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Sergiu64

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I promise there are no songs being sung in this update.

The entrance room seems to contain evidence of a campfire. Seems like there are more than just spiders here.

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We keep going - using our usual rule of taking right hand turns when presented with choices and eventually come upon another room with Spiders and... a Black Slayer?

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Gorath is so large that he can't help but crease noise. But I don't know how anyone could sneak up on anyone else when underground - the torch light gives you away.

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James hits for 38.

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Owyn's swing is parried.

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Gorath hits the black slayer for... 21? I forgot that they're resistant to melee damage.

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James misses the spider.

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Owyn lands a swing this time. 7 damage.

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Gorath's swing failes to land.
James finishes a spider with a hit for 39.

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Black slayer hits Owyn for 12.
Owyn decides to activate the staff. But apparently he can't - guess I need to have distance.

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James gets hit for 7.
Gorath lands a swing. 25 damage.

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James misses.

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Owyn hits for 8.

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Gorath's thrust for 23 is enough to put the slayer down.

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James hits the last spider for some unknown amount of damage.

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So does Owyn.

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Gorath finishes the creature.

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While the Elven Armor is a bit better than Standard Kingdom - its certainly not enough to account for our fighters doing a third of their normal damage. We might need to enhance weapons when fighting Black Slayers from now on.

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There is a chest in the room.

The letters are:

CCASE
OIEON
TRBAL
PHCLS

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We find another chest in an alcove not too far ahead.

The letters are:

BDREY
SLOSL
HOSLT
AHEIS

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Answers and loot:

This would not be anywhere to the top guess, but something about flipping the letters made it obvious.

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Pretty good ruby there.

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This one seemed easy - there was like two possibilities.

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Good loot for such an easy puzzle.

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As we proceed we get to a room full of Nighthawks and a Black Slayer. I enhance Gorath's and James's swords with that Priest Cloth stuff.

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Our stealth check fails once again.

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James misses and Gorath gets shot for 4.

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Black Slayer survives direct hit from the Bane spell - 75 damage.

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Gorath's thrust does 51 damage and kills the slayer. Looks like magical enhancement is very effective on these guys.

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James puts a Nighthawk down with a thrust through block - 77 damage.

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Owyn gets shot for 4.
Gorath puts down another Nighthawk. Think the damage was 98.

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Owyn rests up. Then Gorath finishes the last Nighthawk with a swing for 123. But the damage came up as healing and a new Black Slayer rises from the ground. If we weren't wiping the floor with them due to enhanced weapons and this was the first time I've seen this - I'd probably be quite scared.

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James hits it for 36.

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Gorath finishes it with a swing for 62.

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As a result of this fight, Gorath became even more of a powerhouse.

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Despite the food poison in his pack - the rations were not poisoned.

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And neither were these.

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Ohoh - think we got lucky as there were two archers and only one of them managed to get some hits in.

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We're pretty good on gems once again.

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The chest in this room turns out to be trapped.

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I don't know what we'd do without James. Probably ignore trapped chests.

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Oh wow. First time we've seen that crossbow somewhere other than a merchant's stall.

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Since its been two chapters since we saw one of these in that fletcher's shop in La Mut, here's its description once again.

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Magnificent. Too bad Crossbows don't take strength into account and so deal sub-par damage. Gorath gets this one.

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Here's an update on our whereabouts. This place is quite large.

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The only other exit out of this room ends in a dead end. We are force to retreat to the branch to the West of this room and go North.

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Which leads us to a narrow room with some spiders ahead.

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I kinda wonder if the game is giving us a giant stealth penalty due to a lit torch.

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Gorath hits for 53.

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James finishes that spider with a hit for 41.

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Gorath hits another one for 51.

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James gets hit for 6.
Hit counter-attack hits for 36.

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Owyn tries to join the party but misses.

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Gorath helps them out and finishes that spider.

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James misses the last one.

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Owyn finishes the fight with a hit for 13.

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When we get to about here...

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There's a giant pit ahead.

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Fortunately we're quite good on ropes.

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Up ahead we see a door.

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Which is locked. What are the Night Hawks doing here? Seems like this might be their main base. And what is this place? Perhaps this is the famed Cavall's Run?

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The lock was so easy - Gorath managed to get it. It even increased his skill from 36% to 37%.

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There's another two way fork in the hallway beyond.

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Both led to a door - only one of which appeared locked. Gorath got this one as well.

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There are some chests here and a Nighthawk... is he alone???

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But it seems we can't fight him.

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So... the guy tried to fool us into thinking we just wiped out the Nighthawks? I mean we would have sliced and diced him - but still seems strange to just off yourself to try to sell that story.

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I guess we shall see when we meet him.

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Nice sword, but yeah - does not strike me as the equipment of a key character.

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Both chests in this room are unlocked.

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But neither has anything good.

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There's a door in a hallway leading out. It's locked.

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Looks like James was right. We'll likely need to find the leader of the Nighthawks to get past this door. Perhaps it will have the answers we seek.

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The other room just has two chests. Both are puzzle locks. The letters for this one are:

FOBPLY
PLDSHE
BRINOS
EUABIT

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And this one:

MBTN
RVSE
OOES
PEPT

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Answers and loot:

I guess I'm spoiled by the bubbles my kids get when they take their baths - they seem quite easy to pick up.

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Even more gems.

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Quite easy.

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Oh and what's this?

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Well well well... Didn't Ugyne tell us that she gave this very book to Navon de Sandau? How would it have gotten into a layer full of Nighthawks without him being one? We have not heard of them ever stealing random books.

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Sounds like there's some magical cursed sword which can bee remade if you find both pieces.

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Here is our current location.

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It seems like we have a suspect. So should we:

A. Clear out this place. Could be that we might learn more information about what's happening here.
B. We found what we were looking for. Beeline for the suspect immediately.
 
Nutria

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Strap Yourselves In
B. I think you've found out everything you need to know from here, and you've already got more equipment and skills than you need.

Owyn's staff won't work underground because it's not actually shooting out lightning, it's just casting Skyfire for free.

I think using torches may give you a penalty to stealth, but I can't remember where I got that idea from, so don't take my word for it.
 
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RPG Wokedex Strap Yourselves In Steve gets a Kidney but I don't even get a tag. Pathfinder: Wrath I helped put crap in Monomyth
CCASE
OIEON
TRBAL
PHCLS

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We find another chest in an alcove not too far ahead.

The letters are:

BDREY
SLOSL
HOSLT
AHEIS

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Click to expand...

yeah! For once I found the answers! Though I failed with the two other chests :cry:

And A, maybe there's other things of interest down here
 
Sergiu64

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You guys brought this one on yourselves!

We head north past the two rooms and notice a branch going off to the right.

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It's empty of enemies, but has a chest!

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No puzzle here, just a trap.

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Its so nice being able to click Yes on these without fear.

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Imagine getting blown up for this crap.

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We back out of the room and continue North. There's a locked door and more Nighthawks beyond.

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Somehow our torch light does not give us away this time. Maybe they thought we were other Nighthawks.

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James hits for 32.
Owyn freezes a Nighthawk with a Frost Bolt.

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Gorath lands a swing for 56.

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James' second strike is parried.

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Gorath's thrust lands - 50 damage brings down the first nighthawk.

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James hits for 32 again - the Nighthawk is still up.

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Gorath lands a hit for 47 on the frozen Nighthawk.

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James finishes his Nighthawk with a hit for 35.

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Gorath hits the last one with a swing. 62 damage is enough to finish the fight.

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I'm glad these guys carry antidote sometimes. They definitely have poison as well, so its good to stock up on these.

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And restoratives of course.

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Since we have the spider, silverthorn is all but useless.

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One of the branches we're exploring ends in stairs!

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Looks like this might be Cavall's Run after all. Those stairs probably lead up to where the keep used to be.

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We continue exploring and eventually approach a room with some enemies. Since I see a black slayer - I enhance both swords again.

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Suddenly we seem to be really good at stealth.

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It's 4!!!! Black Slayers. Good thing we improved the swords.
James hits for 37.

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Gorath gets shot for 4.
Owyn nails a Black Slayer with the Bane spell. 75 damage.

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James gets hit for 11.
Gorath hits for 46.

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James hits for 37 again.

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Owyn hits a black slayer with the less powered Bane spell. 50 damage.

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Gorath finishes one with a hit for 49.

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James finishes a second one despite the attempted parry. 40 damage.

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Gorath finishes another one with a hit for 49.

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While Owyn was resting up - one of the dead slayers gets up!

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James misses. The restored Slayer hits Owyn for 6.
Gorath hits it for 47.

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The other two slayers get back up!
James finishes one with a hit for 39.

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Gorath finishes one with a swing. 67 damage.

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I misclick James. Gorath hits - 46.

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James hits for 37.

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Gorath finishes another one - 65.

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James hits for 37 again.

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Gorath finally finishes the damned fight with a hit for 54.

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At least James got a bit better at hitting.

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Nothing interesting here.

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More antidote.

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Generic.

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Those swords sell quite well.

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The chest we saw during the combat is a puzzle chest. Letters are:

RTHIC
NSSST
MOILO
AUTDY

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Answer and loot:

Took a minute to figure this one out.

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That root oil is only half as good as the priest's oil unfortunately.

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We come upon more pits.

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Before coming up to another room with enemies. More oil gets applied.

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We fail to sneak this time.

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James hits for 36.

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Gorath gets shot for 4.
Owyn's swing gets parried.

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Gorath hits for 50.

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James gets hit for 13.
James hits for 36.

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Owyn gets hit for 11.
Owyn's counter-swing hits for 16.

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Gorath puts a black slayer down with a hit for 52.

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James does the same with a hit for 40.

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Gorath gets shot for 4.
Owyn's swing misses.

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So does Gorath's thrust.

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James finishes Owyn's attacker with a hit for 70!

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Other one comes over and hits Owyn for 12.
Owyn misses again.

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Gorath can't get in range so James finishes the fight with a hit for 74.

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James got better at sneaking. Gorath did during an earlier fight I think - but I forgot to record it.

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I wish I could sell keys.

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Hmmm, good thing we didn't get poisoned.

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Guess we'd be ok with the antidotes though.

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Useless.

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A short while later there's a hallways with some more nighthawks.

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James misses and gets shot for 7.

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Gorath hits for 49.

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James hits for 32.

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Gets hit for 8 in return.
Gorath finishes a Nighthawk with a swing for 62.

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James misses again.

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Gorath can't get in range. James hits for 33.

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Owyn gives James 10 hp.

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Gorath finishes the fight with a hit for 52.

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The concentrate is always useful since it lets Owyn cast in melee range.

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Very nice arrows there.

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As you can see - this place is sprawling.

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A bit further and... you guessed it. More enemies. I had enough for tonight.

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Sergiu64

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When we left our heroes - there were some enemies ahead.

And we sneak up on them successfully.

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James hits for 31.
Archer tries to hit James but shoots his target instead and that nighthawk takes another 7.
Owyn freezes a second Nighthawk.

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Gorath hits for 46.

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James finishes on with a hit for 33.

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Owyn gets shot for 4. Gorath takes revenge on the archer with a hit for 49.

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James missed.

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Gorath finishes the archer with a hit for 53.

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James puts another one down with a hit for 33.

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Gorath hits for 48.

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James misses.

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Gorath finishes with a hit for 51.

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James hits for 32.

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Gorath finishes the fight with a hit for 49.

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James might still be average on the offense, but he's getting to be pretty good on the defense.

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Food is always good I guess.

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Gold is better.

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We haven't really needed the melee booster recently. But its always nice to have in the backpocket.

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This loot is so random.

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Whelp, more nice stuff.

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There's a chest here. The letters are:

DSWPSTY
HISOILE
LTOHUER
EAISRID

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Answer and loot:

Took me a day to realize it had to be something like an argument. Took an evening of wife considering it too before we ended up looking up synonyms of argument.

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Good stuff!

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There are more enemies in the next room.

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James hits for 32.

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Owyn freezes the slayer. Does 10 damage too.
James gets shot for 6.
Gorath hits for 51.

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James hits for 32.

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Owyn hits for 12.

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James gets shot for 6 again.
Gorath finishes the first enemy with a hit for 56.

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James switches targets to Archer and hits for 32.

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Owyn heals James for 20.

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Archer rushes for Owyn - Gorath met him there with a point of his sword - 47 results in death.

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James hits for 32. Unfortunately Nighthawks returns the favor with a swing that does 11 damage.

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Gorath finishes that enemy with a hit for 47.

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James finishes another one with a hit for 35.

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Gorath swings at the frozen Slayer. 28 damage.

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James does not repeat the feat.

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Gorath hits again with a swing. 28.

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James misses again.

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Gorath does it all. 29 damage swing ends the fight.

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James got better at offense.

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The lesser oil combines while the greater one does not.

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More food.

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The gold is always nice.

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Meh.

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A lot of melee fluid lately.

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Next room has a corpse that does not look like it belongs.

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And that body has nothing on it. A bit of a mystery.

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That appears to be it for Cavall's Run!

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We head towards the exit.

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Come out through the waterfall and head back north for a conversation with Navon.

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Lets see how James plays this.

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Not much chance that there are two copies, but perhaps someone stole it from him.

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Gotcha!

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A dark place full of Nighthawks perhaps?

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Yup, guilty as sin.

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He does look the part, does he not?

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He still tries to play it off cooly.

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Seems like James figured out the whole situation.

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It would be nice to get a villian's exposition here.

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Seems like the Bas-Tyra guys were getting pretty close.

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Seems like James is genuinely curious.

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Ah, that's a pretty good motivation to stage and accident for the son. I suppose for the mother as well.

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Kinda explains why the Count is such a miserable bastard.

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Sounded like it was a bit more than a "lock".

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Sounds like Neville had quite an adventure.

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It would be nice to have the magic words to make spyglass give us such a power.

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Neville is a bit of a sadist it appears.

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I still don't understand what the keep was made out of for it to get burned out to the ground.

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Why do the villians do this. There's one of him, 3 of us - unless he's buying time - he just gave away all the secrets for us to undo what he's done after we kill or arrest him.

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Apparently "somehow different" meant Neville is a complete psychopath.

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Death would have stopped you, as it will stop you now.

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Seems James is 100% sure the locked room contains all the information he needs.

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Legends become legends because they ARE extraordinary.

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One on three? Or does he have some hidden friends?

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Sounds like we just saved someone's life.

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Neville misses Gorath, James can't get in range and Owyn... returns the favor by missing with a frost bolt.

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James hits - but its only 14 damage.

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Gorath hits too. 21.

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James misses this time.

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Gorath hits with a swing. 26.

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James is parried.

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Gorath is parried too.

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Neville counter attacks and hits James for 20. Perhaps its time to involve Owyn.
James misses again.

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Owyn tries Grief of 1000 Nights - but it does NOT work.
Gorath's swing connects for another 26.

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James hits for 18.

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Gorath finishes the leader of the Nighthawks fight with a thrust for 29.

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Oh my, what is all this stuff?

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Sounds like this is why he was taking so little damage.

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Very nice. Seems like armors go 15% (standard), 25% (elven), 30% (tsurani), 40% (dwarven) and now 55%.

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This sounds special too.

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That... seems competitive. Lets compare it to our current weapons.

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More damage, but less accurate than the Griefmaker.

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Well, James's accuracy is such that the giant Accuracy bonus on the rapier thrust still makes it better.

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Think we saw these at Sarth shop.

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Looks like if Neville had hit with his shots - he would have hurt us.

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And here's our ticket to the next chapter.

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The note is a bit of a disappointment. Maybe if we had learned of his treachery some other way this would have helped us get the idea to head back towards the waterfall.

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Before we leave town we sell. The diamond increases our gold supply by like 35%.

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We head back to Cavall's Run and open the special door.

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There's but a single chest in the room.

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What? They gate story progression behind a puzzle lock??? The letters are:

TATHEENW
GRETANYB
DUSKHLSZ
AIRENOTS

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Answer:

Fortunately the puzzle is fairly easy.

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There's no standard loot here. Just story.

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The party at Mothers is an old Mocker term. Still - seems risky to trust that Arutha will listen to Gorath after specifically saying that he wants to hear from James at the end of chapter one.

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Oooooh crap. More Nighthawks?

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We get an animation of Gorath and Owyn walking.

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Damn, we were wondering who Narab is after reading his name in the notes.

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It seems that once again - our heroes are thwarted at the moment of their triumph. Chapter 3 ends.

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That fight is a bit of letdown after the Nighthawk leader has been built up so much over the last couple chapters. They should have given him a few highly-skilled bodyguards at least.
 
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Nutria said:
That fight is a bit of letdown after the Nighthawk leader has been built up so much over the last couple chapters. They should have given him a few highly-skilled bodyguards at least.
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Yeah I think other disabling spells work on him so you can just stun lock him. So I actually gave him a bit more of a chance than I needed to.
 
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Next chapter awaits:

And its name is a bit foreboding.

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Sounds like there some kind of bad blood between Narab and the supreme leader of Moredhel. Clan warfare most likely.

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Seems like this is one of those situations where the superior does not tell you the grand plan and then blames you for ruining it due to your lack of knowledge of it.

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I guess we'll have to take solace that our capture is also going to lose his life. The Northlands are a strange place. Meanwhile to Owyn... a month and a half. That's a long time for Arutha to be missing the crucial piece of information we were supposed to deliver. What dumb luck...

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Great, some Ogre of a torturer no doubt...

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He does not seem THAT large in the picture. Perhaps its the drugs that they've given to Owyn.

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Hmmm, guess the other Moredhel somehow did not beat it out of Gorath or Owyn during the month and a half trek to the Northlands.

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Perhaps it would have been a likelier story if Owyn wasn't accompanying Gorath.

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Gabot is the Baron of that border castle James went to I believe.

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Gotta give it to Owyn for sticking with the story.

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Sounds like Gorath was quite the big deal around here. I wonder what made him betray his brothers.

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What? He's giving Owyn the message? I mean sure - Owyn is supposed to die, but who takes that risk??? Either this is bad writing, or something more is afoot here.

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Or perhaps this is what Moredhel humor is like?

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Sure seems like it.

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As Delekhan is laughing to the bank.

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And Owyn...

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Is left without hope. Jimmy did warn him...

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I guess Gorath is in a nearby cell, or maybe the same one?

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Is Gorath tied to a pole?

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And still wearing his armor?

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Either way, he just got bitch slapped.

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At least there's peace in Darkness. Perhaps it will give Owyn time to think.

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Magic... on the bars???!!!

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The bars - they're...

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Swinging open!!!

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Hmmmmm... yes. Escaping seems the highest priority now. But still... could this be Delekhan's doing? It did seem like he had some grand plan for Gorath.

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We appear to be somewhere under the capital of the Moredhel. Getting out of the dungeon will be but a first step upon the way out from behind the enemy lines.

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We appear in a large room with a chest in front of us.

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Time to check the inventory.... Sigh. No gold, no life saving equipment. Not even food!

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Looks like all we have is some torches we stole off the walls.

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Aha! The chest has Gorath's stuff! These moredhel have the worst security set up I've ever seen.

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As we look around we see two bodies and another chest in the distance. Dead guards?

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Seems like it. Some dead prisoners would not be armed.

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The second chest contained Owyn's stuff!

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The other body was all the way in the other corner.

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Another guard it seems. The lockpicks will be useful - all our previous ones were with James!

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Next time we'll try to find our way out!
 
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Sorry for delay everyone, daughter gave me a pretty bad cold - was not in the mood to play until recovering.

Here's the next episode:

We check out the rest of the room and it seems there are 4 exits actually. We try going to the right.

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It has a door which is locked. That lock looks tough.

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And Gorath wishes James was still here.

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We decide to try some keys too.

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And the wooden one works!

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Soon after we see some enemies ahead. I guess that was to be expected given that we're deep in the dungeons below the enemy capital.

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The do not expect some armed prisoners to be attacking them here.

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And that makes Owyn a bit better at sneaking.

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Enemies look kinda bunched up so Owyn tries to Fireball the guy on the left to hit two dudes to his right but not to hit Gorath. Fireball lands for 60 damage and kills the main target, but splash damage only hits one other dude.

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Gorath's swing hits for 50.

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Owyn rests - Gorath's follow up thurst hits for 45 and kills the second dark elf.

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One of the moredhel shot at him point blank (and missed) so Gorath goes after and hits for 45.

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Owyn keeps resting and the injured archer goes for him. Gorath has to chase and finish with a hit for 50.

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Gorath misses the last guy.

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And is parried on the next attempt.

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Just as Owyn gets to 30 Sta - Gorath's swing lands for 59 and kills the last enemy.

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Gorath's spanking of the prison guards makes him even more of a badass.

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This dude needed to upkeep his armor a bit better.

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Wow, the dwarven sword on an enemy. Seems like the enemy equipment is getting upgraded in this chapter.

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And what is this?

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I guess this is why the guy missed point blank.

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Or maybe this guy, would have sucked to eat poison.

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Definitely better equipment for enemies.

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The hallway we're on runs into a dead end with some kind of monument.

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This spot? Middle of a dungeon? Did he execute other clan leaders here or something?

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We back up and take a different branch and see some enemies ahead.

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We surprise them as well.

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What are these??? Owyn freezes left hand enemy. Also does 10 damage.

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Turns out our sneaking improved Gorath's ability at it.

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Gorath decides to find out what we're dealing with. A Sentinel Ogre? And look at that Strength!

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It goes for Owyn, Gorath chases after it and hits for 53.

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Owyn lands a swing for 18.

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Gorath finishes it with a thrust for 57.

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Gorath hits the last one for 52.

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And puts it down with a swing for 57.

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Wow. Imagine getting hit with this sword by a dude with 42 strength...

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Or even this one...

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The Ogre hallway has multiple paths going off to the right, we take the first one.

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And see some strange new enemies ahead.

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Seems like these guys have better eyesight then the dark elves and the sentinel ogres.

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Enemies get in range of Owyn so he tries melee - but misses.

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Gorath lands a swing for 54.

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Owyn takes 11 damage from one of the attackers.
His counter swing misses and... he takes 2 points of damage. The enemies must have poisoned weapons!

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Gorath finishes the injured enemy with a thrust for 51.

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He then gets hit for 15 and Owyn gets hit for 17!
Owyn goes defensive.
Gorath strikes one of Owyn's attackers for 36.

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And finishes him with a swing for 44.

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Owyn gets hit for 14 through swing.
Gorath takes revenge with a thrust for 43.

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Gorath then finishes him with a swing for 56.

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He gets hit for 18 by the last guy.
Owyn pops anti-venom.

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Gorath hits for 45.

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Gorath then inspects the hurt enemy - a goblin!

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Since the enemy is so hurt - we rest up to full wilderness hp and Gorath finishes with a hit for 51.

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Gorath got better at defending.

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And so did Owyn!

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Here's how Owyn got poisoned.

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Lots of gold on these guys. Guess they're mercenaries in the service of the dark elves?

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Wow. Guess Gorath's armor is getting upgraded.

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Both Owyn and Gorath have enough rations for 4 weeks after these are added to our supply.

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Here's where we are now. Will explore southern branch next time.

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Lots of gold on these guys. Guess they're mercenaries in the service of the dark elves?
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Yes, I believe that comes up during the next chapter. They're just tagging along with Delekhan's army for the money and have no real loyalty to him.
 
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having only 2 guys in the party doesnt seem to have made the combat much harder

would be interesting if you couldnt retrieve your gear immediately
 
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Yeah, this is where you really need Gorath to be brutal and kill off enemies quick. Owyn is lucky to get off one spell in some of these fights where you're badly outnumbered, but by now he's got the ability to defend himself pretty well.
 
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There will be fights against spell casters later in the chapter which could be quite difficult - with just 2 characters its easy for one to get disabled with a spell and then...
 
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We continue on trying to find out way out of this dungeon.

The hallway we decided to explore quickly ends in a pit with nothing but a dead end behind it.

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Meanwhile next hallway ends in a chest!

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It's a moredhel puzzle chest, they definitely make more sense here.

The letters are:

TATE
CHND
BLIL
ORPS

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Answer and loot:

The first part of this puzzle does not make sense to me. Had to guess this one by rolling the letters randomly.

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Fairly useless considering we've had a lot of opportunities to get both of those crossbows.

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That finished the previous hallway - we start exploring the next one.

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Another pit.

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And another dead end on the other side.

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Time to take the last branch.

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There's a locked door on the other side of the pit but: this lock seems easy.

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Nice to see Gorath succeed at it. We're definitely struggling without James in that regard.

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Some enemies ahead. The enemy in the center might be a spell caster.

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Perhaps its time to try out this spell. It'd be nice to be able to get initiative against enemy spell casters given our low number of characters.

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That's a dramatic spell!

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It even creates a on-screen effect!

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But... we can't seems to trigger the encounter! Instead of making easier to sneak up on enemies it seems to give us a way to sneak PAST enemies.

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Eventually it DOES trigger, not in a good way. This spell is a bit of a disappointment.

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On the plus side - it does seem like its a good way to train Stealth.

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Well, Owyn got initiative despite failed stealth and there seems to be spell caster here. So - perhaps its time to check how this spell works.

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It appears to just freeze the enemy caster.

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Gorath gets shot for 10. He also appears to have gotten better at sneaking through the fog.

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Gorath hits for 49.

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Spellcaster moves - guess the spell just prevents casting.
Owyn's attack misses, enemy hits him for 5 in return.

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Gorath finishes first enemy with a swing for 63.

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Another enemy hits him for 11.
Owyn hits with a swing for 16. Enemy hits him for 5 in return.

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Gorath hits with a swing, but its only 33. Must be good armor.

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That guy hits him for 11 AGAIN. These guys are accurate!
Owyn's swing misses this time.

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Gorath thrusts for 28.

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Owyn lands a swing for 16.

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Gorath swings and ends the tough enemy. 39 damage.

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Owyn swings and hits for 17. Somehow that's enough to finish that guy.

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Gorath studies the caster. A Witch Hag! Caster for sure.

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While switching skills - it seems Owyn got better at melee.

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Witch Hag stopped sparkling, so I had to frost bolt her with Owyn.

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Gorath finishes the hag with a thrust for 52 after we rest up a bit.

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We're actually quite good on food.

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This is the guy that was hitting hard and not getting hit as hard as usual in return.

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The hag has quite a bit of health potions - doesn't help if you die in one hit.

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Nice arrows.

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There are two chests in this room and... I decide not to mess with the trapped one due to Gorath's low skill.

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The other one seems to just be locked.

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That looks beyond Gorath's ability.

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Yay! We can open it after all.

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What is this?

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Feels like this will be pretty key to us getting out of this dungeon.

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The large room did not have any other ways out so that concludes the right hand branch from the starting room.

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The north exit has a locked door, but it seems simple.

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Indeed - all it does is get Gorath better at the thieving arts.

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There are two side passages, but there appears to be a Hag straight ahead. We go for her first.

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Searching for a weapon? She should probably scream and run.

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Owyn freezes her. Does 10 damage too.

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After Owyn and he heal up - Gorath puts the hag down with a thrust for 65.

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Seems like these ladies are good alchemists.

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We're going to explore more of the north branch next time.

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By the way: I have a vacation coming up on Wed, so likely this will be my last post until a week after that.
 
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But now it makes sense - Owyn tricked the sorcerer into asking him a basic question that is easy to answer correctly before the sorcerer had a chance to ask his impossible one.
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Ooooooh. Riiiiiight. My younger self didn't get it at all back in the day :D.
 
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