Dungeons & Drogans: Session XXXV
Session XXXV Summary
The Drogans descend to the next level of the keep, entering a cathedral of shadows. An Orcus underpriest leads a pair of axe-wielding humans in prayer. Blood flows in rivers on the floor, draining into a large pit.
Rekoj immediately charges towards the underpriest as three vampires sneak up on the rest of the party from behind.
The two humans charge Rekoj, defending the underpriest, who also attacks the goliath with dark magic, badly wounding him.
Stephen predicts this is an epic fail in the making.
On Round 2, Rekoj keeps charging at the priest, provoking an opportunity attack from both axe-wielding humans, who strike him down to 5/52 HP.
The underpriest draws a mace and beats Rekoj into unconsciousness.
By Round 3, all the vampires are dead.
By Round 6, Rekoj has failed two death saves, and Autumn is down to 7 HP.
On Round 7, the priest takes Autumn down. Autumn fails her first death save.
On Round 8 Rekoj, bleeds to death on the dais, and Autumn fails her second death save.
On Round 9, Autumn bleeds to death as her party members finish off their opponents. The battle is won, but the cost was high.
The surviving party members take a short rest, knowing an extended rest is a luxury they can't afford with Kalarel so close to completing his ritual.
Coltaine, Sorrow, and Win'tyr prepare to descend the chains leading down into the pit. They realize the underpriest may still be alive, because Sorrow claims it is a 50 foot drop into a pool of blood.
Session XXXV - Part 1 Summary
The Drogans descend to the next level of the keep, entering a cathedral of shadows. An Orcus underpriest leads a pair of axe-wielding humans in prayer. Blood flows in rivers on the floor, draining into a large pit.
Rekoj immediately charges towards the underpriest on the other side of the room.
Three vampires sneak up on the rest of the party from behind.
The two humans charge after Rekoj, defending the underpriest, who also attacks the goliath with dark magic, dropping him to 21/52 hit points.
Stephen predicts this is an epic fail in the making.
Coltaine, torn by tactical indecision, thinks he can't even get to Rekoj and heal the goliath in time to save him, so he focuses on keeping his other party members safe from the vampires.
Sorrow freezes a vampire into a solid block of ice that shatters to pieces.
Round 2 begins. One vampire is dead, and Rekoj is already bloodied.
More vampires rush in and surround Win'tyr, completely cutting him off from his companions, and claw him down to 20/30 HP.
Rekoj keeps charging at the priest, provoking an opportunity attack from both axe-wielding humans, who strike him down to 5/52 HP.
A creature appears behind the vampires, not unlike an evil-looking gnome.
The underpriest draws a mace and beats Rekoj in the face. Rekoj takes 11 damage and collapses.
One of the powerful humans advances on Coltaine and chops him down to 26 hit points.
Coltaine rushes back to his still-standing allies, provoking an opportunity attack that drops him to 10 hit points. The warlord inspires himself to heal up to 24 HP.
Coltaine then misses with his daily power, but his allies nonetheless receive 9 temporary hit points.
Sorrow takes a step back and apologizes to Win'tyr, saying, "It's for the greater good," before nuking him and the vampires around him with fire. Two vampires disintegrate into ash, and Wint'yr is burned, losing most of his temporary hit points.
Session XXXV - Part 2 Summary
Round 3 begins. Rekoj is down, bleeding. Two vampires are down.
A vampire claws Wint'yr down to 18/30 HP.
The evil gnome creature, the dark creeper, advances on Win'tyr with two daggers and stabs him down to 8/30 HP.
Autumn stabs her katar through a vampire's heart and it explodes into cinders, leaving only one vampire standing.
Coltaine inspires Win'tyr to heal up to 17/30 HP.
With a subtle gesture, Sorrow wreathes three enemies in flames. The vampire is incinerated, and the dark creeper is set on fire, as is the powerful human.
Win'tyr, wielding dual daggers, stabs into the dark creeper.
Round 4 begins. All the vampires are down. The dark creeper, the two powerful humans, and the underpriest of Orcus remain.
Rekoj fails his first death save.
The creeper stabs Win'tyr down to 8 HP.
A powerful human chops into Coltaine for 16 damage, dropping him to 8 HP.
Coltaine calls upon the power of his dwarven chainmail to heal.
Round 5 begins.
The dark creeper retreats into the shadows.
A human chops Coltaine down to 10 HP.
Autumn stabs her katars into the powerful human.
Coltaine decapitates a human, then calls upon his second wind to heal up to 18 HP.
The priest casts a spell on autumn, wounding her to 26/34 HP.
Win'tyr swaps to his bow and lets fly two arrows, both of which strike the powerful human.
Round 6 begins. All the vampires and one powerful human are down.
Rekoj fails his second death save.
Session XXXV - Part 3 Summary
A human chops Autumn down to 15 HP.
Win'tyr bloodies the human with an arrow, and the human chops Autumn down to 7 HP.
Round 7 begins.
The creeper stabs Sorrow down to 22/33 HP.
The priest casts his spell on Autumn again, and she collapses under 16 damage.
Autumn fails her first death save.
Coltaine chops into the human, leaving him badly wounded.
Round 8 begins.
The creeper starts creeping away again.
Rekoj bleeds to death on the dais, from which blood is already running down. His pool of blood is now contributing to the rivers flowing down into the pit that Sorrow knows leads to Kalarel.
The Orcus underpriests puts himself between the pit and the party.
Autumn fails her second death save.
Coltaine fumbles at a critical time.
The priest casts his necrotic spell on Coltaine, dropping him to 9 HP.
Win'tyr plants an arrow in the human's head, taking him down, and a second arrow wounds the underpriest. The elf activates his thundering bow ability and knocks the priest back into the pit. The priest's cries ring out for a moment before a splash is heard.
Win'tyr uses an action point, and Coltaine bolsters him up to 13/30 HP. He calls upon his second wind to heal up to 20 HP.
Round 9 begins.
The dark creeper returns.
Autumn bleeds to death. For the third time.
Sorrow reduces the creeper to a charred corpse.
The battle is won, but the cost was high.
The surviving party members take a short rest, knowing an extended rest is a luxury they can't afford with Kalarel so close to completing his ritual.
Session XXXV - Part 4 Summary
Coltaine, Sorrow, and Win'tyr prepare to descend the chains leading down into the pit. They realize the underpriest may still be alive, because Sorrow claims it is a 50 foot drop into a pool of blood.
