerald, 4 ghouls decided to check us out. Rasputin used some of his innate powers to repel some of the ghouls, but unfortunately, instead of attacking him, one attacked me as I was in my trance. I suffered a terrible wound, but was able to wake and get ready for battle waking everyone else with my cries of pain. Heinrick took up his holy symbol and forced two of the ghouls to run for the woods as we fought the remaining two. We were able to take down the 2 undead fiends, and then Gerald used his healing powers upon Brace, Rasputin and I. Low on spell power and exhausted from our adventures we went back to sleep, setting watches through the next morning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rhenny, post: 6970223, member: 18333"] Session 9 – The Orcs and Agatha After a few more hours traveling by road, we came across a mutilated pack mule. The trail of blood proceeded to the south into the hills. This was a sign that perhaps the Orcs were about. We were able to follow the trail to a small crag, and before we took a few more steps Brace saw some smoke billowing into the air from around the crag opening. There was a river rushing down one of the hills making a bit of noise, which helped us approach a lone Orc who seemed to be guarding the crag opening. We set upon him with quick fury taking him down with minimal noise. Then Heinrick took the lead and entered the crag. He disappeared into the darkness after about 20’ or so so I skittered up to take a peek. The cave was filled with a good half-dozen orcs, one which looked like a leader of sorts. In addition, there was a brutish ogre. Heinrick had cast some kind of sanctuary spell and when the orcs came to attack him, some of them seemed to back off unexplainably. As this battle started, I sang a bladesong and casted a blur spell upon myself so that I could enter the fray, but then I stepped back before any of the monsters could attack me. Pretty soon, Heinrick dropped his spell and started hacking. Rasputin crept up from behind, and first he molded the earth in one area next to Heinrick to make it more difficult terrain; then he withdrew to safety. Brace crept up to fire his bow and keep out of sight. Then Gerald stepped forward even though he had a tough time seeing in the dim light. His sacred flame burnt one orc to the ground as I stepped up again and took a fighting stance. Seeing that there were a few orcs and the ogre, named Gog, within range, I unloosed burning hands injuring them all. Henrick slashed an orc or two, and Brace, Rasputin and Gerald focused on the leader, Axebreaker. While I was up close, one of the Orcs grappled me and tried to pull me down into the river that ran through their cave. Brace killed that Orc before it did me harm. Then, even blurred and in a bladesong dance, I found that one of the Orc great axe attacks was heading straight for my neck, so I flipped up a magical shield to divert his blow. Soon after, Gerald’s sacred flame was the end of that Orc leader, and we were able to cut down the other Orcs, Rasputin’s Eldritch blast downing the last of them. But, Gog was still fighting us. In fact, his mighty club came down hard upon Heinrick, staggering the Dwarf slightly. We focused fire upon the brute, Brace scoring a sneak attack, Heinrick cutting him with his sword, and Gerald’s sacred flame was the final blow. After the battle, we searched the cave and found a locked chest, which Brace unlocked. Inside we scored some coin, and Heinrick found a note on the leader, but it was written in the Orc language. Heinrick, disgusted, crumpled the note and threw it to the ground. I picked it up so that we could bring it back to town and get someone to read it. We also took the Orc leader’s axe as a prize to show the Town Master. Before leaving the cave, we took a rest and I casted detect magic to double check the area to no avail. Then I drew upon arcane recovery to restore some of my spell energy for later that day. With a little rest in order, we left the crag and traveled for a few hours toward Coneyberry in the direction of Agatha’s abode. On our journey we were beset by an owlbear. It entered our ranks and tore into me before I could even begin my bladesong. After being hurt, I was able to sing and gain some quickness of foot and combat skill, but I was in pain. Gerald, used a spell to soothe my aches, and eventually after Rasputin misty stepped up into a tree to fire down Eldritch pain from above, and the rest of us hacked at the beast, the beast went down. During the battle, Gerald was able to inflict wounds upon the beast with divine magic, and Heinrick delivered an especially vicious Elven longsword blow to a major owlbear artery, which spelled the end for the dangerous beast. A few more hours on our journey we arrived at the overgrown village of Coneyberry. Vines and growth covered some ancient abandoned buildings, and soon Heinrick could find where Agatha, the banshee’s abode was. He strode confidently to it as I trailed behind as to not lose the Dwarf. He opened the hut door and went inside speaking out to Agatha. I poked my head in the doorway, but then stood there and took out a book of lore to read more about banshees, looking up every so often to see what was going on. Rasputin went into the hut with Heinrick, but soon he was feeling a cold chill, and a fear he could not shake. Heinrick, spoke eloquently and offered the banshee the comb that Sister Gareale had given him. Then when Agatha agreed to answer a question, Heinrick asked how he could set her free. The banshee told him to go to Thundertree to vanquish the dragon that had destroyed her family. With that, Henrick promised to abide, and we left the banshee in peace. At that point, I tried to get Heinrick to delay the journey to Thundertree mostly because I felt we were not ready to fight a dragon, but he remained resolute. Then, I realized that we had a 3 day journey to get to Thundertree, yet I only had 2 days of rations so we decided to search Coneyberry for edibles and make camp for the night. We found scarcely any good food and barely managed to avoid poisonous berries, so we had to make a meal of our rations. That night, around our campfire, when Rasputin was taking watch with Gerald, 4 ghouls decided to check us out. Rasputin used some of his innate powers to repel some of the ghouls, but unfortunately, instead of attacking him, one attacked me as I was in my trance. I suffered a terrible wound, but was able to wake and get ready for battle waking everyone else with my cries of pain. Heinrick took up his holy symbol and forced two of the ghouls to run for the woods as we fought the remaining two. We were able to take down the 2 undead fiends, and then Gerald used his healing powers upon Brace, Rasputin and I. Low on spell power and exhausted from our adventures we went back to sleep, setting watches through the next morning. [/QUOTE]
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