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Let's bathe in the Pool of Radiance - 14 - Kobold Massacre
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And Pariahs thieving skills proves useful.
And Pariahs thieving skills proves useful. korenzel
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UPDATE 13 - Random Wandering
When we last left our heroes, they were preparing to head out in the wilderness surrounding the city.
But before they do that, some of the party's fortune is used to buy a very expensive Fine Composite Long Bow for each of our fighters.
As a comparison, here's Bee-Chan with the old Short Bow +1, found way back in the Slums at the beginning of the game.
And here she is with her shining new bow. +3 to THAC0 and +6 to damage, very nice.
It seems these bows take strength bonuses into account, as the effect is less noticeable for our weaker fighters, but it's still very much of an upgrade, and there is little else to spend or save money for at this point.
The adventurers then take the boat out of the city, and enter the overland map.
In the wilderness, they find some random bands of monsters. Here are some stirges.
They don't even make it to our party before falling to a rain of arrows.
Following the river north, some monumental construction is discovered on an island.
As the river currently cannot be crossed because of the stench, they will have to find another way in.
Continuing north, our heroes reach a mountainous area, and soon afterward spot a very dangerous looking beast.
Entering the cave, they are greeted by a booming voice.
We are offered a choice of answers to give here.
Of course, the party challenges the mighty beast to a fair fight.
The dragon comes out of hiding and speaks.
Hmm, it appears it is not "The Boss", after all. Too bad, but it's still an interesting challenge to our adventurers who have been bored to their tears lately, so they decide to give fighting the monster a try.
As mighty as it talks, the monster is cowardly and tries to escape.
The party gives chase while getting ready for battle.
Finally, the beast stops fleeing and seems prepared to fight at last.
Some powerful magic stops our heroes dead on their track, and leave them sitting ducks to a strong fireball.
Bloodfist dies in the resulting blast, and the rest of the group is severely hurt.
Entering the cave again and challenging the dragon once again leads to the same results.
It appears impossible to fight it, at least until this time warp effect can be countered.
Loading up an earlier save, the party encounters a large band of tigers on the way back.
Pariah and Excidium unleash fire on the beasts, and the few who don't die run away with haste.
Back at the dragon, the party tries the other options.
They all lead to the same quest hook : find the kobolds and retrieve some bottle from there.
Since the council also wants our heroes to deal with the kobold threat, this will be their next mission.
At least they now have a vague idea where to look. Far to the east...
Along the way, some trolls are ambushed. The days they posed a threat are long gone.
Going further and further east, finally some kobolds are found and promptly slaughtered.
In the middle of some forest area, an old ruined castle is discovered.
In there, no spell casting is allowed, with the exception of Detect Magic in the looting screen.
Most of the floor is impassable but the party manages to find a way.
Some giant lizards ambush our adventurers.
And also some lizard men. They are as weak as they've ever been and are dispatched with ease.
The upper area doesn't contain much save for a dozen tunnel leading down.
As soon as they step in the lower level, our heroes are ambushed by a large group of giant lizards.
They could have been dangerous in another configuration, but in this corridor, they can only attack one at a time and fall quickly to a barrage of arrows and sword strikes.
There is also a legitimate way down, a flight of stairs.
Exploring the lower level, the party is ambushed by lizard men coming our of pools of water.
Excidium takes a beating from the ranged attacks, and since spells can't be cast in here, can't be healed.
The monsters try to retreat in the water.
However, our adventurers are not about to let them get away with their attack.
They fall quickly and easily.
And the party is free to search the pool of water they come from for treasure.
And treasure is found! Mostly some gold, but also a couple magic shields and a magic sword.
Excidium gets very close to death after yet another lizard man ambush.
Lacking other options, the party rests for a month in the lower level to heal him up.
After all the pools are explored, no more lizard men ambush our heroes, and the old keep seems cleared.
The arrows supply has however dwindled, and a stop at the city is necessary before resuming the search for the kobolds.
On the way back, some Displacer Beasts are discovered.
They are not immune to fire or arrows, so they fall down quickly, but not before injuring Bloodfist and Godfrey for a couple dozen hit points. A large group of these could be bad news.
Back in town, the loot is identified. Two good shields and a useless sword.
Bee-Chan and Godfrey each get a shield upgrade, and their old +1's are sold.
While checking with the clerk for new commissions, the party is rewarded for looting the lizardmen castle.
Each member earns a decent amount of experience.
And more gold and gems are collected.
Edward R Murrow earns his fifth magic user level, and learn the always useful Fireball. Our party can now cast four of them, not counting those available from scrolls and the necklace of missiles.
Bloodfist on his end trains to the fifth level of fighter, earning a few more hit points and better fighting abilities.
Next time, the search for the kobolds resumes.
When we last left our heroes, they were preparing to head out in the wilderness surrounding the city.
But before they do that, some of the party's fortune is used to buy a very expensive Fine Composite Long Bow for each of our fighters.
As a comparison, here's Bee-Chan with the old Short Bow +1, found way back in the Slums at the beginning of the game.
And here she is with her shining new bow. +3 to THAC0 and +6 to damage, very nice.
It seems these bows take strength bonuses into account, as the effect is less noticeable for our weaker fighters, but it's still very much of an upgrade, and there is little else to spend or save money for at this point.
The adventurers then take the boat out of the city, and enter the overland map.
In the wilderness, they find some random bands of monsters. Here are some stirges.
Adventurers Journal said:
They don't even make it to our party before falling to a rain of arrows.
Following the river north, some monumental construction is discovered on an island.
As the river currently cannot be crossed because of the stench, they will have to find another way in.
Continuing north, our heroes reach a mountainous area, and soon afterward spot a very dangerous looking beast.
Entering the cave, they are greeted by a booming voice.
We are offered a choice of answers to give here.
Of course, the party challenges the mighty beast to a fair fight.
The dragon comes out of hiding and speaks.
Hmm, it appears it is not "The Boss", after all. Too bad, but it's still an interesting challenge to our adventurers who have been bored to their tears lately, so they decide to give fighting the monster a try.
As mighty as it talks, the monster is cowardly and tries to escape.
The party gives chase while getting ready for battle.
Finally, the beast stops fleeing and seems prepared to fight at last.
Some powerful magic stops our heroes dead on their track, and leave them sitting ducks to a strong fireball.
Bloodfist dies in the resulting blast, and the rest of the group is severely hurt.
Entering the cave again and challenging the dragon once again leads to the same results.
It appears impossible to fight it, at least until this time warp effect can be countered.
Loading up an earlier save, the party encounters a large band of tigers on the way back.
Adventurers Journal said:
Pariah and Excidium unleash fire on the beasts, and the few who don't die run away with haste.
Back at the dragon, the party tries the other options.
They all lead to the same quest hook : find the kobolds and retrieve some bottle from there.
Since the council also wants our heroes to deal with the kobold threat, this will be their next mission.
At least they now have a vague idea where to look. Far to the east...
Along the way, some trolls are ambushed. The days they posed a threat are long gone.
Going further and further east, finally some kobolds are found and promptly slaughtered.
In the middle of some forest area, an old ruined castle is discovered.
In there, no spell casting is allowed, with the exception of Detect Magic in the looting screen.
Most of the floor is impassable but the party manages to find a way.
Some giant lizards ambush our adventurers.
And also some lizard men. They are as weak as they've ever been and are dispatched with ease.
The upper area doesn't contain much save for a dozen tunnel leading down.
As soon as they step in the lower level, our heroes are ambushed by a large group of giant lizards.
They could have been dangerous in another configuration, but in this corridor, they can only attack one at a time and fall quickly to a barrage of arrows and sword strikes.
There is also a legitimate way down, a flight of stairs.
Exploring the lower level, the party is ambushed by lizard men coming our of pools of water.
Excidium takes a beating from the ranged attacks, and since spells can't be cast in here, can't be healed.
The monsters try to retreat in the water.
However, our adventurers are not about to let them get away with their attack.
They fall quickly and easily.
And the party is free to search the pool of water they come from for treasure.
And treasure is found! Mostly some gold, but also a couple magic shields and a magic sword.
Excidium gets very close to death after yet another lizard man ambush.
Lacking other options, the party rests for a month in the lower level to heal him up.
After all the pools are explored, no more lizard men ambush our heroes, and the old keep seems cleared.
The arrows supply has however dwindled, and a stop at the city is necessary before resuming the search for the kobolds.
On the way back, some Displacer Beasts are discovered.
Adventurers Journal said:
They are not immune to fire or arrows, so they fall down quickly, but not before injuring Bloodfist and Godfrey for a couple dozen hit points. A large group of these could be bad news.
Back in town, the loot is identified. Two good shields and a useless sword.
Bee-Chan and Godfrey each get a shield upgrade, and their old +1's are sold.
While checking with the clerk for new commissions, the party is rewarded for looting the lizardmen castle.
Each member earns a decent amount of experience.
And more gold and gems are collected.
Edward R Murrow earns his fifth magic user level, and learn the always useful Fireball. Our party can now cast four of them, not counting those available from scrolls and the necklace of missiles.
Bloodfist on his end trains to the fifth level of fighter, earning a few more hit points and better fighting abilities.
Next time, the search for the kobolds resumes.
It's alive, yay! 
"We metallic dragons are good". Some Bioware-level writing there.
"We metallic dragons are good". Some Bioware-level writing there.
GarfunkeL
Racism Expert
Ah, can't wait until you get to the pyramid :D Also, sidequests galore but only if you actually find them all.
Excidium
P. banal
A month? Oh well.korenzel said:
Not my fault my AC is so goddamn high.Volourn
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Good thread!
I enjoyed POR but it's not exactly the best game with its simplistic story, silly appraoch to combat encounters , phat loot (+4 equipment for low levels?), and horribad Bethesda type writing.
Sorry, guys, but no BIO wiriting is as bad as 'Don't you know we Silver Dragons are good." L0LZ That's hialrious!
if that was when a BIO game you would be trahsing it but in a SSI game you not only barely mock it in a light tone you feel a need to insult BIO games which ar euniversally better written..
Anyways, fun thread!
I hope GOG finds a way to release the GB games.
I enjoyed POR but it's not exactly the best game with its simplistic story, silly appraoch to combat encounters , phat loot (+4 equipment for low levels?), and horribad Bethesda type writing.
Sorry, guys, but no BIO wiriting is as bad as 'Don't you know we Silver Dragons are good." L0LZ That's hialrious!
if that was when a BIO game you would be trahsing it but in a SSI game you not only barely mock it in a light tone you feel a need to insult BIO games which ar euniversally better written..
Anyways, fun thread!
I hope GOG finds a way to release the GB games.
MMXI
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- 2,196
Sten: Stop that.Volourn said:Good thread!
I enjoyed POR but it's not exactly the best game with its simplistic story, silly appraoch to combat encounters , phat loot (+4 equipment for low levels?), and horribad Bethesda type writing.
Sorry, guys, but no BIO wiriting is as bad as 'Don't you know we Silver Dragons are good." L0LZ That's hialrious!
if that was when a BIO game you would be trahsing it but in a SSI game you not only barely mock it in a light tone you feel a need to insult BIO games which ar euniversally better written..
Anyways, fun thread!
I hope GOG finds a way to release the GB games.
Leliana: (Giggles) Stop what?
Sten: That. Looking at me and giggling.
Leliana: I can't help it! You are so big and stoic! Who would have thought you'd be a big softie?
Sten: Stop saying that. I am a soldier of the Beresaad. I am not a "softie."
Leliana: (Giggles) Softie.
Sten: ...I hate humans.
korenzel
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UPDATE 14 - Kobold Massacre
When we last left our heroes, they were resting from a long trek to the east of Phlan.
But they soon resume the search for the kobold camp.
As they approach some mountains to the northeast, they are ambushed by some kobolds who don't want to parlay.
They are dispatched without difficulty, and a search of the area reveals two caves.
The party enters the large one first.
A Wyvern has made its nest here it appears.
It looks pretty tough, let's see what the journal says about it:
This is bad. Poison is instant death if the scorpion encounters are to be trusted.
It is. Godfrey is stung and dies immediately, while the beast is coughing in a stinking cloud.
It tries to attack Bee but fails, then falls helpless. It is slaughtered mercilessly.
Bee tries to cast Slow Poison, and to some extent, it works. Godfrey gets back up, but also takes damage once in a while, so our heroes try to head back to town to seek a proper healer,
Not even a single step in the wilds can be taken before Godfrey succumbs to poison for good. An army of kobold then ambushes the party, another unavoidable fight. The game is reloaded before the Wyvern fight.
The next try, the Wyvern is slain without it laying its tail on our fighters.
It was guarding some small magic items.
At the back of the cave, an old kobold is discovered.
The party is nice to the elderly monster, and it tells them a story.
So we can avoid a lot of bloodshed and get directly to the king? It sounds like a good idea.
Our adventurers follow the old kobold's direction, and find an upward slope.
The drunk is here alright, and agrees to take the party to the king.
He taps on the wall several times on his way, a hint at some trap or perhaps ambush parties were the party not accompanied by him.
Eventually, our heroes reach a big and wide room, where they are asked to step forward.
The welcome is anything but friendly.
Looks like the cover is blown, and the fight is on.
Apart from the trolls on the front row, it's nothing remotely dangerous.
The green monsters are disabled with two Stinking Clouds.
To speed things up, a fireball is thrown in the middle of the group and clears most of the kobolds.
It doesn't take long for the leftovers to surrender.
The king doesn't take its troop's defeat very well, and fires a Ballista at our heroes!
It hurt a lot. Bloodfist and Pariah in particular took some very nasty hits.
For once, Excidium managed to dodge better than anyone.
A second wave of kobolds then attacks the wounded heroes. Among them stand Wild Boars.
They don't sound very dangerous, and can be put to sleep, which they are.
Another Fireball is used to clear things quickly.
The Wild Boars have an interesting trick, they get back up when they die the first time.
However, they only come back with one hit point, so they are put down for good without too much effort.
After many of their ranks die, the kobolds start to surrender. Godfrey and Bee-Chan take this opportunity to patch the most wounded members up a little.
But the fight is still not over yet. Two men step forward.
Thank god the Ballista didn't fire again, or the party would be in serious trouble.
They are envoys, and carry what look like magical swords.
They also have halfway decent armor class, and a good pool of hit points. They're probably fighters.
Except, they're not. One of them cast a magic missile at Edward, dealing twelve points of damage.
This seems to suggest they are magic-users, at least of level three.
This could be very bad, so their spellcasting for this round is interrupted with a Fireball.
Time to try out this Silence spell.
It works, both Envoys are shut up.
Bee-Chan finishes them off with a Hold Person spell, taking them both out of the fight for good.
They were carrying some mysterious "Plate". Is it Plate Mail ?
During the final battle, the king escaped.
It looks like he still has some guards left, amazing.
More trolls and boars, along with a couple kobolds.
The remaining Stinking Clouds and Sleep spells are enough to defeat them without too much injury.
As they pursue the King, the party finds him, impaled on a spike.
Near him, the kobold "treasure" is found. Nothing of value except for the magic-user scrolls.
To the north however, the heroes spot a bottle. It could very well be the bottle they were asked to retrieve, so Edward pulls it out.
An Efreeti come out. Edward is honest and reveals they are in fact not vampires.
The Efreeti looks annoyed and goes back in his bottle, after asking to be called out if we ever meet one.
The bottle is now free to be looted, so the party does so.
Resting is still dangerous as the party is constantly interrupted. Our adventurers set out to explore the cave a bit before heading out to heal, and find a map for some treasure to the northwest of the caves.
In the northwestern area, our heroes stumble upon a young woman, obviously not in league with the kobolds.
She claims to be a princess.
The King has already been slain, so she'll have to seek fame elsewhere.
She offers to join though, and the party accepts.
She's a very good fighter as far as NPCs go.
And she looks like she can handle herself in a fight.
Another attempt to rest leads to even more wounds, so it's now time to head out and heal.
On the way, Pariah disables some Net and Spike traps.
As the party finally exits the cave, Princess Fatima decides to part ways.
Next time: more kobold caves!
When we last left our heroes, they were resting from a long trek to the east of Phlan.
But they soon resume the search for the kobold camp.
As they approach some mountains to the northeast, they are ambushed by some kobolds who don't want to parlay.
They are dispatched without difficulty, and a search of the area reveals two caves.
The party enters the large one first.
A Wyvern has made its nest here it appears.
It looks pretty tough, let's see what the journal says about it:
Adventurers Journal said:
This is bad. Poison is instant death if the scorpion encounters are to be trusted.
It is. Godfrey is stung and dies immediately, while the beast is coughing in a stinking cloud.
It tries to attack Bee but fails, then falls helpless. It is slaughtered mercilessly.
Bee tries to cast Slow Poison, and to some extent, it works. Godfrey gets back up, but also takes damage once in a while, so our heroes try to head back to town to seek a proper healer,
Not even a single step in the wilds can be taken before Godfrey succumbs to poison for good. An army of kobold then ambushes the party, another unavoidable fight. The game is reloaded before the Wyvern fight.
The next try, the Wyvern is slain without it laying its tail on our fighters.
It was guarding some small magic items.
At the back of the cave, an old kobold is discovered.
The party is nice to the elderly monster, and it tells them a story.
Adventurers Journal said:
So we can avoid a lot of bloodshed and get directly to the king? It sounds like a good idea.
Our adventurers follow the old kobold's direction, and find an upward slope.
The drunk is here alright, and agrees to take the party to the king.
He taps on the wall several times on his way, a hint at some trap or perhaps ambush parties were the party not accompanied by him.
Eventually, our heroes reach a big and wide room, where they are asked to step forward.
The welcome is anything but friendly.
Looks like the cover is blown, and the fight is on.
Apart from the trolls on the front row, it's nothing remotely dangerous.
The green monsters are disabled with two Stinking Clouds.
To speed things up, a fireball is thrown in the middle of the group and clears most of the kobolds.
It doesn't take long for the leftovers to surrender.
The king doesn't take its troop's defeat very well, and fires a Ballista at our heroes!
It hurt a lot. Bloodfist and Pariah in particular took some very nasty hits.
For once, Excidium managed to dodge better than anyone.
A second wave of kobolds then attacks the wounded heroes. Among them stand Wild Boars.
Adventurers Journal said:
They don't sound very dangerous, and can be put to sleep, which they are.
Another Fireball is used to clear things quickly.
The Wild Boars have an interesting trick, they get back up when they die the first time.
However, they only come back with one hit point, so they are put down for good without too much effort.
After many of their ranks die, the kobolds start to surrender. Godfrey and Bee-Chan take this opportunity to patch the most wounded members up a little.
But the fight is still not over yet. Two men step forward.
Thank god the Ballista didn't fire again, or the party would be in serious trouble.
They are envoys, and carry what look like magical swords.
They also have halfway decent armor class, and a good pool of hit points. They're probably fighters.
Except, they're not. One of them cast a magic missile at Edward, dealing twelve points of damage.
This seems to suggest they are magic-users, at least of level three.
This could be very bad, so their spellcasting for this round is interrupted with a Fireball.
Time to try out this Silence spell.
It works, both Envoys are shut up.
Bee-Chan finishes them off with a Hold Person spell, taking them both out of the fight for good.
They were carrying some mysterious "Plate". Is it Plate Mail ?
During the final battle, the king escaped.
It looks like he still has some guards left, amazing.
More trolls and boars, along with a couple kobolds.
The remaining Stinking Clouds and Sleep spells are enough to defeat them without too much injury.
As they pursue the King, the party finds him, impaled on a spike.
Near him, the kobold "treasure" is found. Nothing of value except for the magic-user scrolls.
To the north however, the heroes spot a bottle. It could very well be the bottle they were asked to retrieve, so Edward pulls it out.
An Efreeti come out. Edward is honest and reveals they are in fact not vampires.
The Efreeti looks annoyed and goes back in his bottle, after asking to be called out if we ever meet one.
The bottle is now free to be looted, so the party does so.
Resting is still dangerous as the party is constantly interrupted. Our adventurers set out to explore the cave a bit before heading out to heal, and find a map for some treasure to the northwest of the caves.
In the northwestern area, our heroes stumble upon a young woman, obviously not in league with the kobolds.
She claims to be a princess.
Adventurers Journal said:
The King has already been slain, so she'll have to seek fame elsewhere.
She offers to join though, and the party accepts.
She's a very good fighter as far as NPCs go.
And she looks like she can handle herself in a fight.
Another attempt to rest leads to even more wounds, so it's now time to head out and heal.
On the way, Pariah disables some Net and Spike traps.
As the party finally exits the cave, Princess Fatima decides to part ways.
Next time: more kobold caves!
Excidium
P. banal
Fighting kobolds and trolls is so below this party.
korenzel said:
Edward_R_Murrow
Arcane
So many kobolds...
Hope more fun stuff shows up soon.
Hope more fun stuff shows up soon.
GarfunkeL
Racism Expert
Well, the kobold cave is supposed to be cleared before the GY, what with the efreeti-bottle and all. Anyway, good show and onwards to glory! Pyramid or Zhentarim next?
I'm curious. What does the efreeti bottle do, if you open it with a vampire around?
GarfunkeL
Racism Expert
IIRC, it just joins you as an NPC when you fight the vampire.
Luzur
Good Sir
yes he is pretty much useable only for the Vampire fight.
i do not remember him joining in some other fights.
i do not remember him joining in some other fights.
MOAR!!
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