#44 Fugitives

As the party descended the tower (Samm had decided to stay behind to guard the bridge), they were confronted by a part of Bahumati.  A Dragonborn Knight of the Darun Order, a kobold Wyrmpriest, with several ordinary and winged kobolds.  The battle took place on a spiral staircase.  At one point during the battle, Windsor provoked a wild magic effect that turned nearly everyone of both sides invisible.  The Wyrmpriest did serious damage to the party with a fireball.  Gevin cleverly neutralized the Wyrmpriest's spellcasting ability with a "silence" spell. 

As the party gained the upper hand, the Wyrmpriest and the Darun fled, using Stinking Cloud to make their escape (for the second time, actually). 

At the bottom of the tower, the party found a map of the area, which included the locations of kobold basecamp near the Great Dark Sea, the road to the North that the Myconids and the Flumph has described.  It also showed something called "Mad Giant's Falls", and "Dwarf's Passage".  The Dwarf's passage was marked with a question mark.


It was clear now that the large community of Bahumati would be made aware of the parties presence.  They camped in the tower for a short rest, but then made for the north wall of the canyon.  Once there, they followed the wall west, toward the Dwarf's Passage. 

The party was attacked by 3 "Hook Horrors", who did significant damage.  Ultimately the party overcame them.

#43 - Trolls

The myconid tribe provided a guide for the party, and told them there were two paths down into the canyon south of the camp.  One was to descend a path beneath a stalactite formation known called "the Frozen Falls".  The other was to cross a bridge to a tower standing in the middle of the canyon, and descend the tower.

The guide took them past the Falls.  They chose not to descend there, and moved on to the bridge.

The last segment of the bridge is collapsible from the other side, and kept in the "down" position.  It looked like the bridge had been recently repaired, probably for use by the kobolds. 

The party used the Ebony Fall magic item to fly across to the main part of the bridge one by one.  After two had crossed, they were greeted by 3 angry trolls.

A battle ensued.  One troll was killed outright, and two were pushed over the side of the bridge.  Gevin was knocked unconscious in the battle, close to death. 

The party used healing magic to revive Gevin.  They also discovered the Troll's treasure hoard.  Lots of coins and gems, and 4 magic items (Gloves of Missile Catching, +1 rapier, +1 longbow, Stone of good luck).

Atop the main part of the tower, where the bridge comes to its end stood a very old statue of a green dragon.

As the party sorted through the treasure they heard two voices shout "Hey, that's our stuff!".  The trolls who fell from the bridge and regenerated and returned to their layer.

More troll battling ensued.  Both were killed outright this time, with Perra using his "Abjure Enemy" Ability to hold one of them off, so the party could fight them one at a time.