Adventurer's Present
Bilbo, a hobbit
Mossmullet, a dwarfley cleric of winter's bite
Orsek, a dwarfley barbarian wizard
SMASH, a dwarfley cleric of root cellars
We awoke in the tower of the now-felled Necromancer. Having defeated the Necromancer and his minions, as well as destroying the Orb and thoroughly looting the place, all we had to do was go back to Cheddarbend and spend our hard-earned loot...
We encountered a nest of stirges before leaving the tower. These were not a problem. We encountered a mass of zombies trekking across the Tomblands. These also were not a problem (largely due to Mossmullet's new skull ring). Having safely made it to Cheddarbend, that's when our problems began...
The clerics gave most of their loot to their respective churches without fanfare. Orsek was even able to research his Dark Arts without any brouhaha. That left our resident hobbit, Bilbo, to set out a-feasting all on his own (mostly). This proved troubling. First he was robbed of much of the money he had set aside for his bacchanal. He set his shadow in search of the bandits (thanks to his new magic cloak), scrounged up some more lucre and hit the town once more. This time he found himself locked in the pokey for indecent exposure. And it must have been really indecent, because the constable, while perfectly friendly, would not let him go without paying an exorbitant fine. This simply would not do - an escape plan was hatched.
Orsek went around to the prison window (is there always a window?) and, while the clerics kept the constable occupied, cast Feign Death on the hobbit. The police gave us our dead friend's body, but held on to his possessions to cover the fine. That night, SMASH, in the form of a hamster, snuck in and retrieved them. To sneak the still-living hobbit out of town, we gave him SMASH's magic amulet. This turns the wearer invisible to everyone except his true love. SMASH got the amulet super cheap from a curiosity shoppe, and we soon discovered why. The amulet did indeed work, but could not be removed.
Invisible hobbit in tow, we followed his shadow to the bandits camp and mounted an attack. The plan was to spread out and surprise them. Orsek would unleash the dread Finger of Death and we'd all attack. The plan failed spectacularly.
Due to some clumsy dwarfs, surprise was blown. Then, even more impressively, Orsek's spell conjured a huge earth elemental instead of the aforementioned Finger. At least the granite goliath was under his control. Well, until Orsek was shot by the bandit leader, forcing Orsek to lose his concentration. The mobile mountain turned his furious fists on us...
We defeated the bandits (one was able to run off). And even made a dent in the elemental. It pounded Orsek pretty well, then turned his attention on Bilbo. Despite Bilbo's continued invisible status, the mighty elemental landed blow after blow on him. Could he see him? Was this his True Love? After beating him to unconsciousness, he tenderly lifted the little furry-footed one, and made for the hills. A well-timed Shatter from Mossmullet reduced the elemental to rubble, but not before he could put the unconscious hobbit in a safe place - 10 feet underground.
All foes vanquished, we were able to free Bilbo from his rocky nest with a Dig spell from SMASH. We also turned up the bandits' loot, which was all of our stolen money plus more. So now we sit and rest in the bandit's camp, battered and bruised. With an invisible hobbit. Who we can't even be sure is wearing clothes...
Party Experience Gained
Combat: 325 each
Freeing Bilbo from prison: 125 each
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