• Xrith'atiril - Cythera and Rinnaneth 2x Hippogriffs, hp 20, hp 11
• Jacob - Hippogriff
• Stevie
• Beatrix
• Josalyn - Hippogriff
• Selethede - Human Psionic DRD1, Has 18 CHA.
• Thalen

The Battle continues…there are 3 Hill Giants left.

• Jacob Attacks.
• Josalyn attacks
• Xrith lands and dismounts.
• Stevie is down, takes -1 hp.
• Beatrix is moving silently.

We lose initiative.

Jacob hits the Hill Giant for 16 damage, killing it!

After a Morale Roll, the Giants pass and continue attacking!

Beatrix and Josalyn are the only two targets in melee. Beatrix is attacked she has AC 3/7. It hits! She takes 12 damage, and is DEAD! The Turtle attacks Josalyn. It misses.

Jacob does 8 damage to the Giant, which continues snapping angrily at Josalyn.

• Xrith charges in and attacks.
• Jacob moves to engage
• Josalyn attacks.
• Kheskhor stabilizes.

Xrith hits for 5 damage. Josalyn kills the Turtle!

We kill the last Hill Giant!

Jacob and Josalyn go inside and Xrith and Kheskhor are outside tending to the fallen.

Inside they find Hill Giant remnants. We will be rolling up treasure.

• No copper
• No silver
• 800 ep
• 3,000 gp
• No gems
• No jewelry
• No magic items
• 4,000 sp
• 25,000 gp

We gather up the treasure and head back to camp.

We arrive back at camp and bury Beatrix in consecrated ground. The Giants had two enormous row boats with oars.

Thalen joins us…and Walker too.

Loot: 5/18 
5 PCs: Jacob, Stevie, Yohan, Omaz, Xrith
5 henchmen: Uuto, Josalyn, Briiz, Khescor, Beatrix
202 pp
617 gp
4450 ep
4 sacks of purple crystal (lesser magic) 450 coins each combined with a potion to augment it, 1 sack per potion
Gold diamond ring (main stone is damaged)
+1 Crossbow heavy magic x2 distance
Metal tube x5 weight (300 gp value). Arcane scroll

5/25 Loot: 
6 PCs Jacob, Stevie, Yohan, Omaz, Xrith, Taranis 
6 henchmen: Uuto, Josalyn, Briiz, Khescor, Beatrix, Selethade
44 pp
56 gp
95 ep
(silver and copper to men at arms)

Loot 5/28 (the end of the Giant fight)
PCs: Jacob, Stevie, Xrith, Yohan, Taranis, Omar, Taranis Henchman: Josalyn, Briiz, Khescor, Uuto, Selethade
800 ep
28000 gp
4000 sp (edited)

There were 10 people for the first session, then in session 2 we had some lineup changes. Selethade joined as did Omaz. Uuto and Drogar fell in the first session. Stevie and Beatrix fell in the Hill Giant battle, though Beatrix actually did not survive.

• Heavy Crossbow +1 of Distance goes to Uuto (id 319)
• Arcane Scroll goes to Kheskhor, who cast Read Magic. 3x Magic-User Spells of d8+1. Level 5, Level 6, Level 4. 4–Dig; 5–Feeblemind; 6–Anti-Magic Shell. (id 320)

Session 508 xp
Session 2 35 xp
Session 3 3,341 xp 

The Dwarves produced a reinforced steel in an effort to reproduce Mithral, which is what the metal tube is made from, presumbably.

• Uuto 1,457 xp
• Selethade 2,020 xp
• Kheskhor 3,339 xp
• Other henchmen 2,889 xp
• PCs 4,680 xp

Treasure:

• session 1: 26pp, 82gp, 592ep
• session 2: 4pp, 10gp, 10ep
• session 3: 3294gp, 94ep
• henchmen get half
• gold ring and diamond, not split
• heavy metal container, not split

• Total 1457 Uuto 2020 Selethade 4680 Other PC 2889.1 Other hench 3339.1 Kheskor

• Thalen CLR4
• El'phonso THF1/MAG1
• Iona MNK6
• Jesketh ASN1
• Vestalis CLR1, AL CN, Zo.

This group is in Mombafra and are looking for trouble around the city.

El'phonso is an Elf that likes blasting things. Vestalis is a Half-Elf Cleric. Jesketh is an Assassin. Thalen is a Cleric.

The guard is not found in these areas. Tearing around the corner, a trading cart comes around and almost crashes into us. We instinctively link to the side. The wall gives away as we fall through.

We must make a saving throw to avoid falling. Iona fails but Jesketh passes. Thalen also failed. The air is dim and we see a hallway that is 4' wide and 35' long.

The light is dim in here. There is the scent of incense in the air, but local. El'phonso goes to investigate up ahead alone and has a 30% chance. After a moment, infravision kicks in. There is heat in the air, that is 25' ahead. It is close to the ceiling and looks like smoke. It is coming from the right. He hears a faint sound.

Iona hands Vestalis a Stone of Continual Light.

It is 30' long, the passage, as it continues. Thalen casts Find Traps. The walls are 10' high. Around the corner are two doors, there is the distinct smell of incense coming from the west door.

El'phonso, Vestalis, Thalen are on doors.

We open the door and it does not make any noise. The door is extremely weak, like a shack door. We find ourselves inside of a store room. There is a door behind some boxes and barrels. They look like they have been ransacked. There are big holes in some of them.

We have 2 turns of Find Traps left.

We easily open the door behind the boxes and also see many streaks of dust below them. We see the top of a landing and see white purple smoke coming up from below. There is also chanting coming from below.

El'phonso moves to engage as Jesketh and Iona also Move Silently.

The Elf disappears into the shadows ahead and finds himself in a place of clay brown walls. The stairs go down for a flight and a half. The room is kind of “peanut” shaped and on the ground is a broken shovel.

El'phonso surprises something…there is a dim light up ahead and two people wearing scale mail. They have helmets, short swords and shields. They have rat faces carved on their helmets.

They are both surprised at the bottom of the stairs. Actually NO! He gets a surprise segment backstab. He must hit AC 6/6. He does 6 damage and kills him!

We can act this round since they have illumination. We see two guys in the dark, but when they get their lamp illuminated.

• Vestalis moves to engage.
• Iona charges and punches.
• Jesketh moves silently to engage.
• Thalen charges.

There is a Morale Check and he will try to stab us as he succeeds! The Elf has AC 8/10. The guy misses. El'phonso hits for 4 damage, killing him!

Vestalis moves ahead and Thalen stays with Iona and Jesketh. The Elf goes with Vestalis. They can see the terminus of the big cave and they can see where the light is coming from.

We come around the corner into a big cave room. There are two rows of benches arranged like pews. There are some side benches as well. Filling the benches are about 70 people, all with their backs to us. Except for someone at the head. The whole room is illuminated by torch sconces. There is a preacher up front wearing plate mail and is holding his sword out, in the air. He is saying something in a droning noise.

Some people turn around and there are some exclaims of shouts. Everyone turns around. All of the people are wearing bone rat masks. We see nobody's faces and they wear capes and cloaks as well.

• Vestalis drops to the ground and prostates herself, to act like she is worshipping.
• Iona climbs the walls.
• Jesketh hides in the shadows.
• Thalen casts Hold Person.
• El'phonso tries to steal something.

There is a wooden shack door behind the podium, it is currently closed. Vestalis starts to prostetylize herself although she has a holy symbol of Zo, but they can't see it. She must roll a Reaction and take a -20. The Leader immediately stops his droning and shouts for Vestalis to be seized.

2/3rds of them rush out in panic, blindly running in the direction of Vestalis. 1/3rd of them have weapons. Vestalis starts running.

There are 22 people in the room still. One with a sword and plate mail, the others have short swords. One robed person is in the midst of casting a spell.

One guy moves back, the robed person. The other followers charge at us. Iona is on the ceiling, Vestalis is in front and Jesketh is hidden in the shadows.

The other guys stop at Thalen and must move 5“ to engage.

El'phonso has a longer weapon but misses. El'phonso is hit for 6 damage and is at -3 hp. Thalen keeps his spell after being missed 6 times!

The Cultists are falling behind Vestalis as she flees. Hold Person goes off and he targets the Leader and the Robed Figure. The plate wearer fails but the robed figure saves and is not held!

• Vestalis goes out and grabs a box and starts to toss it at the pursuers.
• Iona takes a shot at the robed wearer.
• Jesketh pops out of the shadows and backstabs.
• Thalen attacks.

This round, Jesketh backstabs one of the cultists. Does 12 damage and kills him! Thalen does 3 damage.

Vestalis must make a Strength check and must hit AC 10. He hits them and knocks some guys, doing 1 damage! He kills one of them and the other guys fail their save to avoid falling. The other three saves, one saves! There is only one on the staircase having taken 1 damage so far.

Thalen is the only target, he has AC 3. One hits for 4 damage. There is a Morale Check on the others. The other guys try to leave. Jesketh gets a parting attack for 14 damage.

Back at Vestalis, 4 went down the stairs. Only 1 died from the fall earlier at the stairs. The robed figure goes down the stairs and went through the door, out of our vision. One guy drops his shortsword and puts his hands up and says “I'm out!” He hasnt shaved in like 3 days. Vestalis tries to pummel the guy, punching him in the face. He avoids the hands of Vestalis.

El'phonso loses a hp.

• Thalen attacks.
• Vestalis braces for a charge.
• Iona shoots.
• Jesketh fights these guys off Thalen.

We lose initiative and there is a morale check being rolled. All the guys surrender.

As we discuss what to do, Iona and Thalen have killed the guy. Out of the door comes a Were-rat in hybrid form. He comes out with 5 Soldiers!

Not surprised.

• Iona uses her Ring of Shocking Grasp.
• Thalen uses command on the Robed figure.
• Jesketh fires into melee.
• Vestalis leads the guys back down the stairs since they surrendered.

We won initiative.

Jesketh hits one soldier for 5 damage, killing one! There are 4 left plus the Wererat and the Robed figure.

Iona uses a Ring of Shocking Grasp and fries the Wererat instantly! The Command spell goes off and the Magic-User saves.

Everyone throws down their weapons and surrenders.

None of the Cultists do anything as Thalen beats the Magic-User to death.

Thalen tells them to take off all their armor and loot:

• 25 Scale Mail
• 26 Short Swords
• 1 Longsword
• 25 Medium Wooden Shields
• 2 Metal Medium Shields
• 1 Plate Mail
• 1 Black Robes with Green trim
• 1 Wizard Hat with a flat top, like a navy sailors cap.
• 114 ep
• 11 pp
• 34 gp

Iona begins questioning one, he was a devout follower of Sleal and started coming to this thing. There is a rat god in the south and they were going to bring the god here. We ask what he is hiding here. I will tell you what there is, he will tell us what he knows if we let him go.

There is a locked chest in the room beyond the door, we also find the key under a rock. There is no more magic items. There is a strong magic aura on the metal medium shield.

• magic shield

Iona used the Detection of Magic only showing the one item.

• 900 sp
• 150 pp
• 750 ep
• 5 gems - 8 gp, 10 gp, 10 gp, 500 gp, 20 gp
• 1500 cp
• Magic-User's Spellbook

Thalen's character takes the shield. Thalen takes the plate mail. Vestalis takes the Spell book.

We turn in the cultists and give us 100 gp on top of the reward from the guard.

• 171 gp

Iona spars with Thalen and he finds that it is at least a +1 shield. (id 321)

• Thalen gets a 500, 20, 10 gems. (530 gp)

PCs: 42pp, 533gp, 214ep, 428cp. Henchman get half

Henchmen 235 xp PCs 788 xp Thalen 1038 xp Vestalis gets an extra 1000 gp and 1000 xp for selling the spell book.

Bards have to donate 50% of all earned gold and monetary wealth. But his training is only 3,000 gp. 1,000 gp per level.