PLYNCK
March 8, 2008
XP
starting out: 36,070
for
roleplaying during previous run:
250
XP running total: 36,320
Sword 13, 5038
dawn
We ride. Plants are blighted, there are no animals, not even
birds. Blight seems to be worse to the West. We ride on,
casually ignoring the blight, but none the less noticing that it
appears to be getting worse as we go North.
First Watch
1. Artes notices Wights,
yells, pulls Ulfgar up and awake; Beri sleeps; Ulfgar moves 20' and
thows axe for 8; Zora wakes, stands; Wight-1 on Ulfgar hits for 4 and
one negative level; Wight-2 on Ben misses; Wight-3 on Jenna misses;
Wight-4 on Kes hits for 2 and one negative level; Kes stands up and
hits Wight-4 for 4; Ben casts Turn Undead and Wights-
-2 and -3 flee; Jenna wakes up, stands up.
2. Artes tumbles behind
Wight-1, hits for 4; Beri sleeps; Ulfgar hits Wight-1 four times
for 43, kills; Zora moves towards Wight-4; Wight-4 criticals on Kes for
9 and two negative levels; Kes complains, fumbles, loses rest of round;
Ben shoots crossbow at Wight-4 for 9, 9; Jenna watches for other foes.
3. Artes charges Wight-4,
hits for 5; Beri sleeps; Ulfgar successfully sheds one (his only)
negative energy level; Zora hits Wight-4 for 17, 14, kills;
Kes successfully sheds each of her three negative levels.
We wait for the other two Wights to come back, which they do after
three minutes:
33 (sorta continued).
Wight-2 charges Zora for 4 and one negative level; Wight-3 charges
Ulfgar for 3 and one negative level; Kes tumbles behind Wight-2 and
hits for 2; Ben shoots Wight-2 for 9, miss; Jenna watchs our backs.
34. Artes tumbles behind
Wight-3 and hits for 5; Beri sleeps; Ulfgar hits Wight-3 four times for
44; Zora hits Wight-2 for 14, 17; Wight-2 hits Zora for 2 and one
negative level; Wight-3 turns around to hit Artes but misses; Kes hits
Wight-2 for 9, miss; Ben shoots Wight-2 for 10, kills, shoots Wight-3
but misses; Jenna keeps watch.
35. Artes hits Wight-3
for 4, kills.
1,160
XP running total: 37,480
Kes searches bodies, Jenna looks for useful parts, neither finds
anything.
Zora successfully sheds her negative level.
Ulfgar successfully sheds his negative level.
Jenna casts Cure ???
on Kes, Ulfgar, and Zora.
Second Watch
Zora, Beri, and Ulfgar see for very large humanoid skeletons
1. Beri casts Ice Storm on Skeleton-2
for 12 impact and 5 cold; Ulfgar picks up Ben and points him at a
Skeleton; Ben starts to put on armor; Kes wakes up, stands up, pulls
out lightstone; Artes wakes up, stands up; Zora reserves; Jenna wakes,
casts Bless;
Skeletons all move closer.
2. Beri casts Fireball on Skeleton-2
for 28; Ulfgar drops axe, draws flail, charges Skeleton-3 for 13; Ben,
abandons armor, casts Daylight
on his mace; Kes casts Summon Monster III::Celestial
Bison, positioning it by Skeleton-1; Bison misses Skeleton-1;
Artes waits for a Skeleton to get in range; Zora charges Skeleton-4 for
6; Jenna stands up, casts Flame
Strike on Skeleton-1 for 12 holy, 13 flame; Skeleton-1 hits
Bison for 22; Skeleton-2 moves to 20' from Artes, hits twice for 23
total; Skeleton-3 on Ulfgar misses, hits for 20; Skeleton-4 on Zora
hits for 17, misses; Artes goes total defensive and moves away.
3. Beri casts Fireball on
Skeleton-2 or 23, then moves back; Ulfgar hits Skeleton-3 twice for 21;
Ben casts Cure Serious on Artes for 26; Kes casts Slow on Skeleton-1;
Bison hits Skeleton-1 for 14; Zora hits Skeleton-4 twice for 23; Jenna
casts Shatter on
the skull of Skeleton-1, and it shatters;skullless, but not
slowed, Skeleton-1 on Bison misses, hits for 20, kills; Skeleton-2
moves towards Kes, misses, hits for 22; Skeleton-3 on Ulfgar hits for
12, then bloopers; Skeleton-4 on Zora bloopers; Artes tumbles behind
Skeleton-3 and hits for 4.
4. Beri casts Lightning Bolt on
Skeleton-2 for 36; Ulfgar takes 5' step, then hits Skeleton-3 twice for
24; Ben casts Shatter on
Skeleton-4's spine but it saves, Ben steps back; Kes tumbles away then
casts Shatter on
Skeleton-2's skull, which explodes; Zora his Skeleton-4 twice for
18; Jenna charges Skeleton-2 for 3; skullless Skeleton-1 doesn't move;
skullless Skeleton-2 wanders off - Jenna AoO for 9; Skeleton-3 loses
round; Skeleton-4 misses Zora twice; Artes takes 5' step, flanks with
Ulfgar, hits Skeleton-3 twice for 13.
5. Beri casts Lightning Bolt on
Skeleton-2 for 23, kills; Ulfgar hits Skeleton-3 twice for 23; Ben
casts Spiritual Weapon,
directs the mace at Skeleton-4 for 1, moves; Kes casts Shatter on Skeleton-4's
skull but it saves; Zora hits Skeleton-4 twice for 20; Jenna moves
closer to Skeleton-1; skullless Skeleton-1 does nothing; Skeleton-3
hits Ulfgar twice for 26; Skeleton-4 bloopers and hits self for 18,
then his Zora for 11; Artes hits Skeleton-3 for 4, 3.
6. Beri casts Fireball on
Skeleton-4 for 33, kills; Ulfgar hits Skeleton-3 twice for 20, kills;
Ben switches target to Skeleton-1, hits for 4, moves to Zora; Kes
casts Shatter on
Skeleton-1's spine and it works: both arms drop down to ground, legs
and pelvis stand still.
Eventually skullless, spineless, unattacking, unresisting Skeleton-1 is
also killed.
775
XP running total: 38,255
Healing happens. I think with Jenna's wand, but there's no
record of how many shots used.
Third Watch
0. Four Shadows attack
Ulfgar; Shadow-1 and Shadow-3 hit for -3 STR; Ulfgar yells, "Holy
Crap! Bad Things!"
1. Zora wakes up, gets
up; Ben sleeps; Beri sleeps; Artes wakes up, gets up, pulls out light
stone; Jenna knows Shadows are only half in this world, thus hard to
hit or spell, casts Flame
Shield on herself, moves towards Ulfgar, yells out knowledge to
group; Shadow-1 hits Ulfgar for -2 STR; Shadow-2 misses Ulfgar;
Shadow-3 misses Zora; Shadow-4 misses Ulfgar; Kes starts singing Inspire Courage, charges
Shadow-2 for 5; Ulfgar hits Shadow-2 twice for 23.
2. Zora hits Shadow-3 for
18, 14; Ben sleeps; Beri sleeps; Artes hits Shadow-1 but swishes; Jenna
moves; Shadow-1 misses Ulfgar; Shadow-2 turns to Kes, misses; Shadow-3
misses Zora; Shadow-4 misses Ulfgar; Kes on Shadow-2 misses, hits for
3; Ulfgar on Shadow-2 hits but swishes four times.
3. Zora hits Shadow-3 for
19, hits but swishes; Ben wakes up, casts Turn Undead, Shadows- -2
and -3 flee - Ulfgar AoO on Shadow-2 for 13, Kes AoO on Shadow-2 hits
but swishes; Zora AoO on Shadow-3 hits, kills; Beri sleeps; Artes hits
Shadow-1 for 9; Jenna casts Healing Circle, doing 11
damage to Shadow-1 and Shadow-4; Shadow-1 turns on Artes, misses;
Shadow-4 misses Ulfgar; Kes tumbles to behind Shadow-1 and hits for 6;
Ulfgar hits Shadow-4 three times for 24.
4. Zora charges Shadow-4
for 22; Ben stands up, casts Spiritual Weapon, hits
Shadow-1 for 4; Beri sleeps; Artes on Shadow-1 hits for 9, swish, 9;
Jenna misses Shadow-4; Shadow-1 turns on Kes, misses; Shadow-4 misses
Ulfgar; Kes on Shadow-1 hits but swishes, misses; Ulfgar on Shadow-4
for 8, 6, kills, 5' step to Shadow-1, hits for 7.
5. Zora moves to Shadow-1
and kills it.
Ben casts Restoration on
Ulfgar, who gains all of his Strength back.
We wait for the other Shadow to come back, which it does after three
minutes:
35 (sorta continued) Ben hits Shadow-2 for 6; Beri sleeps; Artes
reserves; Jenna watches our rear; Kes tumbles behind Shadow-2 and hits
but swishes; Ulfgar charges Shadow-2 but swishes.
36. Zora charges Shadow-2 for 16, kills.
1,160
XP running total: 39,415
The rest of the night passes.
Sword 14
We decide to rest up, after that very restless night. Get in 1/2
day's travel.
First Watch
Ben and Artes hear an insane babbliing comeinig towards them
1. Kes sleeps; Artes
wakes up Ulfgar and points him; Ulfgar moves towards sound; Beri wakes
up, stands up; Zora wakes up, stands up; Allip moves closer; Ben casts Spiritual Weapon; Jenna
sleeps.
2. Kes sleeps; Artes
moves up to Ulfgar; Ulfgar charges for 12; Beri knows Allip's are only
half present, thus weapons only hit them half the time, also that it
takes a minimum +1 weapon to hit them at all, also that they feed on
WIS, casts Fireball for
48; Zora moves towards Allip; Allip hits Ulfgar for -4 WIS; Ben kicks
sleeping Jenna and sleeping Kes; Jenna wakes up, stands up.
3. Kes wakes up, stands
up; Artes moves to Allip; Ulfgar switches to broadsword and hits for
11; Beri casts Magic
Missile for 23; Zora charges Allip but swishes; Allip hits
Ulfgar for -4 WIS; Ben hits for 2, casts Silence on Allip but it
saves; Jenna casts Flame
Strike for 16 holy and 16 fire, kills.
775
XP running total: 40,190
Jenna casts Restoration on
Ulfgar, who gains all his Wisdom back.
Nothing happens during Second Watch.
Third Watch
Jenna, Kes, and Ulfgar hear a very loud crashing as something, that
sounds very large, makes its unsubtle way towards us.
Everybody is woken up.
Ben casts Bless.
Jenna casts Shield of
Faith on Kes. Beri casts Daylight on a
stone. Ben casts Bull's
Strength on Zora. Jenna casts Magic Weapon on Ulfgar's
double-axe. Beri casts Rope Trick. Ben
casts Spiritual Weapon.
Bei casts Summon Monster
II::Celestial Eagle. Kes casts Summon Monster III::Celestial
Bison. Kes begins singing Inspire Courage.
Kes hides.
We see colosssal Zombie!
1. Artes reserves; Ulfgar moves, throws axe for 8; Ben hits
for 15, casts Holy Flame
for 12 holy and 9 fire; Beri casts Fireball for 35; Eagle
hits for 3; Zora shoots for 10, 7; Jenna casts Summon Monster III::Lantern
Archon; Archon shoots rays for 3; Kes casts Glitterdust; Bison
charges for 14; Zombie moves - Eagle AoO for 2; Bison AoO for 12.
2. Artes charges for 8; Ulfgar hits four times for 49; Ben hits
twice for 13, casts Greater
Magic Weapon on his physical mace; Beri casts Fireball for 36, then
moves away; Eagle hits for 7; Zora charges and hits for 27; Jenna takes
5' step away, casts Spiritual
Weapon and hits for 6; Archon rays twice for 10; Kes casts Slow; Bison hits for 8;
Zombie hits Ulfgar for 29.
3. Artes hits for miss, 8, 5; Ulfgar hits four times for 46; Ben
hits for 7, kills.
1,160
XP running total: 41,350
?presumably somebody did healing on Ulfgar?
Beri encouraged everyone to go up her Rope to sleep out the night.
Get through the rest of the night.
Sword 15
Stay and rest until noon. Discuss whether Invisible to Undead
would be sufficient to hide the horses, while the party
stayed up in Beri's Rope
Trick room. Realize that Invisible to Undead
would need to be renewed every 90 minutes, thus not particularly
useful. Decide to try traveling by night, instead. Spend
all day here. Rearrange travel order to put Ulfgar, with night
vision, in front. Get through the night. Estimate
that travel was about 1/2 speed -- thus just about the same as
recovering from night attacks for half the day, and traveling the other
half of the day (but without as much blood and XP;-).
Sword 16
Artes takes 20 and feel completely sure that the land is less blighted
than previously. Decide to drastically reduce the camp setup
& strike time by resting inside Beri's Rope Trick room,
use the extra time to travel in daylight as well as at
night. Should get one full day's travel per day in this
manner. Get through day; get through night.
Sword 17
Artes notices that all signs of blight are gone. Beri casts Rope Trick and everyone
rests. Get through daytime camping. Get through daytime travel;
and everyone notices that there are birds and small animals
again. Decide to do one more nighttime travel before
switching back to daytime normal.
Midnight
Artes and Ulfgar see two large humanoids that look like mummeys,
except that they are both wearing full plate armor.