Session/Game: Marches 3e #25 Date:
8/19/01
Campaign Date: Quoct 15—22
IY 469
Characters:
Kronin, dwarf, fighter-10/ dwarven defender-2,
LG Dave Hanley
Sir Rannos, human fighter,
CG, level 13, Bob LaForge
Scagnetti, human, sorcerer, level 8, CG, cohort
Sarissa Lin, human, monk,
level 9, LN, Charles Tillinghast
Gabriel Leadfoot, halfling
rogue 6/ ranger-1, NG, Mike Miller
Sir Whitefire, human rogue-1/ wizard-11, CN Charles
Fleurie
Brother
Frankie, cleric level 5, LN, cohort
Sir Ostler, human, cleric, LN, level 10, Joe Fryar
Galliard, human
barbarian-2/bard-5, CG, Andrew Smith
Log:
Quoct 15
Having fled in terror back
to the dwarven mines, the party vowed revenge.
They consulted with Tharken, recruited him, 20 dwarven warriors and
Theobald the dwarf priest to strike against the Black Plague. They decided to go to Gnome-Town and recruit
extra help there.
Quoct 16
Party rests at dwarf mine.
Quoct 17
Party travels to Gnome town,
killing a party of 14 Crapmeister Orc warriors along the way.
Quoct 18
Party is admitted to Gnome
town. At the trading post, Galliard is
caught stealing by the owner, Beavo McNasty, who threatens to sic Grundor, the
world’s largest Gnome, on him if he doesn’t pay up. Beavo sells Rannos a “magic chicken foot of invincibility”—full
refund if he is ever beaten in battle. Galliard later convinces Grundor to come
work for the party instead of Beavo. The party has dinner (a lovely roasted
porcupine) at the Travelers’ Inn, run by Stan McNasty. At dinner, Sir Rannos meets the charming
sorcerer Scagnetti, who agrees to sign on to Rannos’ service. Stan’s
table-punk “Stupid Ernie” leads Kronin,
Ostler, Whitefire and Galliard to a meeting with the chief of Gnome-town,
Grandwic McNasty, king of all the Gnomes (provisional). Grandwic, burning for revenge against the
Black Plague army, who ate many of his townsfolk, lends the party 6 gnome
warriors and Gubbo O’Ratso, a sorcerer, for the quest.
Quoct 19
Party rests, Whitefire
scribes a scroll into his book. Ostler
discovers by divination that the Black Plague is located at the dwarven Gorge
Fort.
Quoct 20th
The party and their horde of
stumpy allies march to the vicinity of the Gorge Fort.
Quoct 21st
The crusading force prepares
a massive assault on the fort, well-buttressed by magic. Sir Ostler begins by launching an Insect
Plague spell against the fort. Unfortunately,
they had forgotten the spell-reflecting power of Lord Strydor’s shield, and the
insect plague was reflected back onto Ostler.
The party’s attack was thrown into complete disarray, with the gnomes
and dwarves fleeing in various directions.
After rallying the forces, the party camped for the night.
Quoct 22nd
The party begins their
assault anew, this time with more luck.
Gabriel and Sarissa achieve the gatehouse invisibly. When the attackers are close enough they
kill or drive off the Mouse-Easter orcs guarding it. Gabriel opens the portcullis to allow Rannos to enter. Unfortunately, he failed to lock or secure
it and the gate crashed down onto Rannos as he entered, causing some minor
damage. Ostler engaged several orcs and
bugbears using transformed gigantic praying mantises and used Stone Shape to
open a breech in the wall. The
centaur-wizard Feclar closed the breech again with a flaming sphere spell. Feclar’s summoned demon did battle with
Whitefire’s summoned devils and Whitefire’s summoned apes climbed the wall,
just as Lord Strydor and the bugbears killed the last of the Mantises.
Sarissa broke throw and
closely engaged Titus the Reborn and his 4 bugbear guards. Rannos finally reached the inner gate, and
tore it to pieces with his axe, as if it were paper. He then did some damage to the darkness shrouded Feclar, who
dimension doored to a nearby tower.
Whitefire finished Feclar with a
fireball spell. Kronin had also
gained through the gatehouse and attacked Lord Strydor, supported by
Whitefire’s devils.
And so we pause the action until next time.