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Name, Class and Level: Korg, Cleric of Pelor VI, Radiant Servant of Pelor I.
Adventure & Encounter: The Hall of Harsh Reflections. Chimera fight at the Fair.
Catalyst: a fellow adventurer attained his first Level of Frenzied Berserker.
This was the first death of my AoW AP. After coming to Greyhawk City, the party of adventurers did a sort of things (1.forge the treaty for the Twisted Branch Lizardfolk, 2.encounter Eligos, 3.gain new magical trinkets prepaired by their new cohort, an artificer, 4.pose for the painter presented in the backdrop article on the Free City, 5.encounter Auric and his warband, 6.being attacked by the doppleganger rogue in the Crooked House).
Then I set for the Chimera encounter at the fair. The doppleganger of the crooked house, that was precedently caught, put in jail by the city guard, and then escaped, was the one that caused the incident. There were also four doppleganger rogues intended to kidnap two characters (whose players were missing for two sessions).
So the Chimera escapes and spreads havoc. Two players (Drake, a barbarian-fighter that has just attained his first level of Frenzied Berserker, and Korg the Radiant Servant of Pelor) go ahead. Other two characters (Methredel the elven maid Bladedancer, and Haelstan the swashbuckler) roll a natural 20 on their Spot check, see the doppleganger rogue that Disabled the Chimera cage, and both go after him. The last two charachters (Madling the halfling ranger, and Serissa the dryad Paladin of Freedom) stand at a distance attacking long-range.
Then the Chimera Full-attacks Drake for 31 DMG. Drake has to roll a 41 Will save (with a +3 bonus) or fall into Frenzy. Failed save. In the first round of Frienzy, the Chimera is wormfood. In the second round, Drake looks around to find victims. And: Methredel and Haeslan have left, fighting the dopppleganger rogue; Madling and Serissa have been kidnapped: only poor Korg stands there. The Radiant Servant tries to Hold the Frenzied Berserker but this time he rolls great and is unaffected. A round and poor Kord is no more.
At the end of the frenzy, Drake took the body to the Temple of Pelor to raise his long-time friend. The resurrection was really funny. First, I described the voyage of the soul of Korg to the Radiant Throne of Pelor. His god in person was there to hail him and accord him the delicies of Paradise. Then, the soul of Korg was contacted by the spell of his master, the High Clerist of Pelor in Greyhawk City, that requested him to return to life. And Korg asked his god to return to Oerth to battle Kyuss with his friends! It was memorable roleplaying. Next, he found himself lying on an altar in the temple, and, first of all, slapped Drake on the face. Drake asked for a Will save for the Frenzy - good joke! We all had a laugh!