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In Progress Lets play the best Storyfag RPG of all time: Betrayal at Krondor!
- Thread starter Sergiu64
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Sergiu64
Arcane
Next session.
First we try out the answer provided by ERYFKRAD.
Which leads us to another Wyvern egg.
We back out of the room and take stock.
And start exploring passages we've missed. Eventually we find a door locked by a Peasant Key.
It appears to have some pooches feasting on corpses.
Seems like those pooches have good noses and we fail to sneak up on them.
Seems like pooches have some moredhel handlers. One sticks his blade into Patrus.
James tries to help out, but misses.
Locky manages to miss another one.
James does better with his second shot. But the hit only does 22 damage?
And so does Locky. A lot more damage there.
Meanwhile Patrus finds out he's poisoned and gets bit to add insult to the injury.
James get hit, but for very small amount of damage.
James lands another thrust, still only 22 damage.
Locky is 1 for 3 so far.
James has to deal with being on fire. Joy.
And Patrus is on his last legs after another bite.
James starts hitting for less, I really need to start remember to heal up after fights.
Locky FINALLY finishes his enemy.
And Patrus chugs an antidote and some restoratives.
Good timing, as a dog gets another bite in.
James puts down the tough poisoner.
As Locky puts on the hurt on one of the canines.
And James does the same to the other canine.
One of the pooches pays for biting the old guy.
The other one still thinks geriatric meat tastes best.
James finishes the damned biter.
Locky starts working on the last guy.
After which we start resting up as the guy has no health left and has trouble landing anything.
Eventually James finishes the fight.
Despite Patrus getting torn up by the dogs - it's James that gets better at defense.
Seems like these guys had poisoned arrows too.
Yeah... we could have gotten stuck with a lot more poisoned people than just Patrus.
And this explains why the poisoner was so tough. Patrus gets the dragon armor as this one as an enchantment and his previous one did not.
The only other passageway in this place leads to a large - and completely empty - room.
So, we exit the place.
And find a house down the same side road.
Hmmm, wasn't there someone passing love notes back in the Northwarden garrison?
What... is this an opportunity to train someone ELSE? Usually its the other way around.
Well... don't we feel competent all of the sudden? I wonder if we'd get a failure here if our weapon repair skill was lower.
We'll continue our way West next time.
Which leads us to another Wyvern egg.
We back out of the room and take stock.
And start exploring passages we've missed. Eventually we find a door locked by a Peasant Key.
It appears to have some pooches feasting on corpses.
Seems like those pooches have good noses and we fail to sneak up on them.
Seems like pooches have some moredhel handlers. One sticks his blade into Patrus.
James tries to help out, but misses.
Locky manages to miss another one.
James does better with his second shot. But the hit only does 22 damage?
And so does Locky. A lot more damage there.
Meanwhile Patrus finds out he's poisoned and gets bit to add insult to the injury.
James get hit, but for very small amount of damage.
James lands another thrust, still only 22 damage.
Locky is 1 for 3 so far.
James has to deal with being on fire. Joy.
And Patrus is on his last legs after another bite.
James starts hitting for less, I really need to start remember to heal up after fights.
Locky FINALLY finishes his enemy.
And Patrus chugs an antidote and some restoratives.
Good timing, as a dog gets another bite in.
James puts down the tough poisoner.
As Locky puts on the hurt on one of the canines.
And James does the same to the other canine.
One of the pooches pays for biting the old guy.
The other one still thinks geriatric meat tastes best.
James finishes the damned biter.
Locky starts working on the last guy.
After which we start resting up as the guy has no health left and has trouble landing anything.
Eventually James finishes the fight.
Despite Patrus getting torn up by the dogs - it's James that gets better at defense.
Seems like these guys had poisoned arrows too.
Yeah... we could have gotten stuck with a lot more poisoned people than just Patrus.
And this explains why the poisoner was so tough. Patrus gets the dragon armor as this one as an enchantment and his previous one did not.
The only other passageway in this place leads to a large - and completely empty - room.
So, we exit the place.
And find a house down the same side road.
Hmmm, wasn't there someone passing love notes back in the Northwarden garrison?
What... is this an opportunity to train someone ELSE? Usually its the other way around.
Well... don't we feel competent all of the sudden? I wonder if we'd get a failure here if our weapon repair skill was lower.
We'll continue our way West next time.
Sergiu64
Arcane
Continuing our way west.
We meet some more enemies pretty soon after. The concentration of enemies seems pretty high, which makes sense considering what' happening in this region during this chapter.
Our stealth check fails.
Which means James gets hit before he can act.
Two hags is dangerous - James manages to get in range of the farther one and hit it.
Locky does the same to the closer one.
After which he gets hit himself by one of the moredhel.
James finishes his hag.
And Locky does the same to the other one.
James continues his good form.
And so does Locky.
We notice that Locky takes poison damage though, guess that sword strike two turns ago was poisoned.
Freshly freed from the enemy that was in his face - Patrus blind the poisoner.
And James finally shows that he's no master fencer just yet.
Locky is though.
And James gets his hit in as well, he's in good form in this fight.
Normally we'd rest up here while keeping enemy stun locked, but Locky's poisoned.
So we just finish off the last guy.
And Locky uses up another anti-venom charge.
That's the damned poisoner.
Looks like there was potential for more poisonings here.
Much rather get his by this guy.
I guess these are useful when we run out of antidotes.
Temporary defensive potion.
We check the map and it seems we're pretty close to Dencamp-On-The-Teeth.
There's a hidey hole nearby.
But its trinket use fairly useless.
Not long after we see another large batch of enemies.
I decide to use some weapon enchantments for this fight.
And stealth continues to fail.
A lot of enemies. Fortunately James one-shots one of the hags.
And immediately gets frozen by the spellcaster behind her. Fuuuuuu...
Since he's frozen with grief of a 1000 nights - enemies start beating up on him.
Locky can't get to the spellcaster, but at least he one shots the other hag before she can do something similar.
Somehow - no one is in Patrus's face yet, so he is given a chance to blind the damned spellcaster.
After which he immediately gets shot.
Locky kills the dangerous bastard.
And gets shot himself.
Patrus blinds the archer shooting at him.
And takes poison damage... great.
Meanwhile James's life is...
Very painful.
Locky comes to help his frozen comrade.
And takes poison damage himself, sigh...
And yes, that bolt you saw flying towards him in the last screen hits him.
Patrus freezes the moredhel beating up on frozen James.
As Locky finishes the ogre.
Patrus is trying to keep 3 enemies stun locked.
As Locky takes them out one - by -one.
Where would we be if they had closed in on Patrus instead of shooting at him?
Locky has a rare miss.
As Patrus continues his thing. Oh how I wish he had Grief of 1000 nights himself.
At least we have a master swordsman with us.
Which is proven as he finishes off the fight.
He beat up on so many enemies that he got stronger as a result (that's not his real strength since he's below max hp).
One of the poison archers.
And one of the hags.
The Ogre.
And the other hag.
This was the spellcaster.
And one of the other moredhel.
We take a rest - and soon after arrive in Dencamp On The Teeth. Hopefully we'll be able to buy antidotes here. We're down to 4 as Locky and Patrus had to gulp some down after last fight.
We'll check out the village next time.
Our stealth check fails.
Which means James gets hit before he can act.
Two hags is dangerous - James manages to get in range of the farther one and hit it.
Locky does the same to the closer one.
After which he gets hit himself by one of the moredhel.
James finishes his hag.
And Locky does the same to the other one.
James continues his good form.
And so does Locky.
We notice that Locky takes poison damage though, guess that sword strike two turns ago was poisoned.
Freshly freed from the enemy that was in his face - Patrus blind the poisoner.
And James finally shows that he's no master fencer just yet.
Locky is though.
And James gets his hit in as well, he's in good form in this fight.
Normally we'd rest up here while keeping enemy stun locked, but Locky's poisoned.
So we just finish off the last guy.
And Locky uses up another anti-venom charge.
That's the damned poisoner.
Looks like there was potential for more poisonings here.
Much rather get his by this guy.
I guess these are useful when we run out of antidotes.
Temporary defensive potion.
We check the map and it seems we're pretty close to Dencamp-On-The-Teeth.
There's a hidey hole nearby.
But its trinket use fairly useless.
Not long after we see another large batch of enemies.
I decide to use some weapon enchantments for this fight.
And stealth continues to fail.
A lot of enemies. Fortunately James one-shots one of the hags.
And immediately gets frozen by the spellcaster behind her. Fuuuuuu...
Since he's frozen with grief of a 1000 nights - enemies start beating up on him.
Locky can't get to the spellcaster, but at least he one shots the other hag before she can do something similar.
Somehow - no one is in Patrus's face yet, so he is given a chance to blind the damned spellcaster.
After which he immediately gets shot.
Locky kills the dangerous bastard.
And gets shot himself.
Patrus blinds the archer shooting at him.
And takes poison damage... great.
Meanwhile James's life is...
Very painful.
Locky comes to help his frozen comrade.
And takes poison damage himself, sigh...
And yes, that bolt you saw flying towards him in the last screen hits him.
Patrus freezes the moredhel beating up on frozen James.
As Locky finishes the ogre.
Patrus is trying to keep 3 enemies stun locked.
As Locky takes them out one - by -one.
Where would we be if they had closed in on Patrus instead of shooting at him?
Locky has a rare miss.
As Patrus continues his thing. Oh how I wish he had Grief of 1000 nights himself.
At least we have a master swordsman with us.
Which is proven as he finishes off the fight.
He beat up on so many enemies that he got stronger as a result (that's not his real strength since he's below max hp).
One of the poison archers.
And one of the hags.
The Ogre.
And the other hag.
This was the spellcaster.
And one of the other moredhel.
We take a rest - and soon after arrive in Dencamp On The Teeth. Hopefully we'll be able to buy antidotes here. We're down to 4 as Locky and Patrus had to gulp some down after last fight.
We'll check out the village next time.
Sergiu64
Arcane
Lets explore Dencamp on the Teeth.
As we enter town - it turns out to have enemies in it!
We're still low health after last fight, so we back out to rest up.
And unfortunately - we fail to sneak up on the moredhel when we come back.
James' skill might be just above average - but a blessed rapier is still quite easy to hit with.
Meanwhile Locky is so good that he usually hits with his larger and less wieldy greatsword.
Ouch!
Seems like James is still firing on all cylinders though.
And first enemy casualty hits the floor.
Ogre starts running and James fails to finish him off.
Surprisingly - Locky also misses his target. Well, gets parried to be precise.
Maybe I should have let that Ogre go - oh well, he won't be bothering us during the siege now.
Locky hits through parry this time.
As James's lower skill starts to catch up with him.
Locky continues being awesome.
This frees up Patrus to start blinding people.
So James hits the temporarily blinded ogre.
As Locky takes care of the last moredhel.
I decide to back out with James and try to rest up. Unfortunately that makes the Ogre switch targets to Locky and... hit
And apparently poison Locky as well. That stops the healing up idea.
So we have to just finish the last ogre quickly.
And we do so.
At least the game is throwing a lot of food at us.
Seems like there were even more opportunities to get poisoned in this fight.
Yay, this goes to Patrus.
The non-poisoning ogre.
This guy was useless. I wish there was a way to see who has what so that we could prioritize enemies during the fight.
Anyway, we got better at some things.
Patrus has a long way to go.
Locky's blade gets even quicker.
We start exploring the town. The barn door seems stuck.
Man... Trolls are dangerous - even for us. Unfortunately we can't help her - our packs are full of food.
Hmmm, that group sounds relevant.
We'll have for find them and see what they know.
Yay! A spellcaster shop - we really need Grief of 1000 nights for Patrus.
Think that heart is new.
Hmmmm, powerful, but we're powerful without it.
We see some much needed anti-venom. We were down to 4.
Lets hope they have the spell we need.
Hmmm, this summons an illusionary clone, not that useful.
Don't think there will be any more Black Slayers...
This spell seems really useless. If you really want something from the enemy - just kill him and pick it up afterwards.
We get a small discount on the anti-venom.
We find the house used by that group that knows how to kill goblins but... apparently the password is incorrect? I tried going back to the other house - but our guys just say they've been there already
We find some coins in an abandoned home.
And the Inn finally opens at midday.
Huh, clever ploy that - start talking about some other minstrel in order to get the locals to speak up about any they've seen recently.
Oh! He might be in that barn we couldn't get to open earlier.
Sounds like someone will need to drink a strength potion in order to find the missing bard! Which we'll do next time.
We're still low health after last fight, so we back out to rest up.
And unfortunately - we fail to sneak up on the moredhel when we come back.
James' skill might be just above average - but a blessed rapier is still quite easy to hit with.
Meanwhile Locky is so good that he usually hits with his larger and less wieldy greatsword.
Ouch!
Seems like James is still firing on all cylinders though.
And first enemy casualty hits the floor.
Ogre starts running and James fails to finish him off.
Surprisingly - Locky also misses his target. Well, gets parried to be precise.
Maybe I should have let that Ogre go - oh well, he won't be bothering us during the siege now.
Locky hits through parry this time.
As James's lower skill starts to catch up with him.
Locky continues being awesome.
This frees up Patrus to start blinding people.
So James hits the temporarily blinded ogre.
As Locky takes care of the last moredhel.
I decide to back out with James and try to rest up. Unfortunately that makes the Ogre switch targets to Locky and... hit
And apparently poison Locky as well. That stops the healing up idea.
So we have to just finish the last ogre quickly.
And we do so.
At least the game is throwing a lot of food at us.
Seems like there were even more opportunities to get poisoned in this fight.
Yay, this goes to Patrus.
The non-poisoning ogre.
This guy was useless. I wish there was a way to see who has what so that we could prioritize enemies during the fight.
Anyway, we got better at some things.
Patrus has a long way to go.
Locky's blade gets even quicker.
We start exploring the town. The barn door seems stuck.
Man... Trolls are dangerous - even for us. Unfortunately we can't help her - our packs are full of food.
Hmmm, that group sounds relevant.
We'll have for find them and see what they know.
Yay! A spellcaster shop - we really need Grief of 1000 nights for Patrus.
Think that heart is new.
Hmmmm, powerful, but we're powerful without it.
We see some much needed anti-venom. We were down to 4.
Lets hope they have the spell we need.
Hmmm, this summons an illusionary clone, not that useful.
Don't think there will be any more Black Slayers...
This spell seems really useless. If you really want something from the enemy - just kill him and pick it up afterwards.
We get a small discount on the anti-venom.
We find the house used by that group that knows how to kill goblins but... apparently the password is incorrect? I tried going back to the other house - but our guys just say they've been there already
We find some coins in an abandoned home.
And the Inn finally opens at midday.
Huh, clever ploy that - start talking about some other minstrel in order to get the locals to speak up about any they've seen recently.
Oh! He might be in that barn we couldn't get to open earlier.
Sounds like someone will need to drink a strength potion in order to find the missing bard! Which we'll do next time.
Arrowgrab
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Are you playing the CD version? That version is bugged and the mission is unfinishable without editing the save file. You're supposed to go back to the first house and complain about the wrong password, and they'll give you the correct one. You can, however, edit your save to set the correct flags. Shouldn't be hard to find instructions online.
Sergiu64
Arcane
Hmmm, Good Old Games version. Sounds like I might have to do that anyway - unless the flag gets set correctly after Minstrel quest gets done.
Arrowgrab
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Won't even have to go far for instructions:
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/betrayal-of-krondor-glitch.93948/ Bottom of page.
vazha
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Naphtha throwers in Medieval: Total War were an absolute bliss. I remember creating entire armies of mameluk gunners & naphtha throwers to steam the tide of western infidels as Fatimid Sultanate. Good times <3
Sergiu64
Arcane
So I tried the instructions on how to fix that quest - but the 6th digit at that memory address was NOT a 4. So I decided not to mess with it, we'll just have to live without learning how to kill goblins, sorry guys.
Meanwhile, here's the next session:
Meanwhile, here's the next session:
As we recall - the barn door is stuck, so our strongest - Locky drinks some steroids.
And immediately becomes like 30% stronger. Nice!
For a second there - I was afraid even that was not going to be enough.
Not sure why he needed to motion - we must have made a racket trying to get into the barn.
Seems like he didn't expect anyone to care that he was gone.
Seems like bard's actions triggered Patrus a bit.
That's a lengthy way to call someone a coward.
I guess he's convinced he would die during the siege. That's... not necessarily true.
Easy to say - when you can make Moredhel fly into obstacles with a simple spell.
The trouble is when all the solders think that way.
Is that a fact? Reminds of that time when we were all saved from World War 3 by a certain James Blunt (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-11753050)
I'm not sure that I have similar faith in the power of music.
Wow, this guy is full on self-pity.
I guess Locky isn't taking Baron's orders to heart. Then again - how well would a minstrel play if he was forced to go back to what he considers certain doom?
Ah... always a side quest.
Well, what is the damned favor?
Oh... that's what that place was!
Should just flip a coin - no country for old men style!
Seems like the game is not acknowledging the fact that we already have the stones.
No matter, we just click on the barn again. Fortunately we do not have to fight with the door a second time.
Clearly Patrus is not a follower of Geomancy.
First he thinks he's insignificant? Now he thinks Baron will be super relieved?
James picks up on that immediately.
I guess having some savings is not how bards live?
Wow, that couple again.
Yeah, where is this going?
Lol, maybe this is why the Baron was so adamant.
And explain it how?
Maybe Corbi kinda deserves it. You can't just abandon guard duty at the treasury during an impending siege cause your girl is pining for you.
So we had to fight through bunch of moredhel and ogres to... get some petty rocks for a wedding band?
Well, I guess Patrus read him wrong.
Diamonds... its like Office Space - small mistake and suddenly you've stolen a lot more that you were trying to.
Well, we have some diamonds now. Lets not get ourselves killed by the moredhel - the diamonds would likely afford them even more mercenaries for the siege.
Ok, at least this bard is on board now.
The dude IS getting off lightly for everything he's pulled.
We go back to Duke Martin to turn in the quest and the only topic is... Goblins?
Ah, I've forgotten - seems like Duke Martin must have mentioned something about Goblins earlier.
Long story that...
Yeah, that's a concise way of relaying all the hoops we had to jump through.
I do hear that these guys that actually get things done are quite valued in the military.
Um, yes it would be nice to know the enemy master plan - but unless you've got spies in their camp - how would you ever get that information?
Oh... we just grab their leader.
Right... so back to needing a spy or something.
Probably not enough to fight our way to Raglam - since the enemy is based there and all.
Definitely not enough.
We're what? How?
It does seem like an impossible task.
Clearly James is high on survivorship bias.
Wouldn't we have the same problem? They see the plans missing - assume they're compromised?
Anyway, we run back to the Baron since its on the way north anyway.
But he's a bit dismissive this time. Must be that he did not in fact know about the missing diamonds.
Seems like James was going to bring it up - but changed his mind.
Quite a few I would guess.
So that's that. Now we need to find our way north past that goblin company somehow...
We'll make the attempt next time.
And immediately becomes like 30% stronger. Nice!
For a second there - I was afraid even that was not going to be enough.
Not sure why he needed to motion - we must have made a racket trying to get into the barn.
Seems like he didn't expect anyone to care that he was gone.
Seems like bard's actions triggered Patrus a bit.
That's a lengthy way to call someone a coward.
I guess he's convinced he would die during the siege. That's... not necessarily true.
Easy to say - when you can make Moredhel fly into obstacles with a simple spell.
The trouble is when all the solders think that way.
Is that a fact? Reminds of that time when we were all saved from World War 3 by a certain James Blunt (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-11753050)
I'm not sure that I have similar faith in the power of music.
Wow, this guy is full on self-pity.
I guess Locky isn't taking Baron's orders to heart. Then again - how well would a minstrel play if he was forced to go back to what he considers certain doom?
Ah... always a side quest.
Well, what is the damned favor?
Oh... that's what that place was!
Should just flip a coin - no country for old men style!
Seems like the game is not acknowledging the fact that we already have the stones.
No matter, we just click on the barn again. Fortunately we do not have to fight with the door a second time.
Clearly Patrus is not a follower of Geomancy.
First he thinks he's insignificant? Now he thinks Baron will be super relieved?
James picks up on that immediately.
I guess having some savings is not how bards live?
Wow, that couple again.
Yeah, where is this going?
Lol, maybe this is why the Baron was so adamant.
And explain it how?
Maybe Corbi kinda deserves it. You can't just abandon guard duty at the treasury during an impending siege cause your girl is pining for you.
So we had to fight through bunch of moredhel and ogres to... get some petty rocks for a wedding band?
Well, I guess Patrus read him wrong.
Diamonds... its like Office Space - small mistake and suddenly you've stolen a lot more that you were trying to.
Well, we have some diamonds now. Lets not get ourselves killed by the moredhel - the diamonds would likely afford them even more mercenaries for the siege.
Ok, at least this bard is on board now.
The dude IS getting off lightly for everything he's pulled.
We go back to Duke Martin to turn in the quest and the only topic is... Goblins?
Ah, I've forgotten - seems like Duke Martin must have mentioned something about Goblins earlier.
Long story that...
Yeah, that's a concise way of relaying all the hoops we had to jump through.
I do hear that these guys that actually get things done are quite valued in the military.
Um, yes it would be nice to know the enemy master plan - but unless you've got spies in their camp - how would you ever get that information?
Oh... we just grab their leader.
Right... so back to needing a spy or something.
Probably not enough to fight our way to Raglam - since the enemy is based there and all.
Definitely not enough.
We're what? How?
It does seem like an impossible task.
Clearly James is high on survivorship bias.
Wouldn't we have the same problem? They see the plans missing - assume they're compromised?
Anyway, we run back to the Baron since its on the way north anyway.
But he's a bit dismissive this time. Must be that he did not in fact know about the missing diamonds.
Seems like James was going to bring it up - but changed his mind.
Quite a few I would guess.
So that's that. Now we need to find our way north past that goblin company somehow...
We'll make the attempt next time.
Sergiu64
Arcane
Time to figure out a way to get past the goblins:
We go back to where we saw that large group and fruitlessly fought them. Seems like there's a tiny area to the north that might allow us to sneak by them.
Nope - the goblins are smart enough to block all passages. Oh well - lets get closer.
A few more steps triggered something new!
Hmmmm, pay them? Maybe that could work.
A complected goblin? Can't even imagine what that looks like.
That's expensive... but if it could win us the siege...
I guess this is what the diamonds were for - if you don't have enough - sell the diamonds you just got from the bard.
Fortunately for us - we had enough without selling those. Maybe we'll sell them later to recoup our losses.
Oh... they've turned coats! That's more then I expected. Seems like a bad idea for a mercenary band to abandon contracts like this. Who would hire them again afterwards?
We try to see if there's something special about the well - and seems like there is. And not in a good way.
Yeah, poisoning wells is a standard tactic in wars.
Shortly after bypassing the goblins we seem to reach the boundary to the next area.
Think Bronwynn was the lady that took Locky's V-Card, then... dumped him and promptly got killed in battle? That's why he became a womanizer.
Back among the snow, and I hoped to never see it again after last chapter.
At least we seem to be most of the way to Raglam now.
Whoa, that's a lot of points of interest.
Some kind of watch towers?
Hide? Can't tell if they're watch towers or some sort of a wigwam.
Whoa, cross bow upgrade!
Seems like all of them are these types of objects, and they all seem to have good crossbows.
Well, at least average crossbows.
And some elven armor in most.
Before we reach the next batch, we notice some giants in the way.
Giants are tough, we decide to use some oil on our blades.
And then fail to sneak up on the lumbering brutes.
James is so quick - he still manages to one shot the spellcaster before anyone can act. That's 72 damage - tough to see yellow on white.
But then gets clubbed for his trouble.
And hit in the head with a giant rock as well.
Locky gets it by one too - don't think the giants can miss with those.
All that throwing insured that no one is preventing Patrus from casting.
James starts taking revenge on the giant that hit him.
And Locky goes for the one closest to Patrus.
Unfortunately the one that hit James peeled off towards Patrus. Also Locky got clubbed for 11.
The giants seem bad at dodging and good at hitting so far.
Locky brings the first one down.
So James stars working on the one that has not been hurt yet.
And Locky finishes the one James left behind.
And James continues delivering wounds to the last giant.
But its Locky who gets the final hit.
The fight made James get better at Melee accuracy.
Food and gold, nice.
Huh - seems like these giants like two things - to eat well, and to get paid well. Good strategy that.
Patrus gets the pouch, now if I would only remember to use it.
Last giant only had food.
Meanwhile we keep finding and looting more towers.
Best armor we've seen in one so far.
I don't understand why these towers don't have more guards.
Speaking of - more enemies in the way. We'll face them in the next session.
Nope - the goblins are smart enough to block all passages. Oh well - lets get closer.
A few more steps triggered something new!
Hmmmm, pay them? Maybe that could work.
A complected goblin? Can't even imagine what that looks like.
That's expensive... but if it could win us the siege...
I guess this is what the diamonds were for - if you don't have enough - sell the diamonds you just got from the bard.
Fortunately for us - we had enough without selling those. Maybe we'll sell them later to recoup our losses.
Oh... they've turned coats! That's more then I expected. Seems like a bad idea for a mercenary band to abandon contracts like this. Who would hire them again afterwards?
We try to see if there's something special about the well - and seems like there is. And not in a good way.
Yeah, poisoning wells is a standard tactic in wars.
Shortly after bypassing the goblins we seem to reach the boundary to the next area.
Think Bronwynn was the lady that took Locky's V-Card, then... dumped him and promptly got killed in battle? That's why he became a womanizer.
Back among the snow, and I hoped to never see it again after last chapter.
At least we seem to be most of the way to Raglam now.
Whoa, that's a lot of points of interest.
Some kind of watch towers?
Hide? Can't tell if they're watch towers or some sort of a wigwam.
Whoa, cross bow upgrade!
Seems like all of them are these types of objects, and they all seem to have good crossbows.
Well, at least average crossbows.
And some elven armor in most.
Before we reach the next batch, we notice some giants in the way.
Giants are tough, we decide to use some oil on our blades.
And then fail to sneak up on the lumbering brutes.
James is so quick - he still manages to one shot the spellcaster before anyone can act. That's 72 damage - tough to see yellow on white.
But then gets clubbed for his trouble.
And hit in the head with a giant rock as well.
Locky gets it by one too - don't think the giants can miss with those.
All that throwing insured that no one is preventing Patrus from casting.
James starts taking revenge on the giant that hit him.
And Locky goes for the one closest to Patrus.
Unfortunately the one that hit James peeled off towards Patrus. Also Locky got clubbed for 11.
The giants seem bad at dodging and good at hitting so far.
Locky brings the first one down.
So James stars working on the one that has not been hurt yet.
And Locky finishes the one James left behind.
And James continues delivering wounds to the last giant.
But its Locky who gets the final hit.
The fight made James get better at Melee accuracy.
Food and gold, nice.
Huh - seems like these giants like two things - to eat well, and to get paid well. Good strategy that.
Patrus gets the pouch, now if I would only remember to use it.
Last giant only had food.
Meanwhile we keep finding and looting more towers.
Best armor we've seen in one so far.
I don't understand why these towers don't have more guards.
Speaking of - more enemies in the way. We'll face them in the next session.
Here you see a good example of what I like about this chapter. You go behind enemy lines and find that this big invasion force is stockpiling a huge amount of weapons and supplies, way more than you carry off on your back. Despite all of the elves and magic and other fantasy stuff, it's still grounded in what a war would be like if it happened in this fantasy world.
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Guess it helps that this stuff is based on Feist's tabletop games and all. DMs would make far more credible scenarios than any writer.
Sergiu64
Arcane
I do find it strange that they've basically have some apparently unfaithful mercs as the screening force and that the said supplies are not really guarded. Only way I can rationalize it is if we just happen to be sneaking in while they're all busy in the main camp with some sort of meeting or parade. In general - one is left with a feeling that while the dark elves are capable fighters and their poisoned blades are deadly - they're too disorganized when it comes to proper military campaigns.
Sergiu64
Arcane
Lets keep on towards our goal of stealing enemy plans.
We try to sneak up on the enemies we saw last time. We fail.
The fight starts with James only being able to get in range of one of the hags, and Locky missing a Moredhel warrior.
And then a hag acts - blinding Locky.
At least James gets a hit on his hag.
The moredhel archer shoots and seemingly hits one of his own!
And the damned hag blinds James as well, this is getting pretty bad.
Moredhel gets his sword past Patrus' poor guard. At least the hag that James hit earlier seems to be fleeing instead of casting spells.
And the archer hits his friend AGAIN. Maybe he's doing it on purpose?
The active hag casts something that makes colored lights appear around Locky.
Oh no, looks like Grief of 1000 nights.
And Locky gets shot in the back for good measure.
But somehow it wears right off? Giving Locky the chance to finish her in one hit. The other hag flees successfully.
Unfortunately it seems to bolt was poisoned, so Locky starts taking that damage.
James comes in to try to help (he could not get to the archer). But misses.
And gets shot for 3 damage, dammit...
Locky starts punishing the archer.
And James hits this time.
Locky misses despite his mastery.
James does not - leaving us with one less enemy.
And Locky finishes the damned running archer.
James tries to start on the last guy, but is not successful.
Locky does better.
And ends up being the one that finishes the last moredhel.
Those clothes are extremely effective - basically the insure 2 of the fights in the future will be very easy.
Looks like there was even more chances for us to get poisoned.
And that's the damned archer.
The hag. I wonder if the one that got away had some antidones.
There is another tower here.
More of the same.
But what is that? A catapult?
As we get closer we trigger a trap.
Hmmm, the staffs on the right will block a fireball, so we don't want them turned off.
Meaning that if we push the solid block diagonally...
Locky will be able to proceed without a worry.
That worked, and now we come to check out the wooden beast.
I wonder what old grump buckets means. Is he talking about himself?
Hmmm, it is facing in the wrong direction.
Not unless you really disliked your mother in law I guess.
Instead of playing along, Locky decides to be direct.
Seems like James is on the right logical path.
Still seems like this is unlikely, there would be scouts about that would notice a damned catapult pointing at the camp.
Either way, seems like this might be our ticket as far as getting those plans!
Right, seems like there's going to be a quest step here.
Right, must be somewhere else. Lets hope we don't have to clear a random dungeon for this like we had to for Geomancy stones.
We activate the Spyglass and notice that we might be close to town.
Raglam... and it appears to be unguarded. We'll try to find the gear in town - next session.
The fight starts with James only being able to get in range of one of the hags, and Locky missing a Moredhel warrior.
And then a hag acts - blinding Locky.
At least James gets a hit on his hag.
The moredhel archer shoots and seemingly hits one of his own!
And the damned hag blinds James as well, this is getting pretty bad.
Moredhel gets his sword past Patrus' poor guard. At least the hag that James hit earlier seems to be fleeing instead of casting spells.
And the archer hits his friend AGAIN. Maybe he's doing it on purpose?
The active hag casts something that makes colored lights appear around Locky.
Oh no, looks like Grief of 1000 nights.
And Locky gets shot in the back for good measure.
But somehow it wears right off? Giving Locky the chance to finish her in one hit. The other hag flees successfully.
Unfortunately it seems to bolt was poisoned, so Locky starts taking that damage.
James comes in to try to help (he could not get to the archer). But misses.
And gets shot for 3 damage, dammit...
Locky starts punishing the archer.
And James hits this time.
Locky misses despite his mastery.
James does not - leaving us with one less enemy.
And Locky finishes the damned running archer.
James tries to start on the last guy, but is not successful.
Locky does better.
And ends up being the one that finishes the last moredhel.
Those clothes are extremely effective - basically the insure 2 of the fights in the future will be very easy.
Looks like there was even more chances for us to get poisoned.
And that's the damned archer.
The hag. I wonder if the one that got away had some antidones.
There is another tower here.
More of the same.
But what is that? A catapult?
As we get closer we trigger a trap.
Hmmm, the staffs on the right will block a fireball, so we don't want them turned off.
Meaning that if we push the solid block diagonally...
Locky will be able to proceed without a worry.
That worked, and now we come to check out the wooden beast.
I wonder what old grump buckets means. Is he talking about himself?
Hmmm, it is facing in the wrong direction.
Not unless you really disliked your mother in law I guess.
Instead of playing along, Locky decides to be direct.
Seems like James is on the right logical path.
Still seems like this is unlikely, there would be scouts about that would notice a damned catapult pointing at the camp.
Either way, seems like this might be our ticket as far as getting those plans!
Right, seems like there's going to be a quest step here.
Right, must be somewhere else. Lets hope we don't have to clear a random dungeon for this like we had to for Geomancy stones.
We activate the Spyglass and notice that we might be close to town.
Raglam... and it appears to be unguarded. We'll try to find the gear in town - next session.
Sergiu64
Arcane
Lets see if the town of Raglam holds the gear we need.
We check on the first house... hmmm sounds like this is where the plans might be. Nothing to be done about it for now.
Hmmm... no?
Uh... taking get off my lawn to a whole new level.
We see a tavern, seems like James has done this sort of thing before.
Somehow this tavern seems identical to the ones in the kingdom.
There are two targets in here to talk to. Seems like we're spinning a tale about long dead Nago with this one.
Well, all we got from this guy is the confirmation that this Captain Kroldech is in charge.
The second target is a bit more interesting.
Whew, this conversation shows the limits of winging it. We were quite close to becoming captures as spies here.
But looks like we're going to walk our of here with our necks intact after all. We even end up getting some rest here as there's an Innkeeper!
We exit the tavern and continue exploring. Seems like this dude is overcompensating for the fact that he is not a moredhel.
The rest of the houses seem to be tents. This one has some sort of domestic disturbance going on.
And this one is prime for a search. Maybe we can find the gear here???
No... instead they wrote a whole page to give us a sword we wouldn't consider using since halfway through chapter one!
Some sort of old timer here.
Well, Patrus is at that age too...
Another tent to loot. Better luck this time?
No. But a sovereign is a sovereign.
We move forward from town and see some points of interests ahead.
But there are some more moredhel in the way.
We jumped them successfully this time! James can't get to the witch in time however. But at least Locky gets a hit in.
James finally catches up to the witch, but misses.
Locky does not. Witch goes down.
But Locky gets hit pretty hard by the giant.
James switches targets to the moredhels attacking Patrus. Seems like that one has good armor.
Locky returns the favor to the giant.
While James finishes the tough moredhel.
Killing a giant is tough work.
An attack finally slips by Patrus's poor guard.
James takes revenge.
As Locky finally finishes the giant.
James continues working on the last moredhel.
Locky finishes that work.
James got a bit stronger.
And Patrus learned a few things about blocking sword strikes.
Its like these moredhel went to a temple en-masse in this chapter.
Well, it appears we got lucky not to have gotten poisoned in this battle. James gets the armor - its the lowest blessing - but its better then no blessing.
The witch didn't have a particularly useful item.
Nice easy purse on the giant though.
Seems like those points of interest we saw earlier were chests.
First one is unlocked, useless.
Second one - lets check it for traps.
Good thing we checked! James's skill is so high - is safe to click yes.
Ooooh! Is that what we're looking for?
Well, that's a nice high quality emerald too!
Yes! We found it! It sounds pretty heavy too.
Next chest was unlocked, and also useless.
Last one has a trap as well.
Not quite as useful this time.
We'll go apply the gear next time!
Hmmm... no?
Uh... taking get off my lawn to a whole new level.
We see a tavern, seems like James has done this sort of thing before.
Somehow this tavern seems identical to the ones in the kingdom.
There are two targets in here to talk to. Seems like we're spinning a tale about long dead Nago with this one.
Well, all we got from this guy is the confirmation that this Captain Kroldech is in charge.
The second target is a bit more interesting.
Whew, this conversation shows the limits of winging it. We were quite close to becoming captures as spies here.
But looks like we're going to walk our of here with our necks intact after all. We even end up getting some rest here as there's an Innkeeper!
We exit the tavern and continue exploring. Seems like this dude is overcompensating for the fact that he is not a moredhel.
The rest of the houses seem to be tents. This one has some sort of domestic disturbance going on.
And this one is prime for a search. Maybe we can find the gear here???
No... instead they wrote a whole page to give us a sword we wouldn't consider using since halfway through chapter one!
Some sort of old timer here.
Well, Patrus is at that age too...
Another tent to loot. Better luck this time?
No. But a sovereign is a sovereign.
We move forward from town and see some points of interests ahead.
But there are some more moredhel in the way.
We jumped them successfully this time! James can't get to the witch in time however. But at least Locky gets a hit in.
James finally catches up to the witch, but misses.
Locky does not. Witch goes down.
But Locky gets hit pretty hard by the giant.
James switches targets to the moredhels attacking Patrus. Seems like that one has good armor.
Locky returns the favor to the giant.
While James finishes the tough moredhel.
Killing a giant is tough work.
An attack finally slips by Patrus's poor guard.
James takes revenge.
As Locky finally finishes the giant.
James continues working on the last moredhel.
Locky finishes that work.
James got a bit stronger.
And Patrus learned a few things about blocking sword strikes.
Its like these moredhel went to a temple en-masse in this chapter.
Well, it appears we got lucky not to have gotten poisoned in this battle. James gets the armor - its the lowest blessing - but its better then no blessing.
The witch didn't have a particularly useful item.
Nice easy purse on the giant though.
Seems like those points of interest we saw earlier were chests.
First one is unlocked, useless.
Second one - lets check it for traps.
Good thing we checked! James's skill is so high - is safe to click yes.
Ooooh! Is that what we're looking for?
Well, that's a nice high quality emerald too!
Yes! We found it! It sounds pretty heavy too.
Next chest was unlocked, and also useless.
Last one has a trap as well.
Not quite as useful this time.
We'll go apply the gear next time!
Sergiu64
Arcane
Time to shoot our shot!
But first we move towards the bridge and see what's on the other side. Looks like the moredhel army!
We head back to Raglam and notice that we missed a shop!
Somehow I autopiloted here and missed the chance to look at Bessy Mauler - sorry.
We do buy a little anti-venom despite the large pricetag.
After that we head to the catapult.
Special cargo eh?
No sense saying no - this is our only chance to get those plans!
Here we go!
The catapult has an animation of the arm swinging forward, but its too quick to catch!
We head back to the house that Kroldech seemed to reserve as his residence.
Oh! Not only do we get the plans and a little gold, but also some sword of goddess of death!
Sounds like a sword for the endgame!
And its amazing! For a Human too!
It replaces the following powerhouse previously held by Locky. +13 thrust damage, +19 swing damage! And will be a little more accurate due to being made for humans.
Nothing much on the plans, probably too complicated to describe.
We head back down south.
And are happy to see the snows recede.
Goblins let us right on through. It was a good investment!
We reach Duke Martin and start the conversation about the plans.
That it was, we got very lucky!
Uh... no exclamations on how impossible the task was? No amazement? It's like doing an amazing job to impress your father and seeing him shrug it off as it was nothing.
And what is this mysterious note? Who did he get it from? This is starting to sound like Gorath's and Owyn's escape.
Uh... perhaps its best Patrus stops talking.
Southwest? Think we've been that way.
Yeah... that's back towards Dencamp on The Teeth. Maybe we have to go past it.
After some road time - night approaches. And resting for it increases our health!
Patru's stamina is still extremely low.
Also - why is James so much healthier then Locky? Oh well, I guess he's got to have something that make him a little more worthy on the battlefield when compared to that Magnum P.I. of a knight!
Just as we go past Dencamp-on-the-Teeth we see signs of an ambush.
Seems like James does not like to use the heir on the back of his neck for noticing ambushes.
We make a step and its as if we didn't see the ambush coming.
James strikes first and fails to actually do so.
Enemy's successful riposte adds an insult to the injury.
Meanwhile Locky employs his new sword, impressive - but not earth shattering difference.
James lands his second attempt.
But so does the enemy. Good thing James' armor is exponentially better.
Locky finishes the first opponent.
As James struggles.
Locky starts helping out Patrus' - who is defending marvelously.
James gets his opponent for the second time.
Locky does too - but Locky hits twice as hard, so the second strike is enough in that case.
James's opponent starts running and James cannot finish.
Locky starts working on the last enemy that is still attempting to do something other then escaping.
That enemy pays for such audacity.
And James finally finishes the moredhel he was fighting the entire time.
Blessings don't help much when you apply them to crap.
Ca$$$h
Yikes! Good thing this guy didn't hit anyone.
Or this guy land his shot - he got it off, but missed.
We keep on moving forward and encounter another group. We'll face them next time.
We head back to Raglam and notice that we missed a shop!
Somehow I autopiloted here and missed the chance to look at Bessy Mauler - sorry.
We do buy a little anti-venom despite the large pricetag.
After that we head to the catapult.
Special cargo eh?
No sense saying no - this is our only chance to get those plans!
Here we go!
The catapult has an animation of the arm swinging forward, but its too quick to catch!
We head back to the house that Kroldech seemed to reserve as his residence.
Oh! Not only do we get the plans and a little gold, but also some sword of goddess of death!
Sounds like a sword for the endgame!
And its amazing! For a Human too!
It replaces the following powerhouse previously held by Locky. +13 thrust damage, +19 swing damage! And will be a little more accurate due to being made for humans.
Nothing much on the plans, probably too complicated to describe.
We head back down south.
And are happy to see the snows recede.
Goblins let us right on through. It was a good investment!
We reach Duke Martin and start the conversation about the plans.
That it was, we got very lucky!
Uh... no exclamations on how impossible the task was? No amazement? It's like doing an amazing job to impress your father and seeing him shrug it off as it was nothing.
And what is this mysterious note? Who did he get it from? This is starting to sound like Gorath's and Owyn's escape.
Uh... perhaps its best Patrus stops talking.
Southwest? Think we've been that way.
Yeah... that's back towards Dencamp on The Teeth. Maybe we have to go past it.
After some road time - night approaches. And resting for it increases our health!
Patru's stamina is still extremely low.
Also - why is James so much healthier then Locky? Oh well, I guess he's got to have something that make him a little more worthy on the battlefield when compared to that Magnum P.I. of a knight!
Just as we go past Dencamp-on-the-Teeth we see signs of an ambush.
Seems like James does not like to use the heir on the back of his neck for noticing ambushes.
We make a step and its as if we didn't see the ambush coming.
James strikes first and fails to actually do so.
Enemy's successful riposte adds an insult to the injury.
Meanwhile Locky employs his new sword, impressive - but not earth shattering difference.
James lands his second attempt.
But so does the enemy. Good thing James' armor is exponentially better.
Locky finishes the first opponent.
As James struggles.
Locky starts helping out Patrus' - who is defending marvelously.
James gets his opponent for the second time.
Locky does too - but Locky hits twice as hard, so the second strike is enough in that case.
James's opponent starts running and James cannot finish.
Locky starts working on the last enemy that is still attempting to do something other then escaping.
That enemy pays for such audacity.
And James finally finishes the moredhel he was fighting the entire time.
Blessings don't help much when you apply them to crap.
Ca$$$h
Yikes! Good thing this guy didn't hit anyone.
Or this guy land his shot - he got it off, but missed.
We keep on moving forward and encounter another group. We'll face them next time.
Sergiu64
Arcane
Lets find those spellcasters!
But first we assault the group in front of us.
It starts with James just being able to get close enough to a witch to stop her from casting and... Locky getting hit.
As I switch Locky's skills I find out that he got better at stealth!
Locky can only get close enough to prevent spellcasting. James gets hit. So far the hits are pathetic.
I decide to use frost bolt on a goblin. Fortunately it hits.
And James lands a strike on one of the witches.
Locky does as well, his hit is enough to end her.
James requires a second hit to accomplish same feat.
Locky makes a hole in the moredhel warrior.
James finishes the said warrior.
We rest up and finish the goblin before he becomes unfrozen.
Both witches were empty.
And the moredhel and goblin had trash.
The spyglass reveals some items of interest.
First one appears to be some sort of a house.
But before we get close enough to it...
Patrus does some sort of powerful spell.
And reveals the spellcasters we've been searching for!
The fight starts with Patrus being blinded.
And hit with a fireball.
Only 30 damage, must be half charge.
James finally gets to go, gets a strike in on a spellcaster.
Unfortunately he only prevented spellcasting for that guy, another one does some sort of head nova spell on Patrus.
That spell does 22 damage.
Locky ends one of the spellcasters.
Another one does a firefly spell on Patrus. They spin around him and sting.
The spell does 46 damage and puts Patrus on the ground.
A fireball hits Locky in the face.
Amusingly - the splash damage both hits James and the caster himself. It is enough to finish the caster.
For a second I though Locky was somehow safe despite being ground zero. Not so - he takes 60 damage.
James gets a hit.
His target relocates and gets healed for 17 by one of his friends.
Since Locky took so much damage I open his inventory to gulp some restoratives and discover that... he doesn't have any!
That skips his turn, and he immediately gets hit by a Grief of 1000 nights.
James tries...
But 1 vs 4 spellcasters is poor odds. He gets Griefed as well.
Which means automatic game over... This is our first TPK.
I restart and go rest up at the nearby inn to give my guys some extra HP to do this with.
After which I restart the fight. It starts with Fireflies.
That do 35 damage to Patrus.
And he gets hit with Skyfire for good measure.
Which does another 20.
I switch up strategy. James gets in the middle of the casters to disable all 3 for one round.
Locky tries to do the same, but can only affect 2.
Patrus gets a turn - I decide to do a full charge Skin on the Dragon on Locky - if he's invincible - I can't lose this fight, right?
That is the only thing Patrus gets to do.
As another fireflies spell does 43 damage and puts him down.
James gets a hit in.
And Locky one rounds a caster.
But then immediately gets Griefed... I guess Skin of the Dragon does not protect against that.
James tries...
And tries..
But 1 vs 5 is even worse odds.
He takes 45 from head nova spell.
Finishes a caster.
But his inaccuracy is costing him.
As he takes a Skyfire.
For 40 damage.
Gets hit with a strength drain for good measure.
And gets mind nova-ed and griefed.
No TPKs all game and then 2 in a row in this fight. We'll try again next time.
It starts with James just being able to get close enough to a witch to stop her from casting and... Locky getting hit.
As I switch Locky's skills I find out that he got better at stealth!
Locky can only get close enough to prevent spellcasting. James gets hit. So far the hits are pathetic.
I decide to use frost bolt on a goblin. Fortunately it hits.
And James lands a strike on one of the witches.
Locky does as well, his hit is enough to end her.
James requires a second hit to accomplish same feat.
Locky makes a hole in the moredhel warrior.
James finishes the said warrior.
We rest up and finish the goblin before he becomes unfrozen.
Both witches were empty.
And the moredhel and goblin had trash.
The spyglass reveals some items of interest.
First one appears to be some sort of a house.
But before we get close enough to it...
Patrus does some sort of powerful spell.
And reveals the spellcasters we've been searching for!
The fight starts with Patrus being blinded.
And hit with a fireball.
Only 30 damage, must be half charge.
James finally gets to go, gets a strike in on a spellcaster.
Unfortunately he only prevented spellcasting for that guy, another one does some sort of head nova spell on Patrus.
That spell does 22 damage.
Locky ends one of the spellcasters.
Another one does a firefly spell on Patrus. They spin around him and sting.
The spell does 46 damage and puts Patrus on the ground.
A fireball hits Locky in the face.
Amusingly - the splash damage both hits James and the caster himself. It is enough to finish the caster.
For a second I though Locky was somehow safe despite being ground zero. Not so - he takes 60 damage.
James gets a hit.
His target relocates and gets healed for 17 by one of his friends.
Since Locky took so much damage I open his inventory to gulp some restoratives and discover that... he doesn't have any!
That skips his turn, and he immediately gets hit by a Grief of 1000 nights.
James tries...
But 1 vs 4 spellcasters is poor odds. He gets Griefed as well.
Which means automatic game over... This is our first TPK.
I restart and go rest up at the nearby inn to give my guys some extra HP to do this with.
After which I restart the fight. It starts with Fireflies.
That do 35 damage to Patrus.
And he gets hit with Skyfire for good measure.
Which does another 20.
I switch up strategy. James gets in the middle of the casters to disable all 3 for one round.
Locky tries to do the same, but can only affect 2.
Patrus gets a turn - I decide to do a full charge Skin on the Dragon on Locky - if he's invincible - I can't lose this fight, right?
That is the only thing Patrus gets to do.
As another fireflies spell does 43 damage and puts him down.
James gets a hit in.
And Locky one rounds a caster.
But then immediately gets Griefed... I guess Skin of the Dragon does not protect against that.
James tries...
And tries..
But 1 vs 5 is even worse odds.
He takes 45 from head nova spell.
Finishes a caster.
But his inaccuracy is costing him.
As he takes a Skyfire.
For 40 damage.
Gets hit with a strength drain for good measure.
And gets mind nova-ed and griefed.
No TPKs all game and then 2 in a row in this fight. We'll try again next time.
He puts the Fun in Dwarf Fortress too I'd wager.
Sergiu64
Arcane
Now now kids. Someone has to take all those fireballs. Speaking of... lets see if 3rd try is the charm:
The fight once again starts with Patrus getting blinded.
And fireballed.
Seems like half charge again, at least that's good.
I decide to do the chasing with James and the hitting with Locky - since James is faster and less deadly.
One of the casters near James was prevented from casting, so he decided to melee Patrus to add insult to injury.
Locky takes one down. 3 vs 5 now.
Sigh... they REALLY hate Patrus.
28 damage, wonder how much Patrus has left in the tank.
Guess since Locky is in the way of Patrus - that caster fireballs him instead.
And burns himself to death with AoE again! 3 vs 4 now.
But that WAS a painful way to take one down, Locky takes full 60 damage.
James disables 2 casters, but fails to actually hit one.
And Patrus continues being pummeled.
22 damage, surprised he's still up.
Locky takes another one down. 3 vs 3 now! We might actually win this time.
Dammit James!
At least these two bunched up - Locky couldn't get close enough to hit, but at least he disabled both.
Patrus finally gets to act! And has 4 health left. He takes turns resting for the rest of this fight.
James gets a hit in.
While Locky is relegated to chasing duty - the guys he's chasing seem faster then him.
James finishes another one off! 3 vs 2!!!
Locky actually manages to miss.
At least James is on a hitting streak.
Locky can't quite get close enough.
And we're down to one!
And 0! We win!!!
James got slightly better at thrusting his rapier.
Not the best armor, but boy did they hurt to fight!
Not sure if we've seen this before. It does that firefly spell.
Hmmm, a scroll.
Not quite sure what this one does, sounds like an attack spell. Might actually be that firefly spell as well. Just not coming from an item like the necklace above.
Glad Patrus didn't get hit by this guy in melee.
More scrolls!
Pretty useless spell since it requires that nasty Hand of Glory in the caster's inventory.
At least they all had some gold too.
And plenty of potions, speaking of - we should have used some for this fight.
These guys were hiding near a house, we check it out.
But its fairly useless.
You might remember that we saw some points of interest to the West when we last used the Spyglass. There are it.
Hmmm, some sort of murder happened here?
If they did - they're no Garrett.
Ah, makes sense. Sounds like they do something more terrible to the women then just killing and eating them.
Man, these Trolls were pretty hardcore.
Think this house and barn are used to warn us that there are bunch of Trolls to fight if we proceed West.
And we don't need to do that. So we head back to Duke Martin.
You know... there were Six Magicians and... there were supposed to be some sort of "The Six" that were supporting Delekhan. But this quip by James does not make them sound like they were it.
Duke does not seem particularly impressed either.
Oh no... so much for the Portly Baron.
Sigh... so James went all the way up here to warn about the Nighthawks and... it did absolutely no good.
I didn't know this world had cannons.
We're suddenly transported to some animation of a dude attacking James. How did we get here? Is it another nighthawk?
Seems like a moredhel. And why is James's sword on his back??? It's like an alarm was called and this moredhel was already on top of James.
Fortunately Duke Martin or Locky comes to the rescue!
Or.... Arutha????
Ok, first they have Duke of the realm running around with the scouts, now the Prince of the Realm is apparently at the spearhead of the rescue party. Where in the world are his bodyguards?
And... how did they get into the castle without James knowing?
Oh man... these guys got chewed up!
This... makes me wonder why they chose to include a well in this particular scene... It just seems random.
Right, we know why from last chapter.
Maybe these two should get closer so that they don't have to yell over the wall.
I wonder how many moredhel would constitute a company.
One would think that if they did - they would have overwhelmed the garrison.
Lol, it only took 2 of the companies to completely maul Northwarden. James and co are very lucky that the Moredhel decided to do something weird instead of bum rushing all at once.
Couldn't they have just gone for Highcastle straight from the north if they wanted to? Why the detour to Northwarden?
I guess one would need to read the Serpentwar saga again if we wanted to relearn Murmandamus's mistakes.
And on this note the chapter 5 ends!
And fireballed.
Seems like half charge again, at least that's good.
I decide to do the chasing with James and the hitting with Locky - since James is faster and less deadly.
One of the casters near James was prevented from casting, so he decided to melee Patrus to add insult to injury.
Locky takes one down. 3 vs 5 now.
Sigh... they REALLY hate Patrus.
28 damage, wonder how much Patrus has left in the tank.
Guess since Locky is in the way of Patrus - that caster fireballs him instead.
And burns himself to death with AoE again! 3 vs 4 now.
But that WAS a painful way to take one down, Locky takes full 60 damage.
James disables 2 casters, but fails to actually hit one.
And Patrus continues being pummeled.
22 damage, surprised he's still up.
Locky takes another one down. 3 vs 3 now! We might actually win this time.
Dammit James!
At least these two bunched up - Locky couldn't get close enough to hit, but at least he disabled both.
Patrus finally gets to act! And has 4 health left. He takes turns resting for the rest of this fight.
James gets a hit in.
While Locky is relegated to chasing duty - the guys he's chasing seem faster then him.
James finishes another one off! 3 vs 2!!!
Locky actually manages to miss.
At least James is on a hitting streak.
Locky can't quite get close enough.
And we're down to one!
And 0! We win!!!
James got slightly better at thrusting his rapier.
Not the best armor, but boy did they hurt to fight!
Not sure if we've seen this before. It does that firefly spell.
Hmmm, a scroll.
Not quite sure what this one does, sounds like an attack spell. Might actually be that firefly spell as well. Just not coming from an item like the necklace above.
Glad Patrus didn't get hit by this guy in melee.
More scrolls!
Pretty useless spell since it requires that nasty Hand of Glory in the caster's inventory.
At least they all had some gold too.
And plenty of potions, speaking of - we should have used some for this fight.
These guys were hiding near a house, we check it out.
But its fairly useless.
You might remember that we saw some points of interest to the West when we last used the Spyglass. There are it.
Hmmm, some sort of murder happened here?
If they did - they're no Garrett.
Ah, makes sense. Sounds like they do something more terrible to the women then just killing and eating them.
Man, these Trolls were pretty hardcore.
Think this house and barn are used to warn us that there are bunch of Trolls to fight if we proceed West.
And we don't need to do that. So we head back to Duke Martin.
You know... there were Six Magicians and... there were supposed to be some sort of "The Six" that were supporting Delekhan. But this quip by James does not make them sound like they were it.
Duke does not seem particularly impressed either.
Oh no... so much for the Portly Baron.
Sigh... so James went all the way up here to warn about the Nighthawks and... it did absolutely no good.
I didn't know this world had cannons.
We're suddenly transported to some animation of a dude attacking James. How did we get here? Is it another nighthawk?
Seems like a moredhel. And why is James's sword on his back??? It's like an alarm was called and this moredhel was already on top of James.
Fortunately Duke Martin or Locky comes to the rescue!
Or.... Arutha????
Ok, first they have Duke of the realm running around with the scouts, now the Prince of the Realm is apparently at the spearhead of the rescue party. Where in the world are his bodyguards?
And... how did they get into the castle without James knowing?
Oh man... these guys got chewed up!
This... makes me wonder why they chose to include a well in this particular scene... It just seems random.
Right, we know why from last chapter.
Maybe these two should get closer so that they don't have to yell over the wall.
I wonder how many moredhel would constitute a company.
One would think that if they did - they would have overwhelmed the garrison.
Lol, it only took 2 of the companies to completely maul Northwarden. James and co are very lucky that the Moredhel decided to do something weird instead of bum rushing all at once.
Couldn't they have just gone for Highcastle straight from the north if they wanted to? Why the detour to Northwarden?
I guess one would need to read the Serpentwar saga again if we wanted to relearn Murmandamus's mistakes.
And on this note the chapter 5 ends!
Sergiu64
Arcane
Well, I guess we'll see if they get mentioned ever again. It certainly wouldn't make sense - but the game's story is not always logical as these heads of state keep being in the middle of the action.
Sergiu64
Arcane
Chapter 6 awaits!
Chapter 6 is named "Betrayal" - perhaps we will learn why the game is named what it is.
That's right, Owyn and Gorath were sent to fetch Pug for magical help at the siege. But I do not recall him showing up.
Pug and his storms... Also... I do not recall Lesser/Greater path dichotomy showing up much past the first couple of books. Supposedly the Lesser path focused on controlling the weather and... slower magics. Greater - with combat magic.
Sounds like nostalgia. He has a lot of responsibilities in the Kingdom now.
Some sort of poem. Speaking of which - does anyone get the Obsession with Haiku's?
What's this?
Cool 1995 graphics!
So, its Makala. Seems like that guy keeps appearing.
The poem seems quite warlike.
Clans... Houses, same thing.
Pug is an overachiever.
And does not seem to have time for someone that summoned a cool spell to visit him.
Apparently Makala does not have time to set up an appointment.
Its funny that he decided to have a vacation in Krondor. One would think some meadow would have gone a lot quiter.
I wonder what significance the storm has. Seems like its been dispelled.
I still don't understand why the magicians let him get away with that one. He basically went Mother of Dragons on the creme-de-la crop of Tsuranuanni society and no one struck him down while he was summoning the terrible storm.
It does seem like Makala is a bit more confrontational in this conversation compared to what we've previously seen of the character.
Whoa, shots fired!
Must be nice to know what's best for all concerned.
Yeah... like summoning a storm in the middle of a Colosseum!
Ugh... Pug is holier then thou.
Like all those that died when he summoned that storm...
The trouble with Uber powerful magicians is that there are not a whole lot of checks on their power.
Unfortunately?
Oh snap. I don't even remember that rule - but its sounds like Magicians of the Assembly cannot be women.
So they can't even be left alive and untaught - must be killed, huh?
Mara had bunch of books written about her by a lady that collaborated with Fiest - Janny Wurts was the author.
That's a tall order - might mean a second war with the Kingdom, and can they even handle Pug?
Whoa... I guess now we know that Betrayal at Krondor was a Betrayal of Pug by Makala!
That's one way to handle a Magician more powerful then yourself... Just steal away their loved one...
And send her to a mysterious location...
Yeah... the Magician in question is likely to go one some sort of quest to save their loved one.
And who's to say there won't be magical traps on the way?
Makala leaves...
Pug follows?
Or tosses a fireball in Makala's direction? How is that going to help him find out where to look for his daughter?
Oh... the fireball hits the wall and leaves a message.
Macros is an extremely powerful Magician that Pug sort of... follows the footsteps of.
At least Pug's wife was untouched.
It does seem mysterious... and how would such a book help us?
Why are we even involved? Not like Owyn and Gorath are going to find Pug in time for the siege...
Wouldn't all of the Books Macros left behind be 'Books of Macros'?
Hmmm... only place I can think of looking is that monk near Sarth.
He was obsessing over a storm, but we're still not sure how its related.
Huh?
Yeah, that's not helpful at all.
Head to Sarth?
Or... I guess we're going to dig in the sewers based on some offhand comment by Pug.
Yeah... we're in the sewers. Oh well, there was some path that was sealed up in earlier chapters. Maybe it opened up this time.
Till next session...
That's right, Owyn and Gorath were sent to fetch Pug for magical help at the siege. But I do not recall him showing up.
Pug and his storms... Also... I do not recall Lesser/Greater path dichotomy showing up much past the first couple of books. Supposedly the Lesser path focused on controlling the weather and... slower magics. Greater - with combat magic.
Sounds like nostalgia. He has a lot of responsibilities in the Kingdom now.
Some sort of poem. Speaking of which - does anyone get the Obsession with Haiku's?
What's this?
Cool 1995 graphics!
So, its Makala. Seems like that guy keeps appearing.
The poem seems quite warlike.
Clans... Houses, same thing.
Pug is an overachiever.
And does not seem to have time for someone that summoned a cool spell to visit him.
Apparently Makala does not have time to set up an appointment.
Its funny that he decided to have a vacation in Krondor. One would think some meadow would have gone a lot quiter.
I wonder what significance the storm has. Seems like its been dispelled.
I still don't understand why the magicians let him get away with that one. He basically went Mother of Dragons on the creme-de-la crop of Tsuranuanni society and no one struck him down while he was summoning the terrible storm.
It does seem like Makala is a bit more confrontational in this conversation compared to what we've previously seen of the character.
Whoa, shots fired!
Must be nice to know what's best for all concerned.
Yeah... like summoning a storm in the middle of a Colosseum!
Ugh... Pug is holier then thou.
Like all those that died when he summoned that storm...
The trouble with Uber powerful magicians is that there are not a whole lot of checks on their power.
Unfortunately?
Oh snap. I don't even remember that rule - but its sounds like Magicians of the Assembly cannot be women.
So they can't even be left alive and untaught - must be killed, huh?
Mara had bunch of books written about her by a lady that collaborated with Fiest - Janny Wurts was the author.
That's a tall order - might mean a second war with the Kingdom, and can they even handle Pug?
Whoa... I guess now we know that Betrayal at Krondor was a Betrayal of Pug by Makala!
That's one way to handle a Magician more powerful then yourself... Just steal away their loved one...
And send her to a mysterious location...
Yeah... the Magician in question is likely to go one some sort of quest to save their loved one.
And who's to say there won't be magical traps on the way?
Makala leaves...
Pug follows?
Or tosses a fireball in Makala's direction? How is that going to help him find out where to look for his daughter?
Oh... the fireball hits the wall and leaves a message.
Macros is an extremely powerful Magician that Pug sort of... follows the footsteps of.
At least Pug's wife was untouched.
It does seem mysterious... and how would such a book help us?
Why are we even involved? Not like Owyn and Gorath are going to find Pug in time for the siege...
Wouldn't all of the Books Macros left behind be 'Books of Macros'?
Hmmm... only place I can think of looking is that monk near Sarth.
He was obsessing over a storm, but we're still not sure how its related.
Huh?
Yeah, that's not helpful at all.
Head to Sarth?
Or... I guess we're going to dig in the sewers based on some offhand comment by Pug.
Yeah... we're in the sewers. Oh well, there was some path that was sealed up in earlier chapters. Maybe it opened up this time.
Till next session...
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