SESSION 33 – January 21, 2018

SESSION 33 – January 21, 2018

At our last session, we went up against the bugbear allies of the regional wizard, Mydius. We took out the first camp of bugbears, with minimal losses.

We began this session with a celebration at the Stonespear’s Hall in the town of Crossing, a man with a male and female attendant/guard approach, and all the warriors look concerned. The man is an obvious wizard. Otiben tosses his trident, but enchantments prevent it from causing harm.

Mydius asks if that is the way the Stonespear chief treats his guests. Urman spoke up and mentioned that the bugbears we fought claimed that he invited them here. Mydius dropped his pretensions of innocence, and the fight was on.

First to fall was the male guard, who broke like pottery and fell into dust. Then the same happened with Mydius, and lastly with the woman. (The man and woman had changed a bit into beastmen type creatures.) After the fight Urman examined the remains and determined that it had been made of some sort of magic infused clay.

It was decided to strike the other, main bugbear camp before they could get ready for us. Otiben attempted to scout ahead, but he was heard in a fight with a bugbear scout who shouted a warning. We heard a horn in the distance.

We moved towards the sound and found only tracks that lead to the base of trees with platforms in them.

After a bit of backtracking and change of direction, we walked towards the camp. We were not surprised and evaded the stink bombs they threw at us. We quickly engaged having success in the battle of blades. Urman lit up the night sky by casting fireball on one of the large platform with archers. The bugbear’s morale held, and they continued the fight.

Frike was laid low by an arrow, his horse ran off, and Thogi stabilized him. The chief of the Stonespears was affected by the shaman’s fear spell, and sat atop his horse, paralyzed with fear til the battle’s end.

Puk and his riding dog, Hades, and Rip attacked and felled a bugbear on the left flank of Urman. They did the same to another.

The Stonespear warriors, Zho Ni, and the dwarf held the flank on Urman’s right.

Urman used one of his scrolls to once again light up the night with a fireball cast upon the other platform with archers. Many more huts and tents were fired, and many more bugbears fell. Still their morale held. Zho ni lost his target of the shaman, as the shaman went invisible.

Urman was hit stopping him from casting magic missile at a bugbear he felt was too close.

Otiben and Gunner were working with some Stonespear warriors to get past a few bugbears barring their entry into the camp.

Zho Ni and his war horse and dwarf henchman were making progress.

The tide of battle outside the camp was turning in our favor as we were slowly overcoming the bugbears.Urman got off a sleep that helped clear the way for Otiben’s team to move in. The morale of the bugbears finally broke.

Just then, the shaman showed up with Mydius. Somehow he was able to contact Mydius and bring him here. Mydius cast fireball dropping Stonespear and Bugbear alike. Poor Frike was burnt up in his sleep, never knowing his final fate. Thogi died in the blast while standing over Frike. Both Thogi’s and Urman’s horses died. Urman managed to evade the worst of the blast, but was severly hurt, and ran for cover and an opportunity to use the healing salve.

Urman estimated that Mydius was half again as powerful as himself.

Batukahn charged and got a good hit on the wizard. Mydius had some sort of amulet he used to flee. That left the shaman, who was silenced by Zho Ni. Batukahn got a solid hit on the shaman. Otiben did not manage to connect, but Gunner took down the shaman by ripping out his throat.

The bugbears, and the surviving females and children fled into the night.

We found a glass orb on the shaman that had what looked like a forest in it.

Puk managed to round up Frike’s horse.

Urman set to making a travois to haul out what gear and treasure they manage to find.