Saturday, 14 February 2015

The Horned Hold - The Dice Are Against Us

Thunderspire Labyrinth

Feb 5/2015
PCs
Osirian
Zaya
Fluffy
Alek
"Boy"

H4 - Western Guard Post
1075 XP

Alex begins the fray from one of the tower in the Horned Hold running across the bridge to the next tower.
Zaya tries to warn him of movement behind two of the arrow slits in the door on the opposite side of the bridge only to have Alek ignore her.   4 crossbow bolts fly across the bridge of which 3 find their target in the body of the fighter.
Orisian is next across the bridge after a full on run in which he is almost able to stand at the doors underneath the arrow slits.  He calls to Zaya to run across the bridge.  Reluctantly she runs across the bridge and slides to the door under the arrow slits.  Alex by now has shield against one of the arrow slits while Zaya quickly and with no effort picks the lock.
After opening the door, Fluffy casually crosses the bridge and lets Princess enter the battle.

Found:  3 rubies

H6 - Ruined Chapel
1000 XP

Fluffy boldly runs through the pitch black room only to get ambushed buy a group of wights.  The pitch black room is lit by Alek setting one of the wights aflame which the wight is unable to extinguish....the entire length of the encouter.



H7 - The Slave Pits
1250 XP

The party approaches from the chapel ruins via a locked door.  Zaya (the Elven Key) quickly and in complete darkness picks the lock.
Alek runs into the room and quickly gets hit by spikes thrown by devils while he kicks one of the Duergar into a pit.
After a torturous battle Alex lays on the ground dying and on fire.  Barely alive himself, Orisian braves moving through the battle to use his cloak to extinguish the burning fighter and stops Alex from dying.

After the fray is done "Boy" peeks out from behind the door he has been continually opening, firing from and then closing again.  But his tactics have resulted in a healthy portion of the damage dealt to the devils and Duergar.

Looking down in to the pit they see 14 slaves.  Are these the slaves they have come to save?

Overall Feeling:
Way to many Action Points and Elven Accuracy were completely wasted with horrible rolls.  This night was a tough slog.

Campaign Ends of with HP of
Zaya          19/38
Osisiran     13/41
"Boy"         8/22
Fluffy         21/44
Alek           14/53  + Prone


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