• Smedley “Jek” Brinlock - THF6
• Kek - FTR6
• Bartoff - CLR1
• Jacob - FTR4
• Fandillas - MAG5/FTR5
• Thorgard - FTR5
• Elias - ASN4

• We set up a house rule for Spiritual Hammer, the hammer will move while it attacks.

• The surviving Mercenaries from the previous session include: 17 Bandits, 4 Pikemen. We now have one Hippogriff.

• We got a bunch of silver coins from the bodies last time.

It is currently midday and it will take us a half-days travel from Criss Antha to the location of the Tower. The sun is out however it only produces a dim lighting due to the canopy of trees up above. None of the remaining Pikeman Mercenaries were mounted and Jek, the Halfling Thief, is not mounted.

As we travel through the forest, another party is spotted through the trees. It is a force numbering 70 to 80 people. There appear to be numerous Warriors wielding large shields made of wood and metal, though they are robust and finely crafted. Six of the Tribesmen are wearing brown robes and wearing wooden masks, like voodoo masks. We cannot see their eyes.

We are not surprised.

The distance between the party and the Tribesmen is 2“ or 20 yards. They have a blood thirst!

Despite that, the party attempts to parley. We can see that one of them has a longsword wreathed in frost and he attempts to use a Potion of Charm Person.

Elias shoots as do some others with their bows and slings. The Bless spell goes off from Bartoff which takes a full round.

The Shamans are casting 2 Entangle spells and Jek saves versus spells. They also cast 2 Heat Armor spells. Kek hits one of the Warriors for 1 damage.

Thorgard drinks a potion, which turns out to be a POTION OF GLIBNESS! This means that they will believe any lie told by Thorgard for 1 hour.

There is an AC 7/7 for the Shamans (spellcasters) as well as the Warriors. A sling bullet from Jek does 5 points of damage to one of the Tribesmen and then Jek is attacked. He is struck and takes 8 damage.

Kek does a Sweep Attack and hits for 6, 5, 4, 4, 2, and 1 damage. Jek attacks in melee and does 3 damage. 5 of the Warriors are now dead and then our Bandit allies kill 3 more.

Bless does not appear to effect anyone here…Jek attacks the Leader but misses. There are 3 attacks on Bartoff. One of the Tribesmen pops out of invisibility to get a +4 to his attack! Bartoff is struck hard and knocked down to -3 hit points. BARTOFF IS DOWN!

Elias takes 3 damage and then 7 damage. The Frost Brand wielder misses Elias and then he takes 2 more damage. Jek attacks the Frost Brand wielder and misses.

Jacob hits the Warrior wielding a morningstar for 8 damage and his Warhorse hits for 8 damage. Another Warhorse hits one of the Tribal Fighters for 4 damage. Thorgard's Warhorse hits for 3 damage, The Fighter with the morningstar is killed!

Jek does 3 damage to the Fighter with the Frost Brand. The Druids (or Shamans) summon 12 Wolves! There are now 12 Wolves attacking the party. The Bandits attack and do 1, 2, 4, 2 to some of the Warriors. There are now 2 dead Warriors.

In the next round, a swarm of ground insects, the kind that bite, are summoned by one of the Shamans. These are ANTS!

Heat Metal is cast again, this time on Jacob and Thorgard. There are also two more Entangle spells, cast on Jek and Jacob but they both saved! Jek and Jacob are still slowed by the Entangle.

The Warriors attack the Bandits and strike for 4, 4, 3, and 1 damage respectively. There are now 3 Bandits dead but we still have 8 left.

Thorgard hits for 4 damage and Jacob is being attacked at a +8 to hit total by an Invisible enemy, but they MISS! Kek tries to withdraw but is being pursued, he cannot escape the melee and he takes a hit for 4 damage! Thorgard is also hit again and takes 2 damage this time.

In a retaliatory strike, Kek does 9 damage to the Frost Brand Fighter. One of our Pikeman does 1 damage. Jek attacks another Leader as the swarm of flying insects, such as bees are summoned and attack!

AN IDEA FOR MAERVAHR: He can attack and go psionically invisible immediately, all within 1 segment. 

There is now a Morale Check for the Tribal Warriors. They FAILED their check and begin retreating! The Warriors are disengaging except for the Shaman (Druids) and the leveled Fighters. Those foes remain on the field of battle to fight us.

We kill 2 Warriors in the south when the party attacks, including a hit from Jek. Kek killed 5 of the fleeing Warriors in the north! A sweep attack by one of the Fighters does 5, 2, 1, 4, 2, and 2 damage which kills 2 more of our Bandits!

One of the Fighters does 7 damage to Jacob.

BARTOFF IS HIT AND GOES DOWN, HE IS DEAD! Thorgard took 4 damage and Jacob took 2 more damage. The Frost Brand Fighter takes 7 damage from Kek, but is still up!

Fandillas hits for 3 damage against “Arthas” (the Frost Brand wielder). Jacobs Warhorse also does 3 damage to “Arthas”. Bartoff's Warhorse, still in the fight, did 2 damage. Finally, Thorgard's Warhorse drops the Frost Brand wielding Fighter!

At this point, the DRUIDS AND WOLVES MOVE INTO MELEE BATTLE!

There are a total of 5 scimitars and 1 warhammer amongst their weapons. Kek is covered by the ant swarm and can do nothing with the ants covering him. The bee swarm attacks Fandillas. Jek went to grab the Frost Brand sword and tries to toss it to Fandillas.

In the next round, Kek and Fandilas each take 2 damage and the Pikemen hits a Wolf for 2 damage. Kek does 2 damage against a Shaman while Fandillas does 6 damage to the Shaman (Druid) with his FROST BRAND! …NVM, this actually did not happen. Fandillas blinks and the bees do not affect him.

There are 5 attacks incoming from the Druids. Jek takes 7 damage from a scimitar and JEK GOES DOWN!

Kek does 6 damage to one of the Shamans (Druids). And then does 4, 1, and 3 damage against the Wolves with a sweep attack. He has destroyed 2 summoned Wolves and now there are 10 Wolves left.

Jacob does 24 damage against one of the Druids and his Warhorse does 8 damage. Bartoff's Warhorse does 4 damage! The Heat Metal spell does heat damage to us when we are effected.

At this point, there are only 4 Bandits left in our group of Mercenaries.

A parley attempt is made by Thorgard who says that we will only stop the attack if they can retrieve our spoils!

At this point, KEK attacks, enraged! However, he is completely surrounded and Kek is facing the melee alone as the other party members leave melee. Fandilas, Thorgard, and Jacob have left.

Kek realizes he cannot win so he takes a wound and begins “playing dead”. The Wolves begin to tear into him and Kek takes 3 damage! The Shaman call off the Wolf and Kek is then taken prisoner.

The party begins to negotiate following the bloody battle. In exchange for Kek, we would give up a Weasel Pelt. The Tribesmen also claim their spoils and KEK LOSES ALL HIS MAGIC ITEMS!

Fandillas' Hawk, “Horus”, trails the Tribespeople as they depart. The Hawk Familiar reports that there is an entire village, including a number of people that were left behind. By the description of the Familiar, there may be as many as 200 people that were left behind in the village, including women and children.

• Plate Armor x2
• Studded Armor * +1 AC. Sells for 2,500 gp (counts as light armor)
• Morningstar * +2 to hit. Sells for 7,000 gp.
• 2 magic rings * KEEP
• Frost Brand Longsword * Sells for 8,000 gp.
• Scimitar
• 2 Longswords
• Large Shields
• Brown Robes

There are no coins to be found amongst the dead. We sell one of the Weasel Pelts for 5,500 gp (and get the full value).

We refer to DMG 103-104 for a Spell Price cast from a Cleric.

• A suit of +3 Leather that was KEK's now belongs to the Tribespeople.

When the Frost Brand sword is grasped, Fandilas takes 9 EGO damage. Jacob also tries and takes 9 EGO damage. This is an intelligent sword. Thorgard also grabs it and takes 9 EGO damage.

While wearing one of the rings, Jacob tries to command his horse and it bolts away while he wears it. This ring appears to be a RING OF MAMMAL CONTROL, which is claimed by Jacob (id 72).

The other ring is a Ring of Fire Resistance, claimed by Thorgard (id 71).

We get 23,000 gp in total treasure from sold items.

That is 4,205 gp EACH!

• Oswald and Jacob get 3,205 xp
• Kek gets 4,442 xp
• Jek gets 4,242 xp

Jek pays 4000 gp toward his loan.

Fandillas has access to a unique spell called L'traeyl's Wings of Flame but has not learned it.

Criss Antha is aligned with Neutral Good.