SESSION 34 – January 28, 2018
Urman was peeved that he himself was fireballed, and hurt worse than anything to date had ever hurt him.
We healed and rested, hired more mercenary body guards for Urman, and then made our assault.
Mydius’s tower had a wall around it. Inside were fields with some huts and 4 scarecrows. Otiben climbed the wall and saw this. As he went over the wall, there was a scream. Magic mouth or some such had alerted Mydius to our presence.
Otiben and Zho Ni went over the wall, and all the rest went towards the gate, that the Otiben and Zho Ni were to open.
I decided to let them be a diversion. I climbed the wall, cast dispel magic on the tower to knock down any defensive spells Mydius had cast. I also ruined magic potions, etc. But I was going for broke. He was going down! While the rest of the party, except my new bodyguards were rushing through the gate, I then fireballed the tower. I thought it was an open window, but it had glass, so the bulk of the blast was blocked.
[The other players and the DM were like, “Dude! You are so wicked! that’s cold.” My reply, “That’s what he gets for fireballing me.” (He has at least 3 levels on me, I have to throw everything now, before he uses his amulet to teleport out.)]
The Otiben climbs into the window Urman out with the fireball, and the rest of the party knock down the door and rush into the tower.
I take a moment to cast protection from normal missiles and shield, then rush up.
I get there as the fight is starting. Mydius struck his staff on the ground and four suits of armor animated to defend him. This was in addition to his human/wolf hybrid things. We’re not sure what they are yet.
There was some fighting, but not much. I prepared to cast web in through the tower window, in hopes of preventing him from moving, and activating his amulet to escape. Zho Ni prepared to cast silence 15′ radius at the ceiling of the 2nd floor of the tower.
Before the spells go off, Batukahn rushes the wizard, grapples him, and in a rushing tackle defenestrates the wizard and rides the wizard to the ground. [The half-orc has 50+ hitpoints so is willing to take the damage.] Mydius survives the fall, still grappled, desperately trying to get to the amulet.
The web gets all but one suit of armor, who defenestrates itself to aid Mydius, and one of the human/wolf creatures near the stairs. The silence then goes off, so Otiben is in the web filled and silenced room. He has a 19 strength, so can make his was to auto kill two suits of armor and one human/wolf thing. He climbs out the window to get to the second floor to run to the stairs to go get the last held suit of armor.
The Batukahn manages to prevent the wizard from activating the amulet, so Mydius shouts, “Defend!” and the four scarecrows come to his aid.
One of my bodyguards binds and gags Mydius while the rest of us fight the scarecrows and suit of armor outside. Urman gets the amulet away from him and pockets it.
Inside, the cleric, his dwarf fighter henchman, and some other hirelings, fight the last human/wolf hybrid. The cleric does hold person, and the dwarf finishes it.
Finally, we finish off the scarecrows and last suit of armor.
In the final moments of the fight, Urman, and a bodyguard drag the wizard away from the fight, and I take his staff and any other items he has. All but his robes.
Suddenly, a giant 10′ long shadow wolf, a form of an evil ally of mutual necessity (Alosha) shows up and swallows the wizard. The wolf says, “Thank you for your assistance,” and runs off. Before it can top the wall, Urman pulls out his last scroll, and casts fireball. All it does is make it made, and it says, “I’ll remember that.”
I activated the bear belt for the first time, and ran after the wolf, but it was too fast. All I could do is roar in fury and frustration. I had planned to learn about Mydius working with the ogres before dispatching him. I fear he may yet live.
Next week, cleaning up my new wizard tower, and getting all the oil that the others threw around the tower on their way up the stairs. The furniture should look well polished.
What items, notes, and spell books will I find?