Campaign Log

The party had returned to the keep, they were told that there was an ongoing investigation of the Drow activity. Other reports were also coming in about Dragon activity in the north. The party was given a choice between teaching new adventurers are taking on one of several quests that had come in while they were away fighting giants.

They voted to adventure. The quest they chose involved going to Waterdeep to a tavern to help clear out a dungeon.

Prior to entering the dungeon , they shopped and spent most of the loot they had gathered on magical equipment and healing potions.

They went to the tavern and quickly learned the method of entering the dungeon was by lowering the party by a platform to the appropriate level. They entered their level and began their adventure.

It was a level with many Drow statues of their gods, but very few Drow. In fact the only Drow they found had been mutated until they had grown to storm giant size. Poor Ozzie the ooze was picked up and yeeted 90 feet. Some of the other party members took some damage but they made short work of them.

They continued adventuring and came across a large mound if skeletons and debris.  While looking the bones they quickly realized they were shambling mounds and battle ensued.  Afterwards they heard scuttling but did not see anything.

Still exploring they kept hearing the scuttling noise and drew out the cause of it. Sadly the giant scorpion Drow saw them 1st. It cast a finger of death and the ooze took much damage. Battle ensues with many spells being negated. The party prevailed and thinking they completed the level left. ( they missed scrap ton since no one looked for secret floors a single time. The treasure room was mixed completely).

The party returned to the tavern and talked with the bar keep who had a detailed map for them but they had left before asking.

They did a long rest and returned to the tavern to try another level. They entered this level and were quickly attacked by more Drow. Poor Gimpus took a crossbow bold and was rendered unconscious for the next hour leaving the party short handed.

7 elite warrior Drows were waiting for the noisy group. A wall of fire was quickly erected and the party was quickly in hand to hand. Our resident Dwarf fighter and 2 barbarians quickly butchered the Drow but 1 got away alerting the rest of the level.

The party began for roll the Tortle down the hallway to get to a hide-y hole. Eventually they came to a battle that was I progress between 5 trolls and 7 troglodytes.  This is where we leave off for now. Until next time.

After last sessions battle royal with the fire giant king, the party found a passage behind the throne leading to the private quarters of the giant king. They defeated a band of hell hounds and came across a Tiefling who was strung up and being used as a punching bag. The Tiefling was one his last legs but thanks to the heroics of the party was saved and healed. It looked like the giant king had taken an intense personal dislike to him. The Tiefling turned out to be a bard whose name is Silky.

They continued the hallway and came across the fire giants private quarters. They found some treasure and continued on. They soon came to a guard room with a pair of giants which they quickly put down. They then split up to tackle the giant queen and her attendants. The giant queen seem to recognize the bard and flirted a little to him by posing for him. He reciprocated by calling her names which for us were insults but for the giant queen was intense flattery. This explained the giant kings intense dislike.

The killed them off with some difficulty, and looted the rooms for some additional treasure. They then found the treasure room which caused a bit of excitement. It appears that a most every 3rd chest was trapped. 2 of the party members were poisoned , one was sliced and one was spiked.

In the fire giants "office" they came across the Drow plans to conquer the local lands by using the giant clans. They also realized that a Drow contingent was coming within a day or two to see how things were going. The plans were sent via a portal to the party training keep. They party then went to where the drow were to surface from the Underdark to the keep. Plans were made to ambush the Drow.

Sadly, they neglected 1 key detail, they forgot that there would have been a welcoming party. The Drow quickly realized something was up and began laying down globes of darkness. As the Drow advanced, the party prepared. It went off very well for the party initially. The Drow countered with a insect swarm and lightning bolt. The party replied with a fire wall and an inflatable castle. The surviving priestess of the Drow escaped to the Underdark while the party were still dealing with the darkness spells which were slowly disappearing. Once the party realized they were alone they dropped the fire wall to man the keep

They soon realized that a large Drow force was quickly making their way into the fire giant lair and didn't have much time to stop it.

10 lighting bolts kept out of the darkness into the keep, completely obliterating it. The party was desperately trying to come up with a plan to stop the drow. Osborn took it upon himself to draw foreign religious symbols of death gods on various parts of the cavern walls which triggered Gimpuses god to grant Gimpus a god mode for her weapon.

Gimpus smashed down the cavern preventing the Drow entry and saving the day. Here is where we end this session.

Some humorous moments. One of the fire giant hand maidens was polymorphic into a frog, put into a pack, then shoved into a tiny hole made by our resident dwarf Brommir. They poked the frog allowing the giant to revert back. Sadly since she was embedded within rock and only a small exit she exited in a fountain of blood/Gore and entrails. FOR a better visual, look up elephant toothpaste videos. 

The rest of the Sunday crew can fill in some others. Good night.

Our fearless adventurers returned to town to drop off their loot, make some purchases, find some dog sitters and some mounts. They returned to the giants domain and made their way to the fire giant enclave. Once there, they snuck in and took out a guard outpost with a silence spell, a banish spell and a crap ton of damage. They continued down a hallway to battle a fire giant and a Chimera.  A fear spell took care of the Chimera and the giant was quickly put down. Sadly a guard giant heard the commotion and sounded the alarm. The party took out the guard and since they already took out the guard post., no one came, or did they.  While the party did a long rest in the room with the dead Chimera, something came and licked up the blood.

One of the party stealthily crept down the hallway to scout out the area and stealthily back to report to the group. However the stealth back part was not really stealth and the party member brought back 8 Gnolls with him. They quickly dispatched the Gnolls and went down the long hallway.

They came to a T interaction and went left to find themselves in the audience chamber. Residing in the chamber was the Fire Giant king, 2 fire giant guards and 4 he'll hounds. Since the party walked in brazenly, the retinue was aware of their presence and were ready for a fight.

The retinue rolled for initiative.  The king got a 20, the fire giant guards 19 and the he'll hounds a 18. The rest of the party rolled lower so the retinue went 1st.

Highlights of the battle were the ooze trying to grapple the king and getting chucked into a wall and 120 ft down a corridor in a different attempt.  1 fighter getting knocked well below 0 zero hit points only to be saved both times by handy spells, a dwarf fighter being knocked down to 1 HP. Over time and a few well placed spells the retinue fell bit by bit until only the king was left. Showing no mercy, the king fell. The retinue was quickly looted and time ran out.  Stay tuned for the next session in 2 weeks

So, the party continued to explore the frost giant lair. They came across a large room with a single entrance at either end. At the far side were several corridor each opening to a room with several ogres and giants. The fearless 6year old leader devised a kill box and promptly killed of a horse of Giants with tons of fire spells. They continued after a long rest easily kill g the giants as they saw them in their ones and twos. That his until they found the audience hall where a pair of hidden giants started throwing boulders at them.

The boulders were flying fast and furious. Knocking them down to single digits in some cases. They were eventually defeated and the party did another long rest. For some reason the party developed a bowling pin formation that seemed to entice the giants to throw even more rocks at them. After the 3rd such encounter, they changed formation.

In the last room of the day, they encountered the king and queen of the first giant lair, but not the king that they were looking for. The queen started things off by chucking a bolder at them. It plowed through all the party but managed to miss their 6 year old leader.

The party split up and began their attacks back,. The young leader dominated the king and made him attack his wife. The giant king hit his wife for 50pts of damage.  The giant queen took it and vented her range on the party. Between the king and queen they were able to knock the party down the very low HP and 2 of the party fell. Luckily they were saved at the last instance and after a lengthy battle killed both the monarchs.

They found the treasure and a map that showed them the passage to the kings lair( The one that started the war against the human town at the behest of the drow). Wounded , weary and looking for advice the party  gathered themselves and their treasure hoard to return to town.

Now we wait until the next session

- Dwayne: The Supreme Celestial Being and All Around Nice Guy.