Some evil force begins animating the giant corpses and they begin to rise!
Nah, I'm not that much of a jerk.
The party is able to finish of the remaining giants (even the first ogre that was slept that I was hoping was about to wake up and murder Daardra, but alas the giants ran out of time....)
The party recovers 1,000gp worth of giant loot pillaged from the village, most of it gold nuggets and small sacks of gold dust.
I thought the Night King had just shown up.
Release the villagers and give them their gold back.
Is Ghûn dead or can he be healed?
To Daardra and Orett:
“I think we need to rest.”
Ghun is alive (unless you want him dead for some random reason/yes I know he was over by 5 HP); just badly hurt and quite tired.
Resting sounds good
Cast 2xCLW,2xCMW,and 1Heal hex on Ghun
On G. He would have been 21hp over max after dropping because his rage would have ended, that’s why I asked.
Prior to departing, the rescued prisoners inform the party that at least one more band of giants went ahead of this group with more prisoners, Alderman Tarram Shinnerman was among those taken. They say that the leader of the other giant band was an enormous brute of a giant called Gristlecrack. In addition, they tell you that they heard the giants talking about meeting at some sort of cathedral called the "Tinderhall" and that the giants were eager to return to the valley so as not to miss the mustering for the Storm Tyrant's army.
After a good rest and much healing (let me know if you are able to return to max; otherwise keep track of your current HP), the PCs continue to follow the stream they, which eventually turns into a river. The river drops down into a large, winding valley. A wide, well-trodden (by giants clearly) trail, descends into the valley alongside the river.
The valley lies beneath the slopes of several tall mountains, carved by a snaking river fed by numerous mountain streams that spill from the Mindspin mountain's icy spires. The mountains are thousands of feet high, with steep slopes, cliffs, and rock walls. It is clear that moving across the valley floor will be significantly easier than traversing the mountain slopes above the valley.
To be clear, by rest, Eng was expressing a desire to spend the night. Get spells and such back. We traveled to initial cottage had a battle, then went to the village, then traveled on and had a second battle, then traveled some more and had a third battle. So really want to get spells and heals back before another possible TPK battle like we just had.
Understood. My point was to make sure kept track of healing used before and after. Unless you plan to rest 2 days
Understood. My point was to make sure kept track of healing used before and after. Unless you plan to rest 2 days
Got it, good to go.
Perception rolls for Daardra/Orett.
After a long day's march into the valley the party sets up camp.
A pale moon struggles to peek through the heavy clouds that have gathered over the jagged peaks that hem the secluded valley. As the temperatures quickly begin to drop, the vestiges of the ancient mountain trail become nearly impossible to identify in the darkness.
During watch....
Daardra make a DC 22 Will save.
It attacks!
On Daardra flat-footed AC
The sleeping party is assaulted!
(all flat-footed; not sure if armored)
On Eng
On Ghun
On Orett
Six hunched hyena-headed humanoids standing much taller than the average human are lead by a freakish beast with the head of a badger, the hooves of a stag, and a wide mouth with sharp ridges of bone instead of teeth.
The party quickly recovers and gains the initiative!
Fight back.
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CDG would have been perfect transition to new campaign!
Let's see how those rolls would have gone (on all but Daardra as she was not sleeping):
On Eng
On Ghun
On Orett
Let's see some FORT saves...
Cast Protective Luck on Ghun and Cackle, Tee-Hee, Hee!
-14 hp
Attack!
Darrdra is a little more than 50' away from the party in the dark being attacked.
Eng springs into action and hacks down one of his hyena assailants; Ghun likewise mashes a hyena down as does Orett.
Daardra needs to repost her action to something a lot more doable.
Activate Flight Hex and fly within range
Daardra summons the power of flight and quickly lofts above melee range, heading towards the main battle.
Main battle:
Eng
On Ghun
Quadraped thing
On Orett
The quadraped thing formerly attacking Daardra charges and pounces on
Ghun/flanking
Cast Protective Luck on Ghun and Cackle, Tee-Hee, Hee!
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-28
Orett?
Paizo stole my rolls
Attack!
Daardra cackles; Eng cuts up a hyena-thing but it still stands; Ghun kills a hyena-thing; Orett manages to miss thrice.
Eng
On Ghun
Quadraped thing 1
Quadraped thing 2 flanking
On Orett
Cast Slumber Hex on Quadraped thing 2, dc 22 will
and Cackle Tee-Hee, Hee!
Attack!
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Daardra hexes quadruped-thing to sleep; Orett finds his rhythm and kills a hyena-thing; Eng slices down a hyena-thing; Ghun and the party quickly finish off the last quadruped-thing
Exclude baddies
Loot? Anything of interest?
Exclude bad guys
Anyone need additional heals?
The hyena creatures had basic armor and weapons. The quadruped things carried nothing of value.
Detect magic just in case.
No magic is detected.
Try to track to lair.
Ghun struggles, but after a bit he is able to lead the party back to a nearby cave filled with the half-eaten corpses of giants, gnolls, animals, and other creatures.
In a small pile towards the back of the cave is a pile of coins totaling 1200 GP, a +2 heavy crossbow, 3 CMW potions, and a shawl of life keeping.
Take the loot then back on the trail.
G will keep one of the pots.