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<blockquote data-quote="Demetrios1453" data-source="post: 9316217" data-attributes="member: 6801060"><p><strong><em>Pool of Radiance </em>(Part 40): The Lizardman Keep (Part 2)</strong></p><p></p><p>Let the duel begin!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357700[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>They trade blows, but Baroness Bella definitely has the upper hand.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357701[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]357702[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And so it's done.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357703[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]357704[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And that's that. We could return to Phlan right now and get our reward.</p><p></p><p>But... there's treasure to be found. So, we won't be taking the old lizardman's advice and leave just quite yet...</p><p></p><p>We move around a bit, searching.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357705[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]357706[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Ah, yes we do. There's a complete subterranean level here that we can explore...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357707[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Surprise lizard attack!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357708[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Granted, giant lizards, even 10 of them, aren't much of an issue for us these days.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357709[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]357710[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We then move down the corridor, until we reach a deep pool blocking the corridor.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357711[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Sure, we'll check it out.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357712[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Ouch!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357713[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I mean, it was only 3 HP of damage done. It would have taken them a really long time to finish us off at that pretty pitiful rate. We move towards the pool again.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357714[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Ouch again!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357715[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Good, let's choose combat and deal with them.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357716[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]357717[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>There are just five lizardmen (Bant took one down before I got the screenshot), so the battle goes about how you would expect, even with a anti-magic shield in the zone.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357718[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Now let's look into that pool.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357719[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Yes again.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357720[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>What sort of ridiculous question is that?</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357721[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Nice. Let's see if it will be of any use to us.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357722[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Meh, just +1. We'll keep it around to sell later.</p><p></p><p>Having searched the pool, we move towards it again...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357723[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]357724[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]357725[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]357726[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]357727[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Yet another short battle with 5 lizardmen, with predictable results.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357728[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Why not?</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357729[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Well, bummer. It's obviously been cleared out.</p><p></p><p>Once again, we move towards the pool...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357730[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]357731[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>OK, to save everyone time and keep my uploaded image count manageable, there are 50 lizardmen who can jump from pools in this zone. Once you clear all 50 of them, in groups of 5 at a time, no more will appear when you try to investigate a pool. To deal with this, I just attempt to investigate this pool 10 times until they are cleared out. This is the third time, and it goes as quickly as the previous two. There's no need to show the following seven, as they will just be more or less exactly the same as the first ones, and, at most, the party took pretty minimal damage during them.</p><p></p><p>(And yes, I have screeshots of all ten battles cluttering up my storage.)</p><p></p><p>After slaughtering all 50 lizardmen, the party can at last advance towards the pool without issue.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357732[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>No, we're just trying to move through.</p><p></p><p>But apparently the pool blocks us from advancing at all. To continue to explore this area, we'll have to go back up top and find another passage down. So, up we go...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357733[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Move around a bit.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357734[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Head back down...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357735[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And explore around a bit.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357736[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Yes we do. And, yay, no lizardmen leaping out this time!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357737[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Of course!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357739[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]357740[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Oooh, +2! Now <em>that </em>is useful! Brother Baltor will take it.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357741[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Once it's equipped, we explore around a bit more.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357742[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Of course, again.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357743[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]357744[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]357745[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Another <em>shield +2</em>! We'll give that to Bant.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357746[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Of course, his AC is now far outpacing Baroness Bella or Brother Baltor, so we'll trade the <em>cloak of displacement</em> to Brother Baltor since he has far fewer hit points than the other two and seems, as a flanker, to get hit a lot.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357747[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Party with updated ACs:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357748[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Since these pools have a lot of nice stuff in them (and I'm just showing the magic items - they all have had significant money/gems/jewels in them as well), we'll keep exploring around.</p><p></p><p>However, we've reached the upload limit, so we'll complete the exploration of the area in the next post!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Demetrios1453, post: 9316217, member: 6801060"] [B][I]Pool of Radiance [/I](Part 40): The Lizardman Keep (Part 2)[/B] Let the duel begin! [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-09 214002.png"]357700[/ATTACH] They trade blows, but Baroness Bella definitely has the upper hand. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-09 214025.png"]357701[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-09 214047.png"]357702[/ATTACH] And so it's done. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-09 214107.png"]357703[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-09 214115.png"]357704[/ATTACH] And that's that. We could return to Phlan right now and get our reward. But... there's treasure to be found. So, we won't be taking the old lizardman's advice and leave just quite yet... We move around a bit, searching. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 221554.png"]357705[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 221857.png"]357706[/ATTACH] Ah, yes we do. There's a complete subterranean level here that we can explore... [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 221909.png"]357707[/ATTACH] Surprise lizard attack! [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 221924.png"]357708[/ATTACH] Granted, giant lizards, even 10 of them, aren't much of an issue for us these days. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 222130.png"]357709[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 222203.png"]357710[/ATTACH] We then move down the corridor, until we reach a deep pool blocking the corridor. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 222248.png"]357711[/ATTACH] Sure, we'll check it out. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 222304.png"]357712[/ATTACH] Ouch! [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 222312.png"]357713[/ATTACH] I mean, it was only 3 HP of damage done. It would have taken them a really long time to finish us off at that pretty pitiful rate. We move towards the pool again. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 222323.png"]357714[/ATTACH] Ouch again! [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 222329.png"]357715[/ATTACH] Good, let's choose combat and deal with them. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 222334.png"]357716[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 222349.png"]357717[/ATTACH] There are just five lizardmen (Bant took one down before I got the screenshot), so the battle goes about how you would expect, even with a anti-magic shield in the zone. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 222422.png"]357718[/ATTACH] Now let's look into that pool. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 222435.png"]357719[/ATTACH] Yes again. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 222442.png"]357720[/ATTACH] What sort of ridiculous question is that? [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 222455.png"]357721[/ATTACH] Nice. Let's see if it will be of any use to us. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 222503.png"]357722[/ATTACH] Meh, just +1. We'll keep it around to sell later. Having searched the pool, we move towards it again... [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 222548.png"]357723[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 222556.png"]357724[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 222605.png"]357725[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 222610.png"]357726[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 222646.png"]357727[/ATTACH] Yet another short battle with 5 lizardmen, with predictable results. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 222659.png"]357728[/ATTACH] Why not? [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 222706.png"]357729[/ATTACH] Well, bummer. It's obviously been cleared out. Once again, we move towards the pool... [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 222755.png"]357730[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 222803.png"]357731[/ATTACH] OK, to save everyone time and keep my uploaded image count manageable, there are 50 lizardmen who can jump from pools in this zone. Once you clear all 50 of them, in groups of 5 at a time, no more will appear when you try to investigate a pool. To deal with this, I just attempt to investigate this pool 10 times until they are cleared out. This is the third time, and it goes as quickly as the previous two. There's no need to show the following seven, as they will just be more or less exactly the same as the first ones, and, at most, the party took pretty minimal damage during them. (And yes, I have screeshots of all ten battles cluttering up my storage.) After slaughtering all 50 lizardmen, the party can at last advance towards the pool without issue. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 224208.png"]357732[/ATTACH] No, we're just trying to move through. But apparently the pool blocks us from advancing at all. To continue to explore this area, we'll have to go back up top and find another passage down. So, up we go... [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 224309.png"]357733[/ATTACH] Move around a bit. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 224420.png"]357734[/ATTACH] Head back down... [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 224431.png"]357735[/ATTACH] And explore around a bit. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 224510.png"]357736[/ATTACH] Yes we do. And, yay, no lizardmen leaping out this time! [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 224518.png"]357737[/ATTACH] Of course! [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 224530.png"]357739[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 224545.png"]357740[/ATTACH] Oooh, +2! Now [I]that [/I]is useful! Brother Baltor will take it. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 224603.png"]357741[/ATTACH] Once it's equipped, we explore around a bit more. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 224641.png"]357742[/ATTACH] Of course, again. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 224650.png"]357743[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 224701.png"]357744[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 224710.png"]357745[/ATTACH] Another [I]shield +2[/I]! We'll give that to Bant. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 224729.png"]357746[/ATTACH] Of course, his AC is now far outpacing Baroness Bella or Brother Baltor, so we'll trade the [I]cloak of displacement[/I] to Brother Baltor since he has far fewer hit points than the other two and seems, as a flanker, to get hit a lot. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 224824.png"]357747[/ATTACH] Party with updated ACs: [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-11 224843.png"]357748[/ATTACH] Since these pools have a lot of nice stuff in them (and I'm just showing the magic items - they all have had significant money/gems/jewels in them as well), we'll keep exploring around. However, we've reached the upload limit, so we'll complete the exploration of the area in the next post! [/QUOTE]
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