Dungeons & Drogans: Session VI
Session VI Summary
The Drogans are bound by Irontooth's lackeys, then dumped in a treasure room with their weapons stashed in a corner. They awaken as a kobold walks in and begins dragging their weapons out of the room, one by one.
Coltaine frees his hands once the kobold is gone, and Zacsarrd wiggles over to the weapons and grabs a dagger. But the kobold returns in time to catch the cleric squirming back into position.
The reptilian draws his sword and notices that Coltaine is conspicuously hiding his hands. He moves closer to inspect, but Jacques and Rekoj roll around in the loot, creating a diversion. Frustrated, the kobold storms off.
Coltaine grabs Zacsarrd's dagger and cuts his comrades free just as two kobolds appear form the west: the sword-wielding one and the masked one.
The goliath grabs his scimitar and swings it in a vicious arc that decapitates the sword-wielding kobold.
The kobold slinger arrives, followed by Irontooth.
Rekoj chases the masked kobold down the halls of the lair, leaving the rest of the Drogans to fight Irontooth and the slinger.
Once wounded, Irontooth enters a blood craze, ululating and foaming at the mouth. He charges Zacsarrd and chops the cleric down to the ground.
Jacques fires a magic missile at the slinger and splits his skull open.
Irontooth brings down Coltaine with a vicious chop.
Rekoj dismembers the masked kobold before rushing back to save his companions.
Irontooth strikes Jacques down, and the goblin and Rekoj battle to the death. In the end, the goliath prevails, and Irontooth cries out, "Kalarel and Lord Orcus, prepare my way!"
Session VI - Part 1 Summary
The Drogans are tied up with twine by Irontooth's lackeys. Jacques, the only conscious Drogan, is gagged--even Irontooth doesn't want to listen to his inane babblings. The bound Drogans are dumped in a treasure room, left lying on a pile of loot. Although they've been disarmed, and their weapons stashed in a corner of the room, the kobolds were in too much of a hurry to remove their armor.
Slowly, the Drogans awaken. John muses that the situation isn't that bad: Zacsarrd has experience fighting with neither armor nor weapons.
Session VI - Part 2 Summary
After a short rest, Rekoj is at 36/38 HP, Coltaine is at 24/25 HP, and Zacsarrd is at 21/22 HP.
The Drogans hear footsteps approaching and quiet down. A kobold walks in and tries to grab all the weapons at once, but it's too much for the little lizard to carry. He starts by dragging away Coltaine's halberd.
Rekoj and Coltaine try to burst their bonds until they hear the kobold returning.
Session VI - Part 3 Summary
The kobold returns and carries away Zacsarrd's scythe.
The dragonborn wiggles his way toward the cache of weapons so that he may cut his bonds with one of the blades, but can't get a grip on Rekoj's dagger.
Coltaine gnaws at the ropes binding his wrists.
The footsteps begin to return, and Zacsarrd wiggles his way back onto the loot pile just as the kobold enters the room. The kobold notices the weapons have been displaced and furrows his brow, then shrugs his shoulders and grabs Rekoj's battleaxe and mace.
As the reptilian leaves, Zacsarrd wiggles back to the weapons and manages to grab the dagger, but can't get it into position in time--the footsteps are returning. Coltaine finishes chewing through his wrist bindings and frees his hands. Zacsarrd wiggles back to the loot pile, taking the dagger with him.
Unfortunately, the dragonborn isn't quick enough this time--the kobold catches him squirming back into position, and draws his short sword.
Jacques begins to roll around in the pile of gold, causing a distraction.
The kobold notices that Coltaine is hiding his wrists and moves closer to inspect.
Rekoj follows Jacques' lead and wriggles around in the loot, creating a mess, and blocking the kobold passage.
Session VI - Part 4 Summary
With Jacques and Rekoj writhing about in the gold, the kobold becomes frustrated and storms off, muttering. He equips his shield as he leaves the room.
Coltaine grabs Zacsarrd's dagger and starts cutting his comrades free. Rekoj, once freed, reequips what remains of his arsenal.
Once all but Jacques are free, footsteps approach form the west, accompanied by two kobold voices speaking to each other.
Initiative is rolled.
Two kobolds appear form the west; one is the wounded one with sword and shield, the other is the masked kobold.
The sword-wielding kobold slashes Rekoj for 5 damage. The goliath responds by swinging his scimitar in a vicious arc that decapitates the kobold.
Coltaine frees Jacques hands so that he may cast his spells.
Session VI - Part 5 Summary
The masked kobold retreats from Rekoj while shrieking at the top of his lungs, then hits Rekoj with fireball for 5 damage.
Round 1 ends.
Footsteps rush toward the treasure room, and the kobold slinger appears in the northern cave entrance.
Jacques removes his gag.
Rekoj chases the masked kobold and slashes him with his scimitar.
Coltaine cuts Jacques' feet free.
The masked kobold, seeing Rekoj pursuing him, screams in a terrified staccato pattern and flees while sending a fireball at Rekoj, burning his throat for 13 damage.
Irontooth appears.
Session VI - Part 6 Summary
Jacques launches a Force Orb at Irontooth and bloodies the goblin as Rekoj, in turn, charges after the masked kobold and also bloodies his foe.
Zacsarrd spews his acidic breath onto Irontooth and the slinger, bloodying the kobold. Irontooth evades the acid breath. Unfettered, Zacsarrd strikes Irontooth with a Lance of Faith, searing him with holy light.
The masked kobold launches another fireball at Rekoj, burning him down to 9/38 HP.
Irontooth enters a blood craze, ululating and foaming at the mouth. He charges Zacsarrd and slashes him down to 5/22 HP.
Session VI - Part 7 Summary
Rekoj calls upon his second wind and recovers lost HP.
Coltaine slashes a kobold in the back, nearly taking him down.
Zacsarrd calls upon the deities and heals himself.
The slinger pegs Coltaine down to 16/25 HP.
Irontooth, still on a rampage, chops Zacsarrd down to the ground--good news for the Drogans, because the dragonborn was taken down in every successful battle they've had.
Jacques fires a magic missile at the slinger and splits his skull open.
Session VI - Part 8 Summary
Rekoj slashes the masked kobold, who fireballs the warden in turn and takes him down to 13/38 HP.
Frothing at the mouth, Irontooth charges Coltaine and chops him down to 1 hp.
Jacques strikes Irontooth with a Magic Missile.
Rekoj slashes the masked kobold's arm off, and the creature collapses, dead.
Coltaine calls upon his second wind and speaks words of inspiration to himself to spend his last healing surge.
Irontooth, still raving like a lunatic, swings at Coltaine and critically hits the warlord back down to 1 HP.
Session VI - Part 9 Summary
Zacsarrd fails his first Death Save and can only fail two more before dying.
Irontooth takes down Coltaine with a vicious chop.
Nick rolls a 20 on Coltaine's Death Save--but the warlord has no more healing surges left to spend, so cannot rejoin the battle.
John's luck is the antithesis of Nick's, as he rolls a 1 on Zacsarrd's Death Save--and can only fail one more.
Irontooth charges Jacques, who has not taken any damage in the past two sessions. The goblin's axe bites into the wizard for 7 damage.
In an unprecedented twist of fate, John rolls a 20 on his Death Save mere moments after rolling a 1--but the dragonborn, too, has no healing surges left to spend.
Irontooth chops Jacques to 4/23 HP.
Rekoj engages Irontooth and slashes him with his scimitar.
Round 11 ends.
Irontooth strikes Jacques down, and the goblin and Rekoj battle it out in a clash of the titans. In the end, the goliath's scimitar prevails, and Irontooth drops to a knee, raises a clawed hand to the air and cries out, "Kalarel and Lord Orcus, prepare my way!"
