DF Khoramandu Sea, Session 69 - Caves of Chaos, part 23
Due to the coronavirus lockdown, we once again played remotely using Hangouts. I don't use a VTT; when I need to show the battlefield, I use paper maps and minis, and point a webcam at the table.
We picked up from last session, with new wizardly recruit Adam having bought the party a minute to prepare with a Wall of Lightning spell...
We picked up from last session, with new wizardly recruit Adam having bought the party a minute to prepare with a Wall of Lightning spell...
Session Date: Thursday 18 June 2020
Party roster:
Miao Miao, cat-folk swashbuckler, 411 points (PC)
- Jenkins, human servant, 186 points (NPC Ally)
- Brother Warian, human monk (initiate), 177 points (NPC Ally)
Sir Yvor Gryffyn, human knight, 343 points (PC)
Davin Emberwood, human wizard, 342 points (PC)
Childerbert "Bert" Ingoberger, halfling locksmith (thief), 287 points (PC)
Hemmu Gahrol, half-orc knight, 275 points (NPC)
Adam Aesalor, half-orc wizard, 257 points (PC)
Location: Borderlands between the Kingdom of Ioscany and the Wilds of Pyrrhon; inside the cave of the second orc tribe.
The party lined up behind the Wall of Lightning, everyone readied themselves for the coming battle, and Adam let the spell expire. The electrical barrier vanished to reveal about two dozen orcs: a dozen or so warriors with swords and shields, including 2 larger orc sergeants, behind them the chief and an orc wizard, plus female orcs with bows lined up in either side tunnel.
The epic fight took the whole session. Some highlights:
- Davin, a yard off the ground thanks to his Walk on Air spell, ran up alongside the fighters, threw his Concussion spell over the heads of the everyone, to land on the ground behind the orcs, and stunning the orc wizard, their chief, and several of the orc warriors. Perfectly done.
- Then an orc in the front line facing Davin stepped forward and badly hacked the wizard's lightly armoured leg, causing a major wound, a crippled limb but luckily not-severed limb, and Davin failed his knockdown roll, which meant his Walk on Air spell was immediately negated, and he dropped to the ground. The resulting falling damage was merely a minor insult to injury.
- Miao, Hemmu, and Yvor hacked through the orc warriors over several rounds. The orc arrows were largely ineffectual, between the knights' shields and Davin casting Missile Shield on Miao while he was still lying on the ground behind her.
- There was friendly fire on both sides, with an orc swordsman dropped by a shot in the back from one of the female archers, and with Bert getting stunned by a Lightning bolt in the back from Adam at pointblank range.
- The orc spellcaster eventually recovered from the Concussion stun, which was evidenced as a previously thrown Continual Light stone came shooting back at Miao as a telekinetic missile hurled by the enemy wizard. Miao of course dodged this, and the stone ricocheted of the wall behind her and almost bounced out of the cave entirely.
- As the orc soldiers dropped, Miao called to Hemmu to again tell the orcs that they were only there for the chief. Hemmu translated this by waving her scimitar at the huge orc in plate armour as she shouted "We've come for YOU", in orcish.
- An extended duel between Hemmu and the chief ensued, with the chief wounding Hemmu through multiple times, while the Berserk half-orc would not stop hacking back at him, with no thought to her own defence. Each second of the fight, the chief would wound Hemmu twice, whereas Hemmu's three attacks (she was doing All-Out Attack (Double) with Rapid Strikes each round) were in turn Blocked, Parried, and then Dodged by the chief. He was defending most of her blows, whereas she was unable to defend against his at all. Hemmu passed three death checks during the fight and just kept on going.
- Warian healed Hemmu multiple times, once even running right into her hex to channel 22 HP of Faith Healing into her, but this only raised her back to -28 HP.
- With the other orc warriors defeated, and with the archers retreating, Miao and Yvor were able to come to Hemmu's aid. Using Giant Step to close the distance, Miao jumped in front of Hemmu and the chief, risking the berserker's ire, in order to try and draw the chief's attention away from the critically wounded half-orc.
- The chief blocked a mighty swing from Sir Yvor but the shield took the blow badly, and it was sundered in the process. After that, it was much easier to hit the chief, as he was only able to parry and dodge, and not longer had the passive bonus from the shield either. The chief was forced to fight a retreat as he was pushed back by the onslaught of Yvor and Miao.
- Furious that Miao had blocked her way, Hemmu barged past the cat-girl only to find herself facing not the chief, but the orc wizard. The spell caster failed to parry her three attacks and was cut down.
- Hemmu then finished her fight with the chief who, now badly wounded by the accumulated blows of two knights and a swashbuckler, was no longer able to fend her off, and he collapsed under onslaught.
It was late and we ended it there, with Sir Yvor dragging the body of the chief out of the cave, and the others helping Hemmu and Davin limp to safety...
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A pretty epic fight if I say so myself. A real pity that Hemmu's player couldn't make it.
I will post summaries by some of the players soon.
The epic fight took the whole session. Some highlights:
- Davin, a yard off the ground thanks to his Walk on Air spell, ran up alongside the fighters, threw his Concussion spell over the heads of the everyone, to land on the ground behind the orcs, and stunning the orc wizard, their chief, and several of the orc warriors. Perfectly done.
- Then an orc in the front line facing Davin stepped forward and badly hacked the wizard's lightly armoured leg, causing a major wound, a crippled limb but luckily not-severed limb, and Davin failed his knockdown roll, which meant his Walk on Air spell was immediately negated, and he dropped to the ground. The resulting falling damage was merely a minor insult to injury.
- Miao, Hemmu, and Yvor hacked through the orc warriors over several rounds. The orc arrows were largely ineffectual, between the knights' shields and Davin casting Missile Shield on Miao while he was still lying on the ground behind her.
- There was friendly fire on both sides, with an orc swordsman dropped by a shot in the back from one of the female archers, and with Bert getting stunned by a Lightning bolt in the back from Adam at pointblank range.
- The orc spellcaster eventually recovered from the Concussion stun, which was evidenced as a previously thrown Continual Light stone came shooting back at Miao as a telekinetic missile hurled by the enemy wizard. Miao of course dodged this, and the stone ricocheted of the wall behind her and almost bounced out of the cave entirely.
- As the orc soldiers dropped, Miao called to Hemmu to again tell the orcs that they were only there for the chief. Hemmu translated this by waving her scimitar at the huge orc in plate armour as she shouted "We've come for YOU", in orcish.
- An extended duel between Hemmu and the chief ensued, with the chief wounding Hemmu through multiple times, while the Berserk half-orc would not stop hacking back at him, with no thought to her own defence. Each second of the fight, the chief would wound Hemmu twice, whereas Hemmu's three attacks (she was doing All-Out Attack (Double) with Rapid Strikes each round) were in turn Blocked, Parried, and then Dodged by the chief. He was defending most of her blows, whereas she was unable to defend against his at all. Hemmu passed three death checks during the fight and just kept on going.
- Warian healed Hemmu multiple times, once even running right into her hex to channel 22 HP of Faith Healing into her, but this only raised her back to -28 HP.
- With the other orc warriors defeated, and with the archers retreating, Miao and Yvor were able to come to Hemmu's aid. Using Giant Step to close the distance, Miao jumped in front of Hemmu and the chief, risking the berserker's ire, in order to try and draw the chief's attention away from the critically wounded half-orc.
- The chief blocked a mighty swing from Sir Yvor but the shield took the blow badly, and it was sundered in the process. After that, it was much easier to hit the chief, as he was only able to parry and dodge, and not longer had the passive bonus from the shield either. The chief was forced to fight a retreat as he was pushed back by the onslaught of Yvor and Miao.
- Furious that Miao had blocked her way, Hemmu barged past the cat-girl only to find herself facing not the chief, but the orc wizard. The spell caster failed to parry her three attacks and was cut down.
- Hemmu then finished her fight with the chief who, now badly wounded by the accumulated blows of two knights and a swashbuckler, was no longer able to fend her off, and he collapsed under onslaught.
It was late and we ended it there, with Sir Yvor dragging the body of the chief out of the cave, and the others helping Hemmu and Davin limp to safety...
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A pretty epic fight if I say so myself. A real pity that Hemmu's player couldn't make it.
I will post summaries by some of the players soon.
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