Monthly Archives February 2012

Retreating briefly, the group regroups and plots the hallway assault.
Invisibly, and silenced, the group creeps to within 20 feet then bursts from concealment. Reza wields the Justicar with deadly skill, slaying four guards in the first few seconds then assisting the group in slaying the rest before they can flee and spread the alarm. Under cover of the silence spell, the group opens a door that eventually leads to storage cellars, a huge slithery thing, and flaming skeletons serving soup to emaciated prisoners. Hmm. Does the lord of the fortress live here in the cellars? ‘Prolly not, so back up the stairs they go, with Bud Fester yammering on about how he would live in the top of the fortress if he were in charge...

A hasty consult with the local druid representative reveals the possibility of additional allies to be recruited to the cause. In particular, the wolves of the frozen northern wilds might be persuaded to aid if the pack leader can be defeated in single combat.
Additionally, the faerie folk of the woods will aid the rebellion if the group can defeat a monster that terrorizes the crossroads – a series of linked portals that can be used to travel great distances in a short time.

Leaving their de facto headquarters, the group uses one of the crossroads to reach the northern foothills where it is decided that Reza will represent the party in single combat against Frostbite – a hulking, elephant-sized, ancient dire winter wolf...