Bilbo - hobbit
Mossmullet - dwarfley tempest cleric
Orsek - dwarfley barbarian wizard
Chedderbend is delivered! Hooray for the heroes! The pared-down group of Bilbo, Mossmullet and Orsek quested onward (and eventually upward) to discover the secrets of the Necromancer threat. Exiting the trash chute…er, trash room, where they’d defeated the tentacle trash monster, they entered the bedroom of an ornery and dangerous underling of the Necromancer. Igor the undertaker took umbrage at the party’s invasion of his bedroom, wasting no words before launching an attack. Wielding his mighty shovel the way another might a great axe, he laid into the three heroes. The danger to the heroic half-pints was significant; his shovel bit deep and hard, and he was heavily armored with plate mail. This evil minion proved a brawler of no small accomplishment. He took the best hits the party could deliver and kept fighting until the trio was badly battered. However, the undertaker finally fled out the door, trying to raise the alarm and escape to the surface up the stairwell. Unfortunately for him, the party proved faster, catching him at the base of the stairs, where they finally slew him.
Unfortunately for the party, the undertaker’s attempts at raising the alarm were not in vain. Apparently roused from his mid-afternoon nap, the Necromancer himself came to investigate! Gliding down the steps, he confronted the heroes and accosted them for their effrontery in invading his home. Unable to explain their presence (in particular over the dead body of the Necromancer’s underling) under the guise of being mere wine sellers (cellars?), the heroes quickly recognized that the Necromancer had begun casting a spell. Despite the fact that their just-concluded battle with the devilish shoveller had left them bloodied and bruised, they had little choice but to again fight for their lives. Leaping immediately into battle, they managed to steal the initiative and cut loose with their best attacks. Bilbo launched a missile. Mossmullet bashed the wizard with his mace, and quickly discovered that the spell-caster’s necrotic powers would damage anyone striking him. But the real risk-taker was Orsek. Using a ridiculously low-level spell slot, the dwaven wizard launched his own all-out necromantic attack – the Finger of Death! Ignoring the grave dangers of his mismatched abilities and the spell’s requirements, Orsek gambled all upon an unlikely throw of the dice – and WON! Performing the difficult magick as though he were the hated Necromancer himself, Orsek threw a perfectly executed Finger of Death at the haughty and feared wizard. Instantly bloodying the magical tyrant though they had, they could not prevent the Necromancer’s magical reply of a Malaise spell. Orsek was struck, and suffered an enervating effect of exhaustion. But the party soldiered on, and battered the Necromancer to his death before he could do for them first.
The three adventurers retreated into the undertaker’s bedroom. They rested up, searched the bodies and furniture for loot, and recuperated back into some semblance of readiness. Orsek re-seated the undertaker’s shovel blade onto his magical staff, creating a brand new weapon for himself. Just as they finished up their recuperative respite and weapon redesign, the tower’s ever-present skeletons located them and attacked. Herding a small horde of 8 zombies into the bedroom, 3 skeletons joined the attack by firing arrows from the back. Crowding into the room through a single doorway, the undead proved easy prey for the party’s spell casters. After the skeletons’ opening salvo of arrows, the entire horde was knocked back and set afire. Only one lucky zombie survived the onslaught and struck back, slightly injuring Bilbo. Once again, the party was able to finish off the enemy with no casualties.
Having located no further rooms or tunnels to explore below, the party exited the tower’s basements and finally proceeded up the tower’s stairs to the second floor. Having searched the kitchens and dining room without event, the three adventurers came upon (no surprise) another room full of 6 skeletons. These guardians gave an unexpectedly good account of themselves, with one landing a lucky blow upon brave Orsek, running him through with its spear and felling him. While Orsek lay unconscious on the floor, Mossmullet and Bilbo fought for their lives. The goddess Varga’s Winter’s Chill sufficed to weaken the undead and even slay a couple, but in the end it was the mace, shovel and fry-pan of the stalwarts which secured the heroes victory. Bravely battling his way back to consciousness, Orsek rejoined the battle and struck the final blow with magical staff/shovel.
Exhausted and weary, the group secured the door, and took a well-earned long rest in the tower’s guardroom. Awaiting them when next the venture forth will be the tower’s upper levels, which they can only hope holds both the sought-after Orb and the Necromancer’s many and wondrous treasures!
Party Experience Gained
Combat: 545 each
Exploration: 206 each
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