Session 7 Summary

At the end of the prior session, the Kobold priest had given the party the components they needed to activate the scroll to return through the portal. He told them they were free to camp in the ruins on the beach until morning, but then they must leave the island.

The party went to the ruins and began to set-up camp, but they sent Steady to spy on the pyramid. Steady witnessed some sort of ritual on the pyramid involving torches and drums. At one point the priest stood at the edge of the top tier of the pyramid, raised his arms and shouted a loud chant. He turned and walked to the other side, facing out to the sea, and repeated the chant.

Soon after the ritual ended, a war party lead by a Dragonborn left the pyramid, headed toward the beach. Steady was able to hide from them, and he followed.

The rest of the party had anticated a night attack from the kobolds. They set up an ambush by making a fake camp and hiding in the weedy area at the top of the beach.

The kobolds sent a party of 3 (a dragonshield, 1 minion, and 1 swarm of needlefang drakes) into the camp. They confronted there the only member of the party who was actually there.

Combat began as the other party members launched a surprise attack from the weeds on the rest of the kobold warparty (the dragonborn leader, 1 "hurler", 1 "pikeman", and 3 minions).

Gaius used "Sleep" to great effect with his surprise attack, slowing all of the enemy group bringing up the rear. Gesh took on the 3 forward foes on his own. The rest of the group was very effective at targeting the dragonborn first (you'll learn more about him in the next session). Once they had eliminated this toughest enemy, the rest of the group was defeated fairly easily.

The session ended immediately after combat, so the party has not yet had a chance to investigate the remains of the enemy they just defeated.